‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ brings together crews of ruffians and space pirates flying over the space of the New Republic. Even though the Galactic Empire has fallen, the new government has failed to rein in the smugglers, bounty hunters and privateers, so they do their thing, raiding civilian ships and hoarding the riches they steal to later spend on drinking and gambling. random. The pirate life is the best life and also the most picturesque. Humans, Anzelans, Niktos, Twi’leks and every species one can imagine are there, even one that George Lucas wanted to erase forever: the Shistavenen.
The aforementioned is called Brutus and He’s the guy who leads the mutiny against Silvo in the opening scene of ‘Skeleton Crew’. It is covered in fur, has a snout, and bloodshot crimson eyes. It looks like a werewolf, but it is not a new species in ‘Star Wars’, as it was introduced since ‘Episode IV: A New Hope’, although those who see the current editions will not find it. One of the clients of the Mos Eisley cantina is a Shistavenen called Lak Sivrak, whose role in the film is absolutely testimonial (he appears talking to another alien). The Brutus design, however, is much more sophisticated and looks more expensive.
A mask purchased at a costume store
The truth is that during filming we had to stick to budget and schedule constraints, so some costumes were put together quickly. Lak’s consisted of a shop-bought mask and a piece of Jawa’s robe, so George Lucas decided to remove it completely from the footage in the 1997 Special Edition. The main reason is that Lucas thought it was a cheap design, but at the time he couldn’t do anything about it. He replaced him with Ketwol, a much more elaborate alien of the Pacithhip species who was made as a puppet and animatronic, although he was inserted into the film digitally.
Do not confuse the Shistavenen with the Defela species that also resembles werewolves. In fact, Qui-Gon Jinn and his then Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi had to face one of these creatures years before ‘The Phantom Menace’.
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