Enter the Dagobah Dragon: Meet the Nogard

November 24, 2021

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Special effects make-up artist and designer Nick Malley poses next to a mysterious creature called a Nogard, which in another life would be instantly familiar to Star Wars fans, had the beast been included in The Empire Strikes Back. It wasn’t, so here’s a look at an animal that has remained illusively hidden just out of shot for over 40 years.

This is Nogard… the lost dragon from Degobah… which I designed for The Empire Strikes Back, but was never used#StarWarsEpisodeIV #Nogard #TheEmpireStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/qMOKAXOUM3

— that “Yoda Guy” Nick Maley (@StarWarsYodaGuy) November 19, 2021

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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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This is Nogard… the lost dragon from Degobah… which I designed for The Empire Strikes Back, but was never used#StarWarsEpisodeIV #Nogard #TheEmpireStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/qMOKAXOUM3

— that “Yoda Guy” Nick Maley (@StarWarsYodaGuy) November 19, 2021

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Queen's Hope (Star Wars)

Hardcover Book
Johnston, E.K. (Author)
English (Publication Language)
288 Pages - 04/05/2022 (Publication Date) - Random House/Star Wars (Publisher)

SourceNick Malley

Mark Newbold

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