DSS-0956

This article is about the desert stormtrooper DSS-0956. You may be looking for the DSS-02 shield generator.

"Let me see your identification."

―DSS-0956^[2]

DSS-0956 was the desert stormtrooper senior officer of Desert Sands during their deployment to Tatooine.^[3] He reported to Captain Mod Terrik,^[4] and failed to recover the droids R2-D2 and C-3PO at the Lars homestead.^[3]

Equipment

DSS-0956 was equipped with the standard modified stormtrooper armor issued to sandtroopers. He also carried a long-range comlink, a blaster pistol, a heavy blaster rifle, and a food/water pack.^[2]

DSS-0956 was created in 1989's Galaxy Guide 1: A New Hope,^[2] and was synonymously featured in the Tatooine Debriefing story within the book.^[3]

In the 2007 "Look Sir, Droids" action figure set made by Sideshow Collectibles, DSS-0956 was identified as the sandtrooper who was addressed by Davin Felth in^[5] the source scene from the 1977 film Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.^[6] However, the 1996 story When the Desert Wind Turns: The Stormtrooper's Tale identified that character as Mod Terrik, who was further established to be killed attempting to prevent the Millennium Falcon's escape,^[7] whereas DSS-0956 was established by Tatooine Debriefing to have lived past those events.^[3] In 2008, DSS-0956 was given an entry in The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, which clarified that he served under Terrik.^[4]

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