Imperial Heavy Trooper

The Imperial Heavy Troopers were a unique variant of the Galactic Empire's Stormtroopers. These soldiers were large warriors that wore a specialised type of Stormtrooper armor and were trained for front-line combat against incredibly powerful enemies such as Wookiees, Trandoshans, and other large aliens. They were rare but were almost always found at the front of a vanguard where they provided protection for standard stormtroopers and other ranged weapon specialists.

Due to their role in melee based combat, these troopers made use of large electro staffs against their enemies. The weapons allowed them to stun their foes with medium-range electrical arcs, and were quite capable of killing even a Force user in close combat. Their armor provided them a limited level of protection against a Lightsaber. Their armor resembled that of the Phase II Clone Trooper armor, albeit slightly darker in colour. Most heavy troopers were also issued backpacks. The helmet style of the Heavy Trooper was the same as the Imperial Engineer's Hoth helmet and had lighting similar to the Clone Engineers.

History
Numerous heavy troopers were deployed on the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk and on Felucia where they were engaged by a mysterious Force user. Individual heavy troopers were later engaged by Vader's apprentice on Raxus Prime at the Ore Facility, and on the Death Star. Despite being encased in reinforced armor and equipped with electrostaffs, none of the Imperial heavy troopers could withstand Galen Marek's Force powers, and were unable to hinder him on any of his missions.