yotsuya said:
from the beginning and the earliest drafts of the script …when I said beginning, I meant when the story of ANH …
Looks like you’re taking George’s advice.
We’ve been off-topic long enough, thanks to me. If you want to continue this dance, start a thread for it.
To steer it back to the topic, I would add the Darth Vader was suited well prior to the final story took shape. They’ve mentioned some possible inspirations, but one that comes to mind are the samurai helmets with the black face mask. Not only does Vader’s helmet resemble the Japanese helmets (but being much closer to the head), but the face mask does as well. As so much of the rest of Star Wars comes from Samurai Cinema, I wouldn’t be surprised if Darth Vader’s look did as well. Star Wars Rebels took some inspiration from that early concept in their visual treatment of Vader, but they stuck very close to the ANH costume. I’m curious to see if Vader is in Rogue One if they took the time to get the costume right or if it is just a rehash of the ROTS costume.