

"And on some of those images, there were these Stormtroopers that were really tall and thin, and they looked so cool and athletic. "At the very back of the room are all of these drawers that are full of the Joe Johnston and Ralph McQuarrie originals - the original, actual paintings that they showed the studio to get Star Wars made," he said. During an onstage Q&A with The Star Wars Show at Star Wars Celebration in London, Rogue One director Gareth Edwards explained how a glimpse into the Lucasfilm archives inspired the Death Trooper's creation. What separates the Death Trooper from other soldiers in Rogue One, including Stormtroopers and Shoretroopers, is their menacing stature. Designed from original A New Hope concept art from Joe Johnston and Ralph McQuarrie, these elite soldiers of Imperial Intelligence, recognizable from their specialized black armor, will make their debut in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. In fact, some of the Empire's more promising recruits were given a different classification altogether: Death Troopers. They were the grunts of the Galactic Empire, and their lives were as disposable as their armor.īut not every graduate from the Imperial Academy was an uncoordinated mess.

Honestly, they couldn't hit a target with their blasters if their target was two feet away from them. It's a fact universally acknowledged in the Star Wars fandom that Stormtroopers were kind of useless.
