Joined in 2023 
82 
63 About this deal
Armed with deadly new weapons, blazing new ships, and shiny new armor, our presence let the galaxy know that the days of the Old Republic were well and truly over." ― Retired clone trooper [14]
Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 1 ( Droid Directory: R2-series Astromech Droids, Part 1) (Picture only) In the days following the end of the Clone Wars, Vice Admiral Edmon Rampart sanctioned the creation of an Elite Squad of non-clone human soldiers, led by the former Clone Force 99 marksman CT-9904 "Crosshair." Rampart envisioned enlisting human soldiers and having them train under skilled clones would be the best way to generate loyal soldiers without the cloning program. The squad included four highly skilled recruits enlisted to be the first wave of such soldiers. The individuals traded in their names for numbers, becoming ES-01, ES-02, ES-03, and ES-04 and undertaking early missions to eliminate insurgents throughout the galaxy, [35] in particular, pursuing the now-rogue Clone Force 99, Crosshair's old squad-mates. The squad's success during their missions proved the potential of an enlisted army to Tarkin, who allowed Rampart to continue secretly enlisting more non-clone recruits under Project War-Mantle. Though Tarkin supported the project, he believed that clone troopers would continue to remain essential until the new army had been fully formed. [32]a b Szostak, Phil (2017). "Phasma Unmasked". The Art of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. New York: Abrams. p.176. ISBN 978-1-4197-2705-4. Incinerator stormtroopers: Stormtroopers equipped with flamethrowers, composed of pyromaniac clones raised to live with an intense urge to burn and destroy. [22]
One Ewok donned a stormtrooper helmet during the Ewok Civil War. [26] The Night Troopers, a legion of stormtroopers [27] who disappeared with Grand Admiral Mitth'raw'nuruodo "Thrawn" into exile [7] after the Liberation of Lothal in 1 BBY, [28] continued to wear stormtrooper armor that grew damaged over their exile. The armor was repaired with red ropes and a mix of gold and grey materials. Thrawn's Captain of the Guard, Enoch, wore a unique face plate on his helmet. [7] During the New Republic Era, some stormtrooper armor was painted with the symbol of the pirate Warbird gang as the armor worn by a pirate. [8] Additions to the suit [ ]Truitt, Brian (December 21, 2015). "Captain Phasma: So cool she rules in Star Wars". USA Today. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015 . Retrieved December 22, 2015. For twenty-three years, the stormtroopers suffered few known large scale defeats, at least until the Empire's catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Endor. An entire legion of stormtroopers, supported by AT-STs suffered a humiliating loss that was almost completely unforeseeable, given all of the advantages that the Empire had both in space and on Endor. Despite superior numbers, advanced weapons and superb training, the stormtroopers were utterly defeated by a small infiltration team of the Rebel Alliance, which was greatly assisted by the Ewoks, small and seemingly insignificant natives indigenous to Endor that Palpatine naturally overlooked as less than a minor threat. This was a devastating mistake which cost the Empire nothing less than its once unbreakable grip on the galaxy. [27] At first, the Stormtrooper Corps was composed almost entirely of clone soldiers based on the Fett template. [19] That included the remaining clones that were engineered on Kamino, supplemented by the millions of clones created on Coruscant and Centax-2 through Spaarti technology, [20] and three new stormtrooper clone batches grown in the Outer Rim Territories. During this time, traces of the clones' obsolete armor remained in the design of their new and improved armor. However, the stormtrooper ranks would cease to be dominated by Fett's progeny after the Battle of Kamino in 12 BBY. [19] One Last Night in the Mos Eisley Cantina: The Tale of the Wolfman and the Lamproid" — Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
Great Deal 
New Comment