The atmospheric stormtrooper transport was an open-top repulsor craft used by the Galactic Empire to move stormtroopers at the time of the Galactic Civil War. Such vehicles were notably used at the temporary Imperial garrison base of Mos Eisley, Tatooine, during the search for the Rebel droids R2-D2 and C-3PO.[1]
The transport's design bore resemblence to the Platoon Attack Craft used around two decades earlier by the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars.[1]
Behind the scenes
A stormtrooper transport flying over Mos Eisley
The stormtrooper transport first appeared in the 1997 Special Edition re-release of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, in which it can be seen flying in the atmosphere of Tatooine at a distance.[2] It was first identified in the 2016 reference book Star Wars: Complete Locations.[1]
Appearances
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First appearance) (Introduced in Special Edition)
Sources
- Star Wars: Complete Locations (First identified as stormtrooper transport)