BEHIND THE SCENES: A PERFECT MATCH

On location in Tunisia circa March/April 1976, George Lucas confers with Sir Alec Guinness as he arrives at one of the areas being used to represent the desert planet of Tatooine. Guinness considered Tunisia an inspired choice as a locale for the film, which he thought gave the project some believability, and was equally impressed with the young director, once telling an interviewer his view that Lucas was so immersed in the medium he probably went to sleep covered in film!

BEHIND THE SCENES IMAGE: IF YOU GO DOWN IN THE WOODS TODAY...

Summer 1997-in the UK's Whippendell Woods, not far from LEAVESDEN STUDIOS, the cast of EPISODE ONE have fun (especially young Jake Lloyd) in between shooting Queen Amidala's plea for an alliance to Boss Nass.