TIE fighter's original color - Not what you think.....

none295 · 12-09-2010, 04:58 PM

Thanks for the thread, in the recent Encore's "Creating the Impossible" doc. on ILM, there were a few other purple model shots, and curious do you think they are similar to these TIE tests or a separate issue. What's going against these being similar to the TIE tests is that they are from ESB. I'd lean towards degrading film, but it's weird in the first pic that two of the three SD are purple.

Then there's the orange StarDestroyer?

Eagle-1 · 12-09-2010, 05:21 PM

I believe those observations may be a completely different thing.

Rob.

none295 · 12-12-2010, 04:08 PM

Could the orange color be because the SD is a negative print?

Vader2378 · 12-13-2010, 12:45 PM

These are great images! Perhaps the Imperials were going by the red colour scheme of The Old Republics fleet? As an in universe explaination, it wouldn't seem that far fetched to have some red colouration in TIE's etc - if the prequels were shot before the originals of course XD

jkno · 12-20-2010, 12:14 PM

This thread is really cool.Thanks for the excellent pics and info!!

Brinn 71 · 03-09-2011, 09:17 AM

Just discovered this thread! AWESOME PICS Gene! THANKS so much for posting!!!

Yes, it is crazy to STILL find out more about this film after all these years!

ILMwannabe · 10-06-2011, 08:12 AM

Fantastic Thread - just discovered it!

So actually the TIE's started out life as blue (Colin Cantwell Prototype), then Gray-Blue (mostly gray) and Maroon were considered, then a bluer gray for ESB and ROTJ - is that right?

I'm really surprised to learn that they used LED's (or at least tried them) - back in 1976 LED's weren't as "evolved" - they were not very bright, but they had the advantage of not getting hot. Compared to the bright and hot Quartz-Halogen lamps that they were using as engine effects for the other ships, LED's were not a bright source at all.

Perhaps they did a seperate pass with only the LED's on, and all other lights off?

However the ILM TIE/Red LED trend continued because we know that four red LED's were used on the TIE Bomber.

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12-09-2010, 04:58 PM	#51
none295 Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 2	Re: TIE fighter's original color - Not what you think..... Thanks for the thread, in the recent Encore's "Creating the Impossible" doc. on ILM, there were a few other purple model shots, and curious do you think they are similar to these TIE tests or a separate issue. What's going against these being similar to the TIE tests is that they are from ESB. I'd lean towards degrading film, but it's weird in the first pic that two of the three SD are purple. Then there's the orange StarDestroyer?

12-09-2010, 05:21 PM	#52
Eagle-1 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: An old redneck stuck in the bayou now. Posts: 135	Re: TIE fighter's original color - Not what you think..... I believe those observations may be a completely different thing. Rob.

12-12-2010, 04:08 PM	#53
none295 Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 2	Re: TIE fighter's original color - Not what you think..... Could the orange color be because the SD is a negative print?

12-13-2010, 12:45 PM	#54
Vader2378 Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 39	Re: TIE fighter's original color - Not what you think..... These are great images! Perhaps the Imperials were going by the red colour scheme of The Old Republics fleet? As an in universe explaination, it wouldn't seem that far fetched to have some red colouration in TIE's etc - if the prequels were shot before the originals of course XD

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12-20-2010, 12:14 PM	#55
jkno Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: România, Transilvania Posts: 462	Re: TIE fighter's original color - Not what you think..... This thread is really cool.Thanks for the excellent pics and info!!

03-09-2011, 09:17 AM	#56
Brinn 71 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 790	Re: TIE fighter's original color - Not what you think..... Just discovered this thread! AWESOME PICS Gene! THANKS so much for posting!!! Yes, it is crazy to STILL find out more about this film after all these years!

10-06-2011, 08:12 AM	#57
ILMwannabe Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: USA Posts: 180	Re: TIE fighter's original color - Not what you think..... Fantastic Thread - just discovered it! So actually the TIE's started out life as blue (Colin Cantwell Prototype), then Gray-Blue (mostly gray) and Maroon were considered, then a bluer gray for ESB and ROTJ - is that right? I'm really surprised to learn that they used LED's (or at least tried them) - back in 1976 LED's weren't as "evolved" - they were not very bright, but they had the advantage of not getting hot. Compared to the bright and hot Quartz-Halogen lamps that they were using as engine effects for the other ships, LED's were not a bright source at all. Perhaps they did a seperate pass with only the LED's on, and all other lights off? However the ILM TIE/Red LED trend continued because we know that four red LED's were used on the TIE Bomber.

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