224th

224th

General information
Notable members	Mud-Jumpers^[1]
Other information
Era(s)	Rise of the Empire era^[2]
Affiliation	Galactic Republic^[1] Grand Army of the Republic^[1]

"This next one goes out to the Mud-Jumpers of the 224th, slugging it out on Mimban. Keep your heads down and your seals tight, boys."

―The host of the Grand Army of the Republic broadcast —

The 224th was a unit of clone troopers that served in the Grand Army of the Republic at the beginning of the Clone Wars. Among their ranks was a squad of troopers known as the Mud-Jumpers. Around 21 BBY, the 224th was involved in a battle on planet Mimban alongside the 44th Special Operations Division and its Devil Dogs squad.

HistoryEdit

Around the year 21 BBY,^[2] during the onset of the Clone Wars, the 224th was deployed to the planet Mimban to fight for the Galactic Republic.^[1] They fought alongside the 44th Special Operations Division, another unit of the Republic's clone trooper army led by a Captain Sharp, and its squad of Devil Dogs.^[3] During the battle, the Mud-Jumpers of the 224th received a shout-out from the robotic host of a musical program on the Grand Army of the Republic broadcast HoloNet channel. The shout-out, dedicating the following song to the group, was heard by other clone troopers^[1]—"Echo," "Hevy," "Fives,"^[4] "Nub," "Droidbait,"^[5] and "Cutup"—stationed at a listening post on the moon of planet Rishi.^[1]

The 224th were first mentioned in "Rookies," the fifth episode of the first season of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series. The battle they took part in on Mimban was later mentioned in the seventh issue of the show's associated comic book serial, Part 1 of the In Service to the Republic arc.