Luke's Flight Helmet

As a young boy on Tatooine dreaming of adventure, Luke Skywalker couldn’t know that one day he would be instrumental in bringing about the fall of the Empire. It all began with the purchase of a droid called R2-D2, which contained a hidden plea for help from Princess Leia Organa. Following her rescue, Luke began his Jedi training with Master Yoda on the planet Dagobah. 

After completing his training, he faced his father, Darth Vader, a second time. Though he was stronger, Luke refused to kill Vader, and in return, Vader saved Luke from the Emperor. Vader was destroyed, and balance returned to the Force.

About 2 months before I had to turn in the final draft of Star Wars Origami book 1, Lucasfilm noticed something I should have seen myself. There was no representation of Luke Skywalker in the book. They politely asked (to be understood as ‘demanded’) if I could include Luke.

You can make some incredible things in origami, but there are limitations to the fine details. It’s impossible to make a representation of a specific person that can be represented in origami diagrams. The closest I could come to Mark Hamill for instance, is ‘human male’.  So I decided instead to focus on Luke’s flight helmet instead. Lucasfilm was satisfied, and I was able to get the final draft in by the deadline.

If you would like to try your hand at making Luke’s Helmet, Down load the paper HERE and then visit my YouTube CHANNEL for a step by step tutorial.