HCP 2007 Top Theory Overview

The large mass of the top quark, the only fermion to have a mass of the order of the electroweak scale, makes its study very important. This large mass implies that top is important for precision electroweak physics in the Standard Model, and it may be the first indication that physics beyond the Standard Model may be evident in the detailed properties of top. This report, one of the plenary talks at the HCP 2007 conference, summarizes our understanding of the top quark as of the year 2007, and shows how the current run II of the Fermilab Tevatron and the future planned CERN LHC experiments will, through detailed specific measurements, greatly improve our understanding of the top quark.