Distephano: I thought you were dead!
Ripley 8: Yeah, I get that a lot.
[Ripley is staring at a fork.]
Vriess: Fork.
Ripley: Fuck.
Call: Jesus Christ, Jonner, what do you put in this shit? Battery acid?
Johner: Just for color.
Gediman: You are a beautiful, beautiful butterfly.
Ripley 8: So, who do I have to fuck to get off this boat?
Johner: I can get you off. Maybe not the boat, but...
Answer: In Alien 3, Ripley discovers there was an Alien queen embryo growing inside her, so she chose to kill herself. By cloning her, scientist were hoping the Alien queen embryo she had in her at the time of her death would also become cloned, which finally happen after the 8th try. This is also why the Alien queen they extracted from Ripley has some human traits.
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