Shadow Trooper

Shadow Troopers were a branch of Imperial shock troopers deployed during the Rise of the Empire era. Shadow Trooper units were deployed on various operations under the command of an Emperor's Shadow Guard. A number of them were used in various skirmishes against Galen Marek. Shadow Trooper armor was laced with durasteel fibers unlike the stygian-triprismatic polymer material used in the production of the shadow stormtrooper armor.

Behind the scenes
These troopers visually differ from both the Shadowtroopers created by Desaan more than a decade later in 12 ABY, as well as the Clone Shadow Troopers and Shadow stormtroopers as evidenced by the blue-lit panels beneath their durasteel-colored armor. Given the troopers appearance in The Force Unleashed and their portrayal by Hasbro, the troopers armor can be surmised as not being black-colored like shadow stormtrooper armor.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition
 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (novel)