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==Clones in Star Wars==
Probably the most significant mention of clones for the [[Star Wars]] franchise is the existence of the Clone Army during the age of the Republic. Created by the Kaminoans using the genetic information of the [[Mandalorian]] bounty hunter Jango Fett, this Clone Army was the main battleforce that the Republic relied upon, as vast batches of fully trained soldiers could be produced within a mere decade, and the Republic's constitutent planets had been at peace so long that they had no real standing armies to draft, not even a [[Planetary Defense Force]]. Each Clone Trooper was also conditioned to be less independent, which meant that there was no concern about betrayal by some outside force hijacking them[[Just as Planned|...yeeaaaahhh, about that...]]

While the clones as an overall force was controlled by the Empire, they were eventually phased out and replaced by the [[Stormtrooper]]s for multiple reasons, the most significant being the fact that [[Wat|Jango's death meant that they had lost access to his genetics in order to continue making clones]] - [[Bullshit|as stupid as that sounds]], the issue here was that at some point you xerox a person so many times that defects started becoming more commonplace, and this is an issue regarding real-life cloning as well. No Jango means no "pure" gene stock to replenish your supplies with, so you can either just keep cloning the clones and accepting the increasingly shit quality, or cut your losses and move on. Also concerning was the fact that clones tended to adhere strictly to protocol when not guided to think freely by a commanding officer, which made them question their tactical capabilities when compared to merely hypno-indoctrinating normal people. Furthermore, clones were expensive; they made great battlefield soldiers (for a fake war) but what the Empire needed was an enormous occupation force more than it needed elite soldiers, and there were enough desperate civilians to volunteer for the job.