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[Star Wars] How would the Empire have faired if they kept using clones instead of stormtroopers?

Let's say for one reason or another the Empire keeps using clones instead of stormtroopers. How would they fair?
gpt
Quite honestly, they couldn't have. The rate at which they expanded the military far outstripped the pace at which the Kaminoans could provide clones, and on top of that the clones were far more expensive to produce than it is to just have recruits from civilian populations. Even nationalizing the banks - making it so the office of the Chancellor owns the banks - as they did simply showed how dire the financial situation was for both sides during the Clone Wars.

But assuming somehow they manage to negate the costs and other impracticalities of the clones, the Empire would actually be better off - the clones are generally far better soldiers than the recruits that the Empire switched off to.

Of course, this is also assuming that Rex and other clones like him get silenced. If the clones realize what they were forced to do to the Jedi, and the truth spreads... soon, the Empire's military is gone. Presumably, an Empire that continues using clones would have contingencies in place for that happening, though.