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A  stormtrooper  is a fictional  soldier  in the  Star Wars franchise  created by  George Lucas . Introduced in  Star Wars  (1977), the stormtroopers are the main ground force of the  Galactic Empire , under the leadership of  Emperor Palpatine  and his commanders, most notably  Darth Vader  and  Grand Moff Tarkin . In  The Force Awakens  (2015), the upgraded stormtroopers serve the  First Order , under the leadership of  Supreme Leader Snoke  and his commanders, most notably  Kylo Ren ,  General Hux , and  Captain Phasma . The  order of battle  of the Stormtrooper Corps is unspecified in the Star Wars universe. Accompanying the Imperial Navy, stormtroopers are able to be deployed swiftly and respond to states of civil unrest or insurrection, act as a planetary garrison, and police areas within the Galactic Empire. They are shown in collective groups of varying or...

  Star Wars   is an American   epic   space opera   media franchise   created by   George Lucas , which began with the   eponymous 1977 film   and quickly became a worldwide   pop-culture   phenomenon . The franchise has been expanded into   various films   and   other media , including   television series ,   video games ,   novels ,   comic books ,   theme park attractions , and   themed areas , comprising an all-encompassing   fictional universe . The franchise holds a   Guinness World Records   title for the "Most successful film merchandising franchise." In 2020, the Star Wars franchise's total value was estimated at US$70 billion, and it is currently the   fifth-highest-grossing media franchise   of all time. The original film, retroactively subtitled  Episode IV: A New Hope , was followed by the sequels  Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back  (1...

The Death Star is a fictional mobile space station and galactic superweapon featured in the Star Wars space-opera franchise. The first version, which appears in the original 1977 film Star Wars , is stated to be more than 160 kilometers (99 mi) in diameter, and is crewed by an estimated 1.7 million military personnel and 400,000 droids . The second Death Star, which appears in Return of the Jedi , is significantly larger at between 160 kilometres (99 mi) to 900 kilometres (560 mi) in diameter, and while it appears unfinished, is technologically more powerful than its predecessor. Although details, such as the superlaser's location, shifted between different concept models during production of Star Wars , the notion of the Death Star being a large, spherical space station over 100 kilometers in diameter was consistent in all of them. George Lucas gave the original task of designing a "Death Star" to concept artist and spaceship modeler Colin Cantwell, who had collabor...

House Stark's  sigil  is a grey  direwolf  on a white background, over a green escutcheon. They are one of the few noble Houses whose  family motto  is not a boast or threat. Instead, the House Stark family motto is a warning, one that no matter the circumstances will always be relevant: "Winter is Coming". http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/House_Stark ------------------------------ Game of Thrones  is an American  fantasy   drama  television series created by  David Benioff  and  D. B. Weiss . It is an adaptation of  A Song of Ice and Fire ,  George R. R. Martin 's series of fantasy novels, the first of which is  A Game of Thrones . It is filmed at Titanic Studios in  Belfast , on location in the United Kingdom, and in Canada, Croatia, Iceland, Malta, Morocco, Spain, and the United States. The series premiered on  HBO  in the United States on April 17, 2011, and its sixth season ended on Ju...