The Star Wars Show: Chewbacca Mom, Rogue One Character Reveal, A Star Wars Birthday Party on the official Star Wars YouTube channel ( backup link) ( Posted on ) (First identified as shoretrooper).Rey, Death Troopers, and More: Star Wars Celebration Europe 2016 Key Art Unveiled! on ( backup link).So the shoretrooper, I think, is a wonderful blend of all those requirements into something new." Appearances Again, it makes that reinforcement of connecting it with something that we know from history, it makes that connection to Episode IV, which was World War II technology, vehicles, and colorations. Īccording to Production Designer Doug Chiang: "Glyn actually modeled the color scheme on the Messerschmitt, where the base color that was sort of tannish, but then it had patches of this blue and orange that were so elegant.
The shoretroopers were identified by name in the third episode of The Star Wars Show on May 25, 2016. The first footage of the shoretrooper was shown in the teaser trailer for the Star Wars standalone film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, on April 7, 2016. Another type of shoretrooper was the shoretrooper sniper, who was trained to use long-range weapons. A type of shoretrooper was the Heavy Shoretrooper, who specialized in heavy weapons and were equipped with extra ammo. Shoretroopers also used different armor load-outs or weapon configurations based on the conditions of where they were stationed or served. Īlthough their armor had more capabilities than standard stormtrooper armor, it proved no stronger, as shown on Scarif. They appeared to have a policing/security role. Shore troopers guarding the Niamos Courthouse used a stun baton with the same unidentified Blaster Pistol, and featured a white band with two black lines on the edges on their upper-left arm, and a red band on their lower-right arm. They also held a rank of lieutenant or higher, with the ability to order around KX-series security droids. The shoretrooper variant could also be seen with a white line going across their upper breastplate, a red band on their lower-right arm, a bag on their upper-right leg, and white shoulder armor, the left of which had two black stripes across it. On Niamos, some shoretroopers utilized an unidentified Blaster Pistol. Shoretroopers involved in a coastal operation They also had limited or no upper leg armor for swifter movement in battle, similar to scout troopers. Further down the same arm were stripes of sand blue and yellow. Their right shoulder guard was sand colored, but their left shoulder guard was all sand blue, save for the white stripe. Shoretrooper captains had almost all of their breastplates blue, along with a small plate of armor that was on their left side.
Squad leaders also sported a kama attached to their belt. Squad leaders were identified by a sand blue stripe that went along the top of their breastplates and onto the top of their shoulder guards. Regular shoretroopers featured sand- colored armor, with a red band around their right arm and a white stripe around their left shoulder guard. There were at least three distinct ranks of shoretroopers, all with unique markings on their shoretrooper armor. They also carried a C-25 fragmentation grenade, a highly explosive grenade that was used to destroy SW-0608, an Imperial cargo shuttle the Rogue One team used to bypass the Empire's Shield Gate in orbit over the world. Shoretroopers wielded both the E-11 medium blaster rifle and the upgraded E-22 reciprocating double-barreled blaster rifle while stationed on Scarif. The First Order military also fielded mountain troopers who wore armor that resembled that of the Imperial shoretroopers. ĭuring the Cold War between the Resistance and the First Order, Agent Terex of the First Order Security Bureau had possession of a shoretrooper helmet aboard the Carrion Spike that was displayed next to the helmets of an Imperial Royal Guard, an AT-AT pilot, a death trooper, and others, along with a custom set of armor. ĭuring the New Republic Era, shoretroopers served in an Imperial remnant, and were also deployed to Morak to protect the mining facilities from insurgent and rebel attacks in 9 ABY. Īround 0 ABY, shoretroopers came into conflict with Rebel leaders Leia Organa and Luke Skywalker after they crashed on an ocean planet. In 1 BBY, shoretroopers participated in the Battle of Scarif against the Rebel Alliance, where many of them were killed when the Death Star blew up the Imperial security complex to wipe out the remaining Rebels. Del Meeko, later a member of Inferno Squad, served as a shoretrooper on Scarif prior to becoming a TIE fighter pilot. Many coastal defender stormtroopers were stationed at the top secret Imperial security complex on the tropical planet Scarif, where they patrolled the beaches and bunkers of the facility.