Bump " Bump " is a short story in the anthology " From a Certain Point of View " . The story was written by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker . Plot summary . Following the events of the secret mission to Tatooine , the stormtrooper TD - 110 is reassigned to the Death Star . His comrades TD - 422 , TD - 909 , and TD - 328 had experienced heat stroke after their stormtrooper armor had cracked under the scorching heat of Tatooine and had been rushed to the Death Star for recuperation . Before TD - 110 can step into the hygiene chamber , the Death Star ' s alarm rings . A Moff informs him that intruders are aboard the Death Star and no stormtrooper will be granted reprieve until the situation is rectified . Despite his headache , TD - 110 suits himself up . While dressing up , TD - 110 reflects on his harsh upbringing on the wilds of the planet Parsh . Before joining the Galactic Empire , TD - 110 was part of a clan that eked out a living on the harsh world . When the Empire had found them , they had put his people to work building mines . TD - 110 was ignored since he was regarded as too frail . However , his Alphon found a purpose for him and used him to pass messages to the other yoked Alphoni . While the Alphon intended to inspire a revolution , TD - 110 decided to advance himself by reporting the Alphon to the Empire . TD - 110 personally executed the Alphon with a blaster before joining the Empire as a stormtrooper . TD - 110 and the other stormtroopers are dispatched by the Moff to investigate a breach in Control Room 327 and get the comms back online . TD - 110 hopes to take the insurgents ' comms offline . TD - 110 makes TD - 787 the pointman for the assault and controls the urge to sneeze . On the way , his unit meets other troopers heading towards Detention Block AA - 23 . These include MG - 26 , a loyal conscript whose unit backed TD - 110 ' s unit on Lothal . Others include the lazy SS - 922 , the devoted and wise TA - 519 , and PD - 528 , who owes TD - 110 credit s . They also pass the " zealot " Darth Vader , whom TD - 110 regards as a poor manager who is obsessed about the Force . On their way , TD - 110 suddenly remembers that their mission on Tatooine had been to locate two droids . As he enters the control room , TD - 110 bumps his head on the threshold . The room is scattered with several dead men including the stormtrooper TK - 421 . While TD - 110 contemplates his punishment , TD - 787 flushes out a pair of droids from the supply closet , who turn out to be C - 3PO and R2 - D2 . The droids manage to convince the other stormtroopers that they were locked in the closet by the rebels and leave for maintenance . While waving the droids away , TD - 110 recalls that those two droids were the ones his unit had been looking for . He also remembers the droids were traveling with an old man who had somehow " spiked " his intake unit . Hoping to redeem himself , TD - 110 aims his blaster at the droids but is chastised by the Moff , who orders him to report for command . TD - 110 reluctantly obeys his superior officer ' s command while PB - 106 relieves him of his weapon . PB - 106 and his unit escort TD - 110 to command . While contemplating disciplinary procedures , TD - 110 vows to fight his way back to the Death Star .