Stormtrooper Oddities

Are there any more photos like this where you found it?[/b]

I hope to find out more info soon I.E. assembly, date worn: re shooting schedule & any other anomalies I can ascertain. I have requested further pic's but am doubtful at this stage, but who knows fingers crossed.

So Being a noobie "Do I get some sort of prize for finding this little goodie" :p
 
Somebody should have pivoted his thight armor so that the seams were in the front, instead of on the sides. He looks like his legs are broken.
Also, his right knee boxes are attached to the calf top instead of the thigh bottom. Good eye Gino, the shoulder straps are definitely knee boxes. Weird triangular connector attaching them to the chest. His forearms don't look like the finished suits at all. I'd venture to say they were a prototype and the suits all got new forearms or something. This one has a ton of oddities. I don't think they were fiberglass parts either. That's just inconsistant with everything that we know.
That brow trim thing is going to give me nightmares. Also, the ear caps look strange. I wish I could see them more closely.
I wish I was there when this photo was taken. I'd love to inspect this suit as it was that day. Too bad I was probably a toddler, haha.
 
What covering his left elbow? Does anyone else think that looks like a cape or something?

I would really like to see a better shot of that knee plate. And his right forearm is still wierd to me - looks like a shimmed bicep piece.
 
Like animetronic said...so many oddities. Neck seal looks like a bulbus donut, the definition in the chest is less than usual, the belt line is unusual, and the left knee plate looks entirely different. I agree with Collector that is a possible proto type.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(chris08234 @ Mar 12 2007, 10:31 AM) [snapback]1438187[/snapback]</div>
I agree with Collector that is a possible proto type.
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Too bad that the rear helmet tube is obscured....I wonder if its serrated as per the early helmet protos?

Everything just looks wonky as though he had no idea how the suit was put together...the thigh piece that is seriously riding up looks like it could cause some bodily damage. :p
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Stormtrooper @ Mar 11 2007, 06:28 PM) [snapback]1437642[/snapback]</div>
I've seen a similar pic of a stormtrooper extra 'sans helmet' who could well be the same guy... pictured with Vader 2 helmeted troopers, Luke, R2 and Threepio... could have been at the same promotional photoshoot?
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Here it is:
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Really WEIRD.

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i´m no big photoshop expert, but i tried to get a better result...
there is some sort of hole in the ear piece also and the front part of the right forearm is shorter
than the back part... :confused

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and here is a photoshoped picture of the knee area

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What a strange photo. Its hard to believe that would be a promotional shot that was actually used with the unhelmeted Stormtrooper. Also, its wonderfully curious that its missing Han and Leia.

Great find, I'm sure it has a very interesting story too.
 
Those arms are just wrong. The more I look at the suit it is as if someone has most of the suit and made up the missing bits.Maybe that is his own suit from the set and made up the missing bits? I don't know but there is something about it that says this suit wasn't made by LFL (at least the arms and assembly).
 
Is it me or do the forearm pieces look like elongated bicep pieces? What a really weird pic. The eyes meet into a point, the silk gloves....

Here's a brightened up, bigger version of the picture:
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What is blocking the guys left arm??? The brow trim is awfully shiny too, don't you guys think?

ODD.

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Brinn 71 @ Mar 12 2007, 08:10 PM) [snapback]1438434[/snapback]</div>
Is it me or do the forearm pieces look like elongated bicep pieces?
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That's what I was thinking too but even the biceps are wrong. They are too short as if they have been made by 'someone' to make up missing parts and are not very accurate.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Brinn 71 @ Mar 12 2007, 04:10 PM) [snapback]1438434[/snapback]</div>
What is blocking the guys left arm??? The brow trim is awfully shiny too, don't you guys think?

ODD.

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I originally thought it was Vader's arm. After seeing him next to Vader in that other pic, I still say it's Vader.

Those forearms do look like bicep pieces. Maybe that's the origianl size and the actual bicep pieces he has on are cut down?
 
It does look like that's Vader's cape and glove showing. It looks like Vader has been cut out of the photo somehow. You can even see Vader's shadow on his shoulder and bicep armor.

Are we sure that this is the same guy without helmet in the group shot? In the group shot the guy without helmet has a hand plate showing. The hair is kinda similar (but then it was the 70's LOL.) but he has a rounder face and a Kirk Douglas chin :p

Who dressed Vader? And what kind of blaster is Luke carrying?

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Brinn 71 @ Mar 12 2007, 04:10 PM) [snapback]1438434[/snapback]
What is blocking the guys left arm??? The brow trim is awfully shiny too, don't you guys think?

ODD.

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I originally thought it was Vader's arm. After seeing him next to Vader in that other pic, I still say it's Vader.

Those forearms do look like bicep pieces. Maybe that's the origianl size and the actual bicep pieces he has on are cut down?
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Check out these two guys from the Tantive IV Antilles death scene:
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One guy has a problem with his wrist but the other...poor guy seems to have put on his left shin on his right. :$

Must have been sleeping one off when the alert came on.

Hope this oddity wasn't mentioned before.

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