‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’: A Closer Look At The New First Order Jet Trooper [D23]
In theStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalkertrailer, there’s a brief flash of a skiff chase that revealed what appeared to be Stormtroopers flying through the air in pursuit of Poe, Finn, and C-3PO. Now we know a bit more about them: they’re called First Order Jet Troopers, Stormtroopers who have been outfitted with jet packs. Take a closer look at some new photos of the Jet Trooper costume from the D23 Expo show floor.
Remember this moment from the movie’s first teaser?
That fast-moving blur is a Jet Trooper, one of the new Stormtroopers we’ll see inThe Rise of Skywalker. /Film’s Peter Sciretta is currently on the ground at this year’s D23, and he sent over these photos providing a closer look at the new trooper’s costume:
It’s worth noting that this won’t be the first time Stormtroopers have taken to the air in theStar Warsuniverse: Clones with jet packs participated in the Clone Wars, and also appeared in the canonicalStar Wars Battlefront IIvideo game. But those were referred to asClone Jump Troopers(see a photo here), so this is new nomenclature for the First Order.
To see a pair of the new Jet Troopers in action, revisitThe Rise of Skywalkertrailer below. They pop up around the 1:28 mark:
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalkerhits theaters onDecember 20, 2019.
