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Stormtroopers are fictional soldiers in George Lucas' Star Wars franchise. They are the elite shock troops and marines of the Galactic Empire first introduced in Star Wars (1977) and in the original trilogy (1977-1983) led by Emperor Palpatine and his commander Darth Vader (Grand Moff Tarkin). The prequel trilogy (1999-2005) has its origins in the Galactic Republic as clone troops and clones of bounty hunter Jango Fett that were used by the Emperor to win the clone wars, take over the government and exterminate the Jedi.