Sand Troopers

Sandtroopers are seen in Star Wars: A New Hope on the planet Tatooine looking for mismatched pair C3PO and R2D2.

Here’s some interesting quotes by John Mollo, costume designer, from the book “The Making Of Star Wars”, by JW Rinzler.

‘George announced that he was going to take some Stormtroopers on location, and he wanted them in Combat Order. I said “Oh yes George, what’s combat order for Stormtroopers?” and he said “Lots of stuff on the back”. So I went into this Boy Scout shop in London and bought on of these metal backpack racks; then we took plastic seed boxes, stuck two of those together, and put four of those on the rack. Then we put a plastic drainpipe on the top, with a laboratory pipe on the side and everything was sprayed black. [laughs] This was the most amazing kind of film! George asked, “Can we get something that shows their rank?” So we took a motorcycle chest protector and put one of them on their shoulders. George said “That’s great!” We painted one orange and one black and that was it!’ Mollo concludes, happily.”

The original 6 who played the iconic Sandtrooper character in the movie.

Sandtroopers wore colored pauldrons as a designation of rank.
Orange pauldron = Captian aka Squad Commander.

White pauldron = Sergeant.

Black pauldron = Enlistee, commonly referred to Corporal.

Another important component of the Sandtrooper is the SD-48 Hostile environment survival backpack.

Other than the standard E-11 blaster used by Stormtroopers, Sandtroopers carry these BFG above.

Perhaps the most commonly known Sandtrooper in the movie is the “Move Along” trooper played by Anthony Forrest.

For a more in depth read on the differences between a Sandtrooper and a Stormtrooper, click here.

Ok nothing more to see now, move along move along...
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