So, get this – in the old Legends continuity (which, yeah, isn’t canon anymore, but it’s still kinda fun), Luke Skywalker loses his hand. Classic Star Wars, right? Lightsaber duel, bad guy wins a round. But instead of just, y’know, tossing it in the trash compactor, someone *snatches* that sucker up and uses it to make a clone. I’m serious!
And this isn’t just any clone. This is a *twisted*, evil clone. Like, imagine Luke, but with all the good bits ripped out and replaced with… well, pure, unadulterated spite. He goes to war against the Jedi. Can you EVEN? I mean, the nerve!
Honestly, the whole thing sounds like fanfiction gone wild, the kind of thing you’d read late at night on some dusty forum. But hey, that’s Legends for ya. It’s a wild ride. It’s like a free-for-all sandbox where anyone can pitch their ideas, no matter how crazy it is. And I dig it!
And then there’s Anakin. (And yes, I know, Anakin isn’t Luke. But bear with me, I’m getting there). We all know Anakin was basically the poster child of the Clone Wars, right? Jedi General, leading the 501st, the elite clone troopers. You can find 4k backgrounds of him all over the internet. (Go, search for some, you won’t be disappointed.) And Captain Rex? Dude was practically Anakin’s right-hand man, or *did Anakin loose his hand too?*. What a pair they were.
And you know what? It kinda makes you wonder… if they could clone Luke’s hand (ew) and Anakin was so close to the clones, why didn’t they just clone *him*? Think about it: a whole army of Anakin Skywalkers? Okay, maybe that’s a *terrible* idea considering how things turned out the first time around, but still, the *potential*!
Also, and I know this is a total tangent, but the Clone Wars toys were awesome! I remember getting so hyped when they came out. It was the animated style, that really got me hooked.
