Compare variant Fett costumes
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Darker green / medium green helmet
Source: 501st Legion CRL
18 kill stripes
Source: 501st Legion CRL
Upper cheeks of helmet are blue-green
Source: 501st Legion CRL
Mandibles and head band are red / burgundy and keyhole slots on the back of the helmet with a visible appearance of a circuit board.
Source: 501st Legion CRL
Helmet back panels are primarily a medium green color
Source: 501st Legion CRL
Rangefinder assembly on the right side and rangefinder stalk appears metallic with two red "lights" on top
Source: 501st Legion CRL
Both weathered ears are metallic silver and right ear has a "micro switch"
Source: 501st Legion CRL
Right cheek has a weathered silver "diagnostic port"
Source: 501st Legion CRL
Different dents in the chest armor vs. ESB

Resin- or rubber-cast of the "Empire" Webley flare gun but with the same scope as the "Empire" version, but an extended barrel wrapped with T-track grips in place of the MPP flash tube and alternate greeblies on the stock
Source: Propstore EE-3 auction description (November 2025)
Scope is mounted more toward the back

Unlike "Empire" Boba Fett, no sidearm blaster
Wookiee scalps are "blonde, brown and black braided loops of hair hung from the right shoulder"
Source: 501st CRLJetpack is "medium blue, silver, white, black, yellow-orange, and red"
Source: 501st CRL
Jetpack beacon light is not illuminated

There were three used in filming: the "hero" for close-ups, the pyrotechnic, and the stunt for when the stuntmen (yes, plural) fall into the Sarlacc

Left gauntlet has a keypad (made from a 1977 Casio MQ-1 calculator) and the rocket

Only one hose to each gauntlet, unlike ROTJ hero
Source: MiggsFett
Right gauntlet is from the Pre-Pro 2 armor
Source: lilac_fett (Instagram)
Right hand padding is longer than the left
Source: Bobamaker
Fastened on the underside with a white button
Source: Bobamaker
Belt has 6 metal eyelets

Right pocket is beige/brown and left pocket is blue/grey

Extra ammo pouches compared to the ROTJ hero
Source: MiggsFett
Same as "The Empire Strikes Back"

None during filming, but at least three photo shoots with this costume show either no tools, two Anti-Security Blades, or copies of all four tools.
Source: RafalFett
Same boots but with spats, unlike ESB

The stunt armor appears to lack the toe spike feature.

Spats are a different color than ROTJ hero
Source: MiggsFettAdditions, subtractions, or other corrections? Please let us know. We also like to cite the best sources, plus attribute who helped contribute to the note.
Explore other variant Fett costumes
Variants ordered by date of public release or identified creation.Boba Fett

"Concept" Boba Fett
Late 1977 - Early 1978
2 sub-variants

"Prototype" Boba Fett
Mid 1978

"Pre-Pro" Boba Fett
Mid 1978
5 sub-variants

"Animated" Boba Fett
Late 1978 and 1985
2 sub-variants

"Empire" Boba Fett
1980

"Jedi" Boba Fett
1983

"Special Edition" Boba Fett
1997
2 sub-variants

"Young" Boba Fett
2002 - 2012
2 sub-variants

"Post-Sarlacc" Boba Fett
2020
4 sub-variants

"The Book of Boba Fett" Boba Fett
2021 - 2022
2 sub-variants

"Arena" Boba Fett
2021




























