Death Troopers
 Death Troopers is a Star Wars novel written by Joe Schreiber. Schreiber's idea was to create a horror story in the Star Wars universe that pulled from horror movies he enjoyed such as The Shining and Alien. The novel is the first horror story based in the Star Wars Universe since the Galaxy of Fear series released in the late 90s. Released on October 13 2009 Death Troopers is set just before the events shown in A New Hope.