Shadowman99 said:

Yes, but the blood stripe has a fan backstory that ties into the Han Solo novels from way back. It's sort of a Corelian medal of valor.

I'm sure the costume designer just thought yellow contrasts better against brown, but the stripe has been a sore point for many people.

Sorry, I don't get the problem here..... Fan backstory....Well, bloody hell....might as well change then stripes Ady man.

;)

Shadowman99 said:

It's red in ANH. Yellow in Empire. In ROTJ he wears these clothes when he's on Tatooine, and for the rest of the film he pretty much wears the same thing he did in ANH.

Well, only his waistcoat is the same really.