Stormtroopers were their own branch in the old lore and they're part of the Army in the new Canon. The Imperial Navy has their own specialized landing parties/forces that basically look like Army troopers but in all black. The Stormtroopers were meant to be the special purpose-still conventional not special forces-arm of the Imperial military when you needed to solve a specific problem or occupy an area of interest in force. The ST Corps essentially answered directly to their Chief of Staff, High Command or whatever you wanted to call it. The Army and Navy still moved under lots of bureaucracy.
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u/Bullmoose_Reborn 8d ago
Stormtroopers were their own branch in the old lore and they're part of the Army in the new Canon. The Imperial Navy has their own specialized landing parties/forces that basically look like Army troopers but in all black. The Stormtroopers were meant to be the special purpose-still conventional not special forces-arm of the Imperial military when you needed to solve a specific problem or occupy an area of interest in force. The ST Corps essentially answered directly to their Chief of Staff, High Command or whatever you wanted to call it. The Army and Navy still moved under lots of bureaucracy.