'Star Wars Attack of the Clones' Page

Star Wars: 'Attack of the Clones' was filmed at Fox Studios Sydney, in 2000. I was fortunate to be one of the Creature Technicians 'wrangled' into the Episode II production by the Make Up department. I was fortunate to work on some of the key new characters including Shaak Ti and Kit Fisto and update many of the older creature Masks designed by others from Return of the Jedi and Episode I. I consider my experience on Star Wars: 'Attack of the Clones' as a milestone in my professional career.

Shaak Ti - 'Attack of the Clones' - Creature Design and Prosthetic Appliance

Shaak Ti's appearance was conceived by concept artists Dermot Power and Ian McCaig, who designed her as a Jedi in Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones. Working under Creature Department head of Department Jason Baird, George Lucas approved my final paint design of the prosthetic which i modified to make more wild and striking. A full head and shoulders bodycast was taken of a very patient and talented Israeli model, Orli Shoshan, who was then encapsulated in a full foam latex prosthetic appliance - all but for her mouth, eyes and nose. This was a complex and difficult Prosthetic Appliance to create and wear, and Orli was very dedicated to it - even though Shaak Ti had no spoken lines. I was given a deadline of two weeks to sculpt / mould / fabricate all the tentacled appliances and we only had two days to apply the make up appliance while filming with no time for tests! .... Promotional images for books and a full 3D bodyscan were taken of Orli wearing the Prosthetic Appliance make up that were then used in creating the Star Wars Toy Figurines of Shaak Ti. The make up and performance were so well received that Orli was asked to reprise her background role as Shaak Ti during the filming of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, also filmed in Sydney a few years later. However the make up was recreated and applied by others on Episode III , while i spent weeks Fibreglassing on the 'Alderaan Cruiser Hallway' for the Construction Department. Many people have discussed the variation between the film versions of Shaak Ti, as there can clearly be seen a distinct variation between the sculpt of the facial prosthetic and the softening of the entire make up design that had been previously approved in Episode II. It was unfortunate but all of her scenes were cut from Episode III ... Once again though, promotional images were taken with the clearly softer difference in her make-up, and used in guidebooks and on other products - confusing a lot of fans ... Shaak Ti did appear in Revenge of the Sith though, portrayed in hologram form by Maria Brill with prosthetics applied in the US by others. Aside from the movies, Shaak Ti has appeared in graphic novels, television animation series, and books.