This document is not intended to be a detailed how-to on costume construction; rather a visual guide to be used for 501st costume approval. For a long time I believed there were 3 or even 4 layers, so 2 pieces of fabric 1) the rest of the hood, with 6 inches extra fabric, folded at the front and going inwards and 2) the facing (extra 12 inches) just folded in half (6 inches) and stitched together at the front with 1) .

The front opening of the hood has a hem with an extension running a ways into the hood (I have mine sitting just atop my forehead), I believe this is to add some rigidity and stabilize the opening's shape.Use the same color scheme to make your hands look pale and to darken the cuticles of your fingernails like the screen version of the Sith lord.

The sleeve isn't hemmed in the front but closed at the bottom, and then tucked inward and attached to the interior before it is bunched up with a strand of thread running the length of the forearm. This Visual Guide has been reviewed by the detachment staff and the LMO team and is certified for use as a minimum approval guideline for GMLs. While I aimed to make this as "stitch" accurate as possible to the screen-used RotJ costume, I do think I came up short in some areas. Measurements given in this document are intended to be approximate and generalized; not criteria for approval. Being that RotJ's 40th is around the corner at the time of writing this (RotJ was my touted favorite Star Wars film for the longest time), it was only recently when Whiskey Emperor Palpatine thread popped up again, the photos/discussion that took place there really motivated me to make another one, working what was mentioned there into what I had gathered myself.

The hood isn't just cut from a square of cloth and sewed onto the main garment, it is rounded from front-to-back, giving it that distinct v-cut in the waffle pattern at the top of the hood.

M: height 175cm/69in, chest 99-104cm/39-41in, waist 81-86cm/32-34in, hip 97-102cm/38-40in, shoulder width 48cm/18. I think this is a detail that a lot of replica robes tend to overlook, especially when it comes to the hood.

Working in black fabric also hides any sewing mistakes, so the costume does not require sewing expertise to create. Boots are a "Wellington" or cowboy style work boot in black leather (ROTS) or rough-out/suede (ROTJ) without decoration or laces. This build spanned a week of intermittent work but I'm sure it was only just a day's worth of actual doing that tallied the final build time (a lot of it was me humming and hawing over details). I subsequently tweaked this a number of times to find the proper drape on me and that informed the other panels.