When
Anakin
Skywalker succumbed to the dark side and swore
loyalty to
Darth
Sidious, the newly arisen Emperor assigned his
apprentice the best the galaxy had to offer. For
Vader's
inaugural mission to raze the
Jedi
Temple,
the
Emperor provided him with a legion of elite
clone
troopers. Their distinctive blue-marked armor set
them apart from the other ranks. Their crack
marksmanship and coordinated team maneuvers allowed them
to outflank the Jedi trapped in the Temple, and
mercilessly gun them down. Though these clone troopers
emerged from the smoldering Temple with their share of
casualties -- some Jedi proved
quite difficult to
kill -- they were nonetheless successful in their
mission.