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Post #910436

Author
ATMachine
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Star Wars: The Costume Thread
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Date created
21-Feb-2016, 2:02 PM

Here’s a picture of John Mollo’s costume sketch for Obi-Wan’s Tatooine farmer outfit:

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As you can see, it’s basically a variant on Luke’s outfit, along with a utility vest with lots of pockets.

Contrast this with Mollo’s design for Ben Kenobi’s Jedi robes. At this stage, the robes were to be fairly elaborate, with a silver tassel hanging from the end of the hood on his cloak – befitting the idea that Ben had kept his “Jedi uniform” stored away for a long time.

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Presumably the extra costume for Obi-wan was a casualty of the budget cuts that impacted the production around the time the fourth draft was written at the start of 1976. And if that hadn’t happened, SW Internet forums wouldn’t have so many debates about why Ben is supposedly wearing “Tatooine farmer robes.”