KaiserNash

Ill be there as a Snowy this Sunday, at mile 5.1. Good luck!!!

Exceptional article! Truly a great read  

While what wedgesbiggs recommended is true, certain PVC boots on amazon can work and pass as L2. Personally, as a slim guy, I have purchased those boots along with boots from Imperialboots.com, and equestrian riding boots from etsy. Depends on what level you're going for.

Makes sense that WhiteWalker would be riding an ice dragon lol. Great pics!!!

Makes sense that WhiteWalker would be riding an ice dragon lol. Great pics!!!

Anything is possible. 
Just remember, an accurate costume has to exist before it's a CRL, not the other way around.  

Another great early morning read by buckrogersbarker!! Well done!

Nobility has been part of the galaxy since long before the founding of the Old Republic, but there were no galactic nobility before the Emperor took control at the end of the clone wars.  Shortly thereafter the Emperor started to name nobility to supporters across the empire to create a system of Peerage.
 
The ascension of Chancellor Palpatine was not without precedent in the galaxy.  His own homeworld of Naboo was ruled by a series of Queens and Kings elected by the populace with a degree of authority stronger than a president or prime minister answerable to a legislature.  Palpatine HAD been elected to office and with no children, did not appear to be creating a hereditary monarchy.  The success of the Clone Wars brought in vast territories that had once been beyond the Empire’s reach.  The largest of these was the Outer Rim Terrirories, Hutt space, another region reorganized into what became the Corporate Sector Authority and effectively the Unknown Regions beyond the Western Reaches.  

With no direct representation in the Imperial Senate these regions were often under military rule or increasingly under control of appointed nobles and sometimes corporate charters.
 
There are at least three grades of nobility that have been found in the 40 years of Star Wars stories.
The first we saw was “Baron” with the appearance of Baron Tagge of the house of Tagge, a noble family that included General from the Death Star.  The head of the family Ormon Tagge controlled a vast industrial conglomerate that brought him a seat at the table governing the galaxy.  He proposed to organize the underpopulated region of space into the “Corporate Sector Authority” for proper exploitation by commercial interested.  The CSA had its own security services separate from the empire and the intruding eyes of the Imperial Senate.  As long as the correct taxes were paid into the imperial treasury, Tagge and his family had an independent fiefdom of their own. 
 
Baron Tagge jockeyed for the number two position to the emperor arguing that it should be him over Vader.  This lead to a confrontation where Vader challenged Tagge to a duel and blinded him with his lightsaber.  Tagge would spend the rest of his life practicing with a jedi lightsaber he acquired trying to become good enough to challenge Vader again and beat him.  Upon his death, a younger Tagge in the imperial military gained the title.
 
The Moff in charge of Cato Nemodia was also a Baron who had started as an imperial officer. 
 
Probably the most famous Baron was Soontir Fel of the 181st squadron, who gained the title after a military victory.
Pilots seemed to be the most popular recipients of the title based on their own accomplishments. 
 
Baron Valen Rudor was an imperial pilot on Lothal that received the title. 
 
The title would come with a baton of office and an estate.  Baron Fel’s estate would come from his home planet on Corellia.  Baron Rudor would receive an estate on Lothal.  Many times this estate would come from the confiscated property of citizens arrested and executed for treason.  Rudor would gain Old Jho’s Pit Stop establishment.
 
A second noble title was given exclusively to pilots the title of Tam.  The title of Tam was given to two pilots in the Star Wars universe Anikan Skywalker and Imperial Pilot Merrik Steele in the video game Tie Fighter.  Creating it as a title was a “retcon” by Pablo Hildago who found the mention of Skywalker in the old newspaper Star Wars serials from the 1970s.  The title for Maarik Stele came in the official companion guides for the game.  And a new title was born.
 
The third and final title is “Lord”.  Lord is usually used for a higher rank than Barons, but no title of Duke or Count is heard in the saga.  Darth Vader is not the only Lord in the Empire.  Lord Tion is an imperial Commodore that first appeared in the Radio drama of A New Hope in 1980.  He is the imperial commander of the subjugation of Raltier and was a suitor for the affections of Princess Senator Leia Organa. 
 
 
The title of a noble supersedes rank.  While an officer can be an admiral, captain, moff, or even a Lieutenant, they are addressed as Baron or even  “My lord”… even by superior officers, unless they are address by a noble of higher rank… which at this time is only the Emperor.
 
 
The purpose of nobility is to support the monarch and the structure that ensures continuity under that form of government.  The Empire passing at only 23 years old did not have the time to create enough peerage to continue this or maybe it was never intended to continue beyond the life of the Emperor as we see from the details of Operation Cinder.  Low level titles were given not so much to run the galaxy but to ensure loyalty and gratitude to the regime. 
 

Appreciate it! For some reason the forum wasn't allowing me to access it. Ill check my PMs  

its just a word doc, so it should work for everybody. I'll copy-paste and PM you the contents  

Watching the movies, I always loved the imperial officer uniforms. Not as random or clumsy as a rebel uniform.  An elegant uniform for a more civilized age  . I am not a big tall buff guy that would look appropriate in a Vader outfit, nor am I short enough where I would make a convincing Jawa. I felt right wearing the unform. Outside of the 501st, I have always been known to overdress to occasions, and love to rock a nice dress shirt with a suit and tie. Carrying that to the Star Wars world, I feel that Imperial Officers were the best dressed and sleek looking.They also put up with a lot of Vader's crap, which takes discipline lol.  Apart from my Staff and ISB Officers, I also sport a Snowtrooper, and am almost done with my TK, but my heart will always belong to the IOC.

While I absolutely appreciate tattoos and have nothing against them, I don't have one. Its not for me :/ 
 
Great tattoos everyone! What helped decide the placement of everyones tats?

Watching the movies, I always loved the imperial officer uniforms. Not as random or clumsy as a rebel uniform.  An elegant uniform for a more civilized age  . I am not a big tall buff guy that would look appropriate in a Vader outfit, nor am I short enough where I would make a convincing Jawa. I felt right wearing the unform. Outside of the 501st, I have always been known to overdress to occasions, and love to rock a nice dress shirt with a suit and tie. Carrying that to the Star Wars world, I feel that Imperial Officers were the best dressed and sleek looking.They also put up with a lot of Vader's crap, which takes discipline lol.  Apart from my Staff and ISB Officers, I also sport a Snowtrooper, and am almost done with my TK, but my heart will always belong to the IOC.

LOL! Very nice! A friend of mine is trying to get me to do Thrawn, but I am hesitant because of all the blue make up mixed with the white clothing. Suggestions?

As usual, the info is much appreciated! Seriously. You reduce the amount of time it takes to look this material up lol.

Grey uniforms... they have always been there, though they have meant different things and came different sources.  I am not about to say what is (because the shifting sands of what IS always changes), but will show how we got to this point and what happened along the way.
 
  The first grey officer we saw was in the movie A New Hope.  He wore a 451 style tunic, but with black breeches and a black hat like the ISB.
 
The same actor in the same uniform meets with Tarkin prior to the destruction of Alderaan.  
 
The first merchandised figure was the "Death Squad Commander" which was quickly renamed the "Star Destroyer Commander".  While this guy never showed up in the movies, he found himself in licensed material down through the years.  He is a special unit that can be built in the video game "Empire at War".
 
They also appeared in the comic adaptation of "Splinter of the Mind's Eye" as Vader's personal bodyguards.
 
The first description of who the grey uniformed officers were was found in the "Imperial Sourcebook" published by West End Games in 1988.  They were listed as the imperial Army.
 
The West End Games Death Star Technical Manual published in 1991 showed what Army soldiers looked like.  If you have seen the recent photos of the Mud Troopers in the upcoming Solo film, you will notice the similarities to the Trooper in Field Armor.  These were the books given out by Lucasfilm to guide new Star Wars authors like Timothy Zahn.
 
As the 1990s went on, grey uniformed officers showed up in the comics and in video games.
 
the early 2000's saw an Imperial Army general leading several officers in green while he was in grey.
 
General Zeiring ironically showed the promotion scale used today in the movies.  He promotes Lt. Sunbur to Captain, then commander... 
 
2008 saw the release of The Clone Wars with Clone officers in grey.  Human officers wore the green.
 
they reappeared in the Battlefront II game.
 
The first official return of the grey uniforms came with Governor Pryce of Lothal in the Rebels animated series.  The grey choice could be said to be something different than the Imperial Navy, but the real reason for the color of her uniform and the style and color of her hair is to mimic Colonel Doctor Spalko, the bad guy from the last Indiana Jones movie.  
 
Grey Uniforms started to appear in other areas.  Cadet Vanto in the Thrawn novel comic adaptation is shown in a grey uniform standing next to a green one.
 
The Imperial officers in Battlefront II are in army grey... and contrast with the green officers of the previous game.

I'll add to this over time.  The purpose was to show where all this stuff comes from. 

The West End Games Death Star Technical Manual was what I tried to use when proposing the development of a CRL for the Imperial Army Trooper, but was told that it's no longer considered canon. We wound up going with the version from Dark Horse comics.

Picked up mine just to have it. Ill post pictures once I get home from work

Good luck bud!! You've got this! 

They've said it all...can't help more

Hey Sandra!
 
http://databank.501st.com/databank/Costuming:ID_imperial_officer_black
 
This link will tell you everything you need to know about what is required for Executor and Imperator levels.
 
All required costume components minus the trousers need to meet level 2 requirements for Executor.
 
For Imperator, items that list an optional level 3 certification need to be met in addition to the level 2 requirements.
 
After you have everything put together, head over to http://www.imperialofficer.com/forum/index.php?/forum/70-the-promotion-board/ to submit your pictures for approval. Dont forget to read the topics listed in the link which would help expedite your approval.
 
Best of luck!

Mac inspired me to do some research.
 
So the gentleman in the VD for R1 is Paul Putner and actor/writer/comedian. Its possible that he was first cast for that role and there were images already gathered for merchandise and promotional material. However, re-shoots happened.
 
Coincidentally to our case, the stunt supervisor for the re-shoots is Steen Young who, according to IMDB and Canon: A Star Wars Wiki, plays a "vault officer" in the movie R1.
 
So its possible that they had this look for Putna at first (VD), but for the purpose of the re-shoots and the availability with the actor, the stunt coordinator stepped in and filled that role.
 
Moral of the story: Re-shoots don't help at all lol 

Mac inspired me to do some research.
 
So the gentleman in the VD for R1 is Paul Putner and actor/writer/comedian. Its possible that he was first cast for that role and there were images already gathered for merchandise and promotional material. However, re-shoots happened.
 
Coincidentally to our case, the stunt supervisor for the re-shoots is Steen Young who, according to IMDB and Canon: A Star Wars Wiki, plays a "vault officer" in the movie R1.
 
So its possible that they had this look for Putna at first (VD), but for the purpose of the re-shoots and the availability with the actor, the stunt coordinator stepped in and filled that role.
 
Moral of the story: Re-shoots don't help at all lol 

Im no advisor, but based on my experience with this submission, they are going to want to see close ups of each individual item (rank bar, boots, belt, hat, etc). This might help speed up the process for you. Best of luck!!

Im no advisor, but based on my experience with this submission, they are going to want to see close ups of each individual item (rank bar, boots, belt, hat, etc). This might help speed up the process for you. Best of luck!!