Imperial cloning program

The Imperial cloning program referred to a vast array of projects undertaken by the Galactic Empire and its affiliated organizations to further study, reproduce, and improve upon Kaminoan cloning and genetic engineering technology utilized during the Clone Wars. As part of Emperor Palpatine's Contingency, the Imperial cloning program sought to create either an exact Force-sensitive clone or a Force-sensitive strandcast, a type of modified clone, capable of serving as a replacement body for Palpatine, thus allowing him to achieve immortality.

Despite the |collapse of the Empire in 5 ABY, the Imperial cloning program continued its mission for decades afterwards. Cloning experts within the Sith Eternal cult were capable of preserving Palpatine's spirit within a decaying clone body on Exegol, thus preventing his complete death for several decades. Palpatine was ultimately killed in 35 ABY at the hands of his granddaughter, Rey, who was naturally born from a failed strandcast of Palpatine who escaped his containment.

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