«Star Wars» creator George Lucas in 1984
Like any masterpiece, "Star Wars" began with an idea. The great storyteller of the new era of cinema George Lucas conceived an epic when he was not even 30 years old. In the mid-1970s, a preliminary script was prepared, which, however, was almost completely rewritten more than once. How do you like, for example, one of Lucas' ideas to make Luke Skywalker a 60-year—old general, and Han Solo an alien with green scales and gills?
The lion's share of filming took place in the Tunisian desert. In the same country, they found a suitable name for the planet on which the actions take place in the first third of the film. The name of the city Tatauin imperceptibly transformed into Tatooine. Here, in North Africa, suitable scenery was found: the house of Luke Skywalker's guardians was not built specifically for the film, it is an ordinary hut in one of the villages of Tunisia. Suitable interiors were found in a local hotel.
