Cuis clone



Force-sensitive stormtroopers were stormtroopers cloned from former Emperor's Hand Sa Cuis.

They were trained in lightsaber combat by another Hand, Sheyvan, who later used them to mount a revolt against Emperor Palpatine while aboard a Lambda-class shuttle. Despite their training, they were killed by Darth Vader. Palpatine considered ordering more, but Darth Vader disagreed and thought that they were too dangerous.

The concept of Force-sensitive stormtroopers was taken up later by Desann and Galak Fyyar during the Empire Reborn crisis, when a legion of Force- and saber-using shadowtroopers.

Behind the scenes


Lightsaber wielding stormtroopers originates in Ralph McQuarrie's concept art for A New Hope, referenced in the image above in the pose of the stormtrooper to the right of Darth Vader.

Appearances

 * A Two-Edged Sword