Imperial gunner

Imperial gunners were members of the Imperial fighter corps who manned the various weapons of the Empire's capital ships, military bases and most famously, on the Death Stars.

The Imperial Gunnery Corps was more often than not, comprised of recuits from the fighter corps that were either still in training or washed out. They were tasked to use their skills with weapons to handle the powerful turbolasers and ion cannons of Imperial vessels such as Star Destroyers. On both Death Stars, the gunners (often called Death Star gunners) or death squadron, had the additional job of maintaining a careful balance of energy in the battle station's superlaser.

The most distinguishing part of the gunners were their large black helmets with a slit-like visor, designed to protect their eyes from the bright flashes of light from turbolaser and superlaser fire.