In "Star Wars - Episode II: A New Hope: Special Edition" You thought it was forgotten, Mim?, the Empire sends Sandtroopers to Tatooine to look for the 'droids. They're on foot, on dewback, in the desert wastes and in Mos Eisley (and, presumeably, Mos Espa ... assuming they're close ...)
Now, they differ from Stormtroopers in three major ways:
a) They wear back-packs (presumeably filled with water and survival gear)
b) They wear shoulder pads (I want to say 'pantaloons').
c) They're really dirty.
The 'pantaloons' (I think) are all different colors. Some have grey, some white, some red.
So ... what I want to know ... do the different colors signify anything?
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Don't know, but I have to tell you there's a mistake in your post, it's IV, not II. Sorry, but I feel a bit obsessively compulsive today.
Oh, and:
pan�ta�loon (pnt-ln) n.
Men's wide breeches extending from waist to ankle, worn especially in England in the late 17th century. Often used in the plural. Tight trousers extending from waist to ankle with straps passing under the instep, worn especially in the 19th century. Often used in the plural. Trousers; pants. Often used in the plural.
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Say what you want, at least epaulettes have this whole "worn on the shoulder" thing going that pantaloons are sorely lacking.
Personally, I always wondered what they were trying to say when 2 out of the three Stormtrooper weapons seen are of British design - the sidearm is a modified Sterling SMG, you got this Vickers machinegun here (or was it a Lewis? Always mixing them up); the third of course being a German MG-34.
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I only ever remember seeing orange. Maybe it helps them stand out against the desert background?
But I think Mim is right though...I think they just wanted to do something a little different with the ground based troopers than all the ones we'd see up to that point. I doubt tons of thought was put into what everything "meant".
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Well, I guess they probably denote rank. Black for Captain, Red for Lieutenant, White for Sergeant, Orange for Corporal, Grey for Private? ::shrug::
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I seem to recall something about colours and the British Army. They have a rank called "Colour Sergeant". This guy or gal is in charge of soldiers under a colour - almost like a team. At school (years and years ago) the classes were split into four teams for sports and "team work" (kinda like homework)- red, yellow, green and blue. I'm totally guessing here that these different coloured segments of the uniforms represent a similar meaning. Anyone British who knows what I'm talking about, please prove me right or wrong!
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Aren't you British anyway, Akabay? (And isn't there something easier we can call you? That name doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.)
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