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Local boys sell traditional souvenirs in the Star Wars movie set in the Ong Jmal, in the Nefta, south of Tunisia

An important location for the “Star Wars” saga in Tunisia threatens to be blown from the Sahara. In order to preserve the home of Darth Vader before migrating dunes, the country has now launched an international fundraising campaign.

Up to 15 meters in the sand dunes migrate in the very windy region in Southern Tunisia and to come to the origin of Anakin Skywalker aka Darth Vader dangerous closer: Ten percent of Ong el-Jemel at Nefta – “Star Wars” fans better known as Mos Espa on the desert planet Tatooine – has already been buried under the desert sand, a part of the film set is broken.

Even if a response team could get rid of as early as 8000 cubic meters of sand , support on a larger scale is here : The Tunisian Ministry of Tourism hopes on international aid and the international fundraising campaign “Save Mos Espa ” proclaimed in order to preserve the scenery from further damage . Converted approximately 137,000 euros were needed to save Ong el- Jemel . One part , the Tunisian government available about 33,000 euros to come together via crowdfunding .

The location for Mos Espa, the hometown of Anakin Skywalker, was built at Ong Jmel in the south of the country in the 1990s for Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace.

The tourism ministry is aiming to raise 300,000 Tunisian dinars (£113,000) for the restoration of the site.

“Mos Epsa is located in a very windy region, threatened by sand dunes which the wind moves by around 15 metres a year. One dune has already buried 10% of the site,” said Nabil Gasmi, from one of the tourism groups involved in the campaign.

Local boys sell traditional souvenirs in the Star Wars movie set in the Ong Jmal, in the Nefta, south of Tunisia
Local boys sell traditional souvenirs in the Star Wars movie set in the Ong Jmal, in the Nefta, south of Tunisia

“We managed to remove 8,000 cubic metres of sand in 12 days. Unfortunately some of the set has already collapsed,” he said.

The Tunisian state has allocated 160,000 dinars to the project, with an appeal launched on a crowdfunding website to raise a further £27,000.

The ministry hopes to secure the rest of the money from sponsors and private donations.

Fahmi Houki, an official at the ministry, explained that the sand clearance was a temporary operation, because the dunes are constantly moving, and would save the set for another eight to 10 years.

The North African country’s tourism industry suffered from the violence and political instability that followed the 2011 uprising that toppled a decades-old dictatorship.

The new tourism minister, Amel Karboul, said last month that she wanted to improve Tunisia’s image as a holiday destination by raising awareness of areas away from the coast like Ong Jmel, which have previously attracted little attention.

Mos Espa was in 1997 for the filming of : – set up “Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace ” . The scenes of the city are among the few sets of the film that are not created on the computer . Today they are a popular tourist attraction near the Algerian border . Even the makers of the film version of ” The English Patient ” found in the southern Tunisian desert a perfect location .

Incidentally, it is not so long ago , since the help of “Star Wars ” fans was once asked : In their own work they renovated in the middle of the Tunisian desert a small domed building called Lars Homestead, home to Luke Skywalker .

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