
Visiting Luke Skywalker in Tunisia (Photo: Emily O'Dell)
While exploring the town of
Matmata in southern Tunisia, I paid a visit to the troglodyte dwelling used as a filming location for Luke Skywalker’s home in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977). The location also appeared in the 2002 prequel film Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. Today, the dwelling functions as
Hotel Sidi Driss, though I didn’t see any guests staying in its spartan cave rooms…