Platoon

"Our link to the ground is dead, sir." "Then so is my platoon."

- Dreed learns that his platoon is lost

A platoon was a military unit used by the Galactic Empire's Stormtrooper Corps during the Galactic Civil War against the Alliance to Restore the Republic. Imperial Commander Dreed deployed a platoon of stormtroopers in a Sentinel-class landing craft to the planet Sullust in an attempt to capture Princess Leia Organa while she was trying to rescue an Alderaan Enclave located there. The platoon attacked the Alderaanians in the enclave but were defeated and killed when Organa led a herd of Rockrenders into the battle. The Sith Lord Darth Vader used a droid factory to produce two platoons of BX-series droid commandos which he then led in an assault on the research base of the scientist Doctor Cylo-V. One of the platoons was destroyed in the attack by the twins Morit Astarte and Aiolin Astarte, who had been enhanced by Cylo to replace Vader.

During a training exercise at his time at the Arkanis Academy, Zare Leonis was a member of Cresh-3 Platoon. A platoon was made up of four squads and four platoons made up a company.

Appearances

 * Servants of the Empire: The Secret Academy
 * Star Wars: Princess Leia, Part III
 * Star Wars: Darth Vader 5: Vader, Part V