Schedeen, Jesse (December 22, 2015). "9 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Comics We Want from Marvel". IGN. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015 . Retrieved December 23, 2015. The skill level and efficiency of our clones is far superior to that of any recruited body." ―Lama Su and Wilhuff Tarkin [25]

Keithly, Dennis (2017). "Captain Phasma rallies the Lupr'or for an assault in Captain Phasma #3". Retrozap. Archived from the original on August 14, 2022 . Retrieved July 9, 2018. The Buildable Figures range began in 2015 and many fans seem to have been clamouring for a Stormtrooper from the Original Trilogy since then. 75531 Stormtrooper Commander should therefore prove quite popular and I have been eager to take a closer look at this iconic soldier. Cold weather assault stormtroopers: Stormtroopers more commonly known as snowtroopers that were trained for frozen environments and wore a special mask and a kama that both resembled the equipment worn by the 21st Nova Corps on Mygeeto during the Clone Wars. [22] [2] [70]Clone stormtroopers: The clone troopers who had previously fought in the Clone Wars for the Republic served as the first generation of stormtroopers. [4] a b "Captain Phasma". Star Wars Databank. StarWars.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2015 . Retrieved December 22, 2015. In some cases, Stormtrooper officers who are undergoing combat situations leading various Stormtroopers wore colored shoulder pauldrons as high-visibility rank indicators. [53] In addition, they also sometimes wore a variation of Stormtrooper armor that possessed colored lines around the chest, arms, shoulders, and the right side of their helmet and face, to indicate their unit. [52] a b Orange, B. Alan (December 16, 2014). "New Star Wars 7 Character Name Revealed". MovieWeb. Archived from the original on February 7, 2016 . Retrieved January 30, 2016.

Magma stormtroopers: Stormtroopers trained to operate within volcanic environments, such as Mustafar. [48] The helmet provided cranial protection, filtered air, and contained enhanced vision, communication systems and an effective [66] HUD (heads up display) [67] that could help locate threats, aid in navigation, and to help alert the wearer. [66] Star Wars: Legion — Core Set (Card: Darth Vader) (Reissued in Darth Vader Commander Expansion) (Picture only) Report to Imperial Command" — The Star Wars Sourcebook (also reprinted in Second Edition) (Mentioned only)

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Imperial Elite Guard: An elite honor guard tasked with protecting the leading government officials of the Imperial Remnant, such as the Supreme Commander of the Imperial Fleet and the Council of Moffs. [38] One Last Night in the Mos Eisley Cantina: The Tale of the Wolfman and the Lamproid" — Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina One Ewok donned a stormtrooper helmet during the Ewok Civil War. [26] The Night Troopers, a legion of stormtroopers [27] who disappeared with Grand Admiral Mitth'raw'nuruodo "Thrawn" into exile [7] after the Liberation of Lothal in 1 BBY, [28] continued to wear stormtrooper armor that grew damaged over their exile. The armor was repaired with red ropes and a mix of gold and grey materials. Thrawn's Captain of the Guard, Enoch, wore a unique face plate on his helmet. [7] During the New Republic Era, some stormtrooper armor was painted with the symbol of the pirate Warbird gang as the armor worn by a pirate. [8] Additions to the suit [ ] After the fall of the Empire, remaining stormtroopers who continued to champion the Imperial cause [92] or became mercenaries [89] became known as "Remnant Stormtroopers." [90] [93] [94] Pre-existing stormtrooper variants existed amongst the remnant forces, [98] but some specific variants would emerge as new trooper types during the post-Imperial period. [16] Gideon's Imperial remnant would make use of [97] " Imperial armored commandos," [173] who wore beskar armor and were far more accurate shooters than standard stormtroopers. [174] Prior to the development and distribution of stormtrooper armor, the first Imperial stormtroopers wore Phase II battle armor during various assignments, such as the Cleansing of New Plympto [62] and the search for Garoche Tarkin. [63] However, by the time Naboo was subjugated by military force in 18 BBY, the old Phase II battle armor had become obsolete and replaced by a new suit of Imperial armor. [19]

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a b c d Laverty, Christopher (January 22, 2016). " Star Wars: Interview with Michael Kaplan". Clothes on Film. Archived from the original on January 27, 2016 . Retrieved January 26, 2016. For a time, the Stormtrooper Corps remained evenly balanced between clones and recruits, at least until the onset of the Imperial Civil War, which occurred alongside the ongoing Galactic Civil War. Due to the loss of Kamino and its cloning facilities, as well as many other cloning centers throughout the galaxy, clone stormtroopers became a rare commodity that the Empire could no longer afford to sustain. [36] As the Galactic Empire's unity became undermined by various splinter cell factions, a few successor states opted to vastly reform the Imperial recruiting policy. Unlike the old Empire, the Empire of the Hand recruited stormtroopers from a variety of Humanoid sources. Though the stormtrooper ranks remained consistently dominated by Human male recruits, it marked the first time that Non-Humans were allowed to serve as Imperial soldiers. [31] Riot stormtroopers: Stormtroopers who specialized in combating insurrectionists and uprisings. [23] Petty, Jared (May 4, 2015). " Game of Thrones ' Gwendoline Christie Revealed as Star Wars ' Chrome Trooper Captain Phasma". IGN. Archived from the original on December 7, 2019 . Retrieved December 22, 2015. There were several subgroups in the Stormtrooper Corps with training and equipment for particular mission profiles, generally sorted by the type of environment the trooper would encounter. Recruits to the Stormtrooper Corps are selected for specialization at an early stage of training, and thus are conditioned with the appropriate knowledge and psychological training for the tasks required of them. As a result, their psychological conditioning to their particular identity once specialized is so strong that the resulting specialized stormtrooper almost never wishes to change his division.