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Dude I got a big idea The next video you should do hits on the stars universe it should be about the Imperial army Or the military again And it's history When the bad batch releases the final episodes when we get to the end of season 2 you should do a video on but the Imperial military looks like now In the 2nd year of its reign the galactic Empire's reign Is I haven't noticed that much changed by the Imperial government or you know military That's season 2 episode 7 and 8 might resolve that buty showing us the final actions of the clone stormtrooper Retirement If I know time that we see clones Finding among the Time the clone storm troopers fight alongside TK stone troopers before they were tired or told to Retire
Republic is good at Negotiating for example when they negotiated the sith into almost dying out (we all know who strikes first and it wasn't the sith who at the time was only a small tribe who defended fallen Jedi who teach them how to use the force.)
@@jare3459 Speaking about old lore that may/may not be canon. Still, the main gist of the Star Wars story as a whole is that the Sith represent evil and the Jedi represent good. In any given story, 99 percent of all good-vs-evil is expected to end with evil losing and good standing triumphant. Evil, nor Villainy or Villains are EVER meant to be seen as people of virtue or to be recognized as something positive. No matter the circumstances that lead to their creation, Evil doers and Villains are ALWAYS meant to be vilified and never celebrated. Today's generations have somehow lost this very critical fact, when it comes to story telling. It's high time people started listening to the hard fact, and change this line of thinking.
Who would have known that the Grand army of the Republic would later become future Stormtroopers of the Galactic Empire lead by Palpatine and Darth Vader all the while the Jedi were unaware of it until it was too late.
Obi Wan: "You see that bounty hunter up there standing next to Count Dooku?" Mace Windu: "Yeah" Obi Wan: "Well the clones are founded on his DNA. So we probably shouldn't trust them" Mace Windu: "Understood"
Which is why the Sith must have had far more control over the minds of the Jedi council than most understood. Why the Jedi didn't question troops with NO Force awareness was their greatest blunder.
KDY Higher Up: “Okay, so you’re gonna go to this outer rim world called Rothana, and start up a massive industrial site to make the greatest ground war machines ever seen, and the republic will buy it in droves in about a decade.” Underling: “Won’t the republic question where they came from and why we had them?” Higher Up: “You’d think.”
Palpatine played his hand well. He had the Jedi/Republic in check. Any move they made would've just been countered with another check until checkmate. Game was over before he even purchased the Clone Army 🤷🏽♂
@@ICU1337 more like "the story was extremely trashy and makes no sense at all" yeah sure no one is gonna notice that every fleet yard and weapons company is just mass producing and stockpiling equipment for a decade ahead of time That would be lile Raytheon saying "hey guys we are gonna build 50k cruise missiles and keep them in our warehouse for no reason whatsoever" yeah no one would believe that BS Makes even less sense when you put it on a galactic scale, the only reason Palpatine plan even worked is because every character in star wars has the mental capacity of a 3 year old with down syndrome Also the clone army makes no sense, never understood why they went that route "yeah let's raise an army that realistically couldn't fight for more than a six month period before taking irreversible losses" they would have to create a new batch of 500k clones every month to keep a steady and reliable supply ten years down the line (also there are less than 1.5 million clones in total at the beginning of the war, thats comparable to North Koreas entire front line force and they expect us to believe 1.5 million soldiers spread across an entire galaxy is gonna stop an endless drone army? Yeah makes zero sense) By wars end they state that 3 million clones were made, so cool, we have a galactic wide force that is equal in size to a superpower on earth So its nice to know that the United militaries of earth would be able to conquer the entire Star Wars galaxy Like seriously how are we expected to believe Palpatine is this big braniac when he made a force comparable to a 3rd world country, and expected it to fight a force thats stated to have had "trillions" of droids that alone shows how little sense the overall story of star wars is (and the GAR is comparable to a 3rd world country, they have zero working body armor, in fact OUR body armor would probably be more effective than anything starwars has, starwars a universe where a super elite, heavily armored soldier, can be killed by having a rock thrown at his chest)
@@nicholasbrown668the clones were just the primary military force, there were plenty of volunteer and militia units. Military police and other such. While the droid army actually HAD a problem of having so many units. It is hard to logistically supply and deploy that many units. Let alone actually amassing too many in one spot makes them harder to manuver because they get in eachother's way and become a very juicy target for artillery and aerial bombardment. As for the companies stockpiling things. The issue with the trade federation's growing power and unrest among the worlds that would eventually become the CIS were well known by political elite but corruption and general filibustering in the senate prevented the aversion of a lot of what ended up happening. They knew that with the invasion of Naboo many systems would start building up their own local security forces as a response. Just in case.
"Think of it. A Grand Army of the Republic. A show of strength and power like the galaxy has never seen. All stemming from you. How many men can claim such a legacy?" - Dooku to Jango Fett
"I love demorcacy. I love the Republic. The Power you give me I will lay down when this crisis has abated and as my first act with this authority I will create a Grand Army of the Republic to counter the increasing threats of the separatists." -Chancellor Palpatine
Jedi Commander Ahsoka: "So if you're a captain, and I'm a Jedi, then technically I outrank you, right?" GAR Captain Rex: "In my book, *experience* outranks everything."
The rise and fall of the Grand Army of the Republic and the clones is tragic. Originally created to be nameless drones to fight a war they had no say in, from its flames they forged their own personalities and individuality. Only for most of them to lose it all again. But even from that tragedy a lucky were able to help in restoring the republic they fought to defend. _Kote! Darasuum Kote! Vode an. Vode an._
Shit got worse in bad batch “What I need is to be a soldier” -clone during the individual “Why don’t we have a seat in the senate? We’re part of this galaxy to” -omega I know some people may not like the bad batch but it’s one of my personal favorite series. Then again I’m just bias to anything related to clones.
I just realized what the Republic logo symbolizes. The center circle is Coruscant and the core worlds, and the lines extending out are its influence going all the way out to the rims of the galaxy.
Easily one of the greatest armies ever assembled in Fiction, in one of the greatest stories ever told. The Clone Wars and Order 66 are goddamn masterpieces in execution
Hope one day we will get more series focusing on the clones more then the jedi during and after order 66. Like the short stories "tales of a jedi" but focusing on the everyday clone instead or even delta squad, name it tales of the clone wars or something like that Don't know if you have watched s2 of bad batch but without spoiling enything they did show us a little from the empires perspective and that was one of the best episodes so far.
@@antarescitizen haha i have seen that one and yeah its still after all these years one of the best Star Wars out there. But i mean MOOORE about the clones, in the clone wars it often Shift focus on the jedi or politics. I guess im asking for more like the umbara arc 🤔
The experience the Clone soldiers of the Grand Army of the Republic shared forged them into perhaps the greatest fighting force in the Star Wars saga. "In my book, experience outranks everything" - CT-7567; Captain Rex
Not all. While created to serve Palpatine's interests, the individualism the Jedi fostered (and, in some cases, carefully supported by Kaminoans) led to clones that not only didn't join the Empire, but fought for the ideals of the Republic they were created to serve.
As nice as clones were, they didn't really fight for something worth fighting for. The Republic was highly corrupt and the Confederacy had many legitimate grievances against it. Had Lucas not put in the leaders of the CIS as literal cartoon villains, the CIS would be the good guys.
@@boobah5643 not really, considering they were a key to start the new Order, the moment the Clones attacked Geonoisis, they were already serving the future Empire and aiding in it's creation.
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3:33 *Sifo Dyas didn't die,* he escaped and made his way to Earth, where he changed his name to Alan and started a TH-cam channel called _Generation Tech._ And his experience with the Kaminoans is why he is so suspicious of dolphins. Just look at the picture - they're the same person.
Not only my favorite fictional military, but also one of my favorite stories in all of science fiction. Everything from the clones themselves, the armor they wear and the weapons they use, to the vehicles and starships they operate, and the organizational structure and specialized units which rose out of it. It's just fascinating to me, the amount of detail there is in fleshing it out. Then there's their story, one of the greatest tragedies in the Star Wars universe, one of the saddest tales ever told. An entire army of soldiers who had barely any choice but to fight, who found things to fight for in each other, their commanders, and the Republic itself, and who were ultimately used as pawns in a much larger scheme which tore them apart and forced them to destroy all they held dear. Those who didn't follow were hunted down, or went insane, or simply hated everything they had become until they inevitably died one way or another.
The Grand Army of the Republic. Both the Republic's defender, and greatest adversary. The Greatest army the Republic ever fielded since before the battle of Ruusan, but also was the force that led to it's downfall. A very beautiful irony the Grand Army of the Republic was.
Yes, in my opinion the "Republic Gunship" is one of the most adaptable and capable aircraft I have seen in any sci fi. And given that it is seen operating so effectively, it surprises me that the empire neither kept the gunship nor made wide use of any similar vehicle.
A thing that I've always wanted to know: How they convinced the Kaminoans to make an entire army with only the words of Dokan an Dyas. Like, and the payment? They gave in advance or was something like "you guys can pay us in 30 years"
Well like he said in the video Dooku and Dyas portrayed themselves as members of the Jedi Council and representatives of the Republic. The Jedi were seen as very highly regarded figures in the Republic, and technically both of them were former members of the Jedi Council, so it would’ve been a very believable lie. Also Dooku probably paid for it himself, Dooku was incredibly rich thanks to his status as Count of Serrano, and later funded large parts of the Droid Army, so he could’ve also paid for the initial batch of clones. Even if he couldn’t since he was doing this for Sidious, Palpatine probably would’ve had a way to pay for the Clones with his influence.
@@cinnabarmanx4214 I see, although I still find such a big project being presented by only two republic representatives/diplomats, Jedi or not, hardly believable. Not that it didn't happen of course, it's just realistically I would be very suspicious if I was Kaminoan lmao
@@neves5083 I mean I don’t think the Kaminoans really cared lol. They only cared about being paid and they had no problem when they found out Dooku and Sidious were Sith, continuing to work with them, so I don’t think they particularly cared much.
Well there was darth plegeous the old master of darth sidious he was the one wgo planned this deal with the kaminoans and he was also happened to be leader of the intergalactic banking clan so it was very easy to prepare the payment
13:25 I would love to see how other clone regiments and squads customized their armor according to the commanders. I had never seen the Ahsoka themed paint before.
They are the 332nd, they split from the 501st to become a new legion that fought only 1 battle before the war ended. Kinda a wished they actually got to have a full set of armor and not a modified version of the 501st with a rushed helmet paint. As far as I know they are the only ones that actually have armor based on their Jedi commander with the 41st
It’s inspiring to imagine that the spark of hope and the flames of rebellion that created the Rebel Alliance was the final gift of the GAR, given by a few good troopers who before, during and after Order 66 were brave enough to ask themselves what really made them good soldiers.
The GAR was and still is one of, if not the mightiest army ever portrayed in Fiction. Furthermore the story of how the army came to be, it's rise and fall is a fantastic story of hope and tragedy within the Star Wars universe. Great video as always.
Captain/Commander Rex: "Well, I've known no other way. Gives us clones all a mixed feeling about the war. Many people wish it never happened. But without it, we clones...wouldn't exist." Ashoka: "The Republic couldn't have asked for better soldiers, nor I a better friend."
One of my 'what if...?' scenarios is to ponder the question: What if a Galactic Empire-scale war machine was created for the purpose of good and justice rather than tyranny and destruction. I think that this is why I liked the GTU so much: It comes close to addressing this question. Although decidedly fascist in nature, push comes to shove, the Union refused to tolerate the oppression of the weak (perhaps as a cultural memory about how the humans were almost destroyed before first leaving their home system by what could best be described as interstellar vandals). A Galactic Republic following the failure of Palpatine's seizure of power would be similar to this, in my view.
The Republic and the Jedi were already doomed long before the Clone Wars. The Republic had become a bloated morass of corruption and weakness. Giving it the clone army wouldn't have changed that, and might even have made things worse. The Jedi weren't any better. They had become politicised, short-sighted and self-interested, caring more about politics than the Force. Hell, the Jedi Council was on the verge of staging a coup d'etat when they thought that Palpatine was just an ordinary politician, then Mace Windu flat out tried to execute the guy in cold blood. The whole point of the prequels is that both the Republic and the Jedi needed to be torn down. It was the will of the Force that the Sith would win so that, eventually, something better would rise instead: the New Republic and Luke's new generation of Jedi. And no, I'm not counting the sequels.
Indeed Had the Empire had Clones on Endor the Rebels would've been screwed. But, funny how in that bad Empire didn't have clones but the Rebels did. *Captain Rex"
@@Starfleet8555 the clones would be wiped out by the north korean military lmao, they weren't amazing, they were plot armored to high hell How are we expected to believe that less than 1.2 million clones defeated the "tens of millions" of droids on geonosis? Oh wait we don't see them actually do that, the whole scene is just "yeah we showed up and now everyone is running" Or how a total force of 3 million clones was expected to police an entire galaxy, and fight a war across a galactic wide front against an army of droids numbering in "the trillions" while also manning a galactic navy numbering thousands of warships it makes zero sense outside of plot armor and shitty writing
@@nicholasbrown668 The amount of clones that die across TCW is not an indicator they have plot armor. Plot armor is when an entire imperial fleet led by Grand Admiral Thrawn is defeated by a few fighters led by some random green Twilek As seen in the battle of Geonosis, there were about 200,000 Clones deployed. If they had 20 kills each they could kill 4 million droids. The CIS objective at Geonosis was to escape with the majority of their army which they did. The battle itself was a holding action to keep the republic forces at bay. LAATs, SPHAs, etc had destroyed numerous transports and even a core ship destroying hundreds of thousands or millions of droids. The tactical failure is when the republic fleet on Geonosis failed to destroy the rest of the core ships. The numbers of Clones vary wildly, between sources. But every clone was put to the best use as they could. Clone troopers saw a lot of action compared to rea soldiers, when they weren’t in action they were rotated as matinence crew, mechanics, etc. Clone troopers rarely policed the planets they were on. That was left to the PDF forces of each world. Ryloth, Pantora, Naboo, Eriadu, Mandalore, etc all had PDFs to police their populations. Core worlds also had their own PDF to police their worlds. But they couldn’t survive against a CIS invasion, that wasn’t their job. The droid army would’ve been much smaller on the battlefield than on paper. Not only did the Republic destroy the most major droid production facility earlier in the war, Geonosis. The republic had a similar sized navy to the CIS. Remember there were many massive ship building worlds like Kuat, Coruscant, Fondor, Anaxes, Etc. Venators we’re more high quality and the CIS generally outnumbered the GAR, but it was much closer than infantry numbers. The CIS also had similar large worlds, but they weren’t as developed as the core. Every republic naval victory could result in hundreds of thousands of destroyed droids. And as most crucial battlegrounds during the clone wars rarely had the infrastructure for massive droid armies the number of units is limited. Droids will run out of power relatively soon due to their cheap cost and can’t camp out like Clone Troopers. And if you still don’t believe me, many resort to the argument “it was just Palpatine’s plans” which is bullshit since Grevious didn’t really know about it. Did Count Dolly just deny him a massive portion of the army just for a “I need it for something else” or a bad excuse.
There was a rebellion by the Kaminoans in the early days of the Galactic Empire which pitted Clone troopers against Imperial stormtroopers, as documented in Star Wars Battlefront II. That battle I recalled marked the point the Empire began transitioning from clones to conscripts/recruits.
“Officially, there never was a clone rebellion on Kamino. Unofficially, approximately 20 years after we were created, a detachment of the Imperial 501st was dispatched to Kamino to eradicate an army of clones that had been bred to take arms against the Empire. Our mission commander was a young bounty hunter named Boba Fett.”
Commander Thorn will be forever be remembered as one of the finest coruscant guard that fought with absolute admiration to the Republic he serve. he screamed *FOR THE REPUBLIC!* as his men were gunned downed. Fear men that do not buckle in the face of overwhelming odds because best believe that they will overcome those odds in victory or in death, defeat was never an option.
How to tell others how old you are, without telling them how old you are: “Watch those wrist rockets!” “ARC Troopers, deploy!” “Shoot it down!!! Shoot it down!!!” *laser daka* “Was it red, red, green, or red, green, red?” “And he’s the explosives expert?!?” “Stand back troopers!”
The fate of the clones is tragic. They are not citizens, they are sentient beings bred for a war that was planned from the beginning. The fact that they exist just to fight and die, suffering terribly, because a single man uses his political manipulations to achieve power is beyond disturbing.
I grew up watching the Clone Wars. In fact, it was what first introduced me to the Star Wars universe. I love the Clone Wars series and its characters, especially the clones
I wonder if there is any explanation beyond "Palpi controlled both sides and wanted them to be easily distinct" as to why neither Republic, nor CIS( both of whom have some independent members) didn't enact conscription. We don't hear about standing armies of member states either. Mercenaries on both sides have barely any coverage. Not to mention there is no mentions of droid armies of the Republic Yes, Republic didn't forget how to build droids. It still used billions if not trillions of them in all sectors from bureacracy to entertainment. Once CIS members left the market, other members would have taken their niche and proposed weaponized versions of their civilian models. Think of Mister Gutsy in Fallout which was based on widespread household/construction model. Or basic CIS B1, which by all accounts started out as redesign of logistical/protocol droid.
Palpatine's plans revolved around being granted more and more power by the Senate in order to end the war. And grieving families would apply a lot of pressure to end the war "prematurely". Thus the decision was made to have the majority of fighting be done by "disposable" armies with no families.
The CIS worlds were mostly sparsely populated, with their real strength coming from industrial output, not manpower, so using droids made sense for them. As for the republic, I think that Palpatine wanted to avoid doing anything that would make the citizens and the jedi more skeptical about the war, and conscripting citizens would definitely do that. The use of the clone army let him amass the huge military that he wanted without causing the kind of discontent that massive conscription would create. I also personally theorize that part of the reason Palpatine wanted the CIS to use droids is because the jedi would be a lot less reluctant to become soldiers if their enemies were droids. If fighting the confederacy meant slaughtering organics en masse, the jedi would have opposed it, but because it was droids, they didn't have as many moral qualms about getting involved.
I think its pretty easy to explain. Palpatine wanted for the Republican citizens in the core worlds to have a common enemy to rally behind and blame for the problems of the Republic, as is common in fascist regimes. He used already existent distrust towards droids aswell as xenophobia. It wouldnt fit within a anti-droid narrative to have droids fighting on the side of the "good guys" and muddle the picture. As for the Seperatists: He may have wanted to have citizens in the Outer Rim believe they were more humane by using droids, machines with limited sentience and intelligence and not literal clones who were trained for birth and predisposed to a short life.
The entire war was crafted to suck the Jedi into a trap. That's why their 'enemies' were soulless droids, whom they could slaughter with a clear conscience and not question the circumstances. If either the Republic of Separatists began conscription, the other side would follow suit, which might give the Jedi a moral quandary. Palps wanted the Jedi to be complacent, to willingly go out onto those battlefields where they'd be easy fodder for the clones.
There is the possiblity of fighting droids with droids resulting both of the armies revolting against there organic masters and this conflict designed for one purpose palpatine having as much as controll over all sides and ( this is not a possiblity if both sides army starts a revolt) maximum amount of destruction in order to convince people that the empire will be necceasry for the future
"Amongst many, the Grand Army of the Republic was the most efficient fighting force in the Star Wars galaxy." I think fans would also say the same thing. Even compared to later militaries. The Republic's still ranks one of the best.
The Grand Army Of The Republic is Most Definitely, without an Abso-fraking-lute doubt, my Most Absolute favorite Faction in the Star Wars Universe of All Time!!!!!!!!!!
Can we take a moment to acknowledge how totally original star wars is as a whole A bunch of Buddhist space wizards fight Neitizchian Ubermensches over the fate of the galaxy. A war between clones and mass produced droids, one being lead by an Asmatic cyborg with four arms
The “idea” of the jedi isn’t bad, a fully independent group of peacekeepers answerable to the government controlled through money or other ways. A independent group who’s goal is to help keep the peace yet remain relatively independent and not part of the government’s military.
The whole point is that the Jedi are independent and aren't answerable to anyone. They failed because the Republic grew too reliant on them, which in turn politicised the Jedi Council and diminished their spirituality, leaving them vulnerable to the Sith. The Republic's dependence on the Jedi similarly weakened the Republic, as they became corrupt and complacent, unwilling to solve their own problems.
Those Remotes were created to help the trainees learn to better protect themselves. They weren't set to cause injury or death. It's like when people train using a sword, they first use wooden swords with no edges. The worst they'll get is a bruise or a smashed nerve, but nothing lethal. People need to stop demonizing the Jedi, just because they don't agree with their philosophy or beliefs.
I cannot, for the life of me, believe that the Grand Army of the Republic (clone troopers) consists of a only a couple of million soldiers. There's simply no way that kind of number could sustain a massive galactic war, especially against droids that number in the quadrillions.
Well in Legends they explained this by stating that the Clones were only at key Fronts and only the first Line, with planetary defense forces of Republic member Worlds, placed under central Government command for the duration of the war, along with other militias mostly serving in secondary theatres and behind the Front lines.
As a Jedi it was not our purview to lead troops into battle, for the mere fact that battle was occuring was indicative of a failing on our part as peacekeepers, yet it was still an honour to fight alongside such fine men as our clone army.
🤔 . . . Suggestion: _Magical Girl Spec-Ops_ Reason: just a starting point of a discussion about Progression, especially in regards to technologies & subsequent military applications… Also: just because the Progression in question isn’t mechanical, doesn’t mean its still not Progress of any sort…
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Dude I got a big idea The next video you should do hits on the stars universe it should be about the Imperial army Or the military again And it's history When the bad batch releases the final episodes when we get to the end of season 2 you should do a video on but the Imperial military looks like now In the 2nd year of its reign the galactic Empire's reign Is I haven't noticed that much changed by the Imperial government or you know military That's season 2 episode 7 and 8 might resolve that buty showing us the final actions of the clone stormtrooper Retirement If I know time that we see clones Finding among the Time the clone storm troopers fight alongside TK stone troopers before they were tired or told to Retire
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"They were expert diplomats and negotiators"
*Ah yes, the negotiator*
You were right about one thing, Master. The negotiations were short.
or
aggressive negotiations.
Republic is good at Negotiating for example when they negotiated the sith into almost dying out (we all know who strikes first and it wasn't the sith who at the time was only a small tribe who defended fallen Jedi who teach them how to use the force.)
@@jare3459I think the empires Negotiating Alderran to not exist anymore was far more impressive
General Kenobi
@@jare3459 Speaking about old lore that may/may not be canon. Still, the main gist of the Star Wars story as a whole is that the Sith represent evil and the Jedi represent good. In any given story, 99 percent of all good-vs-evil is expected to end with evil losing and good standing triumphant.
Evil, nor Villainy or Villains are EVER meant to be seen as people of virtue or to be recognized as something positive. No matter the circumstances that lead to their creation, Evil doers and Villains are ALWAYS meant to be vilified and never celebrated.
Today's generations have somehow lost this very critical fact, when it comes to story telling. It's high time people started listening to the hard fact, and change this line of thinking.
Magnificent aren’t they
FOR THE REPUBLIC!
I like the way they said that
Pure unadulterated badass
Who would have known that the Grand army of the Republic would later become future Stormtroopers of the Galactic Empire lead by Palpatine and Darth Vader all the while the Jedi were unaware of it until it was too late.
Indeed. No army will ever match the quality and excellent performance of the clone troopers of the Republic.
As much as I love the old republic Era, the Grand Army of the clone wars Era is my favorite faction in star wars
The red sequel stormtroopers is the best iteration- said Noone ever
For the Republic!
Obi Wan: "You see that bounty hunter up there standing next to Count Dooku?"
Mace Windu: "Yeah"
Obi Wan: "Well the clones are founded on his DNA. So we probably shouldn't trust them"
Mace Windu: "Understood"
Funny, isn’t it?
I wonder how the jedi would lead and interact with the clones if they thought that way? (If they lead them at all.)
For all he knew, an entirely separate job, though
Ironic.
Which is why the Sith must have had far more control over the minds of the Jedi council than most understood. Why the Jedi didn't question troops with NO Force awareness was their greatest blunder.
"An army of one man, but the right man for the job."
-- Clone trooper rallying call
KDY Higher Up: “Okay, so you’re gonna go to this outer rim world called Rothana, and start up a massive industrial site to make the greatest ground war machines ever seen, and the republic will buy it in droves in about a decade.”
Underling: “Won’t the republic question where they came from and why we had them?”
Higher Up: “You’d think.”
Palpatine played his hand well. He had the Jedi/Republic in check. Any move they made would've just been countered with another check until checkmate. Game was over before he even purchased the Clone Army 🤷🏽♂
@@ICU1337 more like "the story was extremely trashy and makes no sense at all" yeah sure no one is gonna notice that every fleet yard and weapons company is just mass producing and stockpiling equipment for a decade ahead of time
That would be lile Raytheon saying "hey guys we are gonna build 50k cruise missiles and keep them in our warehouse for no reason whatsoever" yeah no one would believe that BS
Makes even less sense when you put it on a galactic scale, the only reason Palpatine plan even worked is because every character in star wars has the mental capacity of a 3 year old with down syndrome
Also the clone army makes no sense, never understood why they went that route "yeah let's raise an army that realistically couldn't fight for more than a six month period before taking irreversible losses" they would have to create a new batch of 500k clones every month to keep a steady and reliable supply ten years down the line (also there are less than 1.5 million clones in total at the beginning of the war, thats comparable to North Koreas entire front line force and they expect us to believe 1.5 million soldiers spread across an entire galaxy is gonna stop an endless drone army? Yeah makes zero sense)
By wars end they state that 3 million clones were made, so cool, we have a galactic wide force that is equal in size to a superpower on earth
So its nice to know that the United militaries of earth would be able to conquer the entire Star Wars galaxy
Like seriously how are we expected to believe Palpatine is this big braniac when he made a force comparable to a 3rd world country, and expected it to fight a force thats stated to have had "trillions" of droids that alone shows how little sense the overall story of star wars is (and the GAR is comparable to a 3rd world country, they have zero working body armor, in fact OUR body armor would probably be more effective than anything starwars has, starwars a universe where a super elite, heavily armored soldier, can be killed by having a rock thrown at his chest)
@@nicholasbrown668the clones were just the primary military force, there were plenty of volunteer and militia units. Military police and other such.
While the droid army actually HAD a problem of having so many units. It is hard to logistically supply and deploy that many units. Let alone actually amassing too many in one spot makes them harder to manuver because they get in eachother's way and become a very juicy target for artillery and aerial bombardment.
As for the companies stockpiling things. The issue with the trade federation's growing power and unrest among the worlds that would eventually become the CIS were well known by political elite but corruption and general filibustering in the senate prevented the aversion of a lot of what ended up happening. They knew that with the invasion of Naboo many systems would start building up their own local security forces as a response. Just in case.
"Another Glorious day in the Grand Army of The Republic"
"Another glorious day in the legions of The Roman Republic"
FOR THE REPUBLIC!!
Every meal a banquet! Every formation a parade!
"Think of it. A Grand Army of the Republic. A show of strength and power like the galaxy has never seen. All stemming from you. How many men can claim such a legacy?" - Dooku to Jango Fett
"I love demorcacy. I love the Republic. The Power you give me I will lay down when this crisis has abated and as my first act with this authority I will create a Grand Army of the Republic to counter the increasing threats of the separatists."
-Chancellor Palpatine
The secret of being a successful liar is to tell your mark the lies that they most want to hear and desperately want to believe.
3 years later: "I AM the Senate!"
Yes... Yess my friend.
"Typical politician. Big promises, but all talk."
Jedi Commander Ahsoka: "So if you're a captain, and I'm a Jedi, then technically I outrank you, right?"
GAR Captain Rex: "In my book, *experience* outranks everything."
Based
The rise and fall of the Grand Army of the Republic and the clones is tragic. Originally created to be nameless drones to fight a war they had no say in, from its flames they forged their own personalities and individuality. Only for most of them to lose it all again. But even from that tragedy a lucky were able to help in restoring the republic they fought to defend.
_Kote! Darasuum Kote! Vode an. Vode an._
The last few lines... I can hear the theme song when i read them
Shit got worse in bad batch
“What I need is to be a soldier”
-clone during the individual
“Why don’t we have a seat in the senate? We’re part of this galaxy to”
-omega
I know some people may not like the bad batch but it’s one of my personal favorite series.
Then again I’m just bias to anything related to clones.
Your clones are very impressive you must be very proud
I’m just a simple man making his way through the universe
@@theskullboy8700 Said by a bounty hunter who has an endless numbers of himself
They'll do their job well.
They impressed the Jedi so much, that they could finally lay down their lightsabers, and move on to a higher spiritually based existence.
I just realized what the Republic logo symbolizes.
The center circle is Coruscant and the core worlds, and the lines extending out are its influence going all the way out to the rims of the galaxy.
God, the "For the Republic" always gets to me.
Easily one of the greatest armies ever assembled in Fiction, in one of the greatest stories ever told. The Clone Wars and Order 66 are goddamn masterpieces in execution
Hope one day we will get more series focusing on the clones more then the jedi during and after order 66. Like the short stories "tales of a jedi" but focusing on the everyday clone instead or even delta squad, name it tales of the clone wars or something like that
Don't know if you have watched s2 of bad batch but without spoiling enything they did show us a little from the empires perspective and that was one of the best episodes so far.
@@yollmanontherun9074I bet you would love the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Seriously it's a good show
@@antarescitizen haha i have seen that one and yeah its still after all these years one of the best Star Wars out there.
But i mean MOOORE about the clones, in the clone wars it often Shift focus on the jedi or politics. I guess im asking for more like the umbara arc 🤔
Imperium of Man
order 66 a masterpiece in execution huh? interesting choice of words there lmao
The experience the Clone soldiers of the Grand Army of the Republic shared forged them into perhaps the greatest fighting force in the Star Wars saga.
"In my book, experience outranks everything" - CT-7567; Captain Rex
"And as my first act with this new authority, I will create a grand army of the Republic"
From the beginning, the clones fought for something worth believing...
In the end, however, they all died for nothing...
Not all. While created to serve Palpatine's interests, the individualism the Jedi fostered (and, in some cases, carefully supported by Kaminoans) led to clones that not only didn't join the Empire, but fought for the ideals of the Republic they were created to serve.
Just like American troops.
@@kippgoeden hey, you're giving USian troops way too much credit. They didn't even fight for something worth believing in.
As nice as clones were, they didn't really fight for something worth fighting for. The Republic was highly corrupt and the Confederacy had many legitimate grievances against it. Had Lucas not put in the leaders of the CIS as literal cartoon villains, the CIS would be the good guys.
@@boobah5643 not really, considering they were a key to start the new Order, the moment the Clones attacked Geonoisis, they were already serving the future Empire and aiding in it's creation.
You can always count on The Templin Institute to end a video whether on an epic or mundane subject, with an rousing and passionate summation that evokes deepseated and nostalgic memories, of the entertainment and worlds we all hold so dear.
3:33 *Sifo Dyas didn't die,* he escaped and made his way to Earth, where he changed his name to Alan and started a TH-cam channel called _Generation Tech._
And his experience with the Kaminoans is why he is so suspicious of dolphins.
Just look at the picture - they're the same person.
oh
The last few lines there with the video gave me goose bumps.
"Those who rejected the idea that good soldires follow orders"
That line with a depressed Crosshare is pure gold!
Not only my favorite fictional military, but also one of my favorite stories in all of science fiction. Everything from the clones themselves, the armor they wear and the weapons they use, to the vehicles and starships they operate, and the organizational structure and specialized units which rose out of it. It's just fascinating to me, the amount of detail there is in fleshing it out.
Then there's their story, one of the greatest tragedies in the Star Wars universe, one of the saddest tales ever told. An entire army of soldiers who had barely any choice but to fight, who found things to fight for in each other, their commanders, and the Republic itself, and who were ultimately used as pawns in a much larger scheme which tore them apart and forced them to destroy all they held dear. Those who didn't follow were hunted down, or went insane, or simply hated everything they had become until they inevitably died one way or another.
Ironic that Sifo Diyas' obsession with creating an army to save the Jedi would lead to the creation of an army that would destroy the Jedi.
The Grand Army of the Republic. Both the Republic's defender, and greatest adversary. The Greatest army the Republic ever fielded since before the battle of Ruusan, but also was the force that led to it's downfall. A very beautiful irony the Grand Army of the Republic was.
LAAT/I and the AT-TE are some of the most beautiful and useful vehicles in science fiction.
Yes, in my opinion the "Republic Gunship" is one of the most adaptable and capable aircraft I have seen in any sci fi. And given that it is seen operating so effectively, it surprises me that the empire neither kept the gunship nor made wide use of any similar vehicle.
You should do one for the Frieza Forces. These are great.
FOR THE REPUBLIC!!!!
Agreed brother, FOR THE REPUBLIC!
For the Republic
FOR THE REPUBLIC!!
For the republic!
For the republic!
A thing that I've always wanted to know: How they convinced the Kaminoans to make an entire army with only the words of Dokan an Dyas. Like, and the payment? They gave in advance or was something like "you guys can pay us in 30 years"
Well like he said in the video Dooku and Dyas portrayed themselves as members of the Jedi Council and representatives of the Republic. The Jedi were seen as very highly regarded figures in the Republic, and technically both of them were former members of the Jedi Council, so it would’ve been a very believable lie. Also Dooku probably paid for it himself, Dooku was incredibly rich thanks to his status as Count of Serrano, and later funded large parts of the Droid Army, so he could’ve also paid for the initial batch of clones. Even if he couldn’t since he was doing this for Sidious, Palpatine probably would’ve had a way to pay for the Clones with his influence.
@@cinnabarmanx4214 I see, although I still find such a big project being presented by only two republic representatives/diplomats, Jedi or not, hardly believable. Not that it didn't happen of course, it's just realistically I would be very suspicious if I was Kaminoan lmao
@@neves5083 I mean I don’t think the Kaminoans really cared lol. They only cared about being paid and they had no problem when they found out Dooku and Sidious were Sith, continuing to work with them, so I don’t think they particularly cared much.
@@cinnabarmanx4214 Yeah that's true lmao
Well there was darth plegeous the old master of darth sidious he was the one wgo planned this deal with the kaminoans and he was also happened to be leader of the intergalactic banking clan so it was very easy to prepare the payment
13:25 I would love to see how other clone regiments and squads customized their armor according to the commanders. I had never seen the Ahsoka themed paint before.
They are the 332nd, they split from the 501st to become a new legion that fought only 1 battle before the war ended.
Kinda a wished they actually got to have a full set of armor and not a modified version of the 501st with a rushed helmet paint.
As far as I know they are the only ones that actually have armor based on their Jedi commander with the 41st
You can see them in the last season of clone wars. The season produced directly for Disney+
Never forget the battle Cry... *WATCH THOSE WRIST ROCKETS!*
Excellent army for science fiction! The GAR is my favorite Star Wars army!
I was hoping for Commander thorn to show up at the end going down yelling “FOR THE REPUBLIC!”
No this we talk about the GAR not the galactic Republic as i already been made
I gotta say, this is the best narration and writing on a templin institute video I’ve seen yet! Thanks for all yall do!
It’s inspiring to imagine that the spark of hope and the flames of rebellion that created the Rebel Alliance was the final gift of the GAR, given by a few good troopers who before, during and after Order 66 were brave enough to ask themselves what really made them good soldiers.
The GAR is probably my favorite Sci Fi army
The production value of your channel is astounding! You're absolutely killing it with the editing!
The GAR was and still is one of, if not the mightiest army ever portrayed in Fiction. Furthermore the story of how the army came to be, it's rise and fall is a fantastic story of hope and tragedy within the Star Wars universe.
Great video as always.
Yet another amazing Star Wars video!
Great work as always Templin Institute!
the clone army suffered staggering losses because some of their Jedi officers had no business commanding soldiers on the battlefield
Well done! Brought a tear to my eye!
"For The Republic" - Some guy who looked allot like deceased bounty hunter Jango Fett
"Just like the simulations." - Clones after winning a battle.
This is nothing like the simulations! People are dying and there's a four armed lightsaber wielding cyborg with tuberculosis on the loose!
@@krissynull Don't know what you mean, trooper. All in the sims
An army of one man. But the right man for the job
This is not just an analysis of the Clone Army; this is a love letter, one that ends with the immortal battle cry:
For the Republic!
Captain/Commander Rex: "Well, I've known no other way. Gives us clones all a mixed feeling about the war. Many people wish it never happened. But without it, we clones...wouldn't exist."
Ashoka: "The Republic couldn't have asked for better soldiers, nor I a better friend."
One of my 'what if...?' scenarios is to ponder the question: What if a Galactic Empire-scale war machine was created for the purpose of good and justice rather than tyranny and destruction.
I think that this is why I liked the GTU so much: It comes close to addressing this question. Although decidedly fascist in nature, push comes to shove, the Union refused to tolerate the oppression of the weak (perhaps as a cultural memory about how the humans were almost destroyed before first leaving their home system by what could best be described as interstellar vandals). A Galactic Republic following the failure of Palpatine's seizure of power would be similar to this, in my view.
Only problem is that the Republic was corrupt long before Palpatine came and stoked the fire.
The Republic and the Jedi were already doomed long before the Clone Wars. The Republic had become a bloated morass of corruption and weakness. Giving it the clone army wouldn't have changed that, and might even have made things worse. The Jedi weren't any better. They had become politicised, short-sighted and self-interested, caring more about politics than the Force. Hell, the Jedi Council was on the verge of staging a coup d'etat when they thought that Palpatine was just an ordinary politician, then Mace Windu flat out tried to execute the guy in cold blood.
The whole point of the prequels is that both the Republic and the Jedi needed to be torn down. It was the will of the Force that the Sith would win so that, eventually, something better would rise instead: the New Republic and Luke's new generation of Jedi.
And no, I'm not counting the sequels.
It cannot be denied, that the Clone Army was the best military force in the galaxy
Indeed Had the Empire had Clones on Endor the Rebels would've been screwed.
But, funny how in that bad Empire didn't have clones but the Rebels did. *Captain Rex"
@@Starfleet8555 the clones would be wiped out by the north korean military lmao, they weren't amazing, they were plot armored to high hell
How are we expected to believe that less than 1.2 million clones defeated the "tens of millions" of droids on geonosis? Oh wait we don't see them actually do that, the whole scene is just "yeah we showed up and now everyone is running"
Or how a total force of 3 million clones was expected to police an entire galaxy, and fight a war across a galactic wide front against an army of droids numbering in "the trillions" while also manning a galactic navy numbering thousands of warships
it makes zero sense outside of plot armor and shitty writing
@@nicholasbrown668
The amount of clones that die across TCW is not an indicator they have plot armor. Plot armor is when an entire imperial fleet led by Grand Admiral Thrawn is defeated by a few fighters led by some random green Twilek
As seen in the battle of Geonosis, there were about 200,000 Clones deployed. If they had 20 kills each they could kill 4 million droids.
The CIS objective at Geonosis was to escape with the majority of their army which they did. The battle itself was a holding action to keep the republic forces at bay. LAATs, SPHAs, etc had destroyed numerous transports and even a core ship destroying hundreds of thousands or millions of droids.
The tactical failure is when the republic fleet on Geonosis failed to destroy the rest of the core ships.
The numbers of Clones vary wildly, between sources. But every clone was put to the best use as they could. Clone troopers saw a lot of action compared to rea soldiers, when they weren’t in action they were rotated as matinence crew, mechanics, etc.
Clone troopers rarely policed the planets they were on. That was left to the PDF forces of each world. Ryloth, Pantora, Naboo, Eriadu, Mandalore, etc all had PDFs to police their populations. Core worlds also had their own PDF to police their worlds. But they couldn’t survive against a CIS invasion, that wasn’t their job.
The droid army would’ve been much smaller on the battlefield than on paper. Not only did the Republic destroy the most major droid production facility earlier in the war, Geonosis. The republic had a similar sized navy to the CIS. Remember there were many massive ship building worlds like Kuat, Coruscant, Fondor, Anaxes, Etc. Venators we’re more high quality and the CIS generally outnumbered the GAR, but it was much closer than infantry numbers. The CIS also had similar large worlds, but they weren’t as developed as the core.
Every republic naval victory could result in hundreds of thousands of destroyed droids. And as most crucial battlegrounds during the clone wars rarely had the infrastructure for massive droid armies the number of units is limited. Droids will run out of power relatively soon due to their cheap cost and can’t camp out like Clone Troopers.
And if you still don’t believe me, many resort to the argument “it was just Palpatine’s plans” which is bullshit since Grevious didn’t really know about it. Did Count Dolly just deny him a massive portion of the army just for a “I need it for something else” or a bad excuse.
And for now, these clones are now the “we happy few, a band of brothers”
I have to say I enjoyed this very much!
Suggestions for future factions:
1. The Mavericks (Mega Man)
2. Hunter's Guild (Monster Hunter)
3. Faro Corporation (Horizon)
4. The Ferengi (Star Trek)
5. Confederacy of Independent Systems (Star Wars)
6. Allied Nations (Command & Conquer)
7. Organization XIII (Kingdom Hearts)
8. The Scrin (Command & Conquer)
9. The Dominion (Star Trek)
10. Trade Federation (Star Wars)
Yes the faro swarm must be covered
For the maverick rebellion
Didnt Templin already cover the Faro swarm in the past?
@@maxcarrasco260 They only covered the Carja AFAIK, so no.
@@somerandomdude7785 i was thinking of Ekartladder. Thought this channel already covered the Zero Dawn lore
There was a rebellion by the Kaminoans in the early days of the Galactic Empire which pitted Clone troopers against Imperial stormtroopers, as documented in Star Wars Battlefront II. That battle I recalled marked the point the Empire began transitioning from clones to conscripts/recruits.
Thats not canon
@@CRYSTAL_CUSTOMS Oh.
“Officially, there never was a clone rebellion on Kamino. Unofficially, approximately 20 years after we were created, a detachment of the Imperial 501st was dispatched to Kamino to eradicate an army of clones that had been bred to take arms against the Empire. Our mission commander was a young bounty hunter named Boba Fett.”
Commander Thorn will be forever be remembered as one of the finest coruscant guard that fought with absolute admiration to the Republic he serve. he screamed *FOR THE REPUBLIC!* as his men were gunned downed. Fear men that do not buckle in the face of overwhelming odds because best believe that they will overcome those odds in victory or in death, defeat was never an option.
Wow, I love the visuals, narratives and dramatic music on this channel
WATCH THOSE WRIST ROCKETS!
Definitely one of your better episodes
Clones: FOR THE REPUBLIC!!!
"Good soldiers follow orders."
Good soldiers follow orders.
Good Soldiers Follow Orders
Good soldiers follow orders
Good soldiers follow orders.
Regardless of its downfall all of the virtues of the clone army can be traslated into one sentence:
*FOR THE REPUBLIC!!!*
I do adore there ship aspect. The Venator in particular. :)
Your clones are very good you must be impressed.
Bro I love this video. Well done!
""For the republic!!!""
Another glorious day in the Grand Army of the Republic
“For the Republic” is still one of my favorite battlecries. Right up there with “Roger Roger”
Another templin institute banger (I havent even got past the intro)
How to tell others how old you are, without telling them how old you are:
“Watch those wrist rockets!”
“ARC Troopers, deploy!”
“Shoot it down!!! Shoot it down!!!” *laser daka*
“Was it red, red, green, or red, green, red?” “And he’s the explosives expert?!?”
“Stand back troopers!”
"Getting acquainted with the locals, eh Sev?"
The fate of the clones is tragic. They are not citizens, they are sentient beings bred for a war that was planned from the beginning.
The fact that they exist just to fight and die, suffering terribly, because a single man uses his political manipulations to achieve power is beyond disturbing.
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.
A more elegant weapon for a civilised age, eh? Guess what, times have changed!
-Boss, Delta Squad.
I grew up watching the Clone Wars. In fact, it was what first introduced me to the Star Wars universe. I love the Clone Wars series and its characters, especially the clones
For the Republic!
I wonder if there is any explanation beyond "Palpi controlled both sides and wanted them to be easily distinct" as to why neither Republic, nor CIS( both of whom have some independent members) didn't enact conscription. We don't hear about standing armies of member states either. Mercenaries on both sides have barely any coverage. Not to mention there is no mentions of droid armies of the Republic
Yes, Republic didn't forget how to build droids. It still used billions if not trillions of them in all sectors from bureacracy to entertainment. Once CIS members left the market, other members would have taken their niche and proposed weaponized versions of their civilian models. Think of Mister Gutsy in Fallout which was based on widespread household/construction model. Or basic CIS B1, which by all accounts started out as redesign of logistical/protocol droid.
Palpatine's plans revolved around being granted more and more power by the Senate in order to end the war. And grieving families would apply a lot of pressure to end the war "prematurely". Thus the decision was made to have the majority of fighting be done by "disposable" armies with no families.
The CIS worlds were mostly sparsely populated, with their real strength coming from industrial output, not manpower, so using droids made sense for them. As for the republic, I think that Palpatine wanted to avoid doing anything that would make the citizens and the jedi more skeptical about the war, and conscripting citizens would definitely do that. The use of the clone army let him amass the huge military that he wanted without causing the kind of discontent that massive conscription would create.
I also personally theorize that part of the reason Palpatine wanted the CIS to use droids is because the jedi would be a lot less reluctant to become soldiers if their enemies were droids. If fighting the confederacy meant slaughtering organics en masse, the jedi would have opposed it, but because it was droids, they didn't have as many moral qualms about getting involved.
I think its pretty easy to explain. Palpatine wanted for the Republican citizens in the core worlds to have a common enemy to rally behind and blame for the problems of the Republic, as is common in fascist regimes. He used already existent distrust towards droids aswell as xenophobia. It wouldnt fit within a anti-droid narrative to have droids fighting on the side of the "good guys" and muddle the picture.
As for the Seperatists: He may have wanted to have citizens in the Outer Rim believe they were more humane by using droids, machines with limited sentience and intelligence and not literal clones who were trained for birth and predisposed to a short life.
The entire war was crafted to suck the Jedi into a trap. That's why their 'enemies' were soulless droids, whom they could slaughter with a clear conscience and not question the circumstances. If either the Republic of Separatists began conscription, the other side would follow suit, which might give the Jedi a moral quandary. Palps wanted the Jedi to be complacent, to willingly go out onto those battlefields where they'd be easy fodder for the clones.
There is the possiblity of fighting droids with droids resulting both of the armies revolting against there organic masters and this conflict designed for one purpose palpatine having as much as controll over all sides and ( this is not a possiblity if both sides army starts a revolt) maximum amount of destruction in order to convince people that the empire will be necceasry for the future
"Amongst many, the Grand Army of the Republic was the most efficient fighting force in the Star Wars galaxy."
I think fans would also say the same thing. Even compared to later militaries. The Republic's still ranks one of the best.
This is so good. Very well said about everything in depth. Wow👍🏻
These videos are always so we’ll done.its unfathomable that this channel dosent yet have 1m subscribers! 😮
The Grand Army Of The Republic is Most Definitely, without an Abso-fraking-lute doubt, my Most Absolute favorite Faction in the Star Wars Universe of All Time!!!!!!!!!!
Good work by great workers
FOR THE REPUBLIC
The History of the Clone Army - Narrated by Crosshair
Magnificent video! And now make one for the OG (and little misguided) rebels, the Confederacy of independent systems XD
Dang, how do I always have chills after these videos
Can we take a moment to acknowledge how totally original star wars is as a whole
A bunch of Buddhist space wizards fight Neitizchian Ubermensches over the fate of the galaxy. A war between clones and mass produced droids, one being lead by an Asmatic cyborg with four arms
The “idea” of the jedi isn’t bad, a fully independent group of peacekeepers answerable to the government controlled through money or other ways.
A independent group who’s goal is to help keep the peace yet remain relatively independent and not part of the government’s military.
The whole point is that the Jedi are independent and aren't answerable to anyone. They failed because the Republic grew too reliant on them, which in turn politicised the Jedi Council and diminished their spirituality, leaving them vulnerable to the Sith. The Republic's dependence on the Jedi similarly weakened the Republic, as they became corrupt and complacent, unwilling to solve their own problems.
Awesome video, will you be making one for the Droid army?
Please cover the Butlerian jihad
I absolutely love this nerd’s narrator voice it makes the videos 100% better
Palpatine played the greatest long game in fiction. It is a shame how many good clones had to perish for it
Jedis- we are the good guys
Also Jedis- lets shot small lasers at kids for training👍
Peaceful lasers of course
Those Remotes were created to help the trainees learn to better protect themselves. They weren't set to cause injury or death. It's like when people train using a sword, they first use wooden swords with no edges. The worst they'll get is a bruise or a smashed nerve, but nothing lethal.
People need to stop demonizing the Jedi, just because they don't agree with their philosophy or beliefs.
@@SSobotkaJr Palpatine propaganda is that good, it even works in the real world
FOR THE REPUBLIC!
8:28 : bottom left corner of the screen, clone pops off
16:32 where is that footage, that old clone with long hair and beard. I cant recall where i know that image from. Thx
Looks like the Kenobi TV show, would make sense with the timeline
@@user-xsn5ozskwg Riiiight, thats it. Thank you.
The video definitely took a philosophilical turn
“Who wants to be an Arc Trooper?!”
Fingers crossed for a Templin playthrough of Empire at War Expanded: Fall of the Republic
Don't need to cross your fingers, just head over to the Templin Archives. We streamed a campaign last year.
I cannot, for the life of me, believe that the Grand Army of the Republic (clone troopers) consists of a only a couple of million soldiers. There's simply no way that kind of number could sustain a massive galactic war, especially against droids that number in the quadrillions.
Not to mention, Clone casualty rates are obscenely high.
Well in Legends they explained this by stating that the Clones were only at key Fronts and only the first Line, with planetary defense forces of Republic member Worlds, placed under central Government command for the duration of the war, along with other militias mostly serving in secondary theatres and behind the Front lines.
As a Jedi it was not our purview to lead troops into battle, for the mere fact that battle was occuring was indicative of a failing on our part as peacekeepers, yet it was still an honour to fight alongside such fine men as our clone army.
🤔 . . . Suggestion: _Magical Girl Spec-Ops_
Reason: just a starting point of a discussion about Progression, especially in regards to technologies & subsequent military applications…
Also: just because the Progression in question isn’t mechanical, doesn’t mean its still not Progress of any sort…
"You are a clone. I've heard your voice thousands of times."
"Mine might be the last one you hear."
"FOR THE REPUBLIC!!!" The only battle cry I'd willing follow!