Where do Stormtroopers come from?

tux_tina

So in the Star Wars universe, Jango Fett is killed. Because he is the source of the genetic material for the clones, they would need to find a new source. However, after the clones kill off the Jedi and the Empire rises to power, there seems to be no lack of Stormtroopers, whom I am assuming are just mainly ex-Clone troopers. Because all of the Stormtroopers are humanoid, the empire could not just be using any alien species they find. Are they...

Originally asked by Max Rogers on Stack Exchange (movies) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Says Wookiepedia : Stormtroopers were the elite soldiers of the Galactic Empire. [...] 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." [...] However, the stormtrooper ranks would cease to be dominated by Fett's progeny after the Battle of Kamino in 12 BBY. [...] By the time the Galactic Civil War began in earnest, Jango Fett's clones were heavily supplanted by clones based on a variety of templates around 9 BBY, followed shortly after by enlisted Humans.

Full answer by BCdotWEB: https://movies.stackexchange.com/a/37045 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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