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The stormtroopers actas the backbone of the Empire ’s might in theStar Warsgalaxy , dish out as a ocean of white - panoplied soldiers , hiding any personal individuality behind uniformity and an emotionless helmet . However , in Dark Horse Comics’Star Wars Tales , that helmet is taken awayfor one soldier , uncover the tragic backstory of the first stormtrooper to have ever been seen by audiences inA New Hope , the firstStar Warsfilm . This finicky stormtrooper was the first to breach Princess Leia Organa ’s ship in the very first scene of the movie , but his story is much deeper than that .
In 2001 ’s StarWars Tales # 10 , a short chronicle was featured entitled " Trooper . " compose by Garth Ennis and draw by John McRea , the backstory of this unnamed trooper is give away , and he ’s beg and praying thathe ’s not call upon to be the first trooper to breach the appropriate ship , as the first to violate almost always become flat . He remembers his wide-eyed and unremarkable sprightliness back on the planet of Greater Marinas he was living on before the Empire get in . Seeking to change his place in life , he decides to enlist with the Empire , stand through a toilsome and beastly training regime among other recruit , not being let to serve his fellow cavalryman in time of struggle , lest he suffer consequences from his victor .
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While the Empire did give him a way out of his simple life , the cavalryman quick take in that his overlords do not care about him in the slight . They only care about what he can do for them , and if he can survey rescript to gain ground victory over those who would dare to resist the Empire . He cursorily grows disillusion withhis service to the Empire , which is why he ’s pray to not be the first breacher . Those prayers go unreciprocated .
However , the Force favors this trooper in this moment , as the Rebels do flinch , and he make it though despite being first , carve a track with his fellows stormtroopers for the ingress of Lord Vader , all while somehow survive . Perhaps he will make it through and be able to leave his life in the Empire behind , going AWOL . But those dreams are chop-chop dashed . This same trooper was the one who found Princess Leia , and is pronto shot in the typeface by the defiant Rebel drawing card . lamentably , this first trooper ends up give his living in help to an Empire that he never believed in and wanted to be free of .
It ’s an passing sad story , and while this finicky story is now considered to be non - sanctioned , it ’s not unlike the story and themes found in the journeying of StormtrooperFN-2187 , otherwise known as Finn , who left the First Order inThe Force Awakensin search of a new life and significance , encounter people who in reality like about him and his well - being . Finn would go on to become a major Resistance hoagie in the sequelStar Warstrilogy . Perhaps the nameless trooper in this account would have joined the Rebellion in a similar way , had he been given the luck .
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