Purge Trooper

"As I thought. Young. From the very last production line. Which means they were brought online after the purge, as an expendable death squad for the Inquisitorius."

- Ferren Barr, to the Inquisitors

The Inquisitor Troopers were a squad of clone troopers that served in the Galactic Empire during its reign of the galaxy. In 18 BBY, the death squad accompanied the Sith Lord Darth Vader, the Inquisitors Tenth Brother, Ninth Sister, and Sixth Brother, to the planet Mon Cala to hunt a suspected enemy of the Empire.

Description
The Inquisitor Troopers was a death squad of clones from the final production line, and as such, were young human males. Each member had a red tattoo on the right side of their faces and had no hair. Every member was equipped with black armor that included several red designs, kamas, and black helmets similar to that of clone paratroopers, with some sections of red. At least three members were also equipped with red pauldrons that were worn on their right shoulder, and at least three other members had a black pauldron with red lining. Each member had the Imperial crest on their shoulder pads as well as DC-15 blaster rifles.

The troopers made use of a Zeta-class shuttle and an Imperial submarine to carry out their duties.

History
"We barely survived the wave ourselves&mdash;lost two clones."

- The Sixth Brother, to Darth Vader

As part of the final production line of clones, the Inquisitor Troopers were activated after the Jedi Purge and served as an expendable death squad for the Galactic Empire's Inquisitorius, a group of Jedi hunters under the command of Sith Lord Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine. In 18 BBY, the Inquisitor Troopers accompanied the Inquisitors and Vader to Mon Cala in order to hunt down a possible Jedi who was allegedly advising King of Mon Cala Lee-Char. Using the Zeta-class shuttle Infernum, the squad touched down on a landing platform in Dac City. After the death of Ambassador Telvar, the Empire dispatched landing craft to Dac City under the command of Major Rantu, as well as landing craft throughout the world. Eventually, the Battle of Dac City commenced and the squad aided the Inquisitors in securing the platform, and then accompanied Vader and the Inquisitors to Dac City palace to capture King Lee-Char in order to uncover the location of the Jedi.

Two enormous creatures jumped from beneath the ocean's surface and crashed back down, unleashing a tidal wave that destroyed the city. At the palace, Vader and the Inquisitors used Force barrier in an attempt to stop the wave but were ultimately unsuccessful. Vader was separated from the others and the squad lost two members. The Inquisitors were able to regroup and requisition an Imperial submarine and rescued Vader from the Great Ungeness Trench as he defeated a large squid-like creature.

After Vader was rescued, the submarine headed to the cave where the Jedi, Padawan Ferren Barr and his followers were located, and engaged each other just as Barr and his group were escaping. In the fight, which continued to Bel City, several members of Barr's group were killed and Vader left the group to find the king, while the squad and the Inquisitors continued. Barr, Verla, and Daren became trapped in an enclosed chamber. The Sixth Brother killed Daren with his lightsaber and the Tenth Brother told Barr and Verla that there was no escape. Although Verla was ready to face the Jedi hunters and the clones, Barr revealed he had another idea.

Barr informed the Inquisitors he knew who they were and mentioned their former names, Prosset Dibs, Bil Valen, and Masana Tide, and explained they were once Jedi. After the Ninth Sister retorted that they knew him as well and that their original names were dead, Barr countered, saying that the past didn't die, and that he studied how Sidious manipulated the galaxy, including the role clones had, and unmasked the clones, revealing their faces. Barr continued, as he then knew he was correct when he thought that the clones were from the last production line and were activated after the Jedi Purge. When the Sixth Brother stated that the past did not matter, Barr retorted, saying that once someone was a Jedi, they were always a Jedi, and used the Force to command the squad to execute Order 66.

Behind the scenes
"Cover here by Giuseppe and Elia Bonetti, and man, it’s great. Vader and some Inquisitors and a bunch of Inquisitor Troopers, headed on up to ruin someone’s day."

- Charles Soule on his website

The Inquisitor Troopers debuted, although unnamed, in the 2018 canon comic, Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith 13: Burning Seas, Part I, written by Charles Soule and pencilled by Giuseppe Camuncoli, They were subsequently identified as the Inquisitor Troopers in Charles Soule's website after the release of Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith 16: Burning Seas, Part IV.

Appearances

 * Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith 13: Burning Seas, Part I
 * Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith 14: Burning Seas, Part II
 * Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith 15: Burning Seas, Part III
 * Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith 16: Burning Seas, Part IV