As the first student of Darth Sidious, the Zabrak, Darth Maul, was
convinced of his own invulnerability.
His superior fighting skills, distinctive double-ended lightsabre and inability to feel any emotion other than rage made him a formidable foe.
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IMPERIAL
OFFICERS
Generic
Imperial Officer
While the stormtroopers, in their various guises, are the
attack troops of the Empire, it is the Officers who control and
direct their missions. Known for their ruthlessness and cruelty they
carry out their orders with cold and calculated efficiency. Many,
such as Grand Admiral Thrawn and General Veers,
have achieved fame for superior tactics and ability. Equally many
have themselves become the victim
of the Empire’s lack of sympathy when they have failed in their
mission. Captain Needa and Admiral Ozzel were executed by Lord Vader
for their failure and even Grand Moff Tarkin perished when his
short-sightedness refused to allow him to accept the chance of the
Rebels defeating the first Death Star.
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General
Veers
Serving onboard Darth Vader’s personal command ship, the Super Star
Destroyer Executor, was seen by many as a fast track to a sudden
death as the Sith Lord brutally punished failure. General Maximillian Veers saw it as an opportunity to serve the Emperor’s
New Order, to which he is fiercely loyal, at the highest level. His
chance came when, on Admiral Ozzel’s orders, the Imperial attack
fleet reverted from hyperspace too close to the Hoth system, thus
giving the rebel forces at Echo Base enough time to prepare their
defenses.
Veers’s force of All Terrain Armoured Transport (AT-AT’s) and All
Terrain Scout Transports (AT-ST’s)
landed on the planet and brought down the rebel base’s shields thus
allowing Darth Vader and the
Imperial snowtroopers to land and take over the base. Unfortunately
they were just too slow and the
Millennium Falcon, with Han Solo and Princess Leia aboard, managed
to escape.
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TROOPERS
(TR/TK/TD/TB/TS/TC/TI)
Royal
Guard (TR)
Emperor Palpatine’s hand-picked personal bodyguards are amongst the
most fanatically loyal members of the Empire’s armies. Their
ceremonial robes may make them look more decorative than deadly but
they should never be underestimated.
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Stormtrooper
(TK)
The military soldiers unswervingly loyal to the Emperor,
stormtroopers represented the most visible extension of Imperial
might. They were shock troopers meant to strike with speed and
accuracy, putting down insurrections and maintaining order on the
farflung worlds of the Empire. Stormtroopers served both the
ground-based armies of Palpatine's forces, and the space-based
Imperial starfleet.
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Sandtrooper
(TD)
The sandtrooper is a desert terrain stormtrooper equipped with
modified armor and gear to better withstand missions in harsh, arid
locales like Tatooine. While their armor is superficially similar to
that of the standard stormtrooper, advanced cooling systems in both
their helmets and suits offer
these troopers protection from the relentless heat.
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Biker
Scout / Scout Trooper (TB)
Special lightweight armour allows Biker Scouts to move more
freely than their infantry counterparts.
They use Aratech 74-Z speeder bikes to deploy at extremely high
speed and to reconnoitre landing
areas prior to Imperial landings and to patrol the areas surrounding
established Imperial bases.
Although armed with a hold-out blaster, Biker Scouts are expected to
withdraw as soon as possible and
report enemy movements rather than engage the enemy themselves.
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Snowtrooper
(TS)
At the extreme opposite end of the scale from a sandtrooper,
snowtroopers are expected to work in freezing blizzard conditions.
They were instrumental in the successful attack on the rebel Echo
Base in the Hoth system. As well as maintaining body temperature
their uniforms ensure they can move and
fight in the hazardous conditions they are faced with.
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Clonetrooper
(TC)
Exactly how the Grand Army of the Republic came to be created
is still not fully known. All
that is sure is that the clones created on the ocean-world of
Kamino came just when the Republic
needed them. Created in overwhelming numbers they were able to stem
the tide of the Separatist
take over of the galaxy. As with the stormtrooper there is a range
of specialities, BARC troopers,
Republic Commandos, Star Corps and the ARC troopers to name but a
few.
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TIE
Fighter Pilot (TI)
Totally encased in an airtight helmet and flightsuit to protect
them from the vacuum inside their starfighters, the TIE Pilots take
control of the Imperial Navy's first line of defence. Their fierce loyalty to the Empire enables them to operate their
unshielded but more manoeuvrable ships against
the X-, Y-,
B- and A-Wings of the Rebel forces. Later TIE models such as the TIE
Advanced Fighter have
extended the life expectancy of their pilots
considerably
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BOUNTY HUNTERS
Jango Fett
Once among the best of the Mandalorian warriors Jango was contracted
by the Kaminoans to be the
source DNA template for the clone army.
He lived on Kamino where he trained the clone army together
with
instructors whom he selected personally.
Jango was known to leave Kamino occasionally when a
particularly
prestigious bounty was offered.
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Boba Fett
Boba Fett, the only unaltered clone of Jango, is the most successful
and deadly bounty hunter in the
galaxy. People have been known to
hand themselves in rather than face having Fett on their trail. All
about business, with his modified Mandalorian armour he is a walking
arsenal of blasters, rocket launchers, flamethrowers, dart guns and
blades. He is known to prefer hunting Wookies and wears braids of
Wookie fur as a badge of honour.
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DENIZENS OF THE EMPIRE
Tusken Raider / Sandpeople
Living in the rocky Jundland Wastes, Tusken Raiders are the single
biggest threat to the continuing
expansion of Tatooine colonists.
Wrapped in swathes of cloth to protect themselves from the twin
suns,
it is not known for sure what species the sandpeople are,
although most believe them to be early colonists who have turned
feral. They have also been very successful at concealing themselves
and no
accurate measure of their numbers has ever been possible.
Attacking with long range blaster rifles and
close up with their
vicious gaffi sticks the Tuskens are as deadly as the planet itself.
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