Sandtrooper A Sandtrooper is a Stormtrooper that specialized in desert environments . They have appeared in a total of five sets and two video games . Description . First variant ( 2004 ) . The Sandtrooper minifigure made its first appearance in 2004 in 4501 Mos Eisley Cantina . The minifigure at the time was nearly identical to the Stormtrooper but with an added orange pauldron on the right shoulder and a small backpack . This variant only made one appearance . Second variant ( 2007 ) . Three years later , the Sandtrooper made its second appearance in physical form in 2007 in 7659 Imperial Landing Craft . In 2007 the Stormtrooper minifigure was redesigned and so was the Sandtrooper because of this . Just like the first variant , the Sandtrooper was nearly identical to the newly redesigned Stormtrooper apart from an added orange pauldron on the right shoulder . The minifigure featured a black head underneath the helmet . This variant only made one appearance . Third variant ( 2010 ) . Once again , three years later , the Sandtrooper was redesigned and made its third appearance in 2010 in 8092 Luke ' s Landspeeder . This time only the minifigures accessories had been redesigned , featuring a black pauldron instead of an orange one , and a backpack . The minifigure featured a black head underneath the helmet . This variant only made one appearance . Fourth variant ( 2012 ) . Two years later , the Sandtrooper was redesigned once again and made its fourth appearance in 2012 in 9490 Droid Escape . This time the minifigure had been redesigned substantially featuring new realistic printing on the torso and legs depicting dirty armour . The head pieces will be black , but have printed faces on the front of them . This variant features the same backpack accessory as the third variant released in 2010 . These variants to date are only known to make one appearance each . Squad Leader variant . The Squad Leader variant features the new orange pauldron and the backpack from the 2010 variation of the Sandtrooper but has a new designed face for the minifigure , like the 2010 Episode III Clone Pilot . The torso , legs and helmet of the Squad Leader look identical to that of the Sergeant . On the 9490 Droid Escape box art , the Squad Leader is depicted as piloting a speeder bike . This variant is armed with a blaster . Sergeant variant . The Sergeant variant features a brand new white pauldron and the backpack from the 2010 variation of the Sandtrooper . The torso , legs and helmet of the Sergeant look identical to that of the Squad Leader as well with a new face . On the 9490 Droid Escape box art , the Sergeant is holding a stud piece . The Sergeant is armed with a blaster rifle . Fifth variant ( 2014 ) . The fifth variant is seen in 75052 Mos Eisley Cantina . This variant is similar to the new 2014 stormtrooper in 75055 Imperial Star Destroyer . The new variant has a Clone Trooper head peace . The figure features a brand new black pauldron and a backpack , similar like the 2012 variant . The pauldron shows , the sandtrooper ' s rank is Private . In the Video Games . The Sandtrooper has appeared in two video games to date , " " , then " " , and in both versions is identical to the second variation of the Sandtrooper released in 2007 but with a megaphone with a transparent orange stud on it for a blaster instead of the new blaster piece . In the games , the Sandtrooper has the ability to jump , grapple , fire his blaster , dodge lasers , and build objects . Background . Sandtroopers could be mounted on Dewback s ( like in 4501 Mos Eisley Cantina ) and ( 75052 Mos Eisley Cantina ) or could be ground troops ( such as in 7659 Imperial Landing Craft ) . They can be defined as sandtroopers due to the pauldron present on their right shoulder . They have cooling systems installed in their armour to keep them cool in hot conditions like on Tatooine .