MKJoshA

It's Jack Black's band. But now that I know it's from a Sinatra song that makes a lot more sense. In fact, now you have that song stuck in my head!

I really like the spear you've made for your Treasury Guard. I may borrow that sometime.

Is her mug quoting Tenacious D by any chance?

This looked even better in person! I'm glad you were finally able to post it!

I really like 1 and 2, but #3 has my vote!

Very cool. Great details!

Amazingly clever build!

That would be amazing! They've crushed my hopes for ever including Thrawn, but if they go with your idea, it would sooth my ill feelings towards Lucas a little

We are already fighting over whether the Empire is good or evil, do we really need to escalate the fight to include yellows vs fleshies? I mean, there's no contest there. Obviously yellows are the only way to go!

You show all of us exactly how amazing a build using only older bricks can be! Incredible work with a limited palate. Your talent puts us all to shame! Had you been building 6-7 years ago you would have been building MOCs that would have made Lego fans drool with envy! (oh wait, there is some drooling going on here )

Probably just Moonshine

Um, I don't think I ever said I was joining the Empire except as a character plot point. Even then my character only said he was going to sign up as a Stormtrooper. I'm sorry if that caused confusion but my builds still count for the awesome Rebel Alliance! (You're just trying to give your team an unfair boost )

Well, I think with the deadline extension we can expect a lot more entries! As for my signature, you'll have to check out my contest entry!

Incredible improvement! I really, really like the wall on your present scene! The upside down plates with handles add a great aspect to the wall. If you are still looking for ways to improve I second goatman's suggestion to add more detail to the surroundings of your past scene. I can tell it's supposed to be outside, but something else along the side of the build might help to improve that feel. If you are short on bricks then all I can say is "great work with what you have!"

Wow. I was waiting to comment until you had added more and everything I see now is incredible! Your ice-planet scene is cool, but what takes the cake is the past scene! It has a perfect Naboo feel and I love your speeder design! The story is great and the action and set-up of the scenes is incredible!

Thank you Dapper! Thanks for your feedback! I'm glad you liked the tractor and chairs The path is meant to be a road that goes along the farm's borders. The other side is just a field with trees. I tried to get the effect of dirt spilling out the road along it's edges so that it wouldn't look perfect. Guess I have some work to do there still The lack of searching by the Imperials is a story flaw I admit, but one that I needed to make it work. Good job in catching it Unfortunately I don't have enough imagination to invent a brand new tractor like vehicle for the SW universe That's something I depend on Lucas and Abrams for. My wife thought it looked too much like a real tractor too

It's Raggedy Ann!

I really like this idea, though I wish Thrawn had a different expression. He's always portrayed as cool and collected in the books. This looks like he is always ready to kill someone for looking at him wrong

Man, if Lego made an actual Terracotta figure I'd probably buy an army of them!

My contest entry is up!

See the rest of the story: Season 1 Season 2 Junker's Fee Welcome to Fondor Fondor City Nightlife Many Bothans Died... Well At Least One Fixing to Clear the Mind Thermal Detonator Pot-Pie After I passed the diner it was a short walk to the recruitment office. I told the desk clerk that I wanted to sign up as a Stormtrooper. The clerk took my name and handed me a clip board. After I had finished filling out the 18 pages of questions I handed it back to the clerk who ushered me into a back waiting area. I sat down in the drab room and kept telling myself that I was doing the right thing. Every time I had tried to be a force for good on my own I had ended up hurting people. Yeoman lost his leg. My brother lost his life. And what about all the innocent stormtroopers I had killed along the way? When would the violence end? As I stewed in my thoughts an officer and a stormtrooper entered the waiting area. “Josh, is it?” asked the officer. “I’m Commander Relve and I’ll be overseeing your trial.” I looked at him for a moment sure that I had just misunderstood him. “We’ve been trying to track you down since that incident on Cloud City. How nice of you to just walk into our offices and turn yourself in. Once the clerk entered your name in the system I was altered to your presence. I’m glad you stuck around long enough for me to personally capture you.” I knew that I was trapped. What a fool I had been! I looked toward the door but saw that it was sealed. “Alright, you have me. Now what are you going to do with me?” I asked. “As I said, I will be in charge of your trial. Immediately after will be your execution” Commander Relve responded. “A wonderful justice system you have here” I answered. “Oh yes,” he continued, “we make sure that all those who break Imperial law face the swiftest of justice.” With that he waved his hand and the trooper took me around the corner and motioned me up the ladder to the 2nd floor. I climbed hoping to be able to make a break for it when I got to the landing but I immediately found another trooper waiting for me. He motioned me into my cell and sealed the door behind me. The cell had to be one of the smallest the Empire had on Fondor. I could barely turn around in it. I sat on my bed and started to rethink through my choice. As I mused I felt something in my pocket. I felt around and pulled out a yellow focusing crystal. I stared at it and started to remember a story from my past… In The Past Growing up in Corellia I used to play with a kid named Zack. His father was a farmer who worked hard just to put food on their table. We were sitting in a tree watching his father work on their meiloorun patch. As we had since my father gave it to me, we were debating the origins of my focusing crystal. “I tell you!” Zack exclaimed. “It’s got to be from a lightsaber!” “Don’t you know that the Jedi have been extinct for years?” I responded. “That’s just what the Empire says” Zack answered. “My dad tells me that there are some still some out there, protecting the weak and defending justice!” “It’s far more likely that it’s from a mining laser” was my reply. “There are many mining companies on Corellia.” We continued to debate my crystals origins when two stormtroopers stopped Zack’s dad. They talked to him for a short while before motioning him away from the farm and down the road. We jumped down and ran towards the troopers. “Wait!” shouted Zack. “Where are you taking my dad!?” “Is this the son?” the trooper asked into his helmet. After getting an answer he said, “Alright, you’re going to have to come with us.” “Why?” I asked. “What has Zack done?” “His father has been convicted of treason against the Empire” the trooper answered. “And because of his father’s treason, his son is under arrest also.” “Zack’s family are just simple farmers!” I said. “They haven’t done anything worth arresting them over! Let them go!” “I can’t go against my orders” the trooper replied. “I have to follow what my commanding officer tells me to do.” “But what has Zack done?” I pleaded. “He hasn’t done anything against you! Let him go!” The trooper thought for a moment. He looked at his sergeant taking Zack’s father away and then looked back at us boys. “Alright,” he said. “I can’t do anything for your friend’s dad. But I won’t mention in my report that we found his son. If you can, help him get off this planet. That’s all I can do.” With that he turned and walked away. Zack turned and started crying, knowing he would probably never see his dad again. All I could do was let him know I was there. I had little else I could comfort him with. The Present All those memories came rushing back to me as I looked at the crystal. I put it back in my pocket and thought about my dilemma. Obviously the first thing I needed to do was get out of here. But almost as obvious was that I was mistaken when I thought I needed to sign up with the Empire to do good. Maybe there were some good men behind the Stormtrooper masks. But they weren’t under their own authority. They had to obey orders. If I wanted to stand for justice, then I couldn’t be shackled by the evil that existed in the Empire. But I also didn’t want to kill people needlessly. This was something I was going to have to think about more. OoC: For all of you who were hoping that I was switching to the Empire, I'm sorry to disappoint you but I'm a Rebel through and through! I never meant for people to think I was switching sides, but I'm afraid my character's story twist combined with my awesome new title caused much confusion. However, I'm never one to shy away from using confusion to my advantage A couple more pictures: Lots more can be seen on my flickr.

Category A: #2 #5 Category B: #1 #3 Category C: #2 #4

Sounds perfect, I find it's always better to just keep building than to question whether or not to make a particular build

You might run into storyline inconsistencies depending on how detailed your explanation of each build is, but you can post away as goatman said! You don't have to wait for the contest to end to post freebuilds that take place after the contest. The only rule that comes close to being broken there is the one that says you can only get credit for 4 freebuilds per episode. And even then you can still post more freebuilds, you just won't get XP for them

We just are realistic about real life time constraints