Ripplin said:

^That's pretty cool. You never know! :) We did end up with the wrapped faces of the sandpeople, though that's more like The Mummy or The Invisible Man with hardware attached. :p

Yeah. There are a few movies/scenes/characters that Lucas and co. have acknowledged as sources. But anything else is a tough call.

Still, I'm always fascinated by these similarities. The sandpeople DO look a lot like Claude Rains in the Invisible Man. Goggles wrapped with gauze!

Then again, Jambe's movie shows how some really distinctive designs -- like the Jawas -- were just ad hoc replacements.