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Star Wars City Doomed By Sand Dunes
An anonymous reader writes "The buildings and set of the fictional city Mos Espa are set to be swallowed by migrating sand dunes in the Tunisian desert. From the article: 'Ralph Lorenz, from Johns Hopkins University, US, together with Jason Barnes, from the University of Idaho, and Nabil Gasmi, of the University of Sousse, Tunisia, visited the Mos Espa site in 2009, and noted that part of a nearby set used in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope had already been overrun. Using satellite images of the site, they were able to determine the speed of dune movement, which is approaching the buildings once inhabited by such luminaries as Anakin, his slave owner Watto, and rival podracer Sebulba.'"
if only the sand could swallow up those horrible prequels as well . . .
It seems a new hope was duned from the beginning. I thought everything looked a little grainier from Episode IV onward. Hope they can clear things up in the future.
That's no dune.
Those who do not learn from commit history are doomed to regress it.
"Sweep the sand out of the garage? But Uncle Owen, I was going to Toshi Station to hang out with Koo Stark!"
Or it will lead them to discover Episode I and they will finally understand why the Second Dark Ages occurred.
Disney's freaking out: "Quick, buy the Dune franchise!"
Table-ized A.I.
Mos Espa? That must be from episode 1. God wants to forget the prequels too!
-- QED