This is now the RP post for the week, post all RP content here.

Greetings loyal patriots, pilots, soldiers, Bothan Spies and all others. We have noticed an increase in the number of RP submissions to this subreddit in the past week, while this is not something we wish to stop it has become a bit "bloated". People are posting new submissions for introduction of their characters and frequently many posts over the same area of the plots ongoing with the RP. I wish to say now, we are happy with the use of this sub for people to RP, never would I personally stop such. However this sub is not only for those wishing to RP characters and we need some kind of organisation.

This post will therefore be a place for people to post their RP characters and even RP plots to here. Each week a new post will be put up and will be the current stickied one on this subreddit. The previous weeks post will then be "un-stickied" but a link to it will be placed on the most current one. The previous threads will be locked upon the new week and the new sticky will be the current one for posts. This allows much easier communication of plots and characters to everyone else.

A final note on the new system, RP submissions to the subreddit with an art image attachment themed to the plot are still free to be submitted as a separate submission outside of the sticky, also as long as image isn't a repost.

If you are interested in further RP within the Star Wars universe there is another sub which isn't formally supported by us but does cater to such: /r/SWDarkTimes

Also a wonderful idea is your flair on the subreddit, you can edit it to whatever you wish to help better represent your character role. Use it and save so many headaches for people to remember as well.

Any queries or confusion, message the mods or myself and I will answer them all

This is the RP thread for the week

Right folks, you now know the drill this is the weeks new RP thread. So same as before, post all RP content to this thread. Those posts which have an image attached are free to be submitted separate from this sticky post.

This is last weeks RP thread!

If you have any confusion on the RP threads the FAQ wiki guide on the sidebar has been updated with information. If you have further questions feel free to message the mods or myself and can give an answer quickly enough I hope.

If you're introducing a character, perhaps please post it as a reply to the sticky comment found below posted by myself. This means people looking for plots can minimize the characters to avoid having to scroll forever. Any new RP post submitted text only and not in this sticky will be locked and a link back to here posted on it. Now go and support the Empire people, bring glory and honour to the people of the galaxy!

I want to say it here as /u/The_Zelegant bought up in another submission. Please can we have a sense of logic when it comes to RP, it's fine to RP out some outlandish concepts but do so in respect for other people roleplaying as well. So here is some things to keep in mind when Roleplaying.

• Do not takeover someone else's RP, contact them before hand if you wish to get heavily involved with their RP.

• Keep some logical sense with your RP, the setting we find ourselves in a lot on this subreddit with RP is post-Endor. The Empire as this stage is in a decline (heresy to write that) and things are in disarray. Pulling entire fleets out of your story driven "ass" is really frowned upon and just isn't sporting. The Kuat shipyards are still active and so there is grounds to bring some new capital ships out for fun but be within reason.

• Stick to your operations, if you're engaged in an operation with other people take that into account. Don't suddenly be in another one doing an entirely different thing because then it causes some issues in knowing what your character is actually doing.

Message me or the mods for queries

I know that this sub is humourous in nature, and this is pretty funny. That said, do many of you really think that the Empire are the good guys?

The newest release of documentary footage is upon us, in the form of Rogue One. Though there is little doubt the footage will be cut together in a way that attempts to spread the propaganda of the Rebellion, this is nevertheless a time for celebration and good cheer for Imperial loyalists everywhere.

In the interests of not spoiling the experience of this documentary footage for anyone, our policy on the matter of spoilers for the next little while is going to be strict.

1. All posts containing Rogue One spoilers or linking to content that contains spoilers (including images) must be flaired as such and should also be marked as containing spoilers be indicating NSFW content (or spoiler content, should that option become available).
2. Nothing in your post subject should be a spoiler of any kind. Once someone clicks into a thread that is marked for spoilers, all bets are off, but the post subject can be seen by anyone visiting the subreddit and so should be as vague as necessary to avoid giving anything away.
3. Users should absolutely report content violating these conditions the moment they see it. When in doubt, report it. We can always mark reported content as approved.
4. Users that violate these rules in small ways will simply have posts removed, often with a note from the mod team as to why and how to resubmit to avoid removal.
5. Users that flagrantly violate these rules will be subject to a one week ban, period. A second violation after one such ban will result in a permanent ban. Yes, we're very serious about this.

We appreciate your cooperation and look forward to the many new conversations that will no doubt arise in the wake of this new footage!

The newest release of documentary footage is upon us, in the form of The Last Jedi. This is a time for celebration and good cheer for Imperial loyalists everywhere!

In the interests of not spoiling the experience of this documentary footage for anyone, our policy on the matter of spoilers for the next little while is going to be strict.

1. All posts containing The Last Jedi spoilers or linking to content that contains spoilers (including images) must be flaired as such and should also be marked as containing spoilers with the 'spoilers' link beneath the post.
2. Nothing in your post subject should be a spoiler of any kind. Once someone clicks into a thread that is marked for spoilers, all bets are off, but the post subject can be seen by anyone visiting the subreddit and so should be as vague as necessary to avoid giving anything away.
3. Users should absolutely report content violating these conditions the moment they see it. When in doubt, report it. We, the mods, can always mark reported content as approved.
4. Users that violate these rules in small ways will simply have posts removed, often with a note from the mod team as to why and how to resubmit to avoid removal.
5. Users that flagrantly violate these rules will be subject to a one week ban, period. A second violation after one such ban will result in a permanent ban. Yes, we're very serious about this.

We appreciate your cooperation and look forward to the many new conversations that will no doubt arise in the wake of this new footage!

Greetings, fellow Imperial citizens.

Based both on internal moderator discussion and observing community feedback, we are placing a moratorium on Order 66 receipt/"in-the-wild" posts. Any posts of this nature made after the posting of this announcement will be silently removed.

While seeing references to the Empire in the wild is always welcome, there have been more than enough of these posts at this point and anyone wishing to find them can always do so by searching for them.

Thank you for your attention.

its the same entity under a different dynasty

Hello there loyal citizens of the Empire. Just wished to give an update on things as we continue on with the Star Wars revival that is happening right now.

Some could say this has become the Silver Age for all things Star Wars, with a whole new trilogy unfolding before us on the big screen and spin-off films filling the years in-between. I am sure we are all eagerly awaiting Rogue One to come out shortly this year with the full dedication we can hope for to the Empire.

Just wish to give some kind of message out there and this is the easiest way. Reposts, now of course we are going to get them. Every subreddit does and with our little community we are bound too get a few. Some of you may have noticed some submissions disappearing past month, and this would be the reason why. Now every person has their own reasoning for how long you should wait until posting something again but a quick search on the Subreddit you can check yourselves to avoid your submissions being removed. If you are unsure, always feel free to message the mods.

Thirdly, I suppose it is thirdly now. With Rogue One approaching there is going to be a surge of submissions I am sure, please do check if others have posted similar before your own. There was some marketing material for example recently with filthy Rebel lies on that was being noticed by many people. Just awareness is all.

Finally. Well done to us all I think, when I became mod here we were hitting around just over 10k loyalists. Now I sit here looking at over 40 thousand! Dayum if that ain't something nice to see. You have all been wonderful loyal citizens of the Empire and continue to appreciate the true heroes of the galaxy! Now the RP mega-thread will continue as normal but as we have hit a few of them now I am working on a better way to archive previous posts rather than slowly filling up a list on that thread. Any ideas are welcomed on that challenge.

Any queries post away and will answer all. Cheers all!

Dear r/EmpireDidNothingWrong, I want to apologize on behalf of all r/italy and r/theitalyplace for trying to attack your subreddit's creation and I swear we will immediately stop our expansion and let your symbol alone if you all will help us to contrast and repel the attack that right now we are experiencing from the communists near our flag. If you will be willing to help us, we will help rebuild and recreate the symbol that we damaged. Peace?

The rules related to posting artwork have been updated to address the recent surge in posts related to AI-generated artwork.

Background:

To do what it does, AI art sources from a huge dataset library of existing (human) artists' work. It does so without permission, credit, or compensation to those artists. Is this different from what any human artist does, studying the techniques of the artists that came before them? That's a thorny ethical and philosophical question without a clear answer yet.

Someone supplying an AI with a prompt, though, is emphatically not the artist of the resulting work. An AI operator is a client. Just as a human client might approach a human artist and request, "Draw me a sketch of what Stormtrooper armor looked like between the final Clonetrooper and first Stormtrooper iterations," so too does an AI "operator."

If the "operator" were then to use this as inspiration to create artwork of their own? Way, way less of an issue. AI can absolutely be (and is being) used as a valuable tool in this way.

But that's rarely what we see; we see the output of prompts, no different than a client going to an artist, asking for a piece, and then passing it off as their own work or "created by" a tool, generated by a tool that exists by sourcing data it had no permission to source.

Rule Update:

Our rules around posting artwork that you yourself did not create have always required attribution to the original artist(s) in the post title.

Therefore, posting AI artwork that does not attribute all of the contributing artists whose work was sourced to generate the piece will be considered in violation of our rules.

You can read the updated rule text here.

Edit: Updated to expound on the rationale behind the rule change, for those who many not be aware of the ethical implications of AI-generated artwork.