Hey Team,
I'd like to contribute a bit in this department regarding ESB damage vs AOSW damage, or as I refer to as "SE" Special Edition damage, since it's a "motion picture" prop I like to think in terms of how it was seen on the silver screen. Being a painter and always chasing the ever elusive "perfect and accurate" paint job I've become very fascinated with the colors and the details in the damage on this helmet. Over the course of feeding my obsession with research, studying reference photo's and screen caps it is blatantly obvious that in the Star Wars films there have always been issues with continuity and Boba Fett is no exception. I've come to the conclusion that some damage seen on the SE helmet may have actually happened on set during the filming of ESB and may be visible in some ESB scenes and not in others. This can also help determine which scenes where shot first and when some reference photo's in the archives were taken based on whether or not specific damage is visible. In this post I will only be talking about 1 specific piece of damage that I think will really help and give insight specifically to painters trying to determine which pieces of damage to add to their paint job.
The damage I want to address is the damage on the left mandible just below the T-visor about 1 third the way in going towards the left ear. This damage is clearly seen in many Hi-Res reference photo's after filming ESB. See the image below.
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Let's examine the scenes in ESB in chronological order to see if the damage is evident.
1) The first scene is on the bridge. (EVIDENT)
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2) The second scene, Slave one Cockpit Scene. (Inconclusive)
-We do not see the left mandible due to camera angle
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3) The third scene, Bespin Dinner Scene. (Not Evident)
-This one is difficult because the camera is at a distance decreasing the resolution. However the damage is not evident in screen caps.
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The damage is not evident in reference photo's during this time frame either.
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4) The fourth scene, Interrogation Scene. (Evident)
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5) The fifth scene, Carbon Chamber Scene. (Evident)
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Reference Photo's Evident
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6) The 6th scene, Bespin Hallway Scene. (Not Evident)
-For screen captures it is Inconclusive because the camera distance is too far and the EE-3 blocks out the area of damage in review.
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-For reference photo's it is clearly Not Evident During this time frame.
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7) The 7th Scene Last Scene in ESB, Slave One Ramp Scene. (Not Evident)
-Although this scene is dark in lighting it is still not evident.
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8) Archive Reference Photo's
-White Hallway Shot's (Not Evident)
I'll only post one photo to show this but feel free to scan through the archives and you'll see that it is not evident in any of the white hallway reference photo's from the archives.
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So in conclusion, I think they shot the White hallway reference photo's, the Bespin Dinner Scene, the Bespin Hallway Scene, and the Slave One Ramp Scene first before the Hero Helmet received the physical damage. Personally, I think that it's a scuff of some sort and could have easily been brushed up against something since the location of the damage is on the surface that sticks out the most.
It would be cool to get some more information if anyone has it regarding the timing and sequence of the ESB Boba Fett shots filmed.
As a painter I like the added detail in damage so I am going to include it on my ESB helmets unless specified or requested as a Bespin Dinner, or Bespin Hallway Specific ESB Helmet.
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Hope you guys find this stuff as fascinating as I do. I'm sorry if this had been addressed before, I couldn't find anything on it while working on my latest commission so I thought I would share. Anyways, Cheers!
-Cameron
