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The SWAT program is the one of the toughest in the entire legion. We sandtroopers take pride in trying to achieve the highest accuracy possible to resemble those troopers seen on screen.

As the program carries very high standards it will take blood, sweat, and tears to get there, and believe us - all SWAT members have bled... and cried! Since the program started in 2011, 44 SWAT officers have been deployed (at time of press). If you are successful at SWAT you are awarded with a certificate signed by the Commanding Officer, and your deployment poster is hung, in order, on the SWAT wall of fame on the forum.

The idea of this thread is not to make an exact guideline or "recipe" on how to become a SWAT Officer but offer potential candidates one single point of all the information he or she needs.

Although it appears as if there were numerous TDs In the Mos Eisley scenes,  there were actually only 6 troopers and probably just 6 backpacks as well. However, the gear was permantently changed between the different scenes (and sometimes even during the same scene), things were damaged and fixed again, that the impression of a lot more Santroopers was created. Here is a picture of the original 6 troopers which were all played by local Tunisians (except for the roadblock scene where Anthony Forrest played the famous 'Move Along' trooper):

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This guide is structured as follows; below you can find all scenes in which Sandtroopers appeared in chronological order. Next to the troopers of the respective scene is a link which leads to the reference materials including background story and further links to successful SWAT applications. Please note that this list is by no means exhaustive. There were so many variations of each trooper often accompanied by changes of gear during the same scene that the list below is meant to be as a general guideline.

1. Desert scene ("Look Sir, droids")

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Troopers appearing in this scene:

TD-01 Dewback Rider
TD-02 SE Sandtrooper (RotJ armour, different backpack)
TD-03 Desert Sergeant (Davin Felth, "Look Sir, droids") >>> http://forum.mepd.net/index.php?/topic/14693-the-mepd-swat-program/&do=findComment&comment=185827
TD-04 Desert Captain ("Someone was in the pod")

2. Road block scene ("Move along")

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Troopers appearing in this scene:

TD-05 Road Block Captain V1 ("Move Along") / Pre- and post break version have slight differences >>> http://forum.mepd.net/index.php?/topic/14693-the-mepd-swat-program/&do=findComment&comment=185828
TD-06 Road Block Captain V2
TD-07 Road Block Sergeant
TD-08/09/10 Road Block Private (3 troopers. The Private next to the Move Along Captain is wearing the Davin Felth lid)

3. Cantina Search

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Troopers appearing in this scene:

TD-11 Cantina Captain >>> http://forum.mepd.net/index.php?/topic/14693-the-mepd-swat-program/&do=findComment&comment=185826
TD-12 Cantina Sergeant (Davin Felth armor and pauldron, different lid)

4. Alley door check scene

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Troopers appearing in this scene:

TD-13 Alley Check Captain (Same backpack as TD-11 Cantina Captain)
TD-14 Alley Check Sergeant
TD-15/16 Alley Check Private (2 troopers)

5. Alley / On the way to Docking Bay 94 scene (Garindan appearance)

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Troopers appearing in this scene:

TD-17 Alley/ Docking Bay Captain V1 (same armor as cantina captain, T21, no backpack)
TD-18 Alley/ Docking Bay Captain V2 (DLT-19)
TD-19 Alley/ Docking Bay Sergeant (Davin Felth lid)
TD-20 Alley/ Docking Bay Private
TD-21 Alley/ Docking Bay Enlisted (no pouldron)

6. Docking Bay 94 scene

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Troopers appearing in this scene:

TD-22 Docking Bay 94 Captain V2 (Tuck and Roll, T21)
TD-23 Docking Bay 94 Captain V1 (DLT-19)
TD-24 Docking Bay 94 Sergeant (2 troopers)
TD-25 Docking Bay 94 Private
TD-26 Docking Bay 94 Enlisted (no pouldron)

7. Falcon Take Off scene

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Troopers appearing in this scene:

TD-27 Falcon Take Off Captain
TD-28 Falcon Take Off Captain or Sergeant
TD-29 Falcon Take Off Private (2 troopers, MG15/ DLT-19)

 

 

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Cantina Captain/ Alley-Docking Bay 94 Captain V1

Helmet:

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Armor:

In the different scenes we see a lot of armor and backpacks being swapt between different troopers in different scenes. The specific parts can be identifeid by their pecularities, e.g. in case of the sandtrooper captain we see the same dirt pattern also on the armor of the Alleyway Captain but with another weapon and no backpack.

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Backpack:

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Weapon:
DLT-19 (MG-34)

Below you can find the links to succesful SWAT applications. Please keep in mind that SWAT is an evolving program which incorporates new discoveries and insights being made.

#39: http://forum.mepd.net/index.php?showtopic=13989&st=0
#32: http://forum.mepd.net/index.php?showtopic=13241&st=0
#30: http://forum.mepd.net/index.php?showtopic=12890&st=0
#28: http://forum.mepd.net/index.php?showtopic=12854&st=0
#20: http://forum.mepd.net/index.php?showtopic=11381&st=0

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Davin Felth ("Look Sir, Droids")

Davin Felth was a member of the Imperial Stormtrooper Corps during the early years of the Galactic Civil War. A graduate of the elite Imperial Army training program at the Academy of Carida, Felth exposed a potentially critical weakness in the All Terrain Armored Transport design. Rather than rewarding the cadet for his brilliance, Colonel Maximilian Veers buried Felth in the Imperial Army's infantry division to mask the design flaw. Under the designation 1023, Sergeant Felth was assigned to the desert planet Tatooine as part of the Desert Sands sandtrooper detachment, tasked with the recovery of the stolen plans to the first Death Star.

 Felth discovered in the sands of the Dune Sea the escape pod used to effect the escape of the droids C-3PO and R2-D2 from Imperial forces, the latter of which was attempting to deliver the plans to the Alliance to Restore the Republic. Felth later killed his commanding officer, Captain Mod Terrik, after tracking the droids to the Mos Eisley spaceport as part of a reawakening process in which he came to believe the Empire he lived to serve was evil.

(Introduction on Davin Felth by starwars.wikia.com).

The guys from "Looksirdroids" have done an excellent job identifying Davin Felth (or his gear) in the various scenes >>> http://www.looksirdroids.com/davin_film.htm

Below you can find the links to succesful SWAT applications. Please keep in mind that SWAT is an evolving program which incorporates new discoveries and insights being made.

http://forum.mepd.net/index.php?showtopic=8470&st=0

http://forum.mepd.net/index.php?showtopic=9199&st=0

http://forum.mepd.net/index.php?showtopic=9037&st=0

http://forum.mepd.net/index.php?showtopic=10545&st=0

http://forum.mepd.net/index.php?showtopic=12451&st=0

http://forum.mepd.net/index.php?showtopic=12376&st=0

http://forum.mepd.net/index.php?showtopic=12913&st=0

http://forum.mepd.net/index.php?showtopic=13075&st=0

http://forum.mepd.net/index.php?showtopic=13397&st=0

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