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Does anybody know what this is?

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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EO7Rw4mXUAMJ8s9?format=jpg&name=360x360

This monster is supposed to the swamp monster that swallows R2-D2. However it looks nothing like the actuall prop that is supposed to represent the affordmentioned monster. The image is from visual dictionary for the original trilogy which worked in the special edition changes, however as far as I know no changes was made to the original swamp creature scene.

https://www.theforce.net/swtc/Pix/chron/swamp2.jpg

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The Bog Beast! 👍

^ as it was known in the script for Empire (much later named a ‘Dragonsnake’ in canon / EU / Legends etc)
 

 

T’bone had a decent segment about it here - https://starwarz.com/tbone/dagobah

Obligatory wookieepedia article - https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Dragonsnake

TFn Zoo-ology piece - www.theforce.net/swtc/zoology/dragonsnake.html

 

From the script - https://imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Wars-The-Empire-Strikes-Back.html
 

Suddenly, through the thick fog layer, a dark shape appears, moving
toward the little droid. The dark, sinuous bog beast dives beneath the
swampy water, making a loud clunk against Artoo’s metal hull. The
droid disappears from sight, uttering a pathetic electronic scream.

Holding his ignited lightsaber before him, Luke wades a few feet into
the murky pool, looking for any sign of his little friend.

			LUKE
	Artoo!

The black surface is still as death itself… until a few bubbles begin
to appear. Then, phheewaat!! The runt-size robot is spit out of the
water, makes a graceful arc, and comes crashing down into a patch of
soft gray moss.

			LUKE
	Oh, no!  Are you all right?  Come 
	on.  You're lucky you don't taste 
	very good.  Anything broken?

Luke helps Artoo to his feet and begins wiping the mud and roots from
his round metal body. Artoo responds with feeble, soggy beeps.

			LUKE
	If you're saying coming here was 
	a bad idea, I'm beginning to agree 
	with you.  Oh, Artoo, what are we 
	doing here?  It's like... something 
	out of a dream, or, I don't know.  
	Maybe I'm just going crazy.

As Luke glances around at the spooky swamp jungle that surrounds him,
Artoo ejects a stream of muddy water from one of his cranial ports.

 

Jamie Benning may have done a shot doc or something similar for this - very much up his street; and worth a search for. 👍
 

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