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[Star Wars] Reys dad was a "failed" palpatine clone? He seemed to be way more lively than the clone we see in the 3rd movie. Why was the final palpatine clone a zombie but Reys dad seemed to be "normal"?
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Rey's father was a "failed" clone in that he was a clone of Palpatine who didn't have any Force sensitivity - a requirement if Palpatine was going to use a cloned body to live forever.

The clone body on Exegol was mostly good enough for what he needed it for, except for one *tiny* little problem - it didn't have the constitution to withstand the corrupting power of the dark side, which is why when he possessed that body after Endor it started a slow decay, with only intensive medical intervention and a variety of Force techniques and rituals slowing it so he wouldn't have to jump to another body.