Grand Army of the Republic

Grand Army of the Republic
General information
Founder(s)	Darth Plagueis Sifo-Dyas Darth Sidious Darth Tyranus Jango Fett Lama Su
Leader(s)	Supreme Chancellor Palpatine
Headquarters	Coruscant Kamino
Historical information
Date founded	32 BBY
Date reorganized	19 BBY (as the Stormtrooper Corps and Imperial Army)
Other information
Affiliation	Galactic Republic

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"An army of one man, but the right man for the job."

―Clone trooper rallying call

The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), also known as the Grand Army and the Clone Army, was a major branch of the Galactic Republic Military composed entirely of clone troopers, an army of elite soldiers created from the genetically altered template of the Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett. Bred in secret within the cloning facilities of the planet Kamino, the Grand Army was officially formed by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine at the behest of the Galactic Senate in response to the Separatist Crisis which threatened to divide the galaxy between the Republic and the newly born Confederacy of Independent Systems. The members of the Jedi Order were commissioned as high-ranking commanders and generals in the Grand Army, second in authority only to Chancellor Palpatine, who held the rank of Supreme Commander. Under the leadership of their Jedi officers, the Grand Army engaged the Separatist Droid Army on many worlds during the Clone Wars, suffering heavy casualties for three years while restoring Republic sovereignty to numerous rebellious areas throughout the galaxy.

By the year 19 BBY, the Clone Wars were nearly over and the Republic was on the verge of a decisive victory. In the midst of the final battles, particularly in the Outer Rim Campaign, Chancellor Palpatine issued Order 66, an executive command calling on all clone troopers to neutralize their Jedi officers with lethal force in the event of a Jedi insurrection. The vast majority of clones, genetically engineered for loyalty and conditioned to obey all orders without question or debate, turned their weapons on the Jedi and promptly gunned them down. On Coruscant, the newly-anointed Sith Lord Darth Vader led the 501st Legion in an attack on the Jedi Temple, killing nearly all of its inhabitants within mere days before the Chancellor's Declaration of a New Order. Immediately following the Republic's transition into the first Galactic Empire, the Grand Army of the Republic was reorganized into the Stormtrooper Corps; its remaining clone soldiers composing the ranks of the reformed branch in addition to the millions of new clones engineered by Spaarti technology. Under the reign of Emperor Palpatine, the Imperial stormtroopers became a symbol of the New Order, most notably due to their unwavering loyalty to the Emperor.

At the end of the Clone Wars, it was discovered that Palpatine was secretly Darth Sidious, a Dark Lord of the Sith who belonged to an order dedicated to the fall of the Republic and the destruction of the Jedi. As Palpatine and Sidious, the Dark Lord controlled both sides of the civil war and used the Grand Army as an instrument to restore Sith rule to the galaxy while simultaneously purging it of the Jedi Knights. As a result, the Grand Army of the Republic was remembered as a key factor in the Sith plot that brought about the era of the Dark Times and the subsequent Galactic Civil War between the Empire and the Alliance to Restore the Republic.

History

"As my first act with this new authority, I will create a Grand Army of the Republic to counter the increasing threats of the Separatists."

―Supreme Chancellor Palpatine

A Kaminoan patch that signified involvement in the secret Republic cloning project.

At the beginning of the Palpatine administration (32 BBY), the Republic had no standing armed forces, though the debate about the reinstatement of an army and navy had been ongoing for decades. The only military forces were the Jedi, which kept peace for generations. The Jedi were no army though. At one time, the Republic's military forces were considerable, but in the wake of the New Sith Wars (1000 BBY), a gradual process of down scaling began, in favor of increased support from the Jedi Order.

More and more often, the Jedi were called upon to act as negotiators. But as crises piled upon each other, some within the Order began to sense a coming darkness, which their numbers alone would not be sufficient to fight. The creation of a clone army was secretly ordered by Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas without the knowledge or approval of his comrades, in response to the growing shadow in the Force. Sifo-Dyas had been manipulated into placing the order by Sith Lord Darth Plagueis, in his guise as Hego Damask, who used his own wealth and that of the Banking Clan to fund the army. Plagueis believed the Kaminoans would only accept the order if it came from a Jedi due to the Kaminoans' interest in them.

The GAR's first engagement would be at the Battle of Geonosis, where it successfully routed an unsuspecting droid army. However, this merely started off the much larger Clone Wars, in which the army took heavy losses.

However, some Jedi such as Bardan Jusik felt that the Jedi Order was actually using it as a slave army, since the clones were not allowed any leave or rest, and had to fight continuously. This eventually led to Jusik leaving the Jedi Order, disgusted by its actions in allowing the Republic to use an army in such a manner.

Though the clone troopers fought under the Jedi for most of the Clone Wars, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine wrested executive control over the army from the Jedi late in the war, and used the clones to destroy the Jedi Order at the start of the Great Jedi Purge when he created the Galactic Empire on the eve of the war's end. Having declared himself Emperor, Palpatine quickly transformed the clone army into the Stormtrooper Corps and integrated it into the military of his new Empire.

After Order 66 and the Jedi Purge, a number of clones deserted the Grand Army. Most of these clones were from the Special Operations Brigade, including the partial Omega Squad, Null-class Advanced Recon Commando and some Advanced Recon Commandos such as Captain Maze.

Before the end of the war, the Sector Governance Decree was issued, which placed governors on every world of the Republic, along with their own force of clone troopers. It also created the position of Moff or sector governor. Fearing for the future of democracy and the Senate's powers, this decision was one of several protested by the Delegation of 2000, but they were overruled. Governors and their clone regiments began arriving on their designated worlds soon after.

The total amount of clones involved in the war is not known, as their ranks were bolstered by new stocks and volunteers as the fighting dragged on. With the formation of the Galactic Empire, the Grand Army of the Republic ceased to exist and was reorganized into the Imperial Army. All military personnel of the GAR were required to swear allegiance to the new government in order to remain on active duty and those that refused were branded as deserters and traitors after which they were hunted down and executed.

During the Galactic Civil War, clones of Jango Fett's lineage made up about 1/3 of all stormtroopers in the Galactic Empire, but it is not known of how many were left from the Clone Wars by the start of the Galactic Civil War. Due to the influx of non-Fett clones and regular humans into the army, the Fett clones, such as Commander Cody, viewed the Stormtrooper Corps as an embarrassment to the legacy of the Grand Army of the Republic.

Organization

Headquarters

Clone troopers fall in formation for deployment.

"In response, the Old Republic assembled its own army by leveraging mysterious cloning technology to create a near-limitless supply of troops."

―Description of the Republic building up its military

The GAR and the entire Republic Military were constitutionally re-established after the Galactic Senate granted Supreme Chancellor Palpatine emergency powers during the Separatist Crisis, giving him the right to create a Republic army. The GAR was thus ultimately led by the Supreme Chancellor, who held the military titles of Supreme Commander and Commander-in-Chief. The GAR and the rest of the Republic Military was administered through the Department of Defense. Other executive bodies with authority over the Grand Army included the War Council Advisory Panel.

Legislative oversight of the GAR was provided by the Galactic Senate's Military Oversight Committee.

The senior military body in command of the Grand Army and the Republic Navy was Republic High Command, led by the Chief of Defense Staff. GAR Headquarters, the central command for the Grand Army, was based at Coruscant Command HQ.

Administration

Command HQ maintained a number of branches to administrate the Grand Army. One of these was the Republic Defense Procurement office, which was in permanent contact with the GAR's field logistics battalions. Research and development into new technologies was carried out by the Army Weapons Research Department.

One particularly visible branch of the GAR was Homeworld Security Command, responsible for the security of the capital planet of Coruscant. Homeworld Security controlled the Coruscant Guard, whose distinctive, red-armored clone shock troopers had broad discretionary powers to stop and search Republic citizens. When the Declaration of a New Order established the Galactic Empire, clone shock troopers were stationed in the Senate Building and Republic Executive Building to intimidate the Senate into ensuring a smooth transition of government.

A number of GAR facilities were constructed by Kaminoan droids, especially during the Decimator campaign.

Tactical organization

The army was split into separate Orders of Battle (ORBATs). These were regular forces, and special forces. Most of the structure of the regular forces was unchanged through the Clone Wars and was even used by the Galactic Empire. The special forces were highly independent clone commandos that had specific objectives and required very little help from Jedi commanders.

Command structure of regular forces

"…if the GAR were made up of average humans, you simply would not have a functioning army now. Clone troopers are optimized humans, and only two percent of the population could be as tough, resilient and aggressive as these men are."

―Mij Gilamar, on reports that clone troopers do not feel pain, because they were created for war, and bred for it

• Grand Army—10 systems armies, a total of 3,000,000 units, with Supreme Chancellor Palpatine as Commander-in-Chief. The number 3,000,000 was Sifo-Dyas' initial order, as the number of total clones increased during the war.
• Systems Army—2 Sector Armies (294,912 units) led by a High Jedi General.
• Sector Army—4 corps (147,456 units) led by a Senior Jedi General.
• Corps/Division—4 legions (36,864 units) led by a marshal commander and a Jedi General.
• Legion/Brigade—4 regiments (9,216 units) led by a senior commander and a Jedi General.
• Regiment—4 battalions (2,304 units) led by a regimental commander and a Jedi Commander.
• Battalion—4 companies (576 units) led by a battalion commander and major.
• Company—4 platoons (144 units) led by a captain.
• Platoon—4 squads (36 units) led by a lieutenant, second lieutenant, and sergeant-major.
• Squad—9 units led by a sergeant and corporal.

The rate of casualties greatly reduced the Grand Army's numbers throughout the Clone Wars. Prior to the Battle of Coruscant, many of the original Kamino clone troopers were dead or unable to continue fighting. However, the Republic military enhancement bill—passed by a majority vote in the Galactic Senate midway through the war—authorized the funding of five million additional clone troopers. During the waning days of the Clone Wars, millions of Spaarti-grown clones were deployed to supplement their Kaminoan-created counterparts.

Command structure of special forces

• Special Operations Brigade (SO BDE)—20 groups (10,000 men), commanded by Jedi General Arligan Zey, made up of 10 Commando Groups by one year after the Battle of Geonosis.
• Commando Group—5 companies (500 men)

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Members of Torrent Company.

• Company—5 troops (100 men).
• Troop—5 squads (20 men).
• Squad—4 units.

Personnel

Ranks

Jedi Ranks

• High Jedi General—Jedi High Councilors. In command of one of the ten Systems Armies.
• Senior Jedi General—Jedi Masters. In command of one of the twenty Sector Armies.
• Jedi General—Jedi Knights and Masters. In command of corps or legions.
• Jedi Commander—Jedi Padawans. In command of regiments and battalions

Clone Ranks

• Marshal Commander—The highest rank a clone soldier could attain. Like all commanders, their armor was color-coded yellow. The rank indicator HUD glyph was eight dots, arranged in two parallel horizontal lines of four. Each marshal commander was in command of a corps.
• Senior Commander—The second highest rank attainable by the clone forces. Their armor was color-coded yellow and the rank indicator HUD glyph was two horizontal rows of three dots running parallel. Each was in command of a brigade or legion.
• Regimental Commander—Also indicated by yellow armor. HUD glyph was arranged in two parallel rows of four dots. Each was in command of a regiment.
• Battalion Commander—the lowest commander rank of the clone forces. Also indicated by yellow armor, HUD glyph was that of two dots, stacked vertically. Each was in command of a battalion.
• Major—Their armor was color coded red. HUD glyph was four vertical lines running parallel. Each was in command of a battalion.
• Captain—Captain's armor was also color-coded red, with three parallel vertical lines as rank indicator. Each was in command of a company.
• Lieutenant—Indicated by blue armor. Rank was indicated by a pair of vertical parallel lines. Each was in command of a platoon.
• 2nd Lieutenant—Also indicated by blue armor. Rank was indicated by a single vertical line. Also in charge of a platoon.
• Sergeant-Major—Indicated by green armor. Rank glyph is four chevrons. They were second-in-command of platoons.
• Sergeant—Indicated by an olive green armor. Rank glyph is three chevrons. In command of a squad.
• Corporal— The second lowest rank of clone forces. Rank indicator was two chevrons. They were second-in-command of squads.
• Trooper—The lowest rank in the clone forces. Rank was indicated by a single chevron.
• Cadet—This rank is even lower than Trooper. This rank is used by new Clones. These clones have not passed their final trial and therefore can't be considered soldiers yet.

Behind the scenes

The GAR is actually the second armed force in the prequels to be given the name "grand army". The first was the Gungan Grand Army from The Phantom Menace.

As Karen Traviss is one of the people who has written extensively about the Grand Army of the Republic, the terminology used in the Expanded Universe by the Grand Army is similar to that of the British Armed Forces, as Traviss herself is British.

Numbers

A Legion of Clone Troopers marching in formation.

There has been controversy regarding the actual number of clones that comprised the Grand Army of the Republic. In Attack of the Clones, the Kaminoan prime minister, Lama Su, informed Obi-Wan Kenobi that 200,000 "units" were ready for deployment immediately prior to the outbreak of the Clone Wars, with a million more "well on the way." Although the film itself does not elaborate on what Su meant when he spoke of "units," the novelization and most Expanded Universe sources have treated the term as though it referred to individual clones (in the novelization, Kenobi assumes one unit refers to one clone). This is backed up by a statement in Inside the Worlds of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (p. 21): "When Obi-Wan arrives, Tipoca is already primed to deliver 200,000 clone troops, while facilities across the planet are equipped to produce millions more."

This means that, at the beginning of the war, the Grand Army would have consisted of 200,000 clones, increasing in number quickly to 1,200,000, a figure apparently attained by the time of Shatterpoint (written by Matthew Stover), set six months after the Battle of Geonosis. A figure of ~3 million clones was cited in the article Guide to the Grand Army of the Republic and the novel Republic Commando: Triple Zero (both written by Karen Traviss, with Ryan Kaufman as co-author on the Guide…), set a year after Geonosis.

In a later discussion on TheForce.net's literature boards, statements were made by Kaufman denying that this was treated as a definitive figure for the total army:

"FYI, re: 3 million. LFL was very clear to us that no fixed number of total clones would or could be assigned. Therefore, the number 3 million (plus) does not represent the entire fighting force."

―Ryan Kaufman

Additionally, most stories made since AOTC have shown dozens of battles, during many of which the clones sustained massive losses, casting doubt about arguments that they represented a "small, elite, special operations force" compared with regular battle droids. The Cestus Deception states that a million clones have died, and this is only as of 21 BBY, at most a year after the Geonosis invasion.

Some fans point to the existence of Spaarti clones, and the massive number of recruits as possible explanations for high troop figures. Recruitment was mentioned in The Story of General Grievous: Lord of War and The New Essential Chronology, and non-clone forces were seen in Jedi Trial. Along with recruiting, one notable Jedi General Rahm Kota had his own serving Militia, as he saw the clones as unfit for battle. Spaarti cloning technology did not become available to the Republic until eight months after the Battle of Muunilinst, however, and the entire need for the clone army arose from the fact that the Republic had no central military organization to organize and carry out a war against the Separatist forces.

From sources like Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter and Nomad, and even through various Star Wars: Republic comics and the novels Labyrinth of Evil and Jedi Trial, there are several instances before and after the Battle of Geonosis showing non-clone soldiers serving as the majority of forces in military conflicts and being actively recruited by various military organizations. The reliability and quality of mercenaries and bounty hunters would not be high, and having large numbers of non-clone troops available from the outset of the war would have eliminated the need for a clone army and ended/prevented the controversy over the Military Creation Act. It should also be stated that the sources that depict non-clone forces prior to Geonosis are all referring to small-scale conflicts and minor battles.

Additionally, the non-clone military forces in the Battle of Praesitlyn in Jedi Trial were largely non-Republic volunteer forces. The Sons and Daughters of Freedom volunteers group, which contained 50,000 infantry troops and thousands more serving as armored unit and starship crew members, had its number of active members reduced to fewer than 2,000 operatives by the end of the battle. Moreover, the non-clone Praesitlyn Defense Force is entirely wiped out by the droid invasion force, with its own commander stating that non-clones are far less capable at combating battle droids. Likewise, while the Republic force sent to Praesitlyn consisted of only 20,000 clones, as well as additional non-clones, the only non-clones described in the novel are member of either the command staff, starship crews, or support personnel. When that force faced off against the Separatist force of over one million droids, the clones took extremely heavy casualties and would have lost the battle had it not been for two successful suicide missions undertaken by the commanding Jedi General against the Separatist leadership.

Most of the initial clones would go on to fight in the Battle of Geonosis, with 192,000 clone troopers deployed on the battlefield there (Star Wars: Complete Locations, p. 88), and an unknown number serving as crew aboard the twelve Acclamator-class assault ships that landed troops on the surface or the "thousands" of Republic ships descending upon the grounded Confederate fleet (Attack of the Clones novel).

The ground troops suffered a large number of casualties; reports on the ships arriving at the medical facilities stationed at Ord Mantell listed 12,000 in need of triage, 8,000 walking wounded, and 72,000 combat-fit troops (Republic Commando: Hard Contact). General Grievous personally killed "entire clone trooper companies" or at least 288 troopers plus officers according to Unknown Soldier: The Story of General Grievous. The 100,000 missing troops in the Ord Mantell report indicates either the use of multiple bases, that 100,000 was considered an appropriate garrison force (since one was established after the destruction of the Geonosis foundries in Star Wars: Complete Locations), or that the Grand Army suffered over 50% casualties in its first victory.

The Revised Core Rulebook states that the Republic immediately ordered 1,000 more Acclamators, indicating an army of at least 16 million troops, though whether they were intended for use by clones or non-clones is still in contention. Additionally, Traviss's own Triple Zero states that (at least up to that point of the war) all Acclamators are fully crewed by clones; combined with the twelve Acclamators present at Geonosis, that would mean that around 713,000 clones (or 23% the entire fighting force of the Republic) were tied up as largely noncombatant ship crews.

Labyrinth of Evil describes clones being an omnipresent force on Coruscant, acting as security and anti-terrorism forces. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith The Visual Dictionary also states that clone troopers are an "ubiquitous" presence on Coruscant and other worlds.

The Sector Governance Decree, individual governors were assigned to each and every planet in the Republic with regiments for their "protection." (Revenge of the Sith novel). These actions were occurring at a time when the Republic forces were stretched thin and to the point of being pushed out of system after system (Revenge of the Sith novel) as well as conducting the lengthy Outer Rim Sieges (Star Wars: Clone Wars, Revenge of the Sith).

It is not surprising that Lama Su stated that all clones take this long in Attack of the Clones, as the Kaminoans were businesspeople, and they were known to boast that their advanced model clones were the same as the stock units, just renamed to encourage higher sales (The Clone Wars: The Pengalan Tradeoff).

The largest figure given for the Grand Army, so far, was millions of clone divisions, which were undergoing intense combat evaluation at the start of the war. This information was stated in Inside the Worlds of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (written by Simon Beecroft and Curtis Saxton), a book dealing directly with the worlds presented in the film. It was later restated in Star Wars: Complete Locations, which gathered information from the previous three Inside… books, as well as new pieces of information.

As to the disparity with the numbers of battle droids, the short story, Odds, suggested that the CIS only had hundreds of millions of battle droids, with the larger figures being chalked up to propaganda on the part of Palpatine. This directly contradicts the article The Story of General Grievous: Lord of War, which stated that Grievous commanded several quintillion droids. Any Republic propaganda dedicated towards its own people would have had little impact on the enemy's supreme commander, who has actual access to his own troops. On the other hand, the numbers given in The Story of General Grievous: Lord of War are somehow flawed by the huge disparity between the number of its various mechanized war machines (battle droids, Vulture droids, tri-fighters, tank droids, Hailfire droids, etc.), said to be only in the billions, and the quintillions that Grievous commanded. Standard battle droids are produced much quicker and are more dispensable than droid vehicles, however, and the "quintillions of battle droids" could also include CIS droids not used in battle (such as OOM pilot battle droids). Also on Star Wars: the Clone Wars - "Ambush", Count Dooku stated to King Katuunko "Our droid armies outnumber the Republic clones 100 to one", which, if taken literally, would put the numbers of Clones in the quadrillions. However although in most (if not all) major ground battles seen in the Clone Wars series the CIS outnumbers the Republic significantly, it is interesting to note that there is almost always an even number of Republic and CIS capital ships pitted against each other. Although this could be partly explained by the fact the Munificent-class ships (Which are the main ships used by the CIS in the show.) carried 15 times the number of troops as Venators. This still leaves a huge number of droid ships that are not seen in use against the Republic (which goes against the standard CIS tactic of overwhelming numbers).

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Incredible Cross-Sections also noted that, because of millions of Separatist warships being locked up in battles with Republic fleets, only a few thousand frigates and destroyers could assault the galactic capital towards the end of the war, accompanied by dozens of battleships. The Revenge of the Sith novelization states (from the out-of-universe perspective of the narrator) that the CIS had pursued the war to that point through sheer force of numbers, with its droids outnumbering the clones, and even implies that the Confederacy was actually winning at several points.

With the Dorling Kindersley line of books (which first mentioned specific droid numbers), being written from an out-of-universe perspective, high droid numbers would have been stated matter-of-factly, and any deception would have been noted (as it was with the mention of Invisible Hand trading places with its sister-ships, in DK's ROTS:ICS).

It should also be borne in mind that a battle droid is not directly equivalent to a clone trooper; standard B1 battle droids were cheap, expendable units, often used for foot patrol in civilian areas. They were typically deployed for combat in massed units that lacked the initiative and versatility of real soldiers, relying instead on sheer numbers to overwhelm opposition, although elite droids like B2 super battle droids and droidekas were both numerous and relatively intelligent. Odds also depicts extensive sabotage of droid production lines. According to the story, the weakened droids are significantly easier for the clones to destroy, although clones have been shown being gunned down with similar ease. However, it is doubtful that the Republic managed to sabotage all major droid foundries.

Additionally, from the Journal of the 501st, it seems even elite units held a negative view of relatively small odds:

"When we arrived on Kashyyyk, things were just as bad as we'd feared. The droids had us outgunned, outmaneuvered, and out manned by a five to one margin."

―Retired 501st Legion clone trooper

The statement that only a few dozen ships were seen on-screen in the Star Wars: Clone Wars cartoon bears little meaning, as many battles in Star Wars are often fleshed out in different sources. The same series also showed hundreds of Providence-class carrier/destroyers in the Battle of Coruscant, yet some people treat this as unreliable.

Another possibility is that when Lama Su mentioned that there were 200,000 clone troopers ready for deployment, with a million more on the way, he could have been referring to only those troopers being trained in Tipoca City, although this assumption conflicts with Obi-Wan Kenobi's statements during the Battle of Kamino:

"Kamino still has about a million or more clone troopers in various stages of preparation…"

―Obi-Wan Kenobi

One last solution is to return to the vague term "unit" which Lama Su mentioned. If a "unit" were to be referring to one of the battalions of 576 troopers (seen on Coruscant), then 200,000 of these would render 115,200,000 clones and the 1,000,000 others spoken of as 576,000,000. This grand total of 691,200,000 would be far more suitable for the core of a galactic army. Furthermore, if a "unit" refers to a real-life division of 15,000 men, the 1,200,000 units would equal a force of 18,000,000,000 clones, a truly "grand" army, suitable for defeating the huge numbers of droids under the Confederacy.

However, the actual number of clone soldiers which can be seen standing in each formation at the end of Attack of the Clones amounts to 624 (26 per column and 24 per row), showing a disparity with the numbers presented in the Guide to the Grand Army. If a unit indeed amounts to one battalion, this would mean that the grand total of clones was 1,728,000,000, considering the 3 million units that many sources state, and counting a unit as a battalion of 576 clones. This is reasonable since the Kaminoans referred to the Clones as both "units" and "Battalions." Which could possibly imply that both terms are merely two different ways of stating 576 man units/battalions. It seems logical that the Kaminoans would have their smallest available package of troops be made up of several hundred men. Since Cloning was a 10 year long process and (Since the training and feeding would also have to be taken into account.) an expensive one. It would make no sense that anyone would want to buy a couple of men and have to wait for 10 years when they could come by ten times as many droids for a fraction of the cost, and with a wait of perhaps a week at the most.

Furthermore, it should be noted that all planetary and judicial forces loyal to the Republic were folded into the Grand Army, allowing the Republic, which enjoyed a large population advantage over the CIS to make up for the number of battle droids with possibly hundreds of trillions of organic, non-clone soldiers in all-out combat. However, conscription of civilians is implied to have not taken place in a statement by Chancellor Palpatine, due to potential political consequences. Though this implication is contradicted in The New Essential Chronology by the following statement:

"Conscription, however, was a necessary reality. Countless beings of every species became draftees into the Grand Army of the Republic."

―Daniel Wallace

Thus is it is most likely that the Grand Army was combination of clones, draftees, and troops from local planetary armies.

In addition, the Confederate battleship Malevolence was known to have made at least fourteen attacks, of which at least two occurred against three ship task forces. Assuming that the other twelve were assaults on single ships, which seems unlikely, and that the ships were Venator Star Destroyers, which would fit with their prominence in this era and the relative importance of the Malevolence, there must have been at least 126,000 clone casualties in crews alone. If these vessels were fully loaded, the casualty count rises to 180,000, over a tenth of the supposed number of combat ready clones. As the chief concern over the Malevolence was its ability to destroy the ships without any indication of its nature and not the casualties, this would seem to indicate a much larger clone army than stated in certain sources.

In Attack of The Clones, it is stated that there are too many clones for the droids to combat. This is supported by an estimate given that, at the beginning of the War, the casualty ratio for members of the CIS versus the GAR is 20 to 1. Since there are supposed to be around 3 million droids present at the battle, and approximately 200,000 clones, the clone army there would have, by that estimate, easily been able to handle the droid army with ease.

However, this comment was made by Count Dooku, replying to Nute Gunray's suggestion to "send all available droids into battle." Dooku desired a long, difficult war. Dooku needed the war to facilitate his rise to power with Palpatine. In Star Wars: The Clone Wars video game, an order is given to destroy the Droid Core Ships, as "each one houses enough firepower to threaten an entire planet." A similar description is given through Obi-Wan's thoughts in the novelization Episode II. The CIS forces had a fair chance of holding out against the Republic longer, which may have led to a shortage in troops later in the war.

It should be noted that 1 million planets were contested in the war, so with 1 million troopers per world, the army would need to be 1 trillion strong.

Appearances

Darth Plagueis (Mentioned only) The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars: Battlefront Star Wars: Republic Commando Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter (First appearance) Boba Fett: The Fight to Survive Boba Fett: Part I: Survival Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones comic Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones junior novel Precipice on Hyperspace (article) (content removed from StarWars.com; new link on Suvudu; backup link) (Mentioned only) Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns Star Wars: Battlefront II Star Wars: The Clone Wars game Republic Commando: Hard Contact Boba Fett: Crossfire Republic 49: Sacrifice (Mentioned only) Boba Fett: Maze of Deception Boba Fett: Hunted (Mentioned only) Republic 50: The Defense of Kamino Star Wars: Republic: The New Face of War Jedi: Mace Windu Star Wars: Clone Wars — "Chapter 1" Star Wars: Clone Wars — "Chapter 2" Star Wars: Clone Wars — "Chapter 3" Star Wars: Clone Wars — "Chapter 4" Star Wars: Clone Wars — "Chapter 5" Star Wars: Clone Wars — "Chapter 8" Star Wars: Clone Wars — "Chapter 9" Star Wars: Clone Wars — "Chapter 10" Star Wars: Clone Wars — "Chapter 11" Star Wars: Clone Wars — "Chapter 12" Star Wars: Clone Wars — "Chapter 17" Star Wars: Clone Wars — "Chapter 20" Star Wars: Clone Wars — "Chapter 21" Jedi: Shaak Ti Republic Commando: Triple Zero "Heavy Metal Jedi" — Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Volume 1 "Fierce Currents" — Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Volume 1 "Hide in Plain Sight" — Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Volume 2 "Run Mace Run" — Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Volume 2 "Heroes on Both Sides" — Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Volume 5 "One of a Kind" — Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Volume 8 "No Way Out" — Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Volume 9 Republic 54: Double Blind Jedi: Aayla Secura Shatterpoint Jedi: Count Dooku The Cestus Deception Omega Squad: Targets "Odds" — Star Wars Insider 87 Republic Commando: True Colors Star Wars: Republic: The Battle of Jabiim Republic 59: Enemy Lines Republic 60: Hate and Fear Republic 61: Dead Ends (In flashback(s)) Republic 62: No Man's Land Jedi: Yoda Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Cat and Mouse" The Clone Wars: Shadowed Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Hidden Enemy" Star Wars: The Clone Wars film Star Wars: The Clone Wars novel Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Clones vs. Droids Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Live Fire The Clone Wars: Crash Course The Clone Wars: The Wind Raiders of Taloraan The Clone Wars: Decide Your Destiny: Crisis on Coruscant Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Supply Lines" The Clone Wars: Prelude Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Ambush" The Clone Wars: Shakedown Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Rising Malevolence" The Clone Wars: Procedure Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Shadow of Malevolence" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Destroy Malevolence" The Clone Wars: Mouse Hunt Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Clone Cadets" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Rookies" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "ARC Troopers" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Downfall of a Droid" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Duel of the Droids" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Bombad Jedi" The Clone Wars: Transfer Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Cloak of Darkness" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Lair of Grievous" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Dooku Captured" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Gungan General" The Clone Wars: Headgames Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Jedi Crash" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Defenders of Peace" The Clone Wars: Cold Snap Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Trespass" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Sphere of Influence" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Blue Shadow Virus" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Mystery of a Thousand Moons" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Storm Over Ryloth" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Innocents of Ryloth" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Liberty on Ryloth" Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Zillo Beast" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Zillo Beast Strikes Back" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Holocron Heist" Air Strike The Clone Wars: Act on Instinct Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Cargo of Doom" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Children of the Force" The Clone Wars: The Valsedian Operation Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Death Trap" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "R2 Come Home" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Lethal Trackdown" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Assassin" Cad Bane: Jedi Hunter The Clone Wars: Hunting the Hunters (Part I) Gunship Over Florrum The Clone Wars: Hunting the Hunters (Part II) Swamp Station Sweep The Clone Wars: Hunting the Hunters (Part III) Droids Over Iego Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Hunt for Ziro" Star Wars: The Clone Wars: In Service of the Republic Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Hero of the Confederacy Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Landing at Point Rain" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Weapons Factory" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Legacy of Terror" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Brain Invaders" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Grievous Intrigue" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Deserter" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Mandalore Plot" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Voyage of Temptation" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Bounty Hunters" (In flashback(s)) The Clone Wars: Decide Your Destiny: Dooku's Secret Army Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Academy" "Inside Job" — Star Wars: The Clone Wars Comic 6.1 "Keep the Faith!" — Star Wars: The Clone Wars Comic 6.2 "The Droid Deception" — Star Wars: The Clone Wars Comic 6.4 The Clone Wars: The Colossus of Destiny Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Heroes on Both Sides" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Monster" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Witches of the Mist" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Overlords" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Ghosts of Mortis" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Citadel" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Padawan Lost" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Water War" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Darkness on Umbara" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The General" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Plan of Dissent" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Carnage of Krell" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Kidnapped" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Escape from Kadavo" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Deception" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Friends and Enemies" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Crisis on Naboo" Republic 64: Bloodlines (In flashback(s)) Star Wars: Republic: Show of Force Republic 67: Forever Young MedStar I: Battle Surgeons MedStar II: Jedi Healer Republic 68: Armor Star Wars: General Grievous Secrets of the Jedi Yoda: Dark Rendezvous Star Wars: Clone Wars — "Chapter 22" Star Wars: Republic: Dreadnaughts of Rendili Star Wars: Obsession Boba Fett: A New Threat "Another Fine Mess" — Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Volume 4 (Indirect mention only) "The Brink" — Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Volume 4 "Thunder Road" — Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Volume 10 "Chain of Command" — Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Volume 10 "Waiting" — Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Volume 10 Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron Labyrinth of Evil Star Wars: Clone Wars — "Chapter 23" Star Wars: Clone Wars — "Chapter 24" Star Wars: Clone Wars — "Chapter 25" Star Wars: Republic: Siege of Saleucami Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith comic Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith novel Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith junior novel "Orders" — Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Volume 4 "Descent" — Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Volume 4 "Salvaged" — Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Volume 9 Star Wars: Republic: Hidden Enemy Star Wars: Republic: Into the Unknown Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader Republic 78: Loyalties Star Wars: Dark Times: Parallels Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight (Mentioned only) Imperial Commando: 501st (Mentioned only) The Last of the Jedi: The Desperate Mission (Mentioned only) The Last of the Jedi: Dark Warning (Mentioned only) In His Image (Mentioned only) The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader (In flashback(s)) Han Solo at Stars' End (Indirect mention only) "You're in the Army Now!" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 2 (Mentioned only) (As "Army of the Republic") "Mission to Zila" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 3 (Indirect mention only) Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor (Mentioned only) Legacy—War 1 (Force vision)

Non-canon appearances

• LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
• LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
• LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
• Kowakian Monkey-Lizard
• Giant spiders are awesome....
• Always count your clones before take-off
• You can't hit the brakes in space
• Orders are orders
• Sith make the best pancakes
• That's no Space Station
• Always trust Secret Strategy 3
• Spinning isn't Always a Good Trick
• Every brick has a beginning
• A droid in the hand is worth two in the asteroid belt
• LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2 game
• LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2 film
• LEGO Star Wars: Microfighters — "Episode 2: Tank Attack Antics"
• LEGO Star Wars: Revenge of the Brick
• Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron

Sources

Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back (As "Army of the Republic") Dark Empire Sourcebook (As "Army of the Republic") The Movie Trilogy Sourcebook (As "Army of the Republic") Star Wars: Attack of the Clones The Visual Dictionary Star Wars: Attack of the Clones Incredible Cross-Sections Inside the Worlds of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones Star Wars Battlefront: Prima Official Game Guide Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Incredible Cross-Sections The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology Episode III: Revenge of the Sith: Prima Official Game Guide Star Wars: Complete Locations The New Essential Chronology "Guide to the Grand Army of the Republic" — Star Wars Insider 84 Star Wars Battlefront II: Prima Official Game Guide "Unknown Soldier: The Story of General Grievous" — Star Wars Insider 86 "Odds" — Star Wars Insider 87 Star Wars: Complete Cross-Sections Star Wars Insider 96 "Classic Moment" — Star Wars Insider 103 (Indirect mention only) Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Visual Guide The Force Unleashed Campaign Guide The Clone Wars Campaign Guide The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia Rebellion Era Campaign Guide Hasbro's 41st Elite Corps Clone Trooper review on Rebelscum.com  Star Wars PocketModel TCG — Order 66 (Card: 41st Elite Corps AT-RT) (backup link)  Star Wars PocketModel TCG — Order 66 (Card: 41st Elite Corps BARC Speeders) (backup link) Galaxy at War The Written Word Ask Aak in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link) (Indirect mention only) Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side Star Wars: Beware the Sith The Essential Guide to Warfare Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide: Updated and Expanded Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jedi Knight "Red Five" — Star Wars Insider 137 (Indirect mention only) Star Wars: The Legendary Yoda Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook Star Wars: Force Collection (Card: Lama Su (★)) (Indirect mention only) Star Wars: Force Collection (Card: Taun We (★)) (Indirect mention only) Star Wars: Force Collection (Card: Lama Su (★★★)) Star Wars: Force Collection (Card: Taun We (★★★)) Star Wars: Force Collection (Card: Jango Fett (★★★★★)) Star Wars: Sith Wars AT-TE walker in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link) BARC speeder in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link) clone troopers in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link) Star Wars: Imperial Handbook: A Commander's Guide Forged in Battle

See also

• Clone trooper
• Stormtrooper
• Stormtrooper Corps
• Jango Fett
• Republic Navy

Notes and references

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