Bow ( clone stormtrooper ) " Bow " was the nickname of a clone stormtrooper who served as a commander within the Galactic Empire ' s 501st Legion . A loyal and obedient soldier , he rose to his rank by around the time of Order 66 , which Emperor Palpatine used to brand all Jedi as traitors to the Empire and initiate the galaxy - wide Jedi Purge . One month into the purge , Bow was part of a 501st stormtrooper squad that Clone Commander Appo took to Kessel . There , Bow and his fellow troopers rescued the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader from a batch of Jedi Knights who had survived Order 66 . Bow and his comrades gunned down Jedi Masters Jastus Farr , Tsui Choi , and Roblio Darté , executing them in mid - battle with Vader . Following the incident , Bow personally filed on several of the Jedi victims , and he continued to serve in the 501st after Appo ' s death at the Battle of Kashyyyk . Biography . The clone stormtrooper nicknamed " Bow " was born on the planet Kamino . By 19 BBY , he had gained the rank of commander within the 501st Legion , one of the most decorated units of the Galactic Empire ' s newly founded Stormtrooper Corps . One month after the formation of the Empire , Bow was part of a 501st squad that Emperor Palpatine sent to Kessel , a planet in the Outer Rim . Serving under Clone Commander CC - 1119 — nicknamed " Appo , " the overall commanding officer of the 501st Legion — Bow and the other clone stormtroopers in the squad received orders to retrieve Palpatine ' s apprentice , the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader . Vader had fallen afoul of a group of Jedi Knights who had survived the issuance of Order 66 , a that Palpatine had used to brand all Jedi as enemies to the Empire and launch the ongoing Jedi Purge . By the time Bow and his comrades arrived at the abandoned spice mine on Kessel where the Jedi renegades had gathered , Vader was severely injured and at the mercy of the three surviving Jedi . From their position on a platform overlooking the mine , Bow and the other troopers drew their DC - 15S s and gunned down Jedi Masters Jastus Farr , Tsui Choi , and Roblio Darté , executing all three before they could further harm Vader . With the standoff concluded , Appo informed Vader that the Emperor had requested his presence . Vader subsequently returned to the galactic capital , Imperial Center , to report to Palpatine . After the Kessel incident , Bow filed reports on the termination of Choi and two of the other Jedi victims , Koffi Arana and Bultar Swan , who had fallen prior to the 501st ' s arrival . Later , when Vader killed Jedi Master Roan Shryne — who had decapitated Appo before being murdered — at the Battle of Kashyyyk , Bow also filed the report on Shryne ' s execution . Imperial Moff Marcellin Wessel incorporated Bow ' s official documentations into a on the success of Order 66 and the continuing Jedi Purge . Personality and traits . A Human male clone of the bounty hunter Jango Fett , Bow stood 1 . 83 meters tall . A loyal soldier , he obeyed Darth Vader ' s orders to the letter and without question in his service to the Galactic Empire . He possessed enough capability to become an officer within the 501st Legion . Equipment . Bow sported the trademark blue - and - white armor of the 501st Legion . His set of stormtrooper armor was equipped with a macrobinoculars visor , a " kama " half kilt , and a pauldron . He also had holsters for his weaponry of choice : a chest sling for his DC - 15A blaster rifle and a pair of waist holsters for his dual blaster pistols . During the mission to Kessel , he carried a DC - 15S blaster . Behind the scenes . The character of Commander Bow was created by author Daniel Wallace for his " Star Wars Insider " article " " , released in April 2006 in the magazine ' s eighty - seventh issue . Wallace introduced the character because he needed another clone officer to report on the death of Commander Appo , who had already registered several reports within the in - universe article . In 2007 , Bow was featured in his own figure pack — alongside Darth Vader — of Hasbro ' s " " . The commander in " Purge " . For some time , there was ambiguity as to the identity of the clone stormtrooper commander who leads the 501st squad in the December 2005 comic " " . The character goes unnamed within the comic ' s dialogue , hence leaving his identity ambiguous , with the possibility of the unidentified character being Appo , Bow , or another 501st commander . Further complicating the problem was the fact that , at the time , " Purge " did not have an established timeline in relation to the November 2005 novel " " , in which Appo is killed ; both " Purge " and " Dark Lord " are stated to take place one month after the events of the film . The " Purge " commander ' s identity was resolved in 2006 when Hasbro released a figure of Appo as part of its " " . The figure package identified Appo as the commander in charge of the 501st squad in the comic . In December 2008 , Bow received a short entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , which established that he appears in " Purge " himself as one of the clone stormtroopers serving under Appo . However , the exact trooper in the comic who is Bow has yet to be specified .