- "Trespassers on the vehicle! Fan out and eliminate!"
- ―Range trooper Captain Denwade Banevans during the heist on Vandor
Range troopers were a specialized variant of the Galactic Empire's stormtroopers.
History
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Range troopers were deployed by the Galactic Empire as a Stormtrooper variant. They were equipped with helmets similar in design to both the Imperial combat assault tank pilot's and Coastal defender stormtrooper's helmets, heavy armor with fur and a chestplate much like that of cold weather assault stormtroopers,[3] and were armed with E-10R blaster rifles. They were also equipped with magnetic #A7.5 Range Trooper gription boots which allowed sure footing atop fast-moving vehicles. The troopers were some of the toughest in the Imperial Military and viewed other forces as "softer" amateurs.[1]
Several range troopers were deployed to Vandor during the reign of the Empire and guarded a 20-T Railcrawler conveyex transport when Tobias Beckett's crew raided the transport for coaxium.[2]
Behind the scenesEdit
Range troopers appear in the 2018 film Solo: A Star Wars Story.[2]
The magnetic effect of their boots was achieved by the filmmakers using a complicated wire rig for the actors' feet.[4]
AppearancesEdit
- Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
- Star Wars Battlefront II (Mentioned only)
- Solo: A Star Wars Story (First appearance)
- Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition
- Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition audiobook
- Solo: A Star Wars Story: A Junior Novel
- Solo: A Star Wars Story: Train Heist
- Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation 2
SourcesEdit
- Official Trailer – Solo: A Star Wars Story on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Solo: A Star Wars Story (Pack: Range Trooper) (backup link)
- Solo: A Star Wars Story "Crew" TV Spot (:45) on the official Star Wars YouTube channel
- Solo: A Star Wars Story "Risk" TV Spot (:45) on the official Star Wars YouTube channel
- Solo: A Star Wars Story "Risk" (:30) on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- Solo: A Star Wars Story (Card: Range trooper)
- Solo: A Star Wars Story: Han on the Run
- Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide (as Rangetrooper)
- The Art of Solo: A Star Wars Story
- Solo: A Star Wars Story – The Official Collector's Edition (as Rangetrooper)
- Star Wars Character Encyclopedia, New Edition
- Industrial Light & Magic Presents: Making Solo: A Star Wars Story.
- Allies and Adversaries
- Star Wars: How Not to Get Eaten by Ewoks and Other Galactic Survival Skills
- Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
- EC-17 hold-out blaster in the Databank (backup link)
- Gription boots in the Databank (backup link)
- range troopers in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Solo: A Star Wars Story
- ↑ Whitbrook, James (2018-02-14). Exclusive: Here Are the First Solo: A Star Wars Story Action Figures, and Lando Is a Masterpiece. io9. Archived from the original on August 18, 2018.
- ↑ Industrial Light & Magic Presents: Making Solo: A Star Wars Story
