Foreword:

Many have asked what it is these men fought for. And there have been nearly as many answers to this great riddle. They fought for glory, for honor, for the Republic, or simply because they had no choice. Public opinion is that these men were nothing more than slaves, killers, pitiful beings indoctrined to fulfill the desires of a great evil. That these amoral creatures are a black mark that, like the Empire we strive to scrub away from our fabric of time. But that would defeat the purpose, would it not? Our New Republic was forged from the blood these men spilt. They caused the Fall, the Rise, and the Rebellion by doing their duty as soldiers. That Grand Army was the precipice from which the galaxy fell into darkness, and without it we would have never seen light. If we wish to prevent another atrocity then we must understand that war. The Clone Wars was a turning point in Galactic history, an event in which these men lived. They were perfect soldiers, men who followed orders without question. Men who knew not of what they were destined to do, merely the job that needed to be done. They were not slaves, they were a family, an army that we needed most. No other being could have accomplished what they did. They were special, they were professional, and they were my brothers. People ask me what it is we fought for. We fought for each other. We died for each other. And we would do it all again.

-Levet Skirata, formerly CC-3388/0021, Commander of the 35th Infantry