Buckethead

The term "buckethead" referred to stormtroopers.

"And you bucketheads are gonna to be sorry when my uncle, the Emperor, finds out you're keeping me here against my will!"

―Ezra Bridger, attempting to trick two stormtroopers

"Buckethead" (also spelled "bucket-head" or "bucket head") was a derogatory nickname used to refer to stormtroopers during the reign of the Galactic Empire, or others wearing similar armor. It referred to the helmets of the stormtroopers, shaped like buckets, which even among members of the Empire were sometimes referred to colloquially as "buckets." Ezra Bridger applied the term to both stormtroopers and Agent Kallus, and Han Solo even applied it to TIE fighter pilots. Well over thirty years later, the term was still in use and used by Poe Dameron in reference to stormtroopers of the First Order. Kazuda Xiono also used the term during the Battle of Castilon.

The term was used by one B1-series battle droid to insult another B1 during the Ambush on Rugosa during the Clone Wars.

"Bucket-head" was also used to refer to BB-series astromech droids that possessed dome-shaped heads with a flat top, such as the droid CB-23, who was a member of the Resistance.

Appearances

• The High Republic: Tempest Runner (In flashback(s))
• Star Wars Battlefront II
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Ambush" (First appearance)
• Kanan 10
• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
• Choose Your Destiny: A Han & Chewie Adventure (and audiobook)
• Rise of the Rebels
• Star Wars Rebels — "Art Attack"
• Star Wars Rebels — "Spark of Rebellion"
• The Rebellion Begins
• Servants of the Empire: Rebel in the Ranks
• Star Wars Rebels — "Breaking Ranks"
•  Star Wars Rebels: Chopper Chase on Disney's official website (backup link) (original link is obsolete)
• Kanan 12
• "Assessment" — Star Wars Rebels Magazine 11
• Star Wars Rebels — "Call to Action"
• Battle to the End (as bucket head)
• Star Wars Rebels — "Fire Across the Galaxy"
• "Senate Perspective" — Star Wars Rebels Magazine 9
• "Ocean Rescue" — Star Wars Rebels Magazine 12
• "Secrets of Sienar" — Star Wars Rebels Magazine 13
• "Endangered, Part 2" — Star Wars Adventures (2017) 8
• "Born in the Storm" — From a Certain Point of View (and audiobook) (Indirect mention only)
• Battlefront II: Inferno Squad (and audiobook)
• Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo & Chewbacca Adventure (and audiobook)
• "Rabbit Hunt" — Star Wars Adventures Annual 2020
• Star Wars: Commander
• Star Wars (2015) 2
• Star Wars (2015) 5
• Star Wars (2015) 6
• Star Wars (2015) 8
• Star Wars (2015) 12
• Vader Down 1
• Star Wars (2015) 18
• Star Wars (2015) 21
• Star Wars (2015) 24
• Star Wars (2015) 25
• Doctor Aphra (2016) 22
• Doctor Aphra (2016) 33
• "A Matter Of Perception" — Star Wars Adventures (2017) 22
• Star Wars (2020) 3
• Star Wars (2020) 11
• Star Wars (2020) 16
• War of the Bounty Hunters 4
• Bounty Hunters 30
• Shattered Empire 1
• Shattered Empire 2
• "Hare-Brained Heist" — Star Wars Adventures Annual 2019
• Aftermath (and audiobook)
• Aftermath: Life Debt (and audiobook)
• Battle of Jakku — Last Stand 1
• Before the Awakening (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• Phasma (and audiobook)
• Star Wars Resistance — "The Disappeared"
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens novelization (and audiobook)
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens: A Junior Novel (and audiobook)
• Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire (and audiobook)
• Star Wars Resistance — "No Escape: Part 2"
• Star Wars Resistance — "Rendezvous Point"
• Star Wars Resistance — "Rebuilding the Resistance"
• A Crash of Fate (and audiobook)
• Path of the Lightsaber, Vol. 1
• The Last Order

Non-canon appearances

• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Return of the Kyber Saber"

Sources

• Star Wars Rebels: The Visual Guide (as bucket-heads)
• Poe Dameron: Flight Log
• Forces of Destiny: Tales of Hope & Courage
• Star Wars: Extraordinary Droids
• "Imperial Troops" — Star Wars Encyclopedia

Notes and references

In other languages

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