Official 1/6th Darth Vader Thread

[Puay]

My Vader arrived already, I'll post pics later

Really?!! Thats fast. Is he good?

 

[Glennfett]

lol!!!
my vader should be here in a few months

 

[shocktrooper_au]

LOL - indeed I'm only just getting my Stormtroopers

 

[dragontron]

I'm referring to the A-symettricall armor and mask we see at the end of the film, not Hayden. Why the Horror?

 

[Valfar]

I'm referring to the A-symettricall armor and mask we see at the end of the film, not Hayden. Why the Horror?

You mean symetrical right?, besides that..the helmet design was also changed quite a bit from the OT.

 

[Rafaela]

I hope it looks awesome in person.

 

[jkno]

Really?!! Thats fast. Is he good?

See below:

 

[Blackhole]

Honestly, I just want a RotS Vader. The best IMO.

Right on! I love the shiny look of Vader in ROTS...

But not Vaderkin...what a whiny jerk...

 

[shockwave]

Looking forward to TESB Vader version too! I would assume same time frame next year 3rd quarter '10 (30th anniv)?

 

[galactiboy]

Not surprising that they'd release the others... Vader is key, and its hard to get too much of him.

 

[Puay]

See below:

Hah hah.Thats really funny.

 

[thenammagazine]

You mean symetrical right?, besides that..the helmet design was also changed quite a bit from the OT.

Because it was just too hard to understand what he meant, wasn't it aunt Martha?

 

[IrishJedi]

I'm referring to the A-symettricall armor and mask we see at the end of the film, not Hayden. Why the Horror?

Because the ROTS Vader costume represents a lot of what is wrong about the prequels:

1 - No sense of visual continuity or respect for the aesthetic of the OT (the transition from that to the one in ANH is laughable)

2 - Contrived revisionism ("instead of going with what we already did, let's make the helmet symmetrical and everything all black... just because we can! Also, while we're at it... let's make the lightsabers different too, even though that's supposed to be the same one Obi-Wan hands to Luke in ANH.")

3 - It just doesn't look right. The symmetrical look of the new helmet loses a lot of the character and mystique that the OT Vader image has (especially that of ANH).

4 - "Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!"

 

[abake]

Because the ROTS Vader costume represents a lot of what is wrong about the prequels:

1 - No sense of visual continuity or respect for the aesthetic of the OT (the transition from that to the one in ANH is laughable)

2 - Contrived revisionism ("instead of going with what we already did, let's make the helmet symmetrical and everything all black... just because we can! Also, while we're at it... let's make the lightsabers different too, even though that's supposed to be the same one Obi-Wan hands to Luke in ANH.")

3 - It just doesn't look right. The symmetrical look of the new helmet loses a lot of the character and mystique that the OT Vader image has (especially that of ANH).

4 - "Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!"

I suppose those are all valid points, but none of them really bother me.
I think the only aspect that makes me raise an eyebrow is the lack of continuity, but that's about it.
And even so, Vader's appearance changed throughout the OT, what's the problem of having it different in ROTS?
And why shouldn't they make Vader's symmetrical? The fact that they couldn't get it right the first time around doesn't mean they have to keep making it wrong time and again... As for it being all black, why not? It was painted in different tones just to make it photograph better, not because it necessarily had to look that way. So now they can make it look good even if it's all black, good for them!
As for the "noooooo", I've no problem with it. It's still a young, confused Anakin/Vader in there. Should he become all calm and composed all of a sudden?

 

[The Josh]

I have no problem with how Vader looks at the end of ROTS honestly. I'll get that version.

 

[Darth Madden]

I have no problem with how Vader looks at the end of ROTS honestly. I'll get that version.

Yeah, I have no problem with how he looks in ROTS either but that one is a very low 4th on the list of needed 1/6 Vaders for me.

 

[The Josh]

I want all 4 so I'll take them all.

 

[IrishJedi]

And even so, Vader's appearance changed throughout the OT, what's the problem of having it different in ROTS

Because it looks/sounds much more advanced than the one he wears in the film that takes place 20 years later?

If anything, it should have looked like a prototype (maybe like the McQuarrie designs) or at least much more like the ANH visage. They just dropped the ball terribly here, imho. It makes no sense from a visual continuity standpoint at all.

That said, I'll probably buy one if SSC makes it just to have one of each of the Vader representations (because they are all different). It just better come AFTER all of the OT ones.

 

[Anzik]

The films are supposed to be viewed as films, not frame by frame stills.
Vader is still Vader.
Anakin's lightsaber is still Anakin's lightsaber.
Once you've seen the films one time, the mystique is already gone. You know that Anakin is Vader and Luke is his son and what he looks like and how he got there.
It's not perfect, thats what makes it star wars.

 

[shockwave]

Because it looks/sounds much more advanced than the one he wears in the film that takes place 20 years later?

If anything, it should have looked like a prototype (maybe like the McQuarrie designs) or at least much more like the ANH visage. They just dropped the ball terribly here, imho.

I agree that maybe a McQuarrie style mask/helmet Vader should have been in ROTS. But I guess Lucas just wanted to go w/the original well close to the original...