High Republic Jedi (Informal Temple Attire)

ALL, High Republic, Jedi

CHARACTER DESCRIPTION
The High Republic is during an era when the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order are at their zenith, about 200 years before the events of the prequel trilogy. This was a golden age for the Jedi and a time of galactic expansion in the Outer Rim. It is a hopeful, optimistic time, when the Jedi are true guardians of peace and justice. This style of uniform is used during the High Republic era for everyday wear around Jedi Temples scattered across the ever-expanding known galaxy. (Source: Official High Republic Announcement)

REQUIRED ITEMS

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Required Details:

  1. Matte, white, ivory, off-white, or pale cream wrap tunic made of light to medium-weight fabric. Fabric may be smooth or have a crinkled texture.
  2. Sleeves are straight to moderately belled and moderately wide. Sleeves extend to between mid-forearm and wrist length.
  3. The collar is not visible below the belt. It may either end at the costumer’s waist or be completely hidden by the midcoat (if present) and tabards.
  4. The bottom edge of the outer tunic fully covers the buttocks of the costumer and extends to roughly mid-thigh length (for Jedi with pants). Jedi with skirts (see below) may extend the bottom edge of the outer tunic to as long as floor length. The inner tunic, if present, must not be visible at the bottom edge.
  5. The outer tunic may have open side slits below the belt.
  6. The costume must include a kimono-style collar on the outer tunic and/or an inner tunic (see below) with a kimono-style collar. If both are present, the inner tunic may be visible around the neck at this closure. This collar, whichever garment it is on, must meet the following requirements:
    A kimono-style collar made of the same material as the garment it is attached to and is roughly 1”-2” / 2.5-5 cm wide, proportional to the costumer. This collar wraps around the neck and overlaps in a neat V below the costumer’s neck and wraps across the chest at an angle.

Optional Details:

  1. An A-line or half-circle flared shape below the waist is recommended.
  2. The portion of the outer tunic below the belt may be a continuous portion of the tunic, attached via a waist seam (if hidden by the belt or obi/sash), or a separate skirt piece worn over the outer tunic. If an outer tunic skirt piece is used, the top of the skirt must be hidden by the belt or obi/sash. Outer tunic skirts may be wrap skirts that close in the front (hidden by the tabards or in line with the collar), or close with an invisible zipper or other hidden closure.
  3. Jedi with shorter (mid-forearm) length sleeves are especially encouraged to include an under-tunic, arm guards, or wrist wraps that extend to the wrist (see below).
  4. Jedi may have one or two thin gold stripes at or just inside the edge of the bottom of the tunic, the sleeves, the outer edge of the collar, the seam between the tunic and the collar, or a combination of those. The stripe may be made from narrow ribbon, soutache, piping, cording, or other simple trim; bias tape; embroidered; vinyl transfer; or finely painted. If the tunic includes the gold strip on multiple edges, it must be the same kind of material on all edges.

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Required Details:

  1. Plain, matte medium to heavy-weight pants in white, ivory, cream, dark gold, or light to medium brown colored fabric.
  2. Pants are straight down and tuck into the top of the boots. Moderately loose pants to allow slight blousing over the top of the boots are recommended.
  3. Pants do not have visible pockets. Side and back pockets are allowed if covered by the outer tunic, tabards, and/or midcoat.

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[/box] [box] Tabards

Required Details:

  1. Tabards are made of a white, ivory, cream, brown (light to medium only), or gold-toned (light, medium, dark, dull, or bright gold are all allowed) fabric. Fabric is matte or has a slight sheen. Fabric may be smooth or have a crinkled texture.
  2. Tabards hang down to between knee-height and mid-calf height in front. The back tabards may be slightly longer than the front tabard, the same length, or end roughly at the bottom hem of the outer tunic.
  3. Tabards are cut straight across at the bottom, or may be slightly angled downwards towards the center of the body.
  4. At the top, tabards do not extend more than 1” / 2.5 cm beyond the shoulder.
  5. Tabards hang down from the shoulder in front as two separate pieces. Front tabards may hang straight down, parallel to each other, or may angle slightly inwards towards the waist.
  6. Each tabard is roughly the same width as the obi.
  7. In the back, the tabards may continue as two separate pieces like the front or merge together behind the neck into a single double-width Medieval-style tabard.
  8. Informal tabards do not have any decorations on them.

Optional Details:

  1. Tabards may be slightly flared at the shoulders and/or at the bottoms.
  2. Tabards are self-lined.
  3. Tabards may have a narrow gold border around the outside edges, right at the edge of the tabard.
  4. Tabards with a full medieval style back may connect the front and back underneath the arm, like a sleeveless vest.

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[/box] [box] Obi

Required Details:

  1. A rectangular obi wraps around the waist and is approximately 5”-8” / 13-20 cm wide, proportional to the wearer.
  2. Obi is visible both above and below the belt.
  3. Obi is made of a plain white, ivory, cream, or gold-toned (light, medium, dark, dull, or bright gold are all allowed) fabric.
  4. Fabric is matte or has a slight sheen. Fabric may be smooth or have a crinkled texture.
  5. Obi may be crisp and flat or lightly scrunched/bloused.
  6. The obi is approximately the same width as the tabards.
  7. Obi does not have a visible closure.

Note: Jedi Knight and Master obi do not have loose hanging sash tails. For requirements for Padawan sashes, please see the Padawan Alternate Configuration below.

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[/box] [box] Belt

Required Details:

  1. Medium to dark brown leather or leather-like belt with a metallic gold, bronze, and/or silver buckle in the center front.
  2. Belt closures are hidden beneath the buckle, holster, or matching leather/leather-like keeper flap or tube.
  3. The only exception to this is if an off-center pin buckle is used in addition to the decorative center-front buckle (see Master Arkoff below for an example of this).
  4. Buckles may be rectangular (clipped or rounded corners also allowed), diamond shaped, oval, circular, a shape inspired by the High Republic fan/fountain, or similar art deco leaf/feather shape. Buckles may attach to the belt with rivets, D-rings, or similar.
  5. The allowed belt styles are:
    • Single Layer Belt: Belt is a single strip with straight edges. Belt is roughly ¾”-4” / 2-10 cm wide, proportional to wearer.
    • Double Layer Belt: The lower belt layer is roughly 2”-3” / 5-7.5 cm wide, proportional to wearer. A thinner secondary belt lays centered on top of it. The secondary belt is roughly ½”-2” / 1-5 cm wide. The secondary belt must lay tight to the wider under belt and not sag. The secondary belt may be a plain strip or braided. Belt may include thin vertical metallic or matching leather/leather-like bars or strips to hold the thinner top belt in place.

Optional Details:

  1. Belt buckles may be decorated with the High Republic fan design or other similar High Republic based designs.
  2. Buckles may include simple gemstones.

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Required Details:

  1. Medium to dark brown (same color as the belt) roughly knee-high boots made of a leather or leather-like material. Boots are matte or may have a slight sheen.
  2. Boots are flat or have a low heel, 1.5” / 4 cm maximum.
  3. Boots have a flat top edge at or just below the knee.

Optional Details:

  1. Covered or inside zippers are allowed.
  2. Buckles are permitted but must complement the boot and not detract from the overall look of the Jedi costume.
  3. Boots may have matching horizontal straps around the top and/or ankle.
  4. Boots may have matching spats or mini-chaps.

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Required Details:

  1. Costumer must carry one or two single-bladed lightsabers or one double-bladed lightsaber.
  2. Hilt appears to be made of metal (silver, gold, and/or bronze recommended), but may include significant wood portions. Hilt may include black rubber/plastic details, metallic greeblies, leather/clothing wraps, etc. that look appropriate to the Star Wars universe. Hilt may also include a guard.
  3. The lightsaber may be a static prop (hilt only).
  4. No “hero” lightsabers of face characters may be used for non-face character Jedi.

Optional Details:

  1. Attached blade, LED lights and sound effects are allowed, but not required.
  2. If the lightsaber has a blade, the blade may be blue, green, yellow, white/silver, or violet. If the costumer is carrying two single-bladed sabers, the blades must be the same color.

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OPTIONAL ITEMS

[box] Inner Tunic

Required Details:

  1. A fitted inner tunic is worn underneath the outer tunic.
  2. Inner tunic is made of white, ivory, cream, or gold (light, medium, dark, dull, or bright gold are all allowed) fabric. Fabric is matte or has a slight sheen.
  3. Inner tunic collar has a cross-over wrap style like the outer tunic, a rounded scoop neck, or a short mandarin collar that opens in the front.
  4. Inner tunic is sleeveless, a dickey, or has wrist-length sleeves. If present, inner tunic sleeves are relatively fitted to the wearer’s arms. The sleeves may be a different color than the collar. Sleeves may end straight around the wrist or sweep out over the back of the hand.

Optional Details:

  1. Inner tunic sleeves may have a thin gold (light, medium, dark, dull, or bright gold are all allowed) stripe at or just inside the end of the sleeve at the wrist.
  2. Inner tunic may have a thin gold (light, medium, dark, dull, or bright gold are all allowed) stripe at or just inside the edge of the collar.

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[/box] [box] Robe

Required Details:

  1. High Republic Jedi wearing informal temple robes may also wear a robe that opens in the center front and is sleeveless or has wrist length sleeves that are slightly wider and slightly longer than the outer tunic. Rope sleeves may be straight or belled.
  2. Robe is made of a white, ivory, cream, or gold-toned (light, medium, dark, dull, or bright gold are all allowed) fabric. (White with gold lining recommended.) Fabric is matte or has a slight sheen.
  3. Robe has a large hood. When the hood hangs down, it can reach to the shoulders and the mid-back.
  4. The bottom edge of the robe is mid-calf to floor length.

Optional Details:

  1. Robe may be self-lined or lined in another of the allowed cloak/cape/robe colors listed above. The hood may be unlined or self-lined even if the body of the cloak/cape/robe is lined in a contrasting color.
  2. Robe edges may be decorated with narrow edge stripes at or just inside the edge. Stripes are made of white, ivory, cream, or gold-toned (light, medium, dark, dull, or bright gold are all allowed) material. Decorative trim/fabric is matte, metallic, or has a slight sheen.

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[/box] [box] Lightsaber Holster

Required Details:

  1. Jedi may have a lightsaber holster and/or metallic Covertex (or similar) clip hanging from the right or left side of their belt. (Jedi carrying two sabers may have clips/holsters on both sides).
  2. Holsters must be fitted snugly to the lightsaber and must be able to support the weight of the costume’s lightsaber hilt when it has no blade attached.
  3. Holsters are made of leather or leather-like material (matching the belt) and/or metal or metallic materials.
  4. Holsters are brown (matching the belt), black, silver, and/or gold, and may include decorative designs inspired by the High Republic logo.
  5. Holsters may either hang directly off the belt or have straps that hang a low-strung holster further down the thigh.

Optional Details:

  1. Holsters may have a matching leather or leather-like keeper loop attached at the bottom that fastens around the thigh.

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[/box] [box] Jewelry

Required Details:

  1. High Republic Temple Attire may include simple metallic gold jewelry including forehead tiaras/circlets, bracelets, earrings, arm bands, earrings, and/or hair clasps.

Optional Details:

  1. This jewelry may include gemstones.

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[/box] [box] Belt Pouches

Required Details:

  1. Costumer may wear small roughly rectangular pouches on the belt.
  2. Pouches may be made of leather, leather-like material, resin, or similar.
  3. Pouches are brown and roughly match the color of the belt.
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ALTERNATE CONFIGURATIONS

[box] Padawan

Required Items:

  1. Outer Tunic
  2. Inner Tunic
  3. Pants
  4. Tabards
  5. Sash (see below)
  6. Belt
  7. Boots
  8. Lightsaber

Optional Items:

  1. Jewelry
  2. Lightsaber Holster
  3. Padawan Braid (see below)
  4. Pouch(es)
[/box] [box] Sash

Required Details:

  1. A rectangular Sash wraps around the waist and is approximately 5”-8” / 13-20 cm wide, proportional to the wearer.
  2. One end of the sash hangs down over the right or left help (right hip recommended). The end of the sash hangs down, ending between mid-thigh to just below the knee. The loose end of the sash hangs down from the top edge of the obi portion wrapped around the waist and covers the other end of the sash/obi closure. The loose end of the sash may hang down over the belt or be pressed down onto the obi under the belt and hang down loosely below it.
  3. Sash portion wrapped around the waist is visible both above and below the belt.
  4. Sash is made of a plain fabric that is matte or has a slight sheen.
  5. Sash is the same color as the Padawan’s lightsaber (blue, green, yellow, white/silver, or violet).
  6. Sash may be crisp and flat or lightly scrunched/bloused.
  7. If the straight tabards are used, the obi is approximately the same with as the tabards.
  8. No visible knots, bows, or other clasps; sash end flips down to cover closure knots or clasps.

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[/box] [box] Padawan Braid

Required Details:

  1. Padawans may braid a lock of their hair in a thin (roughly finger width or thinner) to signify Padawan rank, at least shoulder length braid recommended.
  2. Padawan braid hangs from behind one of the ears (right ear recommended) or from the center back of the head.
  3. If the character is an alien that does not have hair, they may wear a piece of braided ribbon, cord, or similar on the right, left, or center back sides of their head. The braid must complement and not distract from the costume design as a whole and must look appropriate for the Star Wars universe. Costumers designing an alien braid of this type are encouraged to submit in-universe reference images of other alien Padawans used for inspiration with their costume application.

Optional Details:

  1. Padawan braids may incorporate simple beads, metallic clasps, or ties to tie off the end of the braid.

Note: If extensions or a hairpiece are used, they must be high quality and look like real hair, matching the rest of the costumer’s hair.

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EXCEPTIONS: ALIEN JEDI

The above standard applies to all humanoid (human shaped and human sized) Jedi. The following is a rough guidance based on Jedi who have appeared in the High Republic series so far. If you wish to create a costume of an alien species outside of what is listed here, seek the guidance of the DCOs of Knights of the Jedi Order (KJO) and the Wretched Hive, and they will bring your proposal to the Rebel Legion Membership and Costume Group (RLMCG) for feedback.

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Required Details:

  1. Wookiees do not wear pants or boots.

Optional Details:

  1. Wookiee inner tunics (if present) and outer tunics may be sleeveless or have sleeves.

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[/box] [box] Trandoshans, Ithorians, and Other Aliens with Broad or Unusual Feet

Required Details:

  1. All requirements and optional items remain the same, except:
    • Broad feet aliens do not wear boots.
    • Pants of broad feet aliens end at or just below the knee.

Optional Details:

  1. Broad feet aliens may wear cloth leg wraps (white, cream, or gold tones) or leather/leather-like (brown) spats/half-chaps that fully or partially cover the lower leg and/or the top of the foot.

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Costume Resources:
• Song of Amazon’s Reference Gallery – https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cQu3ZiuSvPWH4SGg0DZbC8Ggx5fRstbS?usp=sharing

Disclaimers:

Tattoos and body piercings – No tattoos or body piercings may be visible unless it is a tattoo/piercing the character has. They must be covered with makeup or by the costume.

PLEASE NOTE: The costume standards are a guide, yet are not an all inclusive outline of required elements. The judges will be looking for quality of workmanship, accurate execution and use of materials in addition to these general standards check lists. If you have a question about fabrics, colors, and parts choices for your build please contact the LCJs for your category about parts/materials you are considering before you start your build.