Inside the 'Stormtrooper' factory

[@mentmaid]

Liz Moore sculpted the Stormtrooper helmet and Brian Muir - famous for sculpting Vader- sculpted the armour. Ainsworth vacuum formed the plastic over the moulds provided to him by Lucasfilm. Ainsworth does not have any original moulds. He recast a suit that was from Return of the Jedi that a fan had tried to revert to A New Hope. The people it effects are the real artists who created it and the fans who have and still are being ripped off.

[@neilus]

Hi, so youre saying AA did not produce the moulds?

[@NoodleCollectors]

@@neilus He didn't. He recasted a suit from TE (Trooper Expert) and claims his own are from the original mould...which is absolutely not true. He's a known recaster and liar.. Get your armor from RS Props or Troopermaster, both are the best out there, not this bullshit.

[@neilus]

@@NoodleCollectors well, RS Props are recasters - only in their case they recast from an original. My response was to the claim by Lindsay Muir that the original moulds were made in the US and shipped to AA, that sounds like total BS. AA made the original moulds. Whether he still has them is a different issue.

[@cscape1973]

I never really understood that claim, Liz Moore was a fantastic artist and expert sculpter……Yet the helmets that appeared in the film were fare from “expertly” sculpted. Andrew, by his own admission, was an industrial designer, working quickly on a “background” character. Sorry but the Liz Moore argument had never held up for me…….apparently the court system agrees!!

[@HybrydATP64]

He sculpted the helmet, his site has the full back story, but the gist of it is that Andrew’s friend nick made a rough mockup of the stormtrooper in red clay and Liz Moore made a different design closer to the early Mandalorian helmet and George had to pick between them and he chose the red design but Andrew had to start from scratch cause he could not use the clay helmet and he then started to add new features to hide seams. I believe all of the details are in the court documents and there’s even testimonies

[@chrissimm1923]

What a joke! This is not some David and Goliath fight. This is about somebody stealing the work of others. Ainsworth has nothing to do with designing any of these costumes all he done was vacuum form pieces of plastic over moulds made by somebody else. George Lucas and Ralph McQuarrie done the original designs for the Stormtroopers and Liz Moore and Brian Muir sculpted them. Anybody stupid enough to believe they are getting something close to the costumes on the original film deserves to lose their money to Mr Ainsworth. Seriously do your homework and BUYER BEWARE.

[@CINEMATTOX]

+Chris Simm Really? I'm doing a documentary and wanted to use this story. Now I'm rethinking it.

[@chrissimm1923]

+DAVID MATTOX Brian Muir sculpted the armour and Liz Moore sculpted the helmets. Brian Muir the sculptor of the Stormtrooper armour is easily contactable on facebook to get the real story. Doing a documentary on the real true story is equally as interesting if not more than the myth that has been created by Ainsworth. Unfortunately Liz Moore the lady who sculpted the Stormtrooper helmets died in a car crash during production of Star Wars - Ainsworth taking credit for her work is pretty horrible wouldn't you say? Brian worked with Liz and he maintains a tribute facebook page as well.

[@chrissimm1923]

+DAVID MATTOX facebook.com/brian.muir.94?fref=ts

[@CINEMATTOX]

+Chris Simm Wow, so Muir claims to have sculpted the troopers even though it was HER WORK?

[@mentmaid]

Brian Muir sculpted the armour. It's Ainsworth who has stolen their history.

[@emiliorodriguez6322]

The faceplate is the only original mould left. The rest is recast, poorly assembled, overpriced garbage.

[@thatf...inexplorer]

get your facts right, everything in this video is lies

[@CINEMATTOX]

+azghag What do you mean?

[@gabrielh7517]

@@oneplumpboi5317 that isn't true he has the original mold. He showed it on his KZbin channel

[@oneplumpboi5317]

That isnt the original mold. The original mold is made from plaster. The plasterers confirmed this. The courts sorta confirmed this. The sculptor of Darth Vader confirmed this. What more do you want, sheep? Andrew is a lying scumbag mate. Those molds are recasts of the GF stormtrooper helmtets, the tells are obvious if you do your research.

[@Vi3tKid420]

The volume sounds like im wearing the storm trooper helmet...

[@BonnKialStevens]

This is a crock...The Stormtrooper is a trademark of the Star Wars franchise and is owned (or was before Disney) by George Lucas.

[@joelharrison4131]

£20 back in the day!!??? We have to go back!

[@Alectrizo]

Except that you can get one for 100 from hasbro that is star wars licencesed these days, and of better build quality than these ones.

[@poolee77]

The Hasbro one is not OT accurate. It's based off the Rogue One helmets, which are vastly different. Granted, this guys helmets are not accurate either, being modified from a recast RoTJ helmet. He is a con artist.

[@Alectrizo]

No its not. They have original and new versions.

[@poolee77]

Daytron Can you link the OT Hasbro helmet? The only one I know of is the Black Series Stormtrooper, which is based off the Rogue One version of the Stormtrooper helmet.... which is vastly different from the OT Stormtrooper helmet. (it's symmetrical, has actual vent cuts, ect.)

[@Alectrizo]

www.hasbro.com/en-us/product/star-wars-the-black-series-imperial-stormtrooper-electronic-voice-changer-helmet:EAF7031A-5056-9047-F57B-F000E067B153 here is the link from Hasbro. I think i got mine at walmart or toys r us.

[@red_five1542]

Being that they look "one size fits all" must have been hard to find that many extras all the same height with the same size head! can you imagine what the person they handed that job too was in for?

[@Jeerin_]

where can i pick up one of these

[@mikemyers5324]

I'd love to have one of these suits.

[@joefera8947]

Don't buy from him. Head over to the forums at whitearmor.net.

[@brewt1mer]

Get yourself over to rs propmasters for something much more authentic

[@andyodab]

This charlatan has been lying for so long he believes in them himself. Taking credit for someone else's work is disgusting and Liz Moore who was the one that sculpted the helmet cannot defend herself as she sadly passed away in 1976. The highly skilled artist Brian Muir then went onto sculpt the armour and Ainsworth was the vacuum former. This guy has no credit in the prop building society nor the Star Wars world and he could've had so much respect from all of us if he was just honest about his part in the making of the Stormtrooper. He can't even get the hero helmet correct and the hero has only 3 bumps on the ears whereas his so called movie accurate one has 4 bumps like the stunts. Don't waste your money on his recast rubbish and check out RS Prop Masters as they are from the original, movie used outfit. I have one and absolutely love it.

[@red_five1542]

So this court ruling would be why Disney had to change the stormtrooper helmet design after they bought lucas films? Because the British court decided that this guy had the rights to his original design? I was wondering about that. The Disney helmets are extremely stupid. They should have just made this fellow an offer on his. Am i right about this ? Wrong? Reply and let me know.

[@fosterwilliamson01]

No sir. The court ruling was in regards to the reproduction of the stormtrooper helmet. Ainsworth won the right to produce and sell the helmets without having to pay a licensing fee to Lucasfilm. Lucasfilm still can (and does) utilize the original trilogy era stormtrooper in their Star Wars content. You'll see these in movies like Rogue One or Solo or TV series like The Mandalorian that take place around the same time as the original movies. The "new" stormtrooper design I believe you're referring to are just an in-universe evolution of the original imperial stormtrooper, as the sequel films they appear in take place 30+ years after the original trilogy. Hope this helps

[@gilgrissom2000]

@@fosterwilliamson01 Rogue One is before Ep 4

[@fosterwilliamson01]

@@gilgrissom2000 yes???

[@gilgrissom2000]

@@fosterwilliamson01 You said it was an evolution, I think it's more of an artistic choice. Because, in history, there is no reason to have modernized armor in Rogue One

[@fosterwilliamson01]

@@gilgrissom2000 no sir, I think you misunderstood my comment. The evolution I'm referring to is the First Order design of the sequel trilogy. The initial comment I was replying to was positing that Disney no longer had the rights to use the original trilogy design. I'm firstly saying that that is untrue, as they've utilizes an updated version of the OT design in Rogue One, Solo, The Mandalorian, and others. The design evolution that he apparently disliked, I was attributing to the First Order troops of Episode 7-9, unless I am mistaken and he was solely referring to the R1TK, in which case, the updated design was done to create a higher fidelity model for high definition media.

[@amaurythewarrior]

what a liar. he may have won the right to make and sell them. but that doesn't mean he came up with the design, and he keeps claiming he did that in 2 days.

[@2neotech-gv708]

Ya one for the little man nice

[@ian_sch]

Thats bad, this guy steal Lucas art and make money out of it

[@gchecosse]

Not art according to the Supreme Court

[@kevingreenfield9204]

Hello my name is Kevin green field and I'm a massive star wars fan and I love storm troopers and I would like to work with Mr ainsworth

[@joefera8947]

No you wouldn't. He is a liar and a thief.

[@andyodab]

He's such a liar mate and would say he's paid you but you'd be paid in monopoly money.

[@steviekeane]

Needs to be re named as shepperton design studio. Stormtrooper or something similar to get more views. It's a good video . Without ainsworth the St tr helmet wouldn't look the same s we know it today. Lucas is just greedy.

[@krisztianmolnar5092]

I never liked Lucas for his asshole moves in books,games and designs. But this makes me rank him even lower the spineless people list.

[@nicolasprodger5297]

molnár krisz thsi guy didn't design the helmets whatsoever it was liz Moore but she died before starwars premiered