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[Star Wars] How many clones were created on Kamino ?

In the movies it’s suggested 1.2 million units. That simply makes no sense at all in the context of a galactic war. For context, China has an active army of 2 million troops - not including navy and airforce.

In the context of a galactic war, you would need many hundreds of billions of troops. This isn’t a regional war on a single planet. A galactic civil war would require almost incomprehensible numbers. Tens of thousands of star destroyers, billions if not trillions of active personnel and so on.

Is there any clarification on what was meant by  “units”?
gpt
What you're asking is a question which has been debated by fans practically since Attack of the Clones came out. Some authors treated this gospel truth, with total numbers of the Grand Army reaching no more than a few million. Others portrayed it as far more flexible, with each and every planet in the Republic receiving a garrison force of between ~2,000 and 100,000 clones, even as the Republic's lines were allegedly stretched thin by the war.

Complicating things is that Lucasfilm Limited was quite clear that no more fixed number could ever be stated for the clones, ensuring that many writers would write battles where tens or hundreds of thousands of clones die even in quick raids - well exceeding the alleged ~1.2 to 3 million figure.

No clarification of the term "Unit" was ever given.

- If, however, it was referring to the 576-clone Batallion, then Lama Su would be offering Obi-Wan roughly 155 million clones with 576 million more soon - a far more suitable "starting force" for the opening days of the war.

- If it referred to a 2,304-clone Regiment - the largest "unit" in the Grand Army's structural makeup - then the Republic would begin the war with nearly 461 million clones, with another *two billion* arriving soon after - a much more reasonable force for beginning a truly galactic conflict.