DV-523
Physical description
Species	Human (clone)[1]
Gender	Male[1]
Height	1.83 meters[2]
Chronological and political information
Era(s)	Rebellion era[3]
Affiliation	Galactic Empire[3] Imperial Military[3] Stormtrooper Corps[3] 501st Legion[1]

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DV-523 was a clone stormtrooper who served in the Galactic Empire's 501st Legion during the Galactic Civil War. In 0 BBY, DV-523 served aboard the Sith Lord Darth Vader's flagship, the Star Destroyer Devastator, and took part in the Devastator's attack on the Rebel CR90 corvette Tantive IV.

BiographyEdit

DV-523,^[4] a Human male, was a clone of the Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett.^[1] He served the Galactic Empire as a stormtrooper^[3] of the 501st Legion, an elite military unit under the direct command of the Sith Lord Darth Vader.^[1] DV-523 had been stationed aboard the Dark Lord's flagship, the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Devastator,^[5] by 0 BBY.^[3]

In 0 BBY, after Rebel agents transmitted the stolen plans for the Empire's DS-1 Orbital Battle Station superweapon to the Rebel CR90 corvette Tantive IV—the consular ship of Senator Leia Organa—the Devastator pursued and overtook the Rebel blockade runner, as the 501st boarded the vessel^[3] from a TIE boarding craft.^[6] DV-523 was among the first wave of troopers who entered the corridors of the Tantive IV and engaged the Rebel troopers in battle. The battle ended as a victory for the 501st Legion, with the death of the Tantive IV's Captain,^[3] Raymus Antilles,^[7] and the capture of Organa. However, the Rebel droids C-3PO and R2-D2 managed to make it off of the Devastator with the stolen Death Star plans aboard an escape pod.^[3]

Personality and traitsEdit

Like all other clones of Jango Fett, DV-523 was 1.83 meters tall.^[2] He wielded an E-11 blaster rifle.^[3]

Behind the scenesEdit

DV-523 first appeared in the opening scene of 1977's Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope as one of the stormtroopers taking part in the hijacking of the Rebel blockade runner Tantive IV. He was played by an uncredited extra,^[3] whose scenes were filmed in mid 1976 in the United Kingdom.^[8] DV-523 was given a name and was revealed to be a clone stormtrooper on a 2002 card for Wizards of the Coast's Star Wars Trading Card Game. The 2005 video game Star Wars: Battlefront II revealed that the stormtroopers who boarded the Tantive IV during the events of A New Hope were clones of Jango Fett in the 501st Legion. DV-523 was later on given an entry in 2008's The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia.

AppearancesEdit

• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (First appearance)
• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope PhotoComic
• Star Wars: Battlefront II (Cutscene only)

SourcesEdit

• The Art of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (Indirect mention only)
• Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays (Indirect mention only)
• Star Wars: Behind the Magic (Indirect mention only)
• Star Wars Trading Card Game – A New Hope (Card: Stormtrooper DV-523) (First identified as DV-523)
•  Visual Guide -- Chapter 3: Imperial Boarding Party on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. I ("DV-523")
• The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film (Picture only)
• The Sounds of Star Wars (Picture only)
•  Stormtroopers in the Encyclopedia

Notes and referencesEdit

External linksEdit

•  DV-523 in The Completely Unofficial Star Wars Encyclopedia (backup link on Archive.org)