I've wondered that myself on a few occasions. Apparently, Tigellinus was the name of a minister and homey of Nero. I suspect the Davids picked "Grunger" based on it being just generally bad sounding. Grant almost certainly got his name from our own Ulysses S. Grant. Beyond that, my guesses come up short.

Next time, title your poll in much the same way you titled this thread.

I thought about that, but decided the thread would probably sink straight to the bottom with no replies for the reasons stated above. Although if one were to run such a poll at, say, TFN, perhaps, I'd guess it would probably be Zaarin hands down because he's probably the best-known of the Emperor's Dozen by a wide margin.

Their uniforms are somewhat similar to those of the Grand Admirals, but there are differences (for instance, if I recall correctly, they wear black pants).

I'm pretty sure that's correct. At least, a uniform with white tunic and black pants is frequently seen in the background in the OT. I don't personally recall seeing an official source say that it's ISB, but it seems a safe assumption based on Colonel Yularen's tunic...

Snake Plissken Katarn:

• Which one was the guy right behind Tarkin in the conference room? (The one who looked like Mark Twain) *

That actually wasn't one of the Grand Admirals. That was Colonel Wulf Yularen, a member of the Imperial Security Bureau. Their uniforms are somewhat similar to those of the Grand Admirals, but there are differences (for instance, if I recall correctly, they wear black pants).

Which one was the guy right behind Tarkin in the conference room? (The one who looked like Mark Twain)

Gee, I feel bad about forgetting to tell Mr. Corroney what a good job I thought he did on SWI 66 at the time he posted here.

Maybe I'll catch him at galacticsenate.com...

Greetings, Mr. Corroney. It's a pleasure to have you join our thread.

Though I'm afraid I must admit I'm not a great fan of your particular artistic style (it's a bit . . . shadowy? . . . for my tastes), I am a great fan of the consistent dedication you've shown to illustrating the Star Wars universe. HNN, Insider, and the recent RPG supplements would simply not be the same without your presence. And, of course, you had impeccable taste in choosing to illustrate one Insider article in particular . . .

Anyway, I do have a question for you. Did you intend for your picture of Takel to be from a point earlier in his life from the older-appearing image in +Glove of Darth Vader+? Or were you not made aware that that book had a picture of him? (Don't feel bad if it's the latter; I can totally understand not wanting to open that book!)

*It's all very nice work Joe.
Both the GA's and the HNN.com.
*

Thanks

Speaking of the Grand Admirals, I created the artwork featuring all 13 of the infamous Imperials for SW Insider and used to have all of thier portrait artwork on display at my official site. I've since taken them down though except for the Grand Admiral Thrawn portrait art and the 'Vader Meets Thrawn' illustration, both if which are in my Star Wars Insider Art gallery here...

http://www.joecorroney.com/cgi-local/imageFolio.cgi?direct=St ar_Wars/Star_Wars_Insider_Art

You can still see my character designs for the GA's if you pick up a copy of SWI #66 (which I also have a few autographed copies left for sale in my online store at my site too).

http://www.joecorroney.com/stufft obuy/

Hope everyone enjoyed my artwork for the feature, that was definitely one of my favorite SW projects I've illustrated

Grunger was mentioned a couple of times, but he never appeared; he's probably the "next most mentioned" after the ones I listed earlier, though. Pitta, however, wasn't even mentioned until the Essential Chronology.

Ah. Thanks.

Excellent! That's a decent issue beyond just those two stories, IIRC - though, my sleep-deprived brain can't recall what, and I'm away from my books so I can't check, so I'll just leave you to cryptically wonder what I'm talking about.

It looks pretty promising. Although I'd say offhand that the comic strip with the Amorphous Bantha Breakfast Biscuits is non-continuity.

Although there are RPG stats for Bungo, Rusti and the Amorphous Bantha Breakfast Biscuits! :^O

And I loved Pabawan's cartoon: "B'Hob's Discount Superweapons." :^O Especially given that it was drawn back in the days when the EU was looking like the "Superweapon of the Month Club..." I need to find the SWAJ thread...

Why just have your cake? Eat it, too! Let's have further details on ALL of them!

That would be nice, but I don't want to get my hopes up.

Indeed. In fact, that goes for the majority of the Grand Admirals in there; only Thrawn, Tigellinus, Zaarin, and to a lesser extent Takel had much more than a line or two in prior sources.

So Grunger and Pitta weren't in the infamous Trioculus Saga, just the EC?

BTW, earlier this week I chanced upon a copy of SWAJ 1 Vol. 11: the one with +Command Decision+! And Spare Parts by Pablo Hidalgo, but that's off-topic. It was the only SWAJ he had left lying around. Quite a lucky find, IMO.