Noob

In Joker Squad of the New Galactic Empire stormtrooper corps' 407th Division, an unseasoned recruit was pejoratively labeled a noob, presumably a slang abbreviation of newbie or newcomer. Whether the term was used in the wider stormtrooper corps or even the Galaxy at large is unknown.

When Anson Trask was promoted to Joker Squad in 137 ABY, he acquired the moniker, which ironically saved him from the retribution of Darth Maleval when Trask annoyed the Sith Lord. He would outgrow the title in the eyes of his peers after he later shot and killed Maleval.

The word may have been derived from the term newbie, a Gungan slang term with a similar meaning that enjoyed galactic notoriety.

Behind the scenes

 * In Internet culture, newb, noob, and n00b are generally derogatory slang terms for a newbie (an inexperienced newcomer) who is rude and ignorant in an online game, forum, or other means of interaction. "Newbie" is not necessarily an insulting word, but "n00b" generally is. See Newbie article on Wikipedia for further discussion of the terms' finer shades of meaning.


 * According to the above Wikipedia article, a 'newbie' was a term to describe new arrivals in the Vietnam theater of war, decades before its popular use on 1980s bulletin boards and subsequent Internet message boards and chat rooms.


 * Also from the article, the term "non-useful body", or N.U.B. was coined in the submariner world. A brand new sailor reporting aboard a submarine had to earn his "dolphins" (submarine-qualification: learning everything about a submarine in order to quickly and decisively assist in damage control). Until the sailor became so qualified, he could not do his assigned function aboard the submarine. During this time, he was declared a non-useful-body, and was generally harassed until he completed it. The term has since migrated to the surface fleet, and is used to negatively refer to new sailors, who are not as experienced and useful as their shipmates.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Legacy 4: Noob