Rewatching the Star Wars Trilogy with my children (and I insist it's only a trilogy), I was reminded of something cool I noticed with Luke Skywalker's outfits. In Star Wars, he wears white.
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| To get the full effect, pinch your nose and say "I wanted to go to Tachi station to get new power converters!" |
In Empire Strikes Back, he three outfits, all of which are grey.
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| The outfit on the right is the one he wore when he visited The Muppet Show. |
In Return of the Jedi, Luke wears a black outfit that looks a lot like Darth Vader's costume.
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| "Luke, I am your father....'s tailor!" |
Then, about a minute after he rejects the dark side and becomes a Jedi, a flap falls open on his shirt.
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| I guess watching your father die would be upsetting enough you'd forget to button your shirt up. |
The grey flap stays noticeably open for the rest of the movie. I don't have a joke here. I just think it's impressive how the costume designers conveyed Luke's journey to the dark side and back through his clothes.
Another thing I want to point out is something I noticed when I watched Babylon 5 (which, along with Star Wars and Star Trek forms the holy trinity of dramatic science fiction). Halfway through the series, the main characters all get new uniforms.
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| I'd pay good money to see Ivanova choke young Anakin to death. |
Hm. A black uniform with a grey flap in a
very familiar place. Did the bridge officers all just become Jedi? If so, what's the policy for using a lightsaber on an Earthforce vessel?
