The Dark Lord of the Sith and a contingent of death troopers then fought in a skirmish in the Korakanni Mound, killing the saboteurs and the queen. Despite the attempt, Vader investigated and eventually learned that a rogue Geonosian hive led by a Geonosian queen were responsible. An assassination attempt was made on Krennic and Vader, as an explosion sent a pile of rocks crashing down on the Imperials, crushing several death troopers. Īfter arriving on Geonosis, Commander Orson Callan Krennic greeted Lord Vader on a landing pad with a number of death troopers. After Governor Tarkin confronted the cyborg, Lord Vader was ordered by Emperor Palpatine to uncover who was responsible for several sabotage attempts on the Death Star's construction. Įarly during the construction of the Death Star above the planet Geonosis, Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin was accompanied by a squad of death troopers to Scarif to confront a breach of security by the Emperor's lieutenant, Darth Vader. Death troopers were named by Emperor Palpatine himself to capitalize on rumors about a legendary Imperial Military Department of Advanced Weapons Research project to revive necrotic tissue, which ultimately resulted in the creation of uncontrollable Undead Troopers sometime between 1 and 3 ABY.

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