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50 Most Iconic Star Wars Costumes

By Cheryl Wassenaar

Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) loads the plans for the Death Star battle station with a plea for help to Obi-Wan Kenobi into R2-D2 on the Rebel Blockade Runner.
Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) loads the plans for the Death Star battle station with a plea for help to Obi-Wan Kenobi into R2-D2 on the Rebel Blockade Runner. /
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From The Force Awakens (2015). Image via Lucasfilm/Disney.

4. Jedi Robes

Thank you for standing in, Luke Skywalker.

No two Jedi wear the exact same robes, done on purpose during the prequel trilogy, which modeled costumes based on each character’s different physiology (Dressing a Galaxy 3). However, you can expect the same general palettes of neutral browns, beiges, creams, and the occasional black, if your last name is Skywalker, with leather belts to hold their lightsabers.

(Unless you’re Yoda, but Yoda is CGI in AOTC and ROTS and so doesn’t need a belt to pull out a lightsaber. He’s also Yoda. Make fun of him, you will not.)

The robes of the first Jedi we meet in ANH, Obi-Wan Kenobi, were designed to look partially like those of a monk and partially like those of a samurai, according to designer John Mollo (13).

Considering that the old Jedi Order forbade marriage and expected its members to know their way around a lightsaber, the comparison is apt.

Ultimately, the effect is one of a warrior, but one steeped in mysticism. Not showy, but in tune with nature and, well, one with the Force. The Sith blacks stand out, but the Jedi blend in in terms of color, though it seems that everyone recognizes the general layout of the robes both in-universe and out.

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