Octorox said:
You guys need to remember that Star Wars is NOT SCI-FI. It's a fantasy/western/adventure story set in space. Cloning should NOT play a large part in the plot or your heading into sci-fi territory. Using cloning to amass an army steers clear of sci-fi because it doesn't really affect the plot that their clones. However, replacing important characters with clones seems like a no no to me because it's a very sci-fi concept. Futuristic space tech is just an element of setting in Star Wars, not of plot.
Well I kind of understand your point, I like my Star Wars western style too even if it IS sifi. But as we somehow needs to incorporate a clone story somewhere I thought about the "evil copies" plot cause it's more characters oriented than a huge clone army story. Plus you don't have to wonder if the OT stormtroopers are still clones or just human soldiers.
PS: Of course "more characters" oriented story does not mean no huge space battles!