
Viewers never got to see beneath their helmets, and with the Season 2 finale largely focusing on the arrival of Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), Dark Troopers have largely been forgotten…until now. Moff Gideon’s (Giancarlo Esposito) personal army powered up aboard his ship and resembled the Phase 3 Dark Troopers from Dark Forces. Dark Troopers were rejigged for Disney’s canon, with their live-action debut coming in The Mandalorian Season 2. There are three different phases, with Phase 1 looking like a Terminator endoskeleton, Phase 2 being artificially intelligent droids with jump packs and assault cannons, and Phase 3 being an actual suit worn by Mohc in the final battle against Kyle Katarn. I wanted them to be more terrifying, more omnipotent.”

Writer Justin Chin told PC Gamer, “Instead of just beefing up the Stormtroopers, I designed them to be more efficient. The brainchild of General Rom Mohc, Dark Troopers are effectively souped-up battle droids with Stormtrooper-inspired armor. Once relegated to Legends canon, Dark Troopers were introduced in LucasArts’ Star Wars: Dark Forces from 1995 and served as the video game’s hardest enemies. What is Doctor Royce Hemlock (Jimmi Simpson) planning, and does it doom Crosshair to become the galaxy’s first Dark Trooper? What are Dark Troopers?

Teasing that Echo, Hunter, Tech, and Wrecker will have another reunion with their defected brother, Crossshair (all voiced by Dee Bradley Baker), we expect things to go down on Mount Tantiss.ĭespite a glimmer of Crosshair’s heroic streak in the episode “Tipping Point,” there’s a wild theory that the story seals his fate with a twist worthy of Order 66. We’re in the endgame now, as The Bad Batch Season 2 has just two episodes left.
