From Jackie Craven,
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If you have ever traveled through the American Southwest or the African plains, you know the desert planet of Tatooine. Lacking in natural resources, settlers in George Lucas's fictional planet built their villages piece by piece over many years. Curved, earthen structures resemble adobe pueblos in Arizona and New Mexico. In fact, much of what we see in Tatooine was filmed in Tunisia, on the northern shore of Africa. Several adobe buildings came from the island city of Ajim.

The Lars family homestead from Episode IV was filmed in the Hotel Sidi Driss in the mountain town of Matmata, Tunisia. The multi-layered slave quarters in Episode I were filmed at the Hotel Ksar Hadada a few miles northwest of Tataouine. Anakin Skywalker's childhood home is a humble dwelling within this slave complex. Like the Lars family homestead, it combines primitive construction with high technology. The bedroom and kitchen are cave-like spaces with ragged windows and storage nooks.

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