He later pursues Anakin and Qui-Gon en route to their ship on Yardang Field. While the majority of Matmata’s small population lives in modern, conventional buildings, a handful of families ...

That went out with me to Tunisia the day they filmed in Matmata, at the old hotel that's underground, which we used for his homestead. I had to leave the day before shooting because I had to get ...

Matmata, Tunisia The Berber people of Matmata have lived in underground dwellings for centuries to escape the desert heat. These cave-like homes, carved into soft sandstone, became famous after being ...

We visit one such cave dwelling outside the town of Matmata and watch a woman prepare bread inside a blistering open-air stove. She presents it to us, crisp and perfumed with smoke, to pull apart ...

In the heart of the Sahara Desert, where endless dunes meet rocky plateaus, an unexpected refuge exists: the Guelta of Matmata in Mauritania. This remote oasis is home to one of the last groups of ...

While these buildings were used only for exterior shots, fans can visit Hotel Sidi Driss in Matmata (about a three-hour drive away) to see where the interior shots were filmed.

The Hôtel Sidi Driss in Matmata, Tunisia is one of the most unique hotels in the world, and so it's fitting it would serve as a home on a planet way out of this world. Movie audiences will ...

Want to sleep on a Star Wars set? Then make like R2D2 and head to Hotel Marhala in Matmata, southern Tunisia. Some people in the Berber-speaking town still live in these traditional 'troglodyte ...

While Lucas was inspired by locations in Tunisia for the original “Star Wars” film, in particular the underground buildings in the town of Matmata, he looked much closer to home for ...

Hidden entrances, ancient tunnels, and complex histories lurk beneath earth's surface, teeming with tales of a life that few people know much about. Many underground paths or malls claim to be ...