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The reason of the colour markings on the ROTS Clones
Posted: 2005-04-03 11:04am
by General Veers
Hi to everyone-recently signed on.
I have seen references to the various markings on the ROTS Clonetroopers-are an indication of the "Legion" they belong to.
THe ROTS VD is the only source I have seen that supports this.
Has anybody seen anything that can support that or refute it?
Posted: 2005-04-03 11:22am
by Lord Revan
All the clones (that we seee) in 501th (IIRC) legion have blue markings (clones with Vader/Anakin in the trailer(s)), also Clone commandos use color as ID.
Re: The reason of the colour markings on the ROTS Clones
Posted: 2005-04-03 11:52am
by Companion Cube
General Veers wrote:Hi to everyone-recently signed on.
I have seen references to the various markings on the ROTS Clonetroopers-are an indication of the "Legion" they belong to.
THe ROTS VD is the only source I have seen that supports this.
Has anybody seen anything that can support that or refute it?
The ROTS ICS seems to support this, as one clone is described as having "honour markings" on his armour because he served with the Jedi.
Posted: 2005-04-03 12:01pm
by Vympel
Why would you want anything else? The Visual Dictionary for RotS is about the highest source you could possibly get for what's seen in the films, visually.
Posted: 2005-04-03 05:12pm
by The Original Nex
Colors marking legion makes a hell of a lot more sense than denoting rank (as it was in AotC).
Having you Sergeant or Captain in bright colors makes them prime sniper targets. I can easily understand the shift to denoting legion rather than rank.
Posted: 2005-04-03 06:00pm
by General Veers
Why would you want anything else? The Visual Dictionary for RotS is about the highest source you could possibly get for what's seen in the films, visually.
Vympel
Just curious and I like the idea of different unit markings so more sources for myself to see. Since being an observer on this board and many other SW related-the defintion of "canon" has firmly been established-something I welcome-I like being able to buy a SW book like the RoTS VD that is well done and you can rely on the information.
Colors marking legion makes a hell of a lot more sense than denoting rank (as it was in AotC).
Having you Sergeant or Captain in bright colors makes them prime sniper targets. I can easily understand the shift to denoting legion rather than rank.
The Original Nex
I fully agree with that and saw these markings as a way to get away from the rank colours.
Thanx guys for the replies.