Gondar tusk mask

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A Gondar tusk mask was a type of helmet. It was a light helmet that included protective metal plates mostly covered by leather as well as a peaks in the front and back to protect against the sun. It had a jaw like visor that protected the wearer's face as well as helping to conceal their identity.[3] This section included tusks[4] from a species called Gondar.[2]

In 10 BBY,[5] Tobias Beckett wore a suit of Tantel armor with a Gondar tusk mask while posing as a guard for Qi'ra during a Coaxium heist on Kessel in the Outer Rim Territories.[6]

In 0 ABY,[5] Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa disguised themselves with Tantel armor and Gondar tusk mask as guards for Han Solo while he was claiming to be a emissary of Jabba Desilijic Tiure at a meeting on the moon Cymoon 1.[7]

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In 3 ABY,[8] the scoundrel Kay Vess found a Gondar tusk mask in a container aboard the Trailblazer, an EML-850 light freighter that she stole from Sliro Barsha's Westhill Palace in Canto Bight.[2]

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During the same year,[5] Lando Calrissian wore a Gondar tusk mask and Tantel armor to infiltrate Jabba's palace on the desert planet Tatooine with his friend Lobot in order to seek help from a Autonomous Translator Module, Mark II droid regarding Lobot's implants.[9] A year later in 4 ABY,[5] Calrissian used the same disguise while working undercover at Jabba's palace to help rescue his friend Han Solo from Jabba. He continued to wear the disguise and act as a guard when Solo, Luke Skywalker, and Chewbacca were sentenced to be executed at the Great Pit of Carkoon, a Sarlacc located in the Dune Sea on Tatooine.[1]

Behind the scenes

Gondar tusk masks first appeared though unidentified in the 1983 film Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi.[1] It was first identified in the canon continuity in the junior novelization[10] and extended novelization[11] of the 2018 film Solo: A Star Wars Story.[6]

The tusks were first identified as belonging to a Gondar in the Star Wars Legends continuity in "Taster's Choice: The Tale of Jabba's Chef",[12] a short story by Barbara Hambly which was published in Tales from Jabba's Palace in January 1996.[13]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Star Wars Outlaws
  3. ↑ Star Wars Helmet Collection: Lando Calrissian Helmets: Lando Calrissian
  4. ↑ Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Star Wars: Timelines
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Solo: A Star Wars Story
  7. ↑ Star Wars (2015) 1
  8. ↑ Premium-Era-real Visit a Galaxy Far, Far Away with our Star Wars liveblog direct from San Diego Comic-Con 2024! on Popverse: "We're beginning our journey three years after the Battle of Yavin" (backup link archived on January 22, 2025) dates the events of Star Wars Outlaws to 3 ABY.
  9. ↑ Star Wars (2020) 38
  10. ↑ Solo: A Star Wars Story: A Junior Novel
  11. ↑ Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition
  12. ↑ "Taster's Choice: The Tale of Jabba's Chef" — Tales from Jabba's Palace
  13. ↑ The Essential Reader's Companion