It Was All Yellow...

[bigscreensatellite]

maybe this has been brought up before...but it only just occured to me yesterday...

Anakin's attraction to yellow Vehicles...

Episode I - Pod Racer - Colour: Yellow
Episode I - Naboo Star Fighter - Colour: Yellow
Episode II - Corucsant Speeder - Colour: Yellow
Episode III - Jedi Star Fighter - Colour: Yellow

(even the droid he makes becomes yellow - well gold....)

is there any significance in this...is this the light turning to dark...

Episodes IV-VI - all ships he uses, from the Death Star to the Ties are Black...is it that simple...??

any ideas...?

(disussed elsewhere...point me - thanks. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif)

i know GL likes continuity...and this is the most likely explanation...or did they have a large pantone colour left over at ILM????

[Jedi Master 2k5]

good point

[Blizzard]

Cool, I never noticed that before!

[Kommandant Felix]

My friend, you are either very observant or have too much time on your hands. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif
Anyway, that does provide a good comparison between the light and the dark side.
Did you notice that anakin's hair was blonde too? Then shortly after becoming a Sith, he gets a nice black helmet.

[Mothman]

Actually, I think that this was mentioned somewhere, but I don't remember exactly where. I think it might have been in one of those DK Visual Dictionary books.

[long-live-the-emperor]

omg you're right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and i totally agree with Kommandant Felix, you are quite observant style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sidxmas.gif

[bigscreensatellite]

well i'm surprised its not been brought up before...its quite deliberate obviously...

and its only kinda explained when Anakin says to Obi Wan, i couldn't find a speedder i liked, in Episode II...he was obvioulsy looking for a specific coloured one

also i forgot to mention in my Yellow observations...Anakin's evil eyes...in Episode III - colour: YELLOW

[Erick Landrider]

Originally posted by bigscreensatellite@Dec 6 2005, 05:37 PM

also i forgot to mention in my Yellow observations...Anakin's evil eyes...in Episode III - colour: YELLOW
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So were Darth Maul's eyes and the Emperor's. Thats going a bit to far.

[cj790]

And Tatooine was sandy-coloured-yellow!

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[JMAS]

Originally posted by bigscreensatellite@Dec 5 2005, 03:40 PM
Anakin's attraction to yellow Vehicles...

Episode I - Pod Racer - Colour: Yellow
Episode I - Naboo Star Fighter - Colour: Yellow
Episode II - Corucsant Speeder - Colour:* Yellow
Episode III - Jedi Star Fighter - Colour: Yellow
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As I recall, his pod ws silver with blue striping, not yellow.

ALL the naboo fighters were yellow, this wasn't Anakin's choice.

The speeder he used in AOTC was not his personal property, but one he borrowed.

[Horse_Head]

Originally posted by JMAS+Dec 6 2005, 03:01 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(JMAS @ Dec 6 2005, 03:01 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-bigscreensatellite@Dec 5 2005, 03:40 PM
Anakin's attraction to yellow Vehicles...

Episode I - Pod Racer - Colour: Yellow
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As I recall, his pod ws silver with blue striping, not yellow.
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His Pod was silver/blue but the engines had yellow deco...

[JMAS]

Originally posted by Horse_Head@Dec 6 2005, 04:29 PM
His Pod was silver/blue but the engines had yellow deco...
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Ahh, I see.

[bigscreensatellite]

Originally posted by JMAS+Dec 6 2005, 07:01 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(JMAS @ Dec 6 2005, 07:01 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-bigscreensatellite@Dec 5 2005, 03:40 PM
Anakin's attraction to yellow Vehicles...

Episode I - Pod Racer - Colour: Yellow
Episode I - Naboo Star Fighter - Colour: Yellow
Episode II - Corucsant Speeder - Colour:* Yellow
Episode III - Jedi Star Fighter - Colour: Yellow
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As I recall, his pod ws silver with blue striping, not yellow.

ALL the naboo fighters were yellow, this wasn't Anakin's choice.

The speeder he used in AOTC was not his personal property, but one he borrowed.
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well his pod had vivid yellow colourings too...which has already been mentioned

i know all the Naboo fighters were yellow, but its another shot of him in a yellow vehicle, i mean, the colour choice of the Jedi Starfighter, in ROTS, ultimately wouldn't have been his, but i think GL was making some kind of statement by putting Anakin in Yellow, and he did take time to choose the speeder in AOTC, even if it wasn't his own, he picked the yellow one...and did say that he 'couldn't find one he liked to Obi Wan, so i read that as specifically choosing the yellow one...

if you just look at the facts all the vehicles you see anakin flying in all the movies are yellow in colour...i see it as a theme thats all....

[Marko Ragnos]

Well, in the ROTS visual dictionary it says "Anakin's jedi starfighter was painted yellow as a tribute of his racer pod on Tatooine, or it can be beacuse of he wants attention in combat"

[Mothman]

Originally posted by Erick Landrider+Dec 6 2005, 05:29 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Erick Landrider @ Dec 6 2005, 05:29 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-bigscreensatellite@Dec 6 2005, 05:37 PM


also i forgot to mention in my Yellow observations...Anakin's evil eyes...in Episode III - colour: YELLOW
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So were Darth Maul's eyes and the Emperor's. Thats going a bit to far.
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Luke had a yellow visor on his helmet when he flew, so his eyes were sorta yellow, too! style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/bop.gif

[Erick Landrider]

Originally posted by Marko Ragnos@Dec 7 2005, 10:25 AM
Well, in the ROTS visual dictionary it says "Anakin's jedi starfighter was painted yellow as a tribute of his racer pod on Tatooine, or it can be beacuse of he wants attention in combat"
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I'm pretty sure it indicates some kind of rank. The ships use the same colors as the Clone's armor.

[JMAS]

Originally posted by Erick Landrider@Dec 7 2005, 04:23 PM
I'm pretty sure it indicates some kind of rank. The ships use the same colors as the Clone's armor.
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I could see that, but then why did Obi-Wan have two different colored fighters? The first one that got destroyed rescuing Palpatine was red. Then the one he flew to Utapau was blue.

[Erick Landrider]

Perhaps a different purpose, like Reconenscense? I don't know for sure.

[DarthVixen]

i think this is an interesting observation but i don´t think it has a deeper meaning...

[Marko Ragnos]

No it isn't for ranking.

[Erick Landrider]

What is it for then?

[Marko Ragnos]

I don't know! Anakin wanted his starfighter to be painted yellow, thats it!!

[Erick Landrider]

Then how can you say whole heartedly that the yellow doesn't represent Anakin's status as a pilot?

[Edgeomatic]

The yellow really isn't that big of deal. It is just a coincidence that Anakin was rocking yellow starfighters. I mean, the Millenium Falcon and the Death Star were the same colors but had no simalarites to each other.

[Marko Ragnos]

^LOL style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rofl.gif

[bigscreensatellite]

Originally posted by Edgeomatic@Dec 8 2005, 03:51 PM
The yellow really isn't that big of deal. It is just a coincidence that Anakin was rocking yellow starfighters. I mean, the Millenium Falcon and the Death Star were the same colors but had no simalarites to each other.
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maybe they went to the same scrap dealership....

[IamwhoIam]

Who knows... Who knows
*Begins to fade into darkness*

Weoweoweoweoweo

[Erick Landrider]

Originally posted by Edgeomatic@Dec 8 2005, 03:51 PM
The yellow really isn't that big of deal. It is just a coincidence that Anakin was rocking yellow starfighters. I mean, the Millenium Falcon and the Death Star were the same colors but had no simalarites to each other.
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The Millenium Falcon was a hand me down mercenary ship.

The starfighters were military vessels in the midst of a war. I doubt very much that the coloring had no significance.

[Vesper]

Originally posted by Erick Landrider+Dec 8 2005, 11:23 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Erick Landrider @ Dec 8 2005, 11:23 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Marko Ragnos@Dec 7 2005, 10:25 AM
Well, in the ROTS visual dictionary it says "Anakin's jedi starfighter was painted yellow as a tribute of his racer pod on Tatooine, or it can be beacuse of he wants attention in combat"
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I'm pretty sure it indicates some kind of rank. The ships use the same colors as the Clone's armor.
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By the time of ROTS the colours indicated what squadron, general, fleet etc that they belong to. All of Kenobi's clone troopers had yellow markings, while the 501st Legion all had blue markings. The Jedi Interceptor was actually not only reserved to Jedi, it was a standard issue fighter for Venator Class Star Destroyers.

[Erick Landrider]

Okay that's cool. What was your source for this?

[Vesper]

I just put it together. The clones we see on different worlds in ROTS all have different markings so I just put two and two together.

[Kapit]

^the clones, yes, but i dont think it applies to the jedi fighters

in the clone wars cartoon, we see mace has a purple fighter and eeth koth (i believe) has a green one....IMO, the color really is nothing more than a way to distinguish who's who

and IIRC, SW insider quoted either lucas or rob coleman as saying that anakin's fighter was yellow and grey as a throw-back to the naboo n-1 fighter, plain and simple

[techno-union]

If your wondering why so many things are yellow, in particular the naboo fighters and ep2 speeder, I'm pretty sure it's becasue one of the cars the cruise around in American Grafitti is also yellow

[Lord Synth]

Intresting never noticed that style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif

[Ant]

Same Here

[Mothman]

Ya know.....the STAR WARS logo at the start of each film was yellow! Maybe it was put there to foreshadow all the other yellowness to come. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif

[Ithorian guy]

They should have given him a yellow lightsaber...

[Edgeomatic]

Originally posted by Ithorian guy@Dec 10 2005, 10:17 PM
They should have given him a yellow lightsaber...
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lol

[Cassus Fett]

Originally posted by JMAS+Dec 7 2005, 12:01 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(JMAS @ Dec 7 2005, 12:01 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-bigscreensatellite@Dec 5 2005, 03:40 PM
Anakin's attraction to yellow Vehicles...

Episode I - Pod Racer - Colour: Yellow
Episode I - Naboo Star Fighter - Colour: Yellow
Episode II - Corucsant Speeder - Colour:* Yellow
Episode III - Jedi Star Fighter - Colour: Yellow
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As I recall, his pod ws silver with blue striping, not yellow.

ALL the naboo fighters were yellow, this wasn't Anakin's choice.

The speeder he used in AOTC was not his personal property, but one he borrowed.
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that ll correct and cancels out the point of this thread, IMHO

[IamwhoIam]

Originally posted by Cassus Fett+Dec 11 2005, 05:06 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Cassus Fett @ Dec 11 2005, 05:06 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>Originally posted by JMAS@Dec 7 2005, 12:01 AM
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Anakin's attraction to yellow Vehicles...

Episode I - Pod Racer - Colour: Yellow
Episode I - Naboo Star Fighter - Colour: Yellow
Episode II - Corucsant Speeder - Colour:* Yellow
Episode III - Jedi Star Fighter - Colour: Yellow
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As I recall, his pod ws silver with blue striping, not yellow.

ALL the naboo fighters were yellow, this wasn't Anakin's choice.

The speeder he used in AOTC was not his personal property, but one he borrowed.
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that ll correct and cancels out the point of this thread, IMHO
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It dosen't entirely cancel out the thread because sure none of them belonged to Anakin or anything but that dosen't explain why they were all yellow.

[bigscreensatellite]

Originally posted by IamwhoIam+Dec 11 2005, 06:10 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(IamwhoIam @ Dec 11 2005, 06:10 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>Originally posted by Cassus Fett@Dec 11 2005, 05:06 PM
Originally posted by JMAS@Dec 7 2005, 12:01 AM
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Anakin's attraction to yellow Vehicles...

Episode I - Pod Racer - Colour: Yellow
Episode I - Naboo Star Fighter - Colour: Yellow
Episode II - Corucsant Speeder - Colour:* Yellow
Episode III - Jedi Star Fighter - Colour: Yellow
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As I recall, his pod ws silver with blue striping, not yellow.

ALL the naboo fighters were yellow, this wasn't Anakin's choice.

The speeder he used in AOTC was not his personal property, but one he borrowed.
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that ll correct and cancels out the point of this thread, IMHO
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It dosen't entirely cancel out the thread because sure none of them belonged to Anakin or anything but that dosen't explain why they were all yellow.
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exactly - my entire point was that all of anakin's vehicles were the colour yellow, it just seemed a link - i was trying to ascertain why

i assume come Episode III it was a deliberate thing done by GL or RM...maybe not - it does seem a little coincidental thats all...

it may be nothing, at least its creating discussion on the subject...

[thepepgal]

Very simple: Yellow is for bright and light. Black is for dark and evil.

The shining light of the Jedi fails and becomes the dark Sith. It's also why Anakin's clothing got darker through each prequel films ending with the Vader suit.

[Darth Viduka]

This thread made me think a little, (maybe this should be in toy section) but I bought Anakins Jedi Starfighter and its green with no yellow, without looking does he swap starfighters over at some point in the film? If not why have Hasbro created this model.

[Marko Ragnos]

^That is the one he uses when he travels to Mustafar...

[Darth Viduka]

^Ah I see, never noticed, thanks.

[thepepgal]

Don't remembering seeing that in the film but Hasbro has to be able to sell more toys somehow. Seems logical since he damaged the last one during the battle.

[matthius]

At the start of the clone wars anakin flew a blue triangle style starship called the azure angel 2 (source: Jedi Trial, in the clone wars cartoon, chasing asajj ventress). But if ur only counting movie canon never mind.

[Justin]

Perhaps it's because yellow is the color of fear?

[Darth Bomb?]

Never noticed it, cool,


:rofl:

[bluemilk]

Originally posted by bigscreensatellite@Dec 5 2005, 04:40 PM
any ideas...?
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well at the risk of being a killjoy, I think the reason for all the yellow is simply because it contrasts well with the bluescreens they used during shooting :blush: Yellow is on the opposite end of the colour spectrum so easy to work with during the digital design phase of production.

[bigscreensatellite]

Originally posted by bluemilk+May 8 2006, 02:33 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(bluemilk @ May 8 2006, 02:33 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-bigscreensatellite@Dec 5 2005, 04:40 PM
any ideas...?
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well at the risk of being a killjoy, I think the reason for all the yellow is simply because it contrasts well with the bluescreens they used during shooting :blush: Yellow is on the opposite end of the colour spectrum so easy to work with during the digital design phase of production.
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thats rubbish... because all of the other ships are different colours (red / green / grey etc) ...makes no sense...

its a nice idea, but i doubt its the right one...

it may be simply a big coincidence, but i think it may have deeper meanings...

[bluemilk]

it's not rubbish and don't be rude and so dismissive of other people ideas. Plus, I never said I was right, just offering an idea. Often certain colours are used more frequently with blue/green screens.

star wars is fun, stop taking it so seriously.

thanks for listening :)

[bigscreensatellite]

Originally posted by bluemilk@May 8 2006, 04:39 PM
it's not rubbish and don't be rude and so dismissive of other people ideas. Plus, I never said I was right, just offering an idea. Often certain colours are used more frequently with blue/green screens.

star wars is fun, stop taking it so seriously.

thanks for listening :)
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hey, i'm not having a go...i did after all say it was a nice idea...

stop being so sensetive...

i agree about the green / blue screen, but i was just saying i think its more subtle than co-incidence, and that really you're idea doesn't stand up because of the fact that not all ships are the same colour...

[bluemilk]

no I won't stop being sensitive because I think a lot how people treat each other here has to do with insensitivity. :)

And I do think I have an excellent point from an artist's POV. Yellow is a primary colour and works well in the design process and also stands out enough against a lot of the dark blues and/or muted backgrounds used in the movies. I think the use of certain colours is deliberate and seeing yellow on certain items in the movie helps with continuity. All colours can be used but contrasting colours works best and yes, they are easier to work with in the production process.

If anyone can find information about the symbolism of colour use in the SW movies I would LOVE to read it. I'm sure it would be fascinating.

[RedMirax]

That's cool. I really didn't notice all of the yellow, but GL usually does things for a reason. Numbers he uses, etc.

And maybe he likes Coldplay! ;) :)

[Ekasra]

Hmm, i never noticed the yellow thing before. I know that all tie fighters are restricted to darker color so that they are more camo'd in space, pfft and people tell me SWG isn't a refrence

[Jedi Master Elad Kenobi]

Ep 1: coincedince
Ep 2: yellow: he likes yellow.
Ep 3: Yellow fighter to draw attenion in battle and to remind him of his podracer.
Checkmate.

[lovelucas]

it's pure George - note the color of the vehicle is American Graffiti - the hot car.
also note my VW bug....

all yellow

[elelohesterling]

u' all are weird, its a collor and the pod was more blue than yellow

[lovelucas]

it's a preference ....a George preference. Yellow has been a consistent color for vehicles in his films.

[Zedekk]

Interesting that the vehicles are yellow I never really thought of it until this thread brought it up. Thanks now I'm gonna have to obsess about this yellowness. :( Maybe GL left us clues like in the sixth sense with the red colors. I'm gonna have to watch the movies again. (Like I needed another excuse :) )

[Obidobi]

Originally posted by elelohesterling@May 16 2006, 07:18 PM
u' all are weird, its a collor and the pod was more blue than yellow
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It's actually silvergrey with mostly blue and a few yellow markings.....

[Darth Anakin]

I think George made the movie with ankin and he's favourite colour-yellow! :ohhlala:

[OB1]

Wow!Great!I've never heard of it!But I like it now! :) :bye:

[Jedi Master Elad Kenobi]

I know! Elad brought up a good point...lol