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CLONE TALES
FIVES
(SERIAL NO.: CT-27-5555; ARC-5555)
• 501ST LEGION
All clone troopers started out as His suspicion later brought
servants of the Republic, charged him deeper into trouble. After
with holding the Separatists back his fellow trooper Tup shot a Jedi
in a time of great change. Fives in the back, Fives investigated
served in a different, extraordinary the cause of the apparent abrupt
capacity by exposing corruption shift in personality. He discovered
within the Republic itself. that all of the clones had been
After repelling an attack on implanted with control chips to
Kamino, he was promoted and make them follow orders. Fives
served as an elite Advanced Recon had unknowingly discovered the
Commando (ARC) trooper. Fives’ secret that would later enable
first exposure to corruption within Order 66, Palpatine’s almost
the ranks of the Republic took entirely successful effort to wipe
place on the planet Umbara. The out the Jedi Order. It was Palpatine
Jedi Master Pong Krell forced the himself who explained that the
troopers to attempt a dangerous chips had been implanted in the
frontal assault. Fives rebelled and clones to force them to follow
launched a sneak attack against the commands, including the fateful
enemy. In response, Krell ordered order to kill the Jedi.
Fives to be executed for treason Fives became one of the fi rst
and, when the ARC troopers victims of the Galactic Empire,
refused to carry out the sentence, when he was silenced for knowing
he sent the clones into a battle too much by loyal Coruscant
with the intention of forcing them Guard Commander Fox (CC-
to kill each another. The clones 1010). His unsung dedication
defeated Krell, but the episode left to discovering the truth and
Fives deeply shaken and wondering determinedly pursuing what he
what purpose could be found in the knew was right lead to a heroic
chaos of war under a corrupt offi cer. and tragic end.
TORRENT
HUNTER
(SERIAL NO.: TX-828)
• CLONE FORCE 99
• IMPERIAL STORMTROOPER
Although it may seem like an Many clones remained in the
oxymoron, not all clones were Empire after the Clone Wars. TX-
created equal. Hunter (his serial 828 continued to serve during
number was never divulged), the predations of the Empire, and
and the team he led—Clone clashed with rebel heroes Han Solo
Force 99, also known as the Bad and Chewbacca. Torrent brought
Batch—sported wildly different the efficiency and focused mindset
personalities and skills. from the clone army into the
The Kaminoans created Empire, even though, as one of the
them in an effort to experiment last clones in service, he worked
with enhanced combat abilities mostly alongside non-clone
that had been genetically baked recruits and conscripts. He failed
into the clone soldiers. Hunter’s to capture the Millennium Falcon
own augmentations made his and would ultimately fi nd himself
senses especially keen. on the wrong side of the war.
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