Stormtroopers are soldiers in the fictional Star Wars franchise created by George Lucas). They are elite shock troops fanatically loyal to the Empire and impossible to sway from the Imperial cause. Stormtroopers wear imposing white armor, which offers a wide range of survival equipment and temperature controls to allow the soldiers to survive in almost any environment. They wield blaster rifles and pistols with great skill and attack in hordes to overwhelm their enemies. The Stormtrooper Corps consists of several divisions that specialize in different equipment, environments, and purposes. Some of these specialized units include snowtroopers, scout troopers, riot control stormtroopers, rocket stormtroopers, and demolition troopers. According to Star Wars lore, Imperial stormtroopers are men and women who have been recruited (or conscripted) at a young age to serve as expendable foot soldiers of the Empire, gradually replacing clone troopers as their accelerated aging forces them to retire).