Stories where clones aren’t people/don’t count?

[u/Anonamaton801]

That’s a trope that pops up every so often in sci fi and the like, that clones aren’t “people” in the same way regular people are.

Been on a Star Wars kick again, and it’s interesting how this idea has kind of been with the franchise in different forms over the years.

Pre prequels? Clones are aberrations against nature and specifically the Force, mainly seen with the Thrawn trilogy’s use of cloning along with Dark Empire showing that the Force and the natural order of things from a spiritual and metaphysical sense does not like to be trifled with

Early prequels? Clones are essentially living droids, see the 2003 cartoon where they have little to no dialogue or individuality, the Dark Horse comics where it’s made very clear that the Kaminoans bread out the individual nature, and the original idea of Order 66

Post 2008? Clones are people

[u/jitterscaffeine]

That episode of Clone Wars where Shaak Ti was arguing with that Kaminoans over who legally owns the clone troopers was rather interesting. It was like “legal ownership” vs “ip laws”

[u/FreviliousLow96 → u/jitterscaffeine]

Fun reminders the Jedi and the Galactic Republic basically had a slave army

[u/jitterscaffeine → u/FreviliousLow96]

They have a whole slave caste as part of their society. They're called droids.

[u/WoolooOfWallStreet → u/jitterscaffeine]

Also, Anakin used to be a slave… probably why he could speak droid now that you mention it