"Euh... Dad... we're missing something important!"

"Euh... Dad... we're missing something important" That was the announcement my son give to me when I provided him with the Speeder bikes I made him before. "And what would that be?" I asked him. "Stormtroopers of course! What else!?" Hey! What could I say? He was right! What would Star Wars be without Stormtroopers? So I build him two Stormtroopers in the Tatooine desert style with a Dewback!

Stormtroopers were the elite soldiers of the Galactic Empire. Stormtroopers served as ever present reminders of the absolute power of Emperor Palpatine. These faceless enforcers of the New Order were considered an extension of the Emperor's will, and thus they often used efficient yet usually unreasonable tactics as a way to keep thousands of star systems throughout the galaxy in line.

Dewbacks were large, four-legged, omnivorous, cold-blooded reptiles native to the Dune Sea of Tatooine. As such, they were well-adapted to the harsh desert climate. This and the fact that they could be easily domesticated made them commonly employed as beasts of burden by both the inhabitants of the desert planet and the off-worlders wandering its dunes. Due to their numerous useful traits and versatility, they were quite possibly the most respected of all the creatures native to Tatooine.

Dewbacks were capable of speeds as fast as 50 kilometers per hour for short periods of time, a speed at which a sandcrawler could be overtaken. Using a dewback for transportation did have an important drawback: as the local temperature decreased at night time, the reptiles became sluggish.

I like the way my son is thinking along with what Star Wars figures I need to build. He sure knows what he wants :)

Text source: Wookieepedia

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