Imperial Dropship

This article is about the smaller Imperial Dropship used during the Galactic Civil War.
You may be looking for the larger Imperial Dropship Transport already used before the Galactic Civil War.

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The Imperial Dropship was a Galactic Empire dropship type. It had two engines, flanked by maneuvering fins, and a front cockpit as well as external racks for personal blasters. The dropship was piloted by a shadow stormtrooper and could transport a squad of four stormtroopers on a detachable platform at its back. The craft had two variants, with one of them featuring a pair of laser cannons. At one point during the Galactic Civil War, an Imperial Dropship deployed three stormtroopers during a confrontation in a desert.

Characteristics[]

The Imperial Dropship was a type of small,^[5] fast space troop transport.^[4] It had a gradually upward-sloping black, gray, and blue fuselage that culminated with two engines at the back^[1] that were flanked by a large pair of^[5] blue^[1] or black maneuvering fins.^[5] At its front, the dropship had a single-seat cockpit with a viewport that could swing open^[1] via its top hinge,^[5] while the back of the craft featured a detachable troop transport platform^[1] that could seat four troopers and that was open in order to allow them to deploy quickly.^[5]

LEGO ID — The alternate variant of the Imperial Dropship

The Imperial Dropship came in two variants, with one configuration sporting a pair of forward-firing laser cannons^[2] directly aft of the cockpit—near the ship's base^[3]—and also having built-in racks allowing to mount a pair of blaster rifles^[3] at the craft's midsection, toward its top.^[3] The other variant instead featured near its base four racks for holding the blasters of the pilot and the troopers.^[6] The dropship had three Imperial crests emblazoned on it, with one at its top and two either near the laser cannons^[3] or on the troop platform.^[1]

Role[]

The Imperial Dropship, piloted by a single shadow stormtrooper,^[4] was used to swoop down to a battlefield and detach its troop platform,^[2] thereby deploying a squad of up to^[4] four^[5] clone stormtroopers^[4] before flying away.^[2]

History[]

At one point during the Galactic Civil War,^[4] an Imperial Dropship deployed three stormtroopers during a confrontation in a desert, with one of the troopers wielding a rifle that had been stored in the craft's blaster rack.^[2]

Behind the scenes[]

The Imperial Dropship was introduced as an original vehicle in a 2008 LEGO toy set.^[1] It was originally marketed as part of the LEGO Classic Star Wars subtheme^[2]^[4] but was later reclassified as belonging to the LEGO Star Wars Expanded Universe subtheme instead.^[5]