Related: How Star Wars: The Clone Wars Retconned Episode II's Clone Troopersīoth canon and Legends Clone Wars material also retroactively added specific clones to Attack of the Clones, providing further connectivity between the films and non-movie material from each continuity. By the time the clones turned on the Jedi, it wasn't simply a faceless trap set by Palpatine, it was the trusted faces of the Jedi's close friends who we'd seen through many adventures together. The Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series began after the prequel trilogy’s conclusion, but further characterized clones from Revenge of the Sith, humanizing the elite soldiers, and often increasing the tragedy and irony of specific clones, given their eventual brainwashing by Order 66. Outside of the movies, Clone Troopers have been shown to possess free will, forming friendships with each other and the Jedi, and expressing individual personalities, despite their conditioning. Introduced in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, Republic Clone Troopers were initially thought of as mindless (but astoundingly effective) soldiers grown from Jango Fett’s genetic template, and the predecessors of the recruited Imperial Stormtroopers. Clone Troopers were as much the protagonists of Star Wars: The Clone Wars as the Jedi, and many clones also appeared in the prequel trilogy.
