Pauldron/Legends



Pauldrons were colored pieces of padded material worn by some clone troopers of the Grand Army of the Republic, and later by stormtroopers of the Imperial Armed Forces. The pauldron designated either a specific rank or an area of expertise. Occasionally, during times of internal struggle within the Galactic Empire, the colors and markings on pauldrons were used to signify allegiance to specific leaders or factions. On the other hand, for clones, while this was indeed used to show rank, pauldrons could also be called customizations made to their armor rather than something strictly relating to one's position. Over the period of the Clone Wars, the paudren design changed frequently. Some Clone trooper commanders wore two, such as Fives. Othes were more pertuding, and some less. Sape and size also vary.

Designations
Sandtrooper pauldrons designated the following:
 * Black - Private
 * White - Sergeant
 * Orange - Squad Leader

Field Trooper pauldrons designated the following:
 * Yellow - Rail Detonator equipped Field Trooper
 * Red - Imperial Repeater Rifle equipped Field Trooper

Imperial Marines and Imperial Shock Trooper pauldrons designated the following:
 * Orange - The normal color worn by these units. Orange colored pauldron was also standard equipped on the Stormtrooper Backpack

Some regular Stormtrooper units from around 1.5 years ABY had pauldrons that designated the following:
 * Gray - Bombardier
 * Yellow - Rifleman
 * Red - Medic
 * Blue - Sniper
 * Orange - Captain

Phase I Clone trooper pauldrons designated the following:
 * Green - Sergeant
 * Blue - Lieutenant
 * Red - Captain
 *  Yellow - Commander

Non-canon appearances

 * LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
 * Giant spiders are awesome
 * Sith make the best pancakes
 * A droid in the hand is worth two in the asteroid belt
 * Clones don't even know the meaning of the word surrender
 * Do Clones dream of Electric Mynocks?
 * A clone trooper always obeys orders
 * A clone by any other name
 * Clones are famous all across the galaxy
 * Clone troopers are excellent diplomats
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2 film
 * LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy