What are the black stormtroopers called?

All-black stormtroopers equipped with cloaking devices originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity. They were known as "shadow stormtroopers" or "Blackhole stormtroopers" and first appeared in the 1979 comic strip Gambler's World by Russ Manning.
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What are the black stormtroopers called in Mandalorian?

Imperial Death Troopers

Elite Imperial soldiers, death troopers are encased in specialized stormtrooper armor with a dark, ominous gleam.
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What are the black stormtroopers from rogue one called?

Death Troopers are a special type of black armored Stormtroopers that appear in the 2016 Star Wars movie Rogue One. They serve as part of the Military Intelligence of both the Galactic Empire and the First Order, and are most known to wield DLT-19 heavy blaster rifles.
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What are the black and red stormtroopers called?

Sith troopers, also known as Sith stormtroopers, were elite soldiers in the Sith Eternal army that was created on the planet Exegol during the New Republic Era. The army comprised the children of the Sith Eternal, a Sith cult that revered the dark side of the Force.
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Are there different types of stormtroopers?

Stormtrooper specializations

In the Imperial era, the Empire also made use of Demolition Troopers and Stormtrooper Grenadiers, but in the First Order era, things got arguably even more specialized. In addition to many of the same tasks, the First Order also initiated a few key troopers into the ranks.
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What is the most elite stormtrooper?

Imperial shock troopers are a notch above the ranks of regular stormtroopers. Shock troopers are the elite, the best of the best. Whereas stormtroopers are in the cannon fodder, shock troopers hold the lines and make snap battle decisions. They also carry heavier weapons than their grunt counterparts.
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What is a red stormtrooper called?

Der'kal Red Stormtroopers, nicknamed Red Fury Stormtroopers, Red Stormtroopers, Fury Stormtroopers, Red troopers and Crimson Red Stormtroopers were a stormtrooper variant that served the Der'kal Empire during its war against the Federation.
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What is a republic shock trooper?

They usually served as police or elite soldiers reserved for operations requiring speed and skill. Some shock troopers, such as those commanded by the Togorian Kr'saang, acted as mercenaries. Clone shock troopers were elite soldiers of the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars.
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Why are stormtroopers different colors?

They could indicate the wearer's rank, position or specialization. A black colored pauldron indicated enlisted troopers, white was for sergeants, and orange for unit leaders or captains. Snipers wore blue pauldrons, Grenadiers and Incinerator troopers wore red, and Artillery stormtroopers wore yellow.
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What are the white stormtroopers called?

Snowtroopers, also known as cold weather assault stormtroopers, are first seen during the battle of Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
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How do death troopers talk?

The troopers spoke the language using voice-scramblers built into their helmets, allowing them to communicate with each other without anyone being able to decipher what they were saying, as well as enhance their intimidating image.
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Are all storm troopers black?

In the MMORPG Star Wars Galaxies, Shadow stormtroopers were called "black hole stormtroopers" (note the space). In appearance, they were little more than standard stormtroopers with black armor. They would often be given randomly generated names, such as TK-807.
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How did Moff Gideon get the Darksaber?

By circa 9 ABY, Moff Gideon, who had participated in the Great Purge of Mandalore the Empire had launched against the Mandalorians, had acquired the Darksaber. He later used it to escape from the wreckage of his Outland TIE fighter after a confrontation with Din Djarin on the planet of Nevarro.
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Is cross hair the first Death Trooper?

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. This comes after an entire episode teasing that Crosshair would defect from his clone brothers and become loyal to the newly formed Galactic Empire.
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Why do the death troopers Sound weird?

Within the Star Wars universe, the weird mechanical sounds are due to a device implanted in the Death Trooper helmets that scrambles their speech to make it indecipherable to anyone not wearing a Death Trooper helmet.
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What are the blue stormtroopers called?

The commanders were an aesthetic anomaly within the Stormtrooper Corps; the blue markings on their armor separated them from the rest of the plain white-armored soldiers.
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Why do clone troopers wear skirts?

It was designed to protect your legs. But it's just for show now." A kama was a flexible leather armor accoutrement worn from the belt.
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Why do clones wear pauldrons?

Occasionally, during times of internal struggle within the Galactic Empire, the colors and markings on pauldrons were used to signify allegiance to specific leaders or factions. For clones, while they were indeed used to show rank, pauldrons could also be customizations to their armor.
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What's a rebel dropper?

Cara Dune, to Din Djarin. Shock troopers, also referred to as droppers, were specialized infantry of the Alliance to Restore the Republic and New Republic.
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Is an Atst a droid?

The All Terrain Scout Transport (AT-ST) also known as Chicken Walkers, for its two-legged design, is a bipedal walker used by the Galactic Republic during the late Clone Wars and, later and more extensively, the Galactic Empire during The Last of the Droids. It was a successor of AT-DP.
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Was Cara Dune a rebel?

In exposition from The Mandalorian, Cara reveals that most of her past work as a Rebel soldier involved eliminating Imperial warlords and other remnants of the Empire following the destruction of the second Death Star.
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Who is the silver stormtrooper?

Captain Phasma is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise, portrayed by English actress Gwendoline Christie.
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Who is the gold stormtrooper?

An ominous figure in gleaming gold stormtrooper armor, Commander Pyre leads the tenacious First Order forces on a mission to find a pair of refugee children on the Colossus platform.
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What is an Imperial trooper?

Imperial Army troopers, also known as Imperial Army soldiers, were soldiers that deployed during the reign of the Galactic Empire by the Imperial Army, as its main infantry throughout the galaxy.
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