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.

ARC Troopers mostly wore pauldrons on the left shoulder. Clone trooper commanders would occasionally don a pauldron as a sign of rank, and would allow ranking clone officers to wear them if they earned it in the line of duty. Many, if not most, Clone Marshal Commanders would wear a pauldron not only as a sign of rank but also denoting their ARC training.

The later Stormtrooper units of the Galactic Empire of would wear pauldrons on the right shoulder. Sandtroopers, Field Troopers, Imperial Marines and Imperial Shock Troopers always wore pauldrons.

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

Non-canon appearances

 * LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
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 * A droid in the hand is worth two in the asteroid belt
 * Clones don't even know the meaning of the word surrender
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 * A clone trooper always obeys orders
 * A clone by any other name
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 * Clone troopers are excellent diplomats
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2
 * LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy