Spaarti cloning cylinder

Spaarti cloning cylinders were devices used for the creation of personal clone armies by those wealthy or well-connected enough to acquire them. They were built by Spaarti Creations, on the planet Cartao. They seem to have their origins in Khommite cloning technology, which had for a milliennium been developed to a level far surpassing that of the rest of the Galaxy.

Cloning cylinders were thought to have been destroyed during the Battle of Cartao, but many units survived. The Galactic Republic used Spaarti clones to complement the Kaminoan clone army. The gangster Sise Fromm used a personal clone army in the wake of the Clone Wars. Emperor Palpatine also kept several private stores of these devices, which he used both to clone dark versions of powerful Jedi and to clone new vessels for his dark essence. Grand Admiral Thrawn discovered thousands of cylinders in the Emperor's secret storehouse in Mount Tantiss on Wayland and used them to create an army of clones to man his Dreadnaught fleet. Grappa the Hutt also used Spaarti cylinders as part of his plan with Black Sun to replace members of the Imperial Interim Ruling Council with clones.

With a Spaarti cloning cylinder, a fully grown adult Human could be grown in a staggeringly quick one standard year. Anything sooner had the dangerous side effect of possible clone madness. However, Thrawn discovered that using ysalamiri to cut off the clone's connection to the Force would enable the creation of the clone in 20 standard days. To create clones from Spaarti cylinders was the fastest known form of cloning. Kaminoan cloning had a single clone grown safely at maturity in ten years, Spaarti cloning in one year. However, Kaminoan cloning was much more effective, creating perfect warriors despite the long wait.