Question about the "ears" painted on the helmet

[mandosoldier]

I've seen helmets with painted "ears" on the dome just above the visor. What are those, and where do they come from, any story behind it?

 

[tubachris85x]

do you mean the arrows? I think only the ROTJ helmet has painted arrows, but im not 100% sure on that. For the story behind that, it beats me. I think theres like one of those diagrams that point to every piece of fett's suit that says something about it, but I dont know about the arrows

 

[dengar99]

I think mandosoldier is talking about the "ears" or "eyes" painted on one of the earlier helmets, not the turn signals on the esb and jedi helmet.

I tried to find a pic, but didn't have any luck. I know someone will come through!

 

[TD2253]

Here is pic from the clone wars clone trooper.

 

[AntMan]

Hi!

If you are talking about the Boba Fett helmet, I assume you mean the "eyes" rather than the "ears"

Here's a thread discussing the so called PRE PRO version:

http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/showthread.php?t=19594

I'm far from being an expert, but I think this helmet was one of a few being created before (pre-production) the final version used in the movies.

Greetz,
Peter
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[Ronin677]

There is the ears lid which i think you are talking about. Its the prepro 1 version if i,m not mistaken. I have also included the eyes version as well. I am never sure if both of these are classed as prepro 1 or not ????

my fav lid though

 

[Southern hunter]

The "eyes" are also on some concept drawings.

 

[Rogue Studios]

So love those helmets.