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Continuity & Analysis

Star Wars: The Bad Batch - Infested (2021) [S1E13]
To save a friend, the Batch plot a mission to sabotage a gangster's operation.
Star Wars: The Bad Batch - War-Mantle (2021) [S1E14]
After receiving a mysterious distress call, the Batch tracks it to a secret facility.
Star Wars: The Bad Batch - Return to Kamino (2021) [S1E15]
The Bad Batch find themselves in unexpected territory.
Star Wars: The Bad Batch - Kamino Lost (2021) [S1E16]
The Bad Batch must escape Tipoca City a second and final time.




CONTINUITY
These four episodes are about Clone Force 99's attempts to aid their allies. 'War-Mantle', 'Return to Kamino', and 'Kamino Lost' form a single
storyline about the destruction of Kamino. The planets Daro and Wayland are seen for the first time. Four worlds are seen in these episodes:


- The Durand family are a Devaronian crime family which at this time was led by Isa Durand. Her son Roland Durand attempted to make a name for himself
through an alliance with the Pykes. Isa Durand teaches that the Durand way is "you take what you want."

- Ord Mantell is said to be "connected to multiple hyperspace routes, ideal for smuggling." Ord Mantell is certainly a major regional hyperspace hub, lying at
the intersection of the Celanon Spur and the Entralla Route, both of which are significant regional hyperspace routes. It is no doubt the terminus of
at least several other local hyperspace routes leading from nearby worlds which don't lie along either of those routes, any of which might be known
as a safer route for smuggling. Nevertheless, the suggestion that its position as a hyperspace nexus makes it a good location for the passage of illicit
trade is dubious, considering that the major hyperspace lanes would logically be the least ideal routes for smuggling. Even if some local route was
part of a route useful for smuggling, the very presence of the traffic from two major lanes flowing through the system would serve to draw attention
and authorities. A world like Ord Mantell is likely either detrimental to smuggling or equally as good as any other location, as its position connected to
multiple hyperspace routes makes it ideal for shipping of any kind. It can be assumed there is some unexplored factor which makes it "ideal" for smuggling.
Main Article: Hyperspace Travel

- Irlings are large, nocturnal insects native to Ord Mantell. They live underground in hives, and hunt prey using vision based on heat.


What does this hive of irlings eat? These insect-like creatures are very large, perhaps a meter long, and thus must have
a calorie intake sufficient to sustain a creature of their size. They are said to be nocturnal, and apparently come out of
their hive at night to hunt their prey. Their hive is located below an opening in the rocky surface which gives them access
to the sky, however the region around Ord Mantell City seems to be entirely void of vegetation. Given the extremely
sparse hunting available in a dry, rocky desert like this region appears to be, it is unlikely a colony of creatures this large
could be sustained. There is, however, one source of food located immediately adjacent to their nest: the population of
the city. If the citizens and visitors to Ord Mantell City were being regularly devoured by irlings, this would have been
discussed, or likely the city would have long ago either devised a defense or eradicated the local population of irlings.
Either possibility would again leave the irlings without food, and thus would not answer the question. It is typical of
SW creators to introduce large creatures living in desolate places with no concern for the prerequisite of a food chain.
Main Article: Planetology


- Daro is a terrestrial planet located in the Ojoster Sector, in the New Territories region of the Outer Rim. It features a temperate climate, a rocky surface
covered with a dense ecosystem, and a stable water cycle. Daro officially has "no known settlements or installations", however the Empire maintains
a secret facility built into a mountain, which was obviously constructed in secret by the Republic during the Clone Wars. The surrounding area is
dominated by coniferous trees and smaller plants similar to ferns, and hosts some of Daro's native animal life.


- Captain Gregor was last seen just over a year earlier in The Clone Wars 'Missing in Action' (S5E12), during events in which he was considered MIA and
possibly KIA by the Republic. He was already known to have survived, since he will be seen again just over 14 years later in Rebels
'The Lost Commanders' (S2E3) and subsequent appearances over the following 4 years. Gregor's designation CC-5576-39 comes not from
supplementary material but instead is one of the rare instances where it was actually spoken in dialogue. In this episode he is called CC-5576,
which is imprecise but reinforces the implication from The Clone Wars that clone designations are often abbreviated to four digits for
the sake of brevity, while that clone's actual full designation is usually longer, except for the very oldest of the clones.
Main Article: Dooku, Sifo-Dyas, and the Clone Army

- The Empire has begun full deployment of "every viable clone", presumably without regard to their training status. This is partly to facilitate the evacuation of
Kamino before its planned destruction, of which the Kaminoans have not been informed. The clones are probably being redeployed for three principal
purposes. Developing clones will be sent to bases or facilities to begin whatever purpose the Empire intends for them, which has not yet been revealed.
Adult clones are deployed to join the massive and gradual process of occupying and establishing police control over all Separatist and Republic worlds
of any consequence. The remaining clones, presumably those most battle ready, are being deployed against the many remote Separatist holdouts which
still persist over the first year of Imperial rule. Some of these refused the initial surrender, while others resist at the first arrival of the Empire.

- Clone cadets are told their "training will continue elsewhere", despite the fact that prior to this it was against protocol for them to leave the Tipoca City facility.
It is still unknown how the younger clones will be used by the Empire, however they may still prove useful as soldiers, as Nala Se suggests. Not only is that
what they "were made for", but also because the primary issue the Empire is having with clones comes from the individual personalities they developed
during the war, and their friendship with the Jedi. Younger clones raised without Jedi philosophy and friendship may prove more enthusiastic Imperials.
Main Article: Dooku, Sifo-Dyas, and the Clone Army

- The Kaminoans reputation for advanced, applied science was once known only in select circles due to their reclusive nature and limited interaction with galactic
society, however the success and scale of their clone army has brought them "galaxy-wide" fame, due also to their client having been the Republic and their
army having been featured in the 3-year galactic war. Their initial appearance in Episode II as hapless and poorly-informed contractors for the Sith
seemed dubious at times, however it is clear from all subsequent material that despite their duplicity concerning the Jedi Council, they were essentially
pawns unaware of the larger plan they played such an integral part in. Their previous air of confidence in their relationship with the Republic, who they
seemed to feel they were taking advantage of, or at least using to facilitate their own rise in power, has been replaced with the sober realization that not
only is the Empire far more ruthless and selfish than the Republic, it also does not intend to share that power, even with its cooperative allies. Their initial
plan was to seek out new clients for new projects seeing that the Empire intended to oust them from the military-industrial complex. This plan is replaced
with an emergency plan to evacuate the "essential" part of their operation, seeing that the Empire was actually moving to destroy their entire society.

- Flying low over a world's surface is the most likely approach to avoid any ground-based tracking scanners, however when a ship is arriving at a world it must first
make an approach and entry through the atmosphere during which it will likely be detected. This technique is successful for the Batch in this instance since
Daro is uninhabited other than the secret Imperial facility located in the interior of a mountain. This means there are no orbital facilities, planetary sky
traffic controllers, starships in orbit to detect them, and only a single array of scanners obscured by the thick rock walls of a mountain. As a result, they
are able to avoid detection by entering the atmosphere at a point beyond the facility's field of vision, then fly low during the approach to the mountain.
Main Article: Scanners, Sensors, and Cloaking Devices

- The secret Imperial base on Daro is located inside a mountain, where it is only visible from directly above, and were the natural composition of the rock makes
the base well-fortified and nearly impenetrable. The facility was constructed sometime in the late Republic era near the end of the Clone Wars, with
the intent of using it to begin Project War-Mantle. It seems likely that the first stages of that project had already begun before the end of the war,
considering that the first sections of non-clone troops are already trained and outfitted only a month or two after the declaration of the Empire.
At this point, the base is hosting 50 clone commandos and 1000 of the new, non-clone troopers. Experienced clone commandos were sent here
just before the end of the war, or just after, to serve as instructors. Codes used by the clone army are deliberately invalid at this facility, which is
primarily a means of detecting unauthorized activities by rogue clones, in particular the instructors if they prove troublesome, just as Gregor did.


- The Empire has issued updated armor to both its clone commandos and its enlisted regulars. The design represents an intermediate stage between
the Phase II clone armor and the familiar Imperial stormtrooper armor used a decade later.


- Nothing in Lucas canon says that CT stands for 'clone trooper' and CC stands for 'clone captain' or 'clone commander', despite the likelihood that this was
the origin of the letters when they were originally devised for prequel-related supplementary material. This is a common method used by SW creators
to come up with identification codes for ships, vehicles, droids, and technology, however these letters are not usually assumed to actually stand for
the clever abbreviation used in their development off-screen. In terms of Lucas canon, which is the only inviolable canon, several clone Commanders
and clone Captains were established to have CT designations, suggesting these letters were simply one part of the Kaminoan labeling system for
batches. Nevertheless, many fans enthusiastically insisted on this simple-minded association despite the fact that no historical military changes
the serial numbers of their soldiers to identify their rank. Fans and supplement creators at Lucasfilm eventually became so enamored with this idea
that they started inserting retcons of certain clones' designations into supplementary material, even when that clone's designation was given in
dialogue in canon material. This episode goes out of its way to attempt to establish this dumb association as canon, having Gregor ask "I take it
you're CCs like me?" which is answered by "CT-99s." Despite the obvious intention to the contrary, this statement doesn't preclude these letters being
part of some Kaminoan labeling system, which would fit much better with established Lucas canon. The whole idea behind giving serial numbers
to the clones, as if they were droids or aircraft or other pieces of technology, is that unlike a name they are devoid of meaning. This episode also
introduces non-clone troops of the Empire as "TK troopers", which is as unimaginative as it is nonsensical. This is a reference to TK-421, the trooper
identified by serial number in Episode IV, set two decades later. It should have been quite clear to anyone paying attention to continuity that
the prefix TK was as meaningless as the numbers which followed it, like the letters on a car's liscence plate, given that the leader of the cold assault
stormtroopers which enter Echo Base on Hoth with Vader in Episode V is identified in supplementary material as TS-4068. Is the implication
supposed to be that TK-421 was part of the Empire's early recruitment drive, and therefore a foot soldier in his 40s at the time of Episode IV, or are
they suggesting that there were hundreds of thousands of TK troopers over the years, but the serial number TK-421 was still available two decades
later? In keeping with the CC/CT issue, no doubt the brilliant and nuanced thinkers over at Lucasfilm will eventually release supplementary material
which explains what TK is supposed to stand for, even though it isn't supposed to stand for anything. Based on all disney-era Dave Filoni shows to
date, it is equally likely that whatever nonsense they come up with will be inserted as canon-creating dialogue, in lieu of believable conversation.
Main Article: Dooku, Sifo-Dyas, and the Clone Army


How does Rex know Gregor? As unlikely as it is that any two clones featured in separate Clone Wars era stories would
know each other, such as the extremely unlikely suggestion that the Bad Batch met Cut Lawquane at some point during
the war, in this case it actually makes sense. Captain Gregor was an officer in the 212th Attack Battalion, while Captain
Rex was an officer of the 501st Legion. Not only were both of the units part of the 3rd Systems Army, the 212th was
the personal escort unit for General Kenobi, while the 501st was the same for General Skywalker. This meant these
two units had a great deal of interaction, and fought together in close proximity in numerous battles, both before and
after Gregor's time MIA in late 7957 (20 BBY) into early 7958 (19 BBY). As staff officers in charge of one of their units'
companies, Gregor and Rex almost certainly interacted a great deal during the war, despite not being seen together
on screen in that era. The events seen in the two Clone Wars animated series are only a fraction of the adventures of
Anakin and Obi-Wan during the war, let alone the many thousands of battles involving others which were taking place.
A better question is why exactly does Gregor have a beacon which contacts Rex without knowing his location? This
seems very unlikely unless Gregor was sent to Daro just after the war ended, having been contacted in the first few
days of the Empire by Rex, who setup this contingency with Gregor then. That suggestion is problematic because it
raises several other issues, both technical and personal, which probably weren't considered by the creators.


- The leader of the Imperial commandos at the Daro facility is Commander Scorch, RC-1262, formerly a non-commissioned member of a Republic
special forces unit designated as Delta Squad. They were featured in a legends video game and subsequently brought into canon, despite
being only identified in supplementary material, as the clones shown in the first scene of The Clone Wars 'Witches of the Mist' (S3E14).
Scorch had been a Trooper during the war, but was subsequently promoted to Commander for his new role with Project War-Mantle.

- V-Wings were introduced in Episode III as the last generation of mainline Republic starfighters, making their debut near the end of the war. They can
only be seen in combat in that film for brief moments in the sky above Utapau, so this episode provides the first real glimpse of their combat
effectiveness. They appear to be only marginally superior to similar Republic fighters in most respects, however their twin ion engines (TIE)
and compact design make them dangerous and agile interceptors, not unlike the Imperial TIE fighters which will eventually supplant them.
V-Wings are a product of Kuat Drive Yards, which also built the elite Delta-7 and Eta-2 Actis starfighters flown by the Jedi, and presumably
some clone pilots, during the Clone Wars. The V-Wings display most of the abilities and strengths of those earlier fighters, making these
capabilities now available in a mass-produced, mainline fighter.


- The Batch's unintended mutations were enhanced by the Kaminoans to produce their exceptional abilities. This was implied and even stated in previous
material, however it is portrayed as a more significant effort which took place in Nala Se's hidden, underwater laboratory. No doubt these mutant
clones were chosen because their mutations were the most stable and useful, and only needed to be magnified to produce superior clones.

- Crosshair took his chip out "a long time ago", however this can only mean several weeks earlier, at most a couple of months, since he was seen having his chip
manipulated by the Kaminoans in the pilot episode. Although it has really not been very long, this statement is intended to emphasize that Crosshair is
making his own choice based on his philosophy, even if his attitudes had recently been influenced by reconditioning. Crosshair embraces the sense of
superiority which the Batch has always felt towards "regular" clones, as well as their intended life's purpose as soldiers for the galactic state. He believes,
incorrectly, that the Empire will value their skills as the Republic had, and will need his services all the more so. He also sees the Empire as the clear victors
in the galactic struggle, and sees no point in joining the losing side against them. Hunter and the rest of the Batch also embrace their nature as being
different from "regular" people, but embrace the sense of independence of action and detachment from the chain of command which the Batch has
always felt. They not only take exception to the unethical actions and goals of the Empire, they understand that the Empire will regard their interests
as clones even less than the Republic did. Clones were only "a number" to many Republic leaders, but to the Jedi they were at least people and respected
as colleagues. The Empire is unworthy of loyalty because it will not repay that loyalty, and will dispose of its allies as readily as it will its enemies.


Admiral Tarkin was promoted to Moff by the third episode of this series, and his insignia was seen to have been adjusted
accordingly. That insignia was incorrect, however it was at least a military government plaque, and was the same incorrect
insignia plaque worn by Moff Pryce in the series Rebels. These are both incorrect, as Moff Tarkin can be seen at the end
of Episode III wearing the correct insignia for a Moff, nevertheless the creators were at least being consistent in their
errors. Moff Tarkin appears in this storyline as a hologram, but his insignia has mysteriously reverted to a Fleet Admiral's
insignia, which he wore in the first episode of this series when he still carried that rank. In summary, Tarkin was promoted
to Moff near the beginning of this series, but was first seen wearing a Grand Moff's insignia and is now seen wearing
a Fleet Admiral's insignia. The creators are apparently ignorant of the fact that they are not only contradicting canon but
also their own series, as Moff Tarkin appears in the final episodes of Season 2 still wearing a Fleet Admiral's insignia.
Main Article: Ranks and Rank Insignia


- The Empire destroys Tipoca City and the other cities of Kamino within a few months of the end of the Clone Wars. This is presumed to be the last significant
population of Kaminoans in the galaxy, however their limited colonization activities may suggest some have survived elsewhere. The Kaminoan
population on Kamino was assumed to be somewhat limited, as their planet was a world which once had land and an ecosystem which underwent
cataclysm. This forced the Kaminoans to use their advanced technology to survive on a world now covered by its ocean.


The Empire has only three destroyers left at Kamino, a fact that it specifically noted on the Batch's arrival as being
a surprisingly low number. All three destroyers fired on Tipoca City after receiving permission from Moff Tarkin to begin
the bombardment. As soon as they cease firing, an officer reports that "the cities have been destroyed, sir. All
Kaminoan facilities have collapsed into the sea." When did they destroy the other cities on the planet? Surely, this one
city cluster cannot be the only one on this race's homeworld. If it were, wouldn't they have used their advanced cloning
technology to shore up their population numbers and built more cities long before being hired to make the clone army?
Based on other SW material, the creators don't care if this series of events is realistic, nor do they care if there should
be other cities. All events on every planet center around a single city, or occasionally two cities, and even homeworlds
of major races seem to have populations in the hundreds or thousands. Usually, they don't even bother to mention
other cities beyond the capital, so at least they were trying in the dialogue to take the planet's unseen population into
account, however the specifics about there only being three ships, and the visual evidence about these ship's activities
undermine the possibility of imagining other destruction taking place simultaneously, elsewhere on Kamino. Given
Kamino's backstory in supplementary material in which it is essentially a post-apocalyptic society, considering that those
events took place so long ago the Kaminoans should have at least dozens of cities. That is still an extremely low number
of cities for an entire planet, but it would at least explain why in this instance there are so few cities to destroy. Despite
the implication of the dialogue, it seems once again in SW everyone lived in one small cluster of cities on a huge world,
which had an almost unsustainably small population. This could have been avoided by adding more destroyers in orbit.
According to Lucasfilm's own supplements, Kamino had a population of one billion. They didn't all live in the capital.
Main Article: Galactic Population


- AZ's friendship with Omega and the Batch is genuine, however it amounts to a programmed desire to serve others. First, he is concerned that Omega might
die or leave him, because he would be left alone to fend for himself. Later, he risks himself because his organic friends' "safety and well-being is my
primary mission objective." Droid friendship is simply the combination of these factors with the sense of familiarity with certain individuals and
the comfort that comes from knowing how others around them will behave. This friendship amounts to a survival instinct and a need for purpose,
since a droid is useless and directionless without other beings to serve and interact with. Droids have no programming for friendship, but this state
is approximated by the combination of base directives and the experience of their artificial lives. This is no different in organic beings, who have
friendships and the desire for friends for the same reasons, as it fulfills their instincts for survival, companionship, and purpose. They also come
to be familiar with certain individuals, and enjoy interacting with them. There is no genetic code for friendship, rather it is an emergent property.
Main Article: Droid Intelligence

- Wayland is a terrestrial planet located in the Ojoster Sector, in the Trans-Hydian region of the Outer Rim. This is the same sector as Daro, however that
world is located on the opposite end of the sector, across the Hydian Way in the New Territories region of the Outer Rim. Wayland has a moderate
climate, significant water, and a lush ecosystem. Its surface is dominated by land, however a number of large seas and countless smaller bodies
of water are scattered around the planet. Wayland was said to have been colonized by settlers from the Republic long ago, however the planet
seen in this material has enough differences from Wayland in legendary material that it is possible its legends history is no longer intended to be
canon. Either way, the secretive Imperial Mount Tantiss facility is located at the remote and impressive peak of the same name.


- The Mount Tantiss facility, also known as the 'Weyland facility' in some of the supplementary material associated with this show, was carved out of
Mount Tantiss on Wayland's northern hemisphere by the Republic late in the Clone Wars under secretive orders from Chancellor Palpatine.
It is being used to house some of the Emperor's secret projects, including his reorganized cloning program under the Imperial Advanced
Science Division. Dr. Scalder, who meets Nala Se upon her arrival, is part of that project. The Imperial facilities here are dug into the rock
at two separate levels near the summit of Mt. Tantiss and an adjacent peak. The facility within the mountains occupy more vertical space,
while the visible portion of the bases are limited and difficult to access. The physical mass of the mountain would protect the bases from
bombardment. Wayland originated in legends in the Thrawn trilogy, where Mount Tantiss was home to Palpatine's secret depository of
valuables looted from the galaxy, as well as strange objects of power or mystery. It was only later used by Thrawn for cloning operations,
over two decades after these events. There are already significant differences between the planet Wayland and the Mt. Tantiss facility in
legends and the presentation here, so it is likely most of those details have been abandoned, and the facts that were retained have been
shuffled to create a new story. Some disney-Lucasfilm material has attempted to change the planet's name from Wayland to Weyland.

ANALYSIS
The Empire's redeployment of the clones can be easily interpreted as the natural response to the end of the Clone Wars, and as a strategic and politically
expedient move to cement their new position as guarantors of security in the galaxy. The Empire must not only occupy the important and populated
starsystems of the Separatist Alliance and subdue isolated Separatist holdouts, they must also reinforce their garrisons on Republic and neutral worlds
established during the war, which will now act as occupation forces under the guise of security forces. This provides a reasonable cover for their plans
to liquidate the Kaminoan cloning operation and transfer those elements of it useful to the Empire to secret facilities. The Empire's mass deployment
is not only due to the necessity of occupation, but also to begin drawing down the oldest and most experienced clones from field duty. These clones
have much higher instances of divergent or independent personalities, and most were influenced by the Jedi leadership and their ethical example.
The most recent completed batches of soldiers should prove far more loyal to the Empire, as will those clones which were not quite finished but are
old enough to be trained to suit the Empire as soldiers. Younger clone cadets are also redeployed, presumably to undergo training suited to the Empire's
new purpose for them, whether that is as future soldiers or some other design. This begins what will be a multi-year process of drawing down the clone
contingent of the armed forces and replacing them with enlisted soldiers, while also taking full advantage of the clone army while it is still intact. While
Admiral Rampart claims the clones were never "overly impressive", this remark underscores that the Empire still values the clones' superior abilities.

The Kaminoans brought about their own predictable downfall, because the flew to close to the sun, played with fire and got burned, and other euphemisms
about their naively making a deal with the devil. This is the same thing which happened to idealistic Jedi Master Dooku, who allied himself with Darth Sidious
believing that he could use Sidious' power as a means to achieve his own goals and deal with the dark Lord later. The difference is that Dooku should have
known better, as the Jedi know all about the danger of a Sith Lord and the danger of the dark side of the Force. The Trade Federation leader Nute Gunray was
yet another of Sidious' allies who realized too late that Sidious was too dangerous an ally to have made, and yet were still unaware just how disposable they
were to the Sith. Not only were the Sith's allies disposable to them, eliminating them was always the long term plan, as it would both cover the Sith's tracks
and eliminate powerful interests once they were no longer useful. The Kaminoans are totally ignorant about whom the Sith are and what they are capable of,
and thus are even less able to see the danger their alliance with Tyranus poses to them. Although their ignorance concerning the Sith was fatal to their
entire civilization, the inevitable downfall of their business prospects was due to their naivete about interstellar politics and economics. No force similar to
the later stages of the Republic, or the Empire which replaced it, will willingly allow the rise of a power base outside of their control, nor any entity which
possesses a choke hold over a vital resource which would give that entity power over it. The Kaminoans believed that their importance to the Republic had
cemented their position as an important player in the interstellar economic order, and as a vital component of the galactic military-industrial complex. Even if
the Republic had continued on after the war under non-Sith leadership, the power and influence which the Kaminoans had gained through their position as
clone engineers would have given rise of jealousy and contempt on the part of the established economic powers in the galaxy. They would inevitably use their
influence in politics to undermine this competition, justifying it with seemingly prudent political rhetoric about demilitarization or state security. Their lack of
experience with the ruthlessness of galactic economics, and therefore also galactic politics, led them to underestimate the reaction to their rise to power.
The Empire's authority to act without significant oversight made the absorption of Kaminoan resources an easy matter which could be immediately undertaken.

The value of Project War-Mantle to the Empire is many faceted and typical of the efficiency of Sidious' moves which are designed to produce desired effects in
several directions with the minimal amount of effort. The primary objective is to begin raising an army of enlisted soldiers to replace the clones, who have
outlived their essential purpose of betraying the Jedi. The clones' nature as copies of a man of honor like Jango Fett, combined with their loyalty to "a Republic
that doesn't exist" and potentially to its ideals, make them less trustworthy as long-term guardians of the new order. Although most of the enlisted troops will
prove inferior to the clones who were designed and raised to be exceptional soldiers, their enthusiasm for serving the Empire and the huge numbers of
potential recruits make them as suited to the Empire and its goals as the clones were to the Republic. At the same time, the best and most experienced clone
soldiers can be reassigned to their training. This puts these potentially dangerous and independent-minded individuals under the Imperial microscope, while
simultaneously taking full advantage of their knowledge and experience in training their new recruits. The enlisted soldiers will be phased in gradually, which
allows the Empire to test the reaction of the clones in a measured and incremental way. Replacing the clones en masse would be detrimental to the needed
troop numbers, and could easily result in clones reacting unpredictably to being replaced. The clones were already treated as property under the Republic,
and now they will begin to see that not only will they not be honored for their role in the war, but they will be relegated to second-class soldiers within the new
military structure. This means new soldiers from War-Mantle can only begin to be phased into regular Imperial operations after their numbers have grown
to sufficient strength. In the meantime, the introduction of small units of enlisted soldiers will help to draw out easily disgruntled clone agitators. The use of
enlisted citizens as soldiers will increase the cohesion between the Imperial military and society at large, serving to increase nationalism and militarism.

The destruction of Kamino and the redeployment of clones within the developing structure of a new Imperial Army are key elements of Sidious' plan to tie up
all the loose ends from the Republic era and the Clone Wars. It is essential that anyone wishing to get away with a serious crime eliminates or silences any
potential leaks which could testify in any way against the perpetrator. This can sometimes be accomplished with blackmail or pay-offs, both of which might
have worked well with the Kaminoans, however true security can only come from silencing potential leaks once and for all. Now that Dooku, the Jedi Council,
Jango Fett, and the Kaminoans eliminated, there is no one left who could point to the involvement of the Sith or reveal the programmed betrayal of the Jedi
on the orders of Palpatine. In addition, elimination of the Kaminoan operations prevent the possibility of their eventual use by Palpatine's opponents, and is
part of a general elimination and centralization of all military equipment, military production, and high-technology industry in the galaxy as a vital means of
Imperial control. The Empire harvested only those elements of the Kaminoan operation they considered useful, then proceeded to destroy the rest of this
civilization for expediency. Geonosis, which for the Separatists played much the same role as Kamino, was treated to the same fate under the Empire.


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