Imperial shock trooper

For other uses, see Shock trooper (disambiguation).

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"Shock troopers, closing in!"

―Admiral Gial Ackbar of the Rebel Alliance^[src]

Imperial shock troopers were specialized stormtroopers of the Galactic Empire that served as elite troopers on the front lines of combat as well as security for the Imperial Center and Emperor Palpatine. They were typically armed with heavy weapons.

Description[edit | edit source]

Successors to the clone shock troopers that served the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars, Imperial shock troopers were high-class stormtroopers selected from the Stormtrooper Corps of the reformed Galactic Republic—the Galactic Empire. The troopers specialized in heavy weapons on the battlefield, forming elite frontline forces of the Empire. They also served as high-end security forces on Coruscant, as well as bodyguards for Emperor Palpatine himself.^[source?]

History[edit | edit source]

"Do you want me to stun her, sir? I'd be more than happy to. Stop those Jedi lies."

―A shock trooper to Darth Vader, on Jocasta Nu^[src]

Following the initiation of the Great Jedi Purge, a squad of shock troopers patrolling the vicinity of Coruscant's fallen Jedi Temple—then under the jurisdiction of the newly-formed Galactic Empire—were personally led by Commander CC-1010 "Fox" when Jedi Master and librarian Jocasta Nu ran into them. Proceeding to use a Jedi mind trick on the soldiers, Nu confused them as she herself entered a secret doorway which led to the Jedi Temple.^[6] As events unfolded on Coruscant, Fox mistakenly ordered his troopers to open fire on the Sith Lord Darth Vader, believing him to be a fleeing Jedi. An enraged Vader then strangled Fox by way of the Force for his ineptitude.^[7]

The Imperial remnant residing by the planet Jakku deployed Imperial shock troopers as infantrymen at the Battle of Jakku^[5] in 5 ABY.^[source?]

Equipment[edit | edit source]

"Alert! Those shock troopers have heavy blasters!"

―Admiral Ackbar^[src]

Imperial shock troopers wore stormtrooper armor with distinctive red markings on the helmet, spaulders, shin guards, and utility belts, which maintained extreme resistance to small-arms blaster fire.^[5] However, some of the troopers still wore the armor model of their Clone Wars-era predecessors well into the Galactic Civil War.^[4] Often deployed in pairs, the stormtrooper variant served mainly as a support unit—taking vantage points, occasionally driving tanks, and suppressing enemies with their heavy arsenal at their disposal, which included a DLT-19 heavy blaster rifle and a DLT-20A blaster rifle^[5] or an E-60R rocket launcher.^[4]