Sci-fi comes to life

Decades ago, George Lucas shot the original "Star Wars" desert scenes in Tunisia and inadvertently created the promised land for sci-fi geeks everywhere. But what happens when you visit the original structures used in the films and find them in a state of disrepair?

"Six stewards of the sands recently embarked on a weeklong journey to Tunisia -- the majestic landscape featured in various "Star Wars" movies as the fictional planet Tatooine -- to repair Luke Skywalker's home, also known in the movies as the Lars family homestead," Crave writer Christopher MacManus reported in a feature looking at this very conundrum.

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