DV - 692 DV - 692 was a clone stormtrooper officer of the Galactic Empire who served in the 501st Legion during the Galactic Civil War . In 0 BBY , he was stationed aboard the Imperial Star Destroyer " Devastator " , under the command of the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader . DV - 692 participated in the " Devastator " capture of the Rebel CR90 corvette " Tantive IV " and led his squad to search for the passengers of the ship . In one of the corvette ' s passageways , the squad spotted the Alderaanian Senator Leia Organa , and DV - 692 stunned her as she tried to escape . His unit escorted their captive to Vader and then to the " Devastator " prison . Biography . DV - 692 was a Human male clone of the Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett , the prime template for the Clone Army of the Galactic Republic . During the Galactic Civil War , DV - 692 served the Galactic Empire as a lower officer in the Stormtrooper Corps . He was a member of the elite stormtrooper legion known as the 501st , and he was assigned to lead a squad of the legion . In 0 BBY , DV - 692 was stationed aboard the " Imperial I " - class Star Destroyer " Devastator " , commanded by the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader . That year , Rebel agents transmitted the stolen plans of the first Death Star , a new Imperial superweapon , to the Rebel CR90 corvette " Tantive IV " . Over the planet Tatooine , the " Devastator " pursued and captured the " Tantive IV " , which was the consular ship of Senator Leia Organa of Alderaan . Led by an assault commander , DV - 692 and his squad boarded the " Tantive IV " in the first wave of stormtroopers . After the Imperial troopers cleared out the initial Rebel resistance , Vader came aboard the ship and ordered the stormtroopers to search for the passengers of the " Tantive IV " and capture them alive . DV - 692 split the troopers of his squad into two groups ; he ordered half of them to search a passageway and secure a junction , and led the rest to another corridor . The squad ' s orders were to search the passageways astern and forward . One of DV - 692 ' s squadmates spotted Organa hiding in a small alcove and alerted DV - 692 of her presence ; however , Organa outdrew DV - 692 ' s squadmate and shot him dead . Organa tried to escape , but DV - 692 stunned her with his E - 11 blaster rifle . The squad escorted Organa to Vader , who ordered them to take the prisoner to the " Devastator " holding facility . Personality and traits . DV - 692 stood at a height of 1 . 83 meters and served the Galactic Empire as a lower officer of the Stormtrooper Corps . He wore full stormtrooper armor without rank insignia , and he sported a standard E - 11 stormtrooper blaster rifle during the battle aboard the " Tantive IV " . Behind the scenes . The character of DV - 692 first appeared in the December 1976 of George Lucas ' s 1977 film , ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster . In the novel , DV - 692 wore rank insignia on his arm , but he did not have any such insignia in the film . His first visual appearance was in the first issue of Marvel Comics ' s " Star Wars " series in March 8 , 1977 , although only his right hand and feet were pictured in the comic . His first live - action appearance occurred in the film " A New Hope " itself , in which he was portrayed by an uncredited extra . The scene was one of the last few of principle photography in the and was filmed sometime between June 29 and July 16 , 1976 . DV - 692 ' s lines , performed by Terry McGovern , were said over a walkie - talkie and recorded by sound designer Ben Burtt . The sound effect of his stun shot was a mix of an ARP synthesizer playing a note with a " rising pitch and a delay " to bombinate combined with the sound of an air cannon . The script of " A New Hope " , as presented in " " , identified DV - 692 simply as " Trooper . " The script of the 1981 " Star Wars " radio drama , as presented in " " , addressed DV - 692 as " 3rd Trooper . " His line in the radio drama was a bit longer and suggested that he did not shoot Organa , but that another trooper from his squad fired on her . In 2002 , the " A New Hope " expansion set of Wizards of the Coast ' s " Star Wars Trading Card Game " was the first to identify the trooper as " DV - 692 , " a clone stormtrooper . In 2005 , the video game " " stated that all stormtroopers who participated in the battle aboard the " Tantive IV " were members of the 501st Legion , which was made up from clones of Jango Fett . DV - 692 ' s dialogue varies slightly from the various adaptations of the film , including the novelization , the radio drama , the Marvel comic , and the " " . As highlighted in the 2007 StarWars . com Visual Guides , in " A New Hope " , DV - 692 ' s helmet was missing a heat dispenser vent decal , which should have been located on the helmet ' s " cheeks . "