Subject: tusken raider / sand person

Culture: American sci-fi

Setting: Star Wars

Object: costume merchandise

* Fort Worth Museum of Science and History > Star Wars: The Exhibit

"Tusken Raider Costume Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

The Tusken Raiders, or Sand People, are mysterious, dangerous desert dwellers.

The local human and Jawa populations try to stay clear of them.

Their outfits completely hide their bodies, while providing their eyes, noses,

and mouths with protection from bright suns and blowing, choking sand.

"One challenge confronting the filmmakers shooting A New Hope in 1976

was to create convincing aliens using rubber, plastic, and cloth costumes.

By completely covering the Sand People, they leave it up to your imagination

to decide what the Tusken look like under the wrappings."

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