Thankfully that cancer has been excised but unfortunately not before it had metastasized in the form of Jumping Jax. :thumbsdown
Jumpin Jax - you have no opinion of your own. Only TE's.
Seeing that you played Howdy Doody for AA for years, again I see no insightful criticism there
On with the FACTS.
Additionally, if we agreed that often, I would have been banned years ago:lol
Back on subject...
I personally cant see how there were any other sets of armour.
In John Mollo's final budget for the movie, 50 sets of Stormtroopers were budgeted (and paid for). In addition SDS had earlier invoiced "Star Wars Productions Ltd" for 50 sets of Stormtrooper Armour - plus later invoices for 50 sets of "belt boxes", "knee boxes/caps" .
If Elstree had made any set of armour, then I would have expected them to have been accounted for (and charged/paid - even if "internal") and thus reflected in Mollo's overall budget.
Cheers
Jez
Seeing as Brian is here:cool
I wondered if he can shaed any light onto this set.
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I "borrowed this pic" long before any contrary info went up, so it's ok:angel
could this be an early elstree set?
But its okay for you to continue being Howdy Doody for TE? :lol
I've just given a good reason as to why there were 50 sets of armour used for the movie and according to the paperwork SDS made them.
That's an original suit, just not put together properly.
A bicept piece for the right forearm, knee belts in place of the shoulder connectors, a helmet without lenses. Someone clearly didn't know what they were doing while scrapping together costume pieces for the shoot.
It was taken ANH era as in the rest of the photo you can see the other ANH costumes.
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There is no doubt that Ainsworth invoiced for 50 stormtroopers and was paid as I have also seen a copy of his invoice.
Also there is no doubt that several suits were made at Elstree as I saw them and this was also confirmed recently by a plasterer who also worked on ANH (whether you would have expected them to be accounted for in the budget or not).
I don't think that you or Ainsworth would ever had access to John Mollo's accounts as he is only accountable to the producers from 20th Century Fox.
Brian
Probably from this photo shoot. Looks like the guy at the rear right.
Exactly Jez - they would have been budgeted against the Art Dept for the sculpt and the Construction Dept for the making of moulds and tools.
Brian
Probably from this photo shoot. Looks like the guy at the rear right.
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From http://www.starwarsarchives.com/ - the "1977 - promotion - photoshoots" section.
(will remove if requested.)
That's an original suit, just not put together properly.
A bicept piece for the right forearm, knee belts in place of the shoulder connectors, a helmet without lenses. Someone clearly didn't know what they were doing while scrapping together costume pieces for the shoot.
It was taken ANH era as in the rest of the photo you can see the other ANH costumes.
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Besides pieces being put on the wrong areas the suit has been so badly trimmed the profiles have been lost at the end of each trimmed piece.
Amazing that this would have been used for a promotional photo.
Brian