Why is Mace Windu wearing Kyle Katarn's outfit? A few…
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Why is Mace Windu wearing Kyle Katarn's outfit?
A few months ago, I stumbled across this official artwork of Mace Windu wearing Kyle Katarn’s outfit. The artwork was created for the Star Wars Miniatures https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars_Miniatures game back in 2009. There’s a miniature of Mace wearing the same outfit (Mace Windu Miniature https://imgur.com/a/ols71sg ) along with the art being prominently featured on the box art (Masters of The Force Box https://imgur.com/a/7SyiGQa ) for the expansion "Masters of The Force." At first, I assumed maybe Mace wore it in the comics as that feels like a thing they'd do back then. But, after asking around online, nobody seemed to know where it came from or why Mace was wearing Kyle's outfit in the first place.
So I started digging. I searched online and found a few posts mentioning the artwork, but nothing that actually explained why he was wearing the outfit. Eventually, I tracked down the original artist, Terese Nielsen, and found her website where she has her art posted. She’s primarily known for her work on Magic The Gathering, so her website is mostly dedicated to her MTG artwork. I searched through it trying to find something related to Star Wars, but there wasn't much
So, I decided to email Terese herself to see if she could shed some light on the artwork. A few months went by, and I never heard anything back. Eventually, I figured I probably wasn't going to get an answer and kinda just let this thought drift off.
That is, until now.
I recently decided to email her again, hoping I might finally get some sort of answer. And, surprisingly, within a few hours, I received a response. It wasn't directly from Terese, but rather from her assistant, and they had this to say about the artwork:
**Hi Monty,**
**Terese’s assistant here. After going through the old reference files supplied for the Mace Windu piece Terese and I can verify that what was supplied was indeed Kyle Katarn. While It would be best not to share any of the confidential reference sheets, this specific image was featured prominently on it alongside some (mid-development?) screenshots of Katarn from the Dark Forces game (**Kyle Katarn Reference Image https://imgur.com/a/Uf8YAWh **).**
**While we don’t truly know the why of it, they often did multiple figurines of the same character for the SW’s minis so they seemed to like to mix it up. They did a similar thing with Grevious, having Terese depict him in multiple costumes and forms, or as a different example having Terese put Princess Leia in a Jedi outfit. Fans seemed to mostly be stoked on these alternate depictions but others just seemed to be confused by it.**
**The art description sent to Terese back in 2009 only has this to say on the subject:**
**ART DESCRIPTION: Please note the change in costume for Mace. He will be wearing brown pants and light color shirt.**
**Thanks for the kind words and we hope this sates your curiosity at least a little bit. Wishing you the best, Cheers!**
So there we have it! It seems "Star Wars" back in the day wanted to mix it up a bit for this game and had Terese draw some art of Mace Windu wearing Kyle Katarn's outfit for fun! Thank you to Terese and her assistant for answering my question. I can sleep better at night knowing my miniature on my shelf has an answer for why he was made. Linked below will be to Terese's website where you can find all her amazing art. Go give it a look!
May The Force Be With You All!
Terese Nielsen's Website: https://tnielsen.com/
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A few months ago, I stumbled across this official artwork of Mace Windu wearing Kyle Katarn’s outfit. The artwork was created for the Star Wars Miniatures https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars_Miniatures game back in 2009. There’s a miniature of Mace wearing the same outfit (Mace Windu Miniature https://imgur.com/a/ols71sg ) along with the art being prominently featured on the box art (Masters of The Force Box https://imgur.com/a/7SyiGQa ) for the expansion "Masters of The Force." At first, I assumed maybe Mace wore it in the comics as that feels like a thing they'd do back then. But, after asking around online, nobody seemed to know where it came from or why Mace was wearing Kyle's outfit in the first place.
So I started digging. I searched online and found a few posts mentioning the artwork, but nothing that actually explained why he was wearing the outfit. Eventually, I tracked down the original artist, Terese Nielsen, and found her website where she has her art posted. She’s primarily known for her work on Magic The Gathering, so her website is mostly dedicated to her MTG artwork. I searched through it trying to find something related to Star Wars, but there wasn't much
So, I decided to email Terese herself to see if she could shed some light on the artwork. A few months went by, and I never heard anything back. Eventually, I figured I probably wasn't going to get an answer and kinda just let this thought drift off.
That is, until now.
I recently decided to email her again, hoping I might finally get some sort of answer. And, surprisingly, within a few hours, I received a response. It wasn't directly from Terese, but rather from her assistant, and they had this to say about the artwork:
**Hi Monty,**
**Terese’s assistant here. After going through the old reference files supplied for the Mace Windu piece Terese and I can verify that what was supplied was indeed Kyle Katarn. While It would be best not to share any of the confidential reference sheets, this specific image was featured prominently on it alongside some (mid-development?) screenshots of Katarn from the Dark Forces game (**Kyle Katarn Reference Image https://imgur.com/a/Uf8YAWh **).**
**While we don’t truly know the why of it, they often did multiple figurines of the same character for the SW’s minis so they seemed to like to mix it up. They did a similar thing with Grevious, having Terese depict him in multiple costumes and forms, or as a different example having Terese put Princess Leia in a Jedi outfit. Fans seemed to mostly be stoked on these alternate depictions but others just seemed to be confused by it.**
**The art description sent to Terese back in 2009 only has this to say on the subject:**
**ART DESCRIPTION: Please note the change in costume for Mace. He will be wearing brown pants and light color shirt.**
**Thanks for the kind words and we hope this sates your curiosity at least a little bit. Wishing you the best, Cheers!**
So there we have it! It seems "Star Wars" back in the day wanted to mix it up a bit for this game and had Terese draw some art of Mace Windu wearing Kyle Katarn's outfit for fun! Thank you to Terese and her assistant for answering my question. I can sleep better at night knowing my miniature on my shelf has an answer for why he was made. Linked below will be to Terese's website where you can find all her amazing art. Go give it a look!
May The Force Be With You All!
Terese Nielsen's Website: https://tnielsen.com/
#video #movies
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