Grand Army Of The Republic (star Wars)

The Grand Army of the Republic is a fictional army from the '' that laid the foundations of the Galactic Empire.

The Grand Army of the Republic, the successor of the pre- Ruusan Republic Military was created by the cloners on Kamino , and comprised of two hundred thousand units and their war machines as of the start of the Clone Wars . After the initial engagements, a million more clone units were added to the ranks of the army. The earliest attempt to recreate the pre-Ruusan Republic military was the Katana Fleet .

The creation of the army was ordered by Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas , though it was actually part of a plot concocted by Darth Sidious to craft an army for the Sith Lords. Though the clone troopers fought for the Galactic Republic under Jedi leadership during the Clone Wars, the army was turned against the loyalists and the Jedi when the Galactic Empire was formed at the war's end. Chancellor/Emperor Palpatine wielded executive control over the army, and transformed it into the Imperial Army , Stormtrooper Corps , and Navy of his Galactic Empire.

It is interesting to note that the size of the Grand Army seems to be vastly smaller than what would be necessary to fight a war involving hundreds of thousands of planets - most conservative estimates of the Galactic Republic and its successor state, the Galactic Empire, at more than a million worlds; meaning that each planet would have less than three Clonetroopers to defend it. Additionally, a number of nations on Earth during the 20th Century had militaries with significantly greater numbers of soldiers -- Nazi Germany , Communist China , and The Soviet Union are examples. This, combined with the fact that the Confederacy Of Independent Systems could create hundreds of thousands or millions of Droids in a single day, has led to speculation that the 1.2 million "units" referenced to in Attack Of The Clones referred to either the number of soldiers created at the city Obi-wan visited, or the term "unit" means a Military Unit consisting of many individual soldiers.

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