Clone Trooper The Clone Trooper is a minifigure based on one of the many soldiers of the same name from the " Star Wars " universe . Clone Troopers have appeared in a vast amount of different variations and have been playable characters in every single " LEGO Star Wars " video games to date . Description . The first Clone Trooper minifigures appeared in 2002 as part of the the " " subtheme , and is based on a Clone Trooper in Phase I armour . This minifigure feature plain white legs with a black leg joint , and a white torso with black hands . The torso piece has printing on both the front and the back . On the front , plates of armour , including chest plates are outlined in grey , as well as a belt towards the bottom of the piece . Black printing is used for two horizontal stripes on the right chest plate , and around where the middle of the torso connects to the arms and a head piece , representing the clone trooper ' s black bodysuit worn underneath the armour plating . This black bodysuit printing is also present on the back , as is grey printing for the backplate , the continuation of the belt , and a thermal detonator . The helmet of the first Clone Trooper variant is white , with a large crest in the centre of the top of the piece , and a T - shaped hole in the front , so that when fitted on to a headpiece , whatever is on the headpiece will show through . The helmet has printing above the hole - a black line above the hole , small grey areas above the end of each side of the black line , and black printing below helmet ' s hole for the mouth area . A black rectangle is also placed just underneath this mouth area . The Clone Trooper ' s head piece is plain black , so that when the helmet is placed on the head , the hole in the helmet is filled , and a black T - shaped visor is represented . This variant of Clone Trooper was armed with a blaster made out of a black piece predominantly used in the City theme as a megaphone , with a translucent blue or orange stud placed on the end . In the set 7163 Republic Gunship , the studs are a transparent orange , whereas in the set 4482 AT - TE ( released in 2003 ) , the studs were transparent blue . The second variant of Clone Trooper was one based on Phase II Clone Trooper armour . This minifigure retained the first ' s legs , torso and head , except the printing on the torso was changed from grey to a new grey that was introduced in 2004 . The major change between this trooper and the first variant was the helmet - a newly moulded piece was made for this helmet , featuring a smaller crest than the first . It also included the depiction of breathing filters , and curved sections in the T - shaped hole around the place each eye would be . The helmet again features printing , retaining a horizontal black stripe and grey areas , and a mouth area but one which was reduced in size . Black lines are also present on the sides of the breathing filters , and three black circles at the front of the filters . In 2005 and 2006 , the Clone Troopers were armed again with blasters again made out of black megaphone pieces and transparent blue studs , however in 2007 , new specially moulded blaster pieces were introduced . In the 7655 Clone Troopers Battle Pack , two standard Clone Troopers were included , both with a black blaster s , one of which also had grey electrobinoculars . Background . Clone troopers were grown and trained on Kamino , cloned from the bounty hunter Jango Fett for the Galactic Republic . The troopers were first called into service during the Battle of Geonosis , when Obi - Wan Kenobi , Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala were captured . A Jedi taskforce led by Mace Windu was initially sent in to rescue the three captives , however the large number of Battle Droid s eventually wore down the small army . Clone troopers flew in on LAAT / i gunships with Jedi Master Yoda , evacuating the surviving Jedi . The Grand Army of the Republic , led by Jedi Generals then managed to overcome the Confederacy droid forces on Geonosis , and the first battle of the Clone Wars was won by the clone and Jedi forces . Clone troopers continued to serve as the main infantry units throughout the Clone Wars , participating in most battles throughout the galaxy - wide war . While most clones were standard infantry , some took on specilist roles , such as pilots , gunners , and bomb diffusers , however all had some degree of proficiency with handheld blaster weapons . Clone trooper armour evolved over the course of the three - year war , first beginning with the Phase I armour , and transitioning into Phase II , which was more confortable for the troopers to wear and offered greater protection . As the Clone Wars drew to a close , Chancellor Palpatine , who was secretly the Sith Lord Darth Sidious and enemy to the Jedi , ordered the clone troopers to execute Order 66 , designating the Jedi as traitors to the Republic who should be shot on sight . The vast majority of clones complied , killing their former Generals and crippling the Jedi Order . After Palpatine reformed the Republic into the Galactic Empire and declared himself Emperor , he ordered his apprentice , Darth Vader , formerly the Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker to eliminate the Separatist leaders who he knew were stationed on the planet Mustafar . After Vader completed this task , he then broadcast a signal he obtained from the Separatist base , which shut down the droid forces , effectively ending the Clone Wars . Under the rule of the Empire , clone troopers transitioned into the soldiers known as Imperial Stormtrooper s , a force made up of clone troopers initially , but later also consisted of male humans who were either uncloned or cloned from sources other than Jango Fett , during the Galactic Civil War , there was very few of the latter .