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I have seen people open them and replace the clips with leather or other material that creates a complete loop.  That way the box doesn't come off the belt at all.

code cyllinders have nothing to do with rank.  We used to think they had something to do with it, but Rogue One has changed that.  Think of them as keys or USB thumb drives.  When Jyn, K2SO and Cassian enter the Scariff facility, they pass by two officers just standing in the hallway.  The junior ranking officer has more code cyllinders than the higher ranking officer.  The higher ranking officer has belt boxes.  These have always been accessories and variable based on the need and preference of the officer.
 
Now this hasn't been confirmed, but I believe that the double stacked ranks are a combined service that answers directly to the emperor.  Imagine you will the regular army.  The single stacked ranks are at best a national guard that answers the local moff, like Tarkin, but Tarkin answers to the Emperor.  That was the most controversial thing about the military creation act of the clone wars.  No one trusted the republic to have a military of its own.  It mostly used local militaries for operations.  The Death Star was created in the Outer Rim and even the Emperor and Vader were worried about the Senate getting wiff of it, right up until the battle of Scariff.  After the battle of Yavin, the galaxy wide military control was enacted and the single rank bars went away as everything was under the control of the Emperor.

But this explains why you see the double rank badges mixed with single rank badges in Star Wars Rebels and Rogue One.  A fleet admiral is a rank, but it isn't a billet.  Ozzel, Piett, Krennic, Versio and Constantine all have the rank of Fleet Admiral, but only Piett, Ozzel, Versio and Constantine had fleets.  That is because they were assigned a billet with a fleet.  Krennic's billet was assigned to the head of advanced weapons research under the ISB/Imperial Intelligence.  This has a real world analogy with the guy who created the US Navy's nuclear program, Hyman Rickover.  He became a 4 star admiral, but he never had command of a vessel or fleet while a flag officer.  his billet was specific to the navy nuclear program.  I think we will get more of these real world analogies as we get more movies, games, cartoons and other media.
 
I believe that there are only 6 strata of ranks for both the double ranks and the single ranks, an O-1 through O-6.  Ranks higher than that are political in nature.  

For navy: ensign, Lieutenant (jg), Lieutenant, Commander, Captain, Admiral
For army: 2nd lieutenant, 1st lieutenant, captain, major, colonel, general
The color mix of the tiles determine what you do.  blue being navy, red army, amber research.  With a mix of the colors because it is all a combined service.  The green uniforms are the imperial starfleet, white with black hats and trousers, the ISB, Imperial intelligence and compnor and the black being something akin to the SS taking over the entire service.  

Very interesting, in this case we trust Mr. Hidalgo. So the next question would be, what kind of Admiral were Ozzel or Piett? They had more Code Cylinders than Krennic. Yes, I always knew about his title. But still thanks for the enlightenment.
 
I absolutely agree with you 100%, having 6 blue tiles on the chest and "only" being a Lieutenant? Some kind of crazy.

Here it is

If that's the case, then even more reason to get something official.
 
 
That's exactly why I reached out to Glyn - he was a huge help for solidifying the rear helmet box on the AT-ACT helmet. The only mystery we had here was what kind of pants were used, and now we know direct from the source.

The SE-14 has already shown up in a photo with another naval trooper on the set of the new Han Solo movie.  Ron Howard tweeted it yesterday.  As we get more movies set in this time period I expect all blasters to be variable to costumes.
 
It is interesting that he called this guy "Captain".  It is one of the few times that a rank has been called out by a member of the production staff (other than named in a movie).  The 4 times we see this rank in ANH, it was named both Lieutenant three times and Commander once in the Decipher Customizable card game of 1995, but Lucasfilm owes no allegiance to calling it by those names.  All blue would make him navy, not army.
 
As these movies go on, we are either going to be creating a LOT of CRLs or we will have to start considering a lot of this stuff as optional accouterments.

Know your setting.  Any game/comic/scifi convention will know who you are.  And the only place where this would be a problem is if you were trooping in public and who troops alone in an imperial officer uniform in public?

I can't think of a situation where this would be a problem.

The people that would get offended by us wearing this uniform are the type that would see nazis under their bed.  Everywhere they look are nazis.  We should be on guard, but we cannot accommodate the uniformed or the simple minded with our absence.  

Know your setting.  Any game/comic/scifi convention will know who you are.  And the only place where this would be a problem is if you were trooping in public and who troops alone in an imperial officer uniform in public?

I can't think of a situation where this would be a problem.

The people that would get offended by us wearing this uniform are the type that would see nazis under their bed.  Everywhere they look are nazis.  We should be on guard, but we cannot accommodate the uniformed or the simple minded with our absence.  

Know your setting.  Any game/comic/scifi convention will know who you are.  And the only place where this would be a problem is if you were trooping in public and who troops alone in an imperial officer uniform in public?

I can't think of a situation where this would be a problem.

Exactly, by worring about it just gives them strength , we have to politely inform them. After all everyone knows star wars to some degree .

The people that would get offended by us wearing this uniform are the type that would see nazis under their bed.  Everywhere they look are nazis.  We should be on guard, but we cannot accommodate the uniformed or the simple minded with our absence.  

The people that would get offended by us wearing this uniform are the type that would see nazis under their bed.  Everywhere they look are nazis.  We should be on guard, but we cannot accommodate the uniformed or the simple minded with our absence.  

The officer outfit to me looks more like Chinese waiter or Chinese cook. LOL Because did got mistaken as a waiter kind before ......



 
 


 

Along with the tweets, I tried to confirm a few other things, first being the gloves. Looking at the screenshots with a little light adjustment, we can confirm that the Captain wears gauntlet style gloves in this image:
 

Rogue One glove shot by Taylor Goodson, on Flickr
 
Also, thanks to this picture of a tunic-wearing Navy Trooper in the Rogue One Visual Guide, I think it's safe to say that the gauntlet gloves do not have the three stitching lines on the back:
 

Untitled by Taylor Goodson, on Flickr
 
Armed with this new info and the Tweets, I put together a combination of my Staff Officer and my Navy Trooper to get something as close as I could:
 

Armed pose 1 by Taylor Goodson, on Flickr
 

Point pose 4 by Taylor Goodson, on Flickr
 

Full front and back by Taylor Goodson, on Flickr
 
What I thought was interesting from the Tweets was that Glyn mentioned that this was "security officer...captain." If we were to add a CRL for it, perhaps we could make a third entry for the Navy Trooper in the IOC list - "IN - Imperial Navy Trooper: Security Officer" (or something of that sort) to reflect the distinction.
 
Definitely exciting to be able to move forward. What do you all think?

I have good news! I reached out to Glyn Dillon, costume designer for Rogue One, via Twitter to help us along with our research. He was a huge help in confirming a detail for the AT-ACT Driver for that CRL creation process, so I figured I would try again. You can check out screenshots of the conversation below (and here is a link to the Tweets directly).
 

Untitled by Taylor Goodson, on Flickr
 

Untitled by Taylor Goodson, on Flickr
 

Untitled by Taylor Goodson, on Flickr
 
 
 
 
 

In 2016, Steve Kelsall, Knightfall Garrison, embarked on an ambitious fundraising journey to raise $20,000 for the Leukaemia Foundation and climb 5,895m of the mighty Mount Kilimanjaro.  Steve was successful in climbing to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro on the 7 June 2017 and has raised $21,119. 
 
The following items were all taken to the summit by Steve on his epic trek.  These pieces of 501st Legion, Knightfall Garrison history are now available for you to own as a complete package. 
 
·         Knighfall Squad Flag
·         501st Legion Flag
·         Terror Australis Garrison
·         501st Legion, Terror Australis Garrison, Knightfall Squad and Empire Cog Stickers (3.5-inch diameter)
·         501st Legion, Terror Australis Garrison, Knightfall Squad Pins
·         Signed picture of summit with Knightfall Squad Flag
 
The funds from the auction will go to the Leukaemia Foundation.  The money raised from the silent auction will give families the emotional and practical support they need, and fund research to help more Australians with blood cancer live longer and have a better quality of life.
 
Please make your bids at the auction site. The auction will close on 14 August, 9 pm (EAST).
 
After making your bid, please use the social media buttons to tell your friends about the auction.  
 
Lucasfilm has given approval for official 501st merchandise to be publicly auctioned.
 
Happy bidding.

*****Update*******(August 4th 2017)*****
 
Right now what we need is some kind words. Alexandra (Chuck's spouse) said that he has seen all of the post, photos and well wishes. They are grateful for all of the kind words as they have helped to lift his spirits.
 
Yesterday Chuck went into surgery yet again and was having a really rough day before hand.  I have not heard how the surgery went, but I know that he has a hard and long road ahead of him.
 
If anyone has time to post a comment or a photo please do. If you have any troubles send me a message with the Facebook page or here and I will add it to the main thread.
 
Thanks again!
 
Sal.
 
 
 
******* Original post*************
 
My fellow Legion Brothers and Sisters,
 
I need your help. A close friend, a fellow paramedic, and one of our Garrison recruits was severely injured this past week and has experienced a life-altering event. He has been working on building his Imperial Staff Officer costume within the IOC and was hoping to join the Legion this year. Due to this accident, it will be some time, before he will be able to fully join. Right now, he is currently fighting in our ICU (Intensive Care Unit).
 
He has a very long and hard road ahead of him, and I’m hoping that if you have the time, you could send him some kind words of encouragement.
 
https://www.facebook.com/scruffylookingchuck/

Thank you for your time and well wishes.
Sal
“Blackfox”
ID/IC/TI: 10701
 
 
 

I'm sure this has been done, but I wanted to show you a quick July 2017 quality check on some belt suppliers. I recently bought a belt from our beloved TiggWolf from Facebook. Then my wife finished her Line officer and needed a belt. Because TiggWolf took almost 3 months to ship, I went with Wampa Wear. Got here in 10 days. Here are the differences. 
Right off the bat, the Wampa (LEFT) is shiny. It's heavy and coated in something resembling chrome. The TiggWolf is brushed sheet metal.
Wampa has the greeblie screwed in on the back, where as Tigg must be glued? Wampa is also branded
Wampa is heavy and thick. Tigg is light and thin. Not a huge difference, but... There is a huge difference. 
Tigg has a small metal piece to secure the belt, The bar that holds the belt to the buck;e is the same diameter.
 
Wampa is a belt pin and cast belt bar.
Wampa uses a snap, very large in front, good hold, no problems.
Tigg has a screw. I had to grind the screw and nut pin about an 1/8 of an inch to make it tight. It works well now, but it was not very good quality control on their part. 
Wampa is using a soft leather. they have used a press roller to put their lines in. They have also branded theirs on the inside and you can see it pressed through the outside. Tigg has used a high quality belt leather and cut in the detail lines. You can barley tell the detail in the Wampa because of the soft leather and roller press method (it will fade over time) 
Wampa on top. Tigg on bottom. The die Tigg used was very fresh and was not sealed. I had to seal it myself or it would have rubbed off on my uniform.  
 
 
Overall, I had to do some work to Tiggs Belt to make it work, but it's a good belt. light and doesn't get heavy or droop. Tiggs is Raw material that I'm comfortable screwing around with to fix, but I was very disappointed that I had to do anything to it with the price I paid and the length of time I had to wait. 
 
Wampa was only $5 more for the set. Very nice in the box. obviously came from china, but they had it in stock so the shipping was fast.
 
Do your research before buying anything, but I hope this helps! 

these are not hard to modify.  Find a local leather worker and see if they can clip the spanish cuffs on the side to make them proper english boots.  I did those with mine and you would never know they were not in the first place.

There is no CRL for him.  There was an effort to have different different members of the armed services shown on the Death Star by the designs of John Mollo, who headed up the costume department.  The black would be something akin to the Nazi SS, the green would be the army, the cream colored uniforms for the ISB would be something of an Air Force.  Admiral Motti was supposed to wear one of these, but he couldn't fit into the uniform so they put the actor in a green one.  There were three grades of uniforms made.  The hero ones were wore by Motti, Tarkin, Tagge and any officer with a speaking role.  The ones in the background would not have pockets for code cylinders because were were never meant to see that kind of detail.  Then there was another step down that is almost single breasted in the jacket.  Including guys with slacks and cheasea boots instead of english riding boots.  

I forgot to mention, this general in the center of the screen is in a grey uniform different from the one you see on Romodi and Motti here....and definitely different from Yularen's ISB unfiorm.

Hi my fellow officers.   As a young man growing up in a military family. I got to see my dad react to fireworks.  Not knowing then what I do now. I could see even after 30+ years of my dad in Viet nam, he would be bothered. He would never say it. But as his son, I knew something was off.  My dad served for over 22 years in the us military.  His plane was the most patched aircraft flying in Viet nam that it was called patches.  A C-123 with a rugged crew.  
 
Then, my brother.  A former ranger who was involved in the black hawk down incident and the first gulf war.  At this point. Mom and dad were divorced. My brother was kicked out of the army early. So he moved in with me (high school age at this point.)  and dad. He would hide under his bed at night sometimes.  I remembered my dad and I had to drag him out for work the next day. He never did sleep well.
 
Then I decided to join up.  I enlisted in the us army.  I was an 11 bravo.  For non military types, that's infantry. Late ninetys at this point in time.  My first time out of the country was Egypt. A operation called bright star. (Traded for a British household cav shirt.) NATO excersie with several countries involved.   Then 2001 rolls around.  War it is.  War it was.  I knew what could happen.  My family has served this nation since before it was a nation.  The cost is high, but its ours to fight for.  For we know the one thing the next generation never inherits is freedom. It has to be earned.
 
I fought during the invasion and several tours that followed.  I grew up a lot. I was a young man once. The one thing noons tells you is innocence if the first thing you lose the day training starts. Then its down hill from there. You fight hard, not for people at home. But that guy sitting next to you eating the same dehydrated bag of food you are.  You make bonds. Strong ones at that.  To this day, I consider those b*****D's closer that my own family.
 
Then you fight.  The whizzing sound bullets make as they fly past is unsettling.  It sounds like a bee in a tin can.  But you know its someone who wants you dead on the other end.  The horrible part was Afghanistan reminded me of Colorado. Especially in the mountains.  Its a beautiful place to be. But we were not always welcome.
 
The first friend I lost was hard. We were all close. It leaves a void in a squad.  One the whole platoon feels.  But the firefights were rough. It was so hard to find the enemy sometimes.  So you did your best. Even calling in airstrikes and arty on tree lines.  I love a good A-10 strafing run though. Every time you would hear the ground erupt with shells landing. Then you heard the gun go off.  Nothing like super sonic bullets.  
 
Then close combat.  You have enemies danger close all the time. They would get right up on us. I think they thought we would not call in close strikes like we did.  But it happened. You catch a round.  Burns then hurts.  I don't think I would have made it without some help from above. Namely A couple of air force f-16s with a usmc cobra gunship. 
 
Then more battles, more pain. More friends not going home. It was the nervousness of it all. It was unending. Day zero to the moment you got on the plane to go home. To me when the fireworks start, I'm that young soldier right in the middle of it again.  Making an agreement with god. That if he saw me through this. I would find a quiet place and live my days out in peace. It might sound dumb to some people. But I honestly feel that same firefight effect. Jittery, with a side of "damn I got this!" With a little remorse. Not every combat vet will tell you this. But there are days when looking back I wish I could have done something different to have gotten men home alive.  As part of the triple duce. I lost a great friend. Sgt Mike Esposito. 2004 was a bad year.  The same year I left the army. 
 
But as the fourth of July goes.  It brings up bad stuff for me.  Explosions from fireworks start a memory process for me.  Bad stuff all around.  I can't tell you I'm a good man. Just trying to make up for the crap I've done. Trying to earn still being here.  But for a whole week plus. I'm back to square one.  Reaching for a rifle that's not there. Smelling burnt flesh from nowhere. And being so edgy I can't sleep in bed with my wife. Good thing the couch is comfy.  
 
So in conclusion, if you see a vet on the fourth of July or a week or so later. And they look like they are jumpy.  Think of this. And be there for them.  Its a long road to being OK.  Maybe one day I'll talk about swerving to miss anything in the road in front of me. Especially pot holes.  That's a whole nother  story. But this is more than enough for today.  
 
God speed, and enjoy freedom.  Its worth the sacrifice.
 
"Balls of the eagle!"
 
Ssgt. M. Trepanier
 
 
 
 
 

Here's a group of images that should be what the costumes will be based on. I'm liking the black Engineers uniforms.
 

One year ago, on July 7th 2016, I joined the IOC. Starting only with the imagination of being Grand Admiral Thrawn one day. Thanks to all the information and, most of all, the help of the people here at the forum I achieved this goal in November 2016. Many things changed sinced this time, I'm now a Staff Officer too and soon an ISB Officer and Director Krennic will be added to my list of uniforms.
 
This would not have been possible without you, all the fantastic members of the IOC around the globe, which were providing knowledge, help and high quality props. A big THANK YOU to all of you! And thanks to the IOC-Advisor program I am now even able to give a little bit of my knowledge back to new members of the IOC which is a great thing! But the greatest thing of all is still to bring a smile on the face of the people we meet at troops and conventions and doing good at the same time.
 
Long live the Empire!
Long live the IOC!
Long live you all!