<sod>As established in ''Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' (2015), after Palpatine's death the stormtroopers continue to serve under the factions that broke apart from the Empire. With redesigned armor, they eventually serve under the leadership of the First Order.<ref>''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]'' (2015).</ref><eod>
<sod>As established in ''Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' (2015), after Palpatine's death the stormtroopers continue to serve under the factions that broke apart from the Empire. With redesigned armor, they eventually serve under the leadership of the First Order.<ref>''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]'' (2015).</ref> In this film, it is also established that an undisclosed number of stormtroopers were conscripted as young children, given serial numbers for names and mentally conditioned for loyal service.<ref name="Tor 2016-03">{{cite web |url=http://www.tor.com/2016/03/30/cloned-recruited-and-kidnapped-military-evolution-in-the-star-wars-universe/ |title=Cloned, Recruited, and Kidnapped: Military Evolution in the ''Star Wars Universe'' |first=Emily |last=Asher-Perrin |work=[[Tor.com]] |date=March 30, 2016 |accessdate=March 31, 2016}}</ref> Stormtrooper FN-2187, later known as [[Finn (Star Wars)|Finn]], plans his escape when his resistance to this conditioning puts him in line to be reprogrammed.<ref name="Tor 2016-03"/><eod>