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Evolution of the Stormtrooper

July 25, 2021July 25, 2021 PT White

The most iconic armor in all of Star Wars has been the white armor of the standard Stormtrooper. The Imperial Stormtrooper first appeared in Star Wars A New Hope and the style would remain in the lexicon of the Star Wars Universe from that point on. Lore wise the armor actually comes from the previous generation of Republic Trooper, the Clone Troopers. Designed to go to war for the Republic if ever called upon, the Clones were the best trained and equipped military force of it’s age. They began the…

July Update

July 18, 2021July 18, 2021 PT White

As has been the case for the last year we have been very busy around the site this month. Loads of new characters, ships, creatures, planets, a little bit of everything as we continue to fill out the complete roster of Star Wars content for the Star Wars Roleplaying game. The Clone Wars Source Guide has been moving forward at a nice pace. We have moved past the first year of the Clone War and the 2003 Clone Wars series up to Chapter 21 which is the last of the…

June Update

June 13, 2021 PT White

Wow it has been a busy month! The Bad Batch Source Guide is well underway, special thinks to Oliver Queen (aka ShootingWampRats) for his fantastic help keeping the new stats going. So far I have really enjoyed the series and look forward to the second half of the season . We have also been cruising through The Clone Wars Source Guide and we are coming close to the end of the first year of the war from the classic Clone Wars Series. Today we finished Chapter 16 leaving just four…

Star Wars Day Updates

April 27, 2021April 27, 2021 PT White

Hello Everyone! It’s been a busy few weeks around the site. We finished up our look at the Imperial Intelligence and how it breaks down. If people are interested I can do that same with the Rebel Alliance and New Republic though that area is more gray since we have never had a really good look at how the New Republic Government was set up, just small details. Other items of note, we are coming up on Star Wars Day! Lucasfilm usually has a lot of updates to release that…

The Structure of the Empire Part Four: The Military

April 11, 2021April 4, 2021 PT White

The might of the Empire has not arisen overnight, although years of planning and preparation by the Emperor allowed the military to expand at a nearly inconceivable rate. From the time of the Old Republic to the opening years of the New Order was a period of rapid change and expansion for the Imperial forces. With the Empire’s loss at the Battle of Yavin, even more changes have taken place — some not even yet announced to the various branches. The Navy The Navy has grown enormously since the decline…

The Structure of the Empire Part 3: Imperial Intelligence

April 4, 2021April 4, 2021 PT White

Imperial Intelligence is one of the few New Order organizations which has remained largely unchanged since the days of the Old Republic. There were four organizations which gathered and analyzed intelligence for the Senate and other agencies of the Old Republic—the Republican Security Organization, the Senate Bureau of Intelligence, the Interstellar Consortium on Technology, and the euphemistically labeled Special Acquisitions Branch of the Library of the Republic. As the Old Republic began to rot from within, the directors of the four agencies discovered that they were routinely being used by…

April SWRPGGM Update

April 1, 2021April 1, 2021 PT White

Hello Star Wars The Role Playing Fans! Lots going on around the site as of late. We had a breakdown of the Star Wars Bad Batch Trailer that was released Tuesday. Reminder that I’ll be posting a weekly episode recap that will include character updates, ships, vehicles, creatures, and more! Follow the link to our blog and of course all the fantastic Bad Batch updates will be included on our Bad Batch Source Guide. Speaking of Source Guides, The Mandalorian Source Guide will be complete this weekend! I’ll be putting…

The Bad Batch Official Trailer

March 30, 2021March 30, 2021 PT White

The Official Trailer for The Bad Batch has been released and here are a few stray observations I had. The First Episode is 70 minutes in length, hopefully that isn’t 20 minutes of credits. Looking at you D+! The description calls the young clone “Omega”. This implies we might be looking at the last of the clones. Rex is back! I think part of the Omega story will be Rex taking him to live with Cut. We will see. V-Wings!! A real lack of Crosshair in the trailer. I suspect…

The Structure of the Empire – Part 2

March 27, 2021March 27, 2021 PT White

COMPNOR COMPNOR, the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order, was formed in Imperial City months after Palpatine assumed power. Initially COMPNOR was little more than a social gathering for idealistic young beings who saw in the New Order a deliverance from the chaos of the dying days of the Old Republic. One of the Emperor’s advisors, one Crueya Vandron, saw the potential worth of a populist movement which could be molded into a useful political tool. Overt encouragement and discrete funding were provided, giving COMPNOR the appearance of…

The Structure of the Empire – Part 1

March 21, 2021March 21, 2021 PT White

The Galactic Empire reigned from 19 BBY to 5 ABY (981 GC – 1005 GC). During that time the Emperor reorganized government to maintain complete control over the galaxy. To do this the Emperor maintains power through a bewildering array of crossed authorities. By using this convoluted structure, Palpatine insures that only he can speak with complete authority, while all of the advisors, military officials and bureaucrats below him must carefully guard their words and justify their actions. Policies of expansion established by the Old Republic were never rescinded, and…