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Save the Lars Homestead

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http://www.markdermul.be/tatooine/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z51sScCpt8&feature=player_embedded

Save the Lars Homestead

The Pioneers were able to see with their own eyes that the Lars Homestead - lovingly dubbed the Igloo - has suffered tremendously from the climate in Tunisia.

Soon this iconic movie location will perish and thus be lost to Star Wars fans forever. We cannot allow that to happen.

The plan is to go back, fully armed with the needed tools and plaster, with a small group of Pioneers (the four founders of the group) for a full week sometime in 2011 or 2012

Although I appreciate the idea, it seems that this trip will only save it for a certain period of time.  Wonder if it's better to set up a fund to support someone who lives there to maintain the place or build an enclosure.  The environment's just too rough for this type of dwelling to persist for any lengthy duration.

 

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That looks great. Well done guys.

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And this is why Lando died, because people wasted time on the Lars Homestead.

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Lando is dead???

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Where were you in '77?

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Save the Lars Homestead?!  A cause!  This is awesome.  Like 96% of those that follow a cause, you can totally count me in...but only once I can skip work to attend some sort of protest.  Don't expect me to actually go out there and do something about it.  Who do you think I am?

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^ Read the second post.

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Simply a joke, in actuality unrelated to the real cause.  I was spoofing all the "Save the..." campaigns and those who support them without actually committing to any serious effort.  Obviously it wasn't very funny :(

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Don't worry, the sixth post was *hilarious*.

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Here is a "Star Wars" related news story I found on CNN this morning.

"Fans of the late-1970s "Star Wars" movies probably know that Luke Skywalker, a reluctant hero battling his way through the film's evil Galactic Empire, was raised on the windswept plains of Tatooine, a desert wasteland planet located on the outer rim of director/writer George Lucas’ fictional galaxy." 


CLICK for full article and photos.

“First feel fear, then get angry. Then go with your life into the fight.” - Bill Mollison

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wasn't that set actually built for episode II?

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I was wondering where my posts went.  lol

“First feel fear, then get angry. Then go with your life into the fight.” - Bill Mollison

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red5-626 said:

 the Lars Homestead

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Is that UTM or Lambert Conformal Conic?

That's right - geotechnical analyst checking in.  ;-)

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The aerial view reminds me of the Apollo landing sites. Truly alien looking...

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Where were you in '77?

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SilverWook said:

The aerial view reminds me of the Apollo landing sites. Truly alien looking...

That's for sure.  The term middle of nowhere has never been more fitting.

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