Original screen-used ILM stop-motion Princess Leia articulated armature from Return of the Jedi

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Original screen-used ILM stop-motion Princess Leia articulated armature from Return of the Jedi

This ball and socket armature was built at special effects company Industrial Light & Magic and stands approximately 18 in. tall (1:4 scale to a 6-foot tall human). The head, chest, pelvis and knees are machined out of 2024 aluminum; all of the ball and socket joints used to articulate the puppet are machined from tool steel and chrome plated. These include the neck, shoulders, arms, torso, legs and feet. This armature was screen-used on the Forest Moon of Endor sequence and was inside the “Princess Leia” puppet during the Imperial Speeder Bike chase with rod-puppeted by Tom St. Amand. Also, this puppet is larger than these of “Princess Leia”. An added bonus is the fact that this puppet was screen-used one other time for "Willie Scott" in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in the iconic Mine Car Chase sequence.