The 1,001st stormtrooper division, known as the Knighthunters, were an elite group of stormtroopers serving in the Imperial Army of the Galactic Empire of the One Sith, an order of Sith Lords under the leadership of Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Krayt, during the Second Imperial Civil War. As Krayt and his Sith assumed control of the Empire, the One Sith enacted a purge of the New Jedi Order, eliminating Jedi throughout the galaxy. The Knighthunters became a key part of the Sith's purge.