Stunt Coordinator Peter Diamond plays Garouf Lafoe, the snitch who tells the stormtroopers about the fight in the cantina. Diamond also played the Tusken Raid Chief. Lafoe is a free trader who imports chunks of ice from the outer planets of the Tatooine system.
1) The Ubrikkian 9000 Z001 landspeeder. 2) The jerba pack animal. 3) The Mobquet Deluxe A-1 Speeder and 4) a chatty power droid.
Interestingly enough, the speeder names did not come from expanded universe fiction. They were called that in design.
The Special Edition of this shot adds two CG dewbacks, and a CG dismounting stormtrooper. This shot also reveals that video prints of Star Wars do not give you the whole picture. In theatres, the dismounting trooper was clearly visible. In the video version, he is almost off-screen.
A better shot of Tech M'or and his sound-synthesizing Ommni Box. The cantina band was played by crew members from ILM and Rick Baker's studio. The masks were so hot that the producer had to slit holes in them with a razor blade during production.
When Han says, "it’ll cost you something extra," and it cuts to Ben’s reaction shot, Weird Girl (or Leesub Sirln) walks behind him, left to right. As Luke says "we could almost buy our own ship for that," Weird Girl keeps walking, left to right. Very good continuity. Until we cut back to the two and Luke says "you bet I could," as Weird Girl is back behind Ben.
Almost lost in the background mix of beehive hairdos is the pointy-hatted lieutenant of Jabba the Hutt.
As the stormtroopers ask the bartender if there’s been any trouble, we can see Kabe drinking from a cup. Although the cup is most likely empty, the little rodent has missed her mouth altogether, and if it had anything in it, she’s pouring it down her neck. Also, check out Wuher's ring.
Who's that talking to Merc Sunlet? Is it Evazan? Sure looks like him. Man... some guys can't take a hint and just leave.
As the stormtroopers pass in front of Han’s booth, a Snivvian alien can be seen looking at the troopers on the left side of a letterboxed screen. He’s a pretty dopey looking Snivvian with a hunch-back and unkempt hair. His name’s Takeel, and he’s in a short-story I wrote for Star Wars AdventureJournal. #11 (shamless plug)