[Jester]

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Originally Posted by Jeddostotle7

You're criticising official media for going against an in-universe idea that... wasn't really ever established by anything except a minority of OT content? Like, you seem to be getting mad at official old EU and new canon content for saying that there isn't a separate normal Army force in the Empire, when nothing in the movies even said there was? The movies never really showed there to be any non-Stormtrooper troops aside from those specifically assigned to the Death Star (and, of course, officers).

That's not entirely true. Most of the Imperial personnel we see in the OT are obviously Navy. The one time a General shows up, he's leading an entirely different class of soldiers who are never actually identified as "Stormtroopers" onscreen, and again, it doesn't make any sense for the entire ground combat arms of the Imperial military to consist entirely of "Stormtroopers," which historically and linguistically are highly specialized and/or elite shock infantry. People just got it into their heads somehow that all Imperial soldiers are Stormtroopers, just like all Rebel soldiers dress like either the Endor commandos or the security personnel on the Tantive IV/Yavin 4 (which is another kettle of fish all together).

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Originally Posted by Jeddostotle7

Specialist forces can probably be moved from fleet to fleet as needed, at least in the Star Wars universe. General Veers' Blizzard Force likely wasn't constantly with Vader's Death Squadron.

I don't think the progression of events in ESB provides much basis to argue that Vader stopped off at the nearest fleet depot or whatever and picked up Veers and his troops specifically prior to attacking Echo Base. Veers is already present aboard the Executor (which appears to be in the middle of deep space) when the probe droid data comes in, and Vader gives the order to set course for the Hoth system immediately upon reviewing it.

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Originally Posted by Jeddostotle7

The Stormtrooper Corps, at least in the new canon, falls under the Imperial Army. Snowtroopers are both Stormtroopers and Army. They aren't mutually exclusive.

Frankly, they make more sense as Navy personnel.