54 / STAR WARS INSIDER
FINDING YOUR FETTZuckuss
Poor Zuckuss! Not only does his
name relegate him to the bottom of
all alphabetical Star Wars character
lists, he also suffered a long history
of mistaken identity. Aside from
being confused with 4-LOM for
many years (Kenner action fi gures
cardbacks identifi ed the two
characters with their names swapped
around), the shooting scripts and call
sheets originally identifi ed the bug-
eyed alien bounty hunter as Tuckuss.
The design for Zuckuss was
refi ned by John Mollo from Ralph
McQuarrie’s hairy, more alien
concept sketches, and the costume
department crafted his elaborate
garments and gear. The head—
sculpted by Patti Rodgers and Jan
Stevens—featured eyes made from
bubble wrap, which was a relatively
new innovation at the time. A tube
inside the mask allowed the actor
to blow air bubbles into a vial of
colored water on Zuckuss’ chest.
Catherine Munroe—who used the
stage name Katy Jarrett later in her
career—played the role, and was one
of the few bounty-hunter actors to
be able to sit down in her costume
between takes.LEGACY
OF THE
BOUNTY
HUNTERS
On their journey
to the big
screen, the
bounty hunters
underwent many
developmental
stages before
they evolved into
the motley crew
called in by Darth
Vader. However,
many discarded
concepts and
designs would
eventually fi nd
their place in the
Star Wars galaxy,
in various shapes
and forms.
The animated
Star Wars Rebels
series took
inspiration from
many of Ralph
McQuarrie’s
concepts as
the basis for
new characters.
The original
McQuarrie
assassin droid,
for example,
became the IG-
RM thug droids
who carried out
the orders of
criminal Cikatro
Vizago, while the
white-armored
super trooper
design that
led to Boba
Fett’s armor
became the
Imperial Super
Commandos,
a unit of
Mandalorians
who served the
Empire under
the command of
Imperial Viceroy
of Mandalore,
Gar Saxon.The
Empire
shooting script
referred to
Zuckuss as
“Tuckuss.”