The Clone Troopers (Next to Mandalorians) were one of the most powerful and cunning enemies the old Republic had ever faced in nearly 4,000 years. It was considered a strong likelihood to many historians studied in the history of the Old Republic that it was due to the military effect of the Rebel clones forces on the Republic that this might have been one of several main factors for the societal and cultural fall of the Republic and the coup and rise of the Empire.