They're not still all supposed to be clones by A New Hope, right?
I'm not sure. The movies kind of avoid answering that question.
In the "Extended Universe"--or stuff writers came up with for Star Wars things other than the films that are still licensed by LucasFilm, and which I know a bit about because I'm that much of a nerd--I seem to remember that clones were gradually phased out. I also remember one of the books describing a psychic connexion between all the stormtroopers and the Emperor which made them a sort of like zombies. It's all a little up in the air. The fact that, in the newest special editions of the original trilogy, Lucas dubbed in the Jango Fett actor's voice for Boba Fett but not the troopers seems to support the idea that they're not clones.
The starwars.com stormtrooper profile (http://www.starwars.com/databank/organization/stormtroopers/) also doesn't describe them as clones. While the clone trooper entry (http://www.starwars.com/databank/organization/clonetroopers/index.html) seems to suggest that stormtroopers are clones. The Expanded Universe section is somewhat helpful by implying that the original troopers are a mix of clones and "birth-borns".
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I'm not sure. The movies kind of avoid answering that question.
In the "Extended Universe"--or stuff writers came up with for Star Wars things other than the films that are still licensed by LucasFilm, and which I know a bit about because I'm that much of a nerd--I seem to remember that clones were gradually phased out. I also remember one of the books describing a psychic connexion between all the stormtroopers and the Emperor which made them a sort of like zombies. It's all a little up in the air. The fact that, in the newest special editions of the original trilogy, Lucas dubbed in the Jango Fett actor's voice for Boba Fett but not the troopers seems to support the idea that they're not clones.
The starwars.com stormtrooper profile (http://www.starwars.com/databank/organization/stormtroopers/) also doesn't describe them as clones. While the clone trooper entry (http://www.starwars.com/databank/organization/clonetroopers/index.html) seems to suggest that stormtroopers are clones. The Expanded Universe section is somewhat helpful by implying that the original troopers are a mix of clones and "birth-borns".
(So what was the creepy bit?)
Aw, I don't wanna ruin it for you.