Tunisia's Star Wars film sites: Ksar Hadada (Mos Espa Slave Quarters, Episode I: The Phantom Menace)
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- Опубликовано: 27 фев 2021
- Today we visit Ksar Hadada, a historic ksar in southern Tunisia, just north of Ghomrassen in Tataouine Governorate. On 10 August 1997 George Lucas and his team came here and filmed a scene for the film Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace. In particular, the scene where the Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) and Shmi Skywalker (mother of Anakin Skywalker) are discussing Anakin while walking around Ksar Hadada's porch areas, which act as the Mos Espa Slave Quarter on Tatooine. Meanwhile, Anakin works on his podracer, although that scene was filmed elsewhere. Come explore this incredible piece of Star Wars history with Mohamed and I!
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Great video. It is a pleasure collaborating with you, particularly in light of the ongoing international travel restrictions imposed by the pandemic. The Ksar Hadada complex is a must-see tourist destination in the Tataouine Governorate. Under normal conditions, the site receives a steady flow of visitors each day. The current local owner (Saidi Fahmi), who hand-crafted in his workshop the Galaxy Tours sign visible at the entrance, is a huge Star Wars fan, which is somewhat of a rarity in Tunisia. Let's hope he doesn't have to keep the front door locked during daylight hours for very much longer.
Timestamp 3:36 is the best view of the porch area used to film the key dialogue sequence between Liam Neeson (Qui-Gon Jinn) and Pernilla August (Shmi Skywalker) in which Anakin's "miraculous birth" backstory is revealed. A deleted scene involving Natalie Portman (Padmé Amidala) was also filmed in this area, starting at the porch and crossing down the stairs toward the open courtyard. A previous hotel owner in the mid-2000s built an arch at the top of the porch stairs. Galaxy Tours facilitated the removal of this inauthentic arch in late February 2020.
Timestamp 4:01 is the best view of the open courtyard reproduced by Lucasfilm as the main part of the "Mos Espa small set" constructed in the Eriguet dunes north of Nefta. Sequences involving Anakin's podracer were not filmed at Ksar Hadada, but rather at the Eriguet dunes location.
Wow that is amazing !!! I recognized the inside where little Ani was as soon as you entered! What a place!
It's great isn't it? A little slice of Star Wars history!
Great video.
Thanks!
EPIC!!!
Thanks!
I didn't know the later movies were also filmed there.
Yea, George Lucas came back to film on some of the original 1970s locations in the late 1990s.
you welcome in kasser hadada
Thank you!
I've always wondered how people around the world know little about Tunisia while we do have greatly famous things: the south being the set for the Star Wars saga, planet Tatooine got its name from Tataouine governate and the costumes were inspired from the local clothes: Burnous.
Carthage as a civilization is known by everyone around the globe especially the great Hannibal but few are able to make a link between that Carthage and Tunisia, most of them ignore Tunisia as a country.
We're definitely doing something wrong, not promoting efficiently our country as we should. A lot of work remains to be done
Hopefully my channel (and eventually my Bradt guidebook) helps change this! I am off to some more Star Wars sites soon actually. Watch this space...