Tomorrow "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" debuts ... the design and creation of the fearsome Death Troopers, the elite Stormtrooper unit favored by Star Wars Rebels" and even "Star Wars: The Force ...

Though he appears as a hardened and ailing older man in Rogue One ... nothing else, the death troopers are shaping up to be one of the most impressive additions to the Star Wars canon.

He appeared in 1977's 'Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope' and 2016's 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ... His cause of death wasn’t immediately available. “His work touched countless lives ...

Stormtroopers are some of the most iconic sights in the Star Wars universe ... the black-clad death trooper first appeared on screen in Rogue One as bodyguards for senior officers of the Empire.