by Ben | Feb 10, 2017 | The Tech Behind the Movie
Star Wars Costume Spotlight: R2-D2
Hey Star Wars fans! I am still continuing with my series of Star Wars costumes today with one of everyone’s favorite (plus my favorite) Astromech droid R2-D2!
When I saw R2-D2 in the exhibit, I was so excited because he’s one of my all time favorite Star Wars character!
From seeing the rough draft sketches of him, I learned how R2-D2 first started out from a small domed droid on one wheel to the three legged gadget-carrying droid that he is today.
Here below are three images of these composite R2-D2 sketches. Notice in the first sketch he’s got arms.
In the second sketch that R2 has eyes, a speaker-looking mouth, a kind of antenna on his head, and a clear glass dome that would reveal the circuitry.
Notice here that the third sketch eliminates the arms, the mouth, and the antenna.
Here’s some close up photo of R2-D2 as he appeared in episode IV. Let’s look at some of the details about R2-D2 up close.
Notice in this photo are some of the parts of R2— his computer hacking arm, his claw arm, a replica of his camera eye, the strange vents on his chest, the smaller kind of arms, one of the blue arms on his chest, and the light/holographic projector.
Notice here that a bit of the paint on his camera eye is chipped off.
On this close-up, note R2’s chest has some small dirty spots on and looks like the blue paint on the rest of him is starting to come off.
More dirt on the bottom and top of his left foot:
Even more dirt on the bottom and top of his right foot as well:
If you see something in these photos add your comments below!
by Ben | Feb 9, 2017 | The Tech Behind the Movie
Star Wars Costume Spot Light: Boba Fett
Let’s continue my series of Star Wars costumes today with another fan favorite: the costume of the notorious bounty hunter Boba Fett (Jango Fett’s son) from episodes V and VI.
Lets take a look at these photos of the costume (some of them are close ups of the details):
From looking at the costume it appears quite beat up. You can see the armor is bent in spots, the colors are mismatched, his cape is tattered at the edge, and it looks like some of the paint on his armor and helmet has been chipped off.
Clearly, Boba Fett has been living a tough life as a bounty hunter and all—this costume hits all the right notes!
by Ben | Feb 8, 2017 | The Tech Behind the Movie
Star Wars Costume Spot light: Darth Maul
Hey Star Wars fans! I recently attended the Star Wars costumes exhibit at the Denver Art museum (the exhibit going on tour—click here for itinerary)!
I think that it was amazing see all of the different costumes from the entire Star Wars movie universe plus seeing the concept art designs on how the costumes evolved over time.
So today I am going to kick off a series of posts of my favorite Star Wars costumes from the exhibit. Today: Darth Maul.
First lets look at the early concept art of the costume. Lucas wanted Darth to look like a nightmare so here are the official concepts of Maul:
Since looking at these designs, I wonder if Darth Maul look likes he was a member of the Nightsister clan. The second design surprised me because the sketch made Darth Maul look like something from a Horror film.
After seeing these initial sketches, Lucas apparently said they were too scary. So the final Darth Maul is mostly robes, black leather books and that iconic read head!
by Ben | Dec 6, 2016 | Other cool Stars Wars stuff!, The Tech Behind the Movie
New Darth Vader Prop Replica Helmet from EFX Collectibles is now available for pre-order
Sideshowtoy.com and EFX Collectables have today begun a pre-order for a brand new prop replica of Darth Vader’s helmet! This replica helmet costs $300 (!) and is expected to ship on Jan 2017.
According to the details:
It is not known how many helmets were made for production, but based on all of the reference materials in the archives, only one helmet was used in the filming of A New Hope, unfortunately, there is no record of what happened to the original molds that were made from Brian Muir’s sculpture.
At the end of filming in England, the complete screen-used costume, including the helmet, was sent to the USA, and makeup artist and creature maker for the film, Rick Baker, cast a new set of molds from this screen-used helmet.
These molds were then used to make the Darth Vader promotional touring costumes in 1977.
The master patterns for the EFX Darth Vader helmet were cast from these vintage molds at the archives, and thus have a direct lineage to the original, screen-used helmet.
It has the asymmetric, hand sculptured geometry and all of the surface nuances that many feel capture the true menacing essence of Darth Vader.
The face mask also has the two-toned black and gunmetal paint scheme of the original helmet, thus making this helmet one of the most accurate replicas of this iconic helmet.
Here are some photos of this Darth Vader replica helmet:
by Ben | Sep 26, 2016 | Other cool Stars Wars stuff!, The Tech Behind the Movie
Star Wars Memorabilia Exhibit coming soon to the London Museum!
Great news UK Star Wars fans! BBC.com reports that the Star War Memorabilia exhibit, that started touring Canada and has toured European cities including Cologne and Munich, is going to be unveiled at the London Museum this November (tip of the hat to Starwarsnewsnet.com and TheForce.net)!
The Memorabilia exhibit will be open from Nov. 18th, 2016 to Sept. 3rd, 2017. The exhibit will be featuring 200 of the original props from all 7 Star Wars films including the Darth Vader costume, the slave costume that Leia (played by Carrie Fisher) wore in episode 6, the R2-D2 robot costume worn by the late Kenny Baker himself, and so much more.
Here are some photos of this cool new exhibit:
by Ben | Jul 19, 2016 | The Tech Behind the Movie
R2-D2 Builders Club showcases droids at the Star Wars Celebration Europe
Jeditemplearchives.com has posted on their Facebook page a gallery of images of the R2-D2 Builders Club (mentioned before in one of my previous posts) showcasing droids at their booth at the Star Wars Celebration Europe!
The droids that the club is showcasing are BB-8, R2-D2 (regular and with a drink tray), C-3PO, a Pit Droid, an Imperial Mouse Droid, and other kinds of astromech droids (some unfinished, different numbers, different color schemes, and some with different shaped heads).
Here are some images from the gallery:
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