DV-692

"She'll be all right. Inform Lord Vader we have a prisoner."

- DV-692, referring to Leia Organa

DV-692 was a cloned stormtrooper officer of the Galactic Empire, who served in the 501st Legion during the Galactic Civil War. In 0 BBY, he was stationed aboard the Imperial Star Destroyer Devastator, under the command of Lord Darth Vader. He participated in the Devastator capture of the Rebel CR90 corvette Tantive IV and led his squad to search for the passengers of the ship. In a passageway, a trooper of the squad spotted Senator Leia Organa but was shot by her. DV-692 stunned Organa and escorted him to Vader and then to the Devastator prison.

Biography
"Search that passageway and secure the junction. Hold all Rebel prisoners for collection. The rest of you stick with me."

- DV-692, to his squad

DV-692 was a 1.83 meters high Human male clone of the Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett. DV-692 served the Galactic Empire as a lower officer of the Stormtrooper Corps during the Galactic Civil War. He was a member of the 501st Legion, an elite stormtrooper legion and was assigned to lead a squad. In 0 BBY, DV-692 was stationed aboard the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Devastator, commanded by Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader.

That year, after Rebel agents transmitted the stolen plans of the first Death Star, a new Imperial superweapon, to the Rebel CR90 corvette Tantive IV, Senator Leia Organa's consular ship, the Devastator pursued and captured the Rebel vessel over the planet Tatooine. Led by an assault commander, DV-692 and his squad boarded the Tantive IV in the first wave of stormtroopers. Some stormtroopers broke into the Tantive IV bridge and captured the Rebel Captain Raymus Antilles. One of 692's squadmates reported to the assault commander that Vader was coming aboard the Rebel ship. Vader ordered the stormtroopers to search for the passengers of the Tantive IV and capture them alive.

DV-692 split the troopers of his squad in two groups; he ordered half of them to search a passageway and secure a junction, and led the rest to another corridor. The squads' orders were to search the passageways astern and forward. One of DV-692's squadmates spotted Organa hiding in a small alcove, and alerted DV-692 of her presence; however, Organa outdrew the trooper and shot him dead. Organa tried to escape, but DV-692 stunned her with his E-11 blaster rifle. The squad escorted Organa to Vader, who ordered them to take the prisoner to the Devastator prison.

Personality and traits
DV-692 served the Empire as a lower officer of the Stormtrooper Corps. He wore full stormtrooper armor without any rank insignia, and sported a standard E-11 stormtrooper blaster rifle during the battle aboard the Tantive IV.

Behind the scenes
"Watch it! She's armed! Fire! &hellip; Good shooting. She'll be all right. Inform Lord Vader that we have a prisoner."

- DV-692's expanded line form the radio drama

The character of DV-692 first appeared in the December 1976 novelization of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster. In the novel, DV-692 wore rank insignia on his arm, but he didn't used one in the film. His first visual appearance was in the first issue of Marvel Comics's Star Wars series in March 8, 1977; although only his right hand and his feet was pictured in the comic. His first live-action appearance occurred in George Lucas's 1977 film, A New Hope, where DV-692 was portrayed by an uncredited extra. The script of A New Hope, as presented in Star Wars: Behind the Magic, identified DV-692 simply as 'Trooper'.

The script of the 1981 Star Wars radio drama, as presented in Star Wars: The National Public Radio Dramatization, addressed DV-692 as '3rd Trooper.' His line in the radio drama was a bit longer and suggested that he did not shot Organa, but another trooper of the squad fired on her. In 2002, A New Hope expansion set of Wizards of the Coast's Star Wars Trading Card Game was the first to identify this trooper as being DV-692, a clone stormtrooper. In 2005, the video game Star Wars: Battlefront II stated that he was a member of the 501 Legion and a Jango-clone.

DV-692's line was different in many adaptations of the film, including the novelization, the radio drama, the Marvel comic and the Contemporary Motivators: Star Wars. As highlighted in the 2007 StarWars.com Visual Guides, DV-692's helmet was missing a heat dispenser vent decal.

Appearances

 * Star Wars radio drama
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope junior novelization
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope novelization
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars 1
 * Contemporary Motivators: Star Wars
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope photo comic
 * Star Wars Manga: A New Hope 1
 * Star Wars: A New Hope - The Special Edition 1
 * The Star Wars Storybook
 * The Star Wars Storybook