Purge Trooper

Purge Troopers, also known as Purge Stormtroopers, were a specialized variant of stormtroopers utilized by the Galactic Empire as expendable death squads. These soldiers were assigned by the Inquisitorius to seek out the survivors of the Jedi Order across the galaxy, being activated after the Clone Wars. They were initially composed of clone troopers that were assigned under the designation of clone guards, drafted from the final batch of clones produced from the bounty hunter Jango Fett's template. As with their precursors in the Grand Army of the Galactic Republic, those early Purge Troopers were programmed to obey Order 66, making them hostile against all Jedi. They were soon supplemented and replaced entirely by non-clone human recruits drawn from the Stormtrooper Corps. Purge Troopers were resistant to most Jedi mind tricks; and were few in number and kept out of the public eye, with most galactic citizens unaware they even existed.

In 18 BBY, Purge Troopers accompanied Darth Vader as well as the Sixth Brother, Ninth Sister, and Tenth Brother to the planet Mon Cala, where they confronted Padawan Ferren Barr and his disciples. Purge Troopers were also involved in the hunt for Cal Kestis, another Padawan of the fallen Jedi Order, during which they primarily served under the Second Sister. Purge Troopers were also assigned to protect key locations of the Empire like Kashyyyk, which housed a prison that was later attacked by Kestis and his crew with the unexpected help of Saw Gerrera, whose Partisans liberated Wookiees from a resistance movement led by Chieftain Tarfful. In addition, Purge Troopers were a component of the garrison stationed at Fortress Inquisitorius, harrying trespassers such as Kestis and, later, the Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and the young Princess Leia Organa.

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