Unidentified stormtrooper squad

"Take her away!"

- Darth Vader, to the troopers of the squad

This stormtrooper squad was a unit of the Imperial Stormtrooper Corps during the Galactic Civil War. Comprised of clones of the Mandalorian Jango Fett, the squad included at least five stormtroopers. One of the many squads that comprised the elite 501st Legion of the Imperial Military's Stormtrooper Corps, the squad took their orders from Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader.

Biography
"We captured this one near the escape pods, Lord Vader"

- A trooper of the squad, to Darth Vader

The Human male stormtroopers of this squad served in the Stormtrooper Corps during the Galactic Civil War. The squad was part of the 501st elite legion&mdash;also known as Vader's Fist&mdash;which was under the direct command of Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader, Emperor Palpatine's enforcher. The squad was assigned to the troop complement of the Imperial Star Destroyer Devastator, Lord Vader's flagship at the time.

In 0 BBY, after Rebel agents transmitted the stolen plans of the Death Star, a new Imperial superweapon to the Tantive IV, Senator Leia Organa's CR90 corvette, the Devastator pursued and captured it near the planet Tatooine. The squad was among the troopers, who boarded the captured corvette. Darth Vader ordered the assault commander to search for the plans and to bring him the passengers alive. After Organa was captured by DV-692, the squad escorted her to the Sith Lord.

Behind the scenes
The squad first appeared in the novelization of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster and first published in December of 1976 by Del Rey. The Revised Fourth Draft of A New Hope also mentioned the troopers who escorted Organa as "a squad of armored stormtroopers."

Appearances

 * Contemporary Motivators: Star Wars
 * Darth Vader's Mission: The Search for the Secret Plans
 * Star Wars 1
 * Star Wars Droids 6: Star Wars According to the Droids, Book I
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope novelization
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (PhotoComic)
 * Star Wars Manga: A New Hope 1
 * Star Wars: A New Hope - The Special Edition 1
 * Star Wars: The National Public Radio Dramatization