First Order snowtrooper

First Order snowtroopers were a variant of the stormtrooper used by the First Order thirty years after the Battle of Endor. They wore insulated armor and helmets designed for cold weather. Snowtroopers saw action during the Battle of Starkiller Base and the Battle of Crait in 34 ABY, and by 35 ABY they took part in the First Order's occupation of the planet Kijimi.
==Equipment==
The latest generation of cold weather assault stormtroopers, snowtroopers wore advanced insulated armor and helmets made from betaplast with flared neck shroud and a polarized slit visor to minimize ice glare, two breather tank inlets.Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary They wore insulated gloves with adjustable heating units. Their body armor also had heating controls, and they wore an insulated belt kama.Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded They had modified F-11D blaster rifles with antifogging optics and heat shunting devices.Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
Some First Order Walker Drivers wore armor similar to that of both standard walker pilots and snowtroopers.Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Incredible Cross-Sections:File:Hasbro First Order snowtrooper walker pilot.jpg
==History==
Snowtroopers were deployed to Hays Minor during the First Order's occupation of the planet. Many snowtroopers were stationed on the artic world of IlumStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary after it was transformed into Starkiller Base. However, it was attacked and destroyed by the Resistance in 34 ABY.Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
Snowtroopers were also involved in the Battle of Crait shortly thereafter. Although Crait was only superficially a snowy planet due to the planet's white salt flats obscuring red crystals on the ground, it nonetheless had similar enough properties to necessitate their deployment in the battle.Star Wars: The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary Under the order of General Armitage Hux, snowtroopers assisted in the destruction of the peaceful planet Tah'Nuhna for their aid toward the Resistance. In 35 ABY,Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary dates the events of Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker as taking place one year after the "Starkiller Incident." As Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the Starkiller Incident to 34 ABY, it can be deduced the events of Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker take place in 35 ABY. snowtroopers occupied Kijimi City, enforcing the Supreme Leader's will. However, under Protocol 13, all forces were withdrawn before the planet was destroyed.
==Behind the scenes==
First Order Snowtroopers first appeared in Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens. For the costumes used in the film, the snowtroopers' armor, helmet, and backpack were made of molded polyurethane, while their gloves were made of nylon with additional molded polyurethane elements. Their quilted tunics and collars were made from jersey-backed neoprene, with the tunics also incorporating polyester and cotton. The nylon boots they wear are "Kamik White Men's Canuck Cold Weather Boots."
==Appearances==
*Star Wars Battlefront II
*Age of Resistance - Rose Tico 1
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*Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition 
*The Last Jedi Adaptation 5
*Allegiance 1
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*Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition 
*Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel 
===Non-canon appearances===
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*LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
*LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
==Sources==
===Non-canon sources===
*LEGO Star Wars: Choose Your Side: Doodle Activity Book
*LEGO Star Wars: Build Your Own Adventure
==Notes and references==
Category:First Order stormtrooper variants