Tunisia announced a new international fundraising campaign to rescue the set, where numerous Star Wars scenes were filmed, from the encroaching desert.
The set for Mos Espa – hometown of Anakin Skywalker, also known as the protagonist-turned-antagonist Darth Vader in the blockbuster Star Wars film series – was built at Ong Jmel in southern Tunisia in the 1990s for the filming of Star Wars Episode One – The Phantom Menace.
