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Nice grab, thanks! So, I can barely see a trace of the patch there, but it lacks the weathered edges shown on the Sideshow figure.
Makes me wonder if it is supposed to be the same jetpack repainted, or if it might just be another prop from the same mold. If it is supposed to be the same ROTJ jetpack, maybe Boba just didn't have any blue paint?
RafalFett
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It seems to be the same jetpack. The whole suit (hard parts) was repainted.
Ugh... that's why I stopped getting SW Insider magazine about 9 years ago. Once they turned over the publisher to the current company it was pretty much all top ten lists and fluff things instead of the cool interviews, short stories, and things that made the mag interesting.
Same thing with the Star Trek magazine. Once Dan Madsen retired, neither magazine was worth a damn.
I was fine with it, I just didn't understand why it had already a little bit of weathering the second he put it on.
Star Wars Insider became irrelevant by the time Revenge of the Sith was released in 2005. By then everything you could read in the magazine was already outdated by a month or more if you kept up with Star Wars news on the internet. It happened with just about all magazines and other printed periodicals because they just couldn't keep up with the speed of the web. At least with current news. I mean sure there might be some exclusives, but the articles and most up to date news and musings were really lacking in substantial material in the Insider or any magazine for that matter. Plus you could read about just about all the same topics for free which led to many book store chains closing because all people did was browse.
Riceball
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Maybe it's because he used cheap paint? Or he didn't add some sort of protective topcoat so it started weather more quickly.I was fine with it, I just didn't understand why it had already a little bit of weathering the second he put it on.
lol new prop team still has continuity issues lolI was fine with it, I just didn't understand why it had already a little bit of weathering the second he put it on.
Riceball
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Not likely the prop team's fault but most likely a reshoot using a prop that's since been weathered for a scene that's being shot later. Standard practice in TV & movies is to take pictures of actors in costume and makeup before every scene or at least day's filming since they don't necessarily shoot in chronological order of how the episode or movie plays out. So odds are the scene wasn't usable and they ended up reshooting it as a pick up after the pack had already been weathered for another scene or even episode.
It's also possible that it got naturally weathered over the course of filming and the scenes were a mix of before and after it got weathered. Then the director/editor happened to choose parts where the pack had gotten weathered because they liked that take the best and liked another take shot when the pack was still pristine for a following part of the scene.
Prop Collector
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There are toy variants to be made. Of course he ain't finished.
Joek3rr
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I don't know if this was posted yet. But...
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Remembering Jonathan Rinzler, bestselling author of 'Star Wars' books
Rinzler, 58, was the bestselling author of cinematic history books about 'Star Wars,' 'Indiana Jones' and other blockbuster films.
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very sad...I don't know if this was posted yet. But...
Remembering Jonathan Rinzler, bestselling author of 'Star Wars' books
Rinzler, 58, was the bestselling author of cinematic history books about 'Star Wars,' 'Indiana Jones' and other blockbuster films.
I was just about to post that. I've spent much of the afternoon processing the news. I didn't know him well, but anyone on here who knows how much I love Star Wars, how many years I've spent researching all of the real-world "why things are the way they are" in the fictional universe, the writing and making of the films, the design of the ships... All of the stuff that comes from digging for first sources... He was an ally for sure. I didn't know him well enough to feel I could call him friend. Not yet, anyway. I loved his Dark Horse miniseries based on George's original treatment ("The Star Wars"). Showed him the outline of my rewrite -- and my reasoning behind it, no small part of which owed itself to his research -- a few years ago. He was looking forward to seeing where it went. After Lucasfilm canned him, I was hoping to bring him on as a collaborator on it after I finished my first full pass. I'm feeling kind of adrift now.
I hope against hope that maybe someday I'll see his Making of TFA.
I hope against hope that maybe someday I'll see his Making of TFA.
So, when did the desert attire of Tatooine become the official attire of the Jedi, or was Uncle Owen a secret Jedi? lol.
Joek3rr
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I think it's more likely the other way around. The Jedi are wearing what your common lower class citizen of the galaxy wears, a basic long robe.
In The Phantom Menace I guess lol. I thought it was a misstep to make the Tatooine attire the official Jedi uniform. It's not that I think it looks bad because it doesn't, especially on Qui-Gon as it works for his samurai aesthetic. I just don't think it really fits with their various roles in the Old Republic. If they were simply low-profile warrior monks who only emerged when needed, then it makes sense that they would keep an inconspicuous appearance that a hooded robe would offer. But in the prequels we see them as being peacekeepers, advisors, emissaries, diplomats, police, military, etc. Certainly formal attire befitting their official capacities would be more appropriate rather than hiding under that hooded robe (unless you're on a secretive mission of some sort). Also wearing a robe with sleeves long enough and wide enough to nearly cover my hands is not what I want if I'm about to start swinging a laser sword around.
Prior to the prequels I envisioned them looking exactly like Luke does in ROTJ, wearing something with a form fitting silhouette that has both modern and historical style. Anakin's as well with the leather tunic and bracer also gives a great aesthetic. The Tales of the Jedi comics and the KOTOR game had some nice examples of what I think represents a Jedi costume. That being said, the production prequel costumes themselves are beautifully made and obviously an old world attire set within a futuristic universe finely underscores the ancientness of the Jedi Order.
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Gets discussed periodically. It was a 'misread' on George's part, having forgotten what he'd told Mark during costume sessions for ROTJ about Luke's new outfit: "It's a lot like your outfit in the first film, but the black is more Jedi-like", or very close to that. I don't want to dig up the clip. When the concept artists for TPM started doing Obi-Wan designs (before the character of Qui-Gon was created), they had him in dark clothes like ROTJ Luke, because of that. George saw them and asked why he wasn't wearing his ANH outfit and they were like, "But you said..." and he shut them down and you saw the result. *shrug*
George really baffles me. When you read about or watch clips of him from his earlier days and even in recent interviews discussing the current state of the film industry, he has such a sophisticated outlook toward movie making. Then you research his approach concerning the direction of the prequels and it leaves you scratching your head.
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