Here's everything that happened to theclonesinStarWarsafter the Prequel Trilogy, and how it ties into why the Empire startedusingStormtroopers instead.StarWars: The Bad Batch Season 2 News & Updates: Everything We Know Where Did TheCloneTroopers Go InStarWars? Of course, by both the novels Lords of the Sith and Tarkin we know that by 5-8 years post-CloneWarsit's getting really rare to see anyclonesin Imperial service anymore - so probably most of theCloneWarsveterans were phased out quickly, but with the way the Imperial military expanded they kept onusingthe rest of the existingclones. Theclonesof theclonewarswere left to fend for themselves. Not every stage of the Sith's plan to overthrow the Republic and eliminate the Jedi went according to plan, but the scheme paid off.
From what I've gathered over the years, this changed at some point during the run of'CloneWars'as Lucas reportedly noticed young fans having grown up watching the animated show, and holding a lot of affection for theclones, would get upset when then came to watch the original movies and their heroes--now Stormtroopers--acting as bad guys. By the time ofStarWarsRebels, not only had the armor changed, but the formerclonesof Jango Fett were more or less gone, replaced first by volunteers and later by young men and very few women who were often brutally forced into military service. But when did this transition happen, and why? StarWarsfinally reveals why and when the Empire made the switch fromclonesto stormtroopers New episodes of The Bad Batch fill in a huge gap of missingStarWarsmythology.
StarWars: The Bad Batch, the animated series about a commando squad of mutated Jango Fettclones, deeply explores several of the main reasons why the Empire stoppedusingCloneTroopers. Long considered a mystery, the reason why the Empire switched to regular troops after Order 66 can be attributed to not just one but several factors. At the end of theStarWarsprequels, the Empire had a full army ofclonetroopers, but the former Republic 'sclonearmy was eventually replaced with normal human Stormtroopers, and the impact of this change was explored in The Bad Batch, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Andor.
TheCloneArmy of the Republic was ordered ten years before theCloneWarstook place. Jedi Master Sifo Dyas foresaw thewarthrough a force vision. This led him to attempt the order of theclonearmy through the Jedi Council.
Since they did not agree with his vision and his plan, they removed him from the Council. The statement implies thatclonesage far more quickly than non-clones, and thus need to be either replaced or discarded within a few years of their use. That detail fits with non-canonical explanations, such as theStarWars: Battlefront II video game which posits that a revolt among theclonesprompted the Emperor to change his recruiting ...
