Storm commando

Storm commandos were the special forces of the Galactic Empire's Stormtrooper Corps and trained to deal with extreme combat situations. They were equipped with black armor and carried E-11 medium blaster rifles. The specialized stormtroopers were also known to utilize any weapons they liked if permitted to do so by their commander; the commander would decide this according to the nature of their mission. Some storm commandos were members of the elite 501st Legion, the Sith Lord Darth Vader's personal stormtrooper legion. Storm commandos could be organized into a company.Lead by Example
General Weir wore storm commando armor.Star Wars: Starfighter Missions At one point, Colonel Sadao Emtri of the Imperial Security Bureau deployed an Imperial-class Star Destroyer and storm commandos during a fake combat tournament in the Nouane sector—it was actually a trap laid by the Empire to capture suspected Force-sensitives.Knights of Fate
==Behind the scenes==
In the current Star Wars canon, storm commandos first appeared in Star Wars: Galactic Defense, a tower defense game developed by DeNA Co., Ltd. which was released in 2014 and shut down in 2016.Star Wars: Galactic Defense In Galactic Defense, storm commandos were a type of enemy unit in the "Light Side" missions, appearing in original trilogy–themed levels recreating the Galactic Civil War Battle of Tatooine, which took place in 0 BBY.Star Wars: Galactic Atlas In these levels, players utilized defense towers and rebel forces to defend against waves of Imperial units; successfully destroying a storm commando awarded the player with "Scrap," a point standard used to upgrade or purchase towers. While Galactic Defense was canon, its actual gameplay was not; consequently, the presence of storm commandos onStar Wars: Galactic Defense/email. DeNA Co., Ltd. "The descriptions and lore are canon, but instances within the game itself are not since we mix Champions from multiple eras and it is not placed within the Star Wars timeline." the planet Tatooine is considered non-canon.
In the Star Wars Legends continuity, storm commandos were first introduced in Galaxy Guide 5: Return of the Jedi, a 1990 Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game supplement written by Michael Stern and released by West End Games.Galaxy Guide 5: Return of the Jedi Storm commandos then made their first full appearance in the 1996 novel X-Wing: Rogue Squadron, written by Michael A. Stackpole.X-Wing: Rogue Squadron The 2003 video game Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike established that the character Captain Sarkli was a storm commando.Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike Sarkli first appeared in the 1983 original trilogy film Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, thus retroactively making it the commandos' first appearance in Legends.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: Galactic Defense 
*Star Wars: Starfighter Missions
==Sources==
*Lead by Example
*Forged in Battle
*Knights of Fate
*Gadgets and Gear
*Starships and Speeders
==Notes and references==
Category:Galactic Empire stormtrooper variants