It's 2006. LEGO and Star Wars are some of the coolest things around, and as a youngling, I have been given access to the Internet. I want to make an account on the LEGO website, of course, so I have to make a username. Uh oh. What's a username?

By the time I figure that out, I need to come up with one. I have a big old Star Wars encyclopedia from that time: it contains a bunch of characters, vehicles, and items from up to Attack of the Clones, along with what's now considered Legends material. I believe that flipping through there helped me come up with the name "TIE-PILOT", though I cannot confirm what page this was on, or if I'd been looking through another book. In any case, that's what I chose.

Although I the records state that I joined 2006, I was far too young to appreciate what a "Message Board" was at the time. It seemed a bit intimidating, talking to strangers on the Internet and whatnot. It wouldn't be until a few years later (about 2009-2010) that I began reading and posting on the LMBs. If I knew that the name would stick with me forever in 2006, I would have chosen something different. If I had made my account when I actually started posting, it would probably be Hero Factory related instead, or perhaps not related to LEGO at all.