Christina

Had the opportunity to attend the Solo: A Star Wars Story Hollywood World Premiere on May 10th. Here's a few pictures.
 




 
On a side note..... new ventures await as far as Officer stuff goes .
 
 

Well, I have a lot that I say and do. I have worked on things with my prior service experience.  There are a lot of thing to do to keep up appearances. 
 
1). Greet people as citizens.  If you throw in something like "good morning citizen. How are you on this fine imperial morning." Or " welcome citizen, so not worry. My troopers and I are here to cleans this area of rebel activity. It will be safe again shortly. ". Try it out. It's fun.
 
2)  what I call the trooper blinkins.  After a "citizen" takes a photo. Stop them and ask to see the photo. At which point a trooper or helmeted character in the group gets a down dressing. (Let them know ahead of time you might do it). Mine goes... "Citizen may I see the photo. I need to check that my troopers preformed their duties well.". They show you the picture. Then, " trooper blinkins!  You did it again. You blinked when I ordered you not to blink! ".  And have some fun with it.
 
3)if someone is just walking by, interact with a greeting of citizen. Then warn them of viscous ewok activity in the area. Or if near a parking lot. Warn of jawas stealing motivators from parked speeders in the vicinity.
 
4) more photo fun.  When a "citizen" goes to take your photo. State "make sure to get my good side. Not my dark side". Most everyone will laugh. It's a good ice breaker for adults.  
 
5) you could talk about how tough it is to be a imperial trooper. How on jeda you could get beaten up by a blind Jedi temple guard. And had issues with little aliens charging you yelling, Admiral akbar! And blowing themselves up. 
 
Honestly I have a thousand lines. But just work with the crowd. It's a fun interaction that you want. And the "citizen" will remember.  

I was in my Bridge Crew when I met Kelly Marie Tran at the Unforgettable Prom in San Diego on 4/13.
 

 

Hi friends,
 
this week I fullfilled myself a dream I carried with me since I've been a child and bought something I wanted for more than 10 years:
 

 
No, it's not the flag, no it's not the little Krennic, yes it is the Lego Death Star  I can't wait to build it, a dream is coming true for the glory of our empire
 
 
Oh and by the way, if you wanna know what the face of a happy Merch-Officer looks like, it's something like that:
 

 
Our big Edelweiss Patch is REALLY big and I can hide my head behind it, that's the Merch I was looking for
 
Have a great day and keep being awesome!
 
 
DUTY - HONOR - EMPIRE 

As we've added Twitter to our Social Media portfolio, future pictures could be posted to either Twitter, Facebook or even both.

Make sure you've got your uniform clean and pressed, and ready to pass muster, so you're looking your smartest for the world to see and be impressed!

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-Tristan

Do they salute in the Star Wars universe?
 
The clones did during the war.
 
 
Clones kept doing it after the war.
 
The clones saluted old commanders.
 
 
The rebels would offer salutes.
 
 
Imperial officers would offer salutes.
 
Imperial pilots would offer salutes.
 
The First Order would ju....... you might want to use your discretion with this one.  
 
Opened up some books on customs and courtesies.  While there are minor differences between armed services and services across the world, many of the same basics are the same.  I'll offer some here and if you know some, please share what you know.We have a number of prior military people here that know it better than any book.

And do keep your right hand free.  You never know.

I'd like to echo what everyone else has already said, and add this article written in 2002 called The Case for the Empire.

I'd like to echo what everyone else has already said, and add this article written in 2002 called The Case for the Empire.

The Empire is control and stability. A unification of all sectors under one banner. For most it was peace and security, and for those the lived through the clone war it was needed as well. Under different leadership, it could have been a utopia.
 
On top of that, is the spaceships. The space Doritos brining peace as I heard one person describe them. As Stefan said, standing on the bridge watching a fleet perform around you with absolute perfection.

There is a certain level of power, authority and pride that the uniforms and costumes associated with the Empire have. That, in and of itself, is very attractive. There is a swagger in Darth Vader. There is an authority with Imperial officer uniforms. There is a fear when you look at a Stormtrooper. These are all attractive qualities. And who can ignore their starships. My favorite, and the main reason I wanted to be an Imperial officer, is the Imperial Star Destroyer. The wedge shaped ship, its mammoth size, screams POWER!! It also instills a sense of awe when you look at it, because its so big, you know its an engineering feat to construct. 
 
Also, for me personally, I never related or associated much with the Rebel Alliance. I saw them as the Empire saw them: troublemakers. Remove the cartoonish "pure evil" of characters like Palpatine and Vader, and actually, I understood what the Empire wanted to do with the galaxy and could, in some part, agree with it. 

Totally agree that it's not black and white, when the Empire was formed the Galaxy had just come out of a terrible war that killed countless lives, most Imperials after that would relish order and as time went on would do anything to protect it, that's where the lines blur

There is a sense of pride in the officers with crisp sharp military purpose, compared the miss match haphazard outfits of the rebels

And of course The Imperial March

Because we have cookies
 
Many people consider the Empire to be evil and bad. But if you look beyond this black and white thinking it is much more. To me, and this is now the actor in me speaking, it's far more interesting to portray a character, e.g. Krennic, who is the enemy of the hero. In my eyes a good villain is much more complex than the good guy of a story. What is he doing, why is he doing it, is it really evil or does it depend on your point of view? This is one reason why I joined the Empire.
 
And of course as Kris said: Best ships, best tech and best uniforms
 
I'm looking forward to read the final article.

IOC Represent
 
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A pretty cool thing happened to my daughter and me last Friday at the Grand Rapids (Michigan) Comic Con. While chatting with Clive Revill (original voice of Emperor Palpatine in The Empire Strikes Back), Julian Glover, CBE (General Veers) stepped into our chat. It turns out that, while they were not in any scenes together in ESB, Revill and Glover worked together in the 1950s for the Royal Shakespeare Company (we learned from Julian during this encounter that it was then called the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre) in Stratford-upon-Avon. Over the next fifteen or so minutes, they had a lovely reminiscence and included us as appropriate. It turns out they had not seen each other since their time at the SMT in 1959. My spawn and I were honored to be part of this reunion 58 years in the making. Thank you for including us, gentlemen.
 
Here is a link to the photo:
https://imgur.com/a/877Lt

So have you changed your opinion on the Anovos Krennic since we last saw it at Celebration?

Oh and whilst waiting outside the Royal Albert Hall this dude came up and asked me "How do we get in"?

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Went to a troop on Friday for Micheal Giacchino's 50th birthday a great night where I and my fellow Troopers got to hang with Gareth Edwards for a bit, we talked to him regards Rogue one, Adam Savage presented the show and at one point wore an Anovos Krennic.
 
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It looks great to me!! You've done a wonderful job @Rhaethe 

I think this is great work!! Glad we are adding the possible center seam and clarification on the tunic length!!

Ok, slight adjustments made again (see here) based on feedback.   Please review
 
 

Right.  I am still unsure about that L3 bit for the hat.  It's true to the reference, certainly, and to not have the decorations would be accurate.  But were they supposed to be there and just not rendered?  Or were they never there at all?  Translating animated characters is definitely tricksy!  Comparing against the game's concept art if I can find it would help, maybe.

I really appreciate all the time and effort you are putting into this. This has been quite educational for me to see how the process works and how much thought and care goes into each description. 
 
I also find it interesting how for level 3 you noted that the hat should not have any decorative stitching on the front bill. It makes sense that the game designers didn't include that detail. It seems that dealing with an animated character has a much more difficult balance because sometimes the small details can't be flushed out in the animation as it would be in reality.