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From left: Bounty hunter bar scene; Zabrak bounty hunters. Tattoos created a variety of Star Wars-flavored tattoos to enhance these looks. MS: The first episode introduces us to a brand-new planet while establishing that we are in the Star Wars world. We kept the hair styles familiar, even peppering in some hom- age looks (yes, those are "Leia" buns), but disheveled and worn. To add texture, we often used mini crimp irons and hemp twine, and lots of dry shampoo, so no one's hair looked too shiny or healthy. Episodes 2 & 3: Bounty Hunters BS: When we were able to start prep for the scenes in the Nevarro City Bounty Hunters Guild Bar, both Maria and I brought in a few people to start in our trailer. MS: For the bounty hunter bar scenes, we worked closely with our 2nd AD and the extras casting department to get photos of our cast of featured background characters before- hand. Brian and I would then toss ideas back-and-forth of what each individual would look like: Would they be a full prosthetic/alien make-up or more humanoid in appear- ance? Once we settled on ideas for each character, we would do mock-ups to send to the producers for feedback and approval. After some back-and-forth, we would finalize the mock-up and move on to prep. At this point, I brought in my assistant department head, Wendy Southard, and my col- league, Shimmy Osman, to help with fabrication and testing. BS: Alexei Dmitriew, Carlton Coleman, and Richard Redlefsen joined me for those prep weeks. We would trim sheet foam and do anything we could to create interesting silhouette shapes that would then be coated in latex or covered in a bald cap. Several of the fabricated characters made their way as bounty hunters. We were able to squeeze in a pair of Zabrak bounty hunters, male and female. I sculpted three different