Hey everybody and welcome to Leia’s Lair. In today’s episode, we will be going over
what the Empire was doing with those tanks in Chapter 12 of the Mandalorian: The Siege.
This episode focuses on an Imperial base on the far side of Nevarro where Moff Gideon is
carrying out some bizarre experiment. But what exactly is he doing? "Dark science.
Cloning. Secrets only the Sith knew.” After returning to the planet to fix his ship,
Mando agrees to help his old friends Greef Karga and Cara Dune blow up this old Imperial base,
which they believe holds nothing more than some old weapons and a skeleton
crew. However, it turns out that intel was wrong. “That thing’s operational.”
It's not just a military base, it's a secret laboratory.
After discovering what seems to be none other than cloning tanks,
our heroes find a recent hologram message from Dr. Pershing to Moff Gideon in which Pershing
mentions the need for a "High M count", which we can only deduce that stands for Midi-chlorians,
and notes that they were only able to take so much from the beloved Child.
So this means that the Empire was experimenting with midi-chlorians
and clones, or, in other words, he was trying to create some sort of
Force-sensitive clone. We believe The Mandalorian just unveiled Snoke's backstory,
and how Palpatine returned in a big way. “Somehow Palpatine returned.”
Now to give more context, in Season 1, we hear Din Djarin and Kuiil discuss the biological
origins of the Child. “I think it might be a Strand-cast.” “I don’t think it was engineered.”
Simply put, a Strand-Cast is a bioengineered organism. They were artificial life-forms
constructed through various scientific methods, such as bioengineering,
cloning and genetic experimentation. The genetic structure of a strandcast could be significantly
altered through genetic engineering, resulting in a non-identical clone of the original source,
and despite their origins, strandcasts were still capable of exercising free will.
“Your clones are very impressive, you must be very proud.”
The process of engineering a strandcast could result in various genetic flaws,
producing defective and unhealthy specimens. Using the base template of a Force-sensitive
did not ensure that the resulting strandcast would inherit its progenitor's connection to the Force.
Nevertheless, it was possible to create a strandcast who possessed strong Force powers.
Now we know that Rey’s father was a standcast created by the Sith Eternal, and despite being
cloned from the template of Darth Sidious, he did not inherit his father’s power in
the Force. “Unlimited Power!” Nevertheless, Rey was born Force-sensitive like her grandfather.
We also know that Snoke was another standcast created by Sidious,
as we see several other genetic copies of himself were created on Exegol.
Snoke is technically a failed Palpatine clone, so for this theory to work, Gideon needs to be
experimenting with Palpatine clones, which is possible if not likely. “Possibly.”
So this could very well be the backstory and explanation of how Snoke, Palpatine,
and the First Order rise up to how we see them in the Sequel trilogy.
“The darkside of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be... unnatural.”
And there you have it! Thanks for watching everyone. Do you
think the Empire is experimenting with cloning Palpatine and Snoke?
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