Rookies and Troopers

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Troopers and rookies are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Troopers" instead a noun "Rookies".

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Rookies and troopers are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rookies" instead a noun "Troopers".

Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The clone troopers got treated as this more and more the further into the series you go; in much of the first season, especially before "Rookies", the clones were mostly grunts who didn't even use cover much like the Mecha-Mooks they fought.

Source: Space Marine
The first season episode "Rookies" is generally cited as the moment the show improved because it introduced the coldly efficient commando droids and was an atypical story focusing on a small squad of clone troopers.

Source: Growing The Beard / Western Animation
Notable examples include the boys of the 501st Legion, Waxer and Boil, clone commando Gregor, and Domino Squad - Hevy, Cutup, Droidbait, Echo and Fives; the latter two appearing in later episodes as part of the 501st Legion and becoming ARC troopers after surviving their debut episode, "Rookies".

Source: Ensemble Darkhorse / Western Animation

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