TK - 119 TK - 119 was a clone stormtrooper who was aboard the Galactic Empire ' s Death Star battlestation in 0 BBY . That year , a group of soon - to - be operatives of the Alliance to Restore the Republic infiltrated the Death Star to rescue one of its prisoners , Princess Leia Organa . Following the successful escape , the Princess and one of her rescuers , Luke Skywalker , went through the station ' s Central Core Shaft , where they found themselves trapped behind a blast door leading to a shaft . As the two were trapped on an overhang , with the controls for the bridge extension across the shaft disabled , TK - 119 was among a trio of stormtroopers who attempted to shoot the pair with their E - 11 blaster rifles . However , Skywalker returned fire , and managed to kill TK - 119 when he shot the stormtrooper and caused him to fall down the shaft . Biography . The Human male TK - 119 was a clone who served the Galactic Empire as a stormtrooper during the Galactic Civil War , a conflict between the Empire and the Alliance to Restore the Republic . By 0 BBY , he was aboard the Imperial Death Star battlestation . That year , the Death Star was infiltrated by a group of soon - to - be members of the Alliance , consisting of Han Solo , Chewbacca , and Luke Skywalker , in an attempt to rescue one of the station ' s prisoners , Princess Leia Organa of the planet Alderaan . Skywalker escorted Organa to Docking Bay 327 , the hangar bay that the group arrived in aboard the YT - 1300 light freighter " Millennium Falcon " . On the way to the hangar , the pair went through the Death Star ' s corridors , where they were spotted by a stormtrooper patrol , and were forced to take cover behind a blast door leading to the Death Star ' s Central Core Shaft . Attempting to prevent the stormtroopers from opening the door , Skywalker used his stolen stormtrooper E - 11 blaster rifle to shoot out the control panel by the door , not realizing that he had destroyed the controls meant to extend a bridge across the chasm . As Skywalker and Organa found themselves stuck on a narrow overhang , TK - 119 was part of a trio of stormtroopers who arrived on a higher overhang across from the pair , firing their E - 11 blaster rifles at the Alliance operatives . TK - 119 was killed when Skywalker returned fire and managed to shoot him in the chestplate , causing TK - 119 to fall screaming down the shaft . Personality and traits . As a stormtrooper , TK - 119 was totally loyal to Emperor Palpatine . He unquestioningly followed orders , and was willing to sacrifice his life to complete a mission . Equipment . TK - 119 wore full stormtrooper armor and wielded an E - 11 blaster rifle . Behind the scenes . TK - 119 first appeared in the 1977 film , where he was portrayed by uncredited stunt coordinator Peter Diamond , who fell only a short distance before being caught by a mattress . His fall was accompanied by the Wilhelm scream sound effect , marking its first usage in the " Star Wars " films . In 2002 , TK - 119 was first identified by name , and revealed to be a clone stormtrooper , in a card for the " A New Hope " set of Wizards of the Coast ' s " Star Wars Trading Card Game " .