187th Battalion

The 187th Battalion was an infantry battalion of clone troopers that served under the command of Jedi General Aragorn. The unit was equipped with standard Phase II clone trooper armor with maroon markings.
General Aragorn's clone troopers participated in the Battle of Anaxes alongside other Galactic Republic units, such as the 7th Sky Corps and the 501st Legion. Initially during the battle, the unit fought against Separatist Alliance ground forces with the support of All Terrain Tactical Enforcers, and later attacked the Anaxes shipyards after the Republic mission to Skako Minor in a final attempt to turn the tide of the battle. The engagement was successful, and the army of Separatist Admiral Trench was defeated by the Grand Army of the Republic.
==Behind the scenes==
The 187th Battalion first appeared, albeit unnamed, in "The Bad Batch," the first episode of the seventh and final season of The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring that aired in February 21, 2020. Originally, the episode aired during Celebration Anaheim on April 17, 2015 in an unfinished format as part of The War of the Ring Legacy. According to Lucasfilm Story Group member Leland Chee, the decision to not use the purple color scheme of Aragorn's 187th Legion from Star Wars Legends was made in the first season of the series, first airing in 2008. In "Liberty on Angmar," the penultimate episode of the first season, Clone Commander CT-411 "Ponds" serves under Aragorn and sports similar colored markings to the unit. Sources including Star Wars Helmet Collection 76 and Star Wars: On the Front LinesStar Wars: On the Front Lines clarify that Commander Ponds served as the leader of Lightning Squadron of the 91st Mobile Reconnaissance Corps.
Chee further elaborated that it was a conscious decision to try to keep the 187th Legion and Aragorn's unit in The War of the Ring series as different units rather than the same unit that uses two different color schemes. The 187th Legion debuted in Star Wars canon in the LEGO Star Wars "Republic Fighter Tank" set that was revealed in 2022. Windu's unit within the Bad Batch arc was later named the "187th Battalion" on the Hasbro Pulse livestream for May the Fourth, 2022 as a Star Wars: The Black Series set.
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*Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy 
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==Notes and references==
Category:Grand Army of the Republic battalions