The Empire Strikes Back is loaded with amazing science fiction moments. Between the lush sequences shot in orangy-pink Cloud City, the Rebel rout on frigid planet Hoth, or the hunt for the Millennium Falcon through an asteroid field and beyond, director Irvin Kershner created a series of memorable backdrops for this installment in the saga. One of the highlights, which launched a thousand Legends stories, is a brief scene aboard Darth Vader's flagship, the Super Star Destroyer Executor.
The Sith Lord, frustrated with his officers' lack of progress with regards to capturing Han Solo and his associates, employs a gaggle of bounty hunters, including the infamous Boba Fett ("no disintegration"). The sequence also introduces the memorable reptilian mercenary Bossk, who responds to Admiral Piett's distaste for bounty hunters with a guttural retort.
Little did Piett know that the yellow Trandoshan, or at least his spacesuit, had a serious pedigree. Not only was the getup featured on the 1966 Doctor Who serial The Tenth Planet, but it originated as a High-Altitude Windak Pressure Suit, worn by the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force during the '60s. Franchise-wise, Bossk wasn't the first one to rock this suit, either. Cantina-dweller Bo Shek wore an alternative version during A New Hope, while later, several A-Wing pilots donned the suit while battling the Imperial fleet in Return of the Jedi.
