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- "She must have hidden the plans in the escape pod. Send a detachment down to retrieve them… See to it personally, Commander."
- ―Darth Vader
Sandtroopers were stormtroopers equipped to operate on desert worlds. Their armor was augmented with cooling fans and a helmet sand filter. In addition, they wore a survival backpack stocked with extra rations and water.[1] A detachment of sandtroopers were dispatched to the surface of the planet Tatooine, where they searched for the missing Death Star plans. During the search, some troopers utilized the native dewbacks as mounts.[3] Another type of sandtrooper was the Heavy Sandtrooper.[4] Sandtroopers utilized weapons such as the E-11 blaster rifle, the T-21 light repeating blaster, and the DLT-19 heavy blaster rifle.[3] Sandtroopers later participated in the Battle of Jakku.[5]
Appearances
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- Star Wars: Galactic Defense
- Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
- Star Wars: Force Arena
- Star Wars Battlefront II
- Star Wars 28: Yoda's Secret War, Part III
- Star Wars Rebels: Special Ops
- "The Sand Will Provide"—Star Wars 37: Imperial Pride
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures – "Stormtroopers vs. Rebels – Soldiers of the Galactic Empire"
- Bounty Hunt
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First appearance)
- Star Wars: A New Hope junior novelization
- The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight
- Star Wars: Heroes Path
- Star Wars: The Original Trilogy – A Graphic Novel
- Star Wars Battlefront
- "Born in the Storm"—From a Certain Point of View
- Star Wars 4: Skywalker Strikes, Part IV
- Star Wars: Commander
- Aftermath: Empire's End
SourcesEdit
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope on StarWars.com
- Star Wars Costumes: The Original Trilogy (First identified as Sandtrooper)
- Ultimate Star Wars
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
- Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
- Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: The Rebel Files
- Dawn of Rebellion
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
- Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: New Edition
- Sandtroopers in the Databank (backup link)
- Stormtroopers in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Sandtroopers in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ "Born in the Storm"—From a Certain Point of View
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Star Wars: Commander
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Aftermath: Empire's End
- ↑ Bounty Hunt
- ↑ Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
