Via Starwars.com:
LEARN HOW ONE FAN CREATED A COSTUME THAT WOULD MAKE JABBA PROUD…AND IS HARD AT WORK ON BRINGING K-2SO TO LIFE AT STAR WARS CELEBRATION 2017.
Most Impressive Fans is a feature highlighting the amazing creativity of Star Wars devotees, from cosplay to props. If there’s a fearless and inventive fan out there, we’ll highlight them here.
Jeremy Fisher was something of a celebrity at the 2016 San Diego Comi-Con, with his own wrangler in tow and the eyes of adoring fans lighting up as his wart-covered form came into view.
For months, the stop-motion animator — who spends his days bringing action figures to life for the likes of Robot Chicken — had spent his free time meticulously patterning foam parts using a beloved rancor toy as a miniature model. The end result was a hulking Star Wars cosplay that weighed in at 60 pounds, cost about $2,000 out of pocket — a long way from his first homage using old milk jugs and home décor to fabricate Mandalorian armor complete with Wookiee scalps.
But don’t expect to see the beast from Dathomir at the 2017 Star Wars Celebration in Orlando.
Never one to avoid a new challenge (or drive a U-haul of rancor parts cross-country,) Fisher is now working to finish a life-size K-2SO that is sure to raise some eyebrows at TSA when he boards his flight from L.A.
The new costume is a departure from his rancor debut — a squat 6-foot-wide, 7-foot-tall behemoth that swallowed him whole — that still manages to use many of the tricks he gleaned from the process. To cosplay the beloved and pragmatic reprogrammed Imperial droid now on screens in Rogue One, Fisher is using a puppeteer’s approach that takes a page from The Phantom Menace playbook, donning a body suit to blend into the background and operate the character from behind.
Fisher will mount Kaytoo’s chest to his shoulders, his feet to his own, and use sticks to articulate the droid’s arms. “Otherwise you’re stuffing yourself into these skinny little legs and there’s not much room in there,” he says.
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