That has to be a giant hood/cloak. Just look at the size of the real mouth and chin. The guy’s wearing a prosthetic head the size of a big watermelon. It’s so weird and creative… I’m always sad when revisionism kills something great. If not for projects like Despecialized 4k77 and the sequels, we would never see this version ever again.
I figured it was the Ian McDiarmid guy, since he was the emperor in return of the jedi and they just did prosthetics on him to be weird and creepy. Guess they hadn’t even casted him yet?
And then in 2004, the on screen evidence was deleted with the DVD revision edits when they deleted the original emperor and replaced him/it/her/them with Ian McDiarmid retroactively.
Ironic
That has to be a giant hood/cloak. Just look at the size of the real mouth and chin. The guy’s wearing a prosthetic head the size of a big watermelon. It’s so weird and creative… I’m always sad when revisionism kills something great. If not for projects like Despecialized 4k77 and the sequels, we would never see this version ever again.
Wasn’t it a female actress?
WAS it?? No shit. Look at that.
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Marjorie_Eaton
I figured it was the Ian McDiarmid guy, since he was the emperor in return of the jedi and they just did prosthetics on him to be weird and creepy. Guess they hadn’t even casted him yet?
Edit: and looks like a different actor was used for “test shots” before the eventual final cut https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Elaine_Baker
And then in 2004, the on screen evidence was deleted with the DVD revision edits when they deleted the original emperor and replaced him/it/her/them with Ian McDiarmid retroactively.
I believe it was something weird like a female actress with like chimp eyes overlayed.