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As Regal Robot roll out their superb 1:1 scale Archive Collection – Wampa Puppet Prop Replica, Adam savage gives us a closer look at Hoths most fearsome creature as well as giving some detail to how the ILM team shot the Wampa back in the day.

Adam unboxes the latest prop replica from Regal Robot’s Archive Collection: a recreation of the Wampa puppet used for close-up shots of the creature in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back! We learn how this puppet, designed by Phil Tippett, was created and filmed on set, and the painstaking efforts that went into recreating his gnarly visage.

Fantha Tracks head out to Hoth this week (aka Finse in Norway), so stay tuned for our wintery adventures on the site, socials, TV and podcasts.

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Star Wars: The Living Force
Star Wars: The Living Force
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Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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Adam Savage: How the Wampa in The Empire Strikes Back was filmed

Mark Newbold
By Mark Newbold

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As Regal Robot roll out their superb 1:1 scale Archive Collection – Wampa Puppet Prop Replica, Adam savage gives us a closer look at Hoths most fearsome creature as well as giving some detail to how the ILM team shot the Wampa back in the day.

Adam unboxes the latest prop replica from Regal Robot’s Archive Collection: a recreation of the Wampa puppet used for close-up shots of the creature in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back! We learn how this puppet, designed by Phil Tippett, was created and filmed on set, and the painstaking efforts that went into recreating his gnarly visage.

Fantha Tracks head out to Hoth this week (aka Finse in Norway), so stay tuned for our wintery adventures on the site, socials, TV and podcasts.

Sale
Star Wars: The Living Force
Star Wars: The Living Force
  • Hardcover Book
  • Miller, John Jackson (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 432 Pages - 04/09/2024 (Publication Date) - Random House Worlds (Publisher)
$14.67 Amazon Prime
Buy on Amazon This is a paid link. Learn More. Price incl. tax, excl. shipping.  Details correct as at: 2025-08-01
SourceAdam Savage’s Tested
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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