Many shocking things came out of This week’s episode of The acolyte, but for me one is above the rest. It’s the fact that our new favorite, perhaps Sith, the Stranger, wears a bronze helmetnot a black helmet.
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If you’re reading this, you’ve probably already seen the episode or at least one of the episodes featuring this creepy new villain. you have an idea of what he looks like. Well, after the episode, Hasbro published images of its replica version of the hull and is made of shiny bronze, which I found striking. Seeing the show, I thought he was black. star Wars The bad guys (Vader, Maul, Kylo, Palpatine) tend to like black.
The assumption here is one of two things. The most likely possibility is that, in the reality of the show, the helmet was bronze when new, but since then it has been in so many battles that there is significant damage, hence the discoloration. Another possibility is that the helmet is actually bronze on set but, through lighting and movie magic, it simply ends up looking black on screen. I’ve actually contacted Lucasfilm to try to clarify this and we’ll update the post if we find out.)
Now why is this so interesting? Well, because, like most star Wars The fans know it. It has happened before. In The Empire Strikes Back, Han Solo’s jacket on Hoth looks blue Onscreen. In fact, he looks so blue on screen that when Kenner made Han toys from those scenes, the toys were blue. So for a generation, everyone assumed the jacket was blue. However, it was later revealed that the actual jacket on set was brown. . Debates rage to this day about which jacket is the real one, the one that was on the set or the one we think you see?
Perception is also a big issue in terms of the Stranger. For the first four episodes, we didn’t see much of him and even when we did, he was always in the background, so it looked like he was dressed in all black. More Kylo Ren than Snoke. However, in the new episode, we finally get to see the character in close-up and you can definitely see a mix of bronze and black. This new Acolyte The poster is the clearest version of this.
So yeah. It’s bronze. And Han’s jacket is brown. But I don’t care. I prefer what I think I see on screen. Which, understandably, may not be a popular opinion. Manufacturers tend to follow the set reference provided by the studio and if it’s bronze, that’s fine. But come on! The jacket aspect blue. The helmet aspect blackened. And I would never have known it was actually a different color if it weren’t for the merchandising.
What do you think about this debate? Is the Stranger’s Cortosis helmet black or bronze for you? What about Han’s Hoth Jacket? Let us know below.
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