Arkanian Microtechnologies Arkanian Microtechnologies or Arkanian Micro for short was a powerful manufacturing corporation known for its role in the development of medical supplies and technology . Headquartered on the planet Vohai , the company also had a branch near Novania , a city located on Arkania . In public , it was a major supplier of health products and technological equipment in the galaxy . However , the firm primarily specialized in the research and development of genetic engineering techniques , ranging from direct manipulation of genomes to mutation via overexposure to massive amounts of radiation . History . During the Clone Wars , Arkanian Microtechnologies was hired by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine to create a cheaper second clone army for the Galactic Republic . The project was confidential , and thus billions of credits were discreetly siphoned from various bank accounts in order to fund the construction of cloning centers on Centax - 2 , one of the moons of Coruscant . The new facilities were equipped with Spaarti cloning cylinder s , which Arkanian Micro ' s scientists utilized to engineer full - grown clone soldiers in one standard year , as opposed to the Kaminoan method ' s ten - year waiting period . While the Spaarti method enabled the company to generate clones at a considerably faster rate than the Kaminoan - developed series of clone troopers , a one year growth period prevented Arkanian Micro ' s clone unit s from receiving the same training as their Kamino - bred counterparts . The company used flash training computers to download the basics of being a soldier into the subjects , but even the company admitted that the combat effectiveness of Spaarti clones was significantly lower than the troopers from Kamino . Such drawbacks concerned one of the scientists who monitored their development , but the Chancellor assured the Clone Master that the new clone troopers did not have to be as effective as their precursors . In 19 BBY , the final year of the Clone Wars , the Grand Army of the Republic was a spent force . A third of the original clone troopers were dead while others were too injured to fight ; what remained of the army was stretched thin across the Outer Rim Territories where the clones and their Jedi officers fought the Separatist droid forces in a series of grueling campaigns . By that time , Arkanian Microtechnologies deployed a vanguard of Spaarti clone troopers , officially commissioned as the 14th Infantry Brigade , into the war zone in order to test the effectiveness of their creations . Other clones from Centax - 2 were integrated into existing military units such as the 501st Legion and Coruscant Guard . Chancellor Palpatine publicly revealed the existence of the new clone army during the Battle of Coruscant when the Separatists launched a surprise attack on the galactic capital . In the aftermath of the Republic ' s victory at Coruscant , Arkanian Micro ' s clone troopers were assimilated into the Grand Army , thus replenishing its depleted ranks . After the Clone Wars , Arkanian Microtechnologies ' services were retained by the Republic ' s successor state , the Galactic Empire . Under the reign of Emperor Palpatine , the New Order vastly augmented its military forces with more clone soldiers , all of whom were generated by Imperial - controlled Kaminoan and Arkanian Micro facilities . Shortly after Palpatine ' s rise to power was completed , the Emperor and his Sith apprentice Darth Vader , tasked Arkanian Microtechnologies with a commission to enginneer Force - sensitive clones , a task that had long since been dismissed as impossible . Using the genetic material of the Emperor ' s Hand Sa Cuis , Arkanian Micro scientists developed the Force - sensitive stormtroopers . Both Palpatine and Vader were impressed by them , and though they originally petitioned the company for more Force - wielding clones , the project was ultimately dismantled after the experimental stormtroopers rebelled against their creators due to the machinations of their Dark Jedi trainer , Sheyvan . Arkanian Microtechnologies was still operational by 40 ABY , years after the Empire ' s defeat in the Galactic Civil War . Taun We a female Kaminoan who served as Project Coordinator of the Republic clone army , joined the company as an employee and was stationed at its Vohai headquarters where she continued her research into cloning .