Behold Mardji, the most famous of all god damn Asian elephants ever. Actually, I have no idea if that’s correct. But Mardji was the elephant tasked with playing a motherfuckin’ bantha in good ole A New Hope. This shit is confusing, because I always thought that banthas were real, and just went instinct over the last twenty years or so, along with the wookie and the Salacious Crumb. Shit is getting complicated in my life.

Hit the jump for more pictures of Mardji in her bantha glory.

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