Lama Su / Legends Lama Su was a male Kaminoan who hailed from a race of expert cloners on the planet Kamino . As Prime Minister , he personally oversaw the creation of the clone troopers — the new army of the Galactic Republic — from Tipoca City , the capital of his homeworld . Although Kamino ' s contribution to the Republic Military gained Lama Su ' s people a seat in the Galactic Senate during the Clone Wars , their actions were also partially responsible for the systematic extermination of the Jedi Order and the rise of Darth Sidious ' s Galactic Empire . Biography . By the year 32 BBY , Lama Su was the Prime Minister of Kamino , and thus he also served as the leader of the Kaminoan Ruling Council of Colony Governors . Around the same time , Chancellor Palpatine — the public persona of the Sith Lord Darth Sidious — manipulated Jedi Master Sifo - Dyas into secretly placing an order for the creation of a clone army with the cloners on Kamino . Due to the Kaminoans ' preference for isolation and Lama Su ' s own limited understanding of the greater galaxy , the Prime Minister never considered the consequences that a new pan - galactic military force would have on the future . Instead , Lama Su saw the Jedi ' s proposal as a business opportunity with advantages for Kamino ' s economy . Over the next decade , Lama Su and his scientists developed the first generation of clone troopers , all based on the genetic code of the bounty hunter Jango Fett . Aside from his role as a template , Fett also assisted Lama Su as an advisor , and the two closely monitored the training of the clones . During the development phase of the clone army , Lama Su ordered the cloners to heavily modify the clone subjects in accordance with his instructions to engineer soldiers programmed with absolute loyalty . The Prime Minister saw to it that the clones were made with greater docility and a diminished sense of individuality . Through such modifications , Lama Su was confident that the army as a whole would be completely subservient ; capable of obeying any order without question . When the Jedi Knight Obi - Wan Kenobi visited Kamino in 22 BBY , Lama Su and Taun We assumed that he came to inspect the progress of the clone troopers . The Prime Minister assured Kenobi that the project proceeded on schedule , and that the first two - hundred thousand combat - ready unit s would be joined by a million more clones in the imminent future . In his eagerness to impress his Jedi guest with a tour of Kamino ' s creations , Lama Su overlooked Kenobi ' s apparent ignorance of the cloning project . Shortly after Kenobi ' s reported his findings to the Jedi High Council , Supreme Chancellor Palpatine organized Lama Su ' s clone troopers into the Grand Army of the Republic and placed them under the command of Jedi officers . With the formation of the Confederacy of Independent Systems , the Republic deployed its clone forces against the Separatist Droid Army , thus initiating the galaxy - wide Clone Wars . Around the first year of the war , Su was present when Kenobi returned to Kamino to stop the Zeltron bounty hunter , Vianna D ' Pow , from stealing Fett ' s cloning DNA template . During the first Separatist invasion of Kamino , Lama Su coordinated the planet ' s defense with the Jedi ' s support . After enemy battle droids breached Tipoca City ' s outer security perimeter , Lama Su activated a batch of " Alpha " - class Advanced Recon Commandos — also known as ARC troopers — to protect the facility ' s cloning assets . Jango Fett ' s death at the beginning of the Clone Wars left the Kaminoans with a limited supply of genetic samples . They were forced to adopt alternative strategies in order to continue the production of clone troopers , such as breeding new clones from the DNA of existing clones . Lama Su was less than impressed by some of the younger clone generations , and so he recommended to Jedi Master Shaak Ti that a new template would have to be selected if the Jedi hoped to maintain an army of efficient troopers . In 19 BBY , Chancellor Palpatine commissioned the creation of cloning centers on Centax - 2 , one of the moons of Coruscant . The new facilities differed from their Kaminoan counterparts in two fundamental ways : they were staffed by Arkanian Microtechnologies ' s scientists , and they utilized Spaarti cloning cylinder s that could engineer battle - ready clone soldiers in one year instead of a decade . By that time , Lama Su no longer trusted the intentions of Chancellor Palpatine , and so he discreetly prevented some of the clone units from being absorbed into the Grand Army . In the aftermath of the Clone Wars , most of the Jedi were betrayed and murdered by their clone troopers after Chancellor Palpatine — the public guise of the Sith Lord Darth Sidious — declared all Jedi as enemies of the Republic . Lama Su ' s clone army was ultimately a pivotal factor not only in the Sith plot for revenge against the Jedi Order , but also in Palpatine ' s rise to power as emperor of the first Galactic Empire . Personality and traits . Lama Su was fiercely proud of his world ' s achievements in the science of cloning , the major exporting good that was vital to Kamino ' s economy . His people ' s reputation as expert cloners was important to him , and thus it was Lama Su ' s imperative to ensure that Kamino produced clones of the highest quality ; genetic failures were completely unacceptable to him . With the exception of several unstable units , Lama Su regarded the clone troopers as some of Kamino ' s finest products , as well as a testament to the ingenuity of those who served under his employ . The pride he felt in the Kaminoans ' reputation was magnified by the combat training and education programs that they utilized to create efficient soldiers for the Galactic Republic . Although Lama Su had interactions with offworlders through his capacity as Prime Minister , he hardly possessed a worldly nature , and thus he only had a limited understanding of galactic affairs or Human behavior . As such , he was unconcerned with the purpose of the Republic ' s clone army . Their creation was a business deal to him , and so he treated the matter as a merchant - client relationship ; Kamino was hired to build a military for the Republic , and Lama Su intended to honor that transaction in exchange for a considerable amount of credits . The clones themselves were of great importance to Lama Su , although not in the same sense as the Jedi who developed an affinity for them . He was pleased that the clone troopers existed because of the skills and accomplishments of his people and while he did regard them as a magnificent accomplishment on Kamino ' s part , Lama Su ultimately saw the clones as valuable export products with highly profitable military applications . Some Jedi officers developed close bonds with their clone soldiers , but Lama Su neither shared or cared for the Jedi ' s sense of compassion . Behind the scenes . Lama Su was a computer - generated character voiced by Anthony Phelan in " " , and voiced by Bob Bergen in his appearance in the CGI . Originally , Lama Su was to be a female , but was changed to male at the last second .