The phantom menace in the 1990s, lucas returned to tunisia He and his crew built the mos espa set in an isolated stretch of desert outside nefta, a small oasis town in the south near tozeur. Cinematographic advances backed by a massive film budget drove the decision to construct mos espa cityscape and podrace arena set elements in the tunisian eriguet dunes for star wars prequels production. The orange map shows the entire country of tunisia and where you can find all the star wars filming locations between tozeur, tatouine, and djerba island Sitting in the sands that separate two salt lakes, the enormous chott el djerid and smaller chott el gharsa, mos espa is an abandoned film set created as the location of a remote spaceport. Visit unforgettable star wars filming locations in tunisia, including scenes from tatooine, the lars family homestead, and much more
Take a hike through the star wars canyon and walk through the streets of mos espa. Around tozeur, around tataouine and even on the island of djerba The authentic sets of ksar medenine and ksar ouled soltane for the shooting of the “star wars” films It’s remarkably intact and one of the best star wars sites in the country Walk in the footsteps of star wars legends The tour highlights include visiting star wars filming locations such as tatooine and mos espa, walking through mos espa streets, and exploring iconic scenes like the lars family homestead and ong jemel in tozeur, tunisia.
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