Imperial Stormtroopers in the Star Wars universe might be horrendous marksmen, but their skills in the construction field are unimpeachable.

They demonstrated their expertise and commitment to teamwork by building two Death Stars under less-than-ideal management conditions in the original movie triology. Now they’re showing that wasn’t a fluke thanks to a recent Reddit post that put their holiday decorating proficiency on display.

User mking6543 posted a photo series by fellow redditor Thaylo in the Star Wars community that followed a squad of Stormtrooper action figures as its members erected an artificial tree for the Christmas Sith-mas season.

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Like the scenario he depicts, Thaylo, a high school senior in Missouri, said composing the scenes for this photo essay was a cooperative effort:

Thaylo also sweated the details when designing his tableaux. In a few photos, there are troopers in the background who appear to be demonstrating the dangers of using a metal fork to pry off an electrical outlet plate. And in one of those images, there is an homage …

to a famous World War II photograph.

But the greatest achievement of Thaylo’s photos is that they capture the cute and playful side of Imperial Stormtroopers, something that gets lost when all you see of them is violently imposing the will of a fascistic regime on a civil war-torn galaxy.