Imperial Army soldier

"I enlisted to fly TIE fighters so I could get off Corellia. Ended up discharged all the way down to the infantry."

- Han Solo reflects on being a soldier

Imperial Army troopers were soldiers deployed by the Galactic Empire as its main infantry throughout the galaxy. Formed from eager and often young conscripts, army troopers served as expeditionary units of the Empire's ground forces, tasked with the subjugation of worlds that either did not already feature an Imperial presence or those that dared to resist the Emperor's rule. They were often members of local planetary defense forces who fought during the Clone Wars and were conscripted into the Imperial Military. Though they were separate from the more elite stormtroopers, army infantry often fought alongside the notoriously zealous shock troops in order to bolster Imperial effectiveness during battle. The Imperial Army gradually upgraded and replaced the soldiers with stormtroopers as more planets fell under the control of the Galactic Empire, though army troopers remained a core component of the galaxy-spanning regime.

History
In 14 BBY, non-stormtrooper soldiers fought under Moff Delian Mors against the Free Ryloth movement. Swamp troopers were soldiers of the Imperial Army that were classified as regular infantry, and not stormtroopers. During the Mimban campaign in 10 BBY, swamp troopers fought alongside wet-weather gear stormtroopers against the Mimbanese Liberation Army in an effort to secure the world of Mimban and its abundance of natural resources.

Armor
Imperial Army troopers utilized a set of armor similar to that of the Imperial officer battle armor, with the addition of polarized goggles and oxygen masks to filter out toxic substances. The set also featured shin guards and colored bicep bands to denote ranks, such as soldier or medic. Swamp troopers of the 224th Imperial Armored Division possessed waterproof capes in order to keep mud from gathering within the gaps of their armor.

Weaponry
As the grunts of the Imperial military, army troopers had access to the extensive arsenal deployed by the Galactic Empire. This included the E-10, E-11 and E-22 blaster rifles, SX-21 scatterblasters, DLT-19 heavy blaster rifles, and sidearms such as the EC-17 hold-out blaster.

Appearances

 * Lords of the Sith
 * Solo: A Star Wars Story
 * Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition
 * Solo: A Star Wars Story: Meet the Crew
 * Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation 1
 * Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation 2
 * Star Wars 58: The Escape, Part III