Spacetrooper

Spacetroopers were a specialized variant of stormtrooper who were deployed into zero gravity environments, such as into the vacuum of realspace. For such missions, their specialized stormtrooper armor featured a rebreather pack.
==Description==
Spacetroopers were specialized stormtroopers equipped to operate in Zero-G environments, such as the vacuum of space. Spacetroopers wore a variant of stormtrooper armor fitted with a rebreather pack. They wielded E-11 medium blaster rifles, thermal detonators, and specialized heavy blasters. Spacetroopers could be organized into patrol groups.
==History==
Spacetroopers were part of the stormtrooper contingent aboard the Chimaera, the flagship of Grand Admiral Thrawn's 7th Fleet. At one point in 1 BBY,Star Wars: Timelines Thrawn ordered the deployment of a spacetrooper patrol in order to examine the hull of a wrecked way station. Spacetroopers were also used to patrol the outside of the Death Star, a moon-sized battle station. In 0 BBY,Star Wars: Galactic Atlas two spacetroopers on duty outside the Death Star watched as the YT-series freighter Millennium Falcon was pulled into Docking Bay 327. The Death Star was destroyed only a short time later at the Battle of Yavin. Commander Ellian Zahra personally led spacetroopers into battle during the engagement near ElessiaStar Wars (2020) 8 in 3 ABY.
==Behind the scenes==
Spacetroopers appeared unidentified in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. They were both played by ILM's Joe Johnston using a split screen technique because there was only one suit available on the day of filming, the other having been stolen.
They were originally set to appear in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, going as far as building a full costume used during the promotional photoshoot. However, they were replaced by normal stormtroopers in the space sequences, where it was planned they would be used, in the final film.
==Appearances==
*Thrawn: Treason 
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*A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy 
*Star Wars (2020) 8
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==Notes and references==
Category:Galactic Empire stormtrooper variants