rhinomatt Posted August 17, 2005 Posted August 17, 2005 are the emporors gards (red ones) manderlorions?? there mask is of maderlorion making if not!
Prince Posted August 17, 2005 Posted August 17, 2005 The masks are mandalorian inspirations. The guards are just elite stormtroopers that have been chosen to continue advanced training. The guards train on the world of Yinnchor and very few are chosen. The ones that succeed become Imperial Guards. They then go through even more advanced training to become Imperial Sovereign Protectors. These Protectors had advanced Mandalorian armor and were trained in the Dark Side
MdKnightR Posted August 17, 2005 Posted August 17, 2005 Well, technically, they would be of Mandalorian descent, wouldn't they? I mean, Stormtroopers/Clones were cloned from Jango Fett and he was a Mandalorian wasn't he?
Emperor Devon Posted August 17, 2005 Posted August 17, 2005 The clones were not Mandalorians. They may have been cloned from one, but they never went through the trials to become full Mandalorians. And not all Royal Guards are clones. You're forgetting how after the Clone Wars, Palpatine allowed non-clones to join the army. @Prince, I think "elite" wouldn't be the best term for them. Out of millions, possibly billions of Imperial forces, only a hundred or so are Royal Guards.
Hannibal Posted August 17, 2005 Posted August 17, 2005 Also if you remember Palpatine has the guards before there is a clone army. So they aren't clones at all.
Soogz Posted August 17, 2005 Posted August 17, 2005 Yea, but I thought his guards in Episode 1 and in Episode 2 were blue weren't they?
lukeiamyourdad Posted August 17, 2005 Posted August 17, 2005 They're called Senate guards who later were replaced by Royal guards. http://www.starwars.com/databank/organization/senateguard/index.html Though their origins comes from the Senate Guards, the Royal Guards are a seperate entity.
MdKnightR Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 The clones were not Mandalorians. They may have been cloned from one, but they never went through the trials to become full Mandalorians. And not all Royal Guards are clones. You're forgetting how after the Clone Wars, Palpatine allowed non-clones to join the army. @Prince, I think "elite" wouldn't be the best term for them. Out of millions, possibly billions of Imperial forces, only a hundred or so are Royal Guards. Well, I was referring to blood relation, not whether or not they had been through the trials. And, where did you get the information about Palpatine allowing non-clones to join the army? I don't recall ever hearing that.
Emperor Devon Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 You recall the ending of Episode III, right? You see a bunch of non-clone officers on the bridge. It is also mentioned in multiple EU sources that stormtroopers are not just clones. Besides, wouldn't that be the logical thing to do? Just give them proper training, and they'll be as good as any clone, and they live twice as long.
90SK Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 Yeah, though they wouldn't have the obedience or lack of fear that the clones had. That would be a minus.
lukeiamyourdad Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 àIt is also mentioned in multiple EU sources that stormtroopers are not just clones. Besides, wouldn't that be the logical thing to do? Just give them proper training, and they'll be as good as any clone, and they live twice as long. George Lucas himself said something about this. I'll try and find the article.
Emperor Devon Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 Yeah, though they wouldn't have the obedience or lack of fear that the clones had. That would be a minus. They are put through VERY extreme conditioning. If one of their allies is gunned down, unlike the rebels, they won't stop and moan about it. Sometimes they forget their own names. This is mentioned in the visual dictionary and other EU sources.
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