Category Archives: Star Wars

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

Posted on August 28, 2009 by tokyofox

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)

Posted on August 26, 2009 by tokyofox

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)

Posted on August 21, 2009 by tokyofox

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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Using Top Trumps Cards In English Lessons

Posted on June 11, 2009 by tokyofox

No this entry isn’t about letting rip in class but using Top Trumps cards as a tool for learning. After making some James Bond actor profile flashcards a few months ago (featuring their age, hair and eye colour and height) for … Continue reading →

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A Spook-tacular Halloween (2008)

Posted on November 5, 2008 by tokyofox

The force was strong with my students last week as Halloweeen provided a good excuse to incorporate some Star Wars stuff into the special themed lessons. Having brought my lightsaber back from Britain in September I wanted to show it to the kids … Continue reading →

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Back To Britain Pt II – A Castle, A Lightsaber & My Nephew!

Posted on September 30, 2008 by tokyofox

I didn’t have too many spare moments when I was back in England but wanting to make the most of our trip to Leicester  to collect the wedding suits I asked my dad to take me to a few places. First … Continue reading →

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TF Film Review: Star Wars – The Clone Wars (2008)

Posted on September 5, 2008 by tokyofox

The Star Wars Celebration Japan event in July wasn’t just celebrating 30 years of Star Wars in Japan but was also about promoting the new animated movie ‘The Clone Wars‘ (released in Japan on August 23rd) which was originally intended to … Continue reading →

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Star Wars Celebration: 30 Years In Japan

Posted on July 28, 2008 by tokyofox

This Star Wars Celebration Japan event marking 30 years since the original film was released in Japan (it came out here one year later than in the western world) took place on the weekend of July 19-21 and of course … Continue reading →

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