Star Wars Costume Spotlight: Other Costumes with Helmets from the Rebellion

by Ben | Mar 17, 2017 | The Tech Behind the Movie

Star Wars Costume Spotlight: Other Costumes with Helmets from the Rebellion

For today’s Star Wars costume spotlight, we’ll take a look at a variety of costumes from Revenge of the Sith, A New Hope, Return of the Jedi, and The Force Awakens.

These costumes include pilots’ gear, and the costume of the minor character Captain Typho.

Now lets first look at the costume of Typho before moving on to the helmets and gear.

Here’s the full costume of Captain Typho from Revenge of the Sith:

In this close up of Captain Typho’s communicator, you can see that the paint on the antenna and bottom part is chipped off:

Here’s the full costume of Luke Skywalker’s X-Wing Pilot outfit from A New Hope:

In this close up you can see the paint on the top and sides of the helmet is starting to come off:

Here’s the full costume of Jessika Pava the resistance pilot from The Force Awakens:

In this close up you can see that helmet is dirty and a bit of paint for the circle has come off. The paint for the Resistance (Rebellion) symbol and alien language on the white vest is starting to rub off. The oxygen box on the chest is also dirty too:

Now here’s the helmets and gear:

Here’s the Y-Wing Fighter pilot helmets. As you can see these helmets are dirty and some of the paint is coming off:

Here’s a vest of an Y-Wing pilot flak vest. The vest is very dirty like it hasn’t been used in a long time:

Here’s the X-Wing pilot gear called Greeblies:

Star Wars Costume Spotlight: Qui-Gon Jin, Obi-Wan, and young Anakin Skywalker

by Ben | Mar 16, 2017 | The Tech Behind the Movie

Star Wars Costume Spotlight: Qui-Gon Jin, Obi-Wan, and young Anakin Skywalker

Today’s costume spotlight is on Qui-Gon Jin, Obi-Wan Kenobi (when he was a younger man), and young Anakin Skywalker!

I grouped them together because they did appeared together in Episode I: The Phantom Menace. It’s interesting to compare a young padawan, a padawan on the verge of becoming a Jedi, and a Master Jedi.

Here’s the full Qui-Gon Jin costume from the front:

Here’s the full Qui-Gon Jin costume from the back:

Here’s the handle of Qui-Gon’s Lightsaber:

Now here’s the full costume of Obi-Wan when he was a young man:

Here’s the full Obi-Wan’s costume from the front. The costume does appear to have some dirty spots on it:

Here’s the full Obi-Wan costume from the back:

Here’s the handle of Obi-Wan’s old Lightsaber that he lost during his fight with Darth Maul. In Attack of the Clones, he was able make a replica of his old one:

Here’s the full costume of the robes that young Anakin wore after Qui-Gon’s funeral. It’s pristine because it’s brand new and hasn’t been worn much:

Star Wars Costume Spotlight: Mace Windu and Luminara Unduli

by Ben | Mar 15, 2017 | The Tech Behind the Movie

Star Wars Costume Spotlight: Mace Windu and Luminara Unduli

Today’s Star Wars costume spotlights is Jedi Master Mace Windu and Jedi Master Luminara Unduli!

During the battle of Geonosis, Windu, Luminara, and several other Jedi fought against an overwhelming force of battle droids. During the battles, Windu fought against Jango Fett and won, cutting off his head in the process.

Windu did fight tough battles during the Clone Wars including the one on Dantooine. Luminara also fought a lot of battles too in the Clone Wars, including the one where she and Yoda helped reenforce the Wookies on the planet Kashyyyk.

After Anakin told Windu that Palpatine was the Sith Lord that all Jedi had been looking for, Windu took three Jedi masters to arrest Palpatine but they failed. Windu tried to kill Palpatine but Anakin interfered and Windu was thrown from the window.

As for Luminara she did at first survived Order 66 but was then captured by the Empire and was executed in her cell. Her bones where used to lure any surviving Jedi that also survived Order 66 like Kanen and Ezra for example.

Here’s the full Mace Windu costume. You can see here that the sleeves of the Jedi robe hare a lot longer:

Here’s the full Luminara costume. The fabric design is very well thought out but the wrist bracelets and belt buckle look rusted:

In this close-up you can see that there are holes on the bottom of the Luminara’s robe:

Star Wars Costume Spotlight: Palpatine's Aides

by Ben | Mar 14, 2017 | The Tech Behind the Movie

Star Wars Costume Spotlight: Palpatine’s Aides

This next Star Wars costume spotlight will be of Palpatine’s aides who are named Sly Moore and Mas Amedda.

Throughout Attack of the Clones, the Clone Wars series, and Revenge of the Sith these two are seen serving as Palpatine’s (Sidious’s) aides.

During the rise of the Empire Mas became Palpatine’s Grand Vizier while Sly became Palpatine’s Chief Adviser.

While Mas wears three different Senator robes during the movie series, Sly only wears the same traditional Senator robes with a cape.

Here’s Mas’ first Senator outfit from The Phantom Menace:

Here’s Mas’s second Senator outfit from Attack of the Clones:

Here’s Mas’s third Senator outfit from The Clone Wars series:

Here’s his final Senator outfit he wore in Revenge of the Sith:

In this close up you can see some of the wood from the bottom of Mas’s staff has been chipped off:

Here’s Sly Moore’s traditional Senator robes with a cape from Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith:

In this close up of the bottom of the costume you can see that the cape sweeps the floor:

Star Wars Costume Spotlight: Senator Mon Mothma

by Ben | Mar 13, 2017 | The Tech Behind the Movie

Star Wars Costume Spotlight: Senator Mon Mothma

Today’s Star Wars costume spotlight will be of an important ally who helped Senator Organa spark the Rebellion to go against the Empire: the great Senator Mon Mothma herself.

Senator Mothma was first formally part of the Galactic Senate and the Imperial Senate until she spoke out against the Empire and was marked for treason.

Then with the help of Senator Organa and other allies, she was able to create the Rebellion in hopes of destroying the Empire and bring back peace to the Galaxy. In Rogue One, she was able to recruit Jyn Erso who led the team of rebels to the planet Scarif to steal the Death Star plans.

In episode VI she was seen briefing the Rebel Alliance on the plan of attack to destroy the second Death Star.

Through out the series, though Mothma wore different dresses, she always wore her traditional Chandrilla necklaces:

Here’s Mothma from the Clone Wars series:

Here’s one of the traditional senator dresses Mothma wore in Revenge of the Sith:

Here’s the second traditional Senator dress Mothma wore in Revenge of the Sith as well:

Here’s Mothma in Star Wars Rebels:

Here’s Mothma in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story:

Here’s Mothma from Return of the Jedi:

Star Wars Costume Spotlight: Senator Bail Organa

by Ben | Mar 10, 2017 | The Tech Behind the Movie

Star Wars Costume Spotlight: Senator Bail Organa

Hey Star Wars fans! For this next costume spotlight, it will be of Leia’s adopted father, the great Senator Bail Organa.

Remember, according to Leia, Obi-Wan served Senator Organa during the Clone Wars. During Order 66 Senator Organa went to the Jedi Temple to look for Yoda, but instead he saw thousands of Troops attacking the temple and witnessed the death of a youngling.

After he rescued Yoda and Obi-Wan, Bail Organa was then entrusted with adopting Leia when she was born.

Senator Organa was also seen in the Star Wars Rebels TV series and in the Rogue One film. During a scene in Rogue One, he mentioned Obi-Wan’s name saying that he will send Leia to Tatooine to fetch him.

Then in episode IV he died along with his people when his peaceful home planet Alderaan was destroyed by the Death Star.

Before we go onto the costume lets look at this composite sketch of Senator Organa:

Here’s Senator Organa wearing a traditional Senator outfit in Attack of the Clones:

Here’s Senator Organa wearing the same outfit from Attack of the Clones:

Here’s the other traditional Senator outfit he wore in Revenge of the Sith:

In this close up you can see that the metal that holds the robe has some scratches on it. The fabric of the robe looks very soft:

Here’s Senator Organa in Star Wars Rebels:

Here’s Senator Organa live in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story: