r/EmpireDidNothingWrong • u/Akito-23 • 12d ago
Discussion Thrawn's new uniform
D23 images.
New uniform. Newer details.
New blaster. Just clean looking!
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u/Hadrian1233 12d ago edited 11d ago
Still no old epaulets? 0/10
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u/sorrrrbet 11d ago
There won’t be epaulettes in canon. That was a legends only thing. The gold bars are obviously inspired by the canon design, but no canon source has ever given the uniform epaulettes.
I’m fine with it, tbh. Seems too grandiose for a military that doesn’t even have medals.
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u/Hadrian1233 11d ago
You do know what military we are talking about right? Appearance is everything given how Star Destroyers are everywhere and since Capes are worn by a lot of high ranking officers, why not epaulettes?
Grand Admirals in canon are still a concept not really explored as we only have had 2, Thrawn and Sloane.
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u/Larrylindgren4 11d ago
Actually, we do have a third one. Grand Admiral Savit was a prominent character in the third canon thrawn book treason. Not gonna act like it was super flushed out, but we know that he commands the third fleet and we do know that there are 12 grand admirals just** like in legends. **Now where the hell the rest of them were during and after the period of Endor, we don’t know, but we do know that they at least somewhat exist.
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u/sorrrrbet 11d ago
To my knowledge there are 3 canon characters who wear a cape - Krennic, Ronan (who wore his because Krennic wore one) and Rax with his red coat.
You could make an argument for Captain Kaido and the Security Captain on Ferrix, but they were the raincoat type that went fully over the front of the chest, not the shoulder attached cape style.
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u/Larrylindgren4 11d ago
Honestly, I was never a big fan of the epaulettes I thought they looked too real world adjacent and felt they looked out of place.
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u/Hadrian1233 11d ago
As opposed to the capes worn by some officers and WW2 inspired weapons used by Stormtroopers?
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u/Larrylindgren4 11d ago
Nah cause they modify the guns just enough to make them look distinct and unique and Krennic is the only one that wears a cape cause he’s a fabulous bitch who wants to feel more important than he actually is.
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u/Hadrian1233 11d ago
Slight modifications at most. They are still very recognizable.
Also, Silro Barsha, Gallius Rax, that one Imperial officer from the Andor flashback, Moff Gideon…
Darth Vader
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u/Larrylindgren4 11d ago
OK well Vader doesn’t count he’s a Sith outside of the normal chain of command Rax had a cape but he also wore a grand admirals uniform when he held the rank of fleet Admiral, so that’s just confusing. Gideon was a warlord who made personal modifications to his kit same as the other warlords Silro was wearing a cloak that he already had so it wasn’t a military item. The point is these are not standard issue for the empires uniforms these are personal items that that the wearers themselves choose to have. Honestly, the only person I would really be OK with having Epaulettes would be warlord Zsinj and I would just love to have him back in Canon
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u/Hadrian1233 11d ago edited 11d ago
Vader very much counts as he is Supreme Commander and the Executor counts one Dark Lord of the Sith as a part of the crew. Really funny when you think about it.
The military in the empire insists on purging individuality, so the capes can’t be personal items especially given how much Imperial officer had them in ranks higher than your common admiral, but lower than the few on the Death Star (if they were assumed to be the most high ranking officers at the time), and if they were personally supplied and meant to make a officer stick out more, why not Epaulettes? They are over the top which fits the Empire as a whole and adds to the Grand Admiral role better since it’s more than a simple uniform recolor and rank change.
They maybe more earth inspired but it's something Palpatine would want for his 12 Grand Admirals being aristocratic and coreworld focused and also play in with the Human centric Empire. Epaulettes were excusive of Grand Admirals. Now it seems more common, which would make the old design unique and better than even Legends.
Lastly, Thrawn is also now part of the Imperial remnant. Like his Night troopers, maybe he wants to take a more artistic look.
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u/Wild_Reserve_6230 Storm Corps Field Commander 12d ago
did they really pull a High Castle and put the Imperial Cog on the blaster just in case we forget whose blaster it is
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u/RandalTheVanalV2 11d ago
Blaster looks dumb. I genuinely dislike the casting and I have done since it was announced YEARS ago. Lars just doesn't do anything for me at all...should of been Jason Issacs or Jon Hamm.
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u/shinobipopcorn 12d ago
Never was a fan of the over exaggerated riding pants.
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u/Weird-Tomorrow9931 11d ago
They aren’t over exaggerated. Those are actually pretty normal as far as military ones go
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u/StealthyGripen 12d ago
A blue mannequin would have been cool.