Star Wars: The Power of Costume

As I was looking back through photos of 2017 for pictures for the 2017 Adventure Year in Review, I came across our photos from the "Star Wars:  The Power of Costume" exhibit in April at the Denver Art Museum.  There were so many good photos from that exhibit I couldn't narrow it down to just a couple for that blog post, so I decided to do a separate, if tardy, post.

Getting to see the many costumes from the first seven movies in an up-close-and-personal intimate setting was amazing.  The detail and the creativity that went into each costume for a seemingly infinite character set was mind-blowing and just one small indicator of what makes the Star Wars franchise the best of all time.  Unfortunately, these pictures don't do them complete justice, but hopefully your imagination will get you partway there.

The bulbs at the bottom are actually lights.  Natalie Portman actually had to walk with a battery under her skirt.

Palpatine's many outfits

OK, so I couldn't resist a picture of Leia's bikini.

Episode VII Stormtrooper (left) vs Episode IV Stormtrooper

There was a placard that listed the specific steps David Prowse had to go through to get dressed each time he put on the suit.  I think it said it took about half an hour, maybe more.