Unidentified stormtrooper (Blockade of Kashyyyk)

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The title of this article is conjectural.

Although this article is based on official information from the Star Wars Legends continuity, the actual name of this subject is pure conjecture.

A stormtrooper of the Galactic Empire was part of an Imperial entourage that searched homes on the planet Kashyyyk during the Wookiee holiday of Life Day in 1 ABY. Searching for ties to the Rebel Alliance, the Empire blockaded the world and declared martial law. The stormtrooper was one of two Imperial troopers who accompanied a commander and a technician, with the other trooper designated B4711.

The cadre entered the home of the famous Rebel Chewbacca, who was not home, but they remained inside to terrorize Chewbacca's family and his human friend Saun Dann. At one point, the residence's wallscreen aired a program began that announced itself as required viewing for all members of the Imperial forces. Entitled Life on Tatooine, it was a live broadcast of a harrowing night in the life of Ackmena, the nightshift bartender of a cantina in the planet Tatooine's city of Mos Eisley.

All four Imperials viewed the program, and the distraction allowed Chewbacca's son Lumpy to transmit a "return to base" order to the commander's comlink from his mini-transmitter. The stormtrooper departed with the two officers, but B4711 was left behind to await Chewbacca's return.

Behind the scenes

"Factor in the song by Jefferson Starship, the holographic circus troupe, some ineffectual Imperial antagonists (including the Wilhelm-screaming stormtrooper, B4711), and it's no wonder the Star Wars Holiday Special is accused of having an identity crisis."
―Alex Newborn[3]

Unlike B4711, this stormtrooper is not named in The Star Wars Holiday Special. The Holiday Special's script establishes that this trooper is less menacing than B4711, being referred to as the "less-menacing trooper" until accepting an offered Wookiee-ookiee from Saun Dann. The script then refers to the trooper as the "cookiee trooper." Ultimately, however, the scene with the trooper accepting the cookie was cut from the script's fourth draft.[4]

In the 106th issue of Star Wars Insider, author Alex Newborn called the trooper and his comrades "ineffectual Imperial antagonists."[3]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ Survivor's Quest states that during Palpatine's reign over the galaxy, which lasted from 19 BBY to 4 ABY per The New Essential Chronology, only Humans were allowed in the Stormtrooper Corps.
  2. ↑ The Star Wars Holiday Special
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 SWInsider "I Have a Bad Feeling About This!" — Star Wars Insider 106
  4. ↑ Premium-Era-real The Fourth Draft Script – 09/13/78 on The Star Wars Holiday Special (backup link archived on December 23, 2010)