Clonetroopers storm Celebration III

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2005-04-25 04:18pm

Clicky. I dunno, clonetroopers on that escalator (which I know well; I've spent way too much time in that convention center for a guy who never goes to conventions

) struck me as funny for some reason.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2005-04-25 09:10pm

I like the armor on the guy in the front.

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2005-04-25 09:13pm

Those are some sweet costumes. Why am I stuck with the brontosauraus Jedi lightsaber deuling with $6 Toys R Us sabers when I see Star Wars?

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2005-04-25 09:35pm

Stravo wrote:Those are some sweet costumes. Why am I stuck with the brontosauraus Jedi lightsaber deuling with $6 Toys R Us sabers when I see Star Wars?

Because you're a sinner.

Anydangway, I notice the 4th trooper from the bottom is the only one with Ep III armor. Lucky ponce. I wouldn't mind doing that, but my only experience in dressing up as a Stormtrooper and staging an assault was in SW:G, and the kiddies there never reacted to light rolepay very well.

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2005-04-25 11:54pm

Heh, looks like they're taking over the building.

Crossroads Inc. · Post by **Crossroads Inc.** » 2005-04-26 12:01am

You know, people have had 30 years to refine the making of Orginal StormTrooper costumes... It;s no wonder there arn't more CT style suits... but DAMN they are way more stylish!

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2005-04-26 12:35am

By the way, do we know if they've made any actual suits for the next movie or are they all 100% cgi also?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-04-26 01:04am

They're all 100% CGI. No Clonetrooper suits were made for either AotC or RotS.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2005-04-26 01:44am

Damn, future generations will not be able to go to places like Planet Hollywood or whatever to see this kind of stuff.

Elheru Aran · Post by **Elheru Aran** » 2005-04-26 06:42am

Slartibartfast wrote:Damn, future generations will not be able to go to places like Planet Hollywood or whatever to see this kind of stuff.

Oh, I doubt they were seriously hundred-percent CG; they undoubtedly made a few suits, quick and cheap, by adapting a bunch of stormtrooper armour from the previous movies, for maquettes and the like, as well as promotional purposes such as Planet Hollywood.

And who knows... maybe these 'future generations' will be using holograms instead...

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2005-04-26 09:18am

Damn, future generations will not be able to go to places like Planet Hollywood or whatever to see this kind of stuff.

Every time I see something like this I automatically translate "future generations" to "me". Funny that.

Crossroads Inc. · Post by **Crossroads Inc.** » 2005-04-26 09:28am

I still can't get over the fact that for the modern movies there are NO real modle suits of stormtrooper armour... I mean, you think they would make SOME for showpieces and what not!

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2005-04-26 04:33pm

Crossroads Inc. wrote:I still can't get over the fact that for the modern movies there are NO real modle suits of stormtrooper armour... I mean, you think they would make SOME for showpieces and what not!

I'm pretty sure for AotC they sculpted one small maquette and nothing else. Lucasfilm never built a full suit during production.

Also, The armor pieces for Clonetroopers are very different in their basic design and shape then Stormtroopers; it's a lot more complicated and form-fitting, with things like kneepads and multiple arm peices. In other words the overall design is reminiscent of unsimplified Stormtroopers, but when you get down to it it's much more than a simple modification.

Post by **Vympel** » 2005-04-27 01:53am

I've grown to like the CGI Clonetroopers- they look better. The Stormtrooper costumes are aesthetically pleasing when worn correctly, but there's more than one incident in the films where shit goes wrong with the costumes. Clonetrooper outfits are good because they eliminate that problem.

Things I'm thinking about in paticular:

- Stormtrooper in Luke's "No!" scene in the hangar in ANH, his right shoulder pauldron is loose
- Stormtrooper in the Tantive IV scene, you can see the seam at the back of his boots
- Stormtrooper on Bespin when they get held up by the Bespin "cops"- the abdomen piece of his armor, which is supposed to go under the chest, has come out on top. Looks silly.
- The cracked shoulder pauldron in RotJ (not possible with CGI for obvious reasons)
- The twisted helmet on one of the Stormtroopers who drops a just-tortured Han Solo in his cell (Han's arm twists his helmet)

A handful of the total, but it's still annoying as heck. There's probably some I missed too.