Why didn't the Empire keep using clones?

The Empire Stopped Using Clone Troopers After Order 66
In theory, the Clone Army should have been perfect for Palpatine's purposes. He had successfully established the Empire, but he was well aware there would be resistance.
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Why did the Empire use stormtroopers instead of clones?

The main motivation for the switch to Stormtroopers was simply that cloning became too expensive. The costs of ordering, growing, and training clones were exorbitant, and their timetable to become full soldiers was lengthy.
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Why did the Empire stop using clones and droids?

The Senate banned them. This was done due to negative feeling towards battle droids following the Clone Wars. It goes on to say that a loophole was used to create the KX-series "Security" Droids, as seen in Rogue One. The same is probably true of the Imperial "sentry" droids seen in Rebels.
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Did the Galactic Empire use clones?

We never really got used to the new guys." Clone stormtroopers were the original elite soldiers of the Galactic Empire. After the fall of the Galactic Republic and the formation of Emperor Palpatine's New Order, the Republic Grand Army's clone troopers were re-designated as stormtroopers.
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Who would win clones vs stormtroopers?

Clone troopers were actually competent and could hit their targets, so they would win. I kind of think stormtroopers because although clones were made to fight, they didnt have as much training as stormtroopers because they had growth accelerators. Per the Clone Wars there's actually very FEW Clone troopers.
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Is Finn cloned?

Finn was a male human. During his time with the First Order, he wore the standard-issue stormtrooper armor.
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When did stormtroopers stop being clones?

The Empire Stopped Using Clone Troopers After Order 66

In theory, the Clone Army should have been perfect for Palpatine's purposes.
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Why did Palpatine stop using clones?

Bad Batch theory reveals the genius reason the Empire stopped using clones. For some, the Empire offered a dangerous path to a better life. The galaxy's greatest evil had to start somewhere. In Star Wars: The Bad Batch, we're witnessing the Empire's infancy, and with it, some less-than-glamorous growing pains.
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Was Kamino destroyed?

The resulting Battle of Kamino between the Empire and the Rebel Alliance caused mass destruction on the ground and above the planet, and a tidal wave destroyed the city and the cloning operation within it.
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What was Order 65 in Star Wars?

Order 65 stated that if a majority of the Senate or the Security Council declared that the Supreme Chancellor—at that time Palpatine—was unfit for duty, the Chancellor was to be arrested or, if necessary, killed.
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Why are there no battle droids in the original trilogy?

Battle droids were shut down after order 66, as they were programmed to attack clone troopers which would then become stormtroopers. So to eliminate this threat, darth sidious shut them down.
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Who was the first clone trooper?

Captain Rex, CT-7567, leads Torrent Company of the 501st Legion, often under the command of Jedi General Anakin Skywalker and Jedi Commander Ahsoka Tano. He first appears in The Clone Wars film and its related television series, and he is the primary clone trooper character of the series.
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Are there Kaminoan Jedi?

Masters. Kina Ha was a female Kaminoan Jedi Master trained during the era of peace known as the Republic Classic era. A wizened and distant Jedi, she allied herself with the Jedi Code, more than the Jedi Order, remaining reclusive and rarely appearing at the Jedi Temple.
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Who was the highest ranking clone?

Clone marshal commanders were the highest rank a clone trooper could gain within the Grand Army of the Republic. They were usually in charge of Corps-level formations. The marshal commander was an equivalent to Major Generals or Lieutenant Generals outside of the Grand Army.
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Is Sifo-Dyas a Sith?

By executing the man, Dooku would gain full control of the project for the Sith, using Sifo-Dyas as a cover. Seeing that Dooku had embraced the dark side, Sidious awarded him the Sith name and title of Darth Tyranus.
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Were there any clones that disobeyed Order 66?

Nevertheless, clones from both canons managed to disobey Order 66 through various means.
  • Able. Able-1707 was a standard clone trooper who appears in the Legends-era Empire and Rebellion comics. ...
  • HOB-147. ...
  • Omega and Yayax Squads. ...
  • Null-Class ARC Troopers. ...
  • Maze. ...
  • Fives. ...
  • Rex. ...
  • Wolffe.
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Why did Palpatine stop using a lightsaber?

Sidious himself felt that he and his peers had outgrown the use of lightsabers, and only continued carrying them to mock the Jedi. He ultimately viewed his own lightsabers as little more than an affectation, and rarely wielded them in combat.
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Are stormtroopers still clones?

Despite this, later stormtroopers are established as recruits; at the time of the original trilogy, only a few stormtroopers are clones, with the only known legion to still contain a significant number of clones being the 501st Legion, aka "Vader's Fist".
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Did Mace Windu survive?

Samuel L. Jackson, who played Windu, told Entertainment Weekly in 2016 that he thought Windu survived the fall. He even said “Star Wars” creator George Lucas confirmed Windu is alive.
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Why did the Empire destroy mandalore?

The Empire decided to fully attack the planet after Bo-Katan and other Mandalorians fought back against the Empire's rule. The Mandalorians were just as threatening as the Jedi were to the Empire. As a result, they had to be purged, just like the Jedi. Anyone who fought back had to be exterminated.
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Is Lando Mace Windu's son?

Finn is not only Lando Calrissian's son but Mace Windu's grandson. Mace Windu could have had a child several years before the Clone Wars, then hiding him (Lando) on Cloud City to keep Lando safe as Mace knew that the Sith were nearby and building strength.
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Are stormtroopers brainwashed?

They're not even volunteers anymore. Instead of being recruits, these new stormtroopers are essentially child soldiers, kidnapped from, as Finn says, families they'll never know; brainwashed, programmed, and forced into servitude against their will.
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What does FN in FN 2187 stand for?

Finn's stormtrooper code name, FN-2187, is a reference to the number of the cell in which Princess Leia was detained in the original 1977 film Star Wars.
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Were there any Trandoshan Jedi?

Mrssk was a male Trandoshan Jedi who served the Jedi Order during the New Sith Wars and a member of Vannar Treece's strike team. He participated in Operation Influx on the planet Chelloa in 1032 BBY.
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