The Clone Troopers of the Republic were the
backbone of the Chancellor Palpatine’s military force to fight the separatists during the
Clone Wars. Despite being commissioned under very suspicious
circumstances by a long dead Jedi named Sifo-Dyas, the Jedi Council felt they had no choice but
to accept these new Clones and serve as their General in the upcoming conflict… Over the years, many different types and variants
of Clone troopers were created to fill different use cases, including everything from Clone
Intelligence officers to Clones who hunt their brothers who have deserted… So hit that subscribe button and lets get
into it. **Number 1. Regular Clone Troopers** The Clone Army of the Republic was commissioned
by Jedi Master and Council member Sifo-Dyas after he foresaw a coming would which would
ravage the Galaxy. The other Jedi on the council refused to believe
his insane ramblings, and as a result kicked him off of the council. Despite this, he put in an order with the
Kaminoans, who were known for their high quality cloning and thus the Clone Army was born… Although there was a huge problem. While placing this order, Palpatine found
out about the deal and ordered the Kaminoans to implant inhibitor chips into each of their
heads, compelling them to follow any of the 150 Clone Contigency orders when activated… These Clone Troopers were trained on Kamino
using simulations and flash training, and after passing the Citadel training course
they were well on their way to joining the front lines of the war… **Number 2. Special Operations Troopers** Special ops troopers or stealth ops clones
were a group of Clones that specialized in low profile, undetected stealth missions deep
into enemy territory. They were trained to be able to move quickly
and quietly, and detect enemies at a distance, without much trouble… They were also given advanced sensory gear
by the Kaminoans which enhanced their senses, including their hearing and sight… They often operated experimental Republic
technologies like the Stealth corvette in their campaign against General Grievous and
the Malevolence. **Number 3. Clone Shadow Troopers.** Clone Shadow troopers were a highly secretive
unit of Clones who were equpped with an extremely experiemental and rare type of armor. The armor was coated in deep black paint,
with white stripes and a red visor, and contained a group of strageically placed magseals. These seals allowed the Clones to attach cosmetic
plates to the armor, which could alter any clone’s appearance to impersonate almost
any type of human shaped species or profession. For example, these clones could impersonate
a Hutt Cartel Mercenary or a member of the black Sun Crime Syndicate if they needed to
go undercover within those crime families. This unit eventually evolved into Imperial
Shadow Troopers later on. **Number 4. Clone Lava Troopers** Now these guys aren’t confirmed to be Clone
Troopers in Canon, but based on the time they served, it’s pretty likely that they are. Now they wore deep black armor, with thick
red breathing tubes, allowing them to serve near the sulphur-rich lava rivers of Mustafar,
under Darth Vader. They followed him loyally into battle on Mustafar,
especially against the Native Mustafarians, who often caused trouble and rebellion near
his castle. **Number 5. Covert Operations Troopers** Now these Clones are probably the most dark
and ominous variant on the list. Cover Ops trooeprs were assigned to perform
the “dirty work” of the Republic, that most clones would find repulsive, unethical
or just plain wrong… This primarily included hunting down Clone
Deserters like Cut Lawquane and executing them on the spot. Clones who showed dark tendences form a young
age were pulled from their regular classes to join this unit on Kamino, and they were
so off the grid that they weren’t even part of the regular chain of command. Their work was given directly by the Supreme
Chancellor or the Director of the Special forces… **Number 6. Clone Medics** Clone medics were troopers specifically bred
and trained on Kamino to be able to treat their injured brothers on the battlefield. Because knowledge of the Clone Body was implanted
into the Medic’s brains from before their birth, their treatment was extremely effective
in even the worst of situations. The most famous Clone Medic is Clone Trooper
Kix, and he is actually the last surviving Clone Trooper in the Galaxy, making it all
the way to the time of the Force Awakens. During the dying days of the Clone Wars, Kix
became extremely suspscious of the so-called virus that caused his brother Tup to kill
Master Tiplar. After doing his own investigation into the
matter, he found out that Fives had eventually discovered the truth, and that that every
Clone trooper in the Republic had an inhibitor chip in their head. These investigations didn’t go unnoticed
through, and soon after count Dooku kidnapped Kix and ordered that he brought back to his
homeworld of Serenno for questioning. To do this, Dooku froze Kix in cryostasis
aboard a transport ship, but on the way to serenno is was ambushed by Republic forces
who didn’t know Kix was on oboard, causing signficiant damage. As a result, the B-1 Battle droid on board
decided the ship was far too damaged to go to Serenno, so he activated the hyper drives
and sent the ship hurling in a random direction, eventually crash landing on the sandly world
of Ponemah… 50 years after the Clone Wars, Kix was discovered
by the Red Pirate Sidon Ithano and was horrified to learn that everyone he knew wasa now dead… **Number 7. Clone Purge Troopers.** Clone Purge troopers were group of elite clones
who were considered “expendable death squads” by the empire, meant to hunt down any surviving
Jedi from Order 66. The units usually served under an Inquisitor
as their commander, and because they were clones and the inquisitors were former Jedi
this led to some pretty crazy scenarios. One Jedi survivor who was hiding out on the
planet Mon Cala managed to use a mind trick to force the Clone Purge troopers into executing
Order 66 for a second time, but on the inquisitors. This allowed him to escape, but he was later
tracked down by Darth Vader. **Number 8. Clone Paratroopers.** Clone Paratroopers were a unit trained specifically
for airbone operations, and were given speciazlied helmets to aide in their high altitude drops
onto the battlefield. Now these troopers usually wouldn’t be too
noteworthy, but after their attack on Utapau and the call for Order 66, these guys went
absolutely berserk and committed the most horrendous war crimes on the war on the Utapauan
people. The paratroopers tortured, murdered and enslaved
the people on the planet, in an event that was later known as the Subjugation of Utapau… **Number 9. Clone Gunners** These guys were pretty much just standard
clones, except they were trained to man vehicle-mounted weapons or artiellery, and wore specialized
armor to assist in their duty manning the guns. **Number 10. Clone Jetpack Troopers** Again, these guys don’t need much explanation
as they were trained to use jetpacks on battlefield, and were called in when aerial support was
needed or a location was hard to access. Eventually after Order 66, they were phased
out by the Empire in favour of Imperial Jumptroopers. **Number 11. Clone Scuba Troopers** Clone SCUBA troopers were deployed whenever
the Republic were forced to fight battles on waterworlds such as Mon Cala. The troopers were outfitted with specialized
Clone Dive armor, which was extremely lightweight and contained a rebreather system to recycle
the oxygen needed to breath. After the fall of the Republic sets of this
armor were found on the black market, going for a measly 4,500 credits… **Number 12. Clone Flame Troopers** Clone Flametroopers were extremely effective
on worlds with insect like populations, as brutal as that sounds… They were employeed against the geonosians
during the second battle on the planet, but there was one major problem… Their initial Mk 1 armor had a severe flaw
in it, with the Kaminoans forgetting to include respirator filtration in the mask, causing
many Flame troopers to die while firing their weapons in confined spaces… Thankfully the problem was soon fixed and
all Flametroopers switched to Mk2 “Hotspot” armor. After Order 66, this unit evolved inot the
Imperial Incinerator troopers. **Number 13. Clone ordinance specialists, or the Clone
Bomb Squad.** Now just like their brothers over in the Flame
Trooper units, the Clones in the bomb squad had a huge and fatal flaw in their armor… Or should I say the lack or armor. Most Clone Ordiance specialists were forced
to wear simple Phase 1 clone armor, with only a thin layer of orange paint as protection… Yeah as you can guess, the survival rate of
this group was low. **Number 14. Clone Sharpshooters** In Canon, these troopers are only seen in
the Star Wars: Battlefront 2 and Force Arena games. We know from those games that they are extremely
proficient snipers and were given intensive long distance arms training on Kamino. Unfortunately they were very vulnerable at
close quarters. **Number 15. Clone Scout Troopers** This group of troopers were highly trained,
elite soldiers who primarily focused on reconnaisance and warfare on difficult terrains. They were usually sent out before large troop
movements to survey the battlefield, making sure it was safe to move in. Awesomely, Scout Troopers were trained in
hardcore survival skills, and could survive for weeks alone in a dark and swampy wilderness. After Order 66, this unit was transitioned
into the Imperial Scout Troopers that were extremely common. **Number 16. Cold Assault Troopers** As the name suggests, these guys specialized
on cold and snowy planets and were outfitted with HT-77 Cold Assault armor, which had insulated
thermal seals, an internal temperature regular and sensory assistance in the helmets. The visors on this armor were also coated
with anti-glare coating, to avoid the troopers having their eyes burnt out from the reflections
on the snow. Also, the comms units in this armor dampened
the sound of high and screeching wind. After the Empire formed, this unit transitioned
into the Cold Weather assault stromtroopers, the same ones seen on hoth. **Number 17. Galactic Marines** Sadly there isn’t too much information about
the Galactic Marines in Canon compared to Legends, but we do know that they were led
by Genera Ki-Admi Mundi and were intensively trained to operate in hostile environments
like the fungal clouds of felucia and the pure vacuums of space. Their unique armor also had a helmet which
filtlered pollutants out from their breathing, again allowing them to operate in extreme
environments. **Number 18. Heavy Weapons Trooper** In Canon, all we know about these guys is
that they specialize in using heavy weapons and anti-vehicle technology. **Number 19. Clone Pilots** Clone Pilots served at almost every battle
across the Galaxy, and ferried in troopers on transports, as well as manning their own
fights. These guys were usually chosen to become pilots
from a young age on Kamino when the Kaminoans recongized them to have good reflexes and
high spatial awareness. Clone pilots even sreved as imperial starfighter
pilots in the early days of the Empire. **Number 20, 21, 22 and 23. Clone Naviagtion, medical, intelligence and
general officers.** These guys are the ones you see standing around
Republic capital ships filling the positions that can’t be filled by Jedi or other trained
professionals, because there simply aren’t enough. The navigators assisted in calculating hyperdrive
jumps and moving to waypoints, the medical officers obviously assisted with on board
medical incidents, and the general officers just filled every other role **Number 24. Clone Flight Crew** These clones were trained to maintain Republic
starfighters and walkers, and assisted with takeoff and landings. Despite being seen as lesser clones, they
did serve a very important purpose. **Number 25. Maintenance Clones** As far as we know so far, 99 is the only maintenance
clone ever created, and he was put in the role simply because he was part of a bad batch. **Number 26. Shock Troopers/Coruscant Guard** The coruscant guard shock troopers were considered
the most highly respected unit of Clone Troopers by many, handling the protection of Chancellor
palpatine, the Republic capital world of Coruscant and the most highly guarded prison in the
core… They were highly trained and elite soldiers
who could best almost anyone on the battlefield. The reason they came into existance was becasue
the Senate Guard, those guys in blue, became hugely corrupt and ineffective, so Palpatine
wasn’t satisfied with them anymore. **Number 27. Clone Riot Troopers** This group has quite a bit of overlap with
the Coruscant Guard, as some of their members serve as riot Troopers, but their basic purpose
is to keep protests and violence in check. This is especially important in the lower
levels of coruscant. The troopers carried huge riot shields, and
were given significant training on de-escalation and crowd control techniques. **Number 28. ARC Troopers** ARC troopers were the highly trained, elite
variant of Clone Troopers, each chosen from the ranks of Regular Clone Troopers. The honor to become an arc trooper was bestowed
on Clones who showed exceptional talent or bravery on the battlfield, and some were lucky
enough to be selected as cadets. These troopers were sent on the toughest and
most demanding missions, but they rarely failed a task. Their armor was unique and it even served
as an experimental version of the Phase II clone armor, before that was released. **Number 29. BARC Troopers** BARC Troopers or Biker Advanced Recon Commanders
were special forces Clones who, as you can guess rode speeder bikes into battle. They werer specifically taught how to navigate
difficult or dangerous terrain efficiently, while providing crucial battlefield information
to their commanders. As you may remember, Commander Neyo from Revenge
of the Sith was a Barc Trooper and he used his bike to assasinate General Stassee Allie. **Number 30. Clone Commandos** These guys were elite soldiers in the Grand
Army of the Republic special forces who wore highly advanced Katarn Class Commando armor. They were deployed when things got dire in
battle, or if the Republic needed a small but highly effective unit of troopers to carry
out a mission. The most well known group of Clone Commandos
is probably the Delta Squad who have only had a very tiny appearance in Current Canon. As well as Scorch who randomly showed up in
the Bad Batch… **Speaking of the Bad Batch, Number 31. Defective Clones** Now just like 99 the Janitor, defective Clones
sometimes came out with defects that actually benefited the Republic army. The obvious example of that was the Bad Batch,
who each had problems in the cloning process when they were created, giving them unique
but useful abilities. Because of how proficient the Kaminoans were
at cloning, with hundreds of years of experience, Defective Clones were very rare. **Number 32. Clone Artillerty troopers.** These guys fire mortars and artillery pieces. Thats all we know in Canon.. **Number 33. Clone Comms Technicians** These guys handle communcations between Clone
Legions and transmit orders from Jedi Generals, again That’s all we know in Canon. **Number 34. Clone Engineers** The clone Engineers in Legends have some pretty
awesome stories, but in Canon, we only really know that they were thrown into battle when
Republic vehicles or technology needed repairing. They were outfitted with specialized Phase
1 Clone ARmor, usually with yellow trimming to denote that they weren’t there to fight… **Number 35. Clone Heavy Gunners.** Clone heavy gunners were the ones who used
the heavy duty weaponry on the battlefield, and were given much stronger Clone Trooper
armor than Regular Phase 1 and two armor. They were also given a kama and pauldron,
and often served next to the Medics and snipers of the attacking forces. **Number 36. Kamino Guard Troopers** The Kamino Guard troopers were hand chosen
by the Kaminoan scientist for their great defensive and protective instincts during
training. These guys were almost the same as regular
troopers, but were given highly specialized training in how to defend watery planets from
attack. They also stuck around in the early days of
the Empire to aid in Palpatine’s plan… Sadly not for long though… So that is every single Clone Trooper type
in Canon. Thanks so much for watching, if you want to
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