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Daily Cosplay: Shogun Vader




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jtiskool305





PostPosted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:17 am Reply with quote
I'm not much of a cosplayer type of person but that looks awesome..
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mdo7



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:46 am Reply with quote
Cool picture. Ironically Darth Vader helmet is modelled after a samurai helmet. To be exact, Vader's helmet is modeled after Date Masamune's helmet.
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Hoofbites



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:46 am Reply with quote
Ha ha, I love it.
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MorwenLaicoriel



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 1:36 am Reply with quote
You know, I've seen a lot of different versions of a Darth Vader costume over the years, but this might be one of my favorites.
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here-and-faraway



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:31 am Reply with quote
My compliments to the person who created this. Awesome!
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SaiyanHero16



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:44 am Reply with quote
That's just an epic win Very Happy
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Siegel Clyne



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 3:47 pm Reply with quote
George Lucas has openly acknowledged his debt to Akira Kurosawa, so the Japanese influence on Star Wars is unmistakable.

Lucas and fellow Kurosawa admirer Francis Ford Coppola, in fact, helped finance Akira Kurosawa's 1980 film, "Kagemusha."

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=kurosawa+lucas+coppola+financed+kagemusha

And Lucas reportedly named the Star Wars character Yoda after a real life Japanese person, Yoshikata Yoda, the screenwriter for a number of movies by the great Japanese filmmaker Kenji Mizoguchi.

http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&q=yoshikata+yoda+star+wars+named
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CatoriStar



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:59 pm Reply with quote
Oooh that does look awesome. I never realized Darth Vader's helmet was modeled after a samurai helmet before.
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Sam Murai



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 8:58 pm Reply with quote
Very awesome. I can totally see that in some manga or graphic novel re-imaging of the Star Wars saga in a feudal Japan setting. Very Happy
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