TD - 334 TD - 334 was a Human male who served in the Galactic Empire ' s Stormtrooper Corps under Lieutenant Harburik . During his service as a sandtrooper , TD - 334 was stationed on the Outer Rim world of Tatooine . Sometime following the Battle of Yavin in 0 BBY , TD - 334 was caught in a radiation accident when the reactor repair facility he was guarding was destroyed by Rebels . Though he was the sole survivor , TD - 334 ' s mental faculties were negatively influenced by the radiation . After displaying an unorthodox desire to desert the Empire to become an image designer , Harburik commissioned an Imperial operative with quietly bringing the disturbed sandtrooper back to his base of operations in the city of Mos Eisley . Biography . During the time of the Galactic Civil War , the Human male identified as TD - 334 served in the Stormtrooper Corps under a Humanocentric xenophobe known as Lieutenant Harburik . Operating out of his base in the spaceport city of Mos Eisley on the Outer Rim world of Tatooine , Harburik oversaw the command of stormtroopers conducting missions in the area . TD - 334 and a number of other Imperial stormtroopers were responsible for guarding a reactor repair facility not far outside of Mos Eisley . However , sometime following the Battle of Yavin in 0 BBY , this reactor facility was blown up Rebel forces . The attack left all of TD - 334 ' s comrades dead . As the sole survivor , TD - 334 began walking aimlessly throughout the desert , stricken by a sudden desire to desert the Empire to become an image designer . It became apparent that TD - 334 ' s brain was negatively affected by the radiation released by the explosion . This drastically altered the trooper ' s personality , compelling him to start a new life . When Lieutenant Harburik learned of the situation , he became concerned that news of the situation would become public knowledge . Harburik ' s concerns were alleviated when a spacer loyal to the Empire agreed to help resolve the situation . Harburik asked the operative to apprehend TD - 334 without committing undue harm . He also asked that the situation be kept confidential , as other troopers may misunderstand the situation . Ultimately , the Imperial operative did not betray secrecy , and located the disturbed sandtrooper without resorting to combat . When TD - 334 was approached by the Imperial operative , he commented that lavender highlights would give stormtrooper helmets a bold statement . With that said , TD - 334 was placed under arrest , but not without further announcing his intentions to leave the Army to focus on more artistic pursuits . Despite this unorthodox behavior , TD - 334 complied with operative and was safely brought back to Harburik in Mos Eisley . With TD - 334 now under Imperial custody , the operative received a reward of 5 , 000 . Although he knew it to be a troubling situation , Harburik claimed there was no better way for the situation to have turned out . He asked that the Imperial - aligned spacer simply take the reward and pretend that the whole thing never happened . Personality and traits . Prior to the radiation accident , TD - 334 was an ordinary stormtrooper , diligently serving Lieutenant Harburik as a guard for a reactor repair facility . However , following the Rebel attack on the facility , TD - 334 ' s mind became adversely affected by the released radiation . This caused a significant change in the stormtrooper ' s personality , causing him to display unorthodox behavior . The once loyal Imperial stormtrooper had turned into an eccentric free agent , committed to starting a new life as an image designer . While TD - 334 did initially object to being placed under arrest , he did comply without resorting to violence . Equipment . During his affiliation with the Galactic Empire , TD - 334 wore standard stormtrooper armor . He also wore a brown ish colored pauldron , a type of padded material worn to signify rank . Behind the scenes . TD - 334 was a in the 2003 video game " Star Wars Galaxies : An Empire Divided " , a developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts , prior to its closure on December 15 , 2011 . Players who performed a series of quests for Harburik had to escort him safely back to Mos Eisley . Although the player could choose not to do Habrurik ' s quests , this article assumes 100 % game completion . TD - 334 wore a brownish colored shoulder pauldron , but his rank was never definitively identified in the quest dialogue . When the player approached TD - 334 , the stormtrooper mentioned that he would be leaving the Army to become an image designer . However , this does not make sense , as stormtroopers were part of the Stormtrooper Corps , an Imperial Military branch which operated separately from the Imperial Army . The developers may have simply erred when writing the dialogue , or it may have been an in - character mistake made by TD - 334 , due to his altered mental state . It is also possible that his use of the word ' Army ' was generic , meant to colloquially refer to the Stormtrooper Corps as a whole .