Three of the Star Wars saga films were shot in Tunisia, and by the time I went on this movie pilgrimmage it had been eight years since filming last took place in the country for Episode II which came out a year later in 2002. It may surprise many that to visit these filming locations was actually very difficult when I went there in the late 2000s. The political unrest in the country certainly didn’t help in the intervening years but for a long time after that there were no special Star Wars package tours * and very, very few Tunisians had even heard of, let alone seen the sci-fi saga.
The wheels for this trip of a lifetime were set in motion earlier that summer when I Continue reading










