Shadowtrooper

A shadowtrooper is a hybrid stormtrooper-Jedi soldier. The Dark Jedi Desann and Imperial Admiral Galak Fyyar created this new class of troops. Desann tricked mercenary/Jedi Kyle Katarn into revealing the location of the Valley of the Jedi, from which ordinary troopers could be imbued with Force powers. In many ways, shadowtroopers were just like Desann's reborn soldiers. Both were granted Force powers and both carried lightsabers with the synthetic crystals typical of Sith sabers. The primary differacne between the two was the special suit of armor created for the shadowtroopers.

Shadowtrooper armor was made up of cortosis smuggled in from Bespin. This rare mineral allowed the armor to be lightsaber-resistant. Though a saber could cut through it, it would take a number of repeated strikes to do much good. Emedded in the armor's chest plate was a large "Force crystal" from Aridus that enhanced what little power was granted from the Valley. Shadowtrooper armor also had limited optical stealth. However, a keen observer could see a traslucent blueish silhouette whenever the trooper moved.

Large numbers of shadowtroopers were dispatched to Yavin IV with Desann for the assault on Luke Skywalker's Jedi Praxeum. All of the shadowtroopers were either killed or taken into custody--Katarn was responsible for a large number of those deaths.