Imperial Stormtrooper Forest Camouflage Armor

A model of camouflage stormtrooper armor was used by the stormtroopers of the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War.

Description

This armor closely resembled the armor worn by standard Imperial Stormtrooper. However, instead of a clean white appearance, the armor was patterned in a mottled greenish-brown hue, which allowed it to blend into the forest environments for which it was designed.^[2]

Another variant of this armor, called Imperial Scout Trooper Forest Camouflage Armor, also saw use by the Empire during the Galactic Civil War. This other version of armor more closely resembled the armor worn by scout troopers.^[3]

History

During the Galactic Civil War, a right bracer of this armor was found next to the skeletal remains of a stormtrooper on the balcony of a large house on Naboo overrun by Mummers,^[1] a criminal organization of bootleggers.^[4] Other pieces of armor accompanied the corpse, including a helmet, chest plate and gloves belonging to a suit of standard white stormtrooper armor.^[1]

Following the Battle of Yavin, a Trandoshan named Sstrigge, wore most of this suit of armor during Life Day festivities in the cities of Dearic, Doaba Guerfel, and Wayfar. Sstrigge worked with the Empire to sabotage these Life Day festivities, as the Empire believed the Alliance to Restore the Republic was using them as an opportunity to hide contraband in celebratory gift boxes.^[2]

Behind the scenes

The Imperial Stormtrooper Forest Camouflage Armor first appeared in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts,^[1] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.^[5]

This armor was originally revealed to be a reward for Imperial-aligned players of a revamped Imperial Theme Park quest line. However, due to outcry from some players regarding its perceived lack of aesthetics, the developers chose not to release this suit of armor.^[6] According to the game's directory tree files, the description of the armor read, "Imperial Stormtrooper Forest Camouflage Armor. A recent development from Imperial Ordinance. Not routinely issued to troops."^[7] Eventually, with the release of Chapter 6.12: Masters of the Wild on September 12, 2007, a redesigned version of this armor was introduced as the reward for completing various quests of the revamped Imperial Theme Park. The new armor, fully known as Imperial Scout Trooper Forest Camouflage Armor, more closely resembled scout trooper armor.^[3]

Despite not being released on the live servers as a fully wearable form of player armor, the developers nonetheless incorporated elements of the Imperial Stormtrooper Forest Camouflage Armor in the game. With the release of Chapter 11.4: The Battle of Echo Base on December 16, 2008,^[8] a Trandoshan named Sstrigge could be seen wearing the armor's gloves, chest plate, leggings, and belt in the cities of Dearic, Doaba Guerfel, and Wayfar during the game's Life Day celebrations. Sstrigge could be found wearing these pieces of armor during subsequent Life Day events in 2009, 2010, and 2011.^[2] The right bracer of this armor could also be found on the balcony of a large house on Naboo belonging to a group of Mummers. Curiously however, examining the bracer simply identified it as a "standard issue stormtrooper armor right bracer."^[1]

Appearances

• Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) (First appearance)

Sources

• Friday Feature – Corellia Times Exclusive: Life Day Revealed on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct) (Picture only)

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