History Characters / StarWarsTheFirstOrderStormtrooperCorps

** In ''The Last Jedi'', she is ambiguously killed off ''again''. The last time she's seen she's falling into an inferno aboard the exploding ''Supremacy'', which under normal circumstances would be enough to do some one in. However: A.) it was shown earlier that her armour can deflect blaster fire and B.) enough First Order personnel survived for an attack on Crait. She doesn't show up for the final battle, but running away when things get tough isn't exactly [[DirtyCoward out of character for her]]. It's also possible that she survived serious injuries, even if it didn't kill her. An unused take on her final scene has Finn preform some LiteralDisarming on her and then blast her into the fiery chasm with a heavy weapon. It is ''slightly'' more apparent that she meets her doom in this version, but the aforementioned factors are still in play to make it ambiguous. Moreover, as it is a deleted scene it is non-canon anyway. She makes no appearances in ''The Rise of Skywalker'', lending heavy credence to the idea that she did indeed die on the ''Supremacy'', with reference books tied to the movie seemingly confirming her demise. That being said, tie-in material to ''Galaxy's Edge'' also has one character express doubt that she actually died.

* UncertainDoom: ''Phasma'' ends with Cardinal poisoned and Vi trying to get him to a proper medical facility. We do not know currently whether he lived or died.

* HateSink: As of the ''Journey to Film/TheLastJedi'' series, what's been established about Phasma makes her far '''worse''' than one would imagine a Stormtrooper officer would typically be, and one that the First Order [[EvenEvilHasStandards likely wouldn't take kindly to]] if they knew the full truth about her. She's directly responsible for the deaths of her parents, her brother, and multiple First Order operatives (including her superior, Brendol Hux) [[AmbitionIsEvil to either further her own ambition]] or [[HeKnowsTooMuch to protect her secrets]]. Furthermore, [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder she's demonstrably disloyal as an individual]] if it means she can survive a bit longer, with her most egregious offense being her willingness to disable the shields to Starkiller Base when held at gunpoint (when any other stormtrooper would have let that knowledge die with them); she subsequently put the blame on another Stormtrooper so she [[KarmaHoudini could get away with her unprecedented betrayal]]. And to top it all off, in spite of being presented as being AMotherToHerMen, Phasma [[DrillSergeantNasty shows cruelty to her own soldiers]] and shows little concern for their lives, as she would willingly have them die if it meant that she could live to fight another day (as the aforementioned incident at Starkiller Base clearly demonstrates). DarkAndTroubledPast aside, Phasma is far from being the ideal First Order soldier that she likes to present herself as, and lacks the [[VillainousValor kind of character]] that the soldiers she's trained possess.

* AdvertisedExtra: She was prominently featured in the ad campaign for ''The Force Awakens'' and the merchandise, only to have literally two minutes of screentime in the film itself. In the finished film she only appears in the climax to capture and fight Finn. Her status as this is given a LampshadeHanging in ''ComicBook/StarWarsPoeDameron'' issue 11.

* {{Decoy Antagonist}}: Phasma is set up as the main antagonist of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance'', as the one directing proxy forces like Kragan Gorr's pirates to act on the First Order's behalf during the ceasefire with the New Republic. Since the show is SimultaneousArcs with ''The Force Awakens'', however, she leaves halfway through the first season, with Pyre taking over as TheHeavy. And since Season 2 goes past ''The Last Jedi'', she's long dead by that time.

** In a new comic, she tells one stormstrooper that sometimes in a war sacrifices must be made to achieve victory. Later, she sends her own troopers in order to draw the enemy out of their base and then orders the TIE fighters to bombards the area, sacrificing her own soldiers, but not before Phasma has backed away enough from the battlefield to avoid being hit by the explosions. Basically, Phasma does believe in making sacrifices to achieve victory, as long she doesn't have to sacrifice herself of course.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: She helped Armitage Hux by poisoning his abusive father Brendol to death.

* StillWearingTheOldColors: He prefers his original Imperial Stormtrooper armor set over that of the First Order Stormtroopers'.

* CustomUniform: Several of them wear modified versions of First Order Stormtrooper armor, often with different colors, pauldrons and/or capes. [[OldSoldier Captain Ruthford]] prefers to wear his original Imperial Stormtrooper armor instead.

* CustomUniform: Several of them wear modified versions of First Order Stormtrooper armor, often with different colors, pauldrons and/or capes. Ruthford prefers to wear his original Imperial Stormtrooper armor instead.

!!FN Corps

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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/TomHardy
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheLastJedi''

A stormtrooper stationed aboard the Supremacy. Prior to Finn's desertion, both he and FN-926 were part of the Batch Eight.

* AffablyEvil: Despite that he's a First Order Stormtrooper, he proves to be surprisingly friendly when he takes the time to sincerely congratulate Finn on what seemed to be promotion to First Officer.

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!!FN-1824
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/DanielCraig
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheForceAwakens''

-->''"I'll tighten those restraints, scavenger scum!"''

A random stormtrooper on Starkiller Base, tasked with guarding a prisoner.

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!!Lieutenant Gauge
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!!!'''Species:''' Human

->'''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/StarWarsTalesFromTheGalaxysEdge''

The fervidly loyal and utterly ambitious commanding officer of the new First Order installation on Batuu. Lieutenant Gauge first thought his assignment to Batuu, which was so far from the eyes of his superiors, was a bad omen for his career.... Turns out there was no greater honor.
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* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Once Gauge emerges from under a pile of debris after the same mining laser he used on the PlayerCharacter is turned against him, he's blasted by them and falls backwards, out of the hole made in the wall by the blast, into the quarry it dug out below.]]
* MookLieutenant: He's literally a lieutenant, and he's in charge of [[{{Brainwashed}} re-educating]] dissident prisoners to make more mooks out of them.
* NoKillLikeOverkill: He turns a massive mining laser on his own base just to take out one [[PlayerCharacter person]] who's escaped from capture.
* NonUniformUniform: Has a matching red visor and shoulder pads over his stormtrooper armor.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Gauge initially feared his assignment was to get him away from his superiors until, presumably, he was informed what the facility on Batuu was [[MindRape intended for]] and realized how important his assignment truly was.
* UndyingLoyalty: Is fullly commited to the First Order cause, and almost every spoken line of his consists of him praising it, just the sort of person you want in charge of a brainwashing camp. [[spoiler:His last words were even: ''"It's our side, or no side!"'']]

* LightIsNotGood: Like their predecessors, they wear shiny white armor and enforcered the tyranny of the First Order,

* CrazyPrepared: Despite the fact that there have been almost no Jedi the last few decades (to the point that most people believe them to be just a myth), Riot Stormtroopers are equipped with electric batons in order to fight lightsaber-wielding enemies, although they're primarily used for non-lethal crowd control.

* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Subverted. They actually have a more reasonable accuracy rating than the Empire's stormtroopers, firing ''dangerously close'' to the main characters. Extras usually end up getting killed by them.

* InformedAbility: Despite Armitage Hux's boasts about these Stormtroopers being trained and conditioned as children, which would lead one to assume they're more dangerous than the run-of-the-mill conscripts that composed many of the Empire's Stormtroopers, as the Sequel Trilogy goes on they don't really show themselves to be much more competent than their predecessors, at least when it comes to dealing with the main heroes. ''The Rise of Skywalker'' in particularly has them getting cut down in droves by Finn, Poe, and Chewie, plus they find themselves falling just as often to the JediMindTrick. Furthermore, Finn, alongside Jannah and her allies, also indicate that the conditioning doesn't prevent defections from happening in their ranks.

* VillainDecay: Despite an impressive display in their debut film, ''The Force Awakens'', the Stormtroopers eventually fell victim to the same status as their predecessors, disposable incompetent mooks who can't shoot down the main characters no matter how hard they try to aim accurately. The ones who maintained such competence are ironically the ones who defected from the First Order in the first place.

* TheBrute: Of Finn's squad, employing relentless power and aggression in their training matches, as well as their battle when the former defected.

* EtTuBrute: He does not take Finn's defection from the First Order well.

* ItsPersonal: His anger at Finn is obviously related to the fact that they trained together, and he likely feels personally betrayed.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: His only scene in the movie is his battle with Finn. He's given much more backstory in ''Before the Awakening''.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Trained with and served on the same squad as Finn, explaining his outburst.

%% * EtTuBrute: Does not take Finn's defection from the First Order well.

* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Right after calling out Finn, he casts aside his blaster and shield in favor of his stun baton, indicating that he doesn't plan to fight Finn with any {{Combat Pragmatis|t}}m. Then again, he may have been trained in anti-lightsaber combat, and known that in most cases with such combat the blaster and shield would have been utterly useless. Plus, Finn has absolutely no lightsaber training and it's all but certain he knows this given the familiarity which with he greets Finn.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Subverted. His only scene in the movie is his battle with Finn. He's given much more backstory in ''Before the Awakening''.
%% * WeUsedToBeFriends: Trained with and served on the same squad as Finn, explaining his outburst.

* BladeOnAStick: Adds a spear to her arsenal in ''The Last Jedi''. ''Phasma'' shows that this was her preferred weapon on her homeworld of Parnassos.

* BadassBaritone: Courtesy of Creator/LiamMcIntyre.

* BadassBaritone: The dude has a deep voice.

* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Subverted. They actually have a more reasonable accuracy rating than the Empire's stormtroopers. Instead of poor accuracy, their drawback is that the good guys are protected by PlotArmor. But these troops fire ''dangerously close'' to any of main characters. Extras usually end up getting killed by them.

'''Major Vonreg''': [[Determinator I almost have them!]]\\

* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Subverted. They actually have a more reasonable accuracy rating than the Empire's stormtroopers. Instead of poor accuracy, their drawback is that the good guys are protected by PlotArmor. But these troops fire ''dangerously close'' to any of main characters.

* BigBad: While he's technically CoDragons with Major Vonreg to Phasma, due to the fact that she becomes occupied with the events of ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' halfway through the first season Pyre is effectively the main antagonist. He settles into more of an official role after forming a BigBadDuumvirate with Tierny in the first season finale, and Phasma is killed offscreen.