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The original Lars Homestead set was abandoned by the New Hope film crew. We had researched the original production thoroughly and brought two cameras and two tripods: one dedicated to capturing me walking out of the Homestead, the other with a 300MM zoom lens (and a step-up magnifier) to capture the sunset in real time so we could comp together two setting suns from our actual trip in post. Our primary goal for this entire trip was to shoot a video re-creation of the iconic “binary sunset” shot from Star Wars. A little awkward, but at least he wasn’t hassling us. But once we reached the Homestead he stopped asking us about the camels and just sat there and watched as we set up our cameras. Now we were going to be harassed by a persistent tout who won’t take no for an answer. He rolled up and asked us in Arabic if we’d like to buy some little hand-stitched camel dolls for the equivalent of five bucks each. We knew this would mean we’d likely be digging the car out of the mud after dark, but we hadn’t come this far just to miss our epic Skywalker sunset moment!Īs we approached the Lars Homestead and pushed the worries about the car out of our heads, a dude on a moped appeared out of nowhere. We didn’t have time to deal with it if we wanted to catch the sunset, so we grabbed our cameras and walked the rest of the way. Roughly a hundred yards from the Homestead, our car got stuck in the mud.

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This was a defining element of our childhoods finally coming full circle. This was the location we had dreamed about seeing for years. You just follow your GPS to 33.842791, 7.779095 while following the tire tracks that others have left behind until a tiny plaster dome appears on the horizon. There is no sign or marker pointing to the Homestead. We ultimately even filmed a re-creation of the scene where Luke runs out on Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru just before he watches the binary sunset.Īfter breakfast we made our way to Tozeur and then continued on to the salt flats about a half hour away, where our GPS coordinates assured us the “Lars Homestead” (named after Luke’s uncle, Owen Lars) would be located. We had the place to ourselves, so we were able to spend a crazy amount of time moving furniture and trying to get the perfect angle for a dining room photo. But it didn’t matter what we were eating, because we were eating it in LUKE SKYWALKER’S DINING ROOM. We woke up early the next day and were served some bread, jam, and not-so-great coffee for breakfast. We were given an old, metal, dog-from-the- Pirates-of-the-Carribbean-ride-style key and shown to our room, which was in one of several connected pits that make up the hotel. The hotel has no website and no email address so I had to make reservations during a static-filled Skype call which became disconnected twice. Tour buses regularly bring people to the hotel for a quick look around, but if you have the option to spend the night in Luke Skywalker’s house WHY WOULDN’T YOU WANT TO SPEND THE NIGHT IN LUKE SKYWALKER’S HOUSE? I don’t think anyone knows for sure when the Sidi Driss came into existence but other settlements in the area date back to around 200 BC. Pits are dug out of the sand and rooms are dug out of the walls of the pits to allow the residents to keep cool in the middle of the desert. “Troglodyte” dwellings are common in the area. The pit is actually a functioning hotel called the Sidi Driss in the town of Matmata, about three and a half hours away. The dome is located in a salt flat just outside the town of Tozeur. There’s the classic domed exterior where Luke watches the binary sunset, and there’s the pit in the ground where Luke drinks blue milk. While it had been a nostalgic thrill for my friend Ryan and I to visit all of the Star Wars locations in Tunisia, one location in particular will always stand out: Luke Skywalker’s house.

Check out PART 1 for all the other Star Wars locations in Tunisia!