Rinzler, J.W (2007). The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film. Del Rey. ISBN 978-0345477613. Shoretroopers". StarWars.com. Archived from the original on November 20, 2016 . Retrieved December 12, 2016. Sovereign Protectors serve as the resurrected Emperor Palpatine's elite bodyguards on Exegol. Outfitted with red armor and full-body capes, they are reminiscent of the old Emperor's Royal Guard, but carry two-pronged blaster rifles instead of force pikes. Within Star Wars Legends material, Sovereign Protectors are the most elite variant of Imperial Guards.

Star Wars Legends media such as games and comics feature a number of specialized stormtrooper units. The Marvel-produced comics of the late 1970s and early 1980s featured Shadow Troopers. Other specialists have included commandos and troopers equipped to work in the vacuum of outer space, such as the zero gravity Spacetroopers depicted engaging in extra vehicular battle in the 1991 novel Star Wars: Heir to the Empire, and its 1995 Dark Horse Comics adaptation. a b c "Meet FN-2199, a.k.a. TR-8R: The Stormtrooper Behind the Meme". StarWars.com. January 7, 2016. Archived from the original on April 21, 2021 . Retrieved January 20, 2016. The first convention I attended, I think in 2006, I told one of the organizers that I was the Stormtrooper who banged his head, thinking he would say: “Great — that’s fantastic!” But he just shrugged his shoulders and told me he had heard that from so many others, adding [that] everyone was banging their heads! So, as I had no way of proving it, I thought I’d better keep quiet about it. As time marched on, people started telling me that [the late] Michael Leader was claiming the Stormtrooper blooper. So it left thinking, “How can he prove it?” That’s when I decided to speak up. I hear Michael has started to state a similar story. So after a while, and feeling rather peeved, I decided to write a song about the subject. It’s now out on iTunes, also on YouTube. It’s called, obviously: “Who Was the Stormtrooper Who Banged His Head?” The guerilla war waged by the Rebel Alliance against the Galactic Empire mirrored the battle between an insurgent force and a global superpower that was playing out in Vietnam as Lucas wrote Star Wars. While stormtrooper performers like Michael Leader ( Episode IV), [3] Laurie Goode ( Episode IV), [3] Peter Diamond ( Episode IV-VI), Stephen Bayley ( Episode IV), and Bill Weston ( Episode IV) have generally been uncredited in the film series, [ citation needed] there have been a few exceptions.Rare Trek, Star Wars and Who props up for auction (pictures)". CNET. August 27, 2015. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021 . Retrieved August 30, 2015.

The elite 501st designation is resurrected by Grand Admiral Thrawn, who in the Thrawn trilogy is charged with the defense of the "Empire of the Hand" Imperial Remnant forces. Thrawn's 501st is composed of aliens and humans. Nicholas, Christopher (2017). Star Wars: I Am a Jedi. Little Golden Books. Illustrated by Chris Kennett. p.4. ISBN 978-0736435765.Treadspeeder drivers are seen on Pasaana in The Rise of Skywalker. Reminiscent of the Imperial scout troopers, they are outfitted with lighter armor and specialize in riding speeder bikes; in this case, the 125-Z treadspeeder bike, from which they take their name. [69] Tech stormtroopers, featured in Star Wars Resistance, specialize in extracting, decrypting, and analyzing data from droid memory cores or other sources. [72]

Purge Troopers". StarWars.com. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021 . Retrieved February 27, 2021. We pay homage to George Lucas and his remarkable accomplishments in film with a likeness of the director clad in the distinctive armor of Imperial stormtrooper a b c d e f Luceno, James; Reynolds, David West; Windham, Ryder; Fry, Jason; Hidalgo, Pablo (2018). Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary. United States: DK Publishing. pp.186–189. ISBN 978-1-4654-7547-3. Clearly, the ideas went over well, as that success eventually brought forth Lucas' vision for the prequel trilogy. While Episodes I-III were far from critically acclaimed, they did bring to life a very important era of the Star Wars universe—one which went on to inform the creation of the highly successful animated show The Clone Wars. The vast majority of Star Wars fans may know the history of why George Lucas chose the name stormtrooper for the Empire's soldiers -- but casual fans and general audiences likely do not. It's quite evident that Lucas based the Empire and its determination for exterminating the Jedi on the Third Reich and Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party. However, he also took inspiration from the German Empire of the first Great War, namely the Empire's loyal soldiers, which he based on the Sturmtruppen.Bragging rights for the on-screen “oof” for many years rested with Michael Leader, later to achieve celebrity as Michael the Milkman in EastEnders. However, two subsequent contenders would emerge, each claiming to be the baron of bump. The challenge Stangroom set himself in his documentary was sorting fact from fiction.

a b Zachary, Brandon (January 8, 2020). "Range Troopers: Who Are Star Wars' Coldest Stormtroopers?". CBR. Archived from the original on January 8, 2020. The sequel trilogy brought Rey "Skywalker" and Kylo Ren into the fold and didn't have much input from George himself, but the next step in the universe had Lucas' original vision written all over it: The Mandalorian. The show, starring Pedro Pascal, went on to spawn nearly a dozen additional streaming ventures for the franchise.The Imperial Stormtrooper Corps swell in size in The Bad Batch (2021–present) after Palpatine almost completely replaces the clones with recruits and conscripts of the Empire, [19] though the replacement of clones with natural beings lowered the effectiveness of the Empire's soldiers. With the Empire firmly stabilized and an Imperial Army and Navy established, the stormtroopers are integrated into Palpatine's personal army and stationed on Imperial bases and cruisers, as well as on the Death Star. Elvy, Craig (December 11, 2020). "The Mandalorian: Every Star Wars Easter Egg In Season 2, Episode 7". ScreenRant. Archived from the original on February 7, 2023. He told the Daily Telegraph: "I am proud to report that in the English legal system David can prevail against Goliath if his cause is right. If there is a force, then it has been with me these past five years."