Clone Troopers

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Clone Troopers are soldiers of the Grand Army of the Republic in the Star Wars science fiction franchise created by George Lucas. Featured in Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002), Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005), The Clone Wars (2008) animated film, the related television series of the same name, and the Rebels television series, as well as the comics, novels, and video games of the Star Wars Legends expanded universe.

Clone Troopers are genetically modified humans cloned from bounty hunter Jango Fett. Under the command of the Jedi Order, Clone Troopers fight for the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars, which takes its name from the Troopers. At the end of the Wars, they are forced by a surgically implanted inhibitor chip to carry out Order 66 and slaughter the Jedi. After the conversion of the Republic into the Galactic Empire, Clone Troopers become known as the Stormtroopers and are eventually phased out in favor of ordinary recruits and conscripts.

During development of The Empire Strikes Back, Lucas initially conceived of a planet of clones that caused the Clone Wars mentioned in A New Hope. The Clone Trooper armor was designed to suggest an evolution into the Stormtroopers of the original trilogy, and it incorporated features from both the armor of Stormtroopers and Boba Fett, revealed in Attack of the Clones to be an unaltered clone of Jango. The armored Troopers in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith are computer-generated images voiced by Temuera Morrison, who played Jango. Younger clones were played by Bodie Taylor and Daniel Logan, who played the younger Boba. Unhelmeted clones were played by both Morrison and Taylor, who wore bodysuits to isolate their heads, and some Clone Troopers featured a blend of the actors' features. In the animated The Clone Wars film and television series, adult Clone Troopers are voiced by Dee Bradley Baker and child Clone Troopers are voiced by Logan.