When I first saw this image of a Mos Espa fruit stand taken by a fan last summer, I knew I was in prop heaven. There are so many cool pieces in this one image from the set, and I had hoped to track down as many items in this photo as I could find.
At first, I didn't see any of these pieces among the prop junkyards in nearby towns, but after I showed the above photo to enough people, kids and moms (the dads were all at work at the time) started coming from their houses with handfuls of styrofoam painted pumpkins, plastic stands, and dried fruit that matched the items in this photo.
This prop piece was created out of a white plastic household table formed from two identical funnel-shaped pieces. The pieces were painted brown and connected to create this hourglass look.
I found this item by walking through a town where lots of the prequel props had been dumped and showed the image below to many people there to see if anyone had this particular item. They brought out three of these complete stands, but only two of them were still painted brown. The white unpainted version looks nothing like the ones seen in the prequel photos, and one of the locals had washed one off to use in their home.
This facade piece was made out of a black plastic tray that painted brown. Rows of these pieces were added to Mos Espa crates that were found in fruit stands throughout the town.
One of the more visible items in the Mos Espa set pictures are the bunches of brown nuts seen at vendor stalls. In reality these are unusual-looking acorns that were brought to Tunisia from England for the filming. Most of them have long stems.
This image shows some assorted fruit props that were used for Mos Espa vendor stands. Although no closeups of the movie shots are available, these pieces are part of the rich collections of produce found under the many Mos Espa tents.
These fruits look similar to the ones Aunt Beru was dipping into her food processor in A New Hope. They are dried out and have spokes radiating from the sides. Like many of the other prop produce pieces, these are lightweight and dried so that there is no risk of spoiling.
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