First official image of Obi-Wan from D+ (props/costumes discussion only)

[Ridire Firean]

Hey Gang! Here's those other pics...

 

[JoeG]

Do we know which real parts saber they had?

At the beginning of the show i had showed one of the art directors a pic of all three of my all real parts obi sabers. He asked me to send him my pics which he forwarded to the prop master and producers. They wanted to see them so i brought them in. The prop master was completely on board. And wanted to rent one. It was looking like it was gonna happen. But after about three months he hit me up and said that the producers wanted to go a different route with the saber even though he strongly disagreed. And that was that. I was so close to having one of my sabers on screen. And i have no idea what "go another route" means so this is going to be a surprise for all of us.

 

[FastballSpecial]

All I know is that I'm going to NEED a drifter Obi-Wan outfit.

Also impatiently awaiting photos of the new/old saber.

 

[Anakin Starkiller]

Then this is what they would have had to reference,

in terms of real parts

 

[bondoking]

What droid is this? I’m digging it so far

 

[coolhanluked]

Anakin Starkiller Thats one of the pics i sent them

 

[Eruonen]

#AnakinStarkiller Thats one of the pics i sent them

And now I feel obligated to ask details on your balance pipes, sir

 

[coolhanluked]

Top one is a converted male. The other two are female. Bottom one is nos.

 

[PoopaPapaPalps]

...And i have no idea what "go another route" means so this is going to be a surprise for all of us.

They probably wanted something that they could more easily and readily get and be free to do whatever with it rather than worry over someone else's real-parts prop.

 

[kenobibale]

The emitter plate looks a little thinner than a real BP and the bottom-most section looks a little wider. I was wondering if they might have based the emitter on a converted male BP?

89. No thanks. I try not to support recasters.

wait 89 is a recaster?

 

[janglesworthy]

Why would they use outside sources when they have the original sabers and scans of the original sabers? I had some props scanned last year by a company that does a lot of work for ILM and they had just finished scanning Lukes ROTJ saber for them.

 

[SethS]

Why would they use outside sources when they have the original sabers and scans of the original sabers? I had some props scanned last year by a company that does a lot of work for ILM and they had just finished scanning Lukes ROTJ saber for them.

Somebody in the know posted about this recently, but they actually DON'T have access to the original props. The archives are apparently still owned by Lucas himself and were not included in the deal. While there is communication and some synergy, certainly production design people on these new shows can get access for research, time permitted-- but they aren't checking out any props. All that stuff is locked into museum rotations and what not.

And also, let's not forget the only actual saber props in the archives from the OT are the V3, the ISYHCANL, the ROTJ era Vader stunts, and other various stunts. The original Obi-Wan hero has never surfaced even past ANH. I'm sure the prop team could be given access to existing ANH era photos for reference, but there's no prop scans to speak of.

 

[janglesworthy]

Interesting, so if ILM used scans of the sabers for their digital doubles when making the prequels then the Kenobi crew would have access to those? ILM still have access to all the scan data they have created over the years when Lucas owned, or does he control that also?

 

[OddballFett]

What droid is this? I’m digging it so far

It's a similar droid to K-2SO from Rogue One. Presumably a precursor model.

 

[SethS]

Interesting, so if ILM used scans of the sabers for their digital doubles when making the prequels then the Kenobi crew would have access to those? ILM still have access to all the scan data they have created over the years when Lucas owned, or does he control that also?

if they wanted that data they could get it, but they could Google images up in a quicker and easier fashion. I don’t know about the asset pipeline, so I couldn’t say for sure. But I’m pretty sure the effects work for the D+ shows is a combination of in-house and farmed out to boutiques. I don’t know if ILM is involved. Prop work these days tends to be contract work, so you may not have the same teams working on each production sharing info. In theory, yes, Lucasfilm should own the stuff. I think we’ve spotted some of the ST stunt sabers in use on Mando, but most times it is quicker for in the incoming prop team to do their own thing.

As cool as having a real parts hero would have been, they likely will make something that looks the part that can easy be adapted to whatever the production needs may be.

 

[Anakin Starkiller]

Here's my latest render testing out a OWK ROTS body with a not quite ANH emitter to see how it matches. This emitter is slightly thinner and narrower than a real derwent. LMK what you think

 

[Usagi Pilgrim]

 

[cwoodreplicas]

Coul

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Here's my latest render testing out a OWK ROTS body with a not quite ANH emitter to see how it matches. This emitter is slightly thinner and narrower than a real derwent. LMK what you think

Is it more akin to a male to female convert?

 

[Vagabond Elf]

It's a similar droid to K-2SO from Rogue One. Presumably a precursor model.

I haven't seen many good pictures, but it almost feels like a cross between K2-SO and L3-37. But yeah, lacking other info I could see it as an early model security droid. The whole thing feels more like an enhanced costume than a pure CGI effect, though.

 

[Anakin Starkiller]

Coul

Is it more akin to a male to female convert?

That's one of the ideas I had.