# Why attack with clones (Star Wars)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 13, 2002, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-attack-with-clones-star-wars/103385 "2002-04-13T03:54:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kirkland1244](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kirkland1244](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kirkland1244)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-attack-with-clones-star-wars/103385/41 "2002-04-16T01:03:41Z")
It’s not my heirarchy, it’s the heirarchy of LucasFilm. If anything in any other source contradicts a movie, the other source is wrong. If a comic contradicts a book, the comic is wrong, so on and so forth. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-attack-with-clones-star-wars/103385/42 "2002-04-16T04:12:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kirkland1244 \* > \*\*Just, by the time Empire was released, they knew full well that they intended to go back and make a prequel trilogy. That’s why they labelled Empire “Episode V.” \*\* And they named the one before it “Episode IV.” Which, at the young age I first saw “Star Wars,” just didn’t seem right. ---
**Author:** ![Kirkland1244](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kirkland1244](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kirkland1244)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-attack-with-clones-star-wars/103385/43 "2002-04-16T04:17:08Z")
Actually, when Star Wars was first released, it didn’t have “Episode IV: A New Hope” in the crawl. That was added in 1979, after they made Empire. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-attack-with-clones-star-wars/103385/44 "2002-04-16T04:21:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kirkland1244 \* > \*\*Actually, when Star Wars was first released, it didn’t have “Episode IV: A New Hope” in the crawl. That was added in 1979, after they made Empire. \*\* They were calling it “A New Hope” even back then? How about that. I always thought that was made up recently to differentiate Episode IV from Episode I. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-attack-with-clones-star-wars/103385/45 "2002-04-16T10:10:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Snooooopy \* > \*\*I always thought that was made up recently to differentiate Episode IV from Episode I. \*\* In a sense it was. They started to officially label it as “A New Hope” in merchandise etc because of the upcoming prequel trilogy, to further differentiate the Star Wars Saga, and the movie popularly known as “Star Wars”. Georgie boy wants the whole six films to be considered as one story known as “Star Wars”. ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-attack-with-clones-star-wars/103385/46 "2002-04-19T04:59:35Z")
Hehheh. I recommend you read this entire post before you start clicking on links. I just stumbled across an early “review” of the new film, and considered posting it here. It is scathing. Want to read it, comment on it, and make an ass of yourself? Be my guest. [Here it is](http://www.somethingawful.com/truthmedia/starwars2/). Okay, now I need to tell you that clicking the “Truthmedia Editor” link at the top of the page tells you [this](http://www.somethingawful.com/truthmedia/): > [@](#): > > Oh, and while reading the flame messages sent to our “reviewers,” make sure to keep in mind that by a single click of the mouse any one of these moron readers could’ve reached this page and read this text explaining that the entire review section is a joke and 100% bullshit. You know, if your outlook on all humanity wasn’t depressing enough as is. The Internet makes you stupid. Just wanted to get the word out, because it is quite a funny joke, but there is no need for the joke to be on you. Have a nice day. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-attack-with-clones-star-wars/103385/47 "2002-04-19T15:34:14Z")
Why attack with clones? Well when you make a Computer Generated Character it is a lot of work. So instead of making thousands of unique fighters they just made one and cloned it over and over. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-attack-with-clones-star-wars/103385/48 "2002-04-19T16:50:33Z")
Why? Because genetic engineering is the quintessence of EVIL… (bwa-ha-ha!):rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-attack-with-clones-star-wars/103385.md?page=2)