An attempt was made to reorganize and systematize Imperial insignia for Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back but the following film included significant Imperial insignia errors. Thus these “systems” were not rigid in the original trilogy. The original insignias were designed cheaply for the first Star Wars film since costs were high, they had to be reproduced for multiple actors, and expectations were low, both in terms of box office and sequels. Most of this guidance is accurate before the Battle of Yavin following the destruction of Death Star I, the Empire is in disarray, resulting in discrepancies. Outside of the original trilogy, clone troopers used rank insignia plaques during the last years of The Clone Wars, and in the sequel trilogy, First Order officer rankings do not appear on their chests but on their sleeves, according to The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary. Stormtrooper officers (in black uniforms) have a line of four blue squares, but stormtroopers (with the exception of snowtroopers) are not delineated with plaques. There is some bleed-over in terms of insignia between other ranks such as Lieutenant Commander and Commander, and insignias vary with other military branches. Taking the Imperial Navy as examples, an Officer Cadet newly graduated from the Imperial Academy would feature one blue square on his or her uniform, a Midshipman or Ensign would have one red square above one blue square, and the Lieutenant rank has two red over two blue. Below the rank of Captain, the best source for Imperial rank guidance originated from Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game and its related materials.
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