

This included training that taught them skills in advanced combat as well as independent command training. Once their training was complete, the new Death Star troopers became multi-talented individuals who fulfilled a wide variety of roles which included both combat and non-combat positions throughout the battlestation. History Īs the Death Star came closer to completion, Grand Moff Tarkin sought the need to create a specially trained fighting force which were taken from the best of the Imperial Navy troopers. The Death Star troopers guarding Detention Block AA-23 carried E-11 blaster rifles and DH-17 blaster pistols. These soldiers lacked a standard sidearm, with a good number of them being unarmed.

They were distinguished by their swooping black helmets. Death Star troopers wore the same uniforms as Imperial Navy troopers.
