TK-486

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"Looks like TK-486 is in trouble…"
―One of TK-486's fellow squad leaders[2]

TK-486 was the designation of a[2] human[1] Stormtrooper Commander in the Galactic Empire.[3] Between 1 BBY and 0 BBY,[4] TK-486 was stationed as a sandtrooper in Mos Eisley on the desert planet of Tatooine, where the soldier was once cornered by a trio of Jawas outside of Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina. When one Jawa reached for the strap of TK-486's[2] T-21 light repeating blaster,[5] the stormtrooper demanded them to stop, catching the attention of one of TK-486's fellow squad leaders.[2]

As a sandtrooper officer in the Stormtrooper Corps, TK-486 wore a backpack, an orange pauldron, and augmented stormtrooper armor.[3]

Behind the scenes

TK-486 first appeared in Bounty Hunt, a young readers activity book written by Katrina Pallant, illustrated by Robert Ball, and published in 2016.[2]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy states that all variations of stormtroopers and TIE pilots in the Galactic Empire were human.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Bounty Hunt
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded establishes that sandtroopers have augmented stormtrooper armor. According to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Orange pauldrons indicate the position of Stormtrooper Commander.
  4. ↑ In Bounty Hunt, the Death Star's superlaser is fully operational, and Star Wars: Timelines establishes that the events of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and thus the completion of the superweapon, take place in 1 BBY. Since the Death Star was destroyed in the Battle of Yavin, which Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates to 0 BBY, the events of Bounty Hunt must take place between those two years.
  5. ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Defense