| There are a lot of wonderful costume ideas from | | | | recognize right away recognize this kind of |
| the 1960's and 1970's in television and movie | | | | uniform. Alternatively, Star Trek was also famous |
| series. | | | | for "redshirt syndrome", in which a non-main |
| A great number of high quality television shows | | | | character in a red shirt would beam down to a |
| and movies such as The Prisoner, The invaders, | | | | planet with the team and get killed. There are |
| Marcus Welby MD, The Six Million Dollar Man, and | | | | chances that wearing a costume inspired by the |
| much more, hailed from the 1960's and the | | | | members of the USS Enterprise crew will earn |
| 1970's. These series are an infinite source of | | | | you some cheers and congratulations from the |
| inspiration for anyone who is looking for a | | | | party guests. |
| Halloween costume. But the 1960's and the 1970's | | | | Star Trek was not the only science fiction |
| have been particularly productive in a brand new: | | | | franchise to get its start during these two |
| they gave birth to the science fiction genre and | | | | decades however because a first episode of the |
| made it accessible to the general public and | | | | Star Wars trilogy (subtitled later A New Hope) hit |
| especially to the entire family. Since cinema exists, | | | | the box-office during this time frame. Star Wars |
| a lot of sci-fi movies such as The War of the | | | | was created by George Lucas and was a wholly |
| Worlds, were produced in Hollywood and had a | | | | different beast from Star Trek, involving Jedi |
| huge success but during the 1960's and the | | | | Knights, The Force and some of the more |
| 1970's, two series in particular helped to make | | | | memorable characters to ever come out of |
| science fiction a family genre. | | | | science fiction. The best examples of Star Wars |
| The first one of these series is Star Trek, Gene | | | | characters are Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han |
| Roddenberry's brainchild. Star Trek was surely | | | | Solo and Darth Vader, and you could model your |
| well known for things like the travel across the | | | | next Halloween costume after all of these |
| galaxy in order to discover life on other planets as | | | | characters. As a second example, there are |
| well as intergalactic characters such as Mr Spock, | | | | Imperial stormtroopers, the rebel pilot Wedge |
| but costumes worn by the crew of the legendary | | | | Antilles in orange uniform and imperial soldiers in |
| Starship Enterprise also helped make the series | | | | grey uniforms that anyone would recognize |
| highly famous. | | | | straight away. |
| A great example is that if you are a Star Trek | | | | There are many other choices in 1960's and |
| Communication officer Nyota Uhura from this | | | | 1970's science fiction genre, like The Twilight |
| time period, you would be wearing a uniform that | | | | Zone, Logan's Run or Planet of the Apes, for you |
| involved a red dress as well as black shoes. | | | | to choose from, which makes it an inexhaustible |
| Anyone who liked the Star Trek TV series will | | | | source for Halloween costume ideas. |