Once it was finally finished, the Death Star was the Emperor's favourite toy. It was also the most boring assignment in the galaxy for a stormtrooper. Tedious inspection drills, endless hours of guarding impregnable force field generators... things got so bad that when a prison break erupted in the cellblock, we were almost happy to have someone shooting at us again. If only we had known what an embarrassing snipestorm we were about to wade into, we probably would've jettisoned the whole detention block into space.
After the embarrassment of the prison break, Lord Vader removed us from our comfortable billet and began dragging the 501st across the galaxy in a dangerous hunt for the now-missing Death Star plans. Ironically, our punishment eventually proved to be our salvation. The poor souls who took our place in the detention area were completely wiped out when the Death Star was destroyed.
-Excerpts from the 501st Journal, Battlefront II (Pandemic Games)
My illustration of the fourth Imperial "ground" mission (fifth in the Imperial portion, thirteenth overall), as approved by
MarcusStarkiller. Emperor Palpatine is the Imperial (and Separatist) 'hero' for the Death Star in Conquest mode, but, again, he was not present during the uprising, so I'm depicting our narrator against the Rebel prisoners.
Commander CT-31-4159 based on: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Reti....._Clone_Trooper
Rebel Soldier: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Rebe.....rooper/Legends
Rebel Vanguard: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Rebe.....vision/Legends
Jedi Padawan: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Death_Star_prisoner
I took some liberties with the in-game models, chief among them no headgear (didn't think, being prisoners, that they'd be permitted any), Imperial blasters (they did raid an armoury), and an RNSF uniform for the soldier (among the prisoners were some of the guards who'd tried to protect Queen Apailana). As to why I have the Padawan running and giving a war cry, he is described as being quote-unquote "frenzied" during his final charge.
Star Wars © LucasFilm
After the embarrassment of the prison break, Lord Vader removed us from our comfortable billet and began dragging the 501st across the galaxy in a dangerous hunt for the now-missing Death Star plans. Ironically, our punishment eventually proved to be our salvation. The poor souls who took our place in the detention area were completely wiped out when the Death Star was destroyed.
-Excerpts from the 501st Journal, Battlefront II (Pandemic Games)
My illustration of the fourth Imperial "ground" mission (fifth in the Imperial portion, thirteenth overall), as approved by
MarcusStarkiller. Emperor Palpatine is the Imperial (and Separatist) 'hero' for the Death Star in Conquest mode, but, again, he was not present during the uprising, so I'm depicting our narrator against the Rebel prisoners.Commander CT-31-4159 based on: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Reti....._Clone_Trooper
Rebel Soldier: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Rebe.....rooper/Legends
Rebel Vanguard: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Rebe.....vision/Legends
Jedi Padawan: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Death_Star_prisoner
I took some liberties with the in-game models, chief among them no headgear (didn't think, being prisoners, that they'd be permitted any), Imperial blasters (they did raid an armoury), and an RNSF uniform for the soldier (among the prisoners were some of the guards who'd tried to protect Queen Apailana). As to why I have the Padawan running and giving a war cry, he is described as being quote-unquote "frenzied" during his final charge.
Star Wars © LucasFilm
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Fantasy
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