CHARACTER DESCRIPTION
New Republic pilots patrol over distant worlds like Tatooine in an effort to maintain order. They fly the venerable Incom T-65 design that serves proudly in the fleets of the New Republic, as the preeminent space superiority craft. (Source)
Source: Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
Source: Mandalorian S3E05
REQUIRED ITEMS
Source: Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
Source: Mandalorian S2E04
Source: Mandalorian S3E05
Source: Mandalorian S2E04
Flight Suit
Required Details:
Orange medium-to-heavy weight matte fabric with no sheen one-piece flight suit/coveralls. Heavy cotton twill recommended.
Flight suit has a front zipper that is hidden by a strip of the same material as the flight suit that is approximately 2.5 cm (1″) wide
Flight suit is void of visible zippers or snaps.
Mandarin-style collar with pointed tab closure, closing from wearer’s left to right with the exposed tab extending to the right side of the neck.
Code cylinder pocket on outside of the wearer’s upper middle left arm, centered to the shoulder seam with slots for 5 code cylinders. Pocket is rectangular, width is a bit over 12.5 cm (5″) with seams between code cylinders 2.5 cm (1″) apart, height is slightly taller than the width by approx. 2.5 cm (1″)
Comm pad pocket is on the outside of wearer’s left forearm above the wrist, centered to the shoulder seam and placed approximately halfway between the wrist and elbow. Open window is large enough for most of comm pad to be visible, border approx. 2.5 cm (1″) around all sides around window.
Rectangular pocket with a rectangular flap closure on upper-middle of wearer’s right arm, centered to the shoulder seam. Width is nearly the width of arm if lying flat, height is taller than the width by a couple inches.
Flight suit has two upper thigh pockets with curved openings, one on each leg, positioned close to the outer side seam of pant leg. Width is approx. ¾ the width of the pant leg lying flat, height is taller than width by a couple inches.
Flight suit has two middle thigh pockets with rectangular flap closures, one on each leg, positioned immediately below upper thigh pockets and similarly close to outer side seam of pant leg. Width is the same as width of upper thigh pockets, height is taller than width by approx. 2.5 cm (1″)
Flight suit has two pockets on wearer’s shins with rectangular flap closures, one on each leg, positioned similarly close to outer side seam of pant leg as upper and middle thigh pockets. Width and height measurements match the middle thigh pockets.
All rectangular flap closures have a height that covers the top ¼ height of the pocket.
Flight suit pant legs are tucked into boots and bloused over the top.
Optional Details:
There is a horizontal seam or double-topstitched line on the front of the flight suit that runs across the upper chest.
There are two vertical seams or double-topstitched lines that run from the upper chest (horizontal seam) to waist seam centered on each side of the chest Mandarin-style collar closes with Velcro.
Cuffs close similar to the Mandarin-style collar with Velcro.
There is a shoulder gusset in the back on each side.
Top and bottom portions of the flight suit are connected with an approximately 5 cm (2″) wide strip of material the same as the flight suit that wraps around the flight suit. This fabric has slight ruching in the back.
There are two chest pockets with a height starting at approximately center on the chest and extending to the waist, and width from the center of either side of the chest and wrapping around the sides of the torso with curved openings, one on each side.
Source: Mandalorian S2E04
Source: Mandalorian S2E04
Code Cylinders (Arm Tools)
Required Details:
3 distinct Code Cylinders are worn in wearer’s left shoulder pocket.
Code Cylinders are silver metal or a material that is finished with a silver metal-like appearance.
Code Cylinder shank is approximately 8.25 cm (3.25″).
Each cylinder is comprised of a rod with a unique top end.
Top ends of the Code Cylinders match reference images.
Source: ESB Screencap
Source: Pondlife81 Celebration 2022
Source: Mandalorian S3E05
Source: Mandalorian S3E05
Source: Mandalorian S2E04
Flight Vest
Required Details:
Flak vest consists of a front and back panel made of an off-white or beige material (ballistic nylon or similar fabric)
Flak vest is proportional to the wearer
Flak vest is contoured to fit over the chest and back where the two panels are of a similar shape and size
Font and back panels are connected at the top by shoulder straps approximately 5 cm (2″) wide that extend over the shoulders
Shoulder straps are sewn in place to the inside of the flak vest panels
Front and back panels connect at the bottom sides with straps of approximately 2.5 cm (1″) webbing similar in color to the vest using a strap adjuster style buckle that sits approximately 7.5 cm (3″) below the armpit.
The excess strap lengths are either trimmed to length or tucked into the track to present a neat appearance.
The bottom of the panels are approximately even and cover the chest extending approximately 7.5 cm (3″) past the armpit
Front and back panels cover approximately half of the torso with significant flight suit visible between the belt and panels
Front and back panels have a series of horizontal ribs created by inserting 6.5 mm (¼”) tubing (or similar sized material) through fabric tubes prepared for the tubing.
Ribs are separated from each other by a space that is the same width as a finished rib
Ribs on the front and back panels stop approximately 2.5 cm (1″) from each side
Front Panel:
Front panel is worn with the top of the panel at the base of the collar
Front panel has 2 equally spaced ribs at the top (near the collar)
Immediately below the two top ribs, there is a flat wide area (“The Gap”) with approximately 8 horizontal rows of top stitching that are approximately 6.5 mm (¼”) apart, for a total of approximately 5 cm (2″) of flat area
Remainder of front panel contains 8-9 ribs that continue to the bottom edge of the front panel
The panel has diagonal shaped corners where the bottom edge meets each side
Back Panel:
Top of the back panel sits approximately even with the top of the front panel
Back panel has approximately 13 equally spaced ribs at the top proportional to wearer
Immediately below the 13-14 top ribs, there is a gap approximately 3 cm (1.25″) with a track for webbing that is open in the center showing approximately 10 cm (4″) of webbing.
There are 2 ribs below the track.
Back panel has diagonal shaped corners where the bottom edge meets each side.
Optional Details:
Flak vest may be worn backwards
Back panel webbing has a silver strap adjuster style buckle
Source: Mandalorian S3E05
Source: Mandalorian S3E05
Source: Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
Chest Box
Required Details:
Note: All direction descriptions of the chest box are when looking at the box from from the front
Grey rectangular box made of a hard, smooth material that is approximately 18.5 cm (7.25″) tall and 14.5 cm (5.75″) wide.
There is a silver hollow disc, approximately 15 mm (0.6″) in diameter at the top of the chest box.
Left side of box has a black vertical rectangle with small vertical rectangle cutout on the left side.
Black vertical rectangle has a white 3 mm (⅛”) pinstripe border off center to the right.
Black rectangle has 2 raised white acrylic or similar material 2.5 cm (1″) square buttons at the top inside the pinstripe.
Black rectangle has a metal or metal-like silver round disc with cone knob, approximately 2.5 cm (1″) in diameter, centered vertically on the black rectangle and off center to the right horizontally.
Rectangle has a metal or metal-like male silver snap, approximately 12.5 mm (½”) in diameter, just below the knob and to the left horizontally.
Chest Box has a white 3 mm (⅛”) pinstripe square approximately ¼ of the box in the upper right corner.
Square has 3 raised acrylic or similar material 2.5 cm (1″) square buttons with white in top left, and blue on the top right and bottom right quadrants.
There are 3 rocker switches below the square.
The rockers are white, grey, white in order.
Outside rockers have a black dot centered on the top portion of the rocker.
Middle rocker has a black dot centered on the bottom portion of the rocker.
Rocker switches have separation between them.
There are 2 channels in the grey box below the outside rocker switches.
There is a ribbed grey hose approximately 2.5-3 cm (1–1.25″) diameter that attaches at the left-bottom of the box with the other end connected to the flight suit on the wearer’s left side of the suit just below the flak vest and above the belt OR the wearer’s left thigh pocket.
If the hose is attached above the belt, the bottom of the hose falls approximately at belt level.
Chest box is secured around the collar and the back with olive webbing straps.
Strap around the collar is devoid of fasteners and connects to the chest box at the top corners.
Strap around the back has a silver or black “strap adjuster” style buckle in the back.
Strap around the back is worn under the flight harness.
Chest box is worn low on the chest with the bottom edge of the chest box siting approximately 5-7.5 cm (2-3″) below the bottom edge of flak vest with the bottom strap around the back passing below the front flak vest panel.
Excess strap is either trimmed or otherwise tucked to present a neat appearance.
Optional Details:
Three flat white squares on the top of the raised portion top of the chest box, approximately 6.5×6.5 mm (¼”x.¼”). Starting from the left side of the raised portion of the top of the chest box: 2 squares next to each other with a 3 mm (⅛”) gap between them and the third square with more space after it to right end of the raised portion of the top of the chest box.
Source: Mandalorian S3E05
Source: Promotional Image
Source: Pondlife81 Celebration 2022
New Republic Comm Pad
Required Details:
Note: All direction descriptions of the comm pad are when looking at the pad from from the front
Rectangular communications pad with four rows of buttons and detailing on a white background.
Top row of pad has four raised vertical rectangles with colors from left to right, black, grey, blue, red.
Second row from the top has two raised rectangular areas, the left being slightly larger than the right. Left is white with patterned holes on top, right is white with 2 horizontal recessed parallel lines and raised white circle in the center.
Third row from the top has three raised areas: Left is a red rectangle, middle is a white square, right is slightly larger white square with a raised vertical line in the middle.
Bottom row has three raised areas: left small dark grey square with raised hollow circle, middle white rectangle with raised vertical line in the middle, right is a dark grey rectangle with 4 rows and 4 columns of raised rectangles.
Comm pad is contoured slightly to fit the arm.
Comm pad is visible in the comm pad pocket of flight suit.
Comm pad is oriented with either the four vertical buttons closest to the glove or closest to the shoulder.
Source: Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
Source: Mandalorian S3E05
Source: Mandalorian S3E05
Source: Pondlife81 Celebration 2022
Gloves
Required Details:
Black or dark grey/heavily weathered gauntlet gloves in a heavy fabric, suede, or suede-like material.
Gauntlet has five to six lines of pleated stitching going horizontally around the gauntlet.
There are four wider pleats on the top of the hand with the first three pleats that are closest to the fingers being the same size but smaller than the lower pleat, which is wider.
Optional Details
There is a small strap attached on the inside top of the wrist behind the thumb.
Source: Mandalorian S2E03
Source: Pondlife81 Celebration 2022
Glove Comm Pad
Required Details:
Glove comm pad is grey, thin rectangular base with teeth on the left edge, triangular slope, and a red rectangle in the center of the slope.
Glove comm pad is approximately 5 cm (1.75″) wide and 4 cm (1.5″) tall.
Glove comm pad is attached to the gauntlet of the left glove.
Glove comm pad is positioned with the teeth facing to the wearer’s left (little finger side of the hand).
Optional Details
Center of the slope has a PCB pattern in the red area
Source: Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
Source: Mandalorian S2E04
Source: Detaleader Celebration 2022
Source: Mandalorian S3E05
Flight Harness
Required Details:
Harness is made of textured off-white, weathered webbing that is approximately 5 cm (2″) wide.
Front and back harness straps extend up the torso under the flak vest with the attachment hidden by the flak vest.
The lower part of the harness falls(or loop) just below the inseam (or crotch area).
Two loops of strapping are connected to the front-back strapping at the lowest part of the front-back loop and loop around each leg, drooping no lower than the knees.
Optional Details
Loops are connected to the front-back strapping by an X-shaped stitch.
Source: Mandalorian S2E04
Source: Mandalorian S3E05
Source: Mandalorian S3E05
Source: Mandalorian S2E04
Source: Promotional Image
Belt
Required Details:
Belt is made of silver gray webbing that is approximately 5 cm (2″) wide and the same as the harness.
Belt is closed with a 5 cm (2″) silver/gray roll pin (British roll pin) style belt buckle that is centered
Free end of the belt is looped around the slide so that the excess belt is on the inside of the belt and secured.
There is a panel of webbing approximately 18.5 cm (7.25") long and the same color and width as the rest of the belt attached to the left and right sides of the belt.
The panel contains 6 vertical webbing loops for mini belt flares.
The webbing loops are the same color as the panel and belt.
Belt is worn over the front/back harness strap.
Belt sits at the waist over the optional fabric casing that joins the top and bottom parts of the flight suit (if present).
Optional Details
The webbing panel has a triangle on the front most end that is sticked with thread similar to the belt. The apex of the triangle faces the center toward the belt buckle.
Belt may be aligned off center and twisted.
Source: Pondlife81 Celebration 2022
Source: Mandalorian S2E04
Source: Mandalorian S3E05
Source: Mandalorian S3E05
Belt Flares
Required Details:
Six to ten flares
Silver metal or metallic silver in appearance air line hose connector fittings or replicas of similar shape and detail to fit in belt loops
When in the belt loops, one end has a visible vertical cylinder, the other has 6-8 visible ribs
A mix of empty and filled flare loops are acceptable with no more than five flares per side
Flares are shorter than the width of the belt
Ribbed side of flares can be either up or down but all flares must be in the same direction
Source: Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
Source: Mandalorian S3E05
Source: Mandalorian S3E05
Source: Detaleader Celebration 2022
Source: Pondlife81 Celebration 2022
Leg Flare Holder with Leg Flares
Required Details:
Holder is made from black or dark grey heavy fabric, canvas, or similar material that is approximately 10 cm (4″) tall
Running the center of the holder is a thinner strap made of the same material sectioned off into eight loops and approximately 1/2 the height of the full holder
Each holder loop contains a leg flare that is approximately 10 cm (4″) tall
Leg flares are silver in color
Each leg flare is cylindrical in shape, with cylindrical details on each end unique to the New Republic era.
Holder wraps around the wearer’s lower left leg and is fastened together in the back.
Holder is positioned with the bottom edge resting on the top of the visible portion of the boot so there is no gap between the flare holder and the top of the boot.
Source: Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
Source: Mandalorian S3E05
Boots
Required Details:
Leather or leather-like pull-on style “Engineer”, “Jack”, “cavalry”, or “riding” boots (may require the flight suit bloused sufficiently to make the boots appear shorter)
Visible height of the boots reach between the bottom of the wearers calf and a few inches below the knee.
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
Optional Details:
Boots may have a black zipper hidden or on the inside of the boot
Boots may have a small buckle at top edge of boot
OPTIONAL ITEMS
Face Character
Required Details:
Helmet with paint scheme matching authentic quality to include details and weathering to face character
All optional costume items match face character (ex. number of code cylinders, belt flares, etc)
Weathering matches face character costume
Hair and other unique features match face character
Note: Provide face character reference photos with submission
Weathering
Required Details:
All costume parts without required weathering have moderate weathering, especially the chest box and gloves.
Source: Mandalorian S3E05
Source: Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
Source: Mandalorian S3E05
X-wing Pilot Helmet
Required Details:
Helmet has a Mohawk design and raised side panels
Mohawk has a trapezoidal cap on the front with universe related design
Helmet has an amber or grey translucent visor lens covering the eyes this is fixed or movable
Helmet has a white chin cup held in place with a black elastic strap that is threaded through the chin cup and secured to the inside of the helmet
Helmet has a solid gray or white boom mic shaft with a black mic
Helmet has black weather stripping around the “ears” and neck borders
Helmet is devoid of visible buttons or covers that are not present in reference photos
Helmet style, décor, pinstriping, and paint scheme fits in the Star Wars universe during New Republic era.
Helmet is devoid of modern-world or other sci-fi-fantasy genre images
Helmet is proportional to the wearer
If submission includes a face character helmet paint scheme, it must be submitted as a face character with all accompanying costume details and the helmet must be of authentic quality to include details and weathering.
Optional Details:
Helmet has dark tan earcups
Other schemes or details will be accepted with a reference photo during submission
Note: Helmet must be approved prior to use at any Rebel Legion event
Source: Mandalorian S2E03
Source: Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
A280 Blaster Rifle
Required Details:
A black blaster rifle with cylindrical scope above the trigger.
Several long fins and holes decorate the blaster barrel.
COSTUME RESOURCES
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 ALMO@rebellegion.com
This version of pilots are not seen with blasters or holsters (except Luke) 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. Local leadership may allow Luke’s Snowspeeder holster and DL-44 or DH-17 blasters for local troops.
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.
