Re: Review of scifights.net Federation vs. Empire: Logistics
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2014 7:14 pm
Well that will be interesting to find out, in about nine months.2046 wrote:While not explicitly stated canonically (yet), it is commonly believed. There may even be a reference in the radio plays (not to the replacement of clones specifically, but of stormtrooper being a job a guy could get).
It can also be argued simply due to the varying heights of original trilogy stormtroopers, along with different voices for them. In other words, if they're clones, then they would be more like Cylons in the sense of there being multiple copies of multiple models.
For whatever it might be worth, Star Wars: Rebels will tread this ground . . . its actual canon status is up in the air at the moment, but:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/10/13/ ... the-empireHidalgo noted, “We can finally settle the debate between what is the difference between a Clone Trooper and a Stormtrooper,” saying that they were specifically culling from George Lucas’ ideas and that while he wasn’t directly involved in Rebels, they were using many things he’d said about this era. “Clone Troopers basically stopped production” after the Clone Wars ended, said Hidalgo. With Stormtroopers, “They’re citizens that volunteered.” Hidalgo noted that in Lucas’ mind, interestingly, “The lab grown Clone Troopers had too much individuality,” ultimately, and the Emperor decided, “You can find better loyalty from fervent patriots who volunteered.”
Some points running alongside the above could be said to have been teased in TCW, but that's the realm of conjecture.
This is an interesting thing to mention. Both for its obvious limitations of Republic ship operating range and time, but also for the necessity of maintaining space superiority during an invasion. If one cannot hold space during an invasion one's forces are going to be cut off from fresh supplies for a long period of time.Mike DiCenso wrote:In response to that, I'd point out the TCW episode "Supply Lines" that clearly shows the mighty Republic Venators dangerously running out of fuel and the troops on the surface running out of supplies and ammunition during the initial opening fighting of the Battle of Ryloth. This is occurring in well-charted space, and there should be no excuse for the Republic when it comes to resupplying it's forces, if we go by the Young/Saxtonian view of Star Wars.