These elite soldiers wear black armor (not unlike the Deathtroopers introduced in Rogue One) and actually have limited Force abilities. Some of the early Dark Horse-era Star Wars comics like Dark Empire II and Empire's End feature a completely different version of the Dark Trooper. Unfortunately, the psychological toll proved to be too much for these Dark Troopers, and so the project pivoted to droids and exo-suits instead. Tapping into the same technology powering Darth Vader, Mohc augmented these Clone Wars veterans with extensive cybernetic upgrades. These proto-Dark Troopers were designed by a younger Lieutenant Mohc using aging Clonetroopers as a template. Those early Battlefront games also fleshed out the origins of the Dark Trooper Project with the introduction of the Phase Zero Dark Trooper. Dark Troopers are outfitted with stronger weaponry, jetpacks and nearly indestructible armor forged from the rare metal phrik. The Dark Trooper is designed to be a much more powerful alternative to Palpatine's ordinary Stormtroopers. As the game reveals, the Dark Trooper Project is the brainchild of General Rom Mohc, an Imperial notable for his obsession with one-on-one combat and his distaste for impersonal super-weapons like the Death Star. From there, the game pivots to a series of missions involving Kyle and his partner Jan Ors investigating the top-secret Dark Trooper Project. That initial mission only forms the basis of the game's opening level, however.

Dark Forces revolves around Kyle Katarn, an ex-Stormtrooper and mercenary who is hired by Mon Mothma to steal the plans for the first Death Star (obviously, the game is no longer part of the official canon).

The Dark Trooper in Star Wars: Dark ForcesThe Dark Trooper was first introduced to the franchise in the 1994 PC game Star Wars: Dark Forces.

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