Hawk / Legends " Hawk " was the call sign of a clone trooper lieutenant and pilot who served in the Republic Navy during the Clone Wars . An expert pilot , Hawk was named for his highly precise hawk - like eyes . He saw action , particularly with the Grand Army of the Republic ' s 501st Legion , on many worlds during the war , including Christophsis . During a battle there in 22 BBY , he rescued a clone trooper strike team led by Jedi Generals Obi - Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker after a thwarted Republic attempt to ambush Confederate battle droids . During a following operation to rescue Rotta the Huttlet , the son of crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure , Hawk ferried Skywalker and his Padawan , Ahsoka Tano , along with Clone Captain CT - 7567 and a squad from the 501st Legion ' s Torrent Company , to the surface of Teth aboard an LAAT / i gunship . After landing on Teth , Skywalker ' s forces began an assault to reach the B ' omarr Monastery where Rotta was being held . Both campaigns resulted in victories for the Republic . When the Republic launched an invasion in 21 BBY to retake Umbara from the Confederacy , Hawk was among the troops dispatched as part of the Grand Army ' s landing force . At the outset of the battle , Hawk served with the 501st Legion , transporting Skywalker , CT - 7567 , and their men to the planet ' s surface via gunship despite thick ground fire from the Umbaran militia . On a later assignment around 20 BBY , he covertly inserted Skywalker , CT - 7567 , Tano , and Kenobi onto Onderon aboard a " Nu " - class attack shuttle so that the four officers could train a group of rebel soldiers to retake their world from the Confederacy . Hawk flew a clone Z - 95 starfighter during Skywalker ' s invasion of Scipio , helping to clear out the Separatist ground forces stationed outside the Main Vault of the InterGalactic Banking Clan . Yet , a Vulture droid that Hawk shot down during the battle inadvertently led to the death of Rush Clovis , the leader of the Banking Clan , when the droid starfighter crashed into his office . Biography . Christophsis and Teth . The Human male clone with the call sign " Hawk " was decanted from the Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett and developed as a clone trooper on the planet Kamino for service to the Galactic Republic . Named for his hawk - like eyes , Hawk was trained in combat , military tactics , and piloting , and he became well - noted for his skill with the latter . He served as a lieutenant in the Republic Navy and participated in many campaigns during the Clone Wars on an array of worlds , often serving with Jedi General Anakin Skywalker and Clone Captain CT - 7567 , nicknamed " Rex , " of the Grand Army of the Republic ' s 501st Legion . In 22 BBY , seven weeks into the war , Hawk was dispatched with a contingent of clone troopers to liberate the planet Christophsis from the Confederacy of Independent Systems . The Republic troops , led by Skywalker and High Jedi General Obi - Wan Kenobi , planned to attack the Confederate battle droids from a business complex with towers situated to the north and south of the droids ' route . However , the Separatist army ambushed Kenobi ' s forces in the south tower , and Skywalker responded from his position in the north tower by requesting Hawk and his LAAT / i gunship for an evacuation from the south tower . While Hawk headed for the south tower , Skywalker , Captain Rex , and their men proceeded there to reinforce Kenobi . After regrouping , Skywalker and Kenobi made their way to the tower ' s roof , and Hawk ' s gunship touched down near the edge of the roof just as B1 battle droids caught up with the beleaguered Jedi and clones . The Republic troops piled onto Hawk ' s gunship , taking the pilfered cranial unit of the Confederate T - series tactical droid TJ - 55 with them so as to uncover more information about the foiled ambush . Hawk returned the weary troops to the Republic base , where debriefing began on the failed assault . Following several days of fighting , Skywalker and Kenobi defeated the Separatist forces on Christophsis and freed the world from droid occupation . Immediately after their victory , Skywalker was dispatched with his recently assigned Padawan , Ahsoka Tano , to the planet Teth , where they were to retrieve Rotta the Huttlet , the son of crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure , to win Jabba ' s favor so that the Grand Army could be granted safe passage through Hutt - controlled space . Skywalker was given only one planetary rotation to return Rotta to his father on the planet Tatooine . Furthermore , Rotta was being held at an abandoned monastery on Teth , a clifftop stronghold guarded by two battalions of battle droids . Because the Republic battle group was unable to directly land there , Skywalker instead elected to deploy his troops in the jungle below the cliff and commence a vertical assault up the ridge . Hawk was among the pilots chosen for the gunship deployment , and he recognized the dangerous lack of cover at the drop - off and extraction sites . Launching from Skywalker ' s " Acclamator " - class assault ship alongside the other pilots , Hawk , piloting the battle group ' s lead gunship , ferried Skywalker , Tano , Rex , and a squad of the 501st Legion ' s Torrent Company to the jungle of Teth . En route to the landing site , Hawk received orders from Skywalker to pull out of the drop zone once they had been deployed , as Skywalker wanted him to be standing by for an extraction from the monastery . Once DSD1 dwarf spider droids opened fire on the gunship from their position at the monastery , Hawk closed the craft ' s blast shields and maintained his course to the jungle landing site . After the lieutenant managed to land them in the dense jungle , Skywalker , Rex , and Tano led Torrent Company in the half - mile climb to the monastery . Despite heavy casualties , Skywalker and Tano were able to rescue Rotta and return him to his father . Separatist battlefronts . Late in 21 BBY , the war ' s second year , Hawk was dispatched as part of a Republic task force sent to invade and retake the planet Umbara , which had recently seceded from the Republic to join the Confederacy of Independent Systems . Hawk initially served aboard an " Acclamator " - class assault ship commanded by Skywalker and Kenobi , which was the first cruiser of the Republic fleet to break through the Separatists ' blockade of Umbara thanks to starfighter support from Jedi Commanders Tano and Barriss Offee . Once the assault ship had moved into position over Umbara to deploy Skywalker ' s and Kenobi ' s forces — alongside clone battalions led by Jedi Generals Saesee Tiin and Pong Krell — Hawk and a number of other clone pilots were tasked with transporting the Republic forces to the shadowy world ' s surface aboard space gunships . Hawk ' s passengers included Skywalker , Captain Rex , Advanced Recon Commando Fives , and troops from the 501st Legion , including Hardcase , Jesse , Tup , and Dogma . With clone Z - 95 starfighters flying as starfighter support against attacking Umbaran starfighters , Hawk and the other gunship pilots steered their craft toward the predetermined landing site on Umbara ' s surface . The gunships ' deployment was met with much enemy ground fire from the Umbaran militia , and Hawk was forced to maneuver his gunship through the heavy flak . Even with night vision sensors , Hawk had a tough time trying to navigate through the dark atmosphere , and he expressed his concern to Skywalker about the possibility of overshooting the landing zone . While other gunships landed early to launch All Terrain Recon Transports against the advancing Umbaran Soldier s and hover tanks , Hawk continued on to the landing point and reached it intact . There , he deployed Skywalker , Rex , and their men to join the concentrated Republic effort to secure Umbara . Hawk was dispatched around 20 BBY , the final year of the war , to transport Skywalker , Tano , Rex , and Obi - Wan Kenobi to the planet Onderon . There , the four officers were to train a group of rebel soldiers to retake Onderon from Separatist control . Flying the " Nu " - class attack shuttle " Valkyrie 2929 " , Hawk inserted the four officers into the Onderon jungle by night , hovering over the drop point so that they could disembark , and then quickly pulled out to avoid being detected by the Separatists . Skywalker , Rex , Tano , and Kenobi found the rebel soldier Steela Gerrera , who took them to the resistance ' s secret base so that they could train the insurgents to liberate their world . Hawk later joined Skywalker ' s fleet when the 501st was dispatched to retake Scipio , the headquarters of the InterGalactic Banking Clan , which had recently fallen to the Confederacy . After Skywalker ' s three - cruiser armada arrived in the Scipio system , Hawk and a number of other pilots flew clone Z - 95 starfighters into combat against the Separatist flotilla ' s Vulture droid starfighters . With Hawk and his comrades providing escort , Skywalker and Captain Rex made for the surface aboard a squadron of LAAT / i gunships to rescue Senator Padmé Amidala , who had been trapped on - world since the Separatists invaded . En route to the surface , Hawk reassured Skywalker that he and his fellow pilots would provide further air support for the ground assault . Once Hawk and his comrades had reached the planetary atmosphere , the Confederate fleet retreated from Scipio , abandoning the droid forces stationed outside the Main Vault of the Banking Clan . Hawk and the other pilots turned their laser cannons on the Vulture droids and " Hyena " - class bombers that launched into combat against them , working together to pick off the enemy fighters . When Hawk noticed that another clone trooper pilot was being chased by a Vulture droid , he came to his comrade ' s rescue and gunned down the pursuant Vulture droid . Yet , the enemy fighter veered into the central spire of the Main Vault , where the office of Rush Clovis , the leader of the Banking Clan , was situated . After the Vulture droid crashed into the central spire , Clovis ' s office toppled , nearly plunging its current occupants — Clovis , Amidala , and Skywalker — off the side of the structure . Clovis sacrificed himself so that Skywalker could save Amidala . Despite Clovis ' s death , Hawk and his comrades emerged victorious on Scipio , helping to secure the banks and ending the crisis . Personality and traits . As a Human male clone , Hawk stood 1 . 83 meters tall and was versed in Galactic Basic Standard . An expert pilot , his abilities impressed the likes of Jedi General Anakin Skywalker and Clone Captain Rex . He was thorough in his duties , and during the Battle of Teth , he kept Skywalker updated with comprehensive reports en route to Teth ' s surface . His experience in the war caused him to see the danger posed in his troop landings on Teth , as both the drop - off and extraction sites lacked proper cover from the Separatist droid forces entrenched there . He had eyes like a hawk bird , which earned him his nickname . Hawk received combat training and had a knowledge of military tactics . He was capable in piloting LAAT / i gunships and flew a variant of the infantry gunship model , the space gunship , at Umbara . He was also able to fly the " Nu " - class attack shuttle and the nimble clone Z - 95 starfighter . Equipment . During the Battle of Christophsis , Hawk wore Phase I clone trooper armor , and his scarred helmet was customized with blue markings and two red hawk " bird of prey " insignia . However , the clone trooper pilot armor he later wore at the Battle of Teth was standard issue , with yellow markings and the normal Galactic Republic insignia displayed on his helmet . After upgrading to Phase II clone trooper armor prior to the Battle of Umbara , Hawk adopted new equipment that was based on the armor suit that he had previously utilized at Christophsis ; his new Phase II helmet featured variations of his Phase I blue markings and red hawk insignia . All of his armor suits were equipped with sensors that measured his vital signs . He wielded a DC - 15 blaster pistol in combat . Behind the scenes . The character of Hawk was created for the August 2008 , which served as an introduction to the of the same name . Hawk first appeared in the , written by Karen Traviss , and was later featured in " The Hidden Enemy , " an episode in the television series ' that was released in February 2009 as a prequel to the 2008 film . He received references in various source material following these appearances . In October 2011 , more than three years after his original creation , Hawk returned to the television series for a brief appearance in " Darkness on Umbara , " which was released as part of the series ' . Although he was not directly referred to by name in the episode , his appearance was confirmed by the episode ' s corresponding online guide on StarWars . com . He was later featured in the episode " A War on Two Fronts " in October 2012 , as well as in " Crisis at the Heart , " an episode that was released in March 2014 with the series ' . As part of the Battle of Teth sequence in " The Clone Wars " film , Anakin Skywalker calls in a gunship for an evacuation from the Teth monastery , but the gunship is shot down by a Vulture droid starfighter , killing the pilot and all troops on board . That scene initially appeared in the film ' s novelization and , though neither books identified the pilot of the gunship by name . Hawk was originally intended to be the pilot of the gunship in the film , but the scene was removed from the film ' s final version , thus maintaining that Hawk did not die at Teth . To date , Hawk ' s " death " has not been verified as canon ical , and the non - canon status of his appearance in the scene was solidified with his being featured in the chronologically later episode " Darkness on Umbara . " Nevertheless , the cut scene itself — without Hawk as the named pilot — retained its canon status thanks to its canonization in the film ' s novelizations . Hawk ' s card in " Star Wars PocketModel TCG : Clone Wars Tactics " depicted him in normal , white Phase I clone trooper armor at Teth instead of his standard - issue yellow - marked pilot armor , as seen in the film . A September 2010 video published on the official " Star Wars " website showed Series Director Dave Filoni describing Hawk as a clone trooper commander , but this rank has yet to be confirmed by an official source . Until such a confirmation , it is assumed to be an error . Additionally , a clone pilot who lacked Hawk ' s distinctive armor but whose role corresponded to that of Hawk in " The Hidden Enemy " appeared in the non - canonical video game " " , which was released in March 2011 . In the game , the pilot does not initially hear Skywalker ' s request for an evacuation because he is listening to music .