U.S. Film Director George Lucas begins filming scenes for Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope in Tozeur, Nabeul, Matmata, and Djerba. The film was released in 1977. The positive experience made Tunisia a major location for the U.S. film industry. Noteworthy U.S. motion pictures filmed in Tunisia include Raiders of the Lost Ark, The English Patient, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith.