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- "Mission accomplished, sir. The Chancellor is safe."
- ―Unidentified clone shock trooper
Clone shock troopers, also referred to as shocktroopers, stormtroopers or guardsmen, were the clone troopers of the Coruscant Guard, an elite force founded during the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Secretly bred apart from the other clones, they acted as security police for Coruscant, the capital world of the Republic, and also served as bodyguards for Republic representatives. Some of them were trained specifically for riot control and served as urban peacekeepers. After the Republic was replaced by the Galactic Empire, they evolved into a new generation of shock troopers.
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History[edit | edit source]
Ten years after the Invasion of Naboo, an open war broke out between the Galactic Republic and a secessionist movement known as the Confederacy of Independent Systems. The Grand Army of the Republic was made up of clone troopers, most of which were created on the planet of Kamino. However, certain specialized clones were also bred on Coruscant, the capital world of the Republic, in the utmost secrecy.[3]
Shock troopers in the Senate Building during the earliest days of the Galactic Empire.
Those shock troopers formed the Coruscant Guard,[1] tasked with the protection of the Galactic Senate's rotunda and other governmental facilities, as well as serving as bodyguards for diplomats.[3] When the Clone Wars came to an end, Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine abolished the Republic, turning the democratic union into the Galactic Empire.[4]
In time, the clone soldiers were replaced by the stormtroopers, and the guardsmen of Coruscant evolved into a new generation of shock troopers.[5]
Equipment[edit | edit source]
A shock trooper armed with a blaster rifle
Initially, the shock troopers wore the same Phase I armor as the other clones, with distinctive red markings.[6] Later in the war, the Phase II armor was introduced.[7] The weapons used by the shock troopers were mainly the DC-15A rifle and DC-15S carbine.[source?]
Application[edit | edit source]
The clone shock troopers received special training for deployment in urban environments, which gave them a high proficiency in close quarters combat.[3] They served primarily as security police for the Republic Senate,[1] its buildings,[8] and as prison guards.[9] They also performed duties such as bodyguards for Republic officials[10] and as urban peacekeepers with some troopers trained specifically for riot control.[11]
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
Clone shock troopers first appeared in the 2008 animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars film.[6]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
Sources[edit | edit source]
"To Catch a Jedi" Episode Guide - The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)- "Orders" Episode Guide - The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Shock Trooper - Galactic Republic - Base Series 1)
- Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
- Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 38 (Helmets: Commander Thire; Helmets: In Pictures; Highlights of the Saga: Ambush on Rugosa)
- Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles (Picture only)
- Star Wars Character Encyclopedia, New Edition
- Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious (Picture only)
- ARC Trooper Fives in the Databank (backup link)
- Central Detention Center in the Databank (backup link)
- Clone Commander Fox in the Databank (backup link)
- Coruscant Guard in the Databank (backup link)
- Mandalorian vault in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
Notes and references[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6
Coruscant Guard in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars Battlefront
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Shock Trooper - Galactic Republic - Base Series 1)
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- ↑ Star Wars Black Series 6" - Battlefront Imperial Shock Trooper. Retrieved on October 24, 2015. (backup link not available)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars film
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Jedi Who Knew Too Much"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Hostage Crisis"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Deception"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Ambush"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Duchess of Mandalore"
