Unconvinced, Tarkin replies he will personally evaluate the clones' skillset to see if they're worth the added expenses, beginning with the genetically-enhanced Clone Force 99. In response, Su insists 'conscription soldiers' wouldn't be as skilled or efficient at combat as clone troopers, pointing out they're literally trained from birth to be effective, obedient soldiers. RELATED: Star Wars: The Bad Batch - Who's Who in Clone Force 99 (& Their Allies & Enemies) When Su protests, arguing the Empire will want clone troopers to maintain order across the galaxy, Tarkin points out that 'conscription soldiers' could fulfill that service at half the cost of clones.

There, Tarkin informs the Kaminoan Prime Minister Lama Su that Palpatine feels there's no longer a need for additional clones following the end of the war. In The Bad Batch's premiere, 'Aftermath,' Grand Moff Tarkin arrives on Kamino shortly after the Separatists have been defeated and Emperor Palpatine has announced he's reorganizing the former Republic into the Galactic Empire. Now, it appears the animated TV show Star Wars: The Bad Batch is getting ready to explore this incident in much greater detail. Most notably, the 2017 video game Star Wars: Battlefront II revealed an event known as the Kamino Uprising led to a shift in the Empire's recruitment methods.

The question of when and why the Galactic Empire stopped using Kamino's clones for its army has been partly addressed before. WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 1, Episode 1, 'Aftermath,' which is streaming on Disney+.

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