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Searching for ‘Star Wars’ in Tunisia

Abandoned film sets shot by photographer

By Will Levith
April 26, 2016 5:00 am EDT
Credit: Ra di Martino/Caters News
Credit: Ra di Martino/Caters News
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Photographer and visual artist Ra di Martino tracked down abandoned Star Wars: Episode IV film sets on Google Maps in the Tunisian desert and shot this series of images. Fans can still visit the sets located in the Chotte el Djerid, a long dried-out salt lake in Southern Tunisia. —Caters News

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