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TF Top 20……Filming Location Trips For 2015

Posted on December 31, 2015 by tokyofox

Filming location entries on Tokyo Fox have been dwindling the last couple of years but somehow 2015 has been a bumper one for movie location blogs. It’s a little London-centric at times and has in the main included just topping up pre-existing entries … Continue reading →

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TF Top 10……Star Wars Filming Locations

Posted on November 16, 2015 by tokyofox

When ‘The Force Awakens‘ hits cinema’s worldwide mid-December it will bring a 22 year wait to an end as the story of Luke, Han, Leia, Chewie, R2D2, C3P0 and so on continues. Of course there’s a brand new supporting cast … Continue reading →

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Star Wars Traveller – Naboo Revisited (a.k.a. Watford, UK)

Posted on January 16, 2015 by tokyofox

Four years ago I visited Whippendell Wood in Watford which was used in ‘Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace‘ to portray the forest of Naboo. Back then I was fairly satisfied with my visit but heavy snow in the area meant that it looked … Continue reading →

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‘Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace’ Filming Locations

Posted on February 9, 2012 by tokyofox

With the release of the Star Wars saga in 3D hitting the big screen this month (March in Japan) I thought it would be a nice idea to compile the (almost) complete shooting locations for the first of the prequel … Continue reading →

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The Phantom Menace Filming Locations: Star Wars Traveller – Naboo (a.k.a. Watford, UK)

Posted on January 9, 2011 by tokyofox

On the 23rd December I was back in England and in the capital itself so I decided to go on the underground to Watford station (at the end of the Metropolitan line) with the idea of walking from there to … 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 to visit 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 saga. … 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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