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STILL MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE SW CANTINA ALIEN -- WHICH ONE'S YOURS?

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on Nabrun Leids, Moorserian male pilot, smuggler, and patron of Chalmun's spaceport cantina in "STAR WARS: Episode IV -- A New Hope."

During the film's production, Leids' species was listed as "Plutonian" by SW costume designer John Mollo (1931-2018). Illustration by Nick Bondra, a.k.a., "Phraggle," c. 2015.

MINI-BIO: "Four-armed smuggler and pilot-for-hire. A Moorserian male. Breathes methane. Former fighter pilot. He can take you anywhere for the right price."

-- STAR WARS RPG DATABANK

Sources: www.pinterest.com/pin/nabrun-leids--302585668685989263, www.deviantart.com/phraggle/art/Nabrun-Leids-576575846, Fandom, & Happy Beeps.

"...SMUGGLER AND PILOT-FOR-HIRE LOOKING FOR BUSINESS, LEGITIMATE OR OTHERWISE."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on shots of cantina alien & Moorserian smuggler Nabrun Leids action figure, he was part of Hasbro's 2006 "STAR WARS Saga Collection" and released as a Wal-Mart exclusive.

SPECIES: Moorserian (formerly known as "Plutonian")

ENJOYS: Watching cantina patrons

KNOWN FOR: Shady dealings

FILM/CANTINA SCENE/FUN FACT: "The cantina scene was meant to jolt the audience. According to special effects makeup artist, Stuart Freeborn:

"Because [the cantina] was supposed to be a kind of "shock" scene. Everything’s pretty normal up to that point in the film."

-- BANTHA SKULL, "The Saga Collection" blogspot

Source: www.banthaskull.com/photo_galleries/gallery/ph-tsc-072-nabrun-leids-kabe.

"HE LIKES TO BRAG THAT HE CAN TAKE ANYONE ANYWHERE FOR THE RIGHT PRICE."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on "STAR WARS" Galactic Files Blue Foil #470 Nabrun Leids trading card by Topps, c. 2013.

MINI-BIO: "Hailing from a planet commonly called Morseer, four-armed Nabrun Leids is a notorious smuggler and pilot-for-hire, flying the Scarlet Vertha. He likes to brag that he can take anyone anywhere for the right price. Leids eventually leaves the Quelii sector to escape eager bounty hunters, retreating to the Triellus Trade Route between the Sisar Run and Tatooine. In 0 BBY, he is refreshing himself at Chalmun's Cantina when Luke Skywalker and Ben Kenobi enter the place, looking for a pilot."

-- "STAR WARS GALACTIC FILES" trading card #470, Topps, c. 2013

Source: www.ebay.com/itm/304678702599.

TALK ABOUT A "LIVED IN" ALIEN SPECIES -- THE GAS MASK WAS EX-BRITISH MILITARY.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on the anti-gas Mk. IV General Service Respirator, an Interwar, Second World War and Early Post-War Respirator which has seen use in many different forms all over the world, including usage as a "cantina alien" (Moorserian smuggler, Nabrun Leids) movie prop in the 1977 smash cinema hit "STAR WARS."

EXTRA INFO: Mk.IV in use by the Australian Women's Army Service and Mk. IV in use by the Australian Army.

RESPIRATOR MINI-OVERVIEW: "Starting its life in 1926, and fitted with upgrades to box respirator containers, known as the Type A and Type D Containers, this mask was, at the time, viewed as a leading design by Britain and saw less development of the mask itself to allow for a focus on container development. This design served Great Britain throughout the war alongside its successor, the Mk. V. versions of the Mk. IV and V continued service into the 1950s, both with the military and even in a modified state with Porton Down staff."

-- GAS MASK AND RESPIRATOR (Fandom)

Source: https://gasmaskandrespirator.fandom.com/wiki/Mk._IV_General_Service_Respirator?file=Australianmkiv1.jpg.