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Re: Star Wars Questions....
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lugnet.starwars
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Tue, 21 May 2002 13:17:52 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, David Eaton writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Thomas Main writes:
> > Fourth, do the clones fight for the Republic?
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> Yup.
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> > Who asked they be made?
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> We're left only to assume that Palpatine (the head senator) asked to have
> them made 10 years prior. But there's been no official answer.
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> > Why?
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> To fight the war, of course :) Back then (when they were ordered) there
> *was* no war, which is part of the plot-- IE whoever ordered them KNEW or
> WANTED there to BE a war in the future, and has had this all planned out
> from the start.
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> > They seem to fight for the republic in this movie...does that change?
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> Nope. They're the predacessor to stormtroopers of course, but remember that
> the republic turns into the empire. So right now, while the republic seems
> to be "good", they're fighting for "good". But when the republic becomes the
> empire, they're suddenly "bad".
About that, why dosnt the empire use the clone troops in later
episodes. just a thought, maybe since the have accelerated growth i would
guess that they would die sooner so maybe they all died before ep iv.
jd
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| (...) From somewhere a while ago I seem to remember hearing that some Stormtroopers are clones. The ones that are, I would rather doubt that they are clones that fought in the Battle of Geonosis. Clones cost money to create and upkeep, and before (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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