"It's our first convention and we will see if we can make it annual," said Abderrahman Ameur, the director of Tunisia's year-and-a-half-old Star Wars fan club. By The Associated Press Star Wars ...

You don't have to travel to a galaxy far, far away to visit classic Star Wars locations. For the 45th anniversary of George Lucas's industry-transforming space opera — which opened in theaters on May ...

This Feb. 1, 2018 photo shows vendors inside an abandoned Star Wars film location in the Sahara Desert near Tozeur in southern Tunisia. Southern Tunisia is a remote and otherworldly region that ...

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Tunisia is working against the clock to salvage its 2014 tourist season after three turbulent years, by revamping the country’s image — with the help of online media and a few Star Wars characters ...

Sign up for our Metro US email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! Tunisia on Tuesday announced a new international ...

Star Wars fan visits original location in Tunisia A Star Wars fanatic from Arizona lived out his dream by flying to Tunisia to the real-life locations where the original Star Wars film was made. FOX ...

In 1975, an enormous tracked vehicle was spotted in the desert along the Libyan-Tunisian border. Its size and structure alarmed the Libyan armed forces under the leadership of Muammar Gaddafi, who had ...

George Lucas and Anthony Daniels on the set of Star Wars: A New Hope in 1975. (Photo by Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images) You don't have to travel to a galaxy far, far away to visit classic ...

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Two dozen white-clad Imperial Troopers and other Star Wars characters marched Wednesday down a stately, tree-lined avenue in Tunis — a site where activists once fought riot ...

Imperial stormtroopers are set to march through Tunisia’s capital as part of a new effort to attract tourists and burnish the image of this North African country. Their parade ground is downtown Tunis ...