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For the United States veterans organization, see Grand Army Of The Republic The Grand Army of the Republic is a fictional '' 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 composed of two hundred thousand "units" (see Size section) 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 created by the Sith lords to craft an army for his Galactic Empire. 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. SIZE 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 two Clonetroopers to defend it. Additionally, a number of nations on referred to either the number of soldiers created at the facility Obi-Wan visited, or the term "unit" means a Military Unit consisting of many individual soldiers. However, one must remember that these clones were of a single man who may very well have been, other than the Jedi, the deadliest man in the galaxy. In addition, in Episode 2, when Obi-Wan visits Kamino, the prime minister tells him "you will find they are vastly superior to droids", meaning that one of these soldiers could potentially take on multiple battle droids and come out on top. However, this number is easily misinterpreted as being the only clone troopers created; there is no reason that the Kaminoans would not easily produce more Clones as demands came in to replace battlefield losses. The 1.2 million units only represents the first "batch" delivered to the Republic. SOLDIERS
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