Unidentified stormtrooper squad

A stormtrooper squad was a unit of the Imperial Stormtrooper Corps during the Galactic Civil War. Comprised of clones of the Mandalorian Jango Fett, the squad included at least five stormtroopers. One of the many squads that comprised the elite 501st Legion of the Imperial Military's Stormtrooper Corps, the squad took their orders from Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader.
==Biography==
The Human male stormtroopers of this squad served in the Stormtrooper Corps during the Galactic Civil War. The squad was part of the 501st Legion, an elite stormtrooper legion unofficially known as Vader's Fist, under the direct command of Dark Lord Darth Vader, Emperor Palpatine's enforcer. The squad was assigned to the troop complement of the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Devastator.Star Wars: Behind the Magic
In 0 BBY, after Rebel agents transmitted the stolen plans of the Death Star, a new Imperial superweapon to the Tantive IV, Senator Leia Organa's CR90 corvette, the Devastator pursued and captured it near the planet Tatooine. The squad was among the troopers, who boarded the captured corvette. Darth Vader ordered the assault commander to search for the plans and to bring him the passengers alive. After Organa was captured by Trooper DV-692, the squad escorted her to the Vader.
==Behind the scenes==
The squad first appeared in the December 1976 novelization of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope,Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope novelization ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster.Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope novelization, Special Edition foreword by George Lucas The Revised Fourth Draft of A New Hope also stated that "a squad of armored stormtroopers" escorted Organa to Vader.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: A New Hope novelization 
*Star Wars: A New Hope Cine-Manga
*Contemporary Motivators: Star Wars
*Darth Vader's Mission: The Search for the Secret Plans
*Star Wars (1977) 1 
*Star Wars: A New Hope - The Special Edition 1
*Star Wars Manga: A New Hope 1
*Droids (1986) 6
==Sources==
*Star Wars: The National Public Radio Dramatization
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*Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays
==Notes and references==
Category:Imperial Army squads
Category:Stormtrooper units