The clones are not imaginary. I'm currently working on a deal with Re-Pet, the pet clonning service, to sell us the technological know-how to perform such clonings, but for humans. Should be the same thing, as humans ARE animals after all. I was considering taking a trip to Kamino in order to make a deal with them, but the map I have didn't show up this planet, maybe someone erased, I don't know. Anyway, the plan is: if you die in a mission, we'll make a clone out of you, and send it into a trip near the speed of light, so it gets older fast. Or are we the ones getting old faster? I can't remember. Okay, anyway, we'll give him a brief synopsis of who he is and what is he supposed to be doing (since there's NO way w can transfer your mind into the clone), and send him into the mission, so he can carry on.