Class 2

Imperial Navy Trooper or Death Star Trooper is a Star Wars minifigure introduced in 2006

Description[]

The Death Star Trooper has appeared in four physical sets. Both have unprinted black legs, and a black torso printed with a silver belt and a black tunic with silver lining. Both have light nougat faces, one of which has a black chinstrap, and the other a dark grey one. The older figure has dark orange eyebrows, and the newer one has thinner black ones. Both have semi-bucket like helmets, with the new figure featuring a larger and more detailed helmet.

Video game description[]

Imperial Navy Troopers have also appeared in two videogames, with a very different look. They have dark grey legs, and a dark grey torso printed with a grey tunic with black lining, and an insignia placed on the left side. His face is printed with a black chinstrap, and a neutral, staring expression. He wears a black helmet that looks rather like a cross between the new and old physical version's helmets. In the game, the Imperial Navy Trooper is armed with a gun, and has the ability to shoot, jump, and grapple.

Background[]

Officially known as Imperial Navy troopers, they acted as security guards aboard Imperial Navy starships and space stations, as well as ground installations. Troopers provided the Navy with its own soldiers, making them not having to rely on the Imperial Army or Stormtrooper Corps for security.

After Stormtroopers and Army troopers cleared a conflicted area, Navy troops were often called in to preform mop-up operations. However, they preformed other tasks as well, such as monitoring sensor arrays, directing hangar traffic, and escorting prisoners to their cells. Grand Moff Tarkin selected the best and most elite troopers to become Death Star troopers, who served aboard the first (and later second, though Tarkin was not alive by then) Death Star.

Members of the Rebel Alliance special forces took them as a joke, thinking they were inexperienced and poorly trained. On the contrary, they tended to be well trained for their role.

LEGO.com Description[]

Imperial Navy Trooper[]

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Black-uniformed and helmeted Imperial Navy troopers can be found acting as guards and soldiers in every starship, space station, and installation in the Galactic Empire. They may lack the special training and equipment of Imperial stormtroopers, but they are still capable opponents for Rebel Alliance troops.

Death Star Trooper[]

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Death Star troopers fulfil important roles aboard the Empire’s Death Star battle station. Wearing distinctive black uniforms and helmets, they guard detention blocks, handle weapons and defense systems, and even control the station’s planet-devastating superlaser.

Appearances[]

• 8038 The Battle of Endor
• 9492 TIE Fighter
• 10188 Death Star (Two)
• 75055 Imperial Star Destroyer
• 75146 Star Wars Advent Calendar
• 75159 Death Star
• 75394 Imperial Star Destroyer

Video Game Appearances[]

• LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
• LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
• LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

Gallery of Variants[]

Original Variant	Redesign	2016 Redesign	2024 Redesign

Notes[]

• In the Star Wars video games, Death Star troopers have Imperial Officer bodies and simplified heads.
• In 2012, the helmet was redesigned.
• The original variant (ironically) had the same head as the Rebel Troopers.

Gallery[]

New version, face with googles

From 2016 Advent Calendar

A Death Star trooper in LEGO Star Wars

In The Skywalker Saga