Toa Quarax
Well-Known Member
Its a U-Wing Pilot!
Indeed. They had a unique helmet too.
Its a U-Wing Pilot!
Yeah, there should be no insulated flight suit on the lush jungle planet.
My impression is that they did the opposite. The suits in the old trilogy were custom-made for the production, in lightweight cotton twill and were similar to how racing-driver jumpsuits were made at the time. George Lucas loved racing cars, BTW.I think the mandate was very much to 'uprez' the original costumes. Where before a strap was plain it now has ribbing, when before there was plain cotton it's now a more exotic fabric with sewn-in details.
It's nice to have friends in Germany who can hit their local surplus shops.Unless there has been some new info in the last few years, the boots used for the original on screen X-Wing costume were German Knobelbeche Tanker boots The ones with the strap at the top). These were also used for the TIE Fighter costume as well. Most replica costumers use common jackboots because the very similar in shape but cheaper and easier to find.
Gonna put my response in here to avoid taking up space in this thread with off-topic stuff...That's what I thought too at first, but clicking on the images gives you a summary of the scenes:
- "After graduating from the Imperial Academy, Biggs returned home to Tatooine for a visit. At Tosche Station, he swapped tales with his old friends, including his best friend from boyhood, Luke Skywalker."
- "Luke claimed he'd seen a battle in the skies above Tatooine. But peering through Luke's macrobinoculars, Biggs was skeptical -- the two ships were just sitting there."
- "Luke boasted to Biggs about his latest exploits racing skyhoppers through Tatooine's treacherous Beggar's Canyon. Biggs listened in amused patience, then warned his friend to be careful not to crash into a canyon wall. "
- "Biggs had something else to tell Luke during his visit home. Leaning close, he told his old friend an enormous secret: He planned to defect from the Empire, serving the Rebel Alliance as a starfighter pilot."
- "The two friends parted ways, with Biggs promising to keep an eye out for Luke -- perhaps one day they'd be reunited. But Biggs had no idea how soon he'd be proved correct."
It's nice to have friends in Germany who can hit their local surplus shops.
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o95/Adabiel/Mandos/SDC12517.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o95/Adabiel/Mandos/SDC12518.jpg
In some cases, I think the original item can be improved upon or approximated for cheaper. In other cases, nothing else will do.
--Jonah
I can only lament how now the Rebel Legion is going to be swamped with applications for Rogue One-style pilots, a costume which they can't possibly deny acceptance for now that there are so many live-action references available: even if completely screen-accurate, it would look cheap and out of place next to a screen-accurate OT suit.