Now I have pictures of Obi Wan humming "Knights in white satin..." Hee.
But your point about the strangeness of the Jedi garb is a good one. With ANH I always assumed that the clothing worn by old Ben was more traditional tatooine than anything else. That would after all explain why Luke, Owen and Beru wore similar style clothing. Then Yoda showed up in a similar robe and there went my theory. ;)
But seriously - the Jedi robes in the prequels are unpractical, and perhaps they can be seen as symbolic of the stagnating Jedi? Because IIRC earlier Jedi had different, more practical styles of clothing - some even had individual styles. Maybe the relocation of the Temple to Coruscant and the preoccupation with more administrative tasks allowed the Jedi to start wearing more impractical clothing?
As for Naboo clothing - I've always felt there was an element of Venice and the Venetian Carnival there as well. Naboo chooses a Queen, Venice chooses a Dodge.They are both accused of being slightly decadent - and they are watery! Okay - the last one is grasping at straws.
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Date: 2007-02-08 10:11 pm (UTC)But your point about the strangeness of the Jedi garb is a good one. With ANH I always assumed that the clothing worn by old Ben was more traditional tatooine than anything else. That would after all explain why Luke, Owen and Beru wore similar style clothing.
Then Yoda showed up in a similar robe and there went my theory. ;)
But seriously - the Jedi robes in the prequels are unpractical, and perhaps they can be seen as symbolic of the stagnating Jedi? Because IIRC earlier Jedi had different, more practical styles of clothing - some even had individual styles. Maybe the relocation of the Temple to Coruscant and the preoccupation with more administrative tasks allowed the Jedi to start wearing more impractical clothing?
As for Naboo clothing - I've always felt there was an element of Venice and the Venetian Carnival there as well. Naboo chooses a Queen, Venice chooses a Dodge.They are both accused of being slightly decadent - and they are watery! Okay - the last one is grasping at straws.