How the Wampa in Empire Strikes Back Was Filmed!

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[@belligerentinstigator944]

Why would you have your cat taxidermied like this?

[@GeorgeVenturi]

Wasn't expecting to watch a dental examination of a Wampa today. Thank God its not the full puppet.

[@antonischatzianestiadis5776]

😂😂😂

[@mrwoodandmrtin]

Ha.. and Adam saying, its beautiful up there, you can even see what he ate for lunch..

[@gazpal]

Time will tell 😂 Wampa biology 101 😳

[@cleverusername9369]

As a veterinary technician who specializes in animal dentistry I found it to be endlessly fascinating

[@mrwoodandmrtin]

@@cleverusername9369 They were probably just covering themselves in case it had to roar, and the camera caught up inside the mouth. Would a Whampa have as many teeth as a Polar Bear .. hmmm.

[@eclipticevader]

I think that sticker Adam got is from the deleted "Wampa Scenes" from ESB! In the scene, C-3P0 rips what looks like a "Warning, do not open" sign off one of the doors in Echo Base in order to trick the Snowtroopers into opening it and being attacked by wampas. There's even a Wilhelm Scream!

[@Zalifone]

That's exactly what it is! Just double checked the deleted scene to be sure.

[@RetroFett]

Yep!

[@RegalRobot]

it is, good eye!

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

Yep! Here's the deleted scene if anyone is interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmGkoJZqjZ6pg80si=qz5vkeeYzJAr3O9j&t=226 The truth is, it's a better movie without these scenes (the Wampa doesn't look as scary as it could), but it's always nice to see extra Star Wars stuff.

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

There are a few Echo Base Wampa scenes with R2 & a few seeking to attack the rebels en mass, 4-5. I think GL was smart not to use the Wampa base stuff.

[@RegalRobot]

Thank you so much for sharing what we make! Wonderful and informative video!

[@MindiB]

That’s gorgeous! And I laughed out loud at, “I didn’t know you had ears,” since I had just thought exactly the same thing!

[@RegalRobot]

thank you! We appreciate the kind words on our work!

[@IcedDog]

The ears are adorable 😃

[@TheArtofWalls]

And horns!

[@jimrayno1361]

I love it! Phil’s creatures always have a natural asymmetry to them… in doing that it just makes them feel real. I always thought they missed the mark with the special edition live action version… it just wasn’t right.

[@efpara1768]

For an 8 year old in 1980, who thought they understood Star Wars, watching the Wampa attack in the theater was so startling. "Aww, what a cute Tauntaun...AUGH!!! What just happened?"

[@DesertRoamerUK]

My schoolfriend had a Wampa paw in a cardboard box. This was in 1982/83 in a small town outside London, UK. He said it was given to him by a relative that worked on the movie. There may have also been a head but that could be my memory playing tricks on me.

[@efpara1768]

@@DesertRoamerUK that's pretty cool. Based on the behind the scenes pictures, those were huge.

[@DesertRoamerUK]

@@efpara1768 Yeah, it was pretty big (like an old TV size) and was turning yellow.

[@skydancedon588]

Is this full scale? Looks smaller than what I remember in the movie.

[@crashtestwookiee]

I love how much he is nerding over the details!

[@Tactical_Hotdog]

Ha. noticed the warning sticker on the endoscope box before it was shown properly, love it!

[@TheGrapeBushcraft]

I have been following you since I was 8 years old have always loved your stuff man. It is so cool to also have the same interest in star wars as someone I’ve been watching since my childhood.

[@lydiakies9053]

Adam: *busts out scope tool* Me:.... Because of course he has a cool scopey tool thing. Also me: HOLY CRAP! It has a TONGUE!!

[@CarboniteDreamer]

it's kinda cool to think those shelves behind him saw the puppets creation and now it's homages unboxing.

[@RegalRobot]

that's amazing

[@ZerocoolsPropsandCollectibles]

Big time.

[@brettmurphy8523]

Thank you for your in-depth review. Everything and more I wanted to see with this creation you lovingly fan boyed over and allowed us all to enjoy this piece.

[@KaedennYT]

A Wampa life story! I'd absolutely love to see that!

[@SANFRANCISCO49ERS_PYRO]

I love your attention to detail on your reviews.

[@jimmyers4890]

It's got a Jaime moustache.

[@jimvandegrift5803]

my thoughts exactly...!

[@RegalRobot]

LOL!

[@CacoQueen]

I love that one of his teeth is chipped, it's details like that that add so much character and history to the creature and create a lived in universe.

[@667Mumble]

The attention to every detail big and small is incredible

[@jamesfrady3798]

I had no idea that we'd get to see the tauntaun's POV and what was almost Luke's POV @6:39 ! What incredible footage and an incredible replica!

[@richardhall5221]

I just happened to be wearing my Empire Strikes Back shirt today. What perfect timing.

[@TheArtofWalls]

I was expecting to see a close examination of the ears and the horns! Also, does the Wampa have four nostrils as the Taun Tauns have? They both have similar horns so it would be interesting to see if the designers thought about both species having a common evolution ancestor

[@Grampagrows2]

That would look amazing staring out of one of the spacesuits

[@bagoistvan3182]

2:57 ...thank you Adam for presenting the wompa monster to us...i remember when i first seen ESB for weeks after that i was scared to go to the bathroom at night and constantly had to wake up my parents to switch on the lights😸😸😸...Phill Tippett is one of the master god's of movie monsters for sure and his talent of bringing to life the movie directors visions is equalled only by giant's like Giger , Winston ...🤔🤔🤔

[@iowa_don]

Adan, at the rate you are acquiring stuff, and the size of that stuff, you are going to need a Jay Leno size garage to store it all!

[@Mazorzarch]

I'd wager he could open a small, walk through exhibit. "The Savage Movie Memorabilia Museum" or some such name. Hell, I'd pay to go see it all.

[@kenny-d]

“Open up and say, “Ah”.”

[@williamturk2330]

The ESB book "From a Certain Point of View" has a lovely story about the Wampa.

[@anthonygarrido4269]

I love how excited Adam gets

[@Rufflesandrage]

If only someone would look at me and talk to me the way Adam is talking to this Wampa!😂

[@mmseng2]

True. But maybe leave the borescope out. For now.

[@entennstudio]

That piece is absolutely insane!!! Never knew i need a wampa in my life! God I wish I could afford this. Congratulations!

[@five-toedslothbear4051]

I got to say, Adam, that Wampa has a face that only you and I could love. I’m amazed at your exclamations of its beauty… Obviously we share a little bit of the same strangeness.

[@RoSohryu]

You know, seeing that puppet from the side? It's a cat! Like an angry cat! Ears and snarling and head shape... it's a big cat!

[@orangemanok5800]

Yes, very catty ears. The flat forehead too.

[@marysmith2060]

Hmm, Looks like an angry chinchilla cat.

[@chrishechtl8330]

That wampa actually does have a story, and there are other stories both in novel and comic form of the wampas if Adam or other people are interested in reading them...

[@EGOS42]

Only thing missing from this video is Adam walking the puppet along saying "Wampa! Wampa! Wampa!"

[@archivist17]

I second the call for Wampa: The Movie

[@rorytippett8345]

Adam that was super cool. And I'm glad I share a last name with someone so talented. Ps it was awesome meeting u at fan expo

[@Weazel1]

I was half expecting to see a message scrawled in the back of the mouth that said, “Made you look!”

[@RegalRobot]

LOL

[@BrimeFlame12]

Hoth is my favorite planet in Star Wars universe. Wampas and Tauntaun are the only creatures shown to live on this planet. Every way I look at it this was a awesome video.

[@FluffyKittenofMordor]

Wampa is both cute and frightening!

[@wolfe1970]

I would love to watch Adam do a live video of a story of Wampa from his perspective, sat next to it talking about how Wampa came to his fate on that 3 second clip

[@BerenClarke]

Anyone else hear Wamppa roaring sounds in their head, as we saw footage of what it would be like to become Wampa-food? Hey Adam, did you check to see if it’s been microchipped? Maybe it was someone’s lost Wampa pet on Hoth? 🤔

[@Meccanico208]

He's totally Bumble the Abominable snow monster from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

[@2kidsnosleep]

6-8 units of scaling, a full polish, possible perio referral. That gets you cleaned up and THEN we talk bleaching and veneers.

[@carladelagnomes]

🤣

[@SK-yx7hm]

Adam savage is like the awesome uncle who would obviously give his nephews something like a lightsaber.

[@carladelagnomes]

Yes! We would love a story about the Wampa!

[@huamai8084]

I thought for sure there'd be a Wampa arm in that box, too!

[@johnmiddleton4291]

Adam is seriously contemplating putting a hat on it for moment there. Chaos almost won.

[@DecanFrost]

I had nightmares of this Abominable Snowman when i was a kid, that mouth shot will give me brand new nightmares 😂 I remember the mouth horns being bigger? I need a rewatch soon. You need to make a display case for this one Adam.

[@gazpal]

😂😂😂😳😳😂😂😂

[@rodolfosjeronimo9274]

Funny thing you bring that borescope up, just had a endoscopy today!

[@lancers7]

I've been watching myth busters and I can't help but think that's Jamie in 100 years living as a hermit

[@spidersj12]

Put a top hat on him, "hello my baby, hello my honey, hello my tag time doll..."

[@zxorns]

Now i want to see a Wampa with a hat! 😊

[@CheapCheerful]

It's totally Phil Tippet lol :) Love that grumpy old man, sitting here with my ED-209 3D-printed model and Japanese RoboCop figure...

[@imaginationworkshopstudio]

The attention to detail that ILM has done is phenomenal. #MastersofCharacterCreation and #MastersofSpecialVisualEffects and #MastersofMiniatureEffects

[@jeroenkommer6467]

I see a comic con costume coming up

[@Scoddygoat]

The puppet just made me realize that the Wampa is a white furred troll. Dude is just chilling (heh-heh) in his ice cave when some guy on a Taun-Taun is trip-trapping all over his roof, making the ice fall in.

[@tosteson1]

I'll admit . . .Wampa dental exam was not on my bingo card today.

[@elanorgrimes5655]

Its like if a cat was also a grumpy old man. He's so pretty

[@Murdoc2080]

"Up next on Adam savage Tested we will be dissecting a Tauntaun to see if they smell worse on the inside"

[@LotoTheHero]

Heck yea! Empire is my favorite as well!

[@wobblysauce]

Level of detail that most will never see.

[@ecopennylife]

Need to say open up and say arrgh before sticking the boroscope in 😂

[@seanelstob5922]

Given they had reference for the original, it’s a mystery as to why the Wampa in the Special Edition looks so different?

[@egodreas]

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. If this was shot later, why the light skin and obscured horns? Looks like a completely different creature. Of course, I've seen the shot dozens of times without ever noticing, so it doesn't really matter. But seems odd to break continuity for no obvious reason.

[@rjramrod]

It's like if wookiees evolved on Hoth

[@muleskinnerfilms6719]

So very cool!!

[@waithereivegonetogethelp3240]

8:30 - I don't know.. a fascinator might just finish it off nicely. Maybe a tiny jaunty top hat with a single blood splattered white rose in its band might tell a star wars story as yet uncovered.. maybe the reason it's so angry?

[@billyglass5438]

Open up and say aaahh. lol love it Savage

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

That's one amazing purchase ❤❤😂😂

[@Dtrescott]

I'm glad Adam thought it kinda looked like Phil too

[@Blackcreekstudios]

I sometimes have days like this as well … sticking a camera in a wompa’s mouth … and people say “ what did you do today ?” To explain would make me seem like I am insane .

[@RegalRobot]

Same!

[@nathkrupa3463]

Great video sir

[@robertburgess6100]

Very cool!

[@wicked650s]

I thought the Wampa had horns on the side of his face.

[@egodreas]

I actually think the horns are there, but just lighter in color and covered by the fur. But the look of the creature is certainly quite different in this one closeup. I really wished he's said something about the weird decision to deviate so much from an already established design.

[@mattkevlarlarock5469]

my thoughts exactly.

[@andrew32155]

Wait... the Wampa is just a crabby old man with sleep circles and baggy eyes? 🤔 He's just "Winter Season Groundskeeper Willy."

[@EspressoBreve]

where do you keep all this stuff? This is essentially museum quality stuff..... consider opening a showcase somewhere?

[@Kizmar]

"pretty" is an interesting word to describe this thing :)

[@clearstream67]

The Wampa really does look like an angry Phil Tippett!! And EARS!!

[@MrBracey100]

Im guessing that the culrled horns that are supposed to be on the side of its face are under the fur? Which is kindve a shame, as I would be hesitant to style the fur around them but I would also really like to see them.

[@LotoTheHero]

I never thought the inside so a Wampa's mouth would be so fascinating. :P

[@georgeharris6851]

You need the elf from Rudolph who wanted to be a dentist ro take care of the Wampa's teeth.

[@Zogtee]

I never realized the Wampa was actually angry Santa. :)

[@Nin_the_Shinobi]

Space Yeti

[@kelvincrabtree1062]

"Mr Wampa, it appears you have a cavity in your left molar. Do you brush like you're supposed to? " Rahhhhh!" "Ah, I see. Well, it's going to have to come out. Do you have a dental plan?" "rawr." "Ah, well that's alright. We can work out a payment plan for you."

[@EverettGuess]

A Wampa costume for SDCC would be cool! Actually, it would be extremely hot, but you know what I mean.

[@Bubbalou21]

I don't remember ever being able to see the nose. That's very interesting!

[@tested]

Right?

[@JiM-SWEET-art]

In the making of Empire, remember when they tried to get a really tall guy in a Wampa suit and on small stilts to drag a dummy of Luke in the snow and it wasn't working out for them, as the guy kept losing his balance and falling over? I later wondered, since it was just the Wampa and Luke in the frame and there was no sense of scale in that shot, since it was all just white snow all around, why didn't they just use a regular guy in a suit dragging a small version dummy of Luke? I thought of that years later, but I'm surprised they didn't think of that then.

[@toyfreaks]

Adam " I would watch a whole movie about him!" Me "DON'T give Disney any more ideas!"

[@joecolwell1253]

Beyond mega ultra cool!!!

[@Sjuupi]

Looking at the thumbnail, I thought Jamie visited

[@GuanoLad]

So nice of Jamie Hyneman to model for this.

[@Alex-mc4fh]

Love this creature

[@garyjenson1326]

Fun fact: Wilford Brimley was supposed to play the wampa but was stymied by big oatmeal, causing the puppet to be deployed. Disclaimer: this might just be the mad fantasy of an old nerd.

[@cjc363636]

Beautifully "abominable!" Thanks for showing this, Adam!!

[@ekij133]

"The book of Wampa" - coming to Disney+ soon.

[@RegalRobot]

we'd watch that!

[@dgator7251]

Why do I remember big horns on his face? Was that part of the remastered release?

[@xDark007x]

What's the red flashlight he had? Looked interesting.

[@AnarchoReptiloidUa]

Great video. ❤❤❤

[@sawilliams]

I never knew they look like a troll/gnome!

[@JolynBowler]

WAMPA Wonderful 🌻

[@ZenHulk]

WELL i'm 55 yrs old and i hate the word unboxing more than anything, it is exactly like the kid on the block many years ago who got a big wheel first and drove it around like it was a Lexus, allowing others to try it out with a promise to give them something..

[@thomassmart4088]

he cleaned his shed up - Quick send him stuff!!!

[@bigredcheez6984]

I’m confused, was this one wampa of many? The one that attacks Luke had horns, however I didn’t see horns on this one. Was this an earlier version? Or what is the story there?