This thread is about a pivotal point in the history of the Star Wars universe: the Galactic Republic is transformed into the Galactic Empire.
Of course, Palpatine, as Supreme Chancellor of the Republic and as Sith Lord Darth Sidious, orchestrated the Clone Wars in order to end the Jedi Order and the Republic. Of course, the Grand Army of the Republic is transformed into the Imperial Navy and the Imperial Army, and the Republic clone troopers are transformed into the first Imperial stormtroopers.
What about the planetary-level military forces? What about the Commision to Preserve the Republic, which is transformed into the Commission to Preserve the New Order (COMPNOR)?
What is the fate of the Judicial Forces, the Galactic Republic's pre-Clone Wars interstellar armed police force?
The Judicial Forces include a regular armed police force, the Republic Security Force (RSF), and likely included planetary military and police forces and private mercenaries and bounty hunters hired by the Republic's Judicial Department.
The Jedi were originally part of the Judicial Forces, but when the Clone Wars broke out became they became officers in the Grand Army of the Republic. A number of high-ranking RSF officers also likely became officers in the GAR.
The Commision to Preserve the Republic (COMPOR, the future COMPNOR) was organized to defend the Republic. COMPOR included a paramilitary arm, Compforce, which aided the RSF as part of the Judicial Forces or sometimes the Jedi and Clone troopers as part of the GAR. The Judicial Forces also beefed up it's traditional hiring of mercenaries and bounty hunters in order to promote law-and-order and aid the GAR as the Republic's secondary military force.
After the Jedi were exterminated under Order 66, the Galactic Republic finally defeated the Separatists, and the Republic transitioned into the Galactic Empire, The rand Army of the Republic's ground forces became the new Imperial Army, the space navy of the GAR was combined with the space forces of the Judicial Forces (particularly the RSF) to form the Imperial Navy, the RSF became the Imperial Security Bureau, the new ISB was combined with COMPOR to form COMPNOR, and Compforce units served alongside the clones as part of the Imperial Army or served alongside planetary military forces or the Imperial Navy to ensure their loyalty to Emperor Palpatine and the new Empire.
The Separatists's starships and droids were integrated into the Imperial Navy and Imperial Army, but after the first couple of years of the Empire the battle droids are largely phased out.
The clones of the Imperial Army, now called stormtroopers, are augmented by Compforce members after several years as Compforce units start wearing stormtrooper armor.
Of course, Palpatine, as Supreme Chancellor of the Republic and as Sith Lord Darth Sidious, orchestrated the Clone Wars in order to end the Jedi Order and the Republic. Of course, the Grand Army of the Republic is transformed into the Imperial Navy and the Imperial Army, and the Republic clone troopers are transformed into the first Imperial stormtroopers.
What about the planetary-level military forces? What about the Commision to Preserve the Republic, which is transformed into the Commission to Preserve the New Order (COMPNOR)?
What is the fate of the Judicial Forces, the Galactic Republic's pre-Clone Wars interstellar armed police force?
The Judicial Forces include a regular armed police force, the Republic Security Force (RSF), and likely included planetary military and police forces and private mercenaries and bounty hunters hired by the Republic's Judicial Department.
The Jedi were originally part of the Judicial Forces, but when the Clone Wars broke out became they became officers in the Grand Army of the Republic. A number of high-ranking RSF officers also likely became officers in the GAR.
The Commision to Preserve the Republic (COMPOR, the future COMPNOR) was organized to defend the Republic. COMPOR included a paramilitary arm, Compforce, which aided the RSF as part of the Judicial Forces or sometimes the Jedi and Clone troopers as part of the GAR. The Judicial Forces also beefed up it's traditional hiring of mercenaries and bounty hunters in order to promote law-and-order and aid the GAR as the Republic's secondary military force.
After the Jedi were exterminated under Order 66, the Galactic Republic finally defeated the Separatists, and the Republic transitioned into the Galactic Empire, The rand Army of the Republic's ground forces became the new Imperial Army, the space navy of the GAR was combined with the space forces of the Judicial Forces (particularly the RSF) to form the Imperial Navy, the RSF became the Imperial Security Bureau, the new ISB was combined with COMPOR to form COMPNOR, and Compforce units served alongside the clones as part of the Imperial Army or served alongside planetary military forces or the Imperial Navy to ensure their loyalty to Emperor Palpatine and the new Empire.
The Separatists's starships and droids were integrated into the Imperial Navy and Imperial Army, but after the first couple of years of the Empire the battle droids are largely phased out.
The clones of the Imperial Army, now called stormtroopers, are augmented by Compforce members after several years as Compforce units start wearing stormtrooper armor.