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

Posted on September 7, 2010 by tokyofox

You may think that an afternoon of seeking out ‘Casino Royale‘ and Star Wars Episode II film scenes at the Villa del Balbianello would be enough for one day. Not for me though because while I was walking back to my hotel … Continue reading →

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

Posted on September 5, 2010 by tokyofox

Ask almost anybody what their 6th favourite Star Wars film is and chances are that they will say ‘Episode II: Attack of the Clones‘. To be honest, I wasn’t overly impressed with episodes I and II but my opinion changed with … Continue reading →

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

Posted on January 26, 2010 by tokyofox

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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TF Top 9……Filming Location Trips For 2009

Posted on December 31, 2009 by tokyofox

1. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, 1977 (More details here & here)    2. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, 1999 (More details here, here & here)    3. Roman Holiday, 1953 (More details here)    4. You Only Live Twice, 1967 (More … Continue reading →

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

Posted on September 1, 2009 by tokyofox

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)

Posted on August 30, 2009 by tokyofox

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)

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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