

Jim Thorpe was one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century. This is not Jim Thorpe. Instead this is a guy wearing the same mask as Djas Puhr’s mask (a recycled Rick Baker original), but here it’s not painted all black. That gives Thorp a unique creepy look, but not one that particularly stands out. Ackmena does call Thorp by name, so that’s something.
In the costume designs for the Original Trilogy, George Lucas had specific rules about not having fasteners visible. But the Holiday Special threw that rule in the trash as hard as it could. Thorp sports an obnoxiously huge zipper pull on his outfit. It’s hard to even qualify what he’s wearing as a costume, and it is likely it was repurposed from something else.
