Journal of the 501st The Journal of the 501st was a compiled record of journal entries written by one or more retired members of the 501st Legion . The entries summarized their most famous battles , captured the feelings of individual troopers , and traced the 501st from its origins in the Clone Wars to its development as " Vader ' s Fist " during the Galactic Civil War . The journal was kept as secret as the missions undertaken by the 501st ; only after the fall of the Galactic Empire were the journals recovered . The battles recorded included : Clone Wars . First Battle of Geonosis " " Attack of the Clones " " . " " My first day as a member of the 501st . . . it was hot , it was sandy , chaotic . Nothing at all like the simulations on Kamino . Of course that ' s pretty much the way it was for all of us , wasn ' t it ? All that breeding , all those years of training . . . it doesn ' t really prepare you for all the screaming or the blood , does it ? Frankly I ' m still amazed we ever made it through the first hour , never - mind the first day . " " " " Incredibly , the 501st survived the crucible of Geonosis , emerging battle - hardened , and ready for whatever the war would throw at us . " " Battle of Mygeeto " " Amongst the Ruins " " . " " In the waning months of the Clone Wars , the 501st faced missions critical to the agenda of Chancellor Palpatine . When we arrived at the bombed out ruins of Mygeeto , our Jedi commander believed we had been sent to take out a droid energy collector . What Ki - Adi - Mundi didn ' t know however was that our unit of the 501st was really after an experimental Mygeetan power source , that the Chancellor wanted for his superlaser . Keeping Mundi in the dark wasn ' t easy ; the Jedi had become increasingly wary of the Chancellor ' s doings , and was on the lookout for the slightest hint of treachery . Just like the rest of them though , he never caught whiff of what was really going on , until it was far too late . " " " " The success of the mission on Mygeeto was something of a revelation for the men of the 501st . Suddenly , we realized that the Jedi could be fooled . And if they could be fooled , they could be killed . " " Battle of Coruscant [ Space ] " " A Desperate Rescue " " . " " As the Clone Wars progressed , more and more ground - based legions found themselves pressed into space combat , including the fighting forces of the 501st . For months , every hour of our downtime was spent in the simulator , preparing for the time we would face our enemies from the cockpit of a 170 . Finally the day came to earn our wings . The CIS had staged a daring kidnapping of Chancellor Palpatine , and was being escorted from Coruscant by a fleet of Separatist ships . With only a few veteran pilots on - planet , many of the 501st were pressed into service to drive off the Seps , and buy time for a pair of Jedi Knights to rescue the Chancellor . " " " " After disabling the final capital ship , General Kenobi and Skywalker took advantage of the opportunity we ' d created and rescued the Chancellor . Took all the credit , too . " " Battle of Felucia " " Heart of Darkness " " . " " It ' s been said that the 501st got the best of the war . We also got the worst . On Felucia , the Seps dug their metal heels into the muck of that alien hellhole and dared the Republic to come in after them . So we did , only to be met with the month after month of flesh - eating diseases , shrieking nocturnal predators , and other sights that haunt me to this day . Cut off and for all we knew abandoned by our superiors , our only hope was Aayla Secura , our Jedi commander . Without her iron will , none of us would have come out of that mess with our sanity , or our lives . When her death came , I hope it was quick . She earned that much . " " " " When the 501st was finally rotated out of Felucia , Aayla Secura made a point of seeing us off personally , calling us the bravest soldiers she had ever seen . It ' s a good thing we were wearing helmets , because none of us could bear to look her in the eye . " " Battle of Kashyyyk [ Space ] " " First Line of Defense " " . " " When the Separatists ' invasion of Kashyyyk caught the Republic flatfooted , a detachment of the 501st was sent in to stop the bleeding until reinforcements could arrive . It was a textbook suicide mission and we knew it . As we fought our way into Kashyyyk ' s atmosphere , most of us believed that the only way we ' d be getting off this planet was in a body bag . " " " " As the 501st finally broke through the Sep blockade over Kashyyyk , I took a long look back at the battle that continued to rage over the planet , and wondered why so many had to die for a bunch of walking carpets . Then I followed my orders , and turned planetward . " " Battle of Kashyyyk " " A Line in the Sand " " . " " When we arrived on Kashyyyk , things were just as bad as we ' d feared . The droids had us outgunned , outmaneuvered , and outmanned by a five - to - one margin . What none of us had counted on was the Wookiees . We ' d all heard the stories , of course , but we ' d never fought next to them , never seen them rip apart a droid with their bare hands . They were magnificent . Even so it was still a suicide mission , at least until Master Yoda arrived . Then it became a battle ; a winnable battle . " " " " With the timely arrival of Master Yoda , the 501st was able to hold the line against the Seps on Kashyyyk . We left as heroes . Years later , we ' d return as conquerors . " " Battle of Utapau " " Underground Ambush " " . " " In our bones , we knew the war was almost over . The Galaxy held its breath , waiting to see which side would make the final daring move . As fortune would have it , the Republic moved first . After the Chancellor informed the Jedi Council that General Grievous and the Sep leaders were hiding on Utapau , General Kenobi gathered an army large enough to capture three star systems . When the orders reached the 501st , our morale soared . For better or worse , this would be the beginning of the end . " " " " With the death of General Grievous at the hands of General Kenobi , the Utapau raid had broken the back of the Separatists . Under normal circumstances , it would have been a time for celebration . But our next orders put paid to those thoughts . " " Imperial Period . " " Knightfall " " . " " What I remember about the rise of the Empire is . . . is how quiet it was . During the waning hours of the Clone Wars , the 501st Legion was discreetly transferred back to Coruscant . It was a silent trip . We all knew what was about to happen , what we were about to do . Did we have any doubts ? Any private , traitorous thoughts ? Perhaps , but no one said a word . Not on the flight to Coruscant , not when Order 66 came down , and not when we marched into the Jedi Temple . Not a word . " " " " With the fall of Coruscant and the elimination of the traitorous Jedi , Palpatine ' s rise to power was complete . In recognition of our service and loyalty to the Emperor , the 501st were placed under the direct command of Lord Vader . Armed with deadly new weapons , blazing new ships , and shiny new armor , our presence let the galaxy know that the days of the Old Republic were well and truly over . We were establishing a new era , an era of order and peace . An era of The Empire . " " Raid on Naboo " " Imperial Diplomacy " " . " " During the rise of the Empire , the Emperor ' s home planet of Naboo rapidly established itself as a major irritant . After a number of Naboo ' s ambassadors were sent home in various states of dismemberment , her newly elected Queen broke off diplomatic ties , and began exploring military options . Clearly it was time for a regime change , a change that would be effected by the 501st , now under the direct command of Darth Vader . Our orders were simple , to infiltrate the city , take out their leader , sending a clear signal to other potential troublemakers in the Empire . " " " " With the Queen eliminated , Naboo quickly fell in line . It was the first time the 501st was called upon to " adjust " a planet ' s government , but it wouldn ' t be the last . Within months , the 501st gained a well - deserved reputation as " Vader ' s Fist " . " " Battle of Mustafar [ Space ] " " Preventive Measures " " . " " Although the Clone Wars were over , some people never seem to get the message . The worst case of denial was Gizor Dellso , a Geonosian Separatist who ' d somehow escaped Lord Vader ' s efforts to wipe out the remnants of the CIS . Lord Vader tracked him to Mustafar , and brought us in to finish the job . It seemed like a simple enough mission , but when we saw the fleet of droid ships , hovering over the planet , we suddenly realized that Delso ' s denial mechanisms were a little more dangerous than we ' d imagined . " " " " The slight whiff of nostalgia the 501st had enjoyed fighting the droid fleet over Mustafar had already grown sour by the time we ' d established orbital positions . Now it was time to find out what this was all about . " " Battle of Mustafar " " Tying up Loose Ends " " . " " By the time we ' d made our way to the molten surface of Mustafar , it was apparent that Delso had been a busy little bug . All by his lonesome , he ' d found a previously hidden droid factory , fired it up and cranked out his own private army of battle droids . Needless to say , this got the men of the 501st . . . a little hot under the helmet , and not just because of all that lava . Truth be told we ' d all had our fill of those gear heads during the war , and we couldn ' t stomach the thought of going through another one . So we blew them up . Blew up the droids , blew up the factory , damn near blew up the planet . " " " " The destruction of the mining facility put an end to any thoughts of a second droid rebellion . For the first time in years , the men of the 501st could relax , and get about the business of maintaining an Empire , rather than building one . " " Kamino Uprising " " Changing of the Guard " " . " O " fficially , there never was a clone rebellion on Kamino . Unofficially , approximately twenty years after we were created , a special detachment of the Imperial 501st Legion was dispatched to Kamino , with orders to eradicate an army of clones that had been bred to take arms against the Empire . Our mission commander , an expert on the inner workings of Kamino , was a young bounty hunter named Boba Fett . " " " " The bounty hunter left after the battle was over . He said something about tracking down a smuggler on Tatooine . After the Kamino uprising , the Emperor decided an army of genetically identical soldiers was too susceptible to corruption . Future troopers would be cloned from a variety of templates . Though the 501st itself remained pure , the rest of the Imperial Army gradually became more and more diverse . We never really got used to the new guys . " " Galactic Civil War . Death Star Uprising " " Prison Break " " . " " Once it was finally finished , the Death Star was the Emperor ' s favorite toy . It was also the most boring assignment in the galaxy for a stormtrooper . Tedious inspection drills , endless hours of guarding impregnable force field generator s . Things got so bad that when a prison break erupted in the cell block , we were almost happy to have someone shooting at us again . If only we had known what an embarrassing snipestorm we were about to wade into , we probably would have jettisoned the whole detention block into space . " " " " After the embarrassment of the prison break , Lord Vader removed us from our comfortable billet , and began dragging the 501st across the galaxy , in a dangerous hunt for the now missing Death Star plans . Ironically , our punishment eventually proved to be our salvation . The poor souls who took our place in the detention area were completely wiped out when the Death Star was destroyed . " " Raid on Polis Massa " " Birth of the Rebellion " " . " " By the time of the raid on Polis Massa , the men of the 501st were starting to get a little sick of this so called " Rebellion " . In the past , we ' d secretly enjoyed putting down a local insurrection or two . They kept the troops sharp and the Empire feared , but these Rebels were different . They were organized , they were growing , and they were everywhere . The raid on Polis Massa was a perfect example of how things were starting to fall apart . We were supposed to go in , wipe out a small band of Rebels , and recover some stolen Imperial plans on an encrypted holodisk . Before we knew it , we were nearly overrun by Rebel forces , with the holodisk nowhere to be found . " " " " Even though the Polis Massa raid was only a partial success , we finally had a lead on the whereabouts of the Death Star plans , which suited the 501st just fine . " " Battle on the Tantive IV " " Recovering the Plans " " . " " With the information gathered on Polis Massa , Vader concluded that the stolen plans had been given to Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan . We weren ' t surprised . For all their talk of being a peaceful planet , Alderaan had been thumbing its nose at the Empire for years . After a brief and pointless battle , we boarded the ship , the " Tantive IV " , over Tatooine , began looking for the plans , and waited for Lord Vader ' s arrival . " " " " After Lord Vader took custody of Princess Leia , we all figured it was just a matter of time before she coughed up the plans . Many of us had been unwilling witnesses to Vader ' s powers of persuasion in the past . The thought of a pampered little princess resisting his terrible will was inconceivable . " " Strike on Yavin 4 [ Space ] " " Vader ' s Fist Strikes Back " " . " " When the Death Star was destroyed , about half of the 501st Legion was still in the hangar getting to their ships . Of those who made it out , another third were caught in the explosion . I ' d fought with some of those men for over twenty years . Afterwards , those of us that survived hooked up with a nearby Imperial fleet making a retaliatory strike on the Rebel ' s base on Yavin IV . It wasn ' t the best thought out plan , but we were cut off from our leaders , tired , and operating on instinct . If not for our training , we probably would ' ve never gotten past their orbital defenses . " " " " And so the battle over Yavin came to an end . I ' m told we destroyed hundreds of Rebel ships that day . Even if it had been thousands , it wouldn ' t have made up for the Death Star . " " Strike on Yavin 4 " " Revenge of the Empire " " . " " By the time we landed on Yavin , whatever shock we ' d felt at the destruction of the Death Star had been replaced by anger . For months we ' d treated the Rebellion like a disobedient child , only to be repaid for our tolerance with treachery on an unimaginable scale . Frankly , I don ' t remember much of the fighting . I guess we won . " " " " After the battle , the surviving members of the 501st finally caught their breath . The Empire had taken the Rebel ' s best shot and come up standing . Now it was our turn to strike . " " Battle of Hoth " " Our Finest Hour " " . " " No one ever complained about the cold on Hoth . We never felt it . Even though we were blinded by blizzards , we could see the final end of the Rebellion in our blaster sight s . Was it only a mirage ? Perhaps . But on that day , on that planet , our blood ran hot with dreams of victory , melting the ice that stood in our way . " " " " As the Rebels fled , the 501st gathered around a burning bunker and let out a cheer that shook the stars . The Rebellion was done , the Death Star was being rebuilt , bigger than ever . Order had finally returned to the Galaxy , in no small part due to the efforts of the fighting men of the 501st . " " Behind the scenes . Temuera Morrison provides the voice for the narrator of every journal entry . In the game ' s credits , the character is identified simply as " Retired clone trooper " , implying that he survived all of the battles above mentioned .