The Emperor declared that the clone troopers had succeeded in winning the war and fulfilled their purpose, and the remaining clones were simply retired.Īfterwards, decomissioned Clone Troopers tried to find a place in the galaxy, and met a wide variety of fates. Alongside this, the Blockade of Naboo which gave the Chancellor (Palpatine) emergency powers was also necessary to have the authority to give out the Order.Īfter the end of the war, the clone troopers became the first Imperial Stormtroopers, but as the years passed they were gradually phased out and replaced by naturally-born recruits drawn from across the galaxy. A few days later Palpatine declared himself Emperor and reformed the Republic into the Galactic Empire.Īlthough the Order and it's outcomes were known to the Jedi and the Senate, the only way possible for the Troopers to execute that order immediately with no hesitation was if a bio-chip controlled their mind and forced them to do it. This command, Order 66, was given by Palpatine at the end of the war, right after the Separatists were largely defeated. Secretly, they were all implanted during their creation process with Inhibitor chips, allowing Palpatine to order the clone troopers to execute their own Jedi commanders when the time was right. The Clone Troopers were all created from the DNA of the notorious Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett.
