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Palpatine would grow clone duplicates of his bodies to act as receptacles for his evil life force should his body die. With this technique, Palpatine had escaped death time and again. He called for Skywalker to kneel before him and become his apprentice. Skywalker, realizing that the Emperor was almost invincible, knelt before him, and agreed to join the dark side.
Yes, this is a pretty childish plot-line.
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Using Luke's severed hand recovered from Bespin by Imperial agents, C'baoth grew a clone of the young Jedi -- Luuke Skywalker -- and sent the mindless duplicate to kill Luke.
This isn't. This happens to come from the greatest
Star Wars writer ever - Timothy Zahn. I like this man because he writes mature novels that really expand the
Star Wars universe in an interesting and intelligent way.
People who don't appreciate the true value of Timothy Zahn's work don't appreciate good strong writing.
If you are looking for a worse
Star Wars writer than George Lucas, the man you are looking for is Kevin J. Anderson. This man writes novels with all the intelligence and flair of a six year old scribbling short stories on the back of a school book with a magic marker.