Imperial shock trooper

Imperial shock troopers were high-class stormtroopers pulled from the Stormtrooper Corps of the Galactic Empire. They served as elite frontline forces of the Empire, and also as bodyguards for Emperor Palpatine himself. They were the successors to the clone shock troopers who were part of the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars.

The shock troopers wore stormtrooper armor with distinctive red markings on the helmet, spaulders, shin guards, and utility belts. However, some of them still wore the armor model of their Clone Wars-era predecessors well into the Galactic Civil War. The arsenal at their disposal included a powerful rocket launcher.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars: Commander
 * Star Wars Battlefront