Star Wars Fans Fix Up Luke Skywalker's Home 90
An anonymous reader writes "How far would a Star Wars fan go to preserve a relic from the iconic film series? One devoted fan traveled to Tunisia to rescue Luke Skywalker's boyhood home, also known as The Lars Homestead, as seen in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. On a trip to Tunisia in 2010, Belgian traveler Mark Dermul came upon the modest dome-shaped hut that George Lucas built in the mid-1970s to serve as Luke Skywalker's home. The structure was falling apart when Dermul found it, so he hatched a scheme to restore it. After two years and a lot of cement and plaster, Luke's house is looking better than ever."
So pretty (Score:5, Funny)
What. What did I say?
Mark Hamill? (Score:3, Funny)
When I read the headline I assumed that Mark Hamill had fallen on hard times and some Star Wars fans were patching his roof or something.
Maybe while George Lucas threw boulders at it. The actual story is a let down.
My question (Score:5, Funny)
I just have one question:
Did he get rid of the corpses?
Re:$11,000?? (Score:5, Funny)
Did you really expect a hard-core Star Wars fan to have any real-world skills?
Re:So pretty (Score:5, Funny)
It would be gorgeous in the summer. Great place for Luke to have a barbecue with his family
What. What did I say?
You must have a deep burning desire to hurt them, or you wouldn't be so inflammatory.
Re:So pretty (Score:5, Funny)
It would be gorgeous in the summer. Great place for Luke to have a barbecue with his family
You insensitive clod. Luke lost both his aunt and his uncle and has no family. I'm sure he'd give his right hand to have a family again.
Re:Bad summary (Score:4, Funny)
this set was rebuilt in 2002 for the prequels
Ah, so this is a news story - they found a guy who actually cares about the prequels. Turns out he was hiding in Belgium.
Psychologists and anthropologists shall be dispatched post haste.
Re:calling it now (Score:5, Funny)
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