gaiatha posted: Inspired by Justins work for the Anakin episode 3 costume I did something similar for the Obi-Wan Episode 3 costume. I collected reference pictures, exhibit pics and screen caps for the cotume I# making for Paul (Rogan_Agar) and I want to share all this with you happy Hope you can use some of it. It's far from complete but a start Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode 3 "I find that the most interesting side of playing Obi-Wan Kenobi is trying to portay as a younger man someone we know and love as an older man. In this last movie we had to match physically as well. It was extraordinary to stand in front of the mirror with all my wardrobe on - because I was Obi-Wan Kenobi, and that was quite a moment for this young man." - Ewan McGregor, Dressing a Galaxy - costume overview - During the prequels the costume of Obi-Wan doesn't change as dramatically as the rest of his outer appearence. Especially his hair cut changes from short hair with a braid as Qui-Gon Jinn's Padawan in Episode 1: a "Jedi mullet" and beard in Epsiode 2 to finally the more Alec Guinness style hair cut and beard in Episode 3 - Revenge of the Sith. The main reason for changes in his Jedi wardrobe is to connect this younger Obi-Wan Kenobi of the perquels to the old hermit living in the desert of Tatooine we know from the original trilogy. In Episode 3 the costume of Obi-Wan Kenobi consists of these parts: - inner tunic - outer tunic - cloth tabbards - obi - belt - lightsabre - pants - boots - robe I'm adding reference pictures of the belt, lightsabre and boots, but I will focus on the "cloth" parts of the costume. That's mainly because I'm leaving all the leather work to my brother and boyfriend every time we are working on costumes, so I don't have a clue how to handle leather. To say it right in the beginning there are a lot of usefull patterns but you have to modify them all. It's always a good idea to make a version of you costume out of very cheap fabric. From the prototype you can tell if you are on the right way or should start working on the patterns again. - inner tunic - From a behind the scenes picture we know, that the inner tunic isn't completely made out of dark brown fabric. Only the sleeves and collar part are made out of the brown fabric and sewn onto a white/beige fabric. So the inner tunic is more like an undershirt, which secures a perfect fit of the tunic even during fighting scenes. You, who want to make this costume, now have to decide, if you want the Jedi style tunic or use movie magic. The collar is three-coated. On a pic linked below you can guess that the seams holding the layers in place are on the very top of the folds. Again in this pic you can see that the tunic isn't a full tunic and how the collar is sewn onto the shirt. In one of the pics below you can see that the collar is a lot higher than the collar of the outer tunic. It's best to make the sleeves 1/4 longer than you would need to get the piled look of the sleeves. Reference pictures http://www.petridish.net/pics/23990/innertunic.jpg http://www.petridish.net/pics/23990/ObiWanneck.jpg http://www.petridish.net/pics/23990/collar2.jpg Fabric Swatches of the original fabric used have been added to the Dressing a Galaxy Ltd. edition set. Also any flexible dark brown fabric, like heavier jersey fabrics will do fine. - outer tunic - The fabric used for the outer tunic is very light, beige and crinkled. Because it is so light it's absolutly necessary to add a lining to the tunic. The lining fabric is a bit lighter in color than the outer tunic fabric. It's useful to have an additional seam around the waist line to avoid folds when you put on the obi and belt. There is a shoulder sleeve tuck. From the crinkle structur of the fabric you can tell that the collar is a seperate piece. But there is no visible seam on the outside. The sleeves have to be wider on the end (hand) than they are on the shoulder. Reference pictures http://www.petridish.net/pics/23990/collaroutertunic.jpg http://www.petridish.net/pics/23990/sleevesoutertunic.jpg http://www.petridish.net/pics/23990/promo6.jpg http://www.petridish.net/pics/23990/Fabric%20outer%20tunic.jpg Fabric Thanks to the Dressing a Galaxy Ltd Edition set we know the originally used fabric. kay_dee found a very close match to the original farbic at Britex fabric store in San Francisco. The only thing is that the fabric will need to be dyed and crinkled. - Obi and cloth tabbards - It's not sure if the tabbards are sewn on to the outer tunic or attached to the tunic with velcro. For the Obi the only important thing is to take care of the structure of the fabric. Reference pictures http://www.petridish.net/pics/23990/promo5.jpg http://www.petridish.net/pics/23990/tabbards.jpg Fabric The same fabric used for the outer tunic - pants - Not much to say about the pants. Buy or make something you feel comfortable in Reference pics http://www.petridish.net/pics/23990/pants.jpg http://www.petridish.net/pics/23990/pants%20fabric.jpg Fabric I've added a scan of my Dressing a Galaxy swatch but I think they glued it in on the wrong side.... - robe - Trisha Biggar writes about the robe: "While sourcing Episoe 1 fabric for the younger Obi-Wan Kenobi that would retain the fundamental appearance and textures used for the original character, I came across several rolly of vintage brown wool fabrics in a warehouse in the East End of London that still had the utility marks on te selvedges, which meant they had been manufactured around the time of the Second World War, when textiles were rationes. [...]" You can tell it could be impossible to find the exact fabric for the robe. If not let me know The robe as a attached hood with a visible seam in the middle. The seam between hood and rest of the robe is cover with a stripe of fabric Reference pictures http://www.petridish.net/pics/23990/robe.jpg http://www.petridish.net/pics/23990/robeseam.jpg http://www.petridish.net/pics/23990/robeshoulder.jpg http://www.petridish.net/pics/23990/robesleeves.jpg http://www.petridish.net/pics/23990/seamhood.jpg http://www.petridish.net/pics/23990/news_ep3_obi-wan.jpg - belt, boots and lightsabre - Reference pictures http://www.petridish.net/pics/23990/Bild%20102.jpg http://www.petridish.net/pics/23990/Bild%20101.jpg http://www.petridish.net/pics/23990/belt1.jpg http://www.petridish.net/pics/23990/belt2.jpg http://www.petridish.net/pics/23990/promo5.jpg http://www.petridish.net/pics/23990/boots%201.jpg http://www.petridish.net/pics/23990/boots2.jpg
