Raymond Ramirez

"As a kid Star Wars helped me to use my imagination in ways that I never thought of until I saw the movies. It made me want to be creative and I'd dream up all kinds of stuff on my own. The films also got me into reading and drawing. I must have drawn a million X-wing versus TIE fighter battles, and enough Fetts to have a clone army of my own over the years"

- Ramond Ramirez on the influence Star Wars had on his life

Raymond Ramirez is a Star Wars fan who owns the blogsite Mando'ade and their toys and who served the USA Army as a soldier and sniper. The films had an special influence on his life, feeling identified with the Mandalorian bounty hunter Boba Fett. He praised too several Expanded Universe stories, arguing that some of them are amazing and that some good lessons about life could be learned from them.

When Raymond had the chance to write on Star Wars Insider, he wrote positively about Karen Traviss' Republic Commando: Hard Contact, praising her writing. Both Ramirez and Traviss have become good friends since then. As a form of gratitude, Traviss thanked him for his advice in the acknowledgments in Republic Commando: Triple Zero, Republic Commando: True Colors and Legacy of the Force: Revelation (which was dedicated to him too). The character of Ram Zerimar, seen in Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines, is a tuckerization of Ramirez' name. Ramirez designed too the Verpine shatter gun with bipod and a helmet for Kal Skirata.

Raymond Ramirez attended Celebration IV in 2007. He cosplayed as a Mandalorian. His decision, according to him, represents his love for the Mandalorians, assuring that being a soldier himself makes him to appreciate and respect the Mandalorians even more.