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I'm still making my way through all 35 issues of Bantha Tracks. #BanthaTracks19 brings us an interview with the great makeup artist, sculptor, and Yoda model Stuart Freeborn! 
Freeborn here calls Greedo one of his favorite creature designs, and describes the mask's origin as a "Pea-Man" for a UK commercial. The "mohawk of quills" was a necessary addition to cover the seam that he had to cut because the plastic had stiffened up!
Freeborn worked on 2001, and says the opening sequence featured apes instead of Neanderthals for reasons of modesty. That was his first creature work, and the ape mouth mechanism was reused for Chewie (as well as getting him the gig!).
