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Wow, what's the point of this?! Really such a bizarre tweak to the design with limited results. If one where to criticize the TFA trooper design, it would be the duck bill look of the helmet (and maybe the bulky look of the body armor) The helmet duck look could be corrected by the addition of the OT style vocoder or symmetrical mic tips, which, hearing rumors that they tweaked the helmet to look more OT, I thought that's what they did. Guess not. Also, in-Star Wars story wise, what is going to be the Military/technical explanation for this? The military does not just tweak equipment for simple aesthetics or just to make it look "meaner"....

This movie is supposed to take place mere days before the events of ANH. All things, specifically the Stormtroopers, should look exactly like they did in ANH. I am seeing too many things changed and too many new things that did not appear in the OT.

Sorry, I am a bit offended by the regular Stormtroopers in this trailer. They simply aren't ANH accurate. The armor itself looks to be newly sculpted or sourced from the Disney Star Tours suits. Just a half-assed attempt. Just painted the frowns grey and called it good. Fan suits are better than these...

looks great!

It's nice looking and reasonably accurate, but I see no reason to get this over a TM... from an accuracy standpoint.

My thoughts are converting a helmet that started life as stunt will never give you a truly authentic hero look without MAJOR work on the faceplate. Hero helmets (for some reason) are wider set than stunt. They don't have that squashed appearance. On top of that, you have to use bondo or filler for the teeth, which would require painting, which is not accurate for a Hero. Heros were raw, unpainted ABS. I say, go for a TM. Don't know why he's hesitant to make you one. It shouldn't take that long.

Seth, I really depends on what you mean by a 'stunt' neck seal. Nobody, I mean NOBODY here or anywhere, makes a true, screen-accurate 'stunt' neck seal. Why? The seals used on-screen (in ANH) were actual 1970's rubber diving suit neck rings, which by now, are perished. They also appear to be different in each scene, so it is hard to tell what they used or how they looked. The only neck seals that we get a good look at and know with certain accuracy are the 'hero' neck seals. Yes, I make the 'hero" seals. That means correct look, materials, correct ribbing with a jaw taper and a full torso bib. We have made many seals without the bib because some prefer that.

Fantastic!

Note too: Lukes Hero suit had 2 right forearms (or 2 left, I don't remember!) Either way, this is evidence that they didn't pay attention to the details like we do.

Honestly, I don't think they kept track of what was Hero or not. If that were the case, all the Hero helmets would be in the up close shots and the stunts would be only used in the background shots. The only "Hero suits" used as intended were Lukes and Hans. Otherwise, they threw on what was available - mixing up hand guards, belts and helmets. Heck, I'm sure there are NO suits kept together as one. They mixed armor components too.

Something called "chicago screws" They are permanent when needed, but can be removed if wished.

Now that's a textbook example of a Hero trooper!

Their seals look much, much looser than the DS troops. Also, the ribs look bigger/fewer. Just my speculation, based on a couple of pics. I also assume they were improvised given that the Tatooine scenes were the first to be filmed and the first time the trooper suits were used. Given the changes made to the armor details, it would not be unreasonable to guess that they also made changes or improvements to the DS trooper seals filmed later in England. Just my opinion. I have no inside knowledge or proof to backup my claims.

Also, those Sandtroopers are using something different than the Death Star troops.

My personal thoughts are the "stunt" neckseals were found objects. I think they were dive suit neckseals. They were both ribbed and smooth and they had a round bib that was sometimes shredded. I honestly don't think they took the time to make a mold for latex to make them. I think they custom made the seals for Luke/Han, but the rest of the stormies were purchased in en masse.