Shock-helmet

A swoop biker wearing a shock-helmet

Shock-helmets were headgear worn by some swoop drivers. Many members of swoop gangs on Tatooine wore tall shock-helmets.

Behind the scenes

Concept art of the rider

The swoop biker wearing this helmet could first be glimpsed briefly in the Special Edition of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. Concept art of this biker drawn by TyRuben Ellingson showed a complete detailed view of the character and his helmet. Another piece shows two riders instead of one, both wearing similar outfits. The helmet was later named in the Special Edition Limited set of the Star Wars Customizable Card Game.

Appearances

• Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (Special Edition) (First appearance)
• Star Wars: A New Hope - The Special Edition 1
• A More Wretched Hive: The Mos Eisley Cantina

Sources

• 1997 Topps Star Wars Special Edition (Card: #14 Ext. Mos Eisley) (backup link) (Picture only)
• 1997 Topps Star Wars Special Edition (Card: #31 Int. Mos Eisley—Spaceport—Docking Bay 94) (backup link) (Picture only)
• Star Wars: Behind the Magic (Picture only)
• Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary (Picture only)
•  Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Special Edition Limited (Card: Swoop Mercenary) (backup link) (First identified as Shock-helmet)
• Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive (Picture only)
• Star Wars Trading Card Game – A New Hope (Card: Flare-S Swoop) (backup link) (Picture only)
• Star Wars Trading Card Game – Rogues and Scoundrels (Card: Streets Of Tatooine) (backup link) (Picture only)
• "Traveling on Tatooine!"—Star Wars Magazine 2 (Picture only)
• 6 Fascinating Behind-the-Scenes Concepts from The Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)