WEEKEND: TRAVEL: Zoom to another planet; STAR WARS MANIA IS GRIPPING THE NATION WITH THE LATEST CINEMA RELEASE BUT YOU CAN LIVE THE REAL EXPERIENCE WITH A HOLIDAY TO THE FILM SETS.(Features)

From: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) | Date: May 18, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: Tara Cain

RUSHING up a sand dune with a plastic lightsabre in one hand and my white, berber cloak billowing behind me, I felt every inch Star Wars babe Princess Leia.

No, I didn't have a plaited hairbun over each ear or an all-revealing bikini on, but just standing in one of the spots where the space opera had been filmed was enough for me.

To Star Wars fans, Tunisia is like a huge film set waiting to be discovered.

And now the ...

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