hairy_hen said:
It was better when I thought (as Zahn did) that the clones were a threat the Old Republic military fought against, and weren't directly connected to the Emperor's rise to power. I still adhere to this view because it's just plain better.
Go on, I'm listening. I thought the Spaartii cylinders were in the Emperor's Storehouse because they belonged to the Empire or the Republic just prior to becoming the Empire.