Range trooper

Range troopers were a specialized variant of the Galactic Empire's stormtroopers organized into the range corps.
==Description==
Range troopers were tough soldiers equipped specialized vambrace armor. Their helmets were similar in design to both the Imperial combat assault tank pilot's and coastal defender stormtrooper's helmets, with heavy armor equipped with external fur and a chestplate much like that of cold weather assault stormtroopers. They were commonly armed with E-10R blaster rifles. They were also equipped with magnetic gription boots which allowed sure footing atop fast-moving vehicles. The troopers were some of the toughest in the Imperial Military and viewed other forces as "softer" amateurs.
==History==
Several range troopers were deployed to Vandor during the reign of the Empire and guarded a 20-T Railcrawler conveyex transport when Tobias Beckett's crew raided the transport for coaxium. Range troopers were later active on the planet Banas alongside snowtroopers under Commodore Kurtruk. Two members of the Alliance to Restore the Republic, Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa confronted the Imperial forces during their mission to Banas.Hyperspace Stories 2
At some point during the Galactic Empire's reign, Darth Vader used them to spray bacta from large floating tanks into the body of water along the coastline on the world of Uokara, to eradicate the being known as Ghymnon.
Sentinel owned a suit of range trooper armor for use in the Grand Arena in his Hunter matches, with Sentinel once being quoted as saying that range troopers were the type of tough soldier he liked.
==Behind the scenes==
Range troopers appear in the 2018 film Solo: A Star Wars Story.
The magnetic effect of their boots was achieved by the filmmakers using a complicated wire rig for the actors' feet.Industrial Light & Magic Presents: Making Solo: A Star Wars Story
The Legends video game Star Wars: The Old Republic created an in-universe armor set named "Arctic Trooper Armor" based on the Range trooper's design.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars Battlefront II 
*Solo: A Star Wars Story 
*Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition 
*Solo: A Star Wars Story: A Junior Novel 
*Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation 2
*Solo: A Star Wars Story: Train Heist
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*Hyperspace Stories 2
*Star Wars: Hunters 
*Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
===Non-canon appearances===
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*LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga 
==Sources==
==Notes and references==
Category:Galactic Empire stormtrooper variants