TheBoost said:

ben_danger said:

I think prune-face was just another excuse for an action figure really.

I've always found this to be a cheap shot at Lucas.

Were all the aliens in the cantina just an excuse? Were the ugnauts or Lando's copilot just excuses?

We complan that all the shuttles in ROTJ were the same, but if they were different were they just excuses to sell another vehicle?

Frankly I wish there were MORE superfluous aliens in ROTJ.

hmm, maybe its all an excuse for an action figure... point being as fore-mentioned that this guy is a cheap background addition, who just sort of looks a bit rubbish and either hovers so far in the distance or disappears entirely. I'm all for additional aliens, especially as rebel pilots and troopers (assuming that the rebels on yavin and hoth were just one arm of the rebellion). aliens in the cantina and jabbas palace was more of a play on how exotic and unusual the environment was i assumed. it would certainly seem alot less exciting if aliens were just everywhere.

enstead of adding aliens though, really need to look at adding all those sideburns that we lost after ANH.