Clone trooper

"They'll do their job well, I'll guarantee that."

- Jango Fett

Clone troopers were the clone soldiers of the Grand Army of the Republic, fighting for the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars. The clones were created on Kamino from the DNA of bounty hunter Jango Fett, who was specifically chosen by the Sith Lord Darth Tyranus as the genetic basis of the clones; though the clones were created for the Republic, it was at the behest of the Sith, who engineered the Clone Wars to take over the Republic and destroy the Jedi. Those plans succeeded when Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine, secretly the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, issued Order 66, triggering inhibitor chips so they would blindly obey, commanding all clones to destroy the Jedi. The chips were implanted into every clone embryo at Stage 3 of their development. It was located approximately at the upper right hemisphere of the brain, and with the proper training could be safely surgically removed from that area. Palpatine then transformed the Republic into the Galactic Empire. Stormtroopers, the elite shock troops of the Empire, represented the latest evolution of the clone troopers. As time passed, the clones began degenerating in ability and were replaced by non-clones who either volunteered or were conscripted by the Empire. Some clones, however, remained active for a time and chose to join the rebellion against the Galactic Empire, dismissive of its stormtroopers.

All of the clones had an identifying code inserted in their left wrist. Droids, such as astromechs, were able to scan the code and link them to the trooper's file in the Grand Army of the Republic's military database. The file would contain the clones' designation, rank, any specialized training, affiliated units he was assigned to, and service record.

"Tup" described Order 66 as a nightmare he'd been freed from before his death. "Fives" once reiterated that clone troopers were not unthinking droids and that they must be trusted to make their own decisions when their orders are clearly wrong, and Captain "Rex" only ordered the arrest and later, execution, of actual Jedi traitor General Pong Krell after physical evidence was reviewed and a great deal of thought. Fives also realized the inhibitor chips to be a secret conspiracy that caused Tup to kill a Jedi general, and tried to expose it.