Star Wars: Phil Tippett Reveals Salacious Crumb’s Hilarious Origin Story
Legendary special and visual effects artist Phil Tippett has recently revealed the hilarious origin story behind Salacious Crumb's name. The artist made a name for himself while working on Star Wars (1977) by creating the stop-motion chess game for the Millenium Falcon. He went on to work on both Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi, creating the AT-AT attack on Hoth and designing the many creatures that populated the Star Wars universe.
One such unique creature was Salacious B. Crumb, the diminutive monkey-like Kowakian who worked as a jester for the Tatooine crime lord Jabba the Hutt. Although his time was brief in Return of the Jedi, he was memorable as the annoying little creature who frequently snickered and cackled with laughter as Jabba inflicted his cruel acts on whoever was near. His distinctive long-eared and wide beak-mouthed design was reminiscent of the chilling creatures of The Dark Crystal, a film in which alien puppeteer Tony McVey crewed.
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During a panel at this year's Star Wars Celebration (via Amy Fulcher @asthebunnyhops), Tippett shared the hilarious origin story of how Salacious B. Crumb got his name. According to the special effects artist, a group of the creature team was out at a restaurant where they began drinking. As they were leaving, Tippett announced he needed to tie his shoelaces but slurred the word shoelaces leading to a sound like Salacious. Hear Tippett tell the story below.
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