star wars

[aimeekitty]

ok... I know some of you are big star wars fans. I am too... but I've never made a star wars costume.

I'm curious, are there any female jedi that have geisha or japanese-influence in their costumes? I thought it might be fun to do kinda what they did for shak-ti and amidala and use my oshiroi makeup for it.
I was kinda thinking about just designing my own jedi outfit, but I'm curious if there are any canon characters I might like. They don't have to be in the movies, they could just be extended universe, or whatever.

Comments

[lumie.livejournal.com]

Almost all Jedi have Japanese influence in their outfits. However, they're typically very plain, so a geisha theme might be a bit odd.

http://www.padawansguide.com/jedi.shtml

This site is a great start for Jedi guidelines. Hopefully it'll give you some ideas. :D

[sweetpoteet.livejournal.com]

Although the basic Jedi outfit itself is based off of Japanese elements, I can't think off the top of my head any being directly influenced by geiko clothing.
However, I would suggest getting or reading "Dressing a Galaxy" by Trisha Biggar. It has photos and concept art of EVERY outfit ever made for all six movies, even background characters you saw for only five seconds. You'll definitely find some inspiration there. :)

[kaijou-akai.livejournal.com]

I could ask my room mate. He's an uber mega Star Wars geek.

And Shaak Ti rocks. She's one of my favorite characters :D

[scruffyrebel.livejournal.com]

Oooo Shak-Ti. Yeah a alot of Amidala's outfits are all super asian inspired. Otherwise I know there's a sith in the new Legacy comics whose outfit is very asian designed.

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

I dont want to do all the latex and leather tooling though required for shak ti, even though she's my favorite probably. Maybe someday...

I guess most jedi's have to be earth-tones right? so no red outfits or anything? it seems like they are all tan. I also wonder how much embellishment I can get away with before it's starts being "you are too fancy to be a jedi". Even though Luminara and Shak Ti actually have alot of fancy stuff... (but it's all leather tooling and earthtone fancy)

is there a picture of the sith you mean?

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

Shak Ti is my favorite. I really want to do her, but I dont have the time to devote to that right now. I need something simpler

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

yeah, I know they are based on kimono's (sortof) but I wonder how much embellishment and how much color I can get away with and still look like a jedi? I mean red is typically a sith color, but shak ti has red skin...
but most of the jedi outfits are pretty much tan, white or dark brown...

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

I have that at home, I definitely need to look at it again

[scruffyrebel.livejournal.com]

Well if you make an original Jedi outfit you could really do whatever colors you wants. But yes, the majority of Jedi all wear variations of brown and tan...normally not black at all since that's a Dark Side thing for the most part. I know some Jedi in the future Legacy comics right now had some blue and green in their garb...so things seemed to be more lax in the future of Star Wars. The whole point of jedi is not to be fancy and all though, ya know? So colors other than brown could work as long as they aren't too crazy bright and all over the place. It would be awesome to see an OT Jedi wearing Geta though XD

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

wouldnt red be sith too though? I was thinking of a red over-jacket type thing...
Or should I stick to cool colors (subdued versions of blue or green or purple or tans?)

what does OT Jedi mean?

(I should wear these geta: http://aimeemajor.com/kimono/kopp.jpg ) XD

[scruffyrebel.livejournal.com]

OT means Original Trilogy XD I meant OC for Original Character though, haha.

and yeah red is mostly a sith thing too, especially if it were a dark red.

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

well, if I have to mostly stick with tan, I was thinking along these lines, but I wish I could get more outlandish with it... (but unless you have these basic jedi parts (ala obi wan) it seems like people might not recognize you're a jedi... I'm not sure.

my sketch based on tan/obiwan lines: http://aimeemajor.com/images/temp2/jedi.jpg

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

ps, the skirt would be hakama

[scruffyrebel.livejournal.com]

Oo that's totally lovely! I've seen some Jedi use hakama, it looks so awesome. ObiShawn's wife used hakama for her Jedi garb, it was this great blue weave fabric she used. It would be so lovely to see designs on the tabbards like you drew. The Jedi Librarian had designs on her and it was such a great look:

http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/c/cf/Jocasta.jpg

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

yeah I was thinking like Jocasta, but different. :)

do you have a picture or link for ObiShawn's wife's costume? I really love blue, maybe I could move the whole scheme over to blue? I dunno. :D

(thanks for all the help, I trust your advice)

[scruffyrebel.livejournal.com]

sure no prob! Glad to help. I know you'll make an absolutely stunning and unique Jedi garb.

http://www.project-insomnia.com/colleen/costumes/jedi.html

[lumie.livejournal.com]

I've not been too involved in the fandom thus far, but from what I've seen, it seems the Star Wars fans are not so picky about out-of-character or non-authentic original designs (Like kitty Vader, femme troopers, etc). So I think it depends on how close you want to come to a regular jedi, or if you want something that just has elements of an existing jedi design. I think as long as you have a belt and lightsaber, people will get the idea. :D

I really like the sketch you did, which you posted below, by the way.

[padawansguide.livejournal.com]

Thanks for saying that about my site! :-)

The Episode II Jedi had more variation and more color - like Shaak Ti, Luminara Unduli and Barriss Offee. This page might be a good reference too!

http://padawansguide.com/other.shtml

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

I've been a fan of your site for a while! Thank you again for all the valuable information you post there! :)

[padawansguide.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :-) And you're welcome! :-)

And thank you for your contributions to the BJD world! :-)

-Maggie

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

:) thankuuuuuu