Questions tagged [stormtroopers]
For questions about Stormtroopers, the elite soldiers used by the Galactic Empire and later the First Order in the Star Wars universe. Always use in conjunction with the [star-wars] tag.
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Does TK stand for anything?
In the Star Wars universe, the Republic's troopers went by the designation "CT." The Empire's troopers started going by "TK" very early on, as seen in The Bad Batch. CT presumably, ...
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How did the stormtroopers know which Jawas captured the droids?
When Kenobi and Luke come upon the remains of several Jawas and their sand-crawler, Luke recognizes them as the same Jawas that sold C3PO and R2-D2 to his uncle, Owen. From there, Luke hops on his ...
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How did some Jango-Fett style of clone troopers get command positions?
In Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, one of the clones is referred to as Commander Cody.
The clone-troopers are genetically programmed for certain personality and cognitive traits. Do those traits ...
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Are there any occurrences of a Stormtrooper betraying the Empire?
In Star Wars: A Force Awakens, we see that Finn (FN-2187) abandons his position as a Stormtrooper for the First Order and joins the rebellion. He also betrays the First Order by sharing some secrets ...
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Why are First Order Stormtroopers not clones anymore? [duplicate]
In Episode II, they showed that stormtroopers were a request from Sifo-Dyas to create the clone army based on Jango Fett.
Why are the clones not being used in the First Order?
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How does AT-AT deploy troops?
In Star Wars franchise, AT-AT walker is described as "All-Terrain Armored Transport". Its primary function is to carry and deploy troops.
But how exactly does it deploy troops? Do they jump out using ...
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Why are Clone Troopers and Stormtroopers so similar?
Before discovering the EU, I always thought that the Stormtroopers were all clones. Now I know that they're actually all regular human recruits, at least in the current canon, but then why did Lucas ...
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Does Solo serve as a Stormtrooper?
Related: Do we ever see regular (non-stormtrooper) ground troops?
In Solo: A Star Wars Story, Solo enlists in the Empire with a career goal of being a pilot, but he washes out of the required ...
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Why not use Droids for sanitation duty?
Why did the elite Stormtroopers have sanitation duties when they had millions of slave workers with no personhood-rights whatsoever?
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Do the stormtroopers wear their stormtrooper armor when they mop the floors?
Finn mentions that he was in sanitation, and his knowledge of First Order bases and ships seems predicated on the fact that he cleans up around those bases/ships (which seems like it should be beneath ...
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Is Phasma the only Chrometrooper?
We have seen the standard Stormtrooper colours in abundance - White, Black, and Red.
However, Phasma is the only chrome one I remember seeing.
How did she get to choose/design her own armour, and ...
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Were women allowed to become Imperial Stormtroopers? [duplicate]
It occurred to me that Captain Phasma in The Force Awakens is the first time we see a female Stormtrooper in any of the main films.
The original Republic (and later Empire) clone-troopers are all ...
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Can slugthrowers penetrate stormtrooper armour?
Many Star Wars fans claim no (including on this site, I see the claim often backed by no citation), as does one journal entry for Star Wars Rebels: Rebel Journal by Ezra Bridger (at least according to ...
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How are Stormtroopers uniforms cleaned?
Watching The Force Awakens again, there is a scene where Finn is shown in a close-up. His Stormtrooper uniform is all bloodied and dirty:
Then when he is rescuing Poe, his uniform is imaculate:
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What is the functional use of stormtrooper armor? [duplicate]
Throughout all of the Star Wars movies, we see Storm Troopers (and their ilk) wearing their iconic armor.
However, as far as I can remember, in none of the movies does it explain WHY they wear this ...
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