Built with a lightsaber and blaster resistant metal, just one Dark Trooper was basically the equivalent of a tank, and able to destroy a whole battalion of rebel fighters by itself. It’s not long before he finds evidence of the Dark Troopers, state-of-the-art battle droids designed to look like Stormtroopers on performance enhancers. After the destruction of the first Death Star, Kyle is given a mission to investigate reports of a new type of Stormtrooper that assaulted and completely decimated a rebel base. In it, players controlled Kyle Katarn, a rough and tough mercenary (and future Jedi) employed by the Rebel Alliance. It was the very first first-person shooter video game set within the Star Wars universe. So what’s their story? Where did this monstrous metal army come from originally? For that, we need to dive into the history of Star Wars games.ĭark Troopers were originally created for the Lucas Arts 1995 video game, Dark Forces.
