Did TK-421 die?

No. They merely stunned him and knocked him out. He later woke up and wandered off in search of his clothes.

 

Can someone refrsh my memory on who he is.

 

Best. Poll. Ever.

 

TK-421, why aren't you at your post? TK-421, do you copy?

 

We don't actually see him die onscreen. We hear thuds and thumps and blaster fire, but that only implies that he may have been killed. Perhaps he was just stunned and pinin' for the aiwhas.

 

[jedi_master_ousley]: "They merely stunned him and knocked him out. He later woke up and wandered off in search of his clothes."

That's true, but then there was the whole Death Star blowing up that probably finished him off.

 

I doubt they would have left him alive. It wouldn't do them much good to have this guy staggering around the Death Star in his underwear, saying, "Hey, some punks stole my armor!" And I don't remember seeing anyone bound and gagged on board the Falcon when the heroes get the ship back.

Hey, that leads to another question...if he is dead, what the heck happened to the body?

 

That's true, but then there was the whole Death Star blowing up that probably finished him off.

Ah, touché.

Unless of course he got called to duty in another location between times... or was sent to the Coruscant medical facilities!

And I don't remember seeing anyone bound and gagged on board the Falcon when the heroes get the ship back.

Hey, that leads to another question...if he is dead, what the heck happened to the body?

Exactly... he got up and walked away.

 

Not if he was still stunned on the Falcon somewhere.

 

He stayed on the falcon and woke up when they arrived on Yavin, he then decided to suit up and fight against the Death Star, he flew an X-Wing but got shot down. So yes he died.

 

That's true, maybe he remained on the Falcon. Or perhaps he was the one who took the shuttle Tarkin foolishly refused.

The possibilities are endless...

 

He died. Although whether he died during ANH is a little more questionable, because we don't know for certain whether he was still on the Death Star when it blew, although that is most likely.

Regardless, though, since the whole thing takes place 'A long time ago' I think we can safely assume he's died by now.

 

"Those are the guys that stole our uniforms!"

"and beat the **** out of us too!"

Wait, wrong movie

 

He lived.

He awoke dazed and confused from his enncoutner with our heros and began questioning his commitment to the empire. He quietly slipped off the Death Star and moved to an out of the way planet where he married adn set up a small shop that sold little trinkets and postcards with quirky catchphrases ont hem

 

If he died that means they killed the other stormtrooper too. and probably the scanning crew. that means there are FOUR DEAD BODIES on the Millennium Falcon during all those scenes after the escape from the Death Star. which makes ANH creepy as hell.

 

Of course not!

 

Most likely.

 

they couldve just thrown the bodies out while flying through space, like with the trash or crap

 

He was stowed in the hidden storage compartments -- along with the scanning crew and his fellow stormtrooper -- where he slowly suffocated to death.

 

Assuming he survived the theft of his suit I am sure its a safe bet he did not survive the Battle of Yavin.

 

No, he didn't die. If Lucas wouldn't let Han shoot first at Greedo, he definitely wouldn't let Han kill some poor, innocent stormtrooper!

 

"If he died that means they killed the other stormtrooper too. and probably the scanning crew. that means there are FOUR DEAD BODIES on the Millennium Falcon during all those scenes after the escape from the Death Star. which makes ANH creepy as hell."

^^ LoL Han & Luke were savages.

 

Post ROTJ..

"Chewie.. What's that smell?"

 

They were all shot/stunned and stored in the compartments to be interrogated by the Rebellion at a later time. If you noticed, there is no blaster burns on the armor that Han and Luke wear.