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I think that there is a distinct possibility that picture was taken in
the U.S. as that lid looks like the one used for the pick-ups in Vader's
Tie Fighter.

The dome only looks to tall because of where it is on the facemask.

Remember though that there wasn't a Vac-forming machine at Elstree
until Empire Strikes Back's pre-production.


You think so? But the TIE closeups look like the screen helmet we see all the time. Maybe I'm missing something...

That's interesting if there wasn't any vacuforming machine at Elstree...but then Hal how were the C3PO vacuformed body parts made? And who made them?


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HAL9000 wrote:
I think that there is a distinct possibility that picture was taken in
the U.S. as that lid looks like the one used for the pick-ups in Vader's
Tie Fighter.

The dome only looks to tall because of where it is on the facemask.

Remember though that there wasn't a Vac-forming machine at Elstree
until Empire Strikes Back's pre-production.


Uhm, there are ESB parts in that pic though.


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definitely a strange mix....gee I never bothered to go back and check if that's the screen helmet or not...I always thought it was a tour helmet...

I think that it's a screen mask. I can think of two scenes that we see it in ANH.
:cheers

I'm thinking the board room scene... but what scenes where you thinking about?


The scene where Alderan is blown up, and Leia is pulled back into Vader's chest. Then in the Tie fighter scene for a brief moment.

:cheers


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SithLord wrote:
HAL9000 wrote:
I think that there is a distinct possibility that picture was taken in
the U.S. as that lid looks like the one used for the pick-ups in Vader's
Tie Fighter.

The dome only looks to tall because of where it is on the facemask.

Remember though that there wasn't a Vac-forming machine at Elstree
until Empire Strikes Back's pre-production.


You think so? But the TIE closeups look like the screen helmet we see all the time. Maybe I'm missing something...

That's interesting if there wasn't any vacuforming machine at Elstree...but then Hal how were the C3PO vacuformed body parts made? And who made them?



Brian recalls that there was indeed a large vac forming machine at Elstree, operated by a chap named Tashy Baines. (Some of the trooper suits were made on it but when they ran into problems with the equipment they sent the moulds out to that other bloke..)

In this thread:
http://thepropden.aokforums.com/1-vt182 ... sc&start=0

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JB-Props wrote:
NoHumorMan wrote:
JB-Props wrote:
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definitely a strange mix....gee I never bothered to go back and check if that's the screen helmet or not...I always thought it was a tour helmet...

I think that it's a screen mask. I can think of two scenes that we see it in ANH.
:cheers

I'm thinking the board room scene... but what scenes where you thinking about?

The scene where Alderan is blown up, and Leia is pulled back into Vader's chest. Then in the Tie fighter scene for a brief moment.
:cheers

Really interesting. You got pictures of that? I'll look and see if I can find any...

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Really interesting thanks Brian...

Yes I'd like to see the screengrabs of that Vader helmet...someone can post low res and I'll try to grab from the HD source or someone can post HD cropped just of that helmet...mainly from the TIE fighter scene if it's a particular one, the DS one is easy to find. I'd be interested in looking at it more closely.


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NoHumorMan wrote:
JB-Props wrote:
NoHumorMan wrote:
JB-Props wrote:
SithLord wrote:
definitely a strange mix....gee I never bothered to go back and check if that's the screen helmet or not...I always thought it was a tour helmet...

I think that it's a screen mask. I can think of two scenes that we see it in ANH.
:cheers

I'm thinking the board room scene... but what scenes where you thinking about?

The scene where Alderan is blown up, and Leia is pulled back into Vader's chest. Then in the Tie fighter scene for a brief moment.
:cheers

Really interesting. You got pictures of that? I'll look and see if I can find any...


Unfortunately I don't have any way to do screen captures. I could try to photograph the TV screen?

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If you got it on DVD, you could give us the exact time the brief shot is seen and we can check it out and post screen captures.

Definitely interesting if there are shots of a helmet I haven't noticed in that scene.

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Forgive my crude attempts at screen capturing; I have a lot to learn on the subject. :lol Here are two very quick screen grabs that I just did. I've added the time stamp from the media player so that you could see the exact time in the movie at which we see this scene. There is one more very quick scene a minute later that shows this helmet again.

In this photo I adjusted the brightness and contrast to better show the dome position.
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A couple of seconds later and without any contrast adjustments.
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If anyone can post better screen grabs I would love to have them posted. When I have the time I'll look for the other scenes, however, this should get the ball rolling. :)

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