Star Wars Borrowing from Ethnography

Battara · 18th September 2018, 12:23 AM

No offense, just a note of how they borrow to create new items and ideas. Babylon 5 Minbari comes from the minbar, which you would find in any mosque, while their culture is very Japanese oriented.

The Babylon 5 Narn use a japanese katana and lots of katars.............

Lee · 18th September 2018, 02:45 PM

I particularly enjoyed the old stained white West African tilbi or boubou (robe) that Anakin wears (traveling incognito) about 30 minutes into Star Wars Attack of the Clones. The embroidery is briefly obvious as is a light blue inside lining - obviously the real ethnographic artifact. I wonder if the stains were also genuine.

I suppose someone should also mention the obvious debt the Star Wars series designers owe to Japanese traditional costume and armour.

18th September 2018, 12:23 AM	#1
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,280	No offense, just a note of how they borrow to create new items and ideas. Babylon 5 Minbari comes from the minbar, which you would find in any mosque, while their culture is very Japanese oriented. The Babylon 5 Narn use a japanese katana and lots of katars.............

18th September 2018, 02:45 PM	#2
Lee EAAF Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Upstate New York, USA Posts: 937	I particularly enjoyed the old stained white West African tilbi or boubou (robe) that Anakin wears (traveling incognito) about 30 minutes into Star Wars Attack of the Clones. The embroidery is briefly obvious as is a light blue inside lining - obviously the real ethnographic artifact. I wonder if the stains were also genuine. I suppose someone should also mention the obvious debt the Star Wars series designers owe to Japanese traditional costume and armour.