#Star Wars bounding

[sheliesshattered]

We had a fabulous time visiting Batuu yesterday! Our outfits were comfortable and functional and well suited to what turned out to be a relatively cold and cloudy day in southern California. Disney cast members definitely seemed to interact with us more because we made the effort to dress up, and we got some lovely compliments from other guests, too. We were even gifted some BSO credit coins by random strangers who liked our outfits!

It was Jack's first visit to Batuu, and while I did get to spend a little bit of time there with my mom in October, this was my first opportunity to really explore the entire area, browse through the shops, and sample all the food and drinks available. It was at least as cool as my first impression of it back in October, and Jack was impressed and delighted by all of it. We spent a good portion of the day just admiring all the details and world-building and excellent sets.

Jack has requested no photos, but I did manage to snag this pic of him blocking the camera like a victim of the paparazzi, lol.

But look at those pleats! Both Jack and I are so pleased with how they turned out. Several of the Resistance jackets on display in the Rise of the Resistance queue had similar pleat details, and it was fun to look at them up close.

Over this last weekend and all the way up to late Monday night, I was able to add a few last details to our outfits. I finally adjusted the chain length of my dangley earrings and glued the leather cording wraps to the back of my kyber crystal necklace so that it wouldn't slip out. While I had the glue out, I figured I'd take a stab at making some spat-type things to cover the lacings of my tall Doc Marten boots. I was completely winging it from start to finish, but I'm really happy with how they turned out!

The spats are made from some left over suede I've had in my stash for literally more than 20 years now -- it's been used for an Aragorn vest for Jack, a couple of bags for me, and the inner layers of the big wedge shaped piece on my Oswin belt. And I still have some left over! Maybe I'll make myself a belt pouch to match these spats at some point in the future.

The narrow end of each spat tucks under the laces closest to the toe of my boot, and theoretically secures to itself with a hook and eye, though I found the hook didn't really hold from that angle, and really wasn't necessary anyway. The straps then velcro around the back of my leg, at the lowest point of the bend of my ankle, and right at the top of the boot, so that the strap sits just above the top edge of the boot in the back, which helps keep it from slipping down.

To make these I really just draped scrap suede on my boot while wearing it, started cutting it to the shape I thought might make sense, then copied that over for a second spat. I measured how much I would need for the straps and how much of an overlap I wanted for the velcro, then cut out all those pieces and glued them together using E6000 -- which works wonderful for adhering velcro to suede and suede to suede, but is a bit more iffy with the metal hooks and eyes (one eye popped off when I was taking off the spat at the end of the night, but since it wasn't staying hooked anyway, I'm not fussed).

Despite being such a quick off-the-cuff project, the spats worked out great, and added that last little bit to my outfit by covering the laces of my boots. They're visible in the third photo, the full-length shot in front of the door (and in the video below), and I think they add an understated bit of texture difference in all the black-on-black there, in addition to obscuring the modern look of the boots a bit.

Besides those detail bits for me, I also made a pair of little pockets for Jack's jacket, to hold 'code cylinders'. It's a tiny detail that really makes the jacket look that much more Star Wars-y, and the cylinders themselves are empty and their tops unscrew, so the space can actually be functional, too. (Currently they're filled with gum!)

And at Jack's request, I threw together a quick insert for the zipper section on his collar that used to hold the hood before we removed it. The hood was making the collar too puffy, but without it the collar didn't have enough body to stand up on its own.

I took some measurements, then cut a piece of cotton duck canvas (that I had originally bought to cover the zippers on my Moment vest, before I changed gears and made the Batuu vest instead) to the right length and about three times the height of the interior of the hood section. I did a simple zigzag tri-fold on the height, ironed it flat, and marked some guide lines perpendicular to the length. Then it was just a simple process of quilting the three layers together by machine sewing in short vertical rows ~1cm apart.

The quilting gave the canvas even more stiffness, and after that point it absolutely did not want to fold or droop along the short vertical axis. I slipped it into the former hood pocket (after snipping one corner to fit around the snap I hadn't accounted for), zipped it closed, and gave the whole collar area a quick pressing. It's removable if we ever need to, completely washable, and keeps the collar standing upright without looking too stiff. Jack was very happy with the result.

With our outfits finally done, we headed into the park around mid-morning, with a plan to stay late. I wasn't quite sure what to expect with Batuu Bounding at Disneyland (which is notoriously a bit more hit-and-miss than Batuu East, in Florida), but we got through security without incident and through the rest of the park without anyone commenting on our outfits. We saw someone else wearing the same leather-look leggings as me, and a guy wearing similar jacket and pants to Jack (but without the pleating), which made us feel like we didn't look too weird, by general Disneyland standards.

Once we were in Batuu, though, our bounding definitely got noticed more. A couple of fellow guests complemented our outfits (including the kind strangers who gave us the coins!), and cast members seemed way more interested in interacting with us in-character. I got to bring up a bit about the history I'd made up for Samæni Ray -- which led to one cast member later referring to me and Jack as "my friends from Denon!" All of the prep and character design made it a lot easier to think on my feet in those little improv interactions.

One cast member in particular kept finding us throughout the day, just suddenly appearing out of nowhere it felt like, and kept trying to sell us a speederbike that totally wasn't a broken down lemon.

Later in the day, he kind of sold us out to Kylo Ren and a pair of stormtroopers (but like, in a fun way, lol) which led to an intense interaction with Kylo Ren right up in both my face and Jack's. Kylo Ren is tall, and the voice and the mask and the body language was all perfect up close. There was a bit of nervous laughter on our part, but we kept our cool and convinced Ren that that since we'd only just arrived on Batuu from Denon, we couldn't possibly know anything about any Resistance activity in Black Spire Outpost.

We were way too in the moment to get any photos, but because we were dressed up and Kylo Ren was so much up in our faces, we did draw a bit of a crowd, so for all I know other people may have taken pictures or videos of the event, lol. My family has a saying about 'look hard' rather than take photos, and it was definitely that for us.

Overall the whole day was wonderful, and we ended up spending nearly 12 hours in Batuu without leaving once. I got to pilot the Falcon multiple times (though I can't really say I've gotten any better at it, lol), and got to try out gunner and engineer, too. We managed to ride Rise of the Resistance both during the day and again after dark, explore every part of Black Spire Outpost in detail, learn to play Sabacc with a cast member, have drinks at Oga's, and eat a bunch of really tasty, really well-presented food.

All together it was an excellent, excellent birthday. And we're already talking about when we might want to go back again.

#Batuu Bounding #Batuu West #Disneyland #Disneybound #Disneybounding #Star Wars bounding #2024 mood #this is my real life #my sewing #Batuu vest #scrappy sweatshirt project #Jyn Erso sweatshirt #hooded wrap #Jack's jacket project #Samæni Ray #Samaeni Ray #long post #safe to unmute #there was a snaffu with my lightsaber so I didn't get to take it -- but I don't regret not doing Savi's #soon I will have a lovely slim saber that I can spin with #I didn't really miss having a saber on this trip (and it would have made the interaction with Kylo a bit more pointed I think) #but if we go back for another round of bounding for Star Wars night then I'll certainly take it for the lightsaber meetup #last night and this morning I was SO TIRED -- spoonies are not meant to go for 14 hour days like that #but I am already back in the mode of wanting to be Samæni all the time lol #and hey the Season of the Force Star Wars nights haven't sold out yet so just maybe we can do this again soon

[legendscon]

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[leon-anna]

Okay so there has been a shockingly small amount of Echo in this last season and I'm a little bit pissed. Don't get me wrong I've been loving every minute of it, BUT!!! I miss my Echo. I miss him. And honestly we have to rectify the situation, so here you go!

And obviously we couldn't not include our boi Tech, who is still alive by the way. We know he looks a bit different in Leon's art style, but that comes with trying to meld Tem's looks with the clone wars style and our own personal head cannons.

#star wars #tcw #swtcw #clone troopers #sw #clones #tbb tech #sw tbb #tbb fanart #tbb echo #the bad batch #anna talks #these boys #they probably are arguing about something stupid #love that for them #you know they both love to be correct 💯 #debates are bound to happen

[mando-din-lorian]

Bobadin Brain go VROOM

#I know we didn’t get Boba in the finale #a poor mistake on Lucas Films part #but that doesn’t mean I can fix it through the power of fan art #in my canon Boba saved his husband #and they live happily ever after #also #din has no right looking so attractive while he’s trapped and bound #who gave him permission to look like that #the mandalorian #din djarin #mando #boba fett #star wars #tbobf #bobadin #fan art #my art #otp #the season 3 spoilers that we will never be

[yukipri]

Do you ever think about how common eclipses must be on Coruscant, which not only has FOUR moons, but has zero unpopulated surface area?

Eclipses are awesome, but they're also Events to us because Earth's so covered in water and inhabited areas are comparatively limited, so it's special when we can actually see them. But that's probably not the case for a lot of (most) planets.

#YukiPri rambles #star wars #eclipse #solar eclipse 2024 #also even if planet is all water if the people have adapted to it like Mon Cala then they can still swim 'n go see it #If u think about it Earth humans are remarkably land bound for a mostly water planet... #just random thoughts

[goldleaf-art]

when you’re marshal commander so you have a private bunk but because you’re marshal commander you can ignore decor regs so you don’t miss your family so much 🙂👍

#commander Cody #Cody #clone wars #Star Wars tcw #Codywan #Star Wars #cc 2224 #obi wan kenobi #did NOT want his photo taken #neither did #Wolffe #NOT cl*necest or c*dex do not tag as such #family photos innit #that venator tho #my talent knows no bounds LOL #goldleaf’s art

[guys-in-distress-database]

Doctor Aphra #32.

I cannot express how ecstatic I am about this.

#bound and gagged Luke Skywalker! #doctor aphra #star wars #star wars comic #luke skywalker #gid #whump #whump comic

[merrysithmas]

lol laughing bc disney already ditched mando4 for "a truncated disney+ movie" because of the wga/sag strike (as if movies dont also need writers and actors lmaoooo). saying itll take too long to release mando4 and ahsoka2 before filoni's "mando-verse" movie and they need to speed things up LMAO

honey .... we all know you nuclear bombed the entire star wars franchise with the abominable mando3 and now youre scrambling bc you know no one on earth wants to watch the Bo Karen Adventure Show Part 2

and we know that disney is failing and they cant make mando4 at all unless they get bought out lmaooo.

so basically i was right when i said mando wont have another season, ahsoka wont get continued, and i fucking guarantee we wont be seeing this BS mcu mando movie from filoni 😂

like .. maybe .. every single one of your projects shouldnt be a convoluted mess and depend on each other to be released?? maybe literally no one on earth wants the MCU-ification of star wars??? maybe you shouldnt have assumed you could bait n switch a worldwide audience??? maybe your writing shouldnt nosedive and depend solely on the insane whims of one awful writer (Favreau) and someone with a horrible track record (Filoni).

allegedly this movie wont come out til "after 2026" too 🤣. so theyre thinking that ppl, who they already massively alienated, are going to ... still... care at that point?

man it literally is like the Microsoft Paint version of creative thought is running star wars over at DLF now.

#only here for andor 2 at this point then im OUT #the mandalorian #lol my hatred for this show and what they did to it knows no bounds #but this was so obviously gonna happen #its funny lol #disney keeps fucking up star wars and you gotta laugh at this point #anti bo katan kryze #star wars

[artfulacrostic]

clone wars rewatch still going amazing as u might expect ☹️

#the clone wars #star wars tcw #commander cody #obi wan kenobi #codywan #ahsoka tano #jedi #r makes memes #tcw 5x08 #bound for rescue #AND THEN OBIWAN AND CODY HAD TO WATCH THE NEGOTIATOR BLOW UP BC OOF GRIEVOUS #i am. unwell

[this-acuteneurosis]

Reliant

Leia's used to relying on her self, even in dangerous situation. But it's always nice when she has backup.

#Duty Bound #Star Wars fic #time travel fix it #Leia Skywalker #Lyra Erso #Galen Erso #Jyn Erso #C-3PO #General Grievous #Anakin Skywalker #Captain Rex #Padmé #Amidala #Dormé #Eirtaé #Sabé #Shmi Skywalker #everyone is having a bad day #Don't Look Back

[moosmhin]

the hero with no fear (twt)

#my love for anakin skywalker knows no bounds #sw anakin #anakin #anakin skywalker #star wars #illustration #hayden christensen #sw revenge of the sith #revenge of the sith #rots #rots anakin

[sheliesshattered]

After all my posting about Batuu Bounding the last few months, Jack and I did actually make it to Star Wars Nite 2024 last week! The new set of hooks and eyes I added to my vest helped it to lay much better in every way, and the rest of my outfit held up well, even with the colder night-time temperatures that set in by the end of the night. We arrived around 5pm and stayed until almost 1am, had a ton of fun, and remembered to take photos in a few places we'd missed during my birthday trip back in February.

It was a ton of fun wearing my Batuu Bounding outfit again, and slipping back into Samæni Ray mode. I got to pilot the Falcon twice more (not that I've actually gotten any better at not crashing into things, lol) and ride Hyperspace Mountain and a few other things. We got stupidly lucky with our timing and got into Oga's with close to zero wait, enjoyed quite a lot of people watching and character spotting, ate lots of tasty treats, and generally had a blast.

This was the first trip out of the house for my lightsaber and the bag I made to carry it. The bag held up great and was lightweight and easy to carry, either slung across my back or hanging from one shoulder, depending on the density of the crowds. There were a ton of people just carrying their lightsabers in hand, and some people with the saber bags that Disney sells, but I really preferred the look and function of my bag. I also liked the look of my saber better than any others I saw, which I suppose is a good sign that all my effort to make a saber that's just mine really paid off.

As useful as the bag was, I did find a few chances to take my saber out, throughout the night -- one of the big lightsaber meetups in front of the Falcon with Rey and the whole crew, at the DJ stand at the hub to dance along to the music for awhile, and again later when the crowds were a bit thinner in front of the Falcon:

I was slightly off-balance trying to do my spins with my leather bag, but I'm still absolutely in love with how it looks with the Falcon in the background. I still want to make a whole post on the lightsaber itself, including the weathering I did on the hilt and maybe better footage of how good my spinning has gotten in the last couple of months. More of that to come at some point soon.

#Star Wars Nite #Star Wars Nite 2024 #Disneyland #lightsabers #Batuu Bounding #Star Wars Bounding #Batuu Bound #Star Wars Bound #my costuming #my sewing #Samæni Ray #Samaeni Ray #2024 mood #safe to unmute #no sound

[poetryincostume]

With life and a back-breaking work schedule for a couple of years - until now, thank you greedy film studios - I have barely undertaken, nevermind finished, any personal sewing projects. This meant that when Star Wars Celebration returned to my neck of the woods this year I had no costumes to wear even if I had the energy to spend a day sweating and Uncomfy. But I needed something swarsy, even if just for a minute!

That led to me bashing this jacket together so I could put together a vaguely Hera Syndulla inspired look. The franchise and I may be at odds, but my general will always have my heart. Draped on the Tuesday night, made on the Wednesday, slip-stitched the lining in on Friday night after a day at the con and worn on the Saturday. I think the end result was quite lovely!

I called this a ‘doodle’, as I was effectively sketching the idea of a jacket with only a vague idea of what I wanted to achieve: a short cropped jacket, possibly a grown kimono collar and power shoulders since I already had XL raglan pads pinned to my dress form for the Arcane jacket I’ve been tooling with for a year and a half (and finally finished a month ago.)

The drape evolved into panels as there is one thing I love: unnecessary panelling. This also felt appropriately Swarsy. To lean into that Her Syndulla pilot/70’s workwear vibe I wanted a back yoke and vent. (You can tell this was a super quick project bc it has a side seam and these days I am morally opposed to side seams.)

Some semblance of shaped achieved I dove straight into smashing a pattern together from the drape, and decided that I would work out any issues as I went.

The main fabric is a coated scoured cotton I bought several years ago for a Hera jacket (inspired by the Lego series) so it’s come vaguely full circle back to it’s original intention. Ish.

As I was cutting I decided it needing piping! Yes! Piping is very fun and rebellionish, and another of my favourite things. It adds a lovely definition to panelling whilst also adding support to the fairly exaggerated silhouette. The piping was made from a stretching cotton twill that I dyed several years ago for an(other) abandoned Hera project.

The piping led to an abundance of topstitching as a lazy way to keep all seam allowances in place, and then becoming a tribute to Jyn Erso and her topstitching.

The jacket was then lined in a brown fine grosgrain that I inherited from a job, which was quickly slipped stitched in. I faced the cuffs with the wrong side of the main fabric to have a featured turn back.

The final look thrown together at the most exhausted, low-effort Celebration. I was aiming for cool modern Hera Syndulla but the end result was much more April O’Neill.

There are a number of grain issues, particularly with the back panels and vents that I didn’t particularly bother to finesse from the drape to the cutting. But it’s fine! It’s a funky little jacket for one event, no one got what I was going for but I did get some compliments. And most of all I got the satisfaction of actually making something from beginning to end in a period of exhausted personal sewing drought.

#project: celebration jacket #project: Hera syndulla #extant projects: 2023 #media: Star Wars #media: original #cosplay #bounding #sewing #poetry in costume #project: doodle

[meigsbrainrot]

made my jacket for star wars nite in april!

crosshair bound incoming >:)

#crosshair #tbb crosshair #the bad batch #tbb #star wars crosshair #star wars #star wars the bad batch #order 66 #the bad batch crosshair #crosshair cosplay #crosshair bound #star wars animation

[fanfoolishness]

Casual Hunter and Lula-Porg have arrived at Disneyland!

#Disneyland #disneybound #Batuu bound #star wars batuu #the bad batch #Lula tbb

[yukipri]

Still desperately wanting to be her apprentice😭

Pics with the queen of assassins herself, Fennec Shand @ Batuu West✨

#YukiPri selfie #Fennec Shand #Batuu #Galaxy's Edge #Disneyland #Batuu Bounding #Black Spire Outpost #Star Wars #the Book of Boba Fett #TBOBF