Star Wars Episode 9: 15 Essential Rumours & Theories

7. Red Stormtroopers

First Order Stormtroopers Force Awakens
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Another one that was part of that leaked poster, but had been rumoured for a while before then, is the presence of red Stormtroopers in the movie.

These rumours have been going around for a couple of months now, going from simply the fact that the Stormtroopers would be red to fleshing out a little bit more about what their actual role will be.

The Stormtroopers are seemingly known as the 709th Squadron, and will be present at the Galaxy's Edge theme park in Disneyland and Disney World. The story there, such as it exists, is set between the events of Episodes VIII & IX, with the chief Imagineer of the park, Scott Trowbridge, telling EW: "There are some stories to be told about those folks, and why they're here, what they came looking for, or who they came looking for."

Fitting with that, it's been reported that the red Stormtroopers will be an elite group who don't answer to the First Order as an institution, but rather only serve Kylo Ren and the Knights of Ren directly.

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