Death trooper helmets are equipped with a variety of sensors and monitors to help aid them in stealth missions. Not only is it all black, but it offers far more protection and technology. Much more highly skilled than the average stormtrooper, death troopers are trained in various forms of combat and sent on the highest priority missions. Their armor also varies significantly from standard armor worn by stormtroopers.

From that scene on, they have been depicted in various Star Wars media as the most elite force of the Empire’s military, though they are absent from the original trilogy despite being set in the same period. This comes after an entire episode teasing that Crosshair would defect from his clone brothers and become loyal to the newly formed Galactic Empire. Could this be the moment that death troopers were born?ĭeath troopers were first introduced in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as the film's opening scene shows them accompanying Director Orson Krennic to aid in t he abduction of Galen Erso, the architect of the Death Star. Near the end of the first episode of The Bad Batch a surprise reveal suggests that former Clone Force 99 member Crosshair is the first-ever death trooper.

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