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Mystik Merchant @mystikmerchant.com · 55m

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Mystik Merchant @mystikmerchant.com · 56m

#HHM Day 27. For #HispanicHeritageMonth we will be posting images celebrating our Hispanic customers and celebrities from #StarWars. Luis Tosar has been working in film and television since the mid 90s and voiced Sithmaster Kutu in SW: Visions.

Sith Master Kutu (Luis Tosar) confronts his former apprentice Lola in Star Wars: Visions: Sith(2022).

Luis Tosar as Alejandro de la Vega in Zorro(2024).

Luis Tosar as Arcángel de Jesús Montoya in Miami Vice(2006).

Dr. Salvador Pitfarré (Luis Tosar) and Alma Mira (Leonor Watling) investigate the disappearance of her husband in Inconscientes/Unconscious(2004).

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Mystik Merchant @mystikmerchant.com · 23h

If you've been meaning to send us your costume photos, now is a great time. We can always use more shots for our Customer Gallery. [email protected]

If you would like to be featured in one of our Pride/History/Heritage month posts, let us know!

Mystik Merchant @mystikmerchant.com · 23h

If you've been meaning to send us your costume photos, now is a great time. We can always use more shots for our Customer Gallery. [email protected]

If you would like to be featured in one of our Pride/History/Heritage month posts, let us know!

Mystik Merchant @mystikmerchant.com · 23h

#HHM Day 26. For #HispanicHeritageMonth we will be posting images celebrating our Hispanic customers and celebrities from #StarWars. Alex Garcia Lopez has directed episodes of many hit TV shows starting with Coming Up and his most recent 100 Years of Solitude.

Alex Garcia Lopez giving direction to Lee Jung-jae and Amandla Stenberg between shots on The Acolyte(2024).

Showrunner André Nemec and Director Alex Garcia Lopez discussing shots in Auckland NZ during production of Cowboy Bebop(2021).

Alex Garcia Lopez directing Rubén Blades between shots on Fear The Walking Dead.

Alex Garcia Lopez behind the scenes on Cien años de soledad/One Hundred Years of Solitude(2024).

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Mystik Merchant @mystikmerchant.com · 23h

Your suits have the best jaw articulation I've seen so far. Very nice work.

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Mystik Merchant @mystikmerchant.com · 1d

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Mystik Merchant @mystikmerchant.com · 1d

#HHM Day 25. For #HispanicHeritageMonth we will be posting images celebrating our Hispanic customers and celebrities from #StarWars. Veronica Segura is mostly known for indie films and stage plays, but one of her earliest roles was as Cordé in AOTC.

Cordé (Veronica Segura) in her last moments after succumbing to an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones(2002).

Veronica Segura as La Generala de Foodger Wheel's Cancun in Disney's Soy Luna(2016).

Veronica Segura as Sabrina in Mosquita Muerta(2007).

Veronica Segura as Lucy in 7 Mujeres, 1 Homosexual, y Carlos(2004).

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Mystik Merchant @mystikmerchant.com · 2d

If you've been meaning to send us your costume photos, now is a great time. We can always use more shots for our Customer Gallery. [email protected]

If you would like to be featured in one of our Pride/History/Heritage month posts, let us know!

Mystik Merchant @mystikmerchant.com · 2d

#HHM Day 24. For #HispanicHeritageMonth we will be posting images celebrating our Hispanic customers and celebrities from #StarWars. Karol Silva is most known as Rabe, one of Amidala's handmaidens in TPM, but she is also a director, artist, and puppeteer.

Handmaidens Eirtama 'Eirtaé' Ballory (Liz Wilson) and Rabene 'Rabé' Tonsort (Karol Silva) flanking Queen Padmé Amidala Naberrie (natalie Portman), in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace(1999).

Karol Silva working on creating a shark puppet for Creation Myth Puppets, where she is a Core Artist.

Captain Panaka (Hugh Quarshie), Rabé (Karol Silva), and Sabé (Keira Knightley) stand behind Queen Amidala (Natalie Portman) as she reveals her true identity in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace(1999).

Rabé (Karol Silva) behind the scenes on Coruscant in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace(1999).

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Mystik Merchant @mystikmerchant.com · 4d

If you've been meaning to send us your costume photos, now is a great time. We can always use more shots for our Customer Gallery. [email protected]

If you would like to be featured in one of our Pride/History/Heritage month posts, let us know!

Mystik Merchant @mystikmerchant.com · 4d

#HHM Day 23. For #HispanicHeritageMonth we will be posting images celebrating our Hispanic customers and celebrities from #StarWars. Saul Ruiz has been a 3D Story Artist and Director on Star Wars Animated series since 2008.

Saul Ruiz, director and story artist with LucasArts.

Promotional image for Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi(2022).

Promotional image for Star Wars: Rebels(2015-2018).

Promotional Image for Star Wars: The Clone Wars(2008-2020).

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Mystik Merchant @mystikmerchant.com · 5d

If you've been meaning to send us your costume photos, now is a great time. We can always use more shots for our Customer Gallery. [email protected]

If you would like to be featured in one of our Pride/History/Heritage month posts, let us know!

Mystik Merchant @mystikmerchant.com · 5d

#HHM Day 22. For #HispanicHeritageMonth we will be posting images celebrating our Hispanic customers and celebrities from #StarWars. Ecuadorian-Iranian from Texas, Eman Esfandi is a relative newcomer to the screen and was an excellent choice for live action Ezra Bridger.

Ezra Bridger (Eman Esfandi) surprising his old friend Sabine Wren on the very distant planet Peridea in Ahsoka(2023).

Eman Esfandi as Ismail in The Inspection(2022).

Funny Guy (Eman Esfandi) playing Battleship with Rob (Roby Attal) at a research hospital in Red 11(2019).

Eman Esfandi as Apollo in Phaedra(2018).

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Mystik Merchant @mystikmerchant.com · 5d

That is going to be a hell of a journey. Safe travels!

Mystik Merchant @mystikmerchant.com · 5d

If you've been meaning to send us your costume photos, now is a great time. We can always use more shots for our Customer Gallery. [email protected]

If you would like to be featured in one of our Pride/History/Heritage month posts, let us know!

Mystik Merchant @mystikmerchant.com · 5d

#HHM Day 21. For #HispanicHeritageMonth we will be posting images celebrating our Hispanic customers and celebrities from #StarWars. Hailing from Puerto Rico, Ismael Cruz has gotten quite a few choice roles over the years most recently in LOTR: The Rings of Power.

Twi'lek twins Xi'an (Natalia Tena) and Qin (Ismael Cruz Cordova) aboard the New Republic transport Bothan-5, where Qin had been imprisioned for unspecified crimes in The Mandalorian episode Chapter 6: The Prisoner(2019).

Arondir (Ismael Cruz Cordova), a Silvan Elf soldier stationed in the Southlands of Middle Earth during the second age as depicted in Amazon's The Lord of the Rings: The RIngs of Power.

Ismael Cruz Cordova as boxing superstar Hector Campos in Ray Donovan(2016).

Ismael Cruz Cordova as Armando (aka Mando) was a resident of Sesame Street from 2012-2015.

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Mystik Merchant @mystikmerchant.com · 7d

If you've been meaning to send us your costume photos, now is a great time. We can always use more shots for our Customer Gallery. [email protected]

If you would like to be featured in one of our Pride/History/Heritage month posts, let us know!

Mystik Merchant @mystikmerchant.com · 7d

#HHM Day 20. For #HispanicHeritageMonth we will be posting images celebrating our Hispanic customers and celebrities from #StarWars. Danny Trejo, what's not to love? He has a huge heart and loves dogs, tacos, and donuts. And is always ready to help out everyone around him. He is one stellar act.

The Rancor Keeper (Danny Trejo) delivering a gift to the Daimyo Boba Fett on Tattooine in The Book of Boba Fett(2022).

Prison Guard Ismael Cruz (Danny Trejo) escorting Michael Meyers down a hallway in Rob Zombie's Halloween(2007).

Uncle Machete (Danny Trejo) hanging out with his sobrinos Juni Cortez (Daryl Sabara) and Carmen Cortez (Alexa PenaVega) in Spy Kids(2001).

Hitman Navajas (Danny Trejo) searches for El Mariachi in Desperado(1995).

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Mystik Merchant @mystikmerchant.com · 7d

If you've been meaning to send us your costume photos, now is a great time. We can always use more shots for our Customer Gallery. [email protected]

If you would like to be featured in one of our Pride/History/Heritage month posts, let us know!

Mystik Merchant @mystikmerchant.com · 7d

#HHM Day 19. For #HispanicHeritageMonth we will be posting images celebrating our Hispanic customers and celebrities from #StarWars. Robert Rodriguez has been behind the camera for several Star Wars projects and many other awesome film offerings over the years.

Robert Rodriguez directing an episode of The Mandalorian.

Behind the scenes of Matador(2014) with director Robert Rodriguez and star Gabriel Luna.

Robert Rodriguez directing Josh Brolin on the set of Sin City: A Dame To Kill For(2014).

Cheech Marin, Robert Rodriguez, and Antonio Banderas taking a promo shot behind the scenes of Desperado(1995).

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Mystik Merchant @mystikmerchant.com · 8d

for his frame like they just but him in Jimmy Smits cloak without any adjustments. Performance was fantastic, though.

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Mystik Merchant @mystikmerchant.com · 8d

I have really enjoyed Benjamin Bratt in everything I've seen him in. I don't know if I can agree with you, but he did an excellent job. The only complaint I have is that they needed to properly resize his Rebel Base cloak to fit his proportions properly. The shoulders were way too wide (1/2)

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Mystik Merchant @mystikmerchant.com · 9d

If you've been meaning to send us your costume photos, now is a great time. We can always use more shots for our Customer Gallery. [email protected]

If you would like to be featured in one of our Pride/History/Heritage month posts, let us know!

Mystik Merchant @mystikmerchant.com · 9d

#HHM Day 18. For #HispanicHeritageMonth we will be posting images celebrating our Hispanic customers and celebrities from #StarWars. Benjamin Bratt a veteran of stage and screen, he did an admirable job as Bail Organa when Jimmy Smits was unavailable for Andor S2.

Bail Organa (Benjamin Bratt) prepares to cede his time in front of the Galactic Senate to allow Mon Mothma to deliver her epic take down speech in Andor Season 2(2025). Benjamin Bratt stepped into the considerable shoes of Jimmy Smits when he was unavailable to reprise his role due to scheduling conflicts.

Jonathan Pangborn (Benjamin Bratt) discusses magic and Kamar-Taj with Doctor Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) in Doctor Strange(2016).

Officers Alfredo Garcia (Benjamin Bratt), Lenina Huxley (Sandra Bullock), Zachary Lamb (Bill Cobbs), and James MacMillan (Troy Evans) learn the meaning behind the Police Code 187 MDK aka Murder Death Kill in Demolition Man(1993).

Benjamin Bratt as Detective Ray Curtis in Law & Order(1995-2009).

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