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This page is a listing of the minimum requirements for specific Rebel Legion costumes. Although this list is extensive, it is meant to cover the more common costumes and is not meant to be a complete list of all possible costumes that may be admitted by the Rebel Legion. If your costume is not listed here, you should consult the Legion Membership Officer (LMO) to see if it will be admissable. Changes or additions to this list may be submitted here. For easier reference, the master list has been broken down by character.

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. (LCJ listing here)

Rebel Pilot Costume Standards

X-Wing pilot (Episode IV; VI), Y-Wing pilot (Episode IV)

Required Items:

1.Orange flightsuit with the following details:

a. Code cylinder pocket on outside of upper-middle left arm.
b. Rectangular pocket with a flap closure on upper-middle right arm. Flap should be rectangular shaped.
c. Comm pad pocket on outside of left forearm above wrist.
d. Thigh pockets with rectangular flap closures (upper set required, lower set optional).

e. No visible zippers or snaps.
f. Mandarin-style with pointed tab closure. Collar closes from left to right with the exposed tab on the right side of the throat.

f. Cuffs should close in a similar fashion as the Mandarin-style collar.

2. Mid-calf black boots (Jack boots or engineer boots are acceptable). Leather pull-on style preferred with low heels.
a. Boots should be largely unadorned. No laces or ankle buckles (small buckle at top edge of boot allowable if covered by blousing).
b. No non-black zippers. Any zipper closure must either be hidden or on the inside of the boot (that is, front and outside zippers are not permitted).
c. High-Calf boots are acceptable with sufficient blousing of the flighsuit legs.

3. Silver/grey leg flares in an olive drab or black leg-band holder.
a. Maximum of 8 flares per holder.
b. Flares and flare holder should be approximately 4" (inches) long.
c. Metal leg flares are preferred, but other materials are permitted as long as, when finished, give the appearance of being silver metallic in appearance.
d. Leg flares should be spaced equidistant around the leg.

e. Leg flares can be worn on either leg and should be positioned to so the bottom edge of the leg flare is resting on the top of the boot (that is, no gap between the flare holder and the top of the boot).

4. Light grey/silver grey ejection harness and web belt.
a. Harness and belt are made of strapping material that is 2” (inches) wide.
b. Front and back straps extend up the torso under the flack vest and are secured to either the flightsuit or to the inside the flak vest panels. Attachment must be hidden by the flak vest. The lower part of the harness should fall (or loop) just below the inseam (or crotch area).
c. 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.

d. The belt is worn over the front/back harness strap and is closed with a silver/gray "cargo slide" (or roll pin) style buckle. The free end of the belt is looped around the slide so that the excess belt is on the underneath/inside of the belt, not on top/outside of the belt. The right side of the belt contains 6 (six) vertical loops for mini-flares. Mini-flares are made of metal or other materials that, when finished, have a metallic silver appearance.

5. Flak Vest, consists of white front and back cloth (ballistic nylon or similar fabric) panels, contoured to fit over the chest and back where the two panels are of a similar shape/size. The two panels are connected together by straps over the shoulder and under the arms. The flak vest MUST be proportional to the wearer (this is NOT one-size-fits-all), and the following details must be included:

a. The top of the front and back panels should begin at the base of the collar in front and approximately two inches below the collar in back. (Please refer to the reference pics where the flak vest begins right under the mandarin collar.)
b. The bottom of the front and back panels are even and should completely cover the chest while not extending toward the waist any further than one-half to two-thirds the distance from the arm pit to the waist, and should allow for approximately 3” (inches) of visible flightsuit above the top of the belt.
c. The front panel has a series of horizontal ribs. The ribs are created by inserting 0.25" (inch) OD 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 the finished rib.
The pattern for rib placement on the front of the flak vest is as follows (from top to bottom):
i. Two equally spaced ribs at the top (near the collar).
ii. Immediately below the two top ribs there is a flat wide area with eight horizontal rows of top stitching that is approximately 0.25" (inch) apart (for a total of approximately 2” (inches) of flat area). This area is sometimes referred to as "The Gap".
iii. The remainder of the front panel, below the “The Gap” just described, contains a minimum of 8 – 9 ribs (total number of ribs will depend on the size of the wearer) that continues to the bottom edge of the front panel.
Note: The side strap (described in 5.g. below) does not cross over the front panel. Vests with a missing rib on the lower front panel will not be approved.

d. The back panel has a minimum of 16 equally spaced ribs (based on Luke's ANH flak vest), again, the total number of ribs will depend on the size of the wearer). Again, the ribs are created by inserting 0.25" (inch) OD tubing (or similarly sized material) through fabric tubes prepared for the tubing. Ribs are separated from each other by a space that is the same width as the finished rib. In addition, “The Gap”, as seen on the front panel is NOT present on the back panel.
e. Ribbing on the front and back panels stop no more than one inch from each side (on left and right).
f. The shoulder straps are approximately 2" (inches) wide and sewed in place to the inside of the flak vest panels, thus joining the front and back panels together. Each shoulder strap has rows of horizontal top-stitching (each about 0.25" (inch) apart) across the short length of the strap (or perpendicular to the length of the strap). These stitches cover the entire strap, from front to back.
g. The under-arm straps have one silver "press-release" style buckle on the left and right sides of the vest. The female half of the buckle is sewn to edge of the front panel. The male end is sewn to the end of the strap. Each strap continues back under the arms, and passes through a short sleeve sewn above the second or third rib from the bottom of the back panel. The left and right straps meet in the center, and are adjusted with a black/dark-grey "strap adjuster" style buckle. The excess strap lengths are either trimmed to length or tucked into the sleeves to present a neat appearance. These side straps should ride approximately 2" - 4" (inches) below the armpit depending on the size of the wearer.

h. Be careful when checking references. When filming The Empire Strikes Back, the flak vests were worn “backwards” when compared to ANH and ROTJ.

Note: Please be aware that flak vests from commercial vendors must meet costume standards and be screen accurate. Some commercially available flak vests require extensive modifications for approval.

6. Accurate sized grey chest box with accurate decorations and details as follows:

a. Raised buttons (acrylic preferred) with acceptable color schemes.
b. Separated rocker switches.
c. Accurate knobs (metal or other materials that when finished have a metallic silver appearance.), details, pin stripes etc.
d. 1" - 1.25" (inches) diameter ribbed grey hose or aviation hose. One end of the hose should attach at the left-bottom of the chest box and the other end should connect to the suit in some screen-accurate manner (tucked up into the flak vest, attached to flightsuit, etc.).
e. Chest box is secured around the collar and the back with olive drab nylon/polypropylene/polyester/cotton(canvas) straps. The strap around the collar has no fasteners. The strap around the back has a silver or black "strap adjuster" style buckle in the back. Excess strap from should be either trimmed or otherwise hidden to present a neat appearance.

f. The Chest box is worn low on the chest (with the top of the box near the bottom of "The Gap") so the bottom (around the back) strap passes below or along the bottom of the front flak vest panel.
g. (LINK TO PILOT FORUMS where box design pics are located).

7. Code Cylinders (Arm Tools) in left shoulder pocket.
a. Two minimum, four maximum. Metal or other materials that when finished have a metallic silver appearance.
b. Cylinder heads showing should resemble screen accurate representations.

8. Black gauntlet-style gloves.
a. Leather or pleather gloves preferred. Cloth or rubber gloves are not permitted.
b. The cuff of the gauntlet must present a "flared" appearance when worn.

9. Accurate Comm Pad (size, details, 3-dimensional, coloration, etc.) visible in the comm pad pocket.

Formal Requirements:
You must have at least one of the following items to be accepted:

1. X-Wing helmet with Star Wars-style decoration.

a. Helmet has a Mohawk design and raised side panels as seen in the films.
b. Trapezoidal cap on the front of the Mohawk with the appropriate design.
c. Amber or dark grey colored visor covering the eyes (maybe be fixed or movable).
d. White chin cup with black elastic straps. Elastic straps should be fixed to the inside of the helmet.
e. Black weather stripping around the “ears” and neck borders.
f. Paint scheme, including pin stripping and decorations should resemble those seen in the films. Blatant “modern-world” or other sci-fi-fantasy genre images/designs are NOT permitted. Helmets should look as though they belong in the Death Star Trench sequence.
g. Tutorial for Pilot helmet assembly is found here: http://www.rebellegion.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18735
h. Original Trilogy Pilot Helmet Gallery is found here: http://www.rebellegion.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41855

2. Mini-flares on belt. A mix of filled and empty slots are okay.
a. Metal or other materials that, when finished, have a metallic silver appearance.

3. Accurate belt buckle on web belt, as described in 4.d.
(NOTE – All references above to "screen" or "accurate" are indicators that you should be comparing and matching closely to screen-cap reference examples. Always refer to reference pictures for details of construction.)

Costume Resources:

Updated: November 2, 2013

Costume Standards Committee Review: August 27, 2013 – October 23, 2013
Rebel Legion Starfighter Command Forums Review: April 4, 2013 – October 31, 2013.

Snowspeeder pilot (Episode V)

Required Items:

Orange flightsuit with mandarin-style collar and pointed tab, code cylinder pocket on upper-middle left arm, rectangular pocket with a flap closure on upper-middle right arm, comm pad pocket on outside of left forearm above wrist, and thigh pockets (upper set required, lower set optional). No visible zippers or snaps.
Orange flight jacket with padded collar and ribbed strips down both arms.
Tan/grey Hoth-style boots and gaiters with accurate movie-style strapping or mid-calf black boots (If using the black boots ––– jack boots or engineer boots are acceptable. Leather pull-on style preferred with low heels. No laces. No ankle buckles (small buckle at top edge of boot allowable if covered by blousing). No non-black zippers. Any zipper closure must either be hidden or on the inside calf. No zippers on front or outside calf of boots. High-Calf boots are acceptable with sufficient blousing of the flighsuit legs.
Silver/grey leg flares in an olive drab or black leg-band holder. Maximum of 8 flares per holder. Flares should be approximately 4" long.
Light grey/silver grey ejection harness and web belt, all 2” wide.
White flak vest with accurate ribbing and clasps. (ESB Snowspeeder version is worn backwards.) Vest sizing should be proportional to the wearer.
Accurately sized grey chest box with accurate decoration (raised buttons (acrylic preferred, see the Pilot Forums for acceptable button color schemes), separated rocker switches, appropriate materialed greebles, pin stripes etc.). 1" - 1.75" diameter grey hose or aviation hose should attach at the left-bottom of the chestbox and connect to the suit in some screen-accurate manner (tucked up into the flak vest, attached to flightsuit, etc.). (Please note that Costumebase chestboxes will not pass the standards unmodified, however once slightly modified, they will meet standards.)
White and grey gauntlet-style gloves

Formal Requirements:
You must have at least one of the following items to be accepted:

X-Wing helmet with Star Wars-style decoration.
Tan or Beige balaclava or cloth-covered soft helmet, no brim. (design similar, but not exact to the AN-H-15 or British RAF versions.)
Badge in jacket chest pocket along with comm pad on left gauntlet above wrist.
Mini-flares on belt. A mix of filled and empty slots are okay.
Accurate belt buckle on web belt.

Costume Resources:

Revised on June 1, 2010

Y-Wing pilot (Episode VI)

Required Items:

Grey/Light Grey flightsuit with either a mandarin-style collar (with pointed tab) or the same tab under another flipped up collar, correct arm pockets (shaped code cylinder pocket on upper left arm, rectangular pocket with a squared-flap closure on upper right arm), and thigh pockets with squared-flap closures (upper set required, lower set optional). No visible zippers or snaps.
Light Tan, Beige, or Taupe cloth or canvas spats over black boots. Leather spats are not acceptable. Spat height should be mid-calf to just under the knee and fall all the way down. Spats should feature an additional strap (w/no buckle) of the same or similar material, running around the length around the calf approximately 1/8-1/4 down from the top of the spat. Spats may feature single or double seam running down the front or back. No laces should be visible. Boots should be mid-calf black boots (Jack boots or engineer boots are acceptable. Leather pull-on style preferred with low heels. No laces. No ankle buckles (small buckle at top edge of boot allowable if covered by blousing). No non-black zippers. Any zipper closure must either be hidden or on the inside calf. No zippers on front or outside calf of boots. High-Calf and Low-Calf boots are acceptable if fully covered by the spats.
White ejection harness and web belt, all 2” wide. Belt may be off-white and is to buckle at the back with a black snap-release buckle. Leg loops are individual per leg and split at the waist. Belt is worn over the harness.
Accurately styled scoop-necked light grey/beige flak cloth or canvas vest with appropriate chest ribbing, shoulder ribbing and small black plastic snap-release buckles on the shoulder straps. Side strapping should be white and 1.5" - 2" wide, shoulder strapping should match front and back panel material. Back panel is smaller and differently shaped than the front but should match front panel material.
Small black/dark grey rectangular chest box on the upper chest. Left side has wide, raised, lined section running vertically.
White oval belly box/tube with black strap and white cloth-covered hose attached at two points (either belly tube to flak vest, belly tube to flightsuit, or flak vest to flightsuit).
Black gauntlet-style gloves (flared leather or pleather preferred, cloth or rubber gloves will not meet standards).

Formal Requirements:
You must have at least one of the following items to be accepted:

Y-Wing helmet with Star Wars-style decoration.
Mini-flares on web belt - a mix of filled and empty slots are okay.
Accurate Comm Pad (size, details, 3-dimensional, coloration, etc.) visible in the correct comm pad pocket on outside left forearm above wrist.

Optional:

Metallic silver Code Cylinders (Arm Tools) in left shoulder pocket. Two minimum; four maximum. Cylinder heads showing should resemble screen accurate representations.

Revised on June 1, 2010

A-WING PILOT (Episode VI)

Required Items:

Spruce/Hunter Green flightsuit (no Kelly/Olive Drab/Grass Green) with mandarin-style collar (with squared tab) or same tabbed collar under another flipped up collar, correct arm pockets (shaped code cylinder pocket on upper left arm, rectangular pocket with a squared-flap closure on upper right arm), and thigh pockets with squared-flap closures (upper set required, lower set optional). No visible zippers or snaps.
Light Tan, Beige, or Taupe cloth or canvas spats over black boots. Leather spats are not acceptable. Spat height should be mid-calf to just under the knee and fall all the way down. Spats should feature an additional strap (w/no buckle) of the same or similar material, running around the length around the calf approximately 1/8-1/4 down from the top of the spat. Spats may feature single or double seam running down the front or back. No laces should be visible. Boots should be mid-calf black boots (Jack boots or engineer boots are acceptable. Leather pull-on style preferred with low heels. No laces. No ankle buckles (small buckle at top edge of boot allowable if covered by blousing). No non-black zippers. Any zipper closure must either be hidden or on the inside calf. No zippers on front or outside calf of boots. High-Calf and Low-Calf boots are acceptable if fully covered by the spats.
White ejection harness and web belt, all 2” wide. Belt may be off-white and is to buckle at the front or back with a black snap-release buckle. Leg loops are individual per leg and split at the waist. Belt is worn over the harness.
Accurately styled scoop-necked charcoal/dark grey cloth or canvas flak vest with smaller white front section bib applied over it. (white section should have appropriate ribbing- one above chestbox, 2 below (separated from each other by a gap). This is NOT a duplicate of the X-wing vest. Small black plastic snap-release buckles on the shoulder straps. Side strapping should be white and 1.5" - 2" wide, shoulder strapping should match front and back panel material. Back panel is smaller and differently shaped than the front but should match front panel material.
Accurately styled black upper chest box with accurate ribbing details and black straps.
Accurately shaped white lower chest box (hard or soft) with white cloth-covered hose coming out of the bottom and connecting to flightsuit. This box should be directly under the upper box, with no gap between.
Black gauntlet-style gloves (flared leather or pleather preferred, cloth or rubber gloves will not meet standards).

Formal Requirements:
You must have at least one of the following items to be accepted:

A-Wing hard helmet with Star Wars-style decoration.
Cloth tan AN-H-15 flight helmet (or replica).
Y-Wing helmet with Star Wars-style decoration.
X-Wing helmet with Star Wars-style decoration.
Mini-flares on web belt – a mix of filled and empty slots are okay.
Accurate Comm Pad (size, details, 3-dimensional, coloration, etc.) visible in the correct comm pad pocket on outside left forearm above wrist.

Optional:

Metallic silver Code Cylinders (Arm Tools) in left shoulder pocket. Two minimum; four maximum. Cylinder heads showing should resemble screen accurate representations.

Revised on June 1, 2010

B-WING PILOT (Episode VI)

Required Items:

Red flightsuit with open collar (folded down), correct arm pockets (shaped code cylinder pocket on upper left arm, rectangular pocket with a squared-flap closure on upper right arm), and thigh pockets with squared-flap closures (upper set required, lower set optional). No visible zippers or snaps. Black undershirt only required if visible by collar.
Light Tan, Beige, or Taupe cloth or canvas spats over black boots. Leather spats are not acceptable. Spat height should be mid-calf to just under the knee and fall all the way down. Spats should feature an additional strap (w/no buckle) of the same or similar material, running around the length around the calf approximately 1/8-1/4 down from the top of the spat. Spats may feature single or double seam running down the front or back. No laces should be visible. Boots should be mid-calf black boots (Jack boots or engineer boots are acceptable. Leather pull-on style preferred with low heels. No laces. No ankle buckles (small buckle at top edge of boot allowable if covered by blousing). No non-black zippers. Any zipper closure must either be hidden or on the inside calf. No zippers on front or outside calf of boots. High-Calf and Low-Calf boots are acceptable if fully covered by the spats.
White ejection harness and web belt, all 2” wide. Belt may be off-white and is to buckle at the back with a black snap-release buckle. Leg loops are individual per leg and split at the waist. Harness should attach to the drop point at the bottom of the front of the flak vest.
Scoop-necked black, charcoal or dark grey cloth or canvas flak vest with two raised ribs above chest box, small black plastic snap-release buckles on the shoulder straps and a drop-point on the front panel for attachment of ejection harness. Side strapping should be white and 1.5" - 2" wide, shoulder strapping should match front and back panel material. Back panel is smaller and differently shaped than the front but should match front panel material.
Accurately sized and shaped silver/white/light grey chest box made of hard materials with screen-accurate decoration (buttons, knobs, connections, pieces etc.). Chestbox is one-piece - with left and right sides separated by a black painted channel. Chestbox hose should be white cloth-covered and attached from bottom/left/front of box to back of flak vest or tucked in the back of the flak vest. It's drop curve should be around upper thigh length. Black shoulder straps attach it to flak vest with the black plastic snap-release buckles.
Black gauntlet-style gloves (flared leather or pleather preferred, cloth or rubber gloves will not meet standards)

Formal Requirements:
You must have at least one of the following items to be accepted:

B-Wing hard helmet with Star Wars-style decoration.
Cloth tan AN-H-15 flight helmet (or replica)
X-Wing helmet with Star Wars-style decoration.
Y-Wing helmet with Star Wars-style decoration.
Mini-flares on web belt. A mix of filled and empty slots are okay.
Comm pad visible inside comm pad pocket on outside left forearm above wrist.

Optional:

Metallic silver Code Cylinders (Arm Tools) in left shoulder pocket. Two minimum; four maximum. Cylinder heads showing should resemble screen accurate representations.
Breathing mask and tube as seen on Ten Numb in the Home One Briefing Room scene. Connects to the top right of the flak vest when not in use

Revised on June 1, 2010

Note: For some events you may be required to have the correct helmet for your costume.
Specific Face Character pilots: Replicas of specific face characters (Wedge Antilles, for example) must have the correct helmet paint job.

Baron/Colonel Fel Costume Standards

Required Items:
1. Black flightsuit in standard TIE/X-wing pilot style, with mandarin-style collar and pointed tab, code cylinder pocket on upper-middle left arm, rectangular pocket with a flap closure on upper-middle right arm, comm pad pocket on outside of left forearm above wrist, and thigh pockets (upper set required, lower set optional). No visible zippers or snaps. Flight suit must have red stripe running from where shoulder meets collar to wrist, and armpit to ankle on both sides.
2. Mid-calf black boots (Jack boots or engineer boots are acceptable. Leather pull-on style preferred with low heels. No laces. No ankle buckles (small buckle at top edge of boot allowable if covered by blousing). No non-black zippers. Any zipper closure must either be hidden or on the inside calf. No zippers on front or outside calf of boots. High-Calf boots are acceptable with sufficient blousing of the flighsuit legs.)
3. Silver/grey leg flares in an olive drab or black leg-band holder. Maximum of 8 flares per holder. Flares should be approximately 4" long.
4. Light grey/silver grey ejection harness and web belt, all 2” wide.
5. White or light grey flak vest with accurate ribbing and claps. (ANH & ROTJ versions should be sure to have the gap in ribbing on the upper chest. ESB Snowspeeder version is worn backwards.) Vest sizing should be proportional to the wearer.
6. Accurately sized grey chest box with accurate decoration (raised buttons (acrylic preferred, see the Pilot Forums for acceptable button color schemes), separated rocker switches, appropriate materialed greebles, pin stripes etc.). 1" - 1.75" diameter grey hose or aviation hose should attach at the left-bottom of the chestbox and connect to the suit in some screen-accurate manner (tucked up into the flak vest, attached to flightsuit, etc.). (Please note that Costumebase chestboxes will not pass the standards unmodified, however once slightly modified, they will meet standards.)
7. Metallic silver Code Cylinders (Arm Tools) in left shoulder pocket. Two minimum; four maximum. Cylinder heads showing should resemble screen accurate representations
8. Black gauntlet-style gloves (flared leather or pleather preferred, cloth or rubber gloves will not meet standards)
9. Accurate Comm Pad (size, details, 3-dimensional, coloration, etc.) visible in the correct comm pad pocket on outside left forearm above wrist. (May be either the white X-wing version or the black TIE version.)
10. Hair must be black/colored black and combed back in "widow's peak" style haircut.
11. Facial hair cut in "goatee" style or a consistent "five o'clock shadow."

Formal Requirements:
You must have at least one of the following items to be accepted:

1. X-Wing helmet with Baron Fel style decoration.
2. Mini-flares on belt - a mix of filled and empty slots are okay.
3. Accurate belt buckle on web belt.

Added by LMO on 30 November, 2010

Blue Squadron X-wing Pilot (Rogue One)

Required Items Flight Suit
The flight suit is a petroleum blue, one-piece flight suit/coveralls in a material consistent with screen references. The fabric should have a slight sheen (such as acetate or bomber silk) and be of sufficient weight to create a somewhat puffy look (which may require the suit to be lined). The coveralls feature several details:

The front zipper is hidden by a strip of material of the same color and material as the suit.
The sleeves have knife pleats from the bottom of the collar to the wrist, with each pleat approximately 1/2" (inch)/1.3 cm (centimeter) wide, made of an off-white fabric of a similar material to that of the suit, and a shade or two darker than the color of the flak vest. The pleating is inset with piping along the edges. The strip of pleats is 3" (inches)/7.6 cm wide.
The flight suit features contrasting top stitching in a beige-colored thread.
The collar closes at the front with two snaps. The collar is also padded and features a horizontal gray or silver zipper along the sides and back to create the appearance of a hidden hood.
A commpad pocket on the left sleeve with an open "window" that sits above the wrist and is made of the same blue fabric as the suit.
There are two chest pockets with curved openings that wrap around the sides of the torso and the ends are stitched into the side seams of the suit, like Nomex flight suit chest pockets.
There are two upper thigh pockets with curved openings.
The right front thigh has a cargo-style kneepad pocket with a rectangular frame at the top, and has a blue webbing pull tab on the bottom flap and a side pen pocket.
There is a rectangular pocket on the left front thigh with a vertical gray or silver zipper.
Another pocket on the lower portion of the left leg, which is rectangular in shape and has a horizontal gray or silver zipper at the top.
The right lower leg has a rectangular pocket with a horizontal gray or silver zipper at the top, off to the outside of the leg.
A vertical gray or silver zipper at the center of each leg that reaches down to the bottom of the pant leg.
Optionally, there are two grommets on the front of the suit with pull strings through them at the waist, which are covered by the belt.

Flak Vest
The flak vest consists of a front and back panel made of a white or off-white material (ballistic nylon or similar fabric) and is contoured to fit over the chest and back where the two panels are of a similar shape and size. The two panels are connected together by straps over the shoulder and under the arms. The flak vest MUST be proportional to the wearer (this is NOT one-size-fits-all).

The two panels are connected together by straps over the shoulder and under the arms.
The flak vest MUST be proportional to the wearer (this is NOT one-size-fits-all).
The top of the front panel should sit roughly just below the collar and the back the back slightly lower. Note that this vests sits higher than the Original Trilogy X-wing pilot vest.
The bottom of the front and back panels are even and should completely cover the chest while not extending toward the waist any further than two or three inches past the armpit.
The front panel has a series of horizontal ribs. The ribs are created by inserting 0.25″ (inch)/.65 cm clear air line 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 the finished rib.
The side straps attach together via a black plastic strap adjuster or a silver metal strap adjuster, one on each side, rather than a purse clip/buckle like the Original Trilogy version.

Chestbox
The chestbox is a gray rectangular box made of a hard, smooth material, and includes the following features:

Raised buttons (acrylic preferred) with acceptable accurate color schemes.
Separated rocker switches.
Accurate knobs (metal or other materials that when finished have a metallic silver appearance.), details, pin stripes, etc.
1″ – 1.25″ (inches)/2.5 cm - 3 cm diameter ribbed grey hose or aviation hose. One end of the hose should attach at the left-bottom of the chest box and the other end should connect to the left side of the suit above the belt with a type of black elbow joint.
Chest box is secured around the collar and the back with olive drab nylon/polypropylene/polyester/cotton (canvas) straps. The strap around the collar has no fasteners. The strap around the back has a silver or black “strap adjuster” style buckle in the back. Excess strap from should be either trimmed or otherwise hidden to present a neat appearance.
The bottom edge of the chestbox sits roughly two or three inches below the bottom edge of the flak vest.

Ejection Harness
The ejection harness is made of gray pleated elastic strapping that is 2” (inches)/5 cm wide. Front and back straps extend up the torso under the flak vest and are secured to either the flight suit or to the underside of the flak vest panels. Attachment must be hidden by the flak vest. The lower part of the harness should fall (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.

Belt
The belt is a British PLCE belt dyed medium or dark gray (replicas are acceptable with accurate details) and is worn inside out, and has a silver roll-pin buckle in the front center. The belt has silver-grey 1” (inch)/2.5 cm webbing loops sewn on left and right sides divided into six loops on each side. The loop webbing is a lighter color than the belt.

Commpad
An accurately-styled Rogue One specific commpad (size, details, three-dimensional, coloration, etc.) visible in the commpad pocket. Commpads of the original trilogy style are not acceptable.

Glove Commpad
This small commpad, similar to the Hoth Rebel trooper's, consists of a white thin rectangular base with teeth on the upper edge, a triangular slope and an orange, red-orange or gold screen or mesh in the center of the slope. The commpad is attached to the gauntlet of the left glove and is positioned with the teeth facing to the wearer's right.

Leg Flares
This item consists of a leg flare holder and a set of eight leg flares. The holder is olive drab in color and is made of webbing or fabric. It wraps around the lower leg and fastened together in the back with Velcro. Running the center of the holder is a thinner strap of the same material sectioned off into eight loops. In each loop is a leg flare, which are cylindrical in shape, starts off narrower at the top and has a wider portion at the middle. At the bottom it narrows in again, has a wide ring, and then narrows once again to a flat end. They are silver in color. OT X-wing pilot leg flares will not be accepted.

Gloves
Grey, beige or black gauntlet gloves in a heavy fabric, suede, or suede-like material, accurately styled. The gauntlet has five to six lines of pleated stitching going all the way around, and the glove has 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. There is a small Velcro strap on the inside top of the wrist behind the thumb.

Boots
Mid-calf black boots (Jack boots or engineer boots are acceptable). Leather pull-on style preferred and with low heels. No laces or ankle buckles (a small buckle at top edge of boot is acceptable if covered by blousing the suit legs to hide them). If there zippers on the boots they must be on the inside of the leg and must be black.

Optional Items Your costume must have at least one of the following items...

An X-wing pilot helmet of accurate style and decor. Original Trilogy or Rogue One variations are acceptable.
Up to twelve belt flares (six on each side) that are silver air line hose connector fittings or replicas of similar shape and detail, which fit into the belt flare loops mentioned above. A mix of empty and filled flare loops are acceptable, but no more than six flares per side. They should not be taller than the width of the belt.

Added by LCJ on March 27, 2018