An intriguing JEDI shot of one of the Prune Face aliens, said by many to be deliberately familiar in facial design to Spielberg's E.T. (then underway in filming and in effects post production at ILM), getting some wardrobe supervision by an unknown lady - we presume a member of ILM's creature shop before the completed alien costumes/masks were shipped off to England for January to April 1982's principal photography. At least three of the aliens are present in black/grey Jedi-like hooded robes in the Rebel Cruiser briefing room scene, and at least one, in a dark hood, carry's a rifle and goes up the ramp of the stolen Rebel shuttle before take-off, and then appears dancing and mingling at the finale celebrations in the Endor Ewok village- perhaps we can speculate that the filming plan was to have one of the Prune Face aliens appear as an advance scout in the later filmed location shoot with Han and the others, but, for unknown reasons, it never happened? If anyone can help with additional info to solve this mystery, please get in touch.
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