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 Post subject: Which is the correct ESB Vader Shoulder Armor color?
PostPosted: Thu Jan 25, 2018 4:31 am 
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Hello, I'm brand new to this forum and hobby. Sorry if this question was already answered a bunch of times. I'm trying to figure out what is the correct color scheme for ESB Vader's shoulder armor. I see pics with it clearly looking all black, and I see pics of it silver with black stripes. Likewise, I see replicas also both ways. It almost appears to me as if they had both types in ESB, and even cut back and forth between edits of the same scene. Is there a consensus?


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 Post subject: Re: Which is the correct ESB Vader Shoulder Armor color?
PostPosted: Thu Jan 25, 2018 6:24 pm 
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The first image is from ROTJ and the second is from ESB.

The third image is actually helmet and armor that was restored and refinished in the 90's so its no good for reference.

In ESB, ROTJ the shoulder bells were all black though out the 2 movies while the chest plate was the 2 toned color.


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 1:48 am 
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Thanks so much for the reply. I'm glad to hear the black Bells is the right one as that's better looking in my opinion. I read that the display piece was carefully restored by someone from Lucasfilm with archive reference materials used. But I guess there's even a lot of inconsistency at Lucasfilm.


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 6:51 pm 
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calico1997 wrote:
Thanks so much for the reply. I'm glad to hear the black Bells is the right one as that's better looking in my opinion. I read that the display piece was carefully restored by someone from Lucasfilm with archive reference materials used. But I guess there's even a lot of inconsistency at Lucasfilm.


Don Bies was the guy who made the restoration....Incorrectly might I add. He mounted the dome wrong and paint the shoulder bells wrong too. He also was the one who made the 20thc touring helmets for the release of the special editions.


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