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ID - Imperial Officer
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Imperial officers serve in many different forms. Uniform color
variants can be found in the different movies and there are a few
costume pattern changes.
Revenge of the Sith (ROTS) officer variant
The earliest Imperial officers to appear in the Star Wars
timeline, as opposed to a republic army officer, are those seen in
ROTS where we see a young Governor Tarkin and also Lietenaunt Oicunn
and Lietenaunt Colonel Ejai. Basically it looks very similar to the
officers we are used to see in episodes four to six. This is
relatively new costume and requirement for 501st approval are not
set yet.
Hat
No visible seem lines on front flip part of hat. Side cuts shaped as
half circles. Long cuts from forehead to the back of the hat. The
disc (hat badge) looks almost the same as episode four to six
officers only with smoothed edges.
Tunic and Trousers
The fabric material is a rougher wool carbandine than the others.
There should be clearly visible lines in the fabric and it should be
quite a dark grey colour. The hsape of the tunic is like episodes
four to six with few changes. It has epaulets on the shoulders,
collar closure has been moved from the front to the side and there
are some cuff variations. The trousers utilise a jodhpur pattern.
Boots, Gloves and Belt
Long black leather boots with no closure or ornamentation seen.
Black leather wrist lengh gloves with no seamlines on top. A
relatively wide (at least 5 cm) black leather belt W a silver
coloured rectangular buckle with a similar greeblie as on the hat.
Insignia and Code Cylinders
The rank insignia was created with 3-D scanning machines and the
style is different to episodes four to six. The insignia is a shiny
metal plate with blue or red insets of dyed perspex. Governor Tarkin
had code-cylinders on his costume as well but the shape of them is
currently unknown
Weapon
No weapon or holster is shown in Revenge of the Sith.
References
Dressing A
Galaxy by Trisha Biggar, psges 91 and 207.
Original Trilogy ANH, ESB, ROTJ Imperial Officers
These can be divided into subgroups depending the officer's duty and
rank on army or navy.
Imperial Navy Officers
These are the most common officers in the Star Wars universe. They
are seen on board Star Destroyers, Death Stars etc.
Tunic and Trousers
These should be the same length as an ROTS officer. It is a double
breasted military-style tunic with no epaulets. The collar opens
from the front with the clasp on the right side. There is a single
code cylinder pocket on either side of the tunic. The jodhpur type
trousers are made from the same material and are the same colour.
The colour should be as close as possible to pantone #449U olive
grey. The most commonly used pattern is for an American Civil War
costume, pattern 7274 from Simplicity.
Hat
Same colour and material as the tunic and trousers. The seam lines
are visible on the peak and the sides
are layered to overlap. A metal greeblie is attached to the front of
the hat.
Boots, Gloves and Belt
Standard black leather knee-high riding boots with no visible
zippers. Gloves are black leather with no seam lines on top. They
should be wrist length. Leather belt about 5 cm wide with a silver
snap clasp. Attached to the belt is a metal plate belt buckle with a
greeblie attached to it.
Insignia and Code Cylinders
Officers have rank insignia placed on the left side of the tunic
breast. At is set at the same height level as the optional code
cylinders on their side pockets. The insignia is a metal plate with
dyed plastic yellow, blue or red parts attached to it depending the
rank of character. Examples of the different rank insignias can be
found
here. There are a few different versions of the code cylinders
which are based on dosimeters. These are placed into tunic side
pockets as optional parts of the costume. Aluminium chalk-holders
has been used for code cylinders on 501st approved costumes.
COMPNOR Officers
These officers can be seen on board the first Death Star. The tunic
is similar to a Navy Officer's but should be cream white in colour.
These intelligence officers have straight black trousers and
optional hat. They also wear normal dress shoes instead of riding
boots.
Imperial Army / Stormtrooper Officers
These are the black uniformed officers usually seen supervising
stormtroopers. The tunic, trousers, hat,
boots and all accessories are the same as Navy officers except for a
few optional extras.
Metal boxes and a holster holding a Merr Sonn blaster may be
attached to the belt. An Imperial issue Blastech E-11 is another
weapon option. Some of the Imperial officers are seen wearing
straight non-jodhpur trousers with normal black dress shoes. Note
that the fabric of tunic, trousers and hat is not supposed to be
toolight material. It should be heavy enough to keep up the
appearance of a military officer and not wrinkle too easily.
References
Star Wars: The Magic Of Myth by Mary Henderson, pages 145-150
Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary by David West Reynolds, pages
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