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** The Emperor wasn't above using this method himself and was reborn in a clone body some time after dying in ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'', but then he was killed again and hasn't come back. |
** The Emperor wasn't above using this method himself and was reborn in a clone body some time after dying in ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'', but then he was killed again and hasn't come back. |
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* In [[John Varley]]'s [[Eight Worlds]] series, the technology exists to make a copy of a person's memories, and to grow a clone from a tissue sample. Life insurance now consists of going in for annual (or more often, if you can afford it) backups of your memories, and if you get killed, your insurance company grows a clone, and loads your memories into it. Having more than one of you running around at once is very illegal, however, and any extra clones discovered are subject to summary destruction. This allows at least one unscrupulous character to create slaves with no rights or recourse, since their very existence is a crime. |
* In [[John Varley]]'s [[Eight Worlds]] series, the technology exists to make a copy of a person's memories, and to grow a clone from a tissue sample. Life insurance now consists of going in for annual (or more often, if you can afford it) backups of your memories, and if you get killed, your insurance company grows a clone, and loads your memories into it. Having more than one of you running around at once is very illegal, however, and any extra clones discovered are subject to summary destruction. This allows at least one unscrupulous character to create slaves with no rights or recourse, since their very existence is a crime. |
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* In Jeff Long's novel ''The Descent'', the leader of the hadals (an ancient race of [[Beneath the Earth|subterranean]] hominids) has this ability, and is apparently so old that he was the original inspiration for the concept of Satan. |
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== Live Action TV == |
== Live Action TV == |
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