Kite " Kite " was the nickname for a clone trooper commander in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars . In 22 BBY , he was assigned to the " Venator " - class Star Destroyer " Laudable " under the command of the Phuii Jedi General Ares Nune . Nune ' s forces had been dispatched to the Phu system to patrol for any Separatist activity in the area . While Kite was talking to Nune on the bridge of the " Laudable " , the task force was attacked by the " Malevolence " , a Confederacy warship equipped with two giant ion pulse cannon s on each of its sides . Under the command of Confederacy General Grievous , the " Malevolence " destroyed the shields of the entire fleet with the ion cannons . After doing so , the ship proceeded to destroy Nune ' s entire task force , using its turbolasers to obliterate the exposed ships , and eliminating General Nune , Kite , and their forces . Biography . Kite was the nickname of a clone trooper commander in the Grand Army of the Republic . In 22 BBY , during the height of the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems , Kite was assigned to the Phuii Jedi General Ares Nune . Nune was in charge of a Republic task force , made up of at least three " Venator " - class Star Destroyers , to patrol the Phu system for any Separatist activity . Kite himself was assigned to the " Laudable " , one of the Star Destroyers in the fleet . While on patrol , the task force ' s initial sweeps reported no enemy activity , and Nune ordered another sweep of the surrounding area to be sure . While the secondary sweeps were underway , Kite and Nune were both on the bridge of the " Laudable " , and the two began to discuss the mission . However , a new Confederate weapon was hiding out of sight of the Republic task force , in the form of the " Malevolence " . The " Malevolence " was a " Subjugator " - class heavy cruiser under the command of General Grievous , the Cyborg Supreme Commander of the Separatist ' s Droid Army . As Kite and Nune were finishing up their conversation , Grievous ordered the " Malevolence " to fire one of its two ion pulse cannon s at the Republic task force , which disabled the shields of the entire fleet . Nune ' s task force was caught off guard , and General Nune , Kite , and their fleet was destroyed by the " Malevolence " turbolaser batteries . The loss of Nune ' s battle group was later reported in a press release by HoloNet News , along with an audio recording of Nune during the attack that had survived the battle . Personality and traits . Kite was a very singular - minded soldier , having only read manuscripts relating to combat . His mindset kept him from relating fully to his Jedi General , and when Ares Nune tried to strike up a conversation , likening their search to an old fable , Kite was uninterested . Kite thought himself better suited to ground operations , and felt uncomfortable being aboard a starship rather than on solid planetary ground . He had brown eyes , black hair , tan skin , and a number of scars covering his face . Like all other clone troopers , Kite stood at 1 . 83 meters tall . Behind the scenes . Kite made his first appearance in the six - page " " , which led into " Rising " Malevolence " " , an episode in the of " " . The loss of General Nune ' s task force was mentioned in " HoloNet News — A Galaxy Divided " , the first installment of the online HoloNet News podcast series that took place between the events of the comic and the episode .