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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Even in mass production, Droids are more expensive to build and maintain. In terms of slaves, They're easy to aquire and in the case of alien species like Wookies better workers that are disposable.
If you look at the Clone Troopers (Really living droids) They were far more expensive then recruiting and conscription.
Plus Slave labor and xenophobia in the Empire just makes them look more evviiil.
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I agree it makes sense to make the Empire look evil, but I don't think it makes sense from a cost and efficiency perspective.
Building a prison/factory facility with special floors and then having to pay the costs to keep guards and prisoners alive would probably cost more than having a bunch of droids working around the clock. Not to mention that eventually the families of the prisoners would lead to questions about where the prisoners end up.
Just need a relatively small maintenance crew to keep the droids running. The droids don't need life support, food, or rest. There should be a ton of droid parts available after the clone wars.
It would make sense if the Empire didn't have thousands of worlds of resources available to it.
Anyways just a small nitpick.