Quote:Storm Troopers are different from Clone Troopers. The Clone Troopers where commissioned in the Clone Wars and Storm Troopers are recruits brought in after the events of Revenge of the Sith. The Clones where loyal to the Jedi council and after the Empire assassinated the Jedi's most of them where decommission not to mention the clone factories where destroyed prior to that. That's to say Storm Troopers refers to Non-Clones recruited to join the empire they are exclusively NOT from Jango's DNA and loyal only to the Empire.

 

at least that's how I understood it according to this guy

 

http://makingstarwars.net/2014/09/clone-...fferences/

 

Remember, the Clones turned on the Jedi and helped the Emperor execute Order 66.  They were not exclusively loyal to the Jedi.  I didn't recall the factory being closed (may have been,) but assumed the Empire would take advantage of it (unless those making the clones refused to work with the Empire after wiping out the Jedi.)

 

The more I think about it, all the guys upset about the 'trooper are probably getting trolled by Abrams.  When you consider the guy in the stormtrooper outfit could be someone escaping using the outfit as a disguise (as Luke and Han did)... makes you think.  When has a trooper ever acted so frantic?  When it was someone in a trooper disguise, that's when.  :ph34r:  If not that, possibly a deserter.  Certainly wasn't as lemming-like as your average trooper was he?

 

EDIT:  Actually, I found this that confirms Stormtroopers are clones.  http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Stormtrooper

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<p style="margin-left:40px;">The Imperial stormtroopers were the evolution of the clone troopers of the Grand Army of the Republic. By the end of the Clone Wars in 19 BBY, the Galactic Republic was reorganized into the first Galactic Empire. As a result, the Grand Army was reformed into the Stormtrooper Corps and the clones were renamed "stormtroopers." Under the Empire, stormtroopers operated alongside Imperial Army and Navy units, and some were stationed on Naval ships where they served as marines. Although the Corps was overseen by Stormtrooper Command, a military agency that was independent from Imperial High Command, all stormtroopers ultimately answered to Emperor Palpatine with unconditional loyalty and subservience.

 

So, yeah... we've probably got ourselves an impostor!

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