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[brandonh83]

The bottom image design is super evocative of McQuarrie's very white, sterile (in a good way) art direction. In addition to that structure that was spotted that was directly lifted from McQuarrie art, I think the idea here is to literally ape that aesthetic, and I am totally fucking fine with that.

 

[MisterHero]

There the prop at the science of star wars exhibition that showed the internal workings of Luke's hand it doesn't look that:

Maybe it's changed in design though if it is his hand.

Dumb question but isn't that from Return of the Jedi?

 

[MattyG]

Dumb question but isn't that from Return of the Jedi?

Eh, well the hand first appeared at the end of Empire. That card should really say "Empire & Return".

 

[Dartastic]

i personally like it if true. its very 70's sci-fi, and even resembles a bit of the Clone War Era style trooper helmets. i have no problem changing up the trooper's look.

Gah, that looks super awesome.

 

[MisterHero]

Eh, well the hand first appeared at the end of Empire. That card should really say "Empire & Return".

I guess... if it's really the same one in both. Call me suprised that the hand in Empire was fake!

 

[Kaneda Shotaro]

From aintitcool a few months ago before it was swiftly removed. Plot synopsis, spoilers obviously:

Spoiler

As remnants of the Empire still threaten Galactic peace, Han and Leia Solo along with their daughter and Chewbacca go on a desperate search for their old friend, Luke Skywalker. Along the way, they meet a space pirate who knows more than he let's on, a boy whose affinity to the force reminds them of the past and new enemies that want to destroy the only hope the galaxy has left.

I wanted to make a thread on this weeks ago but I obviously still can't

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Dumb question but isn't that from Return of the Jedi?

I don't think that actually appeared in any of the films! At the end of Empire, you just see an exposed mechanical wrist area and in Return you see the same area but this time it was exposed due to a blaster shot.

 

[jett]

From aintitcool a few months ago before it was swiftly removed (spoilers obviously):

Spoiler

As remnants of the Empire still threaten Galactic peace, Han and Leia Solo along with their daughter and Chewbacca go on a desperate search for their old friend, Luke Skywalker. Along the way, they meet a space pirate who knows more than he let's on, a boy whose affinity to the force reminds them of the past and new enemies that want to destroy the only hope the galaxy has left.

Deciding that two "barely there" pensioners should star in this movie will turn out to be a mistake.

 

[Perfect Cha0s]

Love that helmet design.

 

[Dragonborn]

Did you guys check this out

http://indierevolver.com/2014/08/14...the-stormtroopers-from-star-wars-episode-vii/

Can't believed I'm hyped over seeing a helmet picture, yet here I am.

 

[Mariolee]

Did you guys check this out

http://indierevolver.com/2014/08/14...the-stormtroopers-from-star-wars-episode-vii/

Can't believed I'm hyped over seeing a helmet picture, yet here I am.

Check the last page.

 

[Dragonborn]

Check the last page.

Haha, just did. Also saw the Mark Hamill pic, dude looks awesome. Been out of the loop lately

 

[Chuckie]

Eh, well the hand first appeared at the end of Empire. That card should really say "Empire & Return".

Luke's robotical hand wasn't damaged in Empire, he just got it in the end of the movie

I guess... if it's really the same one in both. Call me suprised that the hand in Empire was fake!

It's not the same in both. This is the one from Empire (and I think it is actually his real hand and just the wrist area is fake.

I don't think that actually appeared in any of the films! At the end of Empire, you just see an exposed mechanical wrist area and in Return you see the same area but this time it was exposed due to a blaster shot.

Yeah it didn't appear. His hand does get shot in Jedi, but its just a scratch. The prop was meant for ROTJ though, some concept art seems to show that it was supposed to be there. So maybe they already made it...and decided against it.

So it was indeed in neither of the movies, but the prop belongs to Jedi, not Empire.

 

[sant]

So I guess all the Stormtroopers did not magically disappear at the end of Episode 6

 

[Guy.brush]

So the Empire still got the moniez to redesign the trooper helmets after "their defeat" at Endor?

Looks like Luke and Leia didn't achieve shit in Episode VI.

 

[A_Gorilla]

So the Empire still got the moniez to redesign the trooper helmets after "their defeat" at Endor?

Looks like Luke and Leia didn't achieve shit in Episode VI.

Meh, more realistic. Even with the death of the Emperor, Vader, and a lot of the top ranking Admirals, a government body as large as the Galactic Empire would not just collapse overnight. Much like the Roman Empire when stuff like that happened. there would be chaos for a couple days (not to mention massive infighting and assassinations) until a new warlord rose up and appointed himself emperor.

 

[Aiii]

Meh, more realistic. Even with the death of the Emperor, Vader, and a lot of the top ranking Admirals, a government body as large as the Galactic Empire would not just collapse overnight. Much like the Roman Empire when stuff like that happened. there would be chaos for a couple days (not to mention massive infighting and assassinations) until a new warlord rose up and appointed himself emperor.

This.

Aside from this, more speaking about reality here, we're now in 2014, of course they're gonna take advantage of the difference in times and how much sleeker we can make things nowadays compared to back then. It's okay for everything to be updated graphically without taking me out of the experience. It's one of the things I loved about the Star Trek reboot, it looked the original show, but it looked like the original show as it would have been done if it had the budget and techniques available to us in 2010. It's okay for the helmets and suits to be more detailed and better shaped now that we have the ability to make them like that. It's fine.

 

[block tower]

So I guess all the Stormtroopers did not magically disappear at the end of Episode 6

well in the span of time from ep.I-ep.VI, the Separatists/Republic/Empire went from using droids to clones to volunteers. the droid factories were destroyed by the end of ep.III, then Vader hit the kill-switch on the rest of the remaining droid army. after that the Empire struggled keeping the clone genetics from deteriorating and so clones slowly faded out after a few generation. subsequently the Empire started recruiting mainly humans from the galaxy to fight for the Empire, which is why the storm troopers dont have an aussie accent nor the exact same build. so im guessing in ep.VII there is a sufficient number of systems and parties besides the Empire themselves still keeping the Empire's reign going. the redesign of troopers gear would make sense since its 30 years since ep.VI.

 

[BocoDragon]

This "updated" Empire surviving on into the future is so much more interesting than that New Republic stuff in the EU. Love that helmet.

 

[Doublesith]

Yesterday's helmets were renders, here are the actual props:

Via makingstarwars.net

 

[Loxley]

Yesterday's helmets were renders, here are the actual props:

Via makingstarwars.net

I dig it.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Yesterday's helmets were renders, here are the actual props:

Via makingstarwars.net

Ooooo I like that

 

[Mariolee]

Yesterday's helmets were renders, here are the actual props:

Via makingstarwars.net

Seeing the real thing: I dig it.

 

[inm8num2]

I like that helmet. Sleek, retro, and futuristic (relative to the OT) at the same time. Nice evolution of the classic design.

 

[Mistel]

The new helmets are nice shame there's not rebreathers on both sides so they're truly symmetrical. Other than that they're nice.

Dumb question but isn't that from Return of the Jedi?

Yeah it was labelled wrong at the exhibit it was a prop they made for ROTJ but never used it in the film. It's a nice little reference piece though.

 

[GentlemanCrow]

Looks better in reality than the concept render.

The black is more prominent.

Still a big change but it has been 30 years, it makes more sense than the leap they made with the clones designs. Although it make me wonder how powerful the remnant Empire actually is. To be able to update their troopers, they must still have bank and influence...

 

[MattyG]

I guess... if it's really the same one in both. Call me suprised that the hand in Empire was fake!

Oh yeah, I see what you mean now. I was thinking that Luke's hand was replaced in Empire, so his robotic hand was it it. But you're right, they didnt use this prop. Yeah, that's definitely been mislabeled or something.

 

[OnPoint]

Looks better in reality than the concept render.

The black is more prominent.

Still a big change but it has been 30 years, it makes more sense than the leap they made with the clones designs. Although it make me wonder how powerful the remnant Empire actually is. To be able to update their troopers, they must still have bank and influence...

I guess I never thought too much about the Empire after the events of Ep VI (was never real into the Extended Universe), but I don't think killing the Emperor would amount to the same as cutting the head off a snake. I would imagine a succession plan was in place. Their reach was probably too far reaching and influential to have the entire Empire just crumble because the Death Star II went down.

 

[Nicktendo86]

That new helmet looks bloody great! Pretty sure as well that is meant to be Luke's hand minus the skin, I remember posting here I have an image in my head of the robot hand falling through space, going trough the atmosphere and the akin burning off leaving just the robot hand. That is exactly how I picture it to look in my head. Probably just a troll on the rumour though :/

 

[adj_noun]

I guess I never thought too much about the Empire after the events of Ep VI (was never real into the Extended Universe), but I don't think killing the Emperor would amount to the same as cutting the head off a snake. I would imagine a succession plan was in place. Their reach was probably too far reaching and influential to have the entire Empire just crumble because the Death Star II went down.

Even if there's no succession plan the Empire's military might doesn't vanish along with a single battle station. Heck, all those Star Destroyers at the Battle of Endor are never accounted for on screen.

See: Robot Chicken

 

[OnPoint]

Even if there's no succession plan the Empire's military might doesn't vanish along with a single battle station. Heck, all those Star Destroyers at the Battle of Endor are never accounted for on screen.

See: Robot Chicken

Exactly. They're too much of an established system to just evaporate.

 

[Perfect Cha0s]

Supposedly some Han Solo costume designs, although these would be easy to fake, I suppose.

Also via makingstarwars.net

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

Looks like he's part of some cheap fashion show.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Yesterday's helmets were renders, here are the actual props:

Via makingstarwars.net

Looks better in reality. I actually like it.

 

[Easy_D]

Yesterday's helmets were renders, here are the actual props:

Via makingstarwars.net

That's cool as fuck. I like it.

 

[aparisi2274]

Dumb question but isn't that from Return of the Jedi?

That's what I thought? I thought it was from the scene when he gets shot on Jabba's barge...

 

[block tower]

Yesterday's helmets were renders, here are the actual props:

Via makingstarwars.net

GODDAMN i love that design. so slick!

 

[Cheebo]

Supposedly some Han Solo costume designs, although these would be easy to fake, I suppose.

Also via makingstarwars.net

These are from the same source as the helmet picture which multiple people have verified, it very likely is not fake.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

The attributions in here are off. These images are coming from IndieRevolver, which is a site I'd never heard of before, but has impressed the shit out of me with a nice combination of 1) speed 2) accuracy and 3) straightforwardness. None of the bullshit. They get the info, they get it out the door, they don't preface their info with paragraph after paragraph of preening, posing schtick and self-importance.

I dig it.

The designs are cool, too.

 

[MisterHero]

Han looks like that dude from Firefly

That's what I thought? I thought it was from the scene when he gets shot on Jabba's barge...

Oh yeah that could be... I'm pretty sure he got hit in the back of his hand though. Unless it was damaged on both sides and the movie didn't show it.

Thanks to the above responses, I'm going with that it was unused.

 

[teiresias]

Yesterday's helmets were renders, here are the actual props:

Via makingstarwars.net

Why is there an ED-209 emblem above the ear and a USB symbol below the ear?

Harrison Ford even looks like he doesn't give a crap even in his costume drawings.

 

[Altazor]

Yesterday's helmets were renders, here are the actual props:

Via makingstarwars.net

really like it. Sleek, retrofuturist, imposing.

Now, I hope they make the Stormtroopers a bit more menacing instead of cannon fodder but eh, I'm hoping against hope it seems

 

[aparisi2274]

Han looks like that dude from Firefly


Oh yeah that could be... I'm pretty sure he got hit in the back of his hand though. Unless it was damaged on both sides and the movie didn't show it.

Thanks to the above responses, I'm going with that it was unused.

Well, to me, that looks like the exit wound, since the skin seems to be folded outward... so it might be from Jedi, but from a view we did not see.

 

[Spectromixer]

Episode 7 villains revealed

 

[sphagnum]

New stormtroopers are pretty cool but I think the Episode III Clonetroopers still look the best. The second Han picture looks straight out of Hoth.

 

[inm8num2]

Supposedly some Han Solo costume designs, although these would be easy to fake, I suppose.

Also via makingstarwars.net

The first costume design is pretty much how I imagined an older Han to appear, especially with that long coat.

 

[Raptor]

Yeah, looks nice, they fused the visor thingy with the upper cap of it.

I like it.

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Episode 7 villains revealed

meh

Spoiler

At least they're mining the EU. Hope for Thrawn yet!

 

[Bobby Roberts]

So far as retcons go, it's got potential. It already seems to be better than, say, retconning Leia to be Luke's sister.

 

[sphagnum]

Episode 7 villains revealed

Ugh.

Spoiler

A flashback? Can't they just show a holocron recording or something? Flashbacks have never been seen in Star Wars, it's very out of place.