A Guerra nas Estrelas Wikia cita The Making of Star Wars: A história definitiva por trás do filme original como afirmando que a resposta é que, sim, havia stormtroopers fêmeas.
George Lucas, when composing background information for licensees in 1977, stated that females did exist in the Stormtrooper Corps, although there were few stationed on the Death Star. He suggested that they were numerous in other units.