Gaan Gaan was a Human male who led a small settlement of pariahs on the Outer Rim planet Ragmar V during the final year of the Clone Wars . During the war , he and his group fought against the forces of the Galactic Republic . In 19 BBY , the Jedi Padawan Joc Sah and his squad of clone troopers arrived on the planet in order to capture Gaan ' s village , where they confronted Gaan and the other outcasts . However , Sah ' s clone sergeant then received Order 66 from Supreme Chancellor Palpatine , labeling the Jedi Knights as traitors to the Republic , and proceeded to attack Sah . Gaan and Sah combined their forces and eliminated the Padawan ' s former allies . As Sah attempted to contact his Jedi Master , Gaan informed the Jedi that he had been betrayed and offered him a place in his group . Sah accepted , and the two led the outcasts against the detachment of clones that were dispatched to ensure Sah ' s demise . Biography . Gaan , a Human male , was born during the final decades of the Galactic Republic . During the Clone Wars , he became the leader of a group of outcasts on the Outer Rim world of Ragmar V . In 19 BBY , the Galactic Republic sought to establish an outpost on Ragmar V , which was considered an essential staging planet for their planned assault of a Separatist base . When a Republic Low Altitude Assault Transport / infantry gunship landed on a cliff near Gaan ' s settlement , the leader instructed two of his men to use a rocket launcher and destroy the ship . After the gunship was destroyed , Gaan told his men to prepare for the coming battle with approaching Republic forces and ordered his group to leave the Jedi for him to eliminate . Gaan met the Jedi Padawan Joc Sah and his squad of clone troopers in the settlement , informing the Jedi that the Republic was not welcome on the planet . As Gaan prepared to do battle with Sah ' s forces , one of the clones , Sergeant Remy , received a instructing him to execute Order 66 , which labeled the Jedi as traitors to the Republic who needed to be killed immediately . The clone sergeant and the troopers opened fire on Sah , much to Gaan ' s surprise . The leader exclaimed that the Jedi was his to kill and shot one of the clones , causing the rest to return fire at him . Gaan took cover in the same building that Sah was in as his group attacked the clones . After Sah attempted to contact his Jedi Master , Sev , Gaan offered him the options of either fighting alongside him and his people , or staying in the building and getting killed . Sah agreed to temporarily ally with Gaan , and the two managed to eliminate Sah ' s former clone allies . When Sah tried one last time to contact his Jedi Master , Gaan noted that the Padawan had been betrayed and was now in Gaan and his group ' s position of being a pariah , with a common enemy . The Padawan accepted a place in Gaan ' s group and warned him that the Republic would send an overwhelming number of troops to fight them . Shortly afterward , Gaan and Sah led their fellow pariahs against the troopers from Sev ' s " Venator " - class Star Destroyer , who were sent to make sure that Sah was eliminated . Both men managed to survive and orchestrated a number of hit - and - run attacks against the clones . Personality and traits . Gaan was not sympathetic to the Republic and its forces , and sought to fight their troops in retaliation for bringing the war to his and his group ' s homeworld . Gaan was also eager to fight Joc Sah , instructing his men during the battle to leave the Jedi to him . He even went so far as to shoot one of the clone troopers when they attacked the Jedi in accordance with Order 66 . After the clones attacked Sah , Gaan was willing to allow the Jedi to temporarily ally with him , and when they defeated the clones together , Gaan recognized that Sah had been betrayed , offering his friendship to the Jedi . Gaan had an earring in his right ear and wore a cybernetic device over his left eye . He owned a comlink and a blaster pistol . Behind the scenes . Gaan first appeared in the short story " The Order of Outcasts " , which was one of four stories compiled in the of the trade paperbacks . The character was created by Matt Jacobs and drawn by Matthew and Shawn Fillbach . However , the character was not identified by name until he received an entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " . Joc Sah ' s entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " states that Gaan , the Padawan , and the other criminals fled into the desert after fleeing Remy and his troops . This contradicts the information given in " The Order of Outcasts " , which depicts the characters staying in the village after defeating Remy ' s clones , and then preparing for the clone detachment sent to eliminate Sah .