Hey everybody and welcome to Leia’s Lair. In today’s video we will be going over how
the Bad Batch revealed another reason for the change from clone troopers to stormtroopers.
Star Wars: The Bad Batch has just confirmed yet another reason why the
Empire created their Imperial stormtroopers over the clones already under their command
after the end of The Clone Wars. In the latest episode of the Star Wars series,
the transitional era between the fall of the Republic and the Empire's rise has led to some
fairly interesting reveals about the Empire and how it was formed to control the galaxy.
While the issue of cost was already brought up as a reason to change from clones to enlisted
stormtroopers, another more intricate reason has been revealed and that is the clones began to
rebel. In Star Wars: The Bad Batch episode 12, "Rescue of Ryloth," it's revealed that
the Empire's occupation of Ryloth went into full effect at the Clone Wars' end.
Naturally, this led to frustrations from the Twi'lek citizens who wanted
the Republic-turned-Empire off their planet. However, rising tensions and escalations from
Cham Syndulla and his freedom fighters lead to the Empire tightening its grip. Not only
did the Empire arrest Cham and his wife, but they also shot Senator Orn Free Taa, blaming
the attempted assassination on Syndulla himself in order to limit his influence over the people.
However, the lies and the oppression soon became too much for Clone Captain Howzer, as he had
served and fought with the people of Ryloth for years. When Cham's daughter Hera arrived with
Clone Force 99 to attack the Imperials and stage a rescue mission, Howzer could no longer stand
by and follow orders he knew were wrong.After he helped free the Syndullas from their imprisonment,
he chose to stay behind in an effort to convince his men what he had come to realize.
Remarkably, his appeal struck a chord with a handful of the clones,
and they laid down their arms as well, proving that the clones are soldiers with
honor at their core beyond their programming and behavior modification chips. As such,
it's an ideal that clashes with the Empire's need for forces to obey orders without question.
It now makes more sense as to why the Empire chose to create stormtroopers over the clone troopers
beyond the simple issue of cost. The core problem the Empire had with the clones was their honor
and loyalty to the people they had been protecting which trumped the Empire's orders,
at least on Ryloth. However, it's not a leap to assume that similar acts of rebellion from
clones persisted, making the Empire's decision to enlist the new stormtroopers even easier.
While this isn't to say that there weren't stormtroopers and
Imperial agents who defected and came to resist the Empire's orders over time,
having average men and women enlisted from across the galaxy were much easier to control,
rather than clones who had been bred to be soldiers that are inherently honorable and good.
Nonetheless, it's a very dynamic moment in the Star Wars timeline
that proves the complexity of the clone troopers after The Clone Wars.
And there you have it! Thanks for watching everyone.
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