Future troopers would be cloned from a variety of templates. It’s possible that more situations like this will be shown on-screen as Star Wars: The Bad Batch continues to explore this bleak period in the Star Wars timeline." After the Kamino uprising, the Emperor decided that an army of genetically identical soldiers was too susceptible to corruption. An untold number of them may have been used as examples to scare the majority into obedience. There’s no telling how many people like him died when the clone troopers were first replaced after Revenge of the Sith. Of course, many were kept in line by mental conditioning, fear, or lack of moral values, but it makes sense that there were at least some like the one in The Bad Batch who instead defied his orders. Since they weren’t held back by the inhibitor chips that controlled the clones, they had the option to decide for themselves whether or not they did the bidding of their commanders.
What Tarkin wanted was people who could think for themselves, but that strategy came with obvious drawbacks, considering what was expected of these stormtroopers. What happened on Onderon in The Bad Batch was unlikely an isolated incident, and it hints at similar tragedies that must have occurred all over the galaxy. In turn, the soldiers who witnessed his death proceeded with the executions, knowing well what would happen to them if they disobeyed. Whereas Finn lived to see another day (after first being sent for reconditioning), the stormtrooper lost his life for his principles. This character, appalled by what they were being made to do, ultimately made the same choice as Finn in The Force Awakens, but his decision was much more consequential. But a problem arose when one stormtrooper took issue with killing civilians, resulting in him being shot to death by Crosshair. Led by Crosshair, a squad of stormtroopers were dispatched to kill everyone at Saw Gerrera’s camp. Star Wars: The Bad Batch episode 3 has revealed that it wasn’t a smooth transition. Related: Star Wars Explains A Rogue One Secret Empire Plan It was this line of thinking that pushed the clone troopers aside and brought in proto-stormtroopers that became widespread in the original trilogy. Now, they’ve decided that it may be better to conscript soldiers the old-fashioned way. But it’s also at this time that the Empire has started to rethink their army plan. Most of the Bad Batch has rejected their conditioning, but one seems to be perfectly fine with following orders. The new animated series, which kicks off with the execution of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith’s infamous Order 66, also deals with soldiers working for morally questionable superiors. In the first installment in Disney’s sequel trilogy, Finn (John Boyega) began the story as a member of the First Order’s stormtroopers, but ended up turning his back on them by rescuing Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) from captivity and escaping, but first he refused to kill civilians on Jakku. Star Wars: The Bad Batch episode 3 repeated Finn’s rebellion scene from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, except this version was a lot more tragic.