ĭespite the advantages it offered, Phase I was uncomfortable to wear due to the Kaminoans' unfamiliarity with human ergonomics. The armor could be standardized and produced rapidly due to the fact that clone troopers were genetically identical soldiers. The armor's design was also reminiscent of the Mandalorian armor worn by the clone template, the bounty hunter Jango Fett, particularly in the helmet which featured a similar T-shaped visor. Constructed by Kaminoan armorsmiths, Phase I featured a life support system, a tracking device for monitoring troop movements and a display screen, all built within the helmet.

Phase I clone trooper armor was the first iteration in the design of clone armor. It took over a decade for clone trooper armor to degrade, so clones took to laying the helmets of their fallen family where they died as a form of honoring them as a makeshift monument.

Its quality was such that by the time Grand Master Yoda arrived on Kamino to take charge of the army, the Grand Army of the Republic was considered the finest military force in the galaxy. Though vulnerable to lightsabers and direct laser blasts, clone armor was impervious to impacts, pressure, heat and acrid vapors. Its form-fitting design made the armor appear claustrophobic, but to the clones who trained with it from an early age the armor felt comfortable and secure. The clones of Jango Fett wore standard white armor that was developed on their homeworld of Kamino.Ĭlone trooper armor was a set of white plastoid plates worn over a black body glove. Nevertheless, the combined legacy of clone trooper armor and stormtrooper armor made white-armored soldiers one of the galaxy's most enduring symbols of military might. This was followed by the crimson armor of the Sith troopers-soldiers of the Sith Eternal cult-which was reminiscent of clone trooper armor, particularly the helmet's T-shaped visor.ĭue to the combined influence of Imperial and First Order use, the heritage of clone armor was effectively appropriated by its successors, transforming what civilians once saw as a symbol of honorable defense and galactic salvation into a faceless icon of fascism. The legacy of clone armor ultimately outlived the Empire that fell to the New Republic, influencing a new model of armor made for a new generation of stormtroopers by the First Order. However, some clone veterans continued to wear their old armor years after their service in the Clone Wars, while mercenaries and pirates utilized scavenged armor plates. With the rise of the Galactic Empire, the new regime initially retained usage of clone trooper armor before it was eventually mothballed and replaced with stormtrooper armor, worn by Imperial stormtroopers. By then, a wide array of armor variants were created for specialized troopers, such as the ARC trooper armor of Advanced Recon Commandos, the Katarn-class Commando Armor of clone commandos, and the Clone Dive Armor of clone SCUBA troopers. Phase I was eventually retired as Phase II clone trooper armor saw widespread distribution through the ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic. Over the course of the war, improvements were made to the armor's design, creating lighter and stronger plates. The first version of clone armor was called Phase I clone trooper armor which was inspired by Mandalorian armor, most notably its helmet.

The armor was also standardized and produced rapidly as the clones were genetically identical soldiers modeled on a human template, the Mandalorian foundling and bounty hunter Jango Fett. It could withstand impacts, pressure, heat and acrid vapors, yet was vulnerable to a direct laser blast. Designed by Kaminoan armorsmiths, clone armor consisted of a set of form-fitting plastoid plates attached to a black body glove. ' Generation one armor always holds up.' ―Rex Ĭlone trooper armor, also known as clone armor or generation one armor, was the armor used by Galactic Republic clone troopers during the Clone Wars.

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