CHARACTER DESCRIPTION
Y-Wing Pilot – The Rebel Alliance’s starfighter corps was one of its greatest assets. There were nearly as many stories as there were pilots: Rebel starfighters were flown by Imperial defectors, reformed mercenaries, adventure-seeking farmboys, and daredevils who only truly felt alive in a cockpit. Regardless of their backgrounds, Rebel pilots learned to work together, relying on their wingmen as well as their training in countless battles against the Empire. (Source: Star Wars Databank)
The Y-wing is a workhorse starfighter has been in use since the Clone Wars. Used for dogfights and for bombing runs against capital ships and ground targets, Y-wings are often overshadowed by newer models such as the X-wing and the A-wing. But the Y-wing’s historical importance is remarkable, and it has reliably served multiple generations of star pilots.(Source: Star Wars Databank)
REQUIRED ITEMS
Flight Suit
Front Image:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pqzgv4EfTOGVHz9T1AOkdyJJwed1NtPv
Source: Star Wars Costumes: The Original Trilogy
Back/Secondary Image:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1evbjSiunRYycha6lYKSq6KxpI8heU7_-
Source: ROTJ
Required Details:
• Flight suit is made of light/pale gray, medium-to-heavy weight matte fabric with no sheen.
• Flight suit has a front zipper that is hidden by a strip or placket of the same material as the flight suit that is approximately 2.5 cm (1″) wide with the opening to the wearer’s left
• Flight suit is devoid of visible zippers or snaps
• Flight suit has a folding style club collar with rounded corners and a rectangular closure tab fitted to the base of the collar, approximately 7.5 cm (3″) wide and 2.5 cm (1″) tall
• Closure tab closes from the wearer’s right to left with the exposed tab extending to the left side of the neck
• Flight suit has a 3-layer, rectangular “pen” pocket with a rounded-off bottom on the outside of the wearer’s upper middle left arm, centered to the shoulder seam with a total of 4 channel openings.
– Bottom base layer has no openings and is approximately 9 cm (3.5″) wide and 13 cm (5.25”) tall
– Middle layer is approximately 6.5 cm (2.5”) wide and 11 cm (4.3”) tall with 2 evenly spaced channels running vertically.
– Top layer is the same width as the middle layer with 2 of the same width channels approximately 2.5 cm (1”) shorter than the middle layer
– The pocket is tilted approximately 20-degrees towards the front
– The pocket layers have a double stitch around the outside edges with stitches that are approximately 4 mm (.15”) apart
• Flight suit has two middle thigh pockets with rectangular flap closures, one on each leg, positioned and similarly close to the outer side seam of the pant leg. Width is approx. ¾ the width of the pant leg lying flat, height is taller than width by approximately. 2.5 cm (1″)
• The flight suit is devoid of additional pockets
Optional Details:
• Collar closure tab may be pointed (chevron)
• There are 2 rectangular shoulder yoke reinforcements, 1 on each shoulder from edge of shoulder to almost the collar.
• There is a trapezoidal application/fake pocket on each side of the chest running from the upper chest to the belt region.
• A trapezoid-shaped reinforcement on the front lower legs that wraps around from the outer & inner seams of the leg, starting at about shin height and extends under the gaiters.
Additional Images:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PYEGyNp6weWM4Z4IVrZRb5J8rMEAQbLL
Source: Star Wars Costumes: The Original Trilogy
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1920X54KaOSCWZypzY-eFqfE9-speE4gV
Source: Star Wars Costumes: The Original Trilogy
Flak Vest
https://drive.google.com/file/d/107WlUjJCqQMGBft-KSn4SXWek8254ON8/view?usp=sharing
Source: Costume Display
Required Details:
Note: All direction descriptions of the flak vest are when looking at the vest from from the front.
• Flak vest consists of a front panel that attaches to the wearer with a series of webbing.
• Front Panel:
– Panel is made of weathered white or off-white untextured fabric
– Panel has sufficient weight to create a puffy appearance
– Panel covers the full length of the wearer’s chest and torso
– Panel has a scooped neck and tank-top style cut at the top with sides approximately 10 cm (4″) wide wrapping around the torso and stop under the wearer’s arms
– There are 2 horizontal rows of stitching sewn into the panel just below the lowest point of the scoop that extend the width of the panel and sit just above the chest box
– Approximately ⅔ from the top there is a horizontal seam sewn into the panel that separates the vest into a top and bottom portion
– There are 2 vertical rows of double stitched seams splitting the center of the top portion of the panel that extend from the top horizontal seam to the seam separating the top and bottom portion of the vest
– There is a rectangle pocket made of the same material as the vest on the lower left side of the top portion of the vest
– The pocket extends nearly the width of the left side of the panel and extends from approximately the middle of the top section to the seam separating the top and bottom portion
– The bottom of the panel has a center scalloped point where the flight harness attaches
– There is a yellow rectangular patch with black writing that sits just to the right of center on the bottom right side of the top portion of the panel
– There is a weathered white or off-white rectangular patch that sits centered on lower section of the panel with a grey rectangular patch with black writing
– There are 2 black rivets on the top two corners of the weathered white or off-white rectangular patch
• Approximately 5 cm (2″) wide weathered white or off-white webbing similar in color to the front panel wraps around the wearer’s back and attaches to the front panel on each side under the wearer’s arms
• Webbing the same as the back webbing attaches to the the middle of the strap of the “tank top” portion of the front panel and extends over the shoulder to the middle of the wearer’s back to connect to the center of the back webbing
• The connection location of the shoulder and back webbing sits in the center of the wearer’s back
• There is a 2.5cm (1″) black plastic side-release buckle “female side” stitched to the top front of each shoulder approximately 5-8 cm (2-3″) from the top line of the shoulder
• The “male” end attaches to the chest box with 2.5 cm (1″) black nylon webbing
Additional Images:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lI8FnyTuwGMFr0h50xk1J1TZzAsKImE_/view?usp=sharing
Source: Costume Display
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NoUyttuX9u_VN0TRK1vKEp5UyKkYtoTR/view?usp=sharing
Source: Costume Display
https://drive.google.com/file/d/107WlUjJCqQMGBft-KSn4SXWek8254ON8/view?usp=sharing
Source: Costume Display
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1evbjSiunRYycha6lYKSq6KxpI8heU7_-
Source: ROTJ (Back)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17c4vcH6svQ7DbvarhsP8dvcE4vexh3rr
Source: Costume Display
Chest box
Option 1 – Slanted Sides
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10sI-kGJSouRf_L_fMe6cfbfSjD-y7Gy8
Source: Costume Display
Required Details:
• Rectangular black chest box that covers about half the width of the vest and about half of the top portion of the vest
• The sides of the chest box are slanted
• The left half of the chest box has an inset square with multicolored resistors
• There is a red square to the right of center approximately 2.5 cm x 2.5 cm (1”x1”)
• There are additional raised screws and details on the left side of the chest box
• There is a switch on the bottom of the chest box
• Chest box is centered on the vest and sits just below the top horizontal seam
Additional Images:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/107WlUjJCqQMGBft-KSn4SXWek8254ON8/view?usp=sharing
Source: Costume Display
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PYEGyNp6weWM4Z4IVrZRb5J8rMEAQbLL/view?usp=sharing
Source: Star Wars Costumes: The Original Trilogy
Option 2 – Straight sides
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NoUyttuX9u_VN0TRK1vKEp5UyKkYtoTR
Source: Costume Display
Required Details:
• Rectangular black chest box that covers about half the width of the vest and about half of the top portion of the vest
• The right side of the box has a raised rectangular area with a series of horizontal lines
• Chest box is centered on the vest and sits just below the top horizontal seam
Additional Images:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rH37jMt_qCSHZ4nIoBeVU0CwyBQSe65r/
Source: Star Wars Helmet Collection Issue 26
https://drive.google.com/file/d/178cH_Igc_I9jkiPitAXoFd36x06Gxo_Y
Source: ROTJ
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CegSyBM_tauUCaakDXd4nas8ojx8-7OT
Source: Star Wars Costumes: The Original Trilogy
Flak Vest Greeblies
Note: All direction descriptions of the greeblies box are when looking at the vest from the front.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10sI-kGJSouRf_L_fMe6cfbfSjD-y7Gy8
Source: Costume Display
Required Details:
• There is a square greeblie with a round raised pip on each corner that sits on the upper right corner of the vest pocket
• There are a series of 4 greeblies that sit on the lower portion of the vest and off center to the left attached the the vest with visible stitching
– Right 2 greeblies are the same black squares
– Center left greeblie is a round multi-pin connector approximately 2 cm (¾”) in diameter
– Left most greeblie is either a rectangular, multi-pin connector approximately 3.8 cm (1.5″) wide or a round multi-pin connector slightly smaller than the center left greeblie.
Optional Details:
• There is a black rectangular box in the left pocket
Additional Images:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CegSyBM_tauUCaakDXd4nas8ojx8-7OT
Source: Star Wars Costumes: The Original Trilogy
Gloves
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pqzgv4EfTOGVHz9T1AOkdyJJwed1NtPv
Source: Star Wars Costumes: The Original Trilogy
Required Details:
• Black gauntlet gloves with leather or leather-like material
• Cuff of the gauntlet has a flared appearance when worn
Flight Harness
https://drive.google.com/file/d/107WlUjJCqQMGBft-KSn4SXWek8254ON8
Source: Costume Display
Required Details:
• Harness is made of white nylon webbing that is approximately 5 cm (2″) wide
• There are 2 straps that attached to the bottom front of the flak vest
• Each strap ends with the webbing passing through a thin metal 2″ slide buckle to create a leg loop to fit around the wearer’s leg
• Each leg loop sits at approximately the wearer’s knee with the slide buckle & upper part of the straps on the inside of each leg
Additional Images:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19qmv4ayaFcCHbBo8NXk7VS4Goimf2Wlw
Source: Star Wars Costumes: The Original Trilogy
Belt
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rH37jMt_qCSHZ4nIoBeVU0CwyBQSe65r
Source: Star Wars Helmet Collection Issue 26
Required Details:
• Belt is made of white nylon webbing that is approximately 5 cm (2″) wide and the same as the harness
• Belt is closed with an approximately 5 cm (2″) black slide-release buckle that is centered on the wearer’s back.
• Centered on the front of the belt is a rectangle of belt material approximately 15cm (6″) wide
– The rectangle has 2 triangles stitched with black thread
– The apex of the triangles face the center of the belt
• The wearer’s right side of the belt contains 6 vertical webbing loops for belt flares that are visible when facing front
• Belt is worn over the front harness strap
• Belt sits at the waist
Additional Images:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19qmv4ayaFcCHbBo8NXk7VS4Goimf2Wlw
Source: Star Wars Costumes: The Original Trilogy
Belt Flares
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rH37jMt_qCSHZ4nIoBeVU0CwyBQSe65r
Source: Star Wars Helmet Collection Issue 26
Required Details:
• Metallic, silver appearance cylinders that are approximately 5.5 cm (2.25″) tall and are slightly longer than the width of the belt
• Cylinders are approximately 6.5 mm (¼”) in diameter
• Cylinders are made of metal or other materials that, when finished, have a metallic silver appearance
• Belt may contain a mix of filled and empty slots with 3 to 6 flares
Gaiters
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pqzgv4EfTOGVHz9T1AOkdyJJwed1NtPv
Source: Star Wars Costumes: The Original Trilogy
Required Details:
• Gaiters are light tan or pale beige tight-woven, vinyl, or similar material
• Gaiters are approximately 30-35 cm (12-14″) long and proportional to wearer extending from just below the knee to the instep of the boot
• Each gaiter is constructed as one piece that wraps around the leg and comes together in the front with padding that is approximately 1 cm ( 3/8″) on each side of the center gap
• The bottom edges of the gaiter are angled to sit over the top of the boots and approximately 2.5 cm (1″) above the bottom of the heel
• The top of the gaiter is even around the leg
• There is a horizontal strap made from the same material as the gaiters approximately 2.5 cm (1”) wide that wraps around each legging approximately 7.5 cm (3”) from the top edge
• A ¾” black plastic side-release buckle is mounted vertically between the top edge of the gaiter and the horizontal strap. The buckle sits off-center to the outside of the front seam about 2.5 cm (1″) on each gaiter
• Gaiters are devoid of other visible buckles, snaps, or closures
Optional Details:
• Gaiters are heavily weathered
• A metal or metal-like slide buckle mounted on center-back
Additional Images:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XkyaGxPyaILw34CGvQk4nAHcGS4aHp0w
Source: ROTJ Deleted Scene
Boots
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ihbvxe1Ql_g9R_CJ-Kag6aZihaNA8nlG
Source: Star Wars Costumes: The Original Trilogy
Required Details:
• Leather or leather-like pull-on style “Engineer” or “Jack” style boots
• Boots are largely unadorned with no visible embossed or painted branding
• Boots have a wide rounded toe in the style of a military Jack boot
• Boots have low heels, approximately 2.5 cm (1″) tall
• Boots are devoid of visible laces, buckles, straps, or other ornamentation
• Boots are devoid of visible front and outside zippers or other large vertical seams
• Calf of boots are covered fully by the gaiters
OPTIONAL ITEMS
Helmet
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bprnhI3AzZs1_lUtXMPCtuAoOHPnBzKc
Source: Star Wars Costumes: The Original Trilogy
Helmet exhibit photo source: starwarshelmets.com
Required Details:
• Rebel Y-wing flight helmet matching the shape and style of reference photos.
• The base is a full helmet with an indented portion on the crown of the head and wraps below the chin.
• The are circular cutouts over the ear that may have a greeblie in the center.
• The back of the helmet is indented
• There is an amber translucent face shield.
• There is a wire mic attached to the wearer’s right side.
Additional Images:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DqrS-m_xthL70vBYw1lIcpup5Mb1S_aJ
Source: Star Wars Helmet Collection Issue 26
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q4DAS3tPmrHjG0ENdg3jhBQ8Of18T7xe
Source: Star Wars Helmet Collection Issue 26
Note: Helmet must be approved prior to use at any Rebel Legion event
Belt Box
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rH37jMt_qCSHZ4nIoBeVU0CwyBQSe65r
Source: Star Wars Helmet Collection Issue 26
• A black, rectangular box clipped to the wearer’s left side of the belt
• Box is approximately 12.5 cm (5″) tall, 6.5 cm (2.5″) wide, and 2.5 cm (1″) deep
• There is a raised rectangular section approximately half the length and width of the box that is aligned toward the top of the box.
• There is a small white or red rectangle on the wearer’s right side of the box.
• Alternate belt boxes will be accepted with a reference photo during submission with noted source of the photo.
COSTUME RESOURCES:
Reference Gallery & Other Guides
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
• If you would like to add a helmet after official approval, email links with your photos hosted on an external site including all 4 sides of your helmet to [email protected]
• This version of pilots are not seen with blasters or holsters so they are not part of the official standard. These items should not be submitted with your application and will require photos without these items for roster photo and to clearly view all costume parts. Blasters and holsters are not authorized when trooping with this costume.
For Face Characters: 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.
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