Armor also fostered a sense of camaraderie between the Jedi and the clone troopers who served under them in the Clone Wars; the similarity between their uniforms emphasized that they were all part ...

In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Snoke’s Praetorian Guard put up a good fight and nearly vanquished their foes, even doing the unthinkable and blocking lightsabers with their armor.

According to Star Wars: The Last Jedi Visual Dictionary, the armor that Snoke forced his guards to wear would protect them from lightsabers, yet would also cause them pain.