AngelFelix

This will follow the construction and written CRL of an Imperial Enlisted Flightsuit (Non-Saga) as shown in the films Rogue One.

The work for this costume and CRL are essentially finished already as the Rogue One TIE Pilot minus the flight gear, the change of the flightsuit to Grey nylon, the addition of the black officer hat.  I will present a proposed CRL and add additional photos showing details. 

For me these are the two main guidelines: Situation and faced costume/first interaction.
Then you will always have to main components: Body language and talking with people.
Body language: for me it should always express confidence and leadership. Except maybe if the emperor or Lord Vader are near you. Here depending on the situation you can play that role of nervous officer with their "bosses" ( For example, I always love to touch my neck and express a kind of relief, once Vader passes by me in any troop). But by general rule, you will be the first one to go in front of the troopers, you will be the one directing people, etc. Doing this with your back straight, head up is a nice touch. Also, in my garrison officers are also critical since as face characters we are taking care of the troopers that can't see too well with their helmets. So specially in closed environments our role of "direct" our colleges is not only to get us in character, but also it has practical reasons. Talking with people: As a Spanish guy living in France, my accent and "broken" French is a theme of conversation (a usual, "lord Vader has re-assign me in here" "some people get assigned to Coruscant, I was assigned to Paris" is a classic starter). So apart from the classic "rebel warnings/imperial propaganda and patrolling stuff" I trend to use things from my life to incorporate them into my imperial officer stuff and adapt it to the situation. Apart from my accent, another example of this was with one group of kids, we were talking and there was one who wasn't very receptive. I found out he liked boxing (and I practice boxing in real life). So we started talking about boxing and how I had learned it through the imperial academy. So the kid started to interact with us. Also another theme of conversation that usually works is to "present" your fellow troopers (Explaining, this is a TIE fighter pilot, this a stormtrooper, their work is to do this, bla bla...), In general terms, since we are the faced characters, most of the people will start to interact with our troops through us. So for me talking with people is the first step to have this interaction. Some times they are afraid, or they are shy, or they don't know very well how to interact with you. As line officer, I just talk with people to breach that initial gap. And then it is always fun to see them how they enter in the game once you stay in character. In summary I believe that the key facts are: Situation and  first/main troopers to interact with people.
For the situation, experience in different types of events will get you better in knowing what works, and what doesn't. So you will be getting this with the past of time.
For the first/main interaction or lead role with the troops I think that we have it really easy. As our characters are usually leading the interactions of troopers and people in SW. So it is a win, win situation. If you stay in character, you will fulfill this role. On a personal level I like to incorporate things from real life whenever I see it could be useful. And body language is also important to stay in character. 
And of course ALWAYS:
Without these two the rest just doesn't work.
Well, I hope this helps 
 

For me these are the two main guidelines: Situation and faced costume/first interaction.
Then you will always have to main components: Body language and talking with people.
Body language: for me it should always express confidence and leadership. Except maybe if the emperor or Lord Vader are near you. Here depending on the situation you can play that role of nervous officer with their "bosses" ( For example, I always love to touch my neck and express a kind of relief, once Vader passes by me in any troop). But by general rule, you will be the first one to go in front of the troopers, you will be the one directing people, etc. Doing this with your back straight, head up is a nice touch. Also, in my garrison officers are also critical since as face characters we are taking care of the troopers that can't see too well with their helmets. So specially in closed environments our role of "direct" our colleges is not only to get us in character, but also it has practical reasons. Talking with people: As a Spanish guy living in France, my accent and "broken" French is a theme of conversation (a usual, "lord Vader has re-assign me in here" "some people get assigned to Coruscant, I was assigned to Paris" is a classic starter). So apart from the classic "rebel warnings/imperial propaganda and patrolling stuff" I trend to use things from my life to incorporate them into my imperial officer stuff and adapt it to the situation. Apart from my accent, another example of this was with one group of kids, we were talking and there was one who wasn't very receptive. I found out he liked boxing (and I practice boxing in real life). So we started talking about boxing and how I had learned it through the imperial academy. So the kid started to interact with us. Also another theme of conversation that usually works is to "present" your fellow troopers (Explaining, this is a TIE fighter pilot, this a stormtrooper, their work is to do this, bla bla...), In general terms, since we are the faced characters, most of the people will start to interact with our troops through us. So for me talking with people is the first step to have this interaction. Some times they are afraid, or they are shy, or they don't know very well how to interact with you. As line officer, I just talk with people to breach that initial gap. And then it is always fun to see them how they enter in the game once you stay in character. In summary I believe that the key facts are: Situation and  first/main troopers to interact with people.
For the situation, experience in different types of events will get you better in knowing what works, and what doesn't. So you will be getting this with the past of time.
For the first/main interaction or lead role with the troops I think that we have it really easy. As our characters are usually leading the interactions of troopers and people in SW. So it is a win, win situation. If you stay in character, you will fulfill this role. On a personal level I like to incorporate things from real life whenever I see it could be useful. And body language is also important to stay in character. 
And of course ALWAYS:
Without these two the rest just doesn't work.
Well, I hope this helps 
 

For me these are the two main guidelines: Situation and faced costume/first interaction.
Then you will always have to main components: Body language and talking with people.
Body language: for me it should always express confidence and leadership. Except maybe if the emperor or Lord Vader are near you. Here depending on the situation you can play that role of nervous officer with their "bosses" ( For example, I always love to touch my neck and express a kind of relief, once Vader passes by me in any troop). But by general rule, you will be the first one to go in front of the troopers, you will be the one directing people, etc. Doing this with your back straight, head up is a nice touch. Also, in my garrison officers are also critical since as face characters we are taking care of the troopers that can't see too well with their helmets. So specially in closed environments our role of "direct" our colleges is not only to get us in character, but also it has practical reasons. Talking with people: As a Spanish guy living in France, my accent and "broken" French is a theme of conversation (a usual, "lord Vader has re-assign me in here" "some people get assigned to Coruscant, I was assigned to Paris" is a classic starter). So apart from the classic "rebel warnings/imperial propaganda and patrolling stuff" I trend to use things from my life to incorporate them into my imperial officer stuff and adapt it to the situation. Apart from my accent, another example of this was with one group of kids, we were talking and there was one who wasn't very receptive. I found out he liked boxing (and I practice boxing in real life). So we started talking about boxing and how I had learned it through the imperial academy. So the kid started to interact with us. Also another theme of conversation that usually works is to "present" your fellow troopers (Explaining, this is a TIE fighter pilot, this a stormtrooper, their work is to do this, bla bla...), In general terms, since we are the faced characters, most of the people will start to interact with our troops through us. So for me talking with people is the first step to have this interaction. Some times they are afraid, or they are shy, or they don't know very well how to interact with you. As line officer, I just talk with people to breach that initial gap. And then it is always fun to see them how they enter in the game once you stay in character. In summary I believe that the key facts are: Situation and  first/main troopers to interact with people.
For the situation, experience in different types of events will get you better in knowing what works, and what doesn't. So you will be getting this with the past of time.
For the first/main interaction or lead role with the troops I think that we have it really easy. As our characters are usually leading the interactions of troopers and people in SW. So it is a win, win situation. If you stay in character, you will fulfill this role. On a personal level I like to incorporate things from real life whenever I see it could be useful. And body language is also important to stay in character. 
And of course ALWAYS:
Without these two the rest just doesn't work.
Well, I hope this helps 
 

Lastly, cut a thin strip of foam for a mic tip, add a small bead of hot glue, and wrap around boom. Be careful not to burn yourself like I did.

 
I used shoe goo to glue the felt pieces around my headset wire. Let dry and voila! Here is your completed headset! I left the clamp on the end of my wire to have a way to keep it in my jumpsuit pocket, I glued the wire end into the hole at the bottom of earpiece

 
Here are some selfies, better pics to come!

 

 

 
Hope this tutorial helps you to build your own! Good luck and have fun!

Digging a bit deeper, it seems like what Jeff had said might be overly simplistic. It was what I understood and told people as well, but in the strictest sense, perhaps incorrect. For ESB, it looks like Piett, Veers, and some of the other Officers had undyed edges on their belt, but curiously, not Ozzel?? 
 
Either way, any of those belts would be acceptable for basic approval. And for higher levels, if an applicant could demonstrate, say with a screenshot, that the officer they were replicating had a specific type belt, then I'd be ok with that

Thanks for such a detail introduction! And congratulations Liam!!
Wishing you all the best for this new role 

Good day to all!
I am Liam Agujari ID 90886 from Italica Garrison and for this year I will be the LMO of the team assigned to the IOC along with Nathan, I'll leave you with a short presentation hoping to work with you for the best!
 
Name: Liam Agujari
TXID: ID-90886
Garrison: Italica Garrison
Position: Legion Membership Officer


501st Legion Member since April 2014 with a Black Staff Officer costume but I immediately fell in love with other Imperial Officer costumes such as Line Officer which is the one I troop the most with, First Order Colonel loving the colour, but then took flight with my ANH TIE Fighter Pilot and last but not least my recently completed Snowtrooper Commander (which reminds me of my years in service in the Italian Mountain Troops). I am the leader of the Italian IOC Command Division (151st "Death Star" Battalion) which helps everyone who wants to build an Imperial Officer costume and make it the most accurate as possible. I have always helped as best as I could the Italian Wing to build their TIE Fighter Pilots, doing personal researches, building my own hard parts and helping new recruits. Being new to the Blizzard Force I am always searching for the best resources for the Snowtroopers.

I have been SL of SubZeroSquad in 2016 and for the past two years. I have also been GXO in 2017 and GEC for the past two years. In 2018 I have been a LCOG. Now I serves as SL and thanks to my SXO, I have plenty of time to dedicate to the Legion Membership Office.

In my day to day life, I am an Aircraft Technician specialised in helicopters for the Italian Army, I am serving under the arms from 2011 and before entering the Aviation industry I was part of the Italian Mountain Troops. I love my job and luckily this gives me plenty of time for hobbies: the Legion, Warhammer, travels and most importantly the love of my life, whom I met thanks to the 501st and she supports me in all endeavours!

[MODERATOR NOTE: THIS RANK CHART THREAD IS NOW CONSIDERED OBSOLETE.  PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING THREAD FOR THE CURRENT RANK CHART USED BY THE IOC: ]
 
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This the official guide to illustrate all canon officer ranks recognized by the IOC. It is compiled with reference from the original movies, and official EU sources. It is created from a costuming point of view, and not meant to explain every rank's importance or how they differ from movie to movie (that's what fan fiction is for). It is just a simple chart that shows what rank officially goes on what costume. Code cylinders are intentionally excluded, and can be referenced in the CRLs.
 
Note Rogue one/Solo ranks are only compatible with Rogue one uniform style
 
 

 
COMMAND STAFF EDIT: There is a more current/comprehensive rank bar guide in this location:
(We are keeping this post intact for the time being)

So i did not expect this to happen... 
 
strange to be so excited for an animated show to return, even if it's only 12 episodes (announced) 
 
https://www.starwars.com/news/sdcc-2018-the-clone-wars-to-return
 
 

Politics in media is a fun topic. First of all, I'd like to address that all of the political entities in the Star Wars universe leave something to be desired. The Republic was permissive of horrifically exploitative corporations and backroom cliques. Even at its best, it was hardly better than a forum for planetary oligarchs and monarchs. Recently there has been some wonderful deconstruction of the Jedi, concerning their shades of autocracy and theocracy. There have been some fascinating youtube videos in the past couple of years which emphasize the problematic elements of the Jedi ethos, especially how Jedi stoicism carries several hallmarks toxic masculinity, how Yoda and Kenobi are both deceitful and manipulative in the films scripts, and how Jedi indoctrination pushes both Anakin and Luke toward emotional repression, rather than opening an avenue toward emotional support.
 
Now, how does the Empire shake out politically? It's just plain fascism. Yes, you can feel sympathy for the humanity of some of the characters swept up in it, such as Ciena Ree, Rae Sloane and Eli Vanto, but the political institution itself is thoroughly dystopian. You're better off not making apologies for it. The shortfalls of the Republic, the Jedi, or the Rebellion don't excuse it.
 
You do not have to be any sort of fascist apologist to play-act a bad guy from Star Wars. I'm a faaaaar lefty. I have membership card from the IWW in my pocket. I buddy around with Marxists and Anarcho-Syndicalists. You're not obliged to internalize the ideology of a costume you wear. Especially if it's a costume that you primarily wear at charity events for kids.

Subjugation of planets and peoples who were once free and super-weapons meant to strike fear into those who would dare to resist - not to mention the fact that their leader committed the mass genocide of an entire people who had an opposing philosophy to his...seems pretty clean-cut evil to me.

I think, unequivocally, yes. The Empire was evil.
 
Was every person in the Empire evil? No, probably not. But much like the "clean wehrmacht" myth, they're more complicit than they are stupid.
 
As far as things going pretty well, I don't think that's really true, either. Entire species were enslaved, freedom of speech was nonexistence, everything we consider to be human rights in real life (and I guess we'd call something else since not everyone's a human in Star Wars) were suppressed. They definitely didn't have "basic rights."

It felt like a movie length episode of Rebels.  Which is good.

Greetings IOC,
 
As many of you probably did, I spent my weekend trooping at a local Theater for the opening of Solo, A Star Wars Story.  Personally, I was pleasantly surprised by how good the movie was.  I enjoyed it all 3 times that I viewed it.
 
For whatever reason, the box office didn't explode for it and the haters that suggested a boycott have declared a victory.  It saddens me that any fan of the Star Wars universe would take pleasure in the possible failure of any Star Wars film.
 
  I've been a fan since I saw the first movie in the theater in 1977.  At that time, we didn't have the instant response of the internet or more specifically, social media.  We we're all starving for anything Star Wars and felt lucky to see our favorite Star Wars Characters in any way.  Donnie and Marie, The Muppet Show and The Holiday Special are what we got and we were appreciative.  
 
To see fans that call themselves "True fans", reveling in the low numbers at the box office is just baffling to me.  Who knows what the exact factors of the low numbers may be?  Who cares?  It is still the top of the box office this week, it's still a great movie, it was entertaining and interesting.   What do they want?  The end of Star Wars again?  I was excited when the Thrawn Trilogy breathed life back into my favorite universe, I don't want that universe to go dark again.
 
I must say, the 501st family seems to be of the same mind on this subject.  Most of the comments from them are mostly positive.  But some of the rabid Star Wars fan groups are just beating it to death, in fact, I had to leave one of my favorites due to the negative comments.  They can't possibly think that the removal of Kathleen Kennedy will transform the movies back to their personal vision of what they want the movies to be...these are the same fanboys that came down on George Lucas and the Prequels.    
 
I have enjoyed anything that has extended the story of the Star Wars Universe and I take it at face value, a great fantasy and interesting entertainment.  Any chance to keep the dream alive is great with me.
 
Thanks for reading my rant, 
Enjoy life...enjoy Star Wars!!!
 
May the Force be with You...Always!!
 
Mark Ryner
IOC/DL

With the aid of two of my Deathtrooper Minions, we once again defended the Rebel invaders at Scarif.
 


 
We were Victorious!!

My understanding is that it was part of Palpatine's "long con" with the end goal being an army he could directly control, hence all of the "backroom dealings" and secrecy involved with the creation of the Clone Army. He manufactured a war with the Separatists to justify the creation of the army in the future when it was discovered he'd done all of that, and played the propaganda cards right in the Senate to get approval, despite the disapproval fomenting within the Republic.

Wow, definitely you should have one rank bar for you. It is really like you!!
I bought the same set for may the 4th too!! My main intention was to get the officer mini figure. But turns out the kind of "speeder bike" is also nice at the end. Here is a picture of the set I took, for people interested in getting one.

First time in at least 20 years that I bought a Lego set for myself.
Got it on Star Wars day.
It's the official ME mini-fig!!!

Mini-fig me's hair is a little lighter than mine, but I'll chalk that up to the miniaturization process.
It just so happened that I was making a Rogue One/Solo style Navy Captain rank bar for a friend.  Now I think I have to make one for myself...
 
The kit also came with 2 Range Troopers (meh) and what looks like an Imperial Ground Crew lady wearing a Navy Trooper helmet.
I wonder if that combination is going to show up in Solo?

Most of us have a busy couple of days for Trooping with May the 4th and Free Comic book day.  Do the IOC proud and have a great weekend!!
 

This list is by no means inclusive.  There are many other actors out there that portrayed officers.  We need to fill this in, preferably in a separate pinned post.  People from around the world can say when an actor would be at con with a 3 months lead time if we chose to act on it.
 
Already Inducted
 
Dee Bradley Baker – Actor – Rebels (Admiral Konstantine) – Inducted 2010
Jeremy Bulloch – Actor – ESB  (Lt. Sheckil)– Inducted 2002
Ben Burtt – Actor – ROTJ (Colonel Dyer)– Inducted 2002
Ken Colley – Actor – ESB, ROTJ (Admiral Piett)– Inducted 2002
Alan Flying – Actor – ROTJ (Imperial Officer) – Inducted 2010
Julian Glover – Actor – ESB (General Veers)– Inducted 2002
Guy Henry – Actor – RO (Governor Tarkin) - Pending
Barrie Holland – Actor – ROTJ (Lt. Renz) – Inducted 2007
Richard LeParmentier – Actor – ANH (Admiral Motti) – inducted 2002
Paul Markham – Actor – ROTJ (imperial officer) – Inducted 2016
Ben Mendelsohn – Actor – RO (Director Krennic) – Inducted 2017
Christopher Muncke – Actor – ANH (Captain Khurgee) – Inducted 2010
Wayne Pygram – Actor – ROTS (Governor Tarkin) – Inducted 2007
Michael Sheard – Actor – ESB (Admiral Ozzel) – Inducted 2002
Stephen Stanton – Actor – CW, R (Captain Tarkin) – Inducted 2011
Peter Sumner – Actor – ANH (Lt. Pol Treidum) – Inducted 2006
Robert Watts – Actor – ROTJ (Lt. Watts) – Inducted 2015
 
Potential Inductees
A New Hope
Harry Fielder – Corporal Grenwick
George Roubicek – Commander Praji
Leslie Schofield – Actor – Chief Bast -
Colin Skeaping – Actor – Death Star Trooper
 
 
Empire Strikes Back
Michael Culver – Actor – Captain Needa
John Dicks – Actor – Captain Lennox
Oliver Maguire – Actor – Lt. Cabbel
Robin Scobey – Actor – Lt. Venka
 
Return of the Jedi
William Hoyland – Actor – Commander Igar
Michael Pennington – Actor – Moff Jerjerrod

 
Rebels
 
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn – Actor – Governor Pryce
Lars Mikkelsen – Actor – Grand Admiral Thrawn 
Leslie L. Miller – Actor – Captain Brunson
Liam O’ Brien – Actor – Lt. Lyste
David Oyelowo – Actor – Agent Kallus

 
The Force Awakens
Sebastian Armesto – Actor – Lt. Mikata
Domhnall Gleeson –Actor – General Hux
Michael Kaplan – Costume Designer
Rocky Marshall – Actor – Colonel Datoo
Pip Torrens – Actor – Colonel Kaplan

The Last Jedi
Mark Lewis Jones – Actor  - Captain Canady
Adrian Edmondson – Actor – Captain Peavey
 
Rogue One
David Crossman – Costume Designer
Richard Cunningham – Actor – General Ramda
Glyn Dillion – Costume Designer
Andy de la Tour – Actor – General Romodi
 
Solo – A Star Wars story 
Toby Hefferman – Actor – Tag Greenley
Jon Hasdan – Actor – Bink Otauna

To me it depends on what we are doing as a group. If we are having a parade like at ComicCon to open the event I'm thinking something like "We just conquered this planet and you people are now all under the rule of the empire." it gives a good feeling that you can use for your expression while marching. But I also wave to the people to convince them we are a friendly empire  
 
Second is when we troop around as a group of four or five. As an Officer I march forward and make the way free for the troopers, having my back stretched through and walking with my head up. If people react to us I sometimes point on them, wave to little children so that they are not afraid and always try to give them the feeling "yes, I know what you are doing here, the Empire is always watching." Reacting and interacting with people leads to number three -->
 
Taking pictures - I we take pictures with fans I greet them, as a good Officer always has to be polite and remember his manners, and then I simply do what feels right in the moment. Do I smile, do I look severe, do I make some fun with the people, these things come very natural to me and I don't think about it a lot. I often make a gesture with my hand, a fist, or I point at the camera, at the Star Wars in Concert troop I had great fun with the people using the Victory/peace sign.
 
I hope this helps somehow. Don't do anything your are uncomfortable with. If you are not the type to interact with people a lot, just do what every Officer should do, look good  and everything Robert said about a sharp looking uniform

Scowling is not the only look for an officer, neither do you have to be smiling like Mr. Friendly.
 
An officer is a professional and the single most important thing you can do is stand up straight and have good posture.  Keep your head up and meet the gazes of the people you meet.  Make sure your uniform is as sharp as you can make it.  Be cordial but composed.  Be direct with your answers.  Try not to hold something that takes away from what you are doing.  If you are drinking anything, only do it while standing, never walking.  And try not to eat in front of the public.  Keep your right hand free whenever possible.  Even if we do not salute, people that have been in the military will notice this as a second nature.  

You can smile.  You can scow.  You can pretend to be a character from one of the films one that you think fits what you are doing.  But remember that the public may not see it that way.  Go with your instincts and remember that an unless you are a power hungry moff or admiral, an officer serves the mission and takes care of his men.  As a costumer who is not burdened by heavy armor, you are one of the few people that can look out for their welfare.

For my past few troops, I have realised something; I tend to not be very... forward. I understand that as an officer, I sort of have an obligation to be the 'face' of the group, to be the one who interacts with people, since my face can clearly be seen.

But I tend to not know what to say and how to say things or present myself in a good manner. Can anyone help me get over this? To improve my experience and that of others?

Trench warfare 10 years after the end of the clone wars. They are fighting someone:
1) an old foe? (Former confederacy)
2) and old ally (Wookiees, twileks)
3) someone completely new 
 
its not rocket science and will be one of these 3.  My money is on number 1.