I once worked on a crew that built the set for the Billboard Music Awards in a hanger at the Santa Monica airport. We slaved 16 hours a day for three weeks while consuming massive amounts of raw materials, including miles of plywood and metal piping. But after the three-hour television event, everything went to the dump. That’s Hollywood for you. So it’s finally refreshing to see something come out of Hollywood that actually ends up being useful for normal human beings. Turns out that in Tunisia the old sets from the original Star Wars movie now provide real housing and not just shelter for our fantasies.
MySA.com: Travel & City Guide:
While ruthless Hollywood knocks over the set of each movie as soon as the director shouts his final “Cut!,” Tunisia, where George Lucas shot most of the “Star Wars” scenes, still keeps the original set from the ’70s, protecting it from the burning sun and the evil winds of the Sahara.
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