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Cold weather assault stormtroopers, commonly known as snowtroopers, were the elite stormtroopers of the Galactic Empire trained and equipped to operate in frigid environments.
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History[edit | edit source]

A snowtrooper helmet
Imperial cold weather assault stormtroopers were either direct descendants of the Clone cold assault trooper part of the last batch of clones made under the Galactic Empire.
The Clone cold assault trooper battalion and the 21st Nova Corps fought during the Clone Wars in frigid environments such as Orto Plutonia, Rhen Var, and Toola.[6]
Specialized types of snowtroopers included Snowtrooper Scouts,[3] Heavy Snowtroopers, and Arctic Jumptroopers.[2]
When the Empire located the Rebel Alliance's base on Hoth three years after the Battle of Yavin, the elite Blizzard Force, led by General Maximilian Veers, were involved in the Battle that would later become a major imperial victory and a major blow for the rebel alliance.[7]
Equipment[edit | edit source]
Armor[edit | edit source]
Snowtrooper armor was well insulated to protect against extreme cold, with a suit and heated breather mask powered by a battery pack that could last up to two standard weeks. For greater survivability, it also included ice boots, an insulated belt kama,[8] polarized snow goggles, grappling hooks, ion flares, and a homing beacon.[6]
Weaponry[edit | edit source]
Snowtroopers were often equipped with E-11 blaster rifles and E-Web heavy repeating blaster cannons.[6] Some could be trained to handle either flamethrowers or T-7 ion disruptor rifles.[9]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Star Wars: Galactic Defense
- Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
- 5-Minute Star Wars Villain Stories
- Star Wars Battlefront II
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Victory and Death"
- Adventures in Wild Space: The Cold
- Adventures in Wild Space: Books 4–6
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- Lando - Double or Nothing 4
- Lost Stars
- Lost Stars audiobook
- Lost Stars webcomic
Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures – "Stormtroopers vs. Rebels – Soldiers of the Galactic Empire"
- Star Wars Battlefront
- Doctor Aphra 5
- Doctor Aphra 6
- Star Wars 38
- Doctor Aphra 40
- Star Wars: Commander
- Battlefront: Twilight Company
- Battlefront: Twilight Company audiobook
- Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (First appearance)
Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures – "Battle of Hoth"
Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures – "Darth Vader vs. Hoth Rebels - Crushing the Rebellion"
Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures – "Luke vs. Imperial Walkers - Commander on Hoth"
- The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi?
- The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi? audiobook
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back junior novelization
- AT-AT Attack!
"Tales of Villainy: Invasion of Echo Base"—Star Wars Adventures 1
- Doctor Aphra 1
- Star Wars: Uprising
"Tales from Wild Space: A Tauntaun Tail"—Star Wars Adventures 22 (Appears in flashback(s))
Non-canon appearances[edit | edit source]
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Notes and references[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3
Snowtroopers in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Star Wars: Commander
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
- ↑ Star Wars 38
- ↑ Doctor Aphra 5
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Ultimate Star Wars
- ↑ Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- ↑ Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
- ↑ Snowtroopers Unit Expansion