Darth Voorhees[501st] Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 i tried to search for the answer for this to avoid my embarassing question, but to no avail....so here it is: What does "TK" actually stand for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTrooper Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 Actually I don't think we know. It comes from ANH when the officer radios the Luke an says "TK421 why aren't you at your post, TK421 do you copy." From that line, all stormtroopers are TKs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Voorhees[501st] Posted April 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 haha ok, i knew thats where it came from, i just thought we also knew what it meant lol...well i feel better now lol thanks Terrell! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 TK Trooper Kleen TD Trooper Dirty TS Trooper Siberia TB Tuberculosis TX Texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amish Trooper Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 TK Trooper KleenTD Trooper Dirty TS Trooper Siberia TB Tuberculosis TX Texas that made me laugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daetrin[Admin] Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 TK Trooper KleenTD Trooper Dirty TS Trooper Siberia TB Tuberculosis TX Texas LOL Yeah, since it's all Monday morning quarterbacking your explanation is valid as anyone else's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TI-3844[501st] Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 IIRC, the trooper in the DS scene was called THX-1138 in the 1976 novel adaptation... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Voorhees[501st] Posted April 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 TK Trooper KleenTD Trooper Dirty TS Trooper Siberia TB Tuberculosis TX Texas hahahahaha i almost choked on my food lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThayNerd[TK] Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 TK Trooper KleenTD Trooper Dirty TS Trooper Siberia TB Tuberculosis TX Texas Thats hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peregrinus Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 To wander into Serioustown for a second... One the one hand it could be randomly generated, as parts of U.S. military serial numbers are. On the other the letters could actually have some sort of meaning. One theory I've hatched, based on EU materials, is that it's to indicate they're from the Legion/Battalion/whatever attached to TarKin's governorship. Various sources give the Stormtroopers who boarded the Tantive IV the "DV" prefix, which makes sense if they're the Stormtrooper Regiment attached to that Star Destroyer -- the DeVastator. But that's all in-universe. Out here in our little club, we glommed onto the TK-421 designation and applied it across the Legion. Then decided we needed something to indicate non-basic-Stormtrooper costumes, so came up with variants where the "T" stands for "Trooper", and the second letter stands for the variant in question: TB = Trooper, Biker (Scout) TR = Trooper, Royal (Guard) TS = Trooper, Snow TA = Trooper, AT-AT TD = Trooper, Desert TX = Trooper, "Special" ...And like that. --Jonah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 Here's an especially Special looking TX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 That is special The level of detail is amazing!!...I just don't have the free time to put that amount of effort in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billhag Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 If you look REEEEL CAREFULLY it looks like he stripped the walls and made his armour and helmet out of the wallpaper... I can't wait to see the floral Laura Ashley version.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvinrobot Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 That trooper looks like he should be a beneficiary of one of our charity events... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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