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John Mollo Original Color Drawing of Obi-Wan Kenobi Final Costume for Star Wars
John Mollo, Star Wars' Costume Designer, was hired by George Lucas to design all the costume of his space movie. Mollo's earliest work on Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope WAS based on George Lucas' third-draft script. Mollo's earliest design of Obi-Wan Kenobi's costume features him in dark pants and a white Russian-style shirt, with a brown vest, with utility pockets, worn over the shirt. It might be considered "Tatooine garb," and is notably different from the Jedi-esque robes Obi-Wan wears throughout the final film.
After Mollo received the fourth-draft script in January 1976, however, he embarked on a new round of costume drawings, thoroughly revising his earlier work. Ben Kenobi now was clothed in white Jedi robes, kimono-style, beneath a voluminous brown desert cloak, the look he would sport in the film as ultimately shot. Of course like Ralph McQuarrie, John Mollo's designs for Obi-Wan Kenobi, the Jedi Knight, were inspired by the Japanese Samurai warriors, in fact, Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune was once considered for the role of Kenobi.
This particular drawing is John Mollo's concept for Obi-Wan's final costume design, as it would appear in the movie. Notice on the upper right two pieces of fabric to show George Lucas examples in order to create the final costume.
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