Kaleesh mask

Kaleesh masks, also known as Kaleesh war masks or Kaleesh battle helmets, were traditional, fearsome war masks typically worn by legendary warriors of the Kaleesh native to the planet Kalee in Wild Space. Frequently sculpted from the skulls, bones, and teeth of Kaleesh's native homeworld's fiercest and most fearsome predatory beasts, mumuu, erkush, and karabbac and smeared lined above their eyes with karabbac-blood war paint before battle.
==Description==
Kaleesh masks, also known as Kaleesh war masks or Kaleesh battle helmets,Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary were traditional, fearsome war masks often carved of the skulls, bones, and teeth. Creatures used in creating a Kaleesh mask included the mumuu, erkush, and karabbac.Star Wars: The Ultimate Cookbook The mask typicallyStar Wars: Alien Archive obscured Kaleesh's features, covering almost all of their head.
As with all large,Star Wars: The Force Awakens novelization white Kaleesh helmets had eye sockets, a lack of a nose, and a row of six pointed teeth in place of a mouth.Star Wars 100 Objects However, some eye sockets featured long, lateral slits that dominated the mask, with ear flares surrounding the helmet. From a distance, their slitted golden eyes and tusks were visible. Before battle, above their eyes, the mask was smeared with karabbac-blood war paint. Apparently, if it were discovered that someone wore a mask like this just for effect, the Kaleesh would not tolerate it.Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Head-to-Head
==History==
Before the Clone Wars, the feared Kaleesh warriorUltimate Star Wars and warlordStar Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded Qymaen jai Sheelal, later known as Grievous, wore a terrifying war mask crafted from the skull and bone of a mumuu and painted with karabbac-blood in battle, such as during his homeworld's war against the Yam'rii of Huk.Star Wars: A Galaxy at War Grievous also owned a mask carved from erkush bone. After suffering a terrible shuttle accident that nearly cost him his life, when Grievous served as the Commander of the Separatist Droid Army, he nevertheless kept his tradition and based his cybernetic mask after the one he formerly wore, even though so little of his original form remained. On Vassek's third moon, a well-stocked warehouse of new limbs and the majority of racks of spare components for his armor, such as the masks, paid tribute to his past as a Kaleesh warrior.
During the conflict between the First Order and the Resistance,"The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku" the Delphidian pirate Sidon Ithano woreStar Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary an ancient (German version) traditional"The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku" (Spanish version) bloodStar Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia-red plasteel mask that resembled that of the ruthless reptilian Kaleesh species he had stolen from themStar Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know and adopted one of their masks to hide his Delphidian heritage.
At some point, Ithorian collector Dok-Ondar collected an original skull-carved Kaleesh mask worn by the late General GrievousStar Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide and displayed it at his Batuuan store, Dok-Ondar's Den of Antiquities in Black Spire Outpost.
==Behind the scenes==
Kaleesh masks were first mentioned in "The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku," a short story written by Landry Q. Walker, as part of the anthology Tales from a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Aliens: Volume I, and was published on December 1, 2015, as an eBook, while it first appeared as a background prop for the Dok-Ondar's Den of Antiquities store at the Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge theme park land, has backstory elements that, though not directly published for the public, are officially canon details that can be obtained verbally from cast members working in the store. which opened to guests at Disneyland Park and Disney's Hollywood Studios in 2019.
In Star Wars Legends, the Kaleesh masks first appeared in "The Eyes of Revolution," a comic story written and illustrated by Warren Fu, published in the Dark Horse Comics anthology Star Wars: Visionaries, released on April 2, 2005, and first mentioned in the 2005 reference book Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: The Visual Dictionary, which was written by James Luceno.Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: The Visual Dictionary
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