Battlestar Galactica ’s effects virtuoso Gary Hutzel and model - maker Pierre Drolet had to create some ancient Cylon remains for the Galactica crew to prod up . So they reached into Japanese Samurai designs … and his first travail looked quite like Darth Vader .
Vader ’s fellow Sith Lord , Darth Mojo , has been posting about the mental process of develop these ancient Cylons at his blog It ’s fascinating that the designers ’ first twinge at a 2000 - year - old Cylon centurion wind up looking so Vader - esque . Actually , I ’ve been seeing ads around San Francisco for a Samurai fine art show recently , and the Samurai helmets really do bet like Vader ’s , peculiarly when glimpse from the corner of your eye .
Drolet ended up lose the side fluttering , so the helmet front more Cylon and less Sith :
It ’s well worth read the full article , which includes more pics of the ancient Cylons and some Samurai character reference artistic creation , plus more insights into the fashion designer ’ creative process . [ Darth Mojo ]
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