Their genetic code was altered to make them more docile and subject to military discipline, though some clone units such as the Advanced Recon Clone (ARC) Troopers and Republic Commandos were allowed to retain more of Jango's original personality such that they could more-directly draw on his guile and years of combat experience. At the age of 10 they are flash-trained in their specific tasks. Clone Troopers continue to age faster than humans, giving them a much reduced lifespan. The clone troopers were outfitted with armor styled after Fett's Mandalorian battle armor and armed with weapons and vehicles produced in secret by Kuat Drive Yards.Ĭlone troopers were grown with accelerated speed, nearly double that of a normal human, though this rate would slow at the biological age of 10. The genetic template of the clone troopers was Jango Fett, one of, if not the most, feared bounty hunter in the Galaxy at that time, as well as one of the last surviving Mandalorians, an ancient warrior culture. There is some debate on this point, however, as Sifo-Dyas was killed more than ten years before the beginning of the War. The clone troopers were created ten years prior to the outbreak of the Clone Wars by the cloners on the planet Kamino at the behest of Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas, according to the Kaminoans.
