Man Makes a Tauntaun Costume. Some Men Were Born To Be Useless.

Star Wars is the pinnacle of all things nerdy. It is, and will be for a while, the comparison point for all great Sci-Fi, and as a result, it has been a source of great inspiration for many.

This inspiration has taken many forms. Some have gone on to make wonderful films, others have made some great TV shows, and others still have gone on write great books. Other’s make a giant Tauntaun suit.

The costume, though, suffers from one giant, and rarely seen, problem: it’s too awesome. Yes, there is such a thing. When you hear about someone making something as awesome as a full-on Tauntaun costume in their garage, you applaud them. Then you actually see it. It blows your mind. That’s when the sadness sets in.

The sadness comes in waves: Wave #1 is the wave of jealousy. You wish you knew how to make a Tauntaun costume in your garage.  Wave #2 is acceptance. You realize that you’ll never be able to make a Tauntaun costume anywhere near as awesome as the one this guy made. Wave #3 is happiness – you’re happy that you’ll never be able to make a Tauntaun costume as good as the one this guy made because you’ve got shit to do.

But, regardless, the guy made a pretty damn good costume that he plans to the Tauntaun to a big party in Sacramento, California called the Exotic Zone ball. May god have mercy on the person working the legs.

Side note: What with the person working the legs, you can actually slice open the belly on the Tauntaun costume and have real life guts pour out. Granted, they won’t be the wormy, white guts from Empire Strikes Back, they’ll be more on the human guts, but the same principles would apply.

And, if you want to learn how to waste and epic amount of time and money by building your own Tauntaun costume, the creator of the one above detailed his every step here.