Clone troopers

Although the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems used some Battle droids as soldiers in the Clone Wars, both sides cloned and raised organic soldiers as foot soldiers and used them in many other military roles. Clone troopers were commonly considered a subspecies of Humans. Clones were also considered to be better and smarter soldiers than Droids.

After the end of the Clone Wars and the merger into the Intergalactic Empire, the Republic's clone troopers were integrated into the Imperial Navy, where most served as Imperial Navy troopers. The CIS's clone troopers mostly fought to the death after the defeat of their government and the rise of the new Empire, but some CIS clones surrendered and were granted the opportunity to join the Imperial Navy, too, which they generally accepted.

There was an experiment where special clone troopers were bred to serve as Imperial Stormtroopers, but that project was abandoned 14 years ago when the Empire decided to cease the breeding of new clones for military or police purposes.

A handful of clone trooper veterans still served in the Imperial militaty and police forces as recently as two or three years ago.