do you think a robot army would have been more expensive
or cheaper than the clone army the republic paid for?
shareI think if Lucas had had the technology in the 70s, he would have made the Empire army made of robots and not people
shareNo he wouldn't have, because if the Stormtroopers were robots then Han and Luke wouldn't have been able to steal their uniforms and infiltrate the Death Star.
As for which Clone Wars army cost more... who cares, somehow Palpatine was behind both sides and coming up with the money for both! My only opinion is that individually, the clones were better value than individual soldier droids, the clones were much smarter and were genetically designed to be loyal and dedicated to the war effort.
I forgot but, why did they get rid of the Clone Army in favor or a more diverse set of troopers anyway?
shareOh God, they covered the end of the clones at the beginning of "Bad Batch", and I've forgotten the details. The Kaminoans were having problems with clone quality, because the original DNA donor had been gone for some times, and there were a lot of debate about clones vs. regular people. I also think that someone high up, perhaps Palpatine himself, didn't like the Kaminoans having as much power, independence, and inside knowledge as they did, so boom!
I'm home sick, I should binge-watch "Bad Batch".
PS: That was one of the better ideas in the sequel trilogy, the army was made up of people who'd been taken as children. That's a hell of a threat to use against a potentially rebellious population, that they'll not only take political prisoners, but put the political prisoners' small children in the army.
The clones were clearly superior to the battle droids and the better option regardless of cost.
I'm sure Han and Luke could have found another way to infiltrate the Death Star, absent storm trooper armor. Impersonating an imperial officer or some such thing.
Individually they were superior, but I think there were a lot more battle droids. So while the clones were individually better far better soldiers, the battle droids were far more numerous and easily replaced.
Which made for a nice setup in the clone war, both in terms of strategy and in storytelling. The sides were kind of easily matched, with quantity vs. quality, and also, it was impossible for the audience to identify with the side that was mostly populated by battle droids. It was wrong of the Jedi to buy all these clones and to send them to die, but the clones were still people, people we could get to know and like.
Thanks for the insight into the Clone War. I haven't watched any of the expanded universe stuff, so this puts it into perspective.
shareI highly recommend "Clone Wars" to any fan! It's a good show in terms of entertainment value, but absolutely fantastic in terms of adding depth to the "Star Wars" universe - on those terms it's a fan buffet!
It's one of those things that makes "Disney Plus" worth a couple of bucks to me, that and the chance to watch the stupid "Thor" movies a bazillion times.