![]() Star Wars: Garbage collector on Lotho Minor. ![]() Real Life: Center fielder who posted an underwhelming 77 OPS+ for the Detroit Tigers in 1930. ![]() Star Wars: Imperial pilot who thought he could fly a TIE fighter with no training. Real Life: Played just three games for the Detroit Tigers in 1902, but became a legendary scout who signed solid Star Wars names like Hoot Evers, Hal Newhouser, and Dizzy Trout. Star Wars: A famed Imperial sniper known for hitting nearly 3% of his targets. Real Life: Had a solid 15-year career, and ranks first all-time in pitcher wins for the Detroit Tigers, with 223. Star Wars: A Besalisk X-wing mechanic with indigestion. Real Life: Left-handed pitcher who spent 20 years in pro ball, but only three seasons in the bigs, all with the Detroit Tigers. Star Wars: A Gungan assassin hired to kill Jar Jar Binks. Real Life: Spent 12 years pitching in the majors, including a 20-loss season in 1933, and a solid 1944 campaign in Detroit when he was 39. Now, on with the nonsense! Detroit Tigers Star Wars Names Boom-Boom Beck In any event, this is mostly an excuse to have some fun and research older Detroit Tigers players, so we’ll be leaving out more recent players with strong Star Wars names, such as Akil Baddoo, Yorman Bazardo, Jair Jurrjens, and Tarik Skubal. But he created a beloved franchise, so who are we to criticize? Those are all real names in the Star Wars universe, and there’s decent evidence George Lucas thought they were good. Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Biggs Darklighter, Jek Porkins, Wedge Antilles, Ima-Gun Di, Droopy McCool, Elan Sleazebaggano, and Salacious B. We could explain them, but it’s best to just list a few characters from the franchise and let your powers of pattern recognition do the rest: But maybe you aren’t big on space fantasy and don’t know what a Star Wars name is. It’s an epic story of the struggle between light and dark. Star Wars has been a pop culture phenomenon for more than four decades. That’s all the excuse we need to have a little fun and dig though the history books to find the most Star Wars-sounding names in Tigers history. He is the perfect complement to a costume for conventions or fan films or even just having as a display.Today is May the 4th, also known as Star Wars Day, and the Detroit Tigers are the worst team in baseball. The puppeteer can rotate the head, open and close the mouth, make a few facial expressions and there is also an additional cavity to move the tongue around. His body extends all the way to the wearers elbow and his neck has stretchy spandex inside to prevent tearing. He is hollow inside his body so he can be used as a hand puppet and he fits over the average sized arm. His fingers and toes have wire inside, as well as the ears so they can be bent into position. His arms are permanently attached but his legs are connected like an action figure with a socket of sorts so they can be rotated to sit him “Indian style” or seated like a dummy. His arms and legs have rods inside so that he bends properly at the elbows and knees. I painted this by hand with great care and sealed the paint with clear urethane to protect it from damage and the foam is tinted to the base color so even if you manage to tear him, (which is unlikely under normal circumstances) it won't be noticeable. I made this pretty much the same way the one in the movie was made using animatronic-grade foam latex that is soft but still reasonably durable. I cast this piece from a mold of an original sculpture that I did according to my own slight re-designing of the character. Crumb character from the movie Return of the Jedi. This is a replica prop hand puppet I made based on the Salacious B.
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