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"Crosshair" was the nickname of a clone commando who served in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars as a part of Clone Force 99.
Biography
Personality and traits
Crosshair received his nickname due to his incredible sharpshooting abilities. His armor was modified with a semi-circular cutout on the right upper edge of his helmet visor, to accommodate the scope of his sniping blaster.
Crosshair was also known for his icy attitude and approach. He had a general disdain of "regs" (his short for "regulars" or "regular clone troopers"), and was always the first to express criticism, usually in a very cynical way.[2] He had a very low sense of humor, which often put him at odds with his teammate Wrecker. Although the two could work together quite effectively, Crosshair and Wrecker often enaged in competitive quarrels about which one could wreck more battle droids in the course of a mission.[3]
Among his teammates, Crosshair had a noticable low level of stamina; at one point he was seen falling unconscious from turbulences during a rough landing approach.[4]
Behind the scenes
George Lucas had a very specific vision of the Bad Batch, in that he wanted a version of the The Dirty Dozen with clones. Dave Filoni sketched their appearances which Brent Friedman and Matt Michnovetz used to imagine the Bad Batch's voices and personalities. Matt and Brent worked with Dave to flesh out the characters and their story where Crosshair was was based on Clint Eastwood, like a Clone version of Cad Bane.[5]
Crosshair aiming his rifle at beasts in the unfinished episodes on Kashyyyk.
Crosshair was to appear in A four episode arc written by Michnovetz[6] which starred the Bad Batch which now included "Echo", alongside Yoda on Kashyyyk. At the "Untold Clone Wars" panel at Celebration Anaheim, Dave Filoni talked about the plot of the arc. He revealed that the characters would ride on "giant ape lizards", that were holy to the Wookiees in a religious way. In one scene Tarfful would ask the tree spirits for permission to go into battle against the enemy, which was a Trandoshan and the Separatist Alliance. To get the enemy out of some of their cities they would have to burn some of the trees. The Clones had no problem with it, but it was upsetting to the Wookies. A part of the arc would be about the Clones and the Wookiees finding a common ground to fight the separatists. A story reel clip was shown at the panel, which showed the Bad Batch and other Wookies riding on the "ape lizards" and battle against a new beast that was based on Kinraths from the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic game.[7]
Appearances
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Bad Batch" (First appearance)- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "A Distant Echo"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "On the Wings of Keeradaks"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Unfinished Business"
Sources
- Anaxes in the Databank (backup link (anaxes) not verified!)
- Crosshair (Bad Batch) in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references
- ↑
Clone Troopers in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Bad Batch"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Unfinished Business"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "A Distant Echo"
- ↑ Bad Batch Panel - Star Wars Celebration Anaheim on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ Brent Friedman (@BFree63) on Twitter: "@MattMichnovetz wrote that arc, and he writes for Rebels!" (backup link (BFree63/status/565709839247347714) not verified!)
- ↑ The Untold Clone Wars Panel - Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2015 on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
