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In reality, with the help of a little Hollywood magic, the inner courtyard of Lars Homestead was created and filmed around 160 miles away from this domed entrance, inside what is now the real-life Hotel Sidi Idris. In 2012, the homestead site was saved and restored by Terry Cooper, Mark Cox, Robert L. Cunningham, Mark Dermul, Imanuel Dijk, and Michel Verpoorten, who raised $11,700 from fans around the world, via a Facebook group.[13]. While tracking down the painting, Leia and Chewbacca were caught in a sandstorm and found their way to the old Lars homestead, still owned by Jula Darklighter. Several years later, the dome was given an unexpected new lease on life and sympathetically restored, this time by a dedicated group of international Star Wars movie enthusiasts. It's such an iconic location and a really cool design. [4] The garage had enough space to house the family vehicles, including Luke's X-34 landspeeder, the family V-35 Courier and Luke's T-16 skyhopper. Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert. Tombstones were re-erected in the wake of their execution. Exit the town of Naftah in the direction of Algerian border, head down the main road for about six miles (10 kilometers), and at some point of your choosing, you will need to travel off-road and into the desert (heading approximately southeast from the road). Discover unique landscapes, wander through winding medinas, relax by ancient oases, and journey to the Sahara and back. When Imperial stormtroopers traced the sale of the droids to the Lars home and did not find them there, the farm was burned down with its occupants, Owen and Beru, still inside. After a busy day Luke likes nothing more than coming home to the Lars Homestead to enjoy a cold glass of blue milk prepared by Aunt Beru. To learn more or withdraw consent, please visit our cookie policy. See. The domed Lars homestead was left to decay after filming finished on the original Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, in 1976. In the year 2000, after decades of abandonment, the iconic home was reconstructed for the latest installment of series, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones. Untitled Obi-Wan Kenobi television series, How Wookieepedia treats Canon and Legends, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike, Dark Times 1: The Path to Nowhere, Part 1, Star Wars Droids 6: Star Wars According to the Droids, Book I, When the Desert Wind Turns: The Stormtrooper's Tale, Rebellion 1: My Brother, My Enemy, Part 1, Rebellion 5: My Brother, My Enemy, Part 5, The New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream, Choose Your Own Star Wars Adventure: A New Hope, Star Wars Technical Journal of the Planet Tatooine, Star Wars: The Art of the Brothers Hildebrandt, Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary, Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: The Illustrated Companion, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide, Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, Inside the Worlds of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, Visual Guide — Chapter 8: Droids for Sale, Creating the Worlds of Star Wars: 365 Days, http://www.markdermul.be/tatooine.be/tatooine/savelars.html, https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Lars_homestead?oldid=9494963, Pages using DynamicPageList parser function. [Source]. [14], The Lars homestead just after being burned down by Desert Sands. Follow us on social media to add even more wonder to your day. After the storm passed, Jula and Silya helped locate Han, who had been lost in the desert during the storm.[11]. The Lars Homestead also makes a great vantage point to watch a binary sunset each night. I hope you like this design and feel free to share :).
It was a moisture farm located on the Great Chott salt flat in the Jundland Wastes on the planet Tatooine. A vehicle recharge port was located next to the outer dome. Wookieepedia is a FANDOM Movies Community. By 137 ABY, Luke Skywalker's descendant, Cade Skywalker, used the long-abandoned Lars homestead as a refuge during a sandstorm common to Tatooine. See more ideas about Farm layout, Homesteading, Farm. Lego Architecture style.So excited that hundreds of my fellow Lego fans have liked this project, making it one of the top 10 most liked MOC's on the site as of January 2020. Lars Homestead is one in a series of Tunisian relics from a galaxy far, far away. While waiting for the storm to pass, Jula's wife, Silya, gave Leia an old journal she had found buried in the sand near one of the moisture vaporators. For design purposes, the productive homesteading land consists of five main parts: the dwelling, work areas (some of which are a part of the dwelling), garden and orchard areas, livestock areas, and livestock feed production areas. Farm Layouts and Homesteading layout plane.
I've only created half the homestead to fit more with what a real Lego design would look like. Well, then … Currently it uses just over 900 pieces but with some refinements the piece count could easily come down. Just a little farther away, but not quite in another galaxy, is another must-see for both Star Wars buffs and Tunisia explorers in general: the abandoned space-port named Mos Espa. It’s incredible that a relatively flimsy film set from 1976 has lasted this long, especially here. Just in case you like any of my other designs, you can find them: LEGO, the LEGO logo and the Minifigure are trademarks of the LEGO Group. Fall is a great time to start planning your homestead as the season is winding down and you can really get stuck in setting up garden beds and the rest of your homestead!