CC-7567

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CC-7567, nicknamed Rex, was a clone trooper captain during the Clone Wars—the galaxy-wide conflict between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Rex was in command of Torrent Company of the famed 501st Legion, a legion of the Grand Army of the Republic. Rex served under Jedi General Anakin Skywalker, and was a freethinking, tough, and aggressive clone trooper. Yet his noteworthy individuality aside, Rex followed his orders without question like the rest of the clones. Rex was also good friends with Commander Cody.

Under General Skywalker, Rex would go to many different planets throughout the galaxy. Rex assisted High General Obi-Wan Kenobi and General Skywalker during the Battle of Christophsis, when he worked with Commander Cody to root out a traitor, and later led Torrent Company during Confederacy General Whorm Loathsom's multiple counterattacks. Rex also met Skywalker's new Padawan, Ahsoka Tano, after she arrived on Christophsis. Rex would also participate in the Battle of Teth, where he was one of the few clone survivors before reinforcements arrived. During inspections of Republic listening posts, Rex and Cody encountered a squad of droids on the Rishi moon, and led a group of rookie clone troopers to retake the base.

Rex participated in the Battle of Bothawui, and later assisted Skywalker and Tano during a mission to destroy a Confederacy listening post—and was one of the few clone troopers, along with Sergeant Denal, to survive the mission. After rescuing Jedi General Aayla Secura from defeat by the Confederacy with Skywalker and Tano, the Jedi and clones, including Rex and Commander Bly, crash-landed on remote Maridun, and Rex stayed with an injured Skywalker while the others found help. After Confederacy General Lok Durd arrived on the planet to test a new weapon, Rex and Bly helped to defeat the Confederacy and save the inhabitants of the planet. Rex would later be an asset during a short war on Orto Plutonia, and would also help halt the release of the deadly Blue Shadow Virus. Rex also helped Skywalker and Tano during the Battle of Ryloth, and provided support for Tano.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Clone trooper captain 1.2 Battle of Christophsis 1.3 Battle of Teth 1.4 Inspection of the Pastil Post 1.5 Battle of the Rishi moon 1.6 Battle of Bothawui and aftermath 1.7 Mission to Skytop Station 1.8 Mission to Christophsis 1.9 Battle of Quell and aftermath 1.10 Battle of Maridun 1.11 Battle of Orto Plutonia 1.12 Battle on Naboo 1.13 Battle of Ryloth 2 Armor and equipment 3 Personality and traits 4 Behind the scenes 5 Appearances 5.1 Non-canon appearances 6 Sources 7 Notes and references 8 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Clone trooper captain

Rex was one of the many clones of bounty hunter Jango Fett, bred on Kamino by the Galactic Republic to fight in the Republic's clone army. The clones were manufactured to fight against the separatist planetary and sectorial governments seeking to leave the Republic, known as Confederacy of Independent Systems, in the approaching war. Rex was promoted to the rank of captain, and was in command of Torrent Company of one of the army's units, the famed 501st Legion. Rex was assigned to Jedi General Anakin Skywalker, and would participate in many missions alongside the Jedi Knight. Rex also developed a friendship with fellow clone trooper Commander Cody.^[5]

[edit] Battle of Christophsis

After the Confederacy invaded the planet of Christophsis, High Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi, General Skywalker, Commander Cody and Rex arrived on the planet to aide the planet's inhabitants. However, after a failed ambush on the Confederacy, the Jedi suspected that there was a traitor in their midst, and the Jedi left to scout behind enemy lines, while Rex and Cody stayed to find and apprehend the traitor. An impending investigation revealed that Sergeant Slick himself was the traitor, and after he severely damaged their weapons depot, Rex and Cody apprehended the traitor in a brawl, and he was taken to lock-up.^[6]

The Confederacy launched their first attack, and the Jedi and the clone forces were able to drive them back.^[5] When the droid army returned in full force, Rex returned to the front lines alongside Cody and Generals Kenobi and Skywalker, and Rex led Torrent Company with Skywalker to destroy the advancing tri-droids. After the enemy retreated, Skywalker's new Padawan, Ahsoka Tano, arrived in place of the expected reinforcements. Rex was a little perplexed, as Skywalker had stated that he would never have a Padawan.^[4] As Rex and Tano spent some time talking together, Rex taught her that fear was natural in war—and that the clones were unique individuals, despite all having the same appearance.^[5]

As they talked, the two discovered that the Confederacy had deployed a deflector shield, which would make the Republic's long-ranged artillery useless. After some planning, Rex and his troops held the line, while Kenobi "negotiated" with Confederacy General Whorm Loathsom, and Skywalker and Tano went to disable the shield generator. Once the shield was down, Rex ordered their cannons to quickly finish off the enemy advances. Grand Master Yoda arrived with reinforcement troops just in time, and Rex had a gunship retrieve Skywalker and Tano.^[4]

[edit] Battle of Teth

After a conference with Yoda, Skywalker and Tano were given the mission to rescue Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure's son, in order to win the crime lord's favor for access to space lanes through Hutt Space. Rex accompanied the Jedi to the planet Teth. Tracking the Huttlet to a cliff-high monastery, the Republic forces were forced to commence a vertical assault to enter the monastery. They were successful,^[4] but three quarters of Torrent Company was lost on the way up.^[5]

Skywalker and Tano rescued the Huttlet while Rex and his men secured the monastery. The arrival of more Confederacy battle droids forced the Republic forces to barricade themselves inside the monastery. Skywalker and Tano left to find a back exit to search for medical attention for the ill Huttlet, while Rex stayed to command the forces. Once the droid army entered, many of the troopers were killed, and Rex feigned death to spy on the commander of the droid forces, Dark Acolyte Asajj Ventress. Rex attempted to shoot the Dark Jedi, but she pulled his blaster out of his hand with the Force and choked him. Ventress demanded Skywalker's location, which Rex refused to give, and she employed a mind trick to force Rex to contact the Jedi.^[4] However, Ventress underestimated Rex's mental strength—Rex contacted Skywalker, but addressed him as his first name, "Anakin," instead of his usual "General Skywalker", which warned the Jedi of something amiss.^[5] Ventress left to confront the Jedi herself, while the battle droids held the six surviving clones captive.^[4]

Rex and the other remaining clones broke free of their captors and used a fallen AT-TE for cover. Skywalker and Tano escaped the monastery, and found an aged freighter, using it to head back toward the courtyard. However, because of their mandate to safely return the Huttlet to his father, Skywalker and Tano were forced to find medical attention for the Huttlet, and were unable able to give assistance to Rex, to which he understood. General Kenobi and the 212th Attack Battalion soon arrived to reinforce Rex and his men, and the Republic forces were able to beat back the Confederacy.^[4] Later, Rex mused to Cody that the whole operation had been handled poorly, with the lack of air support and incorrect infantry application.^[5]

[edit] Inspection of the Pastil Post

Rex was later assigned to inspect several Republic listening posts with Commander Cody. During an inspection of a Pastil outpost, Rex commented that the station was very clean, and trooper Stripe told them that an MSE-series droid nicknamed "Rodent" was the reason, commenting on its odd behavior of being "glitchy". Seeing a serious red flag, Rex called out for a Code Aurek alert, ordering all clones to find the droid and destroy it. At first, the clones believed Rex to be paranoid; however, when Rex shot at the droid, he revealed a spy droid in their midst, as the four wheels of the destroyed body started spinning off independently in an attempt to escape. Three wheels were eliminated before Stripe stopped the fourth by throwing a thermal detonator before it could escape. Somewhat amused, Rex ordered the clones to "clean the mess up."^[7]

[edit] Battle of the Rishi moon

When Rex and Cody's shuttle arrived at the outpost on Rishi moon, the two were met by a clone trooper claiming that the station did not require an inspection. Rex and Cody noticed a droid attack signal flare being fired, and Rex promptly put a blaster bolt in the droids's head, much to Cody's initial shock. However, after Rex removed the helmet of the "trooper", it was revealed to be a BX-series droid commando. Their cover blown, the droids commenced an attack on the two clones and deployed several explosives. Rex and Cody were able to escape; however, with the shuttle destroyed, they had no way to contact the Republic.^[8]

Rex and Cody met the rookie clones who had manned the listening post, Echo, Fives and Hevy, shortly before its invasion. Rex declared them "shinies"—a derogatory nickname for rookie troopers, for their clean armor that had not yet seen action—and led them to take back the outpost. After doing so, an approaching Confederacy fleet, under command of General Grievous, revealed that Kamino, the planet home to the Republic's cloning facilities, was at risk. In addition, the droids had hot-wired the "All Clear" signal to keep the Republic unaware of the attack. Rex devised a plan to blow up the base; the destruction of the base would stop the signal and warn the Republic of the impending attack. After Rex discovered a malfunction with the remote detonator, Hevy took over while the other clones left to take shelter. The four learned that Hevy was being attacked by the droids, and rushed back to help him. However, against Rex's wishes, Hevy sacrificed himself and manually detonated the explosives. The Republic fleet arrived in the system, under command of Generals Kenobi and Skywalker and Admiral Wullf Yularen, and was able to drive Grievous' fleet out of the system. Rex inducted the survivors, Echo and Fives, into the 501st Legion for their bravery, and acknowledged Hevy's sacrifice.^[8]

[edit] Battle of Bothawui and aftermath

Rex was later stationed with General Skywalker and Commander Tano to protect the planet Bothawui. After the Republic's defeat on the planet Falleen, General Grievous and his Confederacy fleet headed to attack Skywalker and his fleet of three Venator-class cruisers,^[9] including his flagship, the Resolute.^[10] General Kenobi contacted Skywalker, advising him to retreat; however, Skywalker planned to stay and fight.^[9]

Skywalker dispatched Rex to command a brigade of AT-TE walkers from several asteroids, seeking to trap Grievous once the general arrived. Grievous' fleet of several Munificent-class frigates easily fell into Skywalker's trap, and the cyborg general fled aboard his fighter as his fleet was ripped apart from both in front and behind. Skywalker pursued Grievous in his own fighter, along with his astromech droid, R2-D2. Skywalker's ship was severely damaged by flying debris, and Rex managed to save him. However, when Skywalker awoke in the medbay of the Resolute, he discovered that Artoo had gone missing.^[9]

Skywalker and Tano left aboard the Twilight to search for Artoo aboard a nearby scavenging ship, but were unaware that the ship's captain, Trandoshan scavenger Gha Nachkt, had already pilfered the droid and promised him to Grievous. After they returned, Skywalker left with replacement droid R3-S6 in his fighter to scout ahead for a Confederacy listening post. However, the droid accidentally activated the fighter's tracking beacon, and Tano and Rex hurriedly gathered a squad of troopers and left aboard the Twilight to assist Skywalker. Arriving out of hyperspace, they arrived in time to save Skywalker from two Munificent frigates under Grievous' command, and escaped out of the system.^[9]

[edit] Mission to Skytop Station

The Twilight received a message from R2-D2, and Rex and the clones were able to track the signal. On Skywalker's order, the group headed to the location of the transmission—Skytop Station, the Confederacy listening post that the Republic had been searching for. Upon entering the station, Skywalker left to search for Artoo, while Tano, Rex, Sergeant Denal and the four other clone troopers were to plant explosives around the station.^[11]

R3 attempted to open a door protected by a ray shield, but two patrols of battle droids arrived, and Tano and the clones were caught in a crossfire. Rex utilized several EMP grenades, and the droids were immobilized. However, General Grievous himself appeared, and knocked Tano aside before attacking the clones. Rex and Denal were knocked unconscious, and the other clones were killed. Grievous attempted to deal a death blow to the unconscious Rex; however, a revived Tano quickly stopped Grievous' blow with her own lightsaber. Tano engaged the cyborg general alone, allowing the clones to complete the mission. Upon revival, Rex reported their losses to Tano, and also protested to her intention of engaging Grievous alone, but complied when she gave a direct order.^[11]

Rex and Denal arrived in the hangar bay and rendezvoused with the Twilight, Skywalker and R3-S6. Skywalker had rescued Artoo, but was alarmed when he learned that Tano had engaged Grievous alone. As the group attempted to find and assist Tano, R3 revealed his true allegiances—to the Confederacy—and sealed the group inside the hangar, and also activated several Vulture droids. Super battle droids arrived, and Skywalker and the clones took cover behind several crates. Skywalker ordered Rex to trigger the explosives, and Rex complied. Tano soon arrived, and Rex noticed several fuel cells next to the crates. Skywalker hurtled one at the droids with the Force. Rex placed a well-aimed shot on the crate, and it exploded, destroying the droids. Artoo was able to open the door from a set of outer controls, as well as destroy R3-S6 in a duel, and after the Republic forces departed aboard the Twilight, Skywalker went to retrieve the droid in his fighter.^[11]

[edit] Mission to Christophsis

At some point during the Clone Wars, Rex, along with Senator Padmé Amidala, R2-D2 and protocol droid C-3PO, was sent to Christophsis to investigate crystals being stolen from the planet by the Nightsisters. Rex was injured in a fight, and the four were captured and imprisoned. A Jedi team of two, along with clone troopers led by Commander Gree, were sent to Christophsis to rescue them. The Jedi managed to find the prisoners, and the four escaped to Gree's gunship, which had a medical console on standby for Rex.^[12]

[edit] Battle of Quell and aftermath

Later, Rex participated in helping Skywalker and Tano rescue Jedi General Aayla Secura, whose forces were on the verge of defeat by Confederacy forces. Skywalker and his forces arrived in the Resolute, and used several gunships to land on Secura's cruiser. However, after Skywalker went on ahead, Tano and Rex's gunship was attacked by one of the Confederacy rocket droids, and they were forced to crash-land on the cruiser. Tano, Rex and their forces met up with Skywalker, Secura and Commander Bly, and proceeded to escape the cruiser via a Republic frigate. However, a raging inferno caused by increased laser fire passed through the ship, and Skywalker sacrificed himself to save the others. Tano and Secura were able to bring the Jedi Knight onboard the frigate, but as they attempted to dock with the Resolute, an attack by Vulture droids engaged the frigate's hyperdrive, sending the frigate into hyperspace. The group narrowly avoided hitting a star, but crash-landed on a remote planet.^[13]

Rex stayed to guard an injured Skywalker, while Tano, Secura and the rest of the clones left to find help. Skywalker awoke, and Rex was attacked by a mastif phalone—a birdlike, carnivorous creature native to the planet. Rex was able to fend the creature off with blaster fire, but after morning arrived, three more of the creatures returned. Despite his injuries, Skywalker insisted on fighting, and Rex incapacitated one of the creatures with a laser shot. Rex was knocked aside, and the return of Tano, Bly and Wag Too—a healer from the Lurmen colony on the planet—saved his life. Rex and Tano helped Too tie up the last creature, and the group returned to the colony with him, taking the injured Skywalker on a stretcher.^[13]

[edit] Battle of Maridun

While Skywalker healed his injures, Rex noticed an incoming Confederacy C-9979 landing craft. Not wanting to let the Lurmen suffer for their presence, the Republic forces decided to hide, and Rex and Bly assited the still-injured Skywalker in their escape. A Confederacy recon droid came upon the group, and Tano, Rex and Bly chased the droid down before Secura implated it. From a tree, the group noticed that the Confederacy forces had set up their base—and had brought a shuttle, which the Republic forces intended to steal to escape the planet. However, Skywalker noticed that the Confederacy general, Neimoidian Lok Durd, was testing a new weapon, and Rex and Bly went closer to investigate. The weapon fired a missile, which, upon landing, exploded and began to obliterate all forms of life within range. Unnoticed, Rex and Bly narrowly escaped, and the Jedi and the clones noticed that the Confederacy forces were heading back toward the Lurmen colony, the only possible reason being to test the weapon on the colony itself.^[14]

[edit] Battle of Orto Plutonia

Rex went with Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi to Orto Plutonia to investigate the eradication of a clone security base. After war was declared between the local Talz and the Pantoran dignitaries, specifically the arrogant Chairman Chi Cho, Rex was ordered to protect Chairman Cho at all costs. The Chairman then ordered Rex to attack the Talz when they approached them, but Rex stated that they were only there to protect him. However, he was forced to attack when the Talz attacked them, riding Narglatch, and the Chairman was severely injured. Rex carried him to safety, holding off the attacking Talz until the arrival of the Jedi and Senator Riyo Chuchi. Chairman Cho died from the injury, and Senator Chuchi established a peace treaty with the Talz.^[15]

[edit] Battle on Naboo

When Senator Padmé Amidala and Representative Jar Jar Binks were captured while searching for a secret Separatist lab on Naboo, it was up to Anakin, Obi-Wan, Ahsoka and Rex to rescue them. They succeeded, and were also able to stop Dr. Nuvo Vindi from releasing the deadly Blue Shadow Virus.^[16] Unfortunately, Vindi's assistant droid took one of the virus containers and put it into a bomb. The droid then detonated the bomb, which quickly spread the virus throughout the bunker. Anakin and Obi-wan were outside with the scientist when the virus was released, so to save their friends, they went in search of an antidote on Iego. The virus almost killed everyone inside, including Rex, Ahsoka, Padmé, and several other clone troopers, but fortunately the Jedi found the antidote in time, and all infected were cured. As Rex was being led away on a strecher, he overheard Obi-Wan telling Jar Jar that Senator Amidala had recommended that they give him training to hone his skill with a blaster. Jar Jar was ecstatic, but Rex flatly said he wouldn't train him.^[17]

[edit] Battle of Ryloth

After Techno Union leader Wat Tambor took control of Ryloth and its inhabitants, Rex was dispatched with Anakin, Ahsoka and Admiral Yularen to breach the blockade and clear a way for the invasion forces to land. Unfortunately, after Ahsoka led a squadron of fighters, Separatist reinforcements arrived, and she disobeyed a direct order to retreat and aid the cruisers. The Resolute was damaged, and Admiral Yularen was severely injured, and Ahsoka finally returned, but lost half her battle group along the way. After the Republic forces had retreated, Anakin tried to console a dejected Ahsoka. Rex reported that General Mace Windu was demanding a progress report. Anakin then commented that they hadn't made any progress, but went with Rex to deliver their report.^[18]

Even with only half his forces remaining, Anakin was ordered to continue his attack. Anakin sent Rex to find Ahsoka, who found her in the medical bay, apologizing to an unconscious Admiral Yularen. Anakin then devised a plan to pilot the Defender alone and ram it into the lead control ship, leaving only outmaneuverable droids in command of the blockade. Rex supported Ahsoka, who was still shaken but left in charge of retrieving Anakin in addition to destroying the rest of the blockade. While devising a plan of attack, Rex was hesitant about Anakin's plan, and tried to support Ahsoka's inexperience with command, but at the same time looked at the reality of the situation. Ahsoka, still hesitant, devised a plan to angle the hull of the Resolute toward the blockade, acting as a screen to launch the fighters, and the support of Admiral Yularen boosted her confidence when the navigation officer was doubtful of the plan's chance for success. The plan worked, and after Ahsoka led a successful attack on the remaining frigates in the blockade, the invasion forces arrived, and she dispatched Rex to send a shuttle to retrieve Anakin's escape pod.^[18]

[edit] Armor and equipment

Rex's armor used the color design that the entire 501st Legion had in 19 BBY, though the armor itself was still Phase I armor. He also wore a kama and pauldron, and his helmet displayed Jaig eyes. He carried twin blaster pistols but also utilized the more standard blaster rifles. His helmet featured a rangefinder, which was a tool more common among Advanced Recon Commandos. When required, Rex could also be seen using jetpacks or other mission-specific gear, such as customized clone cold assault trooper armor.

[edit] Personality and traits

Rex believed that experience outranked everything. He wasn't afraid to voice his opinion to higher ranking officers, but still obeyed orders. As a result, he had a degree of independence, but neverthless followed his orders. Because of his close relationship, bordering on friendship, with General Skywalker, Rex learned to never underestimate the abilities of the Jedi, nor doubt their resolve. Trained in a variety of fighting styles and combat tactics, he was a skilled soldier, unafraid to place himself and his men in danger if required for the line of duty. These characteristics allowed Rex to survive many engagements and lead his troops to numerous victories.^[19]

[edit] Behind the scenes

According to the film DVD's commentary, the creators at first had decided to put in Alpha, the ARC Trooper known from the Dark Horse Star Wars comics, as the series' prime clone character. However, Lucas objected because his inclusion would make too much of an alliteration (Anakin, Artoo, Ahsoka, and now Alpha), so a different clone character was created.^[20]

Rex has a scar just below his lip modeled after the one on Harrison Ford.^[21]

It is possible that Rex got his name from the pilot droid, RX-24 (commonly referred to as "Captain" Rex) from Disney's Star Tours.

[edit] Appearances

• The Clone Wars: Shadowed
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Hidden Enemy"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars novel (First appearance, simultaneous with Battle at Teth)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Battle at Teth (First appearance)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars Official Movie Storybook
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars film
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels
• Star Wars The Clone Wars: Slaves of the Republic
• Star Wars The Clone Wars Volume 1: Shipyards of Doom
• Star Wars The Clone Wars Volume 2: Crash Course
• Star Wars The Clone Wars Volume 3: The Wind Raiders of Taloraan
• The Clone Wars: Mouse Hunt
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Jedi Alliance
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Rookies"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Downfall of a Droid"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Duel of the Droids"
• The Clone Wars: Transfer
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Dooku Captured"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Jedi Crash"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Defenders of Peace"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Trespass"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Blue Shadow Virus"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Mystery of a Thousand Moons"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Storm Over Ryloth"

[edit] Non-canon appearances

• Star Wars Miniatures: The Clone Wars ad
• Giant spiders are awesome
• Sith make the best pancakes
• That's no Space Station
• Every brick has a beginning

[edit] Sources

•  Clone Captain Rex in the Databank (First identified as CC-7567)
• The Clone Wars: The Visual Guide
• The Clone Wars Campaign Guide

[edit] Notes and references

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3  Clone Captain Rex in the Databank ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones ↑  Send in the Clones on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org) ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Star Wars: The Clone Wars film ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 Star Wars: The Clone Wars novelization ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Hidden Enemy" ↑ The Clone Wars: Mouse Hunt ↑ 8.0 8.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Rookies" ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Downfall of a Droid" ↑ The Clone Wars: Wild Space ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Duel of the Droids" ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Jedi Alliance ↑ 13.0 13.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Jedi Crash" ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Defenders of Peace" ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Trespass" ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Blue Shadow Virus" ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Mystery of a Thousand Moons" ↑ 18.0 18.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Storm Over Ryloth" ↑ The Clone Wars Campaign Guide ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film) ↑  TCW Episode Guide: Rookies on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)

[edit] External links

•  Clone Wars: Rex, In Effect on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)