Category Archives: Star Wars

Attack Of The Clones Filming Locations: Star Wars Traveller – Naboo (a.k.a. Seville)

A lot of my time in Seville was spent at Plaza de Espana which is a semi-circular open place featuring ceramic tile buildings, a fountain, bridges and a canal.    This place was my first port of call for the main reason … Continue reading

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My First Ever Video Is Up On YouTube!

It took me a fair while to get round to making it but at the end of November I finally finished my Star Wars Tunisia filming locations video and got it up on YouTube for the world to see! It’s … Continue reading

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A Spook-tacular Halloween (2009)

Last year was the first time I introduced my Star Wars lightsaber and Darth Vader mask into lessons by way of a tedious link to Halloween and all things evil. For Halloween this year I dusted off my self-made flashcards, … Continue reading

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A Galaxy Not So Far Away (From Where I Live)

The week before my final day in Tokiwadai I did a special kids lesson about Momotaro (Peach boy) and afterwards I got talking to one of the fathers who wanted to see my Star Wars travel photos from Tunisia and … Continue reading

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Tunisia 2009 Pt II: El Jem, Monastir & Tunis

Another 5am start for my final full day in Tunisia. I was at the louage station by 5.45am waiting for the shared taxi to fill-up. Unfortunately I had to wait 90minutes for it to be full which is not that … Continue reading

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Tunisia Filming Locations: Star Wars Traveller – Tatooine (a.k.a. Djerba)

I just missed a louage to the island of Djerba at 5.30am and then had to wait over an hour for the following one to become full. The cost of the taxi included the ferry crossing and culminated at the north … Continue reading

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Tunisia Filming Locations: Star Wars Traveller – Tatooine (a.k.a. The Ksours)

Leaving the Sidi Driss Hotel in Matmata behind, I caught (by luck) an over-packed 7.30am bus to Gabes where I checked into a hotel and then went straight out again to the louage station to get down to Tataouine, the name that inspired the … Continue reading

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Tunisia Filming Locations: Star Wars Traveller – Tatooine (a.k.a. Matmata)

After the unreliability of the buses on my birthday I thought it safer to move around by louage from then on. These are shared taxi’s looking like vans which go long distances and cost just about the same as the … Continue reading

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Tunisia Filming Locations: Star Wars Traveller – Tatooine (a.k.a. Tozeur)

It may surprise many that visiting some of the Star Wars filming locations in Tunisia is actually very difficult. There are no Star Wars package tours and very, very few Tunisians have even heard of, let alone seen, the sci-fi … Continue reading

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Italy Filming Locations: Star Wars Traveller – Naboo (a.k.a. Caserta)

The very first thing I did on day one in Italy was take an 8am Eurostar train for 28 euros from Rome Termini station to Caserta which is 25 kilometres north of Naples. I had intended to get the 6.27 … Continue reading

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