Stormtrooper

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Stormtrooper

Theme:

Star Wars

Variations:

Original variant

Printed legs
Flesh head
Black head
2008 redesign
Chrome Stormtrooper
2012 redesign
Shadow Stormtrooper
Star Wars: Rebels
Sandtrooper
Snowtrooper
Scout Trooper
See also: Clone Trooper

Accessories:

Old gun
Large old gun
Blaster (Part x1740)
Rifle
Helmet

Years:

2001, 2002, 2005 - 2010, 2012, 2014

Appearances
6211 Imperial Star Destroyer (Two) 7139 Ewok Attack (Original variant)(1)7146 TIE Fighter (Original variant)(1)7201 Final Duel II (Origianl variant)(1)7264 Imperial Inspection (Printed legs) (Four) 7659 Imperial Landing Craft (Two) 7667 Imperial Dropship (Three) 8087 TIE Defender (Black head)(1)10123 Cloud City (Original variant)(1)9489 Endor Rebel Trooper & Imperial Trooper Battle Pack (2012 variant)(1) 10188 Death Star (Two) 10212 UCS Imperial Shuttle 30005 Imperial Speeder Bike 75053 The Ghost (Rebels Variant)4560075 Silver Stormtrooper Magnet‎ K4479 TIE Fighter & TIE Bomber Kit Celebration IV Set (Two)

A Stormtrooper is a minifigure first released in 2001, and is based on the Stormtroopers from the Star Wars universe.

Description

Stormtroopers have been featured a wide variety of sets in the Star Wars Theme, and have been redesigned with more detail or fixed details often.

Although the standard Stormtrooper looks almost the same in every set they have been released in, over the years, they have been slightly redesigned more than once. Also, the helmet has been changed three times.

One of those variations appeared in the 7264 Imperial Inspection set, where they had more detailed shin plates. In the set, it featured 4 troopers with previously unused leg detail, having increased Utility Belt detail and knee plates over the usual blank legs.

There are currently three variations of the LEGO Stormtrooper helmets: One with two mouth grills split into halves, the second with single black mouth grill, and the third most recent - a thick, gray mouth grill with small black lines. Their eyes have also grown gradually throughout the years.

In 2009, a special edition silver Stormtrooper was released as a magnet set to commemorate 10 years of LEGO Star Wars. It was later released as a promotional minifigure at Toys R Us.

In 2012, the Stormtroopers and Scout Troopers were given new clone faces of an updated look of the 2002 Jango Fett face from the Jango Fett's Slave I set, and for Stormtroopers - a new torso. Previously, all Stormtrooper heads were all black or flesh-colored.

In the Video Games

Stormtroopers have appeared in three out of the four LEGO Star Wars Video Games, although in the LEGO Star Wars the Clone Wars videogame, you need to complete 10 Minikits in a level.

Background

The Imperial Stormtroopers were the nameless, faceless, loyal soldiers of the Galactic Empire. They were formed after the reformation of the Republic from Clone Troopers. The Clones were given new armor and soon non-cloned humans were allowed to join the Stormtrooper ranks, after graduating from the Imperial Military Academies across the galaxy. Stormtroopers are the most common unit in the Empire, seen on many planets as the foot soldiers.