Editing Sandcrawler (section)

== Production ==
The prefabricated movie set of the sandcrawler was shipped from England and took special effects expert [[John Stears]] and his crew four days to move it thirty miles into the [[Tunisia]]n desert.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Skywalking: The Life And Films Of George Lucas, Updated Edition|last=Pollock|first=Dale|publisher=Da Capo Press, Incorporated|year=2009|isbn=978-0786749768|pages=132}}</ref> It was two stories tall and ninety feet long when it was fully assembled,<ref name=":1" /> with the caterpillar tracks being almost twice as tall as a person, and covered in sand and mud to give them a "used" look.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Cinema Alchemist : Designing Star Wars and Alien.|author=Christian, Roger|date=2016|publisher=Titan Books|isbn=978-1785650857|oclc=947085905}}</ref> The night before the scene with the Jawas was to be shot, a [[Dust storm|sandstorm]] blew apart the set, and it took a day to put it back together and an additional day to shoot the scene.<ref name=":1" /> Afterwards, it was transformed into a burned-out hulk, taking another day.<ref name=":1" />

The construction of the sandcrawler piqued the interest of the [[Libya]]n government, who sent inspectors across the border to make sure it was not an actual military vehicle of some kind.<ref>{{Cite book|title=George Lucas : a life|last=Jay|first=Jones, Brian|isbn=978-0316257459|edition=First|location=New York|oclc=964657196|date = 2016-12-06}}</ref>