Desert stormtrooper



A sandtrooper, or desert trooper, was an Imperial stormtrooper equipped with modified armor and equipment to withstand the harsh climates of desert planets like Tatooine.

Equipment
They were identical to standard stormtroopers except they had additional training in specialized areas and advanced cooling systems in both their helmets and suits that offered them protection from the relentless heat.



Their armor consisted of an 18 piece anti-blaster cocoon shell like that of a storm trooper, but also had a heat-reflective coating worn over a temperature-control body glove. The sandtrooper helmet featured automatic polarized lenses, a built-in comlink, and breathing filters.

All desert sandtroopers carried E-11 blaster rifles, DLT-19 heavy blaster rifles, or T-21 light repeating blasters, long-range comlinks, and food and water packs. Sandtroopers wore colored pauldrons as a designation of rank. A sandtrooper sergeant's pauldron was white, while an enlisted trooper's pauldron was all black. Squad leaders, who led units of seven troopers, wore orange shoulder pauldrons.

History
The stormtrooper detachment dispatched in 0 BBY to investigate a crashed escape pod on Tatooine just prior to the Battle of Yavin consisted of sandtroopers. They had heavy weapons, survival gear, and shoulder pauldrons denoting rank.

Sandtroopers, along with representatives from every specialized stormtrooper corps, were assigned to Darth Vader's personal Death Squadron.

In 8 ABY a contingent of sandtroopers were deployed from the Chimaera to capture the moss painting, Killik Twilight.

Appearances



 * Star Wars: The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader
 * Star Wars: Battlefront
 * Star Wars: Battlefront II
 * Star Wars: Empire at War
 * A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale webstrip
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope junior novel
 * Star Wars 2: Six Against the Galaxy
 * When the Desert Wind Turns: The Stormtrooper's Tale
 * Tatooine Sojourn
 * Boba Fett: Overkill
 * Star Wars Rebellion: Vector
 * Star Wars: Force Commander
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
 * Battle of the Bounty Hunters
 * Queen of the Empire
 * Tatooine Ghost
 * Tatooine Ghost

Non-canon appearances

 * LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
 * Trooper
 * Star Wars Infinities: The Empire Strikes Back

Notes and references
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