One of the flying creatures from Dagobah.
Concept art of the Space Slug by Ralph McQuarrie
The hand puppet.
Tauntaun concept art by Ralph McQuarrie
Phil Tippett with a prototype Tauntaun – the Piranha mutant from ‘Piranha’ (1978).
Tippett sculpts the Tauntaun maquette
The maquette.
Tippett with the Tauntaun puppet.
Final composite.
Full-size Tauntauns on set.
Wampa illustration by Ralph McQuarrie.
Building the Wampa suit.
On set.
Early version of the close-up puppet.
The close-up puppet.
Filming the close-up puppet.
The special edition suit.
The special edition head puppet.
