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Imperial shock troopers were high-class stormtroopers[1] pulled from the Stormtrooper Corps of the Galactic Empire.[5] They served as elite frontline forces of the Empire, high-end security forces on Coruscant, and also as bodyguards for Emperor Palpatine himself. They specialized in heavy weapons on the battlefield.[1] They were the successors to the clone shock troopers who were part of the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars.[3]
The 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.[6] However, some of them still wore the armor model of their Clone Wars-era predecessors well into the Galactic Civil War.[5] Often being deployed in pairs, the stormtrooper variant served mainly as a support unit, taking vantage points, occasionally driving tanks and suppressing enemies with their heavy firepower while lesser infantry moved in for the kill. The arsenal at their disposal included a DLT-19 heavy blaster rifle, a DLT-20A laser rifle[6] or a rocket launcher.[5]
Following the initiation of Order 66, Imperial shock troopers under the command of CC-1010 "Fox" were patrolling the grounds of Coruscant when Jedi Master and librarian Jocasta Nu ran into the squad and used a Jedi mind trick on them in order to pass through. She then proceeded to enter into a secret doorway which led into the Jedi Temple.[2]
Shock troopers would later be deployed within the Battle of Jakku.[6]
Appearances
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- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (First appearance)
- Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith 7: The Dying Light, Part I
- Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith 8: The Dying Light, Part II
- Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith 9: The Dying Light, Part III
- Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith 10: The Dying Light, Part IV
- Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith 16: Burning Seas, Part IV (Appears in flashback(s))
- Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith 20: Fortress Vader, Part II
- Star Wars: Commander (First identified as Imperial shock trooper)
- Star Wars Battlefront
SourcesEdit
- Star Wars Battlefront: Co-Op Missions Gameplay Reveal | E3 2015 “Survival Mode” on Tatooine on the official Star Wars YouTube channel
- Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: New Edition
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars Black Series 6" - Battlefront Imperial Shock Trooper. Retrieved on October 24, 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith 7: The Dying Light, Part I
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Star Wars: Commander
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Star Wars Battlefront
