Comments on: The Tatooine Hotel

The Tatooine Hotel

gottabefunky — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:31:04 -0800

You may know that some of the Tatooine parts of Star Wars were filmed in Tunisia . But did you know you can spend the night in Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen's distinctive underground house? In the middle of the desert, local people have taken up residence in the 30-year-old set.

By: mystyk

mystyk — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:56:04 -0800

They need a Jabba's palace, complete with Rancor chamber below...and a Sarlacc pit just for good measure.

By: lekvar

lekvar — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:56:47 -0800

I just geeked out a little, in my pants.

By: muckster

muckster — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:04:48 -0800

A friend of mine went there. I've been to Yavin and Naboo.

By: Meatbomb

Meatbomb — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:24:36 -0800

I had heard before that the big skeleton snake could still be seen out in the desert. Sadly, though, googling tells me that this prick went there, chopped it up, and sold it. Way to make the world a better place, dude.

By: mwhybark

mwhybark — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:52:25 -0800

"...One of his favourite items is the Ewok mask from Return of the Jedi (1883)..." I am surprised to hear just how long ago and far away it was!

By: rhymer

rhymer — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:35:10 -0800

Although the star wars caves are quite nice, the rest of Tunisia is a dump, its tourism geared largely to providing cheap packages to Brits, Germans, Dutch etc. Go to Morocco instead and buy yourself a box set collectors edition of star wars.

By: eatitlive

eatitlive — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:43:37 -0800

Have some fennel stew, just like Aunt Beru made.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 06:54:11 -0800

But did you know you can spend the night in Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen's distinctive underground house? If you're really lucky some Imperial troops will come by and burn you to a crisp.

By: justkevin

justkevin — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 06:58:25 -0800

I had my picture taken in the lobby of that "hotel" ("Hotel" suggests a level of comfort that I'm not sure is appropriate) George Lucas apparently patterned Obi Wan's garb from the native Berber cloaks. It was amusing to see Jedis tooling around town on mopeds.

By: Kirth Gerson

Kirth Gerson — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:15:09 -0800

~~Snakes on a Plane!~~ Jedis on a Moped!

By: signal

signal — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:25:33 -0800

jonmc: If you're really lucky some Imperial troops will come by and burn you to a crisp. There you go, spreading lies and innuendo about our brave boys in white. Here's what really happened. Hate the empire, support the stormtroopers!

By: jonmc

jonmc — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:27:35 -0800

My only concern is for the independent contractors who built the second Death Star.

By: EndsOfInvention

EndsOfInvention — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:21:11 -0800

They knew what they were getting into.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:32:15 -0800

They were just trying to scratch out a living. They had no personal politics.

By: subaruwrx

subaruwrx — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:52:57 -0800

I personally believe that during a time of war, all civilians were evacuated, just like in the world. Im sure the rebels killed no innocents.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:40:21 -0800

In the middle of the desert, local people have taken up residence in the 30-year-old set. Um. The pit houses are throughout Matmata, which is one of the more noted locations of troglodyte architecture in the world. The Sidi Driss may be as much as 700 years old, and similarly with many of the quote-unquote "futuristic sets".

By: nomisxid

nomisxid — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:39:37 -0800

The pit houses are old school, but the fiberglass mos eisley buildings were fabricated in the '70s, which are the ones he's talking about.

By: Kirth Gerson

Kirth Gerson — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:06:36 -0800

Making fiberglass houses so they look like mud huts is futuristic?

By: signal

signal — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:28:15 -0800

...and similarly with many of the quote-unquote "futuristic sets". Making fiberglass houses so they look like mud huts is futuristic? Um, what part of "A long time ago" didn't you people understand?

By: Kirth Gerson

Kirth Gerson — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:36:45 -0800

This part:

Nowadays, the poor desert people of Tunisia are the inhabitants of the futuristic houses built by George Lucas and company.

What other links did you not read?