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Stormtrooper Redesign

Discussion in 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' started by The Next Skywalker, Jan 6, 2018.

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Which stormtrooper design do you prefer?

  1. The Force Awakens

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  2. The Last Jedi

    23 vote(s)
    79.3%
  1. Lock_S_Foils

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    Awesome job on this.....by the way I just finished the book "Phasma" (outstanding by the way), in it you learn how she made this armor.....
     
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  2. The Next Skywalker

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    If you look at the stormtrooper helmets in the scenes at Jakku Village, there are a lot of shiny light reflections from above which don't make any sense in the middle of a desert. It always bothers me since I noticed it for the first time.

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    In my opinion, Stormtroopers armors from "The Force Awakens" are beter, becase this because these teeth from next one seem unnecessary to me.
     
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    I voted for TLJ helmet, a small redesign that makes a big difference and makes it look closer to the original.
     
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    Well, actually most design elements in Star Wars just perform a specific symbolic function. That doesn't make them unnecessary by default.
    In fact, the armor of stormtroopers turns out to be pretty useless in the films. Their primary function is look menacing.
     
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    I do love how the black in TFA helmets looks like a black void, almost like the one of a Ring Wraith from LotR or a skull. I remember reading in the concept art book to TFA that the new stormtrooper design was meant to evoke something Lucas had said to Doug Chiang about the design of the original stormtroopers and the battledroids, namely that they were meant to evoke the idea of a skeleton which is associated with death, animated death. That's also the exact reason why they designed the TFA helmet to look the way it does. So that it would evoke the soulless body of a skeleton and death.
     
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    Wow, the First Order changed the wardrobe for their whole army really quick after TFA, since TLJ starts right after it.
     
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    They should look exactly the same. It makes no sense storywise why they're not, beyond Disney Store executive meddling.
     
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    Personally I preferred The Force Awakens design. Not only did it perfectly capture their design aesthetic (I believe that aim was "what would Apple do?") and has the gorgeous silicon-chip minimalism, but I also found the more hulking jawline that the original mouth shape gave it actually added to the more brutish and violent nature of these Stormtroopers in comparison to those from the OT.

    Having the helmet have a more OT 'mouth' I felt was a bit of a pointless regression from the progressive-design they were going for in VII. It's got needless new extra details, streamlines away the 'thuggishness' I liked about TFA's and overall, just isn't as slick for me. Plus when I'm stuck in traffic behind a Kia Soul, it makes me think of Star Wars and their car instantly becomes a little less awful... mind you, by that same token, I can also understand not wanting a Stormtrooper to remind you of a Kia Soul!

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    totally agree! i don't dislike the new ones enough to fuss about it, but i definitely prefer TFA. : D
     
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    They really don't seem that much different to me. Far more delta between the OT Stormtrooper helmets and ST helmets than the minor changes between TFA and TLJ (but I do like TFA's better in a side-by-side comparison). The OT Stormtrooper helmets always reminded me of Piranha (which was probably by design)
     
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    And, to me, this is a problem with the ST. I get that RJ didn't like the stormtrooper armor/helmets as they were in TFA. But, seeing as how the two films are essentially back to back in the time line, there isn't a reason to redesign them. Except for aesthetic purposes. It doesn't make sense in the story. Oh well. Like @Rayjefury I didn't notice any difference when watching the films.
     
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    maybe the stormtroopers on the Supremacy are slightly different than the ones on the Finalizer.
    to me its no big deal.

    still like the original design better. XD
     
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    So will day get slightly changed again in 9?
     
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    The likelihood of them doing this is close to 100%. Since JJ is directing again, there's even a chance they will go back to using his TFA version, but it's more likely that they'll make a new version (because, you know, merchandise!).

    Just like with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it seems Disney executives can't accept their movie characters wearing the same outfit or armor in more than one movie. It's all because they don't wanna sell the same toy twice. That's why Captain America has a new outfit in every damn movie, that's why Black Widow has a new haircut in every damn movie, and that's why C-3PO has a red arm in TFA that was nowhere to be seen in TLJ.
     
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