The Rank insignia of the First Order was used in the First Order military.
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The military rank of officers of the First Order Navy, and of the First Order Army when not in combat situations, was denoted by a combination of uniform color and arm insignia. Standard officers wore charcoal gray uniforms, senior officers, including Commanders,[1] wore teal, junior officers wore light gray, and non-commissioned officers wore black.[2]
Rank was further denoted by insignia worn on the left sleeve of the uniform. Insignia consisted of a black cuff title edged in silver, typically bearing the name of a particular Imperial hero or unit of the Galactic Civil War depicted in silver Aurebesh letters, with two of them also carrying a form of alternate Aurebesh numbers.[2] Insignia for Generals and Admirals was somewhat different and consisted of two blank black stripes, both edged in silver. Generals' stripes were further accentuated with black piping, while Admirals' stripes had red piping.[2]
Uniform color | Name on cuff title | Rank |
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Teal | Kaplan | Colonel |
Teal | Tarkin | Major |
Light gray | Dillon | Captain |
Light gray | Power | Lieutenant |
Black | Ro 8 | Sergeant |
Black | Hal 4 | Squad leader |
Black | FOSB | Member of First Order Security Bureau |
Stormtrooper insignia[]
While in armor, the rank of a stormtrooper was indicated by the color of their pauldron: red was for officers, black for sergeants, and white for squad leaders.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
The First Order's use of braided armbands as rank insignia is visually similar to the cuff titles used by Nazi Germany for unit identification.
The name Dillon is most likely a reference to costume designer Glyn Dillon, who worked on Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens,[4] which the reference book Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary, where all the armbands first appear together, is based on.[2] Similarly, the names Ro and Hal seem to be a reference to Dillon's sons, who are named Ro and Hal.[5]
Appearances[]
- Age of Resistance - General Hux 1
- Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens (First appearance)
- Star Wars Resistance — "Into the Unknown"
- Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition audiobook
- Star Wars Resistance — "Rendezvous Point"
- Star Wars Resistance — "Breakout"
- Star Wars Resistance — "No Place Safe"
- Star Wars Resistance — "Rebuilding the Resistance"
- Choose Your Destiny: A Finn & Poe Adventure
- Star Wars Resistance — "The Escape"
Sources[]
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary (First identified as Rank insignia of the First Order)
- Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 68 (Helmets: First Order Fleet Engineer)
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
- Tam Ryvora in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ Star Wars: Interview with Michael Kaplan by Laverty, Christopher on clothesonfilm.com (January 22, 2016) (archived from the original on August 3, 2020)
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens credits
- ↑ Glyn Dillon (@glyn__dillon) on Instagram: This is a new promotional poster for 'The Last Jedi' - I like it because they usually have Poe facing the other way… (September 6, 2017): "This way you get to see my boys names in Aurebesh ("Ro & Hal")." (backup link)