Lucas Spills Star Wars Secrets

The secretive director is running out of surprises to hide from his audiences, and now that the details of the last Star Wars film are out in the wild – in the form of books, comics, and early film reviews – Lucas doesn't mind opening up a bit to the media. One bit of conjecture Lucas finally laid to rest was the question of how close the link between clone troopers and stormtroopers was. He told MTV in an interview that the Empire's stormtroopers in the original series were in fact more of the same clones that form the Republican army in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith – though by the time of A New Hope, stormtrooper ranks had swelled to include regular recruits as well. "The idea is that over time, there were new clone strains introduced, and then they even conscripted guys to be Storm Troopers. So it's not just purely clones: It started out as clones, but then it got diluted over the years as they found out they could shanghai guys [more cheaply] than they could build clones." Source: IGN