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{{Quote|You want to clone me?''"<br />"''Imagine, an army of clones; the training of which you will oversee. They will be modified to grow at twice the rate of ordinary men, and will be programmed for absolute loyalty. They will be magnificent; perfect warriors, like you.|Jango Fett and Darth Tyranus|<ref name="BountyHunter">''[[Star Wars: Bounty Hunter]]''</ref>}}
[[File:JangoFett-NEC.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Jango Fett, genetic template of the Republic clone troopers]]
A '''prime clone''', also known as a '''clone template''', was the source of [[DNA/Legends|genetic material]] that was essential in the process of [[Cloning/Legends|cloning]].
A '''prime clone''', also known as a '''clone template''', was the source of [[DNA/Legends|genetic material]] that was essential in the process of [[Cloning/Legends|cloning]].


==Overview==
==Overview==
{{Quote|I have memories&hellip; are they mine?''"<br />"''You were cast from the mold of a dead man. You have inherited his skills, but also his weaknesses.|Dark Apprentice and Darth Vader|<ref name="TFUIIvg">''[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II]]''</ref>}}
A prime [[Cloning/Legends|clone]] was the designation<ref name="OpenSeasons">''[[Jango Fett: Open Seasons]]''</ref> of an [[Species/Legends|organic]] subject&mdash;the original host&mdash;whose [[DNA/Legends|genetic code]] provided the basis for single or multiple clones.<ref name="EpisodeII">{{Film|II}}</ref> The first step in the process of cloning was the extraction of cells from the prime clone.<ref name="DES">''[[Dark Empire Sourcebook]]''</ref> The cells could then be artificially manipulated to grow either an exact or modified version of the original subject. Under a stable and unmodified cloning process, a clone was physically identical to the prime clone.<ref name="EpisodeII" />  
[[File:Galen_Marek's_dead_body.png|thumb|left|250px|A clone observing the corpse of his template alongside his creator]]
A prime [[Cloning/Legends|clone]] was the designation<ref name="OpenSeasons">''[[Jango Fett: Open Seasons]]''</ref> of an [[Species/Legends|organic]] subject&mdash;the original host&mdash;whose [[DNA/Legends|genetic code]] provided the basis for single or multiple clones.<ref name="EpisodeII">{{Film|II}}</ref> The first step in the process of cloning was the extraction of cells from the prime clone.<ref name="DES">''[[Dark Empire Sourcebook]]''</ref> The cells could then be artificially manipulated to grow either an exact or modified version of the original subject. Under a stable and unmodified cloning process, a clone was physically identical to the prime clone.<ref name="EpisodeII" /> Unstable procedures, however, resulted in physically deformed copies, which were generally termed as genetic failures.<ref name="TFUIIvg" />


A prime clone's psychological traits could also be copied and implanted&mdash;in the form of [[memory flash]]es&mdash;into a clone subject.<ref name="TFUIIvg" /> By scanning and duplicating the original host's brain patterns,<ref name="TFUIIc">[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (comic)|''Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II'' comic]]</ref> a clone could essentially inherit the identity of its template, although some personality traits could be more dominant than others. According to [[Ni-Ke-Vanz]], an expert on [[Khommite/Legends|Khommite]] cloning processes, clones were psychologically different versions of their genetic donor.<ref name="TFUIIn">[[The Force Unleashed II (novel)|''Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II'' novel]]</ref> However, the use of memory flashes could also produce mental instability, ranging from confusion to [[Clone madness|insanity]], thus causing the clone subject to suffer from an identity crisis. A clone could only successfully absorb the memory flashes if it was able to compartmentalize them, thus allowing it to distinguish its own experiences from the genetic template's memories.<ref name="TFUIIdb">[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II|''Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II'' databank]]</ref>
A prime clone's psychological traits could also be copied and implanted&mdash;in the form of [[memory flash]]es&mdash;into a clone subject.


==History==
==History==
{{Quote|As practically everyone knows, cloning is the science of taking a cell from a living organism, duplicating the genetic code, and growing the cell into an exact duplicate of the cell donor.|Darth Sidious, a [[gatekeeper]] of the [[Telos Holocron]]|<ref name="JediVsSith">[[Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force (real-life book)|''Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force'']]</ref>}}
[[File:Making_a_Deal.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Jango Fett accepts Darth Tyranus's offer to become a clone template.]]
The creation of a [[Grand Army of the Republic/Legends|clone army]], programmed with absolute loyalty, was first conceived by the [[Order of the Sith Lords]] as part of their [[Grand Plan/Legends|agenda]] to exact vengeance on the [[Jedi Order/Legends|Jedi Order]] and reassert [[Sith/Legends|Sith]] hegemony over the [[The galaxy/Legends|galaxy]]. The [[Dark Lord of the Sith/Legends|Dark Lord of the Sith]] [[Darth Plagueis/Legends|Darth Plagueis]] chose the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Kamino/Legends|Kamino]] as the covert site for the new army, mainly because its native [[Species/Legends|species]]&mdash;the [[Kaminoan/Legends|Kaminoans]]&mdash;were regarded as expert [[Scientist/Legends|scientists]] in the field of cloning. Although Plagueis originally intended to use a [[Yinchorri]] host as the basis for the clone army, the Dark Lord was ultimately convinced by the Kaminoans that a [[Human/Legends|Human]] template was easier to duplicate and modify.<ref name="Plagueis">[[Darth Plagueis (novel)|''Darth Plagueis'']]</ref>
After Plagueis was [[Death/Legends|killed]] and succeeded by [[Darth/Legends|Darth]] [[Palpatine/Legends|Sidious]] in [[32 BBY/Legends|32 BBY]],<ref name="Plagueis" /> the new [[Sith Master/Legends|Sith Master]] proceeded with the plan for the clone army's creation. He instructed his [[Sith apprentice/Legends|Sith apprentice]], [[Dooku/Legends|Darth Tyranus]], to provide a genetic template for the cloners on Kamino. Tyranus invited several of the galaxy's most dangerous [[Mercenary/Legends|mercenaries]] to join a contest; the objective to capture or kill the [[Dark Jedi/Legends|Dark Jedi]] [[Komari Vosa]] for the reward of five million [[Galactic Credit Standard|credits]]. The victor of the contest was a former [[Mandalorian/Legends|Mandalorian]]-turned-[[Bounty hunter/Legends|bounty hunter]] named [[Jango Fett/Legends|Jango Fett]], who agreed to become the clone army's template in exchange for a considerable amount of money, and under the condition that the first clone would be his to keep.<ref name="BountyHunter" />
Jango Fett lived on Kamino for roughly a decade where he served as both the prime clone and a close adviser in the training of the [[Clone trooper/Legends|clone troopers]]. Fett was given an unaltered clone&mdash;neither modified for growth acceleration or tampered with for greater docility&mdash;whom he named [[Boba Fett/Legends|Boba Fett]]. The rest of his clones were engineered to physically grow twice as fast as real Humans, thus allowing them to reach adulthood at a faster rate. By and large, the clones were produced with a diminished sense of individuality to better ensure that they would be loyal to the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]]; completely susceptible to executing orders without question. By [[22 BBY/Legends|22 BBY]], two hundred thousand [[unit]]s were combat ready,<ref name="EpisodeII" /> followed by millions more by the near end of the [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]].<ref name="Order66">''[[Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel]]''</ref>
[[File:Sa_Cuis-cropped-small.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Sa Cuis]], template of [[Cuis clone|Force-sensitive stormtroopers]]]]
Fett's progeny fulfilled the true purpose behind their creation when Darth Sidious, in his public guise as [[Supreme Chancellor/Legends|Supreme Chancellor]] Palpatine, issued [[Order 66/Legends|Order 66]], hence causing the clones to betray and execute their [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]] [[Jedi General/Legends|officers]].<ref name="EpisodeIII">{{Film|III}}</ref> Under the [[Rise of the Empire era|era]] of the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]] the successor state of the Old Republic, the Fett template was retained as a source for [[Clone stormtrooper|clone soldiers]], although new prime clones were later selected, which in turn led to the production of different clones that supplemented the original Fett-based clone [[Trooper/Legends|troopers]].<ref name="BattlefrontII">''[[Star Wars: Battlefront II]]''</ref>
It was generally assumed that [[Force-sensitive/Legends|Force-sensitive]] beings were incapable of becoming clones.<ref name="Plagueis" /> Although the exact reason was unknown, experts like Ni-Ke-Vanz believed that the [[The Force/Legends|Force]] somehow interfered with the cloning process, thus making it virtually impossible to create a stable clone from a genetic source with a significantly high percentage in [[Midi-chlorian/Legends|midi-chlorians]].<ref name="TFUIIn" /> The creation of Force-sensitive clones was ultimately achieved by Kaminoan technology on two occasions; first in the last years of the Republic;<ref name="BattlefrontES">''[[Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron]]''</ref> and then during the time of the Empire.<ref name="TFUIIvg" /> The first successful attempt was conducted by the Kaminoans in addition to the production of Jango Fett's clone troopers. Genetic samples of the [[Jedi Knight/Legends|Jedi Knight]] [[Falon Grey]], taken without his knowledge, were used to produce two prototypes: [[X1]] and [[X2]].<ref name="BattlefrontES" /> In [[1 BBY/Legends|1 BBY]], the Sith Lord [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Darth Vader]] attempted to clone a new secret apprentice after the death of his redeemed disciple, [[Galen Marek]].<ref name="TFUIIvg" />
Although Marek was dead, Vader brought the body to Kamino and preserved it within a cold chamber located in the [[Timira City]] [[Timira City Cloning Facility|Cloning Facility]],<ref name="TFUIIdt">[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II|''Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II'' Distant Thunder cutscenes]]</ref> thus preventing the genetic material from being destroyed by decomposition. Around the same time, Kaminoan technology had been modified by Imperial scientists to create the "accelerated cloning process," an experimental procedure in which clone subjects could be grown to adulthood in the span of a few weeks.<ref name="TFUIIc" /> However, the process was highly flawed and led to the production of numerous [[Aberrant clone|aberrant monstrosities]], both physically deformed and mentally deranged. More stable versions were eventually produced,<ref name="TFUIIdb" /> including a [[Subject 1138|renegade clone]] who [[Escape from Kamino (1 BBY)|fled]] from Kamino.<ref name="TFUIIvg" /> Yet they too were dismissed as imperfect because of their inability to successfully absorb the memory flashes.<ref name="TFUIIdb" /><ref name="TFUIIn" /> However, such failures ultimately led to the creation of a [[Dark Apprentice|single clone]] who exceeded all of the Dark Lord's expectations. Vader judged him to be the only perfect clone in the entire endeavor, and thus allowed the clone to see the corpse of his template.<ref name="TFUIIdt" />
[[File:Palps_Reborn-TEA.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Palpatine, a clone of the original Emperor and the vessel of his soul]]
After the [[Imperial Civil War|fragmentation]] of the Galactic Empire, [[Grand Admiral/Legends|Grand Admiral]] [[Mitth'raw'nuruodo/Legends|Thrawn]] engineered his own clone army for the purpose of [[Thrawn campaign|reconquering]] the galaxy from the [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]]. The [[Chiss/Legends|Chiss]] [[Imperial officer/Legends|Imperial officer]] extracted genetic material from multiple templates, including [[Corporal/Legends|Corporal]] [[Terkuss]], [[Lieutenant/Legends|Lieutenant]] [[Creb]], [[Baron/Legends|Baron]] [[Soontir Fel/Legends|Soontir Fel]], and [[General/Legends|General]] [[Maximilian Veers/Legends|Maximilian Veers]]. With [[Spaarti cloning cylinder|Spaarti technology]] at his disposal, Thrawn's clone [[Stormtrooper/Legends|stormtroopers]] were fully grown and combat ready in roughly a year after their creation.<ref name="DFRS">''[[Dark Force Rising Sourcebook]]''</ref>
After the [[Imperial Civil War|fragmentation]] of the Galactic Empire, [[Grand Admiral/Legends|Grand Admiral]] [[Mitth'raw'nuruodo/Legends|Thrawn]] engineered his own clone army for the purpose of [[Thrawn campaign|reconquering]] the galaxy from the [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]]. The [[Chiss/Legends|Chiss]] [[Imperial officer/Legends|Imperial officer]] extracted genetic material from multiple templates, including [[Corporal/Legends|Corporal]] [[Terkuss]], [[Lieutenant/Legends|Lieutenant]] [[Creb]], [[Baron/Legends|Baron]] [[Soontir Fel/Legends|Soontir Fel]], and [[General/Legends|General]] [[Maximilian Veers/Legends|Maximilian Veers]]. With [[Spaarti cloning cylinder|Spaarti technology]] at his disposal, Thrawn's clone [[Stormtrooper/Legends|stormtroopers]] were fully grown and combat ready in roughly a year after their creation.<ref name="DFRS">''[[Dark Force Rising Sourcebook]]''</ref>


Before Darth Sidious's demise at the [[Battle of Endor/Legends|Battle of Endor]] in [[4 ABY/Legends|4 ABY]], the Dark Lord of the Sith used his own genetic code as a template for a series of Spaarti-generated copies; clones meant to serve as a vessel for his [[Force ghost|spirit]] in the event of his original body's destruction.<ref name="DE">''[[Star Wars: Dark Empire]]''</ref> Through the Force, Sidious had the [[Force power/Legends|ability]] to [[Transfer essence|transfer]] his own [[Force ghost|essence]] into another living organism. Without a host, however, his spirit could not remain in the corporeal plain of existence.<ref name="JediVsSith" /> Furthermore, years of over-reliance on the [[Dark side of the Force/Legends|dark side of the Force]] caused Sidious's soul to have a cancerous effect on his clones, effectively causing them to age at a rapidly accelerated rate. Hence, none of the subjects were able to house their template's dark essence for more than a short period of time.<ref name="DE" />
Before Darth Sidious's demise at the [[Battle of Endor/Legends|Battle of Endor]] in [[4 ABY/Legends|4 ABY]], the Dark Lord of the Sith used his own genetic code as a template for a series of Spaarti-generated copies; clones meant to serve as a vessel for his [[Force ghost|spirit]] in the event of his original body's destruction.<ref name="DE">''[[Star Wars: Dark Empire]]''</ref> Through the Force, Sidious had the [[Force power/Legends|ability]] to [[Transfer essence|transfer]] his own [[Force ghost|essence]] into another living organism. Without a host, however, his spirit could not remain in the corporeal plain of existence. Furthermore, years of over-reliance on the [[Dark side of the Force/Legends|dark side of the Force]] caused Sidious's soul to have a cancerous effect on his clones, effectively causing them to age at a rapidly accelerated rate. Hence, none of the subjects were able to house their template's dark essence for more than a short period of time.<ref name="DE" />


==List of prime clones==
==List of prime clones==
===For armed forces===
===For armed forces===
*[[Bok (Nikto)|Bok]], for the [[Confederacy of Independent Systems/Legends|CIS]] [[Morgukai Shadow Army]]<ref name="Trackdown">''[[Star Wars: Republic: Trackdown]]''</ref>
*[[Creb]], for [[Mitth'raw'nuruodo/Legends|Thrawn's]] [[Clone stormtrooper|clone army]]<ref name="DFRS" />
*[[Creb]], for [[Mitth'raw'nuruodo/Legends|Thrawn's]] [[Clone stormtrooper|clone army]]<ref name="DFRS" />
*[[Sa Cuis]], for the [[Cuis clone]]s (terminated shortly after inception)<ref name="A Two-Edged Sword">{{InsiderCite|85|A Two-Edged Sword}}</ref>
*[[Soontir Fel/Legends|Soontir Fel]], for Thrawn's clone army<ref name="DFRS" />
*[[Soontir Fel/Legends|Soontir Fel]], for Thrawn's clone army<ref name="DFRS" />
*[[Boba Fett/Legends|Boba Fett]], for the [[Stormtrooper Corps/Legends|Stormtrooper Corps]] (terminated shortly after inception)<ref name="TFUIIc" />
*[[Jango Fett/Legends|Jango Fett]], for the [[Grand Army of the Republic/Legends|Grand Army of the Republic]],<ref name="EpisodeII" /> and later the Stormtrooper Corps<ref name="BattlefrontII" />
*[[Falon Grey]], for the Grand Army of the Republic through [[X1]] and [[X2]]<ref name="BattlefrontES" />
*[[Daine Jir/Legends|Daine Jir]], for the Stormtrooper Corps<ref name="SWVG">''[[Visual Guides]]''</ref>
*[[Erv Lekauf]], for the Stormtrooper Corps<ref name="A Two-Edged Sword" />
*[[Barrow Oicunn/Legends|Barrow Oicunn]], for the Stormtrooper Corps<ref name="db">{{DB|character|ltoicunn|Oicunn, Lieutenant|archivedate=20100209181545}}</ref>
*[[Nahdonnis Praji]], for the Stormtrooper Corps<ref name="tinker">{{Hyperspace|url=hyperspace/source/praji/20090205.html|text=Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Praji|int=Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Praji}}</ref>
*[[Terkuss]], for Thrawn's clone army<ref name="DFRS" />
*[[Terkuss]], for Thrawn's clone army<ref name="DFRS" />
*[[Maximilian Veers/Legends|Maximilian Veers]], for Thrawn's clone army<ref name="DFRS" />
*[[Maximilian Veers/Legends|Maximilian Veers]], for Thrawn's clone army<ref name="DFRS" />
*[[Unidentified Death Watch Overlord|Death Watch Overlord]], for the Stormtrooper Corps<ref name="SWG">{{SWG|An Empire Divided}}</ref>
*[[Zeta Magnus]] for the [[Accelerated Transgenic Heuristic Abhorer]]
*[[Zeta Magnus]] for the [[Accelerated Transgenic Heuristic Abhorer]]


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*[[Jorus C'baoth]], for [[Joruus C'baoth]]<ref name="Heir to the Empire">''[[Heir to the Empire]]''</ref>
*[[Jorus C'baoth]], for [[Joruus C'baoth]]<ref name="Heir to the Empire">''[[Heir to the Empire]]''</ref>
*[[Feena D'Asta]], for a clone impersonator<ref name="CrimsonII" />
*[[Feena D'Asta]], for a clone impersonator<ref name="CrimsonII" />
*[[Jango Fett/Legends|Jango Fett]], for [[Boba Fett/Legends|Boba Fett]]<ref name="EpisodeII" />
*[[Ysanne Isard]], for a [[Ysanne Isard (clone)|clone doppelgänger]]<ref name="TNEGC">''[[The New Essential Guide to Characters]]''</ref>
*[[Kyle Katarn]], for [[Runner (clone)|Runner]]<ref name="Riptide">[[Riptide (novel)|''Riptide'']]</ref>
*[[Jaden Korr]], for [[Soldier (clone)|Soldier]] and [[Iteration]]<ref name="Riptide" />
*[[Bevel Lemelisk]], to test consciousness transferring for Darth Sidious no less than seven times<ref name="TNEGC" />
*[[Lumiya]], for [[Seer (clone)|Seer]]<ref name="Riptide" />
*[[Darth Maul/Legends|Darth Maul]] {{C|possibly a [[dopplegänger]]}}<ref name="Resurrection">{{Tales|9|Resurrection}}</ref>
*[[Galen Marek]], for the [[Dark Apprentice]];<ref name="TFUIIdt" /> also resulted in numerous [[Aberrant clone|imperfect clones]], including [[Subject 1138|Starkiller]]<ref name="TFUIIvg" />
*[[Sate Pestage/Legends|Sate Pestage]], for a clone impersonator<ref name="TNEGC" />
*[[Palpatine/Legends|Darth Sidious]], for consciousness transferring<ref name="DE" />
*[[Palpatine/Legends|Darth Sidious]], for consciousness transferring<ref name="DE" />
*[[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]], for [[Luuke Skywalker]]<ref name="Heir to the Empire" />
*[[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]], for [[Luuke Skywalker]]<ref name="Heir to the Empire" />
*[[Kam Solusar]], for [[Alpha (clone)|Alpha]]<ref name="Crosscurrent">''[[Crosscurrent]]''</ref>
*[[Mitth'raw'nuruodo/Legends|Thrawn]], for a replacement clone<ref name="VotF">''[[Vision of the Future]]''</ref>
*[[Mitth'raw'nuruodo/Legends|Thrawn]], for a replacement clone<ref name="VotF">''[[Vision of the Future]]''</ref>
*[[Grodin Tierce]], for an [[Grodin Tierce (clone)|experimental clone]]<ref name="SotP">''[[Specter of the Past]]''</ref>
*[[Grodin Tierce]], for an [[Grodin Tierce (clone)|experimental clone]]<ref name="SotP">''[[Specter of the Past]]''</ref>
*[[Dooku/Legends|Darth Tyranus]] {{C|possibly a [[Doppelgänger of Dooku|doppelgänger]]}}<ref name="TNDA">''[[Star Wars: The New Droid Army]]''</ref>
*[[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Darth Vader]], by [[Darth Vader (clone)|accident]]<ref name="GoF Clones">''[[Galaxy of Fear: Clones]]''</ref>
*[[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Darth Vader]], by [[Darth Vader (clone)|accident]]<ref name="GoF Clones">''[[Galaxy of Fear: Clones]]''</ref>


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[[Category:Cloning technology]]
[[Category:Cloning technology]]

Latest revision as of 06:15, 15 September 2022

A prime clone, also known as a clone template, was the source of genetic material that was essential in the process of cloning.

Overview

A prime clone was the designation[1] of an organic subject—the original host—whose genetic code provided the basis for single or multiple clones.[2] The first step in the process of cloning was the extraction of cells from the prime clone.[3] The cells could then be artificially manipulated to grow either an exact or modified version of the original subject. Under a stable and unmodified cloning process, a clone was physically identical to the prime clone.[2]

A prime clone's psychological traits could also be copied and implanted—in the form of memory flashes—into a clone subject.

History

After the fragmentation of the Galactic Empire, Grand Admiral Thrawn engineered his own clone army for the purpose of reconquering the galaxy from the New Republic. The Chiss Imperial officer extracted genetic material from multiple templates, including Corporal Terkuss, Lieutenant Creb, Baron Soontir Fel, and General Maximilian Veers. With Spaarti technology at his disposal, Thrawn's clone stormtroopers were fully grown and combat ready in roughly a year after their creation.[4]

Before Darth Sidious's demise at the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY, the Dark Lord of the Sith used his own genetic code as a template for a series of Spaarti-generated copies; clones meant to serve as a vessel for his spirit in the event of his original body's destruction.[5] Through the Force, Sidious had the ability to transfer his own essence into another living organism. Without a host, however, his spirit could not remain in the corporeal plain of existence. Furthermore, years of over-reliance on the dark side of the Force caused Sidious's soul to have a cancerous effect on his clones, effectively causing them to age at a rapidly accelerated rate. Hence, none of the subjects were able to house their template's dark essence for more than a short period of time.[5]

List of prime clones

For armed forces

For single clones

Appearances

Sources

Notes and references