Clone troopers are fictional characters from the Star Wars franchise created by George Lucas.

First introduced in the live-action film Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), they
have since appeared in various other Star Wars media, including Star Wars: Episode III –
Revenge of the Sith (2005) and the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008–2014;
2020), Star Wars Rebels (2014–2018), and Star Wars: The Bad Batch (2021–present), as well
as comics, novels, and video games set in both the Star Wars Legends expanded universe and
the current canon.
All clone troopers are artificially produced soldiers, created at special cloning facilities on the
planet Kamino from the DNA of bounty hunter Jango Fett to serve as the military of the Galactic
Republic during the Clone Wars, which takes its name from the troopers. They are genetically
engineered to age at twice the rate of a normal human in order to be ready for deployment much
quicker, and be unquestionably loyal to the higher chain of command. During the Clone Wars,
the clone troopers serve under the command of the Jedi Order as they fight against the droid
armies of the Confederacy of Independent Systems (CIS), a movement organized by numerous
planets that sought to secede from the Republic. At the end of the war, Palpatine, the Republic's
leader and secretly a Sith Lord who orchestrated the conflict to gain political power, issues Order
66, which brands the Jedi as traitors and causes the clone troopers, under the influence of an
inhibitor chip implanted in their brains, to execute them. Following the formation of the Galactic
Empire, clone troopers become more and more uncommon as they are slowly replaced by
Imperial stormtroopers, who are regular human recruits. One notable legion that remains
composed entirely of clones is the 501st Legion, which serves directly under Darth Vader.