327th Star Corps

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The 327th Star Corps was an elite corps of clone troopers during the Clone Wars. They were one of the most active units in the Grand Army of the Republic, and fell under the 2nd Sector Army and Systems Army Alpha. The primary clone commander of the unit was Bly. Overall, the 327th was led by Jedi Master Aayla Secura, and at the conclusion of the war, were responsible for her execution under Order 66.

Characteristics[]

Galle-SWCT — Lieutenant Galle of the 327th Star Corps, wearing a kama and a pauldron.

The troops of the 327th Star Corps were distinguished by striped yellow markings running the length of their armor and, as a result of Clone marshal commander Bly's ARC training, his troopers were allowed to don kamas and command pauldrons.^[1] Units within the 327th were the 7th Legion, the 101st Regiment, the Hawkbat Battalion, the Bacta Company, the K Company, the 2nd Platoon, and Talon Squad.^[1]

History[]

Early engagements[]

The 327th Star Corps was deployed for the first time at the First Battle of Geonosis and remained active all the way to the last days of the Clone Wars. Jedi General Aayla Secura was assigned to the Corps after her mission to Hypori, which took place four months into the war. Due to his ARC training, Clone Marshal Commander Bly had misgivings about Secura's Jedi way of doing things, but over time he came to understand her strategies, and the two forged a close relationship.^[1]

Under General Secura[]

Under the control of General Aayla Secura and Commander Bly, the 327th served as the Republic's spearhead into the Outer Rim Territories in the later days of the Clone Wars. Their reputation was derived from the actions they engaged in on the Outer Rim, never seeing Coruscant and rarely stationed in one place for more than a week. The troopers of the 327th saw action on such diverse worlds as New Holstice, Honoghr, Anzat and Dromund Kaas.^[1] They also fought in the Battle of Christophsis and suffered great casualties during the Sky Battle of Quell.^[3] The latter engagement saw the complete destruction of an armada of three Venator-class Star Destroyers, including the Liberty; Secura and Bly only survived the engagement due to the intervention of Anakin Skywalker and the Resolute.

Outer Rim Sieges[]

The corps was deployed in full force during the Republic's five-month siege of Saleucami, which pitted the Jedi and their clone troopers against a massive Morgukai clone army. After the CIS forces were crushed, the 327th were deployed to the Commerce Guild purse world Felucia in an attempt to capture Presidente Shu Mai. Arriving aboard the Venator-class Star Destroyer Intrepid, the initial days of the assault saw a string of success for Bly and his troops, despite the fact that Shu Mai managed to elude capture.^[4]

As the 327th pushed through the planet's southern hemisphere, Bly received Order 66 via a top-secret channel, branding the entire Jedi Order as traitors against the freshly-christened Galactic Empire. When Aayla was distracted, Bly and his lieutenants poured blaster fire into their Jedi General, ensuring Secura's death with multiple shots to the body and head.^[5]^[6] Troopers of the 501st, who had served with Secura on Felucia prior to the 327th, privately commiserated the general's death, with one stating that she had at least earned a quick death.^[7] The 327th continued to faithfully serve the Empire after its creation.^[8]