It’s Friday, so you know what that means… random, fascinating shit 
Like this… I actually figured there was some post-production protocol that would have seen this sets taken apart and removed after shooting was complete. Yes/no?
The short story goes… George Lucas shot parts of 4 Star Wars movies in southern Tunisia (really, the Sahara desert), and many of the sets that were built for Tatooine, home to Luke and Anakin Skywalker, are still standing today; but not only that – people are actually living in them now.
The website RocketNews24.com got a first-hand look at the sandy makeshift *city* that was once a planet called Tatooine, and you can read their full report HERE.
The video below is a visual accompaniment to their written report:
Article source: http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/in-the-north-african-desert-people-are-living-in-the-abandoned-phantom-menace-set
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