The Ice Creature

Quote of today

"Hey, steady girl. What's the matter? You smell something?"

Luke Skywalker is trying to calm his tauntaun.
The Empire Strikes Back

Today we remember…
Des Webb who deceased today 2002

Des Webb (birthday missing) played the Wampa in The Empire Strikes Back. He got the part because he was 2,08 meters/6'10'' and still he used stilts in the costume. But stilts, a fur suit, and snow do not mix well, unfortunately. Most of the intended scenes for the "Ice Creature" were removed from the final version of the movie. All that was left was the arm that knocks Luke off his tauntaun and a close up of the roaring wampa. In the Special Edition version of The Empire Strikes Back ILM artist Howie Weed designed and wore a new wampa suit for the additional scenes.

Wampa is the ice creature Luke runs into on the snow planet Hoth. It is over two meter in high and a stealthy predator.

Today...
year 1980 was the premiere of The Empire Strikes Back in USA and UK. All we other had to wait... 
First to see it after USA and UK was Japan in 28 June. In Sweden we had to wait until 15 Augusti and poor Bulgaria had to wait until 23 April 1984.