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Why do Stormtroopers wear helmets indoors?
Why, because it's part of the on-duty uniform.
The helmet isn't a hat and it doesn't just protect the head, it has many functions including communication and sensors.
From the Wikia
Its reinforced ...
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Why do Stormtroopers wear helmets indoors?
Out of universe:
It is an example of the faceless goon trope (warning: TV Tropes link)
The reasons for this trope are largely matters of convenience. Most obviously, the faceless goon does not ...
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Why not use Droids for sanitation duty?
Sanitation is a low-level duty. Basically you do it while you're a cadet, long before you get to go out and shoot people.
After years of training, FN-2187 had itched for some real action. Like
other ...
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How does AT-AT deploy troops?
It depends what source you go with but afaik, an operational deployment method has never been confirmed (or seen) in canon.
A walker's body section can carry 40 fully-armed and battle-ready
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Why are stormtroopers stationed outside the Death Star near the turbolaser batteries adjacent to Bay 327?
They're Spacetroopers
They were retconned identified as such at Celebration Anaheim 2015, and got a collectible toy release from Hot Toys; quoting from their description:
The Spacetroopers are ...
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Are there any occurrences of a Stormtrooper betraying the Empire?
In the Legends continuity, there's Davin "Look, sir! Droids!" Felth, a stormtrooper assigned to Tatooine who gets caught up in the early events of A New Hope. He has a story in Tales from the Mos ...
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Why are stormtroopers stationed outside the Death Star near the turbolaser batteries adjacent to Bay 327?
As mentioned elsewhere, these are spacetroopers. There are all sorts of threats that could be spotted outside a space station, “in the cold vacuum of space,” and potentially effectively combated by ...
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How does AT-AT deploy troops?
Others have already cited the Star Wars: Incredible Cross-sections books.
I'm sure this question has been asked before, and there's some descriptions in the novels where they kneel down to unload ...
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How does AT-AT deploy troops?
According the the Star Wars: Incredible Cross-sections book, the AT-AT can
Unleash their assault forces in several waves using drop-lines with attached harnesses. Boom racks extend to drop troops ...
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Why are stormtroopers stationed outside the Death Star near the turbolaser batteries adjacent to Bay 327?
This scene is taken wholesale from the Ralph McQuarrie concept art seen below:
In the concept art, troopers in black armor, presumably pressurized space suits similar to those of Darth Vader and TIE ...
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Was this Stormtrooper an idiot?
The door was securely locked and bolted. Given that droids are not (usually) in the habit of being sneaky or underhanded, this simple ruse was sufficient to fool the trooper, especially given that he ...
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Why did the stormtrooper flinch from sand?
I dare say that it was just pure and utter defensive instinct. You can observe it time and again also in real life. Whenever something comes at you with high velocity your instincts and reflexes kick ...
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When did the coloured shoulder pauldrons on stormtroopers first appear?
Those shoulder pads have been there since day one. So to speak. ;-)
A behind the scenes picture. Notice the shoulder pad.
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How are Stormtroopers uniforms cleaned?
The implication is that Stormtroopers are responsible for the superficial cleaning of their own gear. They certainly clean their own weapons, at least within their barracks, with teams of 'techs' ...
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Are there any occurrences of a Stormtrooper betraying the Empire?
To add more to TheLethalCarrot's answer, there is the case of a Tie pilot deserting the Empire after the destruction of Alderaan.
Enrolling at the Imperial Academy together to become fighter pilots ...
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Why are stormtroopers stationed outside the Death Star near the turbolaser batteries adjacent to Bay 327?
They’re there to provide scale in the film, otherwise there wouldd be no way to tell if the “ceiling” in that shot was 20cm or 20m above their heads.
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Does Solo serve as a Stormtrooper?
According to the official Star Wars database, Han served in an infantry unit separate from the Stormtrooper Corps.
Formally known as Imperial swamp troopers, mudtroopers are part of the Imperial ...
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Are there any occurrences of a Stormtrooper betraying the Empire?
The Star Wars: Empire: Betrayal comic storyline deals with a group of Imperial Moffs planning on overthrowing the Emperor and Darth Vader. It is probably more of a mutiny than anything but sounds like ...
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When did the coloured shoulder pauldrons on stormtroopers first appear?
The first work that they appeared, by order of release, was A New Hope. Here they are in the famous “these aren’t the droids you’re looking for” scene, from a version of Star Wars that comes from the ...
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Why do Stormtroopers wear helmets indoors?
Also, because I just answered this in another, almost similar question:
The point is, like with Naval Officers wearing an uniform which looks like this and includes the full uniform, the hat, the ...
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What's in a stormtrooper's utility belt?
What do Stormtroopers keep in the utility belts?
This is answered in Ultimate Star Wars, a fully-canon DK reference book published in 2015:
Stormtroopers are equipped with a utility belt containing a ...
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Why are Clone Troopers and Stormtroopers so similar?
Clone troopers were originally a clone army created on Kamino. They formed the basis of the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars, created after Chancellor Palpatine was granted emergency ...
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Why do the First Order stormtroopers have better aim than Empire Stormtroopers?
Incorrect Premise
Although it's a common joke among avid movie fans, there's very little in-universe evidence to support the notion that Imperial Stormtroopers are as poorly trained or inaccurate as ...
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Why do Stormtroopers wear helmets indoors?
In addition to all of the above, Stormtroopers are generally armed even when indoors.
During my time in the US Air Force, all personnel removed their hats on entering a building - EXCEPT if they were ...
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Can slugthrowers penetrate stormtrooper armour?
Yes, some slug throwers can.
"Slug throwers" as a category includes every single gun currently in existence on Earth. There's a wild difference in power between a 9mm pistol and a .50 sniper rifle.
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Why not use Droids for sanitation duty?
Fatigue duty is a long established military tradition. In the British military one form of punishment is "Restrictions of Privileges" and would usually involve repeated inspections of uniform and kit ...
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Do all stormtroopers carry blasters?
Am I guaranteed to have been assigned a blaster?
Yes
It was standard equipment according to Wookieepedia
The E-11 blaster rifle was a light but powerful blaster rifle manufactured by BlasTech ...
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Is Phasma the only Chrometrooper?
Most likely yes.
As per the Force Awakens Visual dictionary (indirectly sourced through the wikia, states that she'd sourced her chrome armour from Palpatine's Nabooian Yacht
Phasma wore armor coated ...
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Do the stormtroopers wear their stormtrooper armor when they mop the floors?
As I pointed out in another answer, stormtroopers don't pull sanitation duty, that's something that falls to stormtrooper cadets.
Assuming the training regime is similar to that of the former Empire, ...
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Do we ever see regular (non-stormtrooper) ground troops?
The closest ever shown to non-stormtrooper Army troops is the Imperial Navy Trooper, who do fight on the ground at the Battle of Endor (when the rebels are captured, before the Ewok rescue). See ...
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