Gallery: Intimate Photos Reveal the Day-to-Day Lives of Stormtroopers

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    Photos by courtesy Zahir Batin
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    Still Life Action

    Going all Jean-Claude Van Damme and doing an epic split on some speeder bikes. (Expand the gallery for the best experience.)
  • Waiting at the ATAT stop.
    Photos by courtesy Zahir Batin
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    Bus Stop

    Waiting at the AT-AT stop. (Those things are always late.)
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    CSI

    Investigating a crime scene. Move along … move along.
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    End of War

    Removing a wounded Stormtrooper—and the head of a battle droid—from the battlefield.
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    Eternal-Rest-zahirbatin

    Burying a fallen soldier of the Galactic Empire.
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    IP Man

    Getting a beatdown from a Sith Lord.
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    Little Farm

    Feeding the—surprisingly GIGANTIC—chicks on the Empire's farm.
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    Never Leave U Behind

    Pulling a fallen fellow soldier out of harm's way.
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    Thugs-zahirbatin

    Roughing up a battle droid.
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    Wild Wild West

    Capturing an outlaw and bringing him to justice.
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