Any news or development here?

is this not the place to discuss the subject?

R1 happens between RotS (Red boots) and RotJ (Red boots). So there is a really really small chance that they changed to black boots just for R1. Sorry, but any „historical“ arguments are invalid, the only source should be the movie reference. One could also point out that these guards could be ...

As for the boots: They are looking more like black to me, but we cannot be sure. Making black boots optional would be a possible cause of action. But as I have a RotJ Guard I always liked the red boots better anyway. ;) If we cannot be sure, then why should it be red boots? I haven't seen any pictu...