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Mark Dermul - Project Lead

Crew & Saviours

Here you will meet the crew who headed up the project. These 6 people traveled back to Tunisia to restore the set to its full glory as seen in the Star Wars movies.

 

Furthermore, we have listed the names of all the people who donated - be it small or large - to make the project possible.

 

Lastly, a couple people we would like to thank for their continued support.

crew

Crew

Meet the crew of the Save the Lars Homestead Restoration Project.

These 6 people traveled to Tunisia to restore the iconic movie location in four days!

 

 

 

 

Mark Dermul

Mark Dermul

Mark Dermul (Belgium) is the Project Lead, because of his experience with the local customs and locations. He has lead several sight seeing tours to Tunisia, aptly named Trip to Tatooine, and authored four books on Star Wars tourism.

 

Mark Cox

Mark Cox

Mark Cox (UK) visited the Lars Homestead for the first time in 2010, but it will be a day he will never forget. He chose the location in the desert just southwest of Nefta as the backdrop for... his marriage with his lovely wife Sarah.

 

Imanuel Dijk

Imanuel Dijk

Imanuel Dijk (Netherlands) has been a Star Wars fan for as long as he can remember. He visited Tatooine for the first time in 2010 and moved heaven and earth to be part of this expedition. He is a close friend of Mark Dermul, sharing another common passion: whisky tasting and collecting.

 

 

Saviours

 

A project like this one needs funding. From July 2010 until November 2011 people were encouraged to make a donation for the project - starting at $2 and all the way up to 'as much as you like'. No less than 425 people, aptly nicknamed Saviours, made a donation, bringing together a total Restoration Fund of no less than $11,700 US.

On the right hand side you will find the names of the fine people who made a donation and thus made this project possible.

Thank you!


Special Thank You

 

A special thank you goes to the people who gave our project all the support that we needed from the get-go.

In no specific order:
- Rich Appenzeller
- Michael Bender
- Claus Berghammer
- Franz Boszak
- Scott Burton
- Bret Caltharp
- Ross Cuddie
- ForceCast
- Virginia Frenzel
- Markus Haeusler
- Colin Kenworthy
- George Lucas
- Lucasfilm Ltd
- Jimmy Mac
- Sarah Seward
- Sarlacc Pit Podcast
- Jason Swank
- Zack Vazquez
- Chris Wyman
- our families
- and many more (if you think your name should be here, let me know!)

Thank you!

Terry Cooper

Terry Cooper

Terry Cooper (UK) is the creative genius of the group. He has been on Mark's Trip to Tatooine twice and created the logo for the expeditions. He is an artist and author of the popular Kangzang novels, a must read for any sci-fi fan with a sense of humour.

 

Robert Cunningham

Robert Cunningham

Robert Cunningham (USA) is a professional photographer, who has seen many parts of the world. In recent years he was embedded with the US Army during a tour of Afghanistan. He visited Tatooine for the first time in 2010.

 

Michel Verpoorten

Michel Verpoorten

Michel Verpoorten (Belgium), a professional photographer too, had not yet visited Tatooine, but Mark knew of his extraordinary skills in publishing and graphic design and decided to bring him on board as documentarian of the project (and to work on the photobook afterwards). He turned out to be a great asset and a good friend.

 

 

 

Aarsbog, Sindre (Norway)
Acalin, Todd (USA)
Acosta, Orlando (USA)
Adams, Michael (USA)
Ahmet, Koray (USA)
Altman, Andrew (USA)
Altman, Rene (Germany)
Amidala's Badges (USA)
Anandan, Samuel (USA)
Anderson, Kenny (USA)
Anderson, R Diana (USA)
Anderson, Whitney (USA)
Antes, Melissa (USA)
Appenzeller, Rich (USA)
Armange, Sylvère (France)
Arnold, Fletch (USA)
Arnold, Nicholas (USA)
Arrison, Mike (USA)
Assemacher, Dieter (Germany)
AV8R Stuff (USA)
Ayers, Terri (USA)
Baer, Patrick (USA)
Baker, Neil (USA)
Balaski, Cristian (Canada)
Baldwin, Steve (USA)
Ball, William (UK)
Bamfield, James (USA)
Barton, Andrew (USA)
Barton, Michael (USA)
Bays, Richard (USA)
Beach, Kathy (USA)
Bean, Jad (USA)
Beard, Robert (UK)
Beauchene, Florian (France)
Beck, Adam (USA)
Bekker, Jeroen (Netherlands)
Bender, Michael (USA)
Bensch, Marc (Belgium)
Berghammer, Claus (Austria)
Berrevoets, Willem-Jan - AKA Gold Leader (Netherlands)
Berti, Christian (Italy)
Bigelow, Calvin (USA)
Birch, Desmond (UK)
Bjerkan, Christina (Norway)
Blalack, Damon (USA)
Blanchard, David (USA)
Bloch, Alain (USA)
Bobillot, Isabel (France)
Boggs, Eric (USA)
Boks, Eric (USA)
Bona, Rob (USA)
Booker, Matt (UK)
Bordner, Ronald (USA)
Bori, Istvan (Hungary)
Bortolin, Matthew (USA)
Botto, Santino (USA)
Boudereau, Jeremy (France)
Bougor, Jim (USA)
Bowe, Tenzin (UK)
Bowen, David (USA)
Boyle, Catriona (Scotland)
Boyle, Gavin (UK)
Bragard, Paul (France)
Bragg, Steve (USA)
Brendle, Richard (USA)
Brendler, Danny (Germany)
Broomhall, Ashley (UK)
Brothers, John, (USA)
Brown, Dave (USA)
Buford, Sam (USA)
Bukkehave, Lars (Denmark)
Bullie, Evan (USA)
Bunce, Matthew (USA)
Burton, Luke (UK)
Burton, Scott (USA)
Butler, Jacob (USA)
Cady, Christian (USA)
Cain, Kevin (USA)
Calderola, Angelo (Italy)
Calderola, Bianca (Italy)
Calderola, Bobby (Italy)
Calderola, Egidio (Italy)
Cannon, Michael (USA)
Calltharp, Bret (USA)
Carmody, Rob (USA)
Caron, Adrien (France)
Carrasco, Felipe Gonzales (Mexico)
Carroll, Gerard (UK)
Castro, Vincent Benedict (Philippines)
Cederlund, Thomas (Finland)
Cerny, Olivier (France)
Cestrone, Michael (USA)
Champagne, Jean-Philippe (France)
Childs, Douglas (USA)
Chirrick, Bill / Star Wars Locations (USA)
Chliek, Anthony (USA)
Choboter, Chris (Canada)
Clorley, Mark (UK)
Connerton, Jill (USA)
Cook, Travis (USA)
Cookson, Mark (UK)
Cooper, Terry (UK)
Corda, Christine (Italy)
Corda, Gianni (Italy)
Corda, Guendalina (Italy)
Corda, Marucia (Italy)
Cousin, Pierre (France)
Cox, Mark (UK)
Cuddie, Ross (Canada)
Culshaw, Lee (UK)
Cumming, Ken (Australia)
Cunha, Jétur (Brazil)
Cunningham, Robert (USA)
Cureton, Christopher (USA)
Czerno, Stan (USA)
Dadds, Andrew (UK)
Dale, Stein Tore (Norway)
Davis, Jacob (Australia)
De Gruyter, Werner (Belgium)
de Kelaita, Alina (USA)
de Kelaita, Bruno (USA)
de Kelaita, Carla (USA)
de Kelaita, Clementina (USA)
de Kelaita, Gabe (USA)
de Kelaita, Michael (USA)
de Kelaita, Nicky (USA)
de Kelaita, Nicolette (USA)
Daniels, Joanna (USA)
Dermul, Amber (Belgium)
Dermul, Kobe (Belgium)
Dermul, Mark (Belgium)
Dermul, Sarah (Belgium)
DeShazo, Bryce (USA)
Devreeze, Sofie (Belgum)
Dijk, Imanuel (Netherlands)
Ditzel, Steven (USA)
Dionisio, Franco (UK)
D'Ovidio, Pierre (France)
Downing, Russell (USA)
Dunn, Brian (USA)
Dunnum, Steve (USA)
DW Design Studios (USA)
Dziurzynski, David (USA)
Eckhardt, Michael (USA)
Eguia, Jose (Bolivia)
Eisgrub, Ralph (Germany)
Ellis, Theodore (USA)
Erickson, Benjamin (USA)
Everett, James (UK)
Fabbro, Adam (Canada)
Falangola, Tiago (USA)
Faulkner, Sara (USA)
Ferraris, Luca (Italy)
Fidler, Simon (UK)
Fletcher, John (UK)
ForceCast.net (USA)
Forcier, Tim (USA)
Forrest, Calvin (USA)
Fossey, Mark (UK)
Fox, Jason (UK)
Franck, Benjamin (Belgium)
Franck, Charles (USA)
Frenzel, Virginia (Germany)
Froger, Benoit (France)
Fuller, Sean (USA)
Gallant, James (USA)
Gallant, Ron (Canada)
Garcia, Sergio (USA)
Garner, James (USA)
Giallongo, Zack (USA)
Gibson, Brian (USA)
Gilbert, Carol (USA)
Gilland, Thomas (USA)
Gloerson, Kelsey (USA)
Glover, Toby (UK)
Goebel, Scott (USA)
Gonot, Raphael (France)
Grannetia, Mattijs (Netherlands)
Green, Antony (UK)
Green, Karen (USA)
Gullo, Emily (USA)
Haines, Craig (USA)
Hansen, Katherine (USA)
Hansford, C. (USA)
Harper, Thomas (Australia)
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Harrison, Andrew (USA)
Hartloehner, Jorge (Spain)
Hartsook, Haley (USA)
Häusler, Markus (Austria)
Hausner, Frank (Germany)
Hayes, Darren (UK)
Hazell, Dean (UK)
Hendon, Natasha (Australia)
Hendrichs, Lars (Germany)
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Hepp, Thomas (Germany)
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Hoff, Sean (USA)
Hohlleppel, William (USA)
Holle, Ettore (Netherlands)
Hollins, Michael (USA)
Homan, Mark (Netherlands)
Hooven, Sue (USA)
Hopkins, Marc (UK)
Hoshina, Ryuma (Japan)
Hoskins, Darren (UK)
Hottdog Studios (USA)
Hottinger, Paul (USA)
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Ito, Katsuyuki (Japan)
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Juarez, Alvaro Perez (Spain)
Juarez, Arturo (Mexico)
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Laughner, William (USA)
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Leonard, Adam (USA)
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Lewis, Amy (Australia)
Liau, Joseph (USA)
Licciardello Bernabe, Tonino (Spain)
Lisiak, Courtney (USA)
Livingstone, Gabriel (USA)
Llinares, Jonathan (France)
Lodder, Chris (UK)
Lodetti, Luisa (Italy)
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Lohr, Matt (USA)
Luckystar Productions (USA)
Lurhmann, Eric (Germany)
Lütten, Heiko (Germany)
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Macht, Cris & The Force Among Us Crew (USA)
Mackie, Tom (USA)
MacDonald, Justine (Canada)
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Major Brand Productions (USA)
Manderville, David (USA)
Mando Warehouse & Greenhouse (USA)
Martin, Brian (USA)
Martin, Gavin (Australia)
Martin, Matthew (UK)
Martin, Robbie (Australia)
Martinez, Mike (USA)
Marshall, Carmelle (USA)
Mathot, Laurens (Netherlands)
Matthew, Irwin (USA)
Maurer, Anthony (USA)
Mcallister, Mark (UK)
McCormick, Kevin (USA)
McCormick, Therese (USA)
McCracken, Craig (USA)
McCulloch, Mark (UK)
McKinney, Carl (USA)
Melching, Steven (USA)
Menudier, Francois (USA)
Merz, Brian (USA)
Meyer, James (USA)
Meyers, Dale (USA)
Miklis, Manuel (Austria)
MintInBox.net (France)
Morango, Robert (USA)
Mulcaster, Mark (UK)
Muro, Valentin (Argentina)
Music Star Productions (USA)
Nelson, Glen (USA)
Ness, Eric (USA)
Newbold, Mark (UK)
Newman, Maximillian (USA)
Nguyen, Brian (USA)
Nilsen, Oyvind (Norway)
Nixon, Steve (UK)
Norseng, Ole-Wilhelm (Norway)
Norton, Em (UK)
Norton, Sheldon (USA)
Nutt, Yossarian (UK)
O'Berry, Jed (USA)
O'Farrell, Ian (Malta)
Offord, James (UK)
Oldbury, Dave (UK)
Onkenhout, Eric (USA)
Page, Eric (USA)
Pahn, Yvonne (USA)
Parkinson, Ben (UK)
Pearse, Scott (Australia)
Peel, Galen E Jr (USA)
Pegg, Danny (UK)
Pellerito, Linda (USA)
Perez, Frank (USA)
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Plantamura, Dean (USA)
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Prevost, Sébastien (France)
Price, Andy (UK)
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Raffaitin, Vincent (France)
Ramabadran, Govind (USA)
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Ramirez, Phillip (USA)
Rathore, Jazz (Norway)
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Reifenberg, James (USA)
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