EVO trooper



The EVO Troopers (short for "Environmental") were among the Empire's most specialized stormtroopers.

Equipped with heavy enhanced armor with breathing tubes and undergoing special training, EVO troopers were able to survive and operate in the most hazardous of conditions such as extreme heat, acid rivers, and lightning. They were equipped with FA-3 flechette launchers, although some utilized T-21 light repeating blasters.

EVO troopers could be encountered wherever extreme environmental battlefield conditions existed and several were posted on the science ship ISS Empirical, Kashyyyk, Felucia, Raxus Prime, and even the unfinished Death Star. The bulk of EVO troopers were selected from groups of stormtroopers who expressed hatred towards non-humans, making them more aggressive toward the alien populace they encountered on harsh worlds. They were eventually succeeded by Hazard troopers. EVO troopers are sometimes found in some versions of the video game The Force Unleashed.

Behind the scenes
It is possible that EVO troopers were also predecessors of the sandtroopers. Both trooper variants boasted T-21 light repeating blasters, were trained to survive in hazardous environments, and carried backpacks. The EVO troopers' appearance suggests that they may have been based on Ralph McQuarrie's early design for the sandtroopers.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed comic
 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed video game