Adam Savage Meets an Original Star Wars Stormtrooper!

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[@IdiocracySpace]

As usual. I’m sweating it out while watching Adam get handsy and dance around with priceless props because he’s such a trusted memorabilia prop ambassador ✋🤚😮😅

[@alexshepherd4469]

Did you ask to put it on?

[@tim2024-df5fu]

When the Star Wars tour was going around I knew the local Museum Admin so he let me look at the collection before they put it out for the public. I actually got to handle Darth's helmet and I was very very careful not to hold it too tightly. I dropped it. Not one of my finer moments. I was surprised how much of Darth's helmet was transparent from the inside. I guess they used mylar to fake the opaque finish.

[@jasondiasauthorpage615]

I love how CRUDE that helmet is. Adam talks all the time about no wasted effort, making things for how they show up on screen rather than irl. It's so cool to see this.

[@writerpatrick]

The replicas are probably better quality, which would help in distinguishing a real helmet from a replica. And there's probably tens of thousands of replicas for each real one.

[@JackIsMe1993]

@@writerpatrick 200,000 Replicas are ready, with a million more well on the way!

[@chrimony]

It's crude close-up. But there's a fair amount of thought put into the design of the features that you see. Plus the aesthetic is original and superb.

[@NecramoniumVideo]

Thanks to HD showing up, props and costumes had to have allot more details.

[@patricksanders858]

It's basically a plastic shell with black paint and some strips of rubber!

[@ytzpilot]

I worked on a film set with an actor that played Storm Troopers in the original Star Wars film, his name is Victor Ertmanis, he was uncredited as most were in that film. He was killed several times in the film. Great story teller and he is an awesome guy 😎

[@Nukle0n]

Was he the guy that bonked his head on the bulkhead?

[@lightningforesthd3446]

Is he still alive?

[@joshlee7935]

No, he said he was killed several times in the film.

[@lightningforesthd3446]

@@joshlee7935 no the actor

[@msh6865]

Well, I hope you gave him a hard time about being a terrible marksman.

[@StephenBedser]

When I was 7 dad came home with the front mould to one of the original storm trooper helmets! He was selling steel to pinewood studios, saw the mould in a skip and thought I’d like it! I made many a papier-mâché helmet from the mould… but it was brittle plastic and didn’t last 😓 Thanks for sharing Adam!

[@danieldare2640]

@@StephenBedser what happened to the mold?

[@StephenBedser]

@ I remember it being brittle from the start… it eventually became so cracked it was thrown! I blame my dad!!! 😜

[@markrainford1219]

@@StephenBedser That would have been your retirement fund.

[@DavidFekke]

The "1138" on the counter is a nice touch.

[@RDEnduro]

I thought it was an 1337 reference, then i googled 1138, its everywhere in star wars i didnt realize Lucas had a thing

[@TimothyONeill_84.]

Glad you notice the THX-1138 reference.

[@PlateOshrimp499]

For a more Stormtrooper in-joke, it might shoulda been TK421. Just sayin'

[@DarthLuthier]

I saw that too. Surprised Adam didn’t notice it

[@MrUnicorn44]

Picked that up immediately upon viewing. Nice little touch.

[@Joepacker]

What's crazy is the cos-play people helmets are so much better close up and more detailed than the actual props.

[@chrimony]

There's been decades of time to refine them.

[@ZAK31591]

Amazing what you could get away with before high-definition.

[@The_Real_Mr_Al]

The first W film was basically a budget movie. You can see the the sheer increase in prop quality straight into TESB. For comparison, look at Vader's helm between the two films.

[@krisstephens2156]

@@The_Real_Mr_Al Vaders helmet was meant to be worn and war worn but yes it does have a well used look.

[@mausball]

That's because cosplay is up close and personal, and screen props are seen not only at a distance, but through multiple points of editing, color adjustment, tonal changes, etc. Not to mention motion at 24fps. Most people are amazed at what isn't present for movie props that is for exhibition pieces.

[@shubinternet]

Oh, not only do we have a Star Wars Stormtrooper helmet here, we also have a full suit of Stormtrooper armor there in the background. Cool!

[@magmapixel8627]

And a rebel a280c blaster!

[@thex-philethackery4330]

I love that Adam maintains a fair amount of trigger discipline even with a prop laser gun.

[@donaldneill4419]

Adam is living proof that you have to get old but you don't have to grow up. When I see him freaking out over the Star Wars relics, I relive walking out of the theatre in July 1977 with my 11-year-old brains leaking out of my ears.

[@JohnFourtyTwo]

I’ve been getting old for 57 years but still haven’t grown up past ten when talking about Star Wars.😊👍

[@DystrophicEvolution]

Once he started with the "dude" thing, his excitement was contagious and put a smile on my face.

[@caballeroPL]

This helmet is estimated at $250,000 - $500,000. That's some serious money to spend on a collectible.

[@TheXboxReviewer]

It's not a collectable, it's a piece of film history.

[@nathanbabiuk6286]

But any true star wars fan would but it in a second if we had they money

[@kevparker4604]

People spend that on rare Pokémon cards… I know what I’d rather have

[@drkilledbydeath87]

It's such a shame that the helmet and the armour are auctioned as separate pieces because most likely they'll be separated. But at an estimated 250k - 500k each, that's some insane money. I hope whoever buys them takes care of them.

[@PierreStache]

I would buy it if i had that kind of money, this is like owning a piece of Leonardo da Vinci original's work.

[@DeanoPiano]

Should be in a museum under glass, what amazing pieces of film history ❤

[@Thomas_Esson]

Lots of incredible film artifacts are in museums, in a large part thanks to private collectors. But there aren't enough presently to accept (let alone display) everything, and the market continues to drive new discoveries. If you'd like to see more in museums, your best method of influencing that is to frequently visit current museum collections and encourage others to do so. In my experience over the years, I've found prop and costume exhibits to be rarely swarming with visitors to the same degree as more mainstream fine art.

[@BixRibene]

The library I work at has one of the original Stormtroopers as a regular customer... He's very generous with the Werther's Originals 🙂

[@fourtyfivefudd]

I wish he would have mentioned, but the very first starwars movie, the guns were not deactivated. If you watch the original on VHS, not digitized or remastered, in a couple scenes you can catch glimpses of shell casings being ejected from the guns. They would fire blanks so that the editors had a queue for when to add the lasers.

[@joefera8947]

They are talking about just the ones used on location in the desert, not the ones used in the studio.

[@culttelevision]

Correct. Also you can see them being fired as real blanks in the behind the scenes documentaries . The law on semi-automatic and automatic weapons changed after Hungerford and Dunblane. In 1975 and 76 real guns with blanks were in most Bapty supplied productions including The Professionals and The Sweeney.

[@danbeaton8782]

The ears on the helmet were made by RS Prop masters, they did a great video on restoring the helmet 5 years ago. Their armour can be a little pricey but its cast from an original.

[@mujone]

Dude Adam i love it when you and the crew do these propstore videos. Absolutely fantastic! Keep em coming all year round!!

[@snappar795]

I remember I proposed to my teacher for my plastic thermoforming project to do a Storm Trooper helmet "assembly", aka it would be formed as a single piece but in half and clammed shut with minimal assembly and a little trimming. I lost the files, since my fourth semester was cut short due to covid, but give me a thermoformer and I would attempt it from scratch, no second thought required.

[@Boshuda1977]

As a Sandtrooper in the 501st UK Garrison this is the holy grail of Star Wars props! 😍

[@perry92964]

well, one of six

[@njones420]

You may know ... Are the GF (Geraldo Follano) suits still sort-after or turn up? I think they were taken from this same mold, with the bump under the right eye. I've had a signed one standing in my living room for about 20 years. :)

[@RobbyGarber]

"Move along" trooper was always my favorite. Would love to own an exact replica of it if I could. What a beautiful piece of cinematic history!

[@TheRowlandstone73]

The Hot Toys 1/6 scale figure of him is quality! Defo one of my favourites in my collection.

[@bbb462cid]

In case this helps anyone: HDPE is High Density Poly Ethylene

[@brucewatt1032]

What an unbelievably incredible experience it must have been to have seen and handled those two iconic props 😃

[@jessicaregina1956]

And back in the day the extras who used them: dude, i have to wear this and pretend to shoot this again.

[@McBrian_is_BACK]

I love genuine Adam's excitement is.

[@Jeep4X]

Back in the early 80's (RCAF, Royal Canadian Air Force) while posted to a Canadian airbase in Germany, the Stirling machine gun is what we were issued during alerts while servicing the aircraft. We called them Sub Machine CLUB's as that was pretty much all they were good for. Would have made a great club being so heavy 🤣🤣😂😂 Imagine my surprise when I saw them being used on the first Star Wars Movie.

[@culttelevision]

The British army still had them in the early 80s too. i remember them being on display in 1982 at our local village fete and was able to fire one without any ammo. I remember how heavy they were and the action nearly shook my tiny arm off!

[@rogersjolly1]

Some of the Sterling "blasters" on set did fire blanks. Wow! Amazing how deep the detail in on the "mouth" part! Adam always scares the hell out of me the way he handles some of these artifacts!!! :P

[@LibHen1998]

I actually know where and who this helmet came from. Never thought they'd sell it. Nice pick up - congrats.

[@ToloFest]

Same here

[@finnmanproductions9240]

Brilliant! Steven has done his homework too - nice to hear the back story to these props.

[@zoddmark5873]

It seems like years of gun safety drills on Mythbusters is still holding strong with Adam, keeping his finger off the trigger despite there being no trigger and it clearly not being a fuctional gun. Nice. 🙂

[@c3aloha]

But he’s still flagging himself and the other guy. 😅

[@zmarko]

Noticed that, too. Old habits die hard.

[@jeffcrow2506]

cus u treat all guns the same even if its a toy

[@blindleader42]

"Everything you do is practice for the next time you do the same thing." I don't know if that's a real aphorism, but it should be. If you're not consistent in doing a thing right (sloppy), when it doesn't count, then you can't reliably do it right when it does count.

[@doohuh]

Warning: Regurgitated Redditor comment spotted

[@PToastman]

That is awesome! That's the same helmet used by a sandtrooper during the "Move Along" scene from A New Hope. You can tell by the way the black lining across the brow is not straight, but instead it's curved up.

[@イカサマ博士かなぴえ]

The rough construction looks perfect in the movie. Wonderful. It's nice that the original has such a great roughness of production. What is not perfect is perfect. Wonderful.

[@MichalKaczorowski]

I just turned on Star Wars on Disney+ - it's actually the same helmet!

[@ToloFest]

The Bapty E-11 were made for shooting in Tunisia. The other E-11 were mostly complete. As for the actor that played the Move Along Sandtrooper; his name is Anthony Forest.

[@korblborp]

sterling SUBmachine guns. iirc some of them were fully functional and blank adapted, rather than static

[@JounLord1]

You can actually find some shots on the Death Star in ANH seeing them eject casings.

[@Veotax]

Ooh! Completely off topic for the Star Wars stuff, but I see some Red Dwarf ships in the intro. I hope we get a look at them!

[@djstumpy7399]

I'm still enjoying that the ships from Red Dwarf are featured in the open titles . They would be what i would bid on had i the cash.

[@Jcush21]

Was that Ace's ship from "Dimension Jump"? I recognized it but could not remember from where. 🙂

[@djstumpy7399]

@Jcush21 you got it, budski, and starbug was to the left of it. What a guy!

[@Jcush21]

@@djstumpy7399 Budski? Sorry, I'm not Bulgarian. 😉

[@djstumpy7399]

@Jcush21 Oh, ok in that case , Howdy doodly do! How's it going? I'm Talkie, Talkie Toaster, your chirpy breakfast companion! Talkie's the name, toasting's the game. Would you like some toast ? 😁

[@MrBonger88]

Smoke me a kipper

[@leonpeters-malone3054]

Part of the greebling on the gun is from the M4 Medium. M68A-something main gun sight. From memory.

[@peckenstein]

It's amazing to me how unrefined that helmet is, and how obvious it is that they struggled with it to even get it to the state it ended up in for the film, and yet it's so perfectly Star Wars just the way it is. Spectacular piece!

[@George-pp2hr]

Thats a good showing of the greatest pieces of the original Star Wars IV. Thanks Adam. Greetings from Australia.🙂👍🇭🇲🦘✌️👋

[@LanceBuckley]

I used to have one of those helmets. My girlfriend lived near the guy who made them in Twickenham UK, and got me one as a present. I gave it to a friend to look after while I was away abroad for some time. Never saw it again. Le Sigh.

[@ZenixNet]

He still makes the helmets if you want another.

[@andrewm8463]

Andrew Ainsworth at Shepperton Design Studios. I met him in 1980 at both Shepperton and in his workshop in Twickenham. He did the mouldings for the stormtroopers as well as the alien costume in the original Alien movie. Very talented man

[@LanceBuckley]

@@andrewm8463 I wish I still had it :(

[@andrewg6373]

I love the "Red Dwarf" models in the display case, Star Bug is one of my all time favorites space ships!

[@enfieldjohn101]

I love movie props! It's great to see them. Thanks for showing us these. I've worn armor that a friend of mine in the 501st uses and it was an incredible experience for an original Star Wars nerd like me. The work that 501st members go to in making their armor and costumes is top notch. And, yes the eye lenses are supposed to be green. Hand made is best! Interesting to learn a bit more about these. Yes, the regulations are getting ridiculous. Regulations are killing creativity, really. The connection between this helmet and Mythbusters is amazing! How fun!

[@bobfriesen6771]

Adam, I very much appreciate your safety mindset when it comes to firearms. I've seen you in other videos as well with other props and your trigger control is excellent. Your finger does not go inside the trigger guard at all and that says a lot about you and it's wonderful to see. Thank you.

[@historex54tamiya]

As former Military UK, you can tell Adam has held weapons as he hold it correctly with finger on the trigger guard. Well done!

[@unSTEVOED]

He's American - most of them come out of the Womb packing heat

[@empirednw6624]

@@unSTEVOEDgood thing too! Owning guns is great!🇺🇸

[@coltseavers6298]

I knew immediately that was the - *_"Move along."_* - Mos Eisley sandtrooper. He was the ONLY trooper to have that - raised front brow. Any fan who has watched this move a 100 times should have caught that at first sight.

[@Vostoceq]

actually all three troopers upfront have these odd raised brows :D but yeah you are right and I also knew straight away D:

[@simpleanswer8954]

I've seen it more than 100 times and I have never paid attention. Just because someone enjoys something immensely doesn't mean they over-analyze it. Some of us just enjoy scenes and stories without getting too lost in the differences between the props. There's a difference between seeing it many times and paying too much attention.

[@martinkaspar3823]

I recently learned that rubber strip brow was there to hide the joint between the face plate and the upper dome - I always thought it was put there on purpose because it gives each trooper a different 'facial expression' depending on how high you place it..

[@BrokenNooby64]

I’ve said this before in a short involving a scout trooper helmet, but the aged and worn look is like relics of a bygone era. It mostly gets better and more beautiful with age

[@BearbearbearbearbearbearRarrrr]

Detail shots here - are like - so thoughtful. A master stroke - thanks team.

[@richardbrobeck2384]

great video Adam !

[@phonokilleddigitalstar]

I love to geek out on Star Wars stuff! Born in 78 but had an older brother who I use to camp out in a fan tent we made using his Star Wars sheets.

[@pfink70]

3:52 - Are those Shawn of the Dead costumes I see in the background? 🤣

[@HappyCynic]

Yep. They've got red on them.

[@dougmoodie8713]

The Stirling body is complete, that rear section is where the spring goes back into when firing for real, the section underneath the barrel is actually the shoulder butt that folds underneath. I spent many hours training and using them in the army 😊

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

This is the design that brought me to being a star wars fan. I even went to Lucas film way back to work there. Just looked like magic from the day I saw this movie. So pleased I met one of the actors at a convention who played a sand trooper in the original movie. And he has his helmet with him. The original 501st😂❤

[@WilksGRendai]

When i was about 4 or 5 in Adelaide Australia a big Model collector and trader called Geoff Sherriff visited our house with a Stormtrooper helmet and some of the gauntlet pieces. I have a distinct memory of walking into our kitchen where Mum was soldering brass rollcages for Australian Touring car models we were making, and i was looking through the green tinted lenses of the Stormtrooper helmet. I have no knowledge of the helmet provenance but knowing Geoff it must’ve been genuine - maybe not a hero prop but still a very vivid memory to this day! Thanks for the great vid Adam! Edit: for context this was ‘86 or ‘87

[@ljg6979]

YOu had me at "where Mum was soldering brass rollcages..." What a great Mom...

[@WilksGRendai]

@ Thankyou will pass it on - She is certainly an amazing person of many talents 🙏🏻

[@pntbll4me]

The optic on the blaster is from a WW2 Sherman tank. Love that blaster and how much detail is on it!

[@mausball]

Reg Harding appears on call sheet 65 for Ep IV, credited as a stunt man.

[@beastlaz]

The Sterling was my personal weapon when I was in the Army, so the first time I saw Star Wars I immediately recognised it

[@donaldgorden8383]

I have a nice early Don Post ST helmet with green lens I bought way back in the 80s, it sits on a stand in my living room along with my Don Post Darth Vader helmet from the 80's as well I love it.

[@erichthepantherausfh7465]

the scope on the E-11 is a WWII american sherman (M4, M4A1, M4A2, M4A3 and the M4A4. later models featured a normal scope through the mantlet, though i could be wrong) tank gunners scope. the sherman had a normal periscope for the gunner, but in the periscope, was the actual telescopic scope for the gunner, so, like a scope inside a scope. pretty neat, huh?

[@joejackson4202]

1:01 looks like Adam avoided flagging him with the barrel and also is displaying some trigger discipline as well. Good man.

[@soulkingethan9667]

It's a movie prop dude. You're literally so horny for guns it's crazy

[@joetunon]

That damn stormtrooper mask is just the coolest design ever. It's so cool to have seen this helmet on screen when I was 13 years old and then seeing it now as a 60 year old. Same nerd factor, older appreciation of detail!

[@DaveReece-uh3le]

Anthony Forrest played the roll of the "Move along" Sand Trooper, as Alec Guinness wanted a professional actor to deliver the trooper's lines. There are plenty of photo references of Forrest without the helmet on to prove this. Forrest was the actor whom played Fixer in the deleted scenes. Nuff said. Signed, STAR WARS FAN SINCE '77.

[@chrisjenkins4815]

I agree

[@PHVespa]

Totally Anthony Forrest. The first intended actor got sun stroke so they brought in Anthony who was on set playing the fixer.

[@dodgem259]

If Anthony Forrest played the 'move along' sandtrooper then the helmet cannot be that one because it has the name 'Reg Harding' inscribed inside the helmet.

[@PHVespa]

@@dodgem259 Anthony replaced this chap because he caught sun stroke so had to don his outfit. The Prop store invited Anthony along to talk about it.

[@RealMakerOfStuff]

I built this helmet in 3D a while back so I had to find a bunch of photos for reference. I quickly realized these original helmets are asymmetrical as hell. Every time I see one now I can't unsee how different the left side eye lens shape is from right side.

[@PierreStache]

Adam you will really need to have a sit down with Roger Christian .... You would geek out so much. He has done so many podcasts lately about how he "decorated" the original film. You need to make it happen. I think a long podcast would be a great video to ad to your library.

[@bomberaustychunksbruv4119]

I visited a small manor house with my Dad when I was a kid, it was in Hayle, Cornwall in the UK. I was about 8. When walking through the main entrance there were small racing motorcycles on display, and the owner of the place was the guy who made those stormtrooper outfits for the origional film. My dad has since passed and so I cant ask him why we were there, but I suspect it was to buy something bike related.

[@michaelsullivan1262]

Counter looks like 1138, as in, THX1138!

[@FutureMusicSound]

Somehow I knew it was the move along one. I’ve personally made a Stormtrooper, Boba Fett and Leia Boushh. Love it 👍🏻

[@writerpatrick]

I never realized the guns had counters. But I never took a close look at one before either.

[@jrcprops]

some had them some didn't...also the one Luke used on the death star has glue residue where a counter fell off..

[@j.robertsergertson4513]

I was today years old , when I learned sand troopers had different armor (other than shoulder boards ) than regular storm troopers 😮

[@Woad25]

You know what's crazy? I've never actually watched Shawn of the Dead but I recognized the outfit in the background.

[@tested]

Oh, it’s such a great movie!

[@pixiniarts]

They have both outfits including Ed's (Nick Frost) Got Wood T-shirt... And the cricket bat. They also have the nose piece from the Wallis WA-116 Agile the James Bond Gyrocopter Little Nellie from You Only Live Twice just sitting there. And behind Shawn of the dead is the armour of Vigo the Carpathian... Scourge of Carpathia, Sorrow of Moldavia, Vigo the Cruel, Vigo the Torturer, Vigo the Despised, Vigo the Unholy... From Ghostbusters 2. On the right is Tim Burton Cat Woman+ Batman outfits , Green Goblin, and Marty's jacket from Back to the Future 2... Darth Vader and Storm Trooper armour, a miniature Alien egg... Necronomicon is in the case behind them, next to the Good Guy Doll Chucky and a Halloween 3 jack o lantern... That I sort of recognise almost everything there is a tad worrying.

[@Jcush21]

@@pixiniarts "Yes, yes. The scourge. I've heard all this before. I know this." 😉

[@pixiniarts]

@@Jcush21 😂 love that bit...

[@claypoly]

Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful.

[@WindsEternal]

I love that the meter on the gun reads "1138"

[@tsha2006]

4:52 Dam! I was looking forward to seeing how Adam might struggle to set the gun back on its ridiculous mount and the editor has chosen to spare us the disaster as it may have been upsetting to some viewers😆.

[@jamesmiles4067]

That guy wanted Adam to put that helmet down from the instant he picked it up.

[@JohnFourtyTwo]

I saw those Stormtrooper and other costumes at the Marin County Fair in 1988 or 1989 in the Lucasfilm exhibit. The blue gills on the Stormtrooper helmet were handmade decals and you could see the pencil lines and decal edges but on film they were invisible. They had the Darth Vader and Boba Fett costumes there also and their armor controls had tiny labels written in Hebrew but were invisible onscreen. That had various models and other props there as well and was well worth the three hour wait to get inside to see it all. I would love to see it again if they ever do that exposition again.

[@troyevitt2437]

Like that trigger discipline is built into Adam's muscle memory even when he's handling a SciFi prop. Smart man.

[@rolen47]

I like how Adam still has finger discipline even though the gun doesn't even have a trigger.

[@3DJapan]

So cool! I 3D modeled and printed my own helmet based on reference photos. I had no idea the lenses were green.

[@himikalka]

That Trig Discipline tho; hats off Adam, you're a Savage!

[@JJ-ly3vy]

yes but they both flagged each other multiple times

[@socketwench]

I've often wished to write a book that's the "Biography" of props. Particularly less popular, background props that just kept showing up in all these films.

[@Thomas_Esson]

I hope you will; there's a real dearth of good prop-specific books.

[@socketwench]

@Thomas_Esson I wish I could, but I live far away from Hollywood, have no connections, and no money to start such a project. I know that sounds defeatist, but I'm being pragmatic.

[@Thomas_Esson]

@@socketwench Understood. Though for what it's worth, you might be surprised by the memories you can gather just by tracking down crewmembers' websites and sending a polite email. It's hit-or-miss, but I'm far from Hollywood and started with no connections, and I've managed to correspond with the designers and fabricators of many of the pieces I've collected. And just in case you ever have an interest in collecting, the low end of the hobby (favoring less popular, more obscure props) can be more affordable than many assume.

[@Phaota]

I certainly hope all of these amazing props have been, or will be, 3D scanned for archival purposes and public viewing online. Being able to see them up-close digitally and rotate them around would be awesome, as well as helpful to Uber fans wanting to replica them.

[@brentcleever7332]

I was a serving soldier in British armed forces as a driver from 1973 to 19 82. Drivers had the 9mm Smg rather than the regular 7.62 SLR. In 76 when we learned that Sw was using our weapons as space guns .everybody was saying pew pew when on excersise!

[@Stuharris]

I love how sh!t they look close-up! Ah yes, low-resolution sure did hide a lot of crimes back in the day.

[@JoseyWales44s]

35mm is not low resolution. SW was not shot for television.

[@petesilvers5053]

It was 70mm...​@@JoseyWales44s

[@JoseyWales44s]

@@petesilvers5053 Oh, I know. I saw it in 70mm at the Century 22 in San Jose, CA, but SW was filmed in 35mm. It was later printed in 70mm for select showings. 35mm is generally equivalent to 4K HD.

[@petesilvers5053]

@JoseyWales44s ...seems your right about 35mm but enlarged to 70mm at showings...I saw it too in 1977...epic 🇬🇧

[@JoseyWales44s]

@@petesilvers5053 I've always thought that no matter how much someone enjoys SW, they really can't truly appreciate it unless they saw it in the summer of 77 because it was so unlike anything that had precede it; a unique experience.

[@cb3391]

Love seeing there are other survivors out there.

[@MousePotato]

Yes, thats the move along helmet from Star Wars. Just been checking the scene from A New Hope and comparing the paintwork.

[@Ravege98]

I mean this in the most polite and respectful way possible but could the cameraman and/or editor focus on the thing the presenters are talking about?

[@George-pp2hr]

Its just incredible looking at a practically made Sand Trooper Stormtrooper helmet. It shows compared to the helmets made these days perfection seems to be important than how the original is. So those making the 3D printed helmets then try to make it look like how they looked back then. Not all helmets were the same. There was differences. I don't know if anyone noticed but in Star Wars episode IV at the beginning when Princess Leia shoots the first Stormtrooper the second zaps the Princess and says ' She'll be alright. .Inform Lord Vader we have a prisoner!' this Troopers helmet doesn't have the blue tube stripes on either side of the helmet. Its just plain. Sorry got carried away babling on there. Hello from Australia.🤫🙂👍🇭🇲🦘✌️👋

[@SaturnCanuck]

No words. WOW!

[@Magmafrost13]

I never realised how imperfect the stormtrooper helmets are. Kinda makes me appreciate all the slightly misaligned prints on Lego stormtroopers

[@ryanhenderson8908]

"Our first item is a prop that was personally held by MythBuster's Adam Savage..."

[@dschultz9466]

I love the Nostromo shirt Adam is wearing

[@michaelknightmustdie]

Incredible history! So glad it survived. So many props don't make it off the set/lot, let alone survive for 50 years.

[@terroreichofficial]

The magic of the 3 first Star Wars films is still alive. As a kid in the 80s i would look up at the stars at night and think, when the fk im I going to get off this planet and join Darth Vader :)

[@lordtraust]

One of the best things I got to do was meet the actual designer for the helmets in his studio which was right around the corner where best mate lives.

[@joeepicgamer_]

The nostromo uniform is so cool dude.

[@holyloktarw186]

Totally awesome!

[@CybershamanX]

(2:43) 1138 on the counter. 😉😎

[@pert1172]

It’s cool that the helmet has the stunt actors name inside of it

[@rayneraccoon]

I love that the counter on the blaster is at 1138! Great easter egg.

[@haveguitar]

Well, that is awesome!

[@metalheadfan666]

Just hearing this guy speak just makes me imagine him as an imperial officer

[@nathkrupa3463]

Great video sir 😊

[@DJlegionuk]

I always wonder if Adam makes an offer on something he really wants.

[@tested]

No, never.

[@modelrockets3215]

Very good!

[@CollectionTHX1138]

@9:00 I never knew it was HDPE boat material and never saw those screws. It would be crazy if you found it at some old lady’s garage sale for $1. My avatar is from my original 1977 Kenner card back image of the shootout before Luke & Leia swing over the chasm scene. Also notice it's a helmet (or maybe the same one) without blue stripes like the one in the beginning of a New Hope who stuns Princess Leia.