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Special forces were elite military units that held specialized roles and accomplished tasks or missions that conventional military units were not trained or skilled for. The New Republic sent a special forces team led by Jom Barell to investigate suspected Imperial activity on Akiva sometime after the Battle of Endor.^[1]

Organizations[]

Galactic Republic[]

The Galactic Republic made use of various special and elite units during the Clone Wars. Clone commandos,^[2] Advanced Recon Commandos, Biker Advanced Recon Commandos, and Advanced Recon Force Scout Troopers^[3] were greatly employed, with units including Foxtrot Group, D-Squad,^[4] Delta Squad,^[5] and Clone Force 99.^[6] The 41st Ranger Platoon was also an elite unit within the 41st Elite Corps.^[7][8]

Confederacy of Independent Systems[]

The Confederacy of Independent Systems utilized specialized battle droids as special forces units, including BX-series droid commandos, during the Clone Wars.^[9]

Alliance to Restore the Republic[]

The Alliance to Restore the Republic maintained the Rebel Alliance Special Forces,^[11] a branch of the Alliance Military.^[12] Consisting of pathfinders,^[13] the Marine Corps, and Rebel Commandos, the Alliance Special Forces served in various battlefronts.^[14]

Galactic Empire[]

Main article: Imperial Special Forces

The Galactic Empire maintained various special forces units throughout its military and intelligence branches.^[15] An early special forces squad was the ES Task Division, which Admiral Rampart assembled as part of a program to transition from clones to human transcripts. However, the ES Troopers proved to be unable to follow orders as obediently as clone troopers, and one of the members, ES-01, was executed by their commander, Crosshair.^[16] The rest would soon follow in the events after, and only ES-02 survived.^[17]

The Imperial Special Forces (ISF)^[18] was the Empire's special forces organization,^[19] which included the 204th Imperial Fighter Wing,^[20] Task Force 99,^[21] and Imperial Special Forces troopers,^[22] such as Inferno Squad.^[23] Other special forces units included CompForce and Special Forces Command.^[15] Special Unit One was an elite starfighter squadron,^[24] and Imperial Intelligence utilized elite death troopers.^[25] Purge Troopers were elite soldiers that operated under the Inquisitorius.^[26]

New Republic[]

The New Republic maintained a military branch, the New Republic Special Forces, which was formed from the Alliance Special Forces.^[1]

First Order[]

The First Order maintained the First Order Special Forces as part of its military forces.^[27] Members of the First Order Special Forces included Special Forces pilots^[28] who piloted TIE/sf space superiority fighters,^[29] as well as elite stormtroopers who utilized elite speeder bikes.^[30]

Appearances[]

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Sources[]

• Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
• Star Wars Helmet Collection 31 (Helmets: Poe Dameron)
• Star Wars Helmet Collection 48 (Helmets: First Order TIE Pilot)
• Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z
• Star Wars: The Rebel Files

• Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
• Every Ship in the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy | Star Wars By the Numbers on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (content now obsolete; backup link)
• Agent Gideon Hask in the Databank (backup link)

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