Was there ever another REASONABLE choice? You know the sad thing is, Jeremy asked for ESB, but you could prob give him an RotJ helmet and he would never know the difference. As much as I love the guy, you have to remember that he was the one, years ago, who ASSURED us both the helmet and the jet pack were made of metal...
If you think about it, his comments that the "Helmet & Jet Pack" were made of metal were really not that far off, considering the helmet had an aluminum stalk and ear pieces and a metal dental tool in the cheek. The rocket & thruster end caps, stabelizer, beacon, harness hooks were all made of aluminum and other various metal pieces.
When I was @ C4 I came over to his autograph table in my ESB suit, it happened to be during a time when the crowd had died down, so we spoke for about 15-20 minutes. He commented on the quite a few details on the suit.
1. That the helmet had the wider flair to it, as opposed to many of the other helmets that he had seen that seemed much narrower.
2. The gauntlets were a lighter green than the rest of the armor.
3. The gloves had the correct shape and amount of padding to them, along with the button closure at the base of the wrist.
4. The flight suit was a lighter blue.
5. The side arm blaster.
There's was a few other details that we talked about, but you get the idea.
For an actor, you have to give him credit, he took good note of his wardrobe for a role that pretty much defined his career!
:cheers