What reason for Fett's colour change?

Now, this is one question that's been eating me since I first saw AOTC. What's the reason behind the change in colour of, not only Boba's oufit, but especially Slave I. In ATOC, Jango's outfit was silver and blue, whilst Bob's was largely olive green. And Slave I was grey and blue in AOTC, where it was a mockered red in ESB. Now, people might say that Bob might have adopted a new Mandalorian suit, but a new Slave I??? Any clues to this change, anyone?

 

A new paint job perhaps. My chemistry is very rusty but if exposed to certain environments, metals change color over time.

 

He's color blind and thought he was re-painting everything the same color.

 

but a new Slave I??? Any clues to this change, anyone?

The same reason some car freaks will frequently change the paint on the car(s): attempting to tweak one's personal style.

 

So you don't think there was a specific reason Lucas changed the colour schemes to those seen in ESB? I just thought it was an odd thing to do on GL's part. I thought maybe there was a reason behind GL's motives in changing the colours in the production of AOTC.

 

He discovered Slave I's user_style section, I think.

 

Yeah, come to think of it, Slave I did have a colour scheme very similar to the Old Republic's in ESB! But if Fett hated the Jedi so much, it would be a strange colour to adopt, that of the Old Republic.

 

Why would Fett want to be identical to his father in every way. Think of it genetically they were the same but Boba probably wanted his own identity seperate from his "father". It is like how twins wear different clothes even though they prefer they want to be different same with boba

 

He was his own person, and he needed to be different. Also, maybe those colors reminded him of his father and they were too painful for him...

 

So you don't think there was a specific reason Lucas changed the colour schemes to those seen in ESB? I just thought it was an odd thing to do on GL's part. I thought maybe there was a reason behind GL's motives in changing the colours in the production of AOTC.

I think that perhaps the main reason Lucas made Jango have different colored armor than Boba was simply because he did not want to confuse people. Viewers who are not as well versed in the inner workings of the SW saga as we on these boards might have been perplexed if Jango and Boba had the same color armor. I mean, if casual fans were to watch the movies from Episode 1 to Episode 6, they might be shocked to see "Jango" show up in ESB after he was supposed to be killed in AOTC. In essence, I think the color changes were an effort by Lucas to make sure that the two characters were easy to differentiate from one another.

 

Both Jango and Boba look like huge pimps, so who cares

 

In the PT, a lot of things were silver and uniformly painted. In the OT, things were less well-kept and more dully colored, showed wear and tear, etc. Like Quest said, maybe he thought it would be more non-descript; it fits with his character.

Edit: In fact, I wouldn't be all that surprised if Boba purposely made the ship look beat up.
And it might make people underestimate his ship from a distance/see all the carbon scoring and freak out.

 

He discovered Slave I's user_style section, I think.

LOL!!

Seriously, I agree that Boba was intentionally trying to make Slave I look beaten up. You have to admit it did almost look too nice in AotC. Jango must have been keeping it sitting in a showroom instead of kicking ass around the galaxy.

 

He was stuck on Kamino for ten years...he needed something to do, and conversation obviously wasn't it. Talking with Kaminoans would make watching paint dry seem exciting.

 

As I've discovered by talking to others on the Ep. III forum, maybe the reason for the colour change of Slave I, is because Bob wanted to disguise Slave I in Republic colours in order so that the Jedi would find it harder to track him. And after the fall of the Jedi, he didn't find it necessary to change the colour back again, so he just left it the way it was. After about twenty years of neglect, I think it would look as beaten and worn as it did in ESM.

And as for his armour, maybe he got hold of another set during the events of Ep. III. What makes me think that it wasn't the same set as his father used, is because I couldn't see any blue undercoat underneath the damage on his armour.

 

I bet he wanted it to match with Jaster's armor...such a neat freak...

 

Hasbro stood to make more money with a different color scheme, since the armor and ships are the same.

 

I think Jango's suit and Boba's suit are two different sets of armor.

YodaJediMaster12's explanation, which I reposted here, is the best off-screen explanation:

I think that perhaps the main reason Lucas made Jango have different colored armor than Boba was simply because he did not want to confuse people. Viewers who are not as well versed in the inner workings of the SW saga as we on these boards might have been perplexed if Jango and Boba had the same color armor. I mean, if casual fans were to watch the movies from Episode 1 to Episode 6, they might be shocked to see "Jango" show up in ESB after he was supposed to be killed in AOTC. In essence, I think the color changes were an effort by Lucas to make sure that the two characters were easy to differentiate from one another.