‘A Better Class of Soldier’: Stormtroopers and Clone Troopers

First Order stormtrooopers stand to attention in front of an enormous First Order flag.

Since the decanonisation of the Star Wars Expanded Universe, we know next to nothing about how the Empire – and subsequently the First Order – creates its soldiers. So with the release of Episode VII and our introduction to (darling, lovely, adorable) Finn, the question is begged: why does the First Order prefer stormtroopers to clones? […]