"film series and in the ""Star Wars"" expanded universe media, a number of specialized trooper units are seen, including elite special forces units such as the 'Advanced Reconnaissance Commandos' (ARC troopers), and Null ARCs, who usually work alone. All clone commandos and ARCs were trained by Mandalorian mercenaries; the elite Clone Troopers are known as Shadow Troopers. The style and color of a clone troopers armor often varies depending on their rank, specialization, unit, or environment, for example, the clone troopers on Kashyyyk wear camouflage green scout-style armour whereas the 501st legion wears standard white armor with blue accents. Another"
"gray"", with stormtroopers being updated to be more simplified and modernized. Kaplan designed the character believing it would be ""extremely cool"" to have a silver armored character in the film. The character was not originally conceived as a woman, but rather was changed from male to female during casting, less than three weeks before principal shooting began. Phasma thereby became the second on-screen female ""Star Wars"" villain, after Zam Wesell. With Captain Phasma, the filmmakers wished to ""push the boundaries"" of traditional roles for female characters. Actress Gwendoline Christie, who had previously played Brienne of Tarth in ""Game of Thrones"","
"Stormtrooper (Star Wars) A stormtrooper is a fictional soldier in the ""Star Wars"" franchise created by George Lucas. Introduced in ""Star Wars"" (1977), the stormtroopers are the main ground force of the Galactic Empire, under the leadership of Emperor Palpatine and his commanders, most notably Darth Vader and Grand Moff Tarkin. In """" (2015) and """" (2017), the upgraded stormtroopers serve the First Order, under the leadership of Supreme Leader Snoke and his commanders, most notably Kylo Ren, General Hux, and Captain Phasma. The order of battle of the Stormtrooper Corps is unspecified in the ""Star Wars"" universe. Accompanying the"
"their families at birth, these soldiers are not even given individual names for themselves but merely serial numbers, such as ""FN-2187"". As established in the original ""Star Wars"" trilogy of films, the troopers' most distinctive equipment is their white battle armor, which completely encases the body and typically has no individually distinguishing markings. Based on conceptual drawings by Ralph McQuarrie, Liz Moore and Nick Pemberton sculpted designs for the helmet, Brian Muir sculpted armor pieces for the stormtrooper costume. Muir, who was also responsible for sculpting the Darth Vader costume, worked out of the Art Department at Elstree Studios. The"
"are voiced by Jesse Averna, Kevin Deters, Jeremy Milton, and Rich Moore. Stormtroopers have become cultural icons, and a widely recognized element of the ""Star Wars"" franchise. In 2015, an Imperial stormtrooper helmet from ""The Empire Strikes Back"" that was expected to sell at auction for $92,000 actually sold for $120,000. Stormtrooper (Star Wars) A stormtrooper is a fictional soldier in the ""Star Wars"" franchise created by George Lucas. Introduced in ""Star Wars"" (1977), the stormtroopers are the main ground force of the Galactic Empire, under the leadership of Emperor Palpatine and his commanders, most notably Darth Vader and Grand"
"stormtroopers held high ranks—a significant improvement from the one-rank system of the Empire. These were indicated by the colour of shoulder pauldrons. In the rare instance of a stormtrooper earning the rank of Captain, they often earned a blasterproof cape. Occasionally, they modify their outfit even further—Captain Phasma made blasterproof, chrome copies of all her equipment and greatly improved vision modes of her helmet’s visor. Captain Cardinal, the bodyguard of a First Order founding father, received almost all-red armour from his superior as a sign of trust. As a heavy siege weapon, the First Order also fields its own evolution"
"characters. Beginning with the first regular series episode ""The Man Trap"", the department colors were slightly altered from the pilot versions: command and helm personnel wear gold shirts; operations, engineering and security personnel wear red; and science and medical personnel wear blue, all with black collars and undershirts. The most commonly used Command Section shirts were actually olive-green in color, but they appeared to be a golden-yellow color called ""tenne"" both under the lights used on the set and in the post-development film stock. In later series, the gold color was canonized in dialog. However, some uniforms – the alternate"
"the tunic, over the right shoulder designating division, attached to which is a rank pin. All uniforms include the arrowhead insignia from ""TOS,"" now adopted as the Starfleet emblem, on the left chest. Characters also wear a black belt with a buckle shaped like the Starfleet arrowhead.<br>In these films, insignia representing departments are not worn; it is instead indicated by the color of the shoulder strap, arm band, and undershirt. The colors include white, gold, gray, dark green, light green, dark blue, light blue and red. All officer uniforms have a division colored stripe on the outside of the legs"
"""Star Wars"" creator George Lucas liked the basic design consisting of two panels connected by a stick with a ball-shaped cockpit, but Cantwell's concept had few details. Joe Johnston created additional details, such as the cockpit window and the attachment points between the solar panels and the hull. Initially given a blue color scheme, the TIE fighter models for the first film were grey to better film against a bluescreen; TIE fighters in ""The Empire Strikes Back"" (1980) and ""Return of the Jedi"" (1983) shifted back to being a muted blue. Sound designer Ben Burtt created the distinctive TIE fighter"
"of this would be in the ""Star Wars"" universe, where colors of the pauldrons may denote a clone or stormtrooper's rank or role. A red colored pauldron would be used to identify a stormtrooper officer, compared to the plain white of the regular forces. Additionally, a black pauldron would denote a sergeant or similar-ranked soldier. Another more aesthetic example would be the space marines from the ""Warhammer 40,000"" universe, famous for their strong builds and oversized armor. These massive armor pieces it seems would be used both for deflection of enemy fire and housing important components to the exoskeleton as"
"Gruenie was a big believer in overhauling the Armored Avenger on a regular basis."" Layton also revealed the original color scheme for the armor was red and ""black."" He does not know who changed the original black color to silver. This unit was designed for salvage missions at the bottom of the deepest oceans—while Stark's conventional suits function underwater, they were noisy, inefficient, and they leaked. The exact composition is unknown; it is assumed to be composed of the same layered ""flex-metal"" micro-scale suit tiles fabricated by genetically engineered metal-affinity bacteria which assemble themselves in specific orderly arrays and then"
"highly industrial appearance: he explained to Pegg that he was inspired by , a sleek ship in which there was an ""incredible gut"". Abrams selected Michael Kaplan to design the costumes because he had not seen any of the films, meaning he would approach the costumes with a new angle. For the Starfleet uniforms, Kaplan followed the show's original color-coding, with dark gray (almost black) undershirts and pants and colored overshirts showing each crew member's position. Command officers wear gold shirts, science and medical officers wear blue, and operations (technicians, engineers, and security personnel) wear red. Kaplan wanted the shirts"
"featuring berets and Vandegrift jackets that were tarted up with gold Marine Corps insignia, fourragères, and US Army type coloured scarves. During their combat missions each of the members wore a different colour combat uniform, flight suit or wet suit as required; Adams in yellow, Stryker in orange, Hiro in light green, and Stacey in blue. A typical issue would involve land, sea, and air combat battles in the same story. One issue of the comic featured a temporarily captured invader who spoke English and related a small bit to his captors about the invader's world that was running out"
"for Fett as the script developed. Screen-tested in all-white, Fett's armor eventually garnered a subdued color scheme intended to visually place him between white-armored ""rank-and-file"" Imperial stormtroopers and Vader, who wears black. This color scheme had the added bonus of conveying the ""gray morality"" of his character. The character's armor was designed to appear to have been scavenged from multiple sources, and it is adorned with trophies. A description of Fett's armor in the mid-1979 ""Bantha Tracks"" newsletter catalyzed ""rampant speculation"" about his origins. By 1979, Fett's backstory included having served in an army of Imperial shock troops which had"
"room of the lab. At the time, ""Tron"" was the only film to have scenes filmed inside this lab. The original script called for ""good"" programs to be colored yellow and ""evil"" programs (those loyal to Sark and the MCP) to be colored blue. Partway into production, this coloring scheme was changed to blue for good and red for evil, but some scenes were produced using the original coloring scheme: Clu, who drives a tank, has yellow circuit lines, and all of Sark's tank commanders are blue (but appear green in some presentations). Also, the light-cycle sequence shows the heroes"
"important element of ""Star Wars"" since the franchise launched in 1977, focusing on a struggle between democracy and dictatorship. McQuarrie's designs for Darth Vader, initially inspired by Samurai armor, also incorporated a German military helmet. Space battles in ""A New Hope"" were based on World War I and World War II dogfights, and stormtroopers borrow the name of Nazi ""shock"" troopers. Imperial officers wear uniforms resembling those of German forces during World War II, and political and security officers resemble the black-clad SS down to the stylized silver death's head on their caps. World War II terms were used for"
"for the men, with a cowl neck variation for the women, each in three colors: gold, beige (""sand""), and light blue. Officers in the first ""Star Trek"" pilot, ""The Cage,"" wore a single gold sleeve stripe, and only the officer grades of ""lieutenant"" and ""captain"" were used in dialog. A ""chief"" was also visible, but wearing a different sleeve stripe. Characters addressed as ""crewman"" wore no sleeve insignia. In the first pilot, the uniforms also included gray coats with silver rank stripes on the sleeves, worn on away missions and identical for men and women, and an optional gray cap."
"German stormtroopers. Imperial officers' uniforms also resemble some historical German Army uniforms (see Wehrmacht) and the political and security officers of the Empire resemble the black clad SS down to the imitation silver death's head insignia on their officer's caps (although the uniforms technically had more basis with the German Uhlans within the Prussian Empire). World War II terms were used for names in ""Star Wars""; examples include the planets Kessel (a group of encircled forces), Hoth (Hermann Hoth was a German general who served on the snow laden Eastern Front), and Tatooine (Tataouine - a province south of Tunis"
"common stunt trooper and a second design for close-ups. Fifty stunt helmets were produced in white-painted HDPE and six hero helmets were produced in white ABS plastic. Besides the material used, the two designs can be differentiated by differences in the eyes, the ears, and the mouth area. The prequel films establish the clone troopers as predecessors to the stormtroopers, and they were also the first generation of stormtroopers after the fall of the Republic. Clone trooper armor is typically shown to have various colorings to denote rank or unit. The copyright status of the armor design has undergone legal"
"called ""dragoon yellow"") and Or (gold). These are also the colours of the torse in the coat of arms of the unit. The ""Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual"" describes the official tunic color of Star Fleet Command Section uniforms, such as those worn by James Kirk and Hikaru Sulu, as ""tenne."" In , however, some such Command Section uniforms as Kirk's dress uniform were greenish in hue; the ""Manual"" specifies this color as ""olive."" Tenné In heraldry, tenné (; sometimes termed tenny or tawny) is a ""stain"", or non-standard tincture, of orange (in English blazonry), light brown (in French"
"of costume when in his superhero persona. From seasons one through eight, Clark was typically dressed in either red, yellow and blue (the traditional colors of the Superman costume), or in the All-American colors of red, white, and blue. This included the primary usage of either a blue T-shirt underneath a red jacket, or a red T-shirt worn under a blue jacket. In season nine, the producers decided to design an actual costume for Clark to wear while patrolling the streets of Metropolis. Abandoning the theme of red, blue, and yellow, the producers chose to keep the costume completely black,"
"standing, v-neck, or turnover collars. Uniforms come in gray, white, gray and white, blue, brown, and beige. On the ""Enterprise,"" the arrowhead still remains the symbol for all staff members, but the elongated star replaces the science department's circle and oval crossover and the ops department's 6-sided spiral. With the uniform colors no longer representing departmental affiliation(""Section assignment""), division is indicated by a colored circle set behind the arrowhead: red is for engineering, pale green for medical, orange for science, white for command, pale gold for operations and gray for security. Most of the uniforms in the first movie also"
"Super Troopers and were intended to look alike. The group eventually developed into a single bounty hunter character, Boba Fett, and the costume was reworked, but it retained elements such as wrist lasers, rocket darts, and a jetpack. In a 1979 issue of ""Bantha Tracks"", the newsletter of the Official ""Star Wars"" Fan Club, Boba's armor was described as that of the ""Imperial Shocktroopers, warriors from the olden time"" who ""came from the far side of the galaxy"" and are few in number because they ""were wiped out by the Jedi Knights during the "". Mandalorians debuted in ""Star Wars"""
"or black. Due to the difficulty in obtaining yellow dye ingredients as the war progressed, yellow was infrequently used by the Cavalry Corps throughout the conflict. On the upright collar of full generals, lieutenant generals, major generals, and brigadier generals three stars were stitched within a wreath, all embroidered in gold coloring. The center star was slightly larger than the other stars. It was not possible to know which grade of general an officer was by his collar insignia. However, major generals and lieutenant generals wore two rows of nine buttons in groups of three down the front of the"
"could not be discarded entirely. Dye tests of the fabric showed that the old uniforms took three colors well: blue-gray, gold, and dark red. Fletcher decided to use the dark red due to the strong contrast it provided with the background. The resulting naval-inspired designs would be used in ""Star Trek"" films until """" (1996). The first versions of the uniforms had stiff black collars, but Sallin suggested changing it to a turtleneck, using a form of vertical quilting called ""trapunto"". The method creates a bas-relief effect to the material by stuffing the outlined areas with soft thread shot via"
"Frogg was originally created with grey hair, a grey lab coat, silver framed goggles and silver claws. His final design was later changed to dark green hair, a blue coat, gold framed goggles and gold claws. Voltar originally had a grey suit, which was changed to red. Doomageddon was also created as a grey Hellhound but was later changed to yellow. Red Menace was originally created with a red and white colour suit, but the suit was changed to just plain green. These prototypes were inserted into the show as the Legion of Supreme Evil in the episode ""A LOSE/LOSE"
"lightsabers. A multitude of visible spectrum blade colors appeared in the Expanded Universe and in other ""Star Wars"" products. The original Kenner figure of Luke Skywalker in his Tatooine costume from ""Star Wars"" was released with a yellow-bladed lightsaber. While no lightsaber blade colors beside blue, green or red appeared in the films before ""Attack of the Clones"", they have appeared in several computer games, which sometimes allow for player-customized colors. The """" video game series included yellow and silver options, for example. The technical lightsaber choreography for the original ""Star Wars"" trilogy was developed by Hollywood sword-master Bob Anderson."
"represent the warriors: a red outfit containing a sun, a beige outfit containing a cloud, a yellow outfit containing a mountain, a green outfit containing a tree, a blue outfit containing a wave, and a dark grey outfit containing a moon. The emblems were introduced from the second series. The first series featured no emblems, but colours: Mauve, Light Blue, Green, Black, Olive and Light Brown. Series 11 uses four different colours on the group of warriors: blue, yellow, green and red. The designs of the emblems have varied and changed as the show has progressed, but have remained the"
"Corps colours of the Sturmabteilung Corps colours, or troop-function colours (ge: ""Waffenfarbe(n)"") were traditional worn in the German Wehrmacht from 1935 until 1945 as discrimination criteria between several branches, special services, corps, rank groups and appointments of the ministerial area, general staff, Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, up to the military branches Heer, Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine. With the formation of the Waffen-SS (Armed Schutzstaffel) and so-called ""Gesamt-SA"" (Common Sturmabteilung) by simultaneous new-structuring in line with military principles, corps coloures were introduced to these organizations as well. After incorporation of the ""SA-Obergruppe Ostmark"" to the main SA-organisation in March 1938, the formation of"
"a heavy weapons specialist as the needs of the mission require: usually a heavy gunner, but sometimes also flamethrower troops, or riot troops equipped with energy batons (which are incidentally capable of blocking a lightsaber). The design of the armour of regular and heavy gunner Stormtroopers bears significant resemblances to the design used by the Galactic Empire, such as the helmet visor, nasal filters, and overall shape. However, the filter was extended, among other practical features. According to the famed First Order officer Captain Phasma, not even a Wookiee (the species Chewbacca belonged to) could crush the said armour. Some"
"different units. A large variety of colors were used, some of the most common being yellow, purple, and blue. But this system was probably limited to native Persian troops and was not used for their numerous allies. The usual tactic employed by the Persians in the early period of the empire, was to form a shield wall that archers could fire over. These troops (called sparabara, or shield-bearers) were equipped with a large rectangular wicker shield called a spara, and armed with a short spear, measuring around six feet long. Though equipped and trained to conduct shock action (hand-to-hand combat"
"of ""four or five days""; co-costume designer Dave Crossman described its physical creation as ""a complete panic"". It took Christie roughly forty-five minutes to put on. A new suit was created for ""The Last Jedi"", with various tweaks. Its helmet was re-chromed, the fit was altered, and the armor was made ""much cleaner and shinier."" The commander of the First Order's stormtroopers, Captain Phasma is described as a ""tough veteran commander"" and one of a ""commanding triumvirate"" of the First Order alongside Kylo Ren and General Hux. Christie compared Phasma to Boba Fett in the sense of being a character"
"traditional cape and cowl. It featured armored and bladed wings and was highly bulletproof, capable of sustaining direct machine gun barrages as well as enduring the explosions from grenades and high intensity fire. The suit also featured an underwater rebreather. A circular ammo feeder affixed to the back of the suit provided Valley with continuous bat-shaped shuriken. It was then made to be more high tech, with the eyes appearing more as goggles, different color scheme, and more armor. After being caught in an explosion during his fight with the former Batman at the time, Bruce Wayne, the main color"