Gorgon-Spit

Perhaps the most unfortunate side-effect of the cloning process is the accelerated decrepitude it generates, which has been well-documented. All of the clones were initially limited to a very few short years of life. It was corporate investment toward this end, after the expenditure of considerable time and resources and exposing the organisation to risk, which developed a counter-measure to ensure a longer-lived clone.

Part III: The First Clone War

During the Fourth Jedi Schism, inflation and war levies soon raised havoc among the Galactic Trade Exchange and many corporations began taking sides no longer to simply achieve short-term goals with the aid of the Jedi, but in an attempt to influence the outcome of the entire war in their favour. What, after all, would a grateful Jedi Council not do for their most loyal financial backers once order had been restored?

Part I: The Jedi Knights and the Fall of the Old Republic

The Jedi Knights of the Old Republic were once known as the guardians of peace and justice in the galaxy, the foundation of the Republic's moral strength, and the stability of a thousand generations. That is the legend which precedes their downfall. Yet it obscures a terrible truth; that the fall of the Old Republic was mirrored by the implosion of the Jedi Order itself.