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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 Trooper Costume Standards

Rebel Fleet Trooper, A New Hope

Required Items:

1. Accurate Fleet Trooper helmet.
a. Can have white or black "visor". Visor can also be dark smoke glass that can be put in the down position to cover wearers face.
b. A comm pad on the helmet is required.
c. An antenna is not required, but permitted.

2. Long-sleeve blue work shirt with bib in front (blue Chambray or blue Oxford recommended.
a. Bib should cover front of shirt with no gaps at the bottom).
b. Shirt bib should come all the way up to the collar button and not sag.
c. No button down collars (with visible button holes on collar).
d. Color range from a light blue to medium blue (costume can be denied if shirt color is deemed too dark blue).

3. Black, collarless vest with 4 standard BDU pockets on the front and no visible buttons or ornamentation of any kind. Proper pocket configuration can be seen below in optional items.

4. Light Grey pants with large cargo pockets.
a. Charcoal or dark gray are not permitted.

5. Boots: Mid-calf black boots (Jack boots or engineer boots are acceptable).
a. Leather pull-on style preferred with low heels.
c. No laces or ankle buckles.
d. 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.
e. High-Calf boots are acceptable with sufficient blousing of the pants legs.
f. No rubber boots.

6. Belt and buckle
a. Solid leather or vinyl - no holes or decorations.
b. Belt width should be 1 3/4 to 2" wide in canyon or range tan color
c. 2" buckle can be rectangular, octagonal or oval.

Formal Requirements - Choose 3 from list:

1. DH-17 blaster -(Unless local laws prohibit or strongly discourage carrying anything that looks like a firearm.)
2. Pike weapon
3. Two (2) aluminum/silver belt boxes proportional to wearer.
4. Large open pocket on the upper back of the vest with a center Velcro closure. Proportional to wearer and should go almost from armhole to armhole.
5). Strip of 4 pockets along the bottom hem of the vest approx. 5" tall.
6. Accurate front pocket layout consisting of long and narrow upper right pocket with tab closure and left upper pocket should be smaller than bottom two pockets.
7. Antenna on helmet comm box.
Optional Items - Not Required for Formal Status

1. Accurate Holster
2. Rank Badge
Costume Standards Committee Review: Oct. 26, 2011 through Aug. 25, 2013
Reviewed by the Rebel Alliance Infantry Detachment: Aug. 18, 2013 through Sept. 26, 2013

Costume Resources:

Hoth Trench Trooper from Empire Strikes Back

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Required Items:

Accurate soft helmet in a white, beige or ecru color
White framed goggles with with yellow or light amber lenses
Jacket in white or beige/natural color with tan quilted top section
Backpack Vest in a beige or ecru color
Tan colored pants with quilted/padded knees
Accurate gray or tan colored gaiters
White web belt with buckle detail
Greeblies on right front vest
White/Light gray gloves with med gray cuff and com device

Formal Requirements - choose two:
(Unless local laws prohibit or strongly discourage carrying anything that looks like a firearm)

Rank badge on vest
Comm device/earpiece on hat
DH-17 blaster (either RFT version or modified Hoth version)
White holster
Hoth Rifle
Backpack/Hardpack - canvas covered boxes with black greeblies on a frame
Tan fabric pouch
Tan or black scarf

Resources:
Rebel Legion Board: Rebel Trooper Forum
Ice Station Echo Yahoo! Group

Original standard by RAID Detachment XO
Revised on June 19, 2010

Hoth Hanger Trooper from Empire Strikes Back

Required items:

Accurate soft helmet in a white, beige or ecru color
White framed goggles with with yellow or light amber lenses
Tan quilted vest with upright, padded collar
Shirt/Pants or Jumpsuit/Coverall in a white, gray, beige, or ecru color with quilted forearms
Accurate gray or tan colored gaiters or Jack boot-style of black boot
White/Light gray gloves with med gray cuff and com device

Formal Requirements - choose two:

Rank badge on vest (made optional since it is not required in other standards)
Comm device/earpiece on hat
Tan or black scarf

Resources:
Rebel Legion Board: Rebel Trooper Forum
Ice Station Echo Yahoo! Group

Original Standard by RAID Detachment XO
Reviewed/Revised by Legion Costuming Judge on March 13, 2010

Hoth Hanger Technician from Empire Strikes Back

Required items:

Accurate hat in a gray, beige or ecru color
Tan quilted vest with upright, padded collar
Jumpsuit/Coverall in a light gray, beige, or ecru color
Black Jack boot-style of boot
White/Light gray gloves with med gray cuff

Optional Item - Not Required for Formal

Wrist Comm

Resources:
Rebel Legion Boards: Rebel Troopers Forum
Ice Station Echo Yahoo! Group

Original Standard by RAID Detachment XO
Reviewed/Revised by Legion Costuming Judge on March 13, 2010

Yavin Hanger Technician from A New Hope

Required Items:

Accurate tech helmet (RFT helmet with no swoop on back and either light or dark comm box)
Light tan, beige, or light gray coverall with mandarin-style collar and pointed tab, rectangular pocket with a flap closure on upper right arm, and thigh and knee pockets. No visible zippers or snaps.
Dark tan or dark gray belt
Black boots or black shoes

Optional Items:

Mini-flares in belt

Reviewed/Revised by Legion Costuming Judge on March 22, 2009

Yavin Honor Guard from A New Hope

Required Items:

Accurate helmet with visor down
Army-green button down tunic with pockets
Army-green pants
Dark gray or olive drab belt
Black boots or black shoes

Optional Item:

Staff/pike

Resources:

SWTroopers Rebel Honor Guard

Reviewed/Revised by Legion Costuming Judge on March 22, 2009

Endor Gunner

Required:

1. Gray or tan jumpsuit with 4 leg pockets in front and a tabbed closure collar and tabbed closure on sleeves.

OR

Gray jumpsuit with regular buttoned up pointed collar and 4 leg pockets in front.

2. Olive drab military style canvas/strapping belt

3. At least 2 olive drab pouches

4. Endor capped sleeved vest with quilted portion on upper right and slash pockets.

5. Rank badge

6. short gloves (tan, brown, or deerskin)

7. Tan gaiters with a seam down the front, siver strapping at top, and small black triangle to the inner part of gaiters.

8. Black round toe boots or shoes

Optional - must have one for formal

Headset
weathering on capped sleeved vest.
Endor headgear

Standards written by Schph Gochi 11/1/11
Posted by LMO 11/3/11

Endor Commando/Endor Rebel Soldier/Endor Trooper

Required Items:

Cargo style pants (commercial BDU in rip stop or twill is acceptable-no sewing modifications needed) spray painted in a camouflage pattern

A NOTE REGARDING CAMO FOR ALL PIECES CALLING FOR CAMOUFLAGE:
Suggested paint colors below are "Design Master Corp" paint designations, an equivalent is acceptable

- Moss Green (heavy)
- Holiday Green (light)
- Hunter Green (light)
- Basil (heavy...primary color)
- Bright Olive - (small accents)
A beige/tan/sand colored long sleeve t-shirt
Boots- “Desert” style combat or hiking boots. Canvas/Natural upper Target Color: “Sand” FS 33531/RAL 1011 “Brown Beige”; Molded sole, with thick “lug” tread. The sole continues up over the front ½”/12mm of the toe. The original “Sierra” brand boots are long out of production; however there are Israeli Scout Commando Boots that are very close in design and can be either purchased or used as a reference.
Gaiters - A tube of heavy Cotton/Natural fabric starting from the bridge of the foot (covering most of the laces) continuing up past the boot top to slightly below mid-calf. 5-8 sets of eyelets (depending on your measurements). No clear photos of the laces have been found yet; most likely surplus olive-green “para-cord” was used. Color: The originals appear to have been made from a tan or sand material, but were so heavily dyed and painted to appear used they look dark brown or olive when actually seen on screen.
Helmet consisting of an AN-H-15 cloth helmet (or replica) with a ribbed strip on the top, a replica rigid outer ring, and cloth bill
Olive Drab Belt with pouches
Short, light-colored leather work gloves

The following combinations are acceptable for formal for the upper torso in addition to the tan long sleeved shirt:
A camo painted trenchcoat - camo paint should be applied to a tan trenchcoat, if tan trenchcoat/lab coat can not be obtained, you will have to dye trenchcoat/labcoat tan first and then camo paint.
A camo painted snow jacket - camo paint must be applied to a tan base. Since snow jackets are by nature white in color, you must dye jacket tan first.
Accurate capped sleeve vest with slash pockets and padded applique on right upper chest.
Accurate capped sleeve vest with slash pockets and padded applique on right upper chest worn over a camo painted snow jacket.

Formal Requirements - choose one:

(Unless local laws prohibit or strongly discourage carrying anything that looks like a firearm)

1. E-11
2. DH-17
3. Endor rifle

Optional Items:

1. Web bandolier with replica accessories
2. Canvas military-style backpack-no nylon packs-screen accurate is two pocket pack.
3. Endor hardpack
4. Vest accessories such as rank badges and wrist comm.

Resources:

For costumes submitted on or after 6/1/12. Standard by Phyllis (Schph Gochi) with Greg (Mac Bragg). Approved by Costume Standard Committee and LMO 5/21/12.

This is the proposed costume standard for the Desert Trooper as seen in the Battlefront video game.

Female:

Required Items:

1. Cargo style pants:
Accurate light tan/light khaki colored commercial BDU in rip stop or twill is acceptable. There should be two pockets in the back.

2. Long or short sleeve white t-shirt
NOTE: OPTIONAL FOR FEMALES - If using the optional white hooded jacket, you would use a light tan t-shirt.

3. Boots:
“Desert” style combat or hiking boots with lug soles and rubberized toe in a light tan/khaki color.
- Zahal or Palladium (Israeli style) commando boots are preferred, and commercially available at this time Tan combat boots are authorized for people with size 13 or larger sized boots who cannot get the "Zahal," Palladium or similar style boots in their size. Combat boots/work boots must have the rubberized toe and should have any side panels or details covered by the gaiter.

4. Gaiters/Spats:
Medium tan/khaki cloth or canvas spats/gaiters. If lighter color is used, they can be heavily weathered for a darker appearance. Gaiters must have a singular vertical seam in the back. The gaiter is a tube of heavy cotton or natural fabric starting from the bridge of the foot, angling down on both sides in a curving arc and ending just above the heel in the back. The gaiter should cover most of the boot laces, continuing up past the boot top, to slightly below mid-calf.
NOTE: OPTIONAL FOR FEMALES: Gaiters can be white with a eyelets and laces up the back.

5. Web Belt for pants
Belt should be canvas strapping style in a dark khaki or olive color about 2" wide.
Belt must have a black, square, open faced buckle. Strapping must match the strapping of the bandolier.

6. Short, light-colored leather work gloves.
Gloves should be a light tan color. Weathering can be added to give the gloves a slight "yellow" color. Suede is not acceptable. Preferred is ball and strap design glove. Must be a smooth leather in a very light color.

7. Open front hooded jacket
Hooded layer must be screen accurate light tan in color. Commercial hooded sweatshirts are allowed but the zipper must be removed and only single seam hoods are allowed. There are some commercial "hoodies" that have a double seam on the hood-those double seamed hoodies are not allowed.
NOTE: OPTIONAL FOR FEMALES: Hooded jacket can be white.

8. White screen accurate capped sleeve vest.
Capped sleeved vest is similar to Endor Commando vest. Vest must have slash pockets and a padded angular, quilted applique on the right upper chest that starts higher near the arm pit and extends lower to the front closure of the vest. No closure needed on the vest. Weathering is recommended to bring down the brightness of the white fabric. Capped sleeves must have adequate structure to hold their shape. Double thickness of fabric with a heavy stabilizer recommended. Sleeves should also be rounded and not have a "pointy" appearance.

9. A-Wing helmet with extended black visor.
Screen accurate white/very light gray colored A-Wing style helmet with an extended, custom black visor. Helmet should have padded, dark leather (or leather substitute) interior edging about as thick as the plastic part of the helmet. Note that the hard helmet must be proportional and not over sized or undersized.

10. Screen accurate AN-H-15-like soft cap.
The soft cap must be light gray to medium gray in color. Cap must have a ribbed panel that goes across the top down the center of the cap but the smooth sides of the base layer cap must be seen on both sides of the ribbed panel.

11. Web bandoleer:
Bandolier should be made from a medium brown or dark olive strapping material and should match the color of the belt. Bandolier strapping should be about 2" wide and have loops for greeblies sewn into the strap starting just below the shoulder to about mid chest. 5 loops are recommended. The loops should have 3 lines of stitching running along the straps to distinguish the loops from the backing straps. You can leave the loops empty, or add greeblies as described in the optional items list.

13. Square Endor style chest greeblie worn on left side of capped sleeved vest. Greeblie is bronze in color.

Formal Requirements – choose one:

(Unless local laws prohibit or strongly discourage carrying anything that looks like a firearm)
• E-11
• DH-17
• Endor/Hoth rifle
• DLT-19

You must also choose 5 items from list below for approval.

1) Side cargo pockets on the BDU pants.
The side cargo pockets can be added by using a second pair of the pants to cut the fabric from. The side cargo pockets should extend from just above the knee to above the gaiter.

2) Custom panels on pant front:
The pants should have two panels (also cut from same fabric as base pants) that go from the waist and extend in length down to the mid thigh. The panel should go from the outside seam of the pants across the front to about mid thigh measuring from the side seam to the fly front zipper panel.

3) Endor style wrist comm in bronze color

4) Cylindrical pouch:
brown, leather or leather-like in appearance

5) 2-quart canteen pouch with custom bronze colored greeblie attached.
Canteen pouch should be brown or taupe canvas. Note: There is no visible canteen sticking out of the pouch and must have black plastic closure device (similar to closure on surplus 3-30 round M-16 pouches)

6) Bandoleer accessories grenades:
Can be Hoth Trench Trooper-style grenade accessories

7) Bandoleer accessories pouches:
3 brown square pouches, leather or leather-like in appearance

8 Backpack:
For females: Canvas military-style backpack -no nylon packs.
- Screen accurate is two pocket pack.
- Needs hose accessory shown in the game.

For males: Hoth/Endor hardpack in white fabric with grey shoulder straps.

Additional notes:
Males can make the female version of this costume
and
females can make the male version but there is no mix and match.

Also: alien beings can with masks that do not allow for the headgear can be judged without it.