CC - 1119 CC - 1119 was a clone trooper commander who served in the Grand Army of the Republic as the commander of the elite 501st Legion . During the Clone Wars , CC - 1119 received training from the ARC trooper Alpha - 17 , where he was given the name " Appo . " Around 21 BBY , Appo , who was a clone sergeant at the time , was part of a Republic battle group that was sent to the Confederate planet Umbara . In the war ' s final year , Commander Appo led the 501st Legion in a Republic on the Jedi Temple . He served under Darth Vader during the Temple attack and later , when the Republic transformed into the Galactic Empire . Appo and his soldiers became some of the first Imperial stormtroopers , and alongside Vader he worked to suppress threats against the Empire . A month after its creation , he and his men saved Vader ' s life in a Jedi ambush on Kessel . In the following weeks , Appo was stationed aboard Vader ' s " Imperator " - class Star Destroyer " Exactor " . He helped Vader to hunt down a group of clone traitors who had aided the escape of Jedi on Murkhana , then continued to aid Vader in the search for those Jedi . The chase took him from Murkhana to the Jedi Temple to Alderaan , where the path of the fugitive Jedi intersected that of Senator Fang Zar — a wanted man by the Empire — and at last to Kashyyyk . As the Empire invaded that world later in the year , Appo accompanied Vader to the planet ' s surface in pursuit of the Jedi , only to be decapitated by Jedi Master Roan Shryne . Biography . Clone Wars . CC - 1119 was cloned from the Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett on the planet Kamino , part of the Galactic Republic ' s Grand Army that would serve in the Clone Wars . A special operations trooper , CC - 1119 participated in a training program during the war run by fellow clone Alpha - 17 , who stressed the importance of improvisational thinking and individuality . It was this emphasis on individualism that led to Alpha - 17 bestowing names upon the graduates of his program ; CC - 1119 received the designation " Appo . " Around the second year of the war , Appo was a clone sergeant that served in the Grand Army ' s 501st Legion . Around that time , Appo was part of a Republic battle group that was dispatched to the Confederate planet Umbara , a world that was once aligned with the Republic . After the initial attack on the stationed Umbaran Soldier s of the Umbaran militia , the 501st ' s commanding officer on the world , Jedi General Anakin Skywalker , was relieved of his duties after the arrival of another Jedi , General Pong Krell , a Besalisk , who took over the command of the 501st Legion as an interim . Under Krell ' s command , Appo stood by the Jedi General on the top of a cliff , while the other clone squads , led by Clone Captain CT - 7567 — nicknamed " Rex " — engaged the Umbarans in combat . After receiving the order of forming clone trooper platoons from Krell , Appo obeyed the order and organized a number of clone platoons that consisted of clone troopers and AT - RT - mounted troops . As Rex and his men were taking causalities while battling six - legged Umbaran mobile heavy cannons , Appo informed Krell that his task of forming the platoons was complete . The Clone Sergeant also wanted to send the troops to aid Rex on the battlefield , although Krell dismissed Appo , by stating he would give out the order of deploying the soldiers . When Rex contacted Krell via hologram , Appo held the hologram ' s transmitting device in his hand while the Besalisk Jedi talked to the Clone Captain . Rex informed the General that he formulated a plan to infiltrate a nearby Umbaran airbase : he dispatched two troopers — Hardcase and Fives — who would enter the base undetected and board separate Umbaran starfighters . The use of the starfighters would help them take out the attacking six - legged mobile cannons . Though Krell did not support the idea , Rex , nevertheless , carried out his plan . As Hardcase and Fives left to infiltrate the airbase , Rex and the rest of his team stayed behind to continue their battle against the mobile cannons . On the cliff , both Appo and Krell witnessed the destruction of the mobile cannons after Hardcase and Fives arrived aboard two separate Umbaran starfighters . Noticing the airbase ' s defensive systems were down , Krell ordered Appo to mobilize his troops and attack the airbase . Appo ' s men took over the airbase , which forced the remaining Umbaran troops stationed there to surrender . With the airbase captured , Krell and the rest of the 501st Legion troops fortified themselves in the base . After the Republic battle group learned of a Confederate supply ship in orbit over Umbara , Fives wanted to use the Umbaran starfighters to board the ship and destroy it . Krell , however , ordered the clones to disregard any use of the starfighters , but Fives , with troopers Jesse and Hardcase , disobeyed the order . After Hardcase sacrificed himself by staying behind to destroy the supply ship , Fives and Jesse returned to the airbase on Umbara . After learning of the clones ' actions , Krell told Appo to bring Fives and Jesse to him in the airbase ' s central command tower . Appo relayed the order to Fives and Jesse and the clones met with Krell in the tower . Krell informed the two clones that because they disobeyed a direct order , they would be imprisoned for their actions and be sent to the Grand Army ' s court - martial . Though they were imprisoned and were ready to be sent to the court - martial , Krell changed his mind , due to the court - martial ' s lengthy trail time . Instead , Krell decided to execute Fives and Jesse for their crimes . Rex , with Appo , was ordered to take the two clones outside so they could be executed by a firing squad . As Appo stood by the handcuffed Fives and Jesse , the firing squad prepared to shoot the two clones , although their concentration was cut off after Fives pleaded for them to rethink . Trooper Dogma , however , did not care for Fives ' words and ordered the firing squad to fire on Fives and Jesse . Fives ' words affected them , however , which caused them to misfire . Rex ordered Appo and another clone to take off Fives and Jesse ' s binders . However , on Krell ' s orders , the two clones were taken back to the airbase ' s prison , while Rex ' s men regrouped to mobilize . Their mission was to attack Umbaran soldiers that disguised themselves as clones . Although Rex and his men believed the Umbarans were dressed in clone armor at first , the troops were soon to be revealed as clone troopers from General Obi - Wan Kenobi ' s group . A dying trooper from Kenobi ' s unit told Rex that Krell had given them the order to hunt down Umbaran troopers that disguised themselves in clone armor . With Krell ' s betrayal revealed , Rex returned to Fives and Jesse to release them from the airbase ' s prison . Appo joined Rex and the clone troopers that went to the airbase ' s central tower to arrest Krell for treason . The Besalisk , however , avoided capture by attacking the clone troopers . After battling the clones in the jungles of Umbara near the airbase , Krell was knocked unconscious by trooper CT - 5385 , nicknamed " Tup , " and was taken to the airbase ' s prison . There , Krell revealed to Rex , Dogma , and the other troopers present that he was a Confederate sympathizer , wanting to become Count Dooku ' s apprentice . Dogma , however , did not hesitate to kill Krell , who shot the Besalisk in the back with a blaster . With Krell dead , Appo and the rest of the 501st Legion troops regrouped outside the prison . The Republic won the battle . Order 66 . By the final year of the Clone Wars , Appo became a clone trooper commander and the leader of the 501st Legion . In that same year , Supreme Chancellor Palpatine declared the Jedi Order enemies of the Republic and issued Order 66 , for the Republic ' s Grand Army . Appo the 501st Legion against the Jedi Temple on the planet Coruscant , serving alongside the Chancellor ' s new apprentice Darth Vader , formerly Anakin Skywalker . Appo and his soldiers killed a number of Jedi that night . When Senator Bail Organa came to the Temple to investigate what had happened , Appo and several troopers met him on one of the Temple ' s landing platforms . Appo informed Organa that there had been a rebellion , but when Organa tried to enter the Temple , he drew his blaster upon the Senator and ordered him to leave . As Organa turned to go , a Padawan , Zett Jukassa , rushed onto the pad and began slashing at troopers with his lightsaber . Appo ordered his troops to open fire on Jukassa , only to be cut down by the Padawan . His fellow soldier Sergeant Fox killed Jukassa , but allowed Organa to escape . Jukassa ' s attack seriously wounded Appo , but he survived and recovered , later filing a report on the death of Jukassa and a number of other Jedi killed in the Temple . In the Empire ' s service . Following the execution of the Jedi Order , Chancellor Palpatine reorganized the Republic into the Galactic Empire . Appo ' s 501st Legion received a new name , as well : stormtroopers . Approximately a month after the declaration of the Empire , Vader received word from spies that his former master , Obi - Wan Kenobi , was on Kessel ; against the orders of now - Emperor Palpatine , he set off for that world . Unbeknownst to Vader , Palpatine dispatched Appo and Commander Bow to follow . This was fortunate for Vader — the intelligence about Kenobi had been bait for a trap laid by Jedi Master Shadday Potkin , and a group of Jedi waited on Kessel to kill him . Though Vader was able to slay several of them , including Potkin , the last three Jedi survivors — Tsui Choi , Roblio Darté , and Jastus Farr — combined their powers against Vader . Before they could kill him , Appo and Bow arrived and opened fire on the Jedi . After the clones executed the last of them , Appo informed Vader that Palpatine sought his presence . The pursuit of the Jedi . It was during this time that Appo accompanied Vader aboard his " Imperator " - class Star Destroyer " Exactor " to New Plympto , where the Empire had been engaging in operations against Separatist holdouts . Working with Clone Commander Vill , Appo oversaw the removal of forces from the world . Shortly thereafter , Palpatine ordered the " Exactor " to Murkhana , following reports of surviving Jedi on that world . A squad of clone commandos had refused to obey Order 66 and allowed their Jedi Generals to escape , and Appo and his stormtroopers accompanied Vader down to the planet ' s surface to deal with the situation . Commander Salvo , the leader of the Imperial forces on the world , greeted Vader upon his arrival in front of a crowd of Separatist prisoners , then presented him with the bodies and lightsabers of three Jedi who the clones had killed . Vader passed the lightsabers onto Appo , then queried Salvo as to the location of the other three Jedi that had been assigned to Murkhana . Salvo informed him that they had escaped and brought forth the commando squad that had been responsible for letting them live , Ion Team . When Vader drew his own lightsaber and prepared to execute them , Ion Team opened fire ; Vader killed two of the clones , and the other two fled into the forest . The Dark Lord ordered Appo to pursue and bring them back alive . It was not long before the traitorous clones were apprehended ; upon the return of Appo ' s men , Vader had Salvo load the Separatist prisoners onto a transport for transfer to an Imperial prison . While processing them , Appo noticed a discrepancy in the prisoner count and realized that two Jedi had escaped after disguising themselves as Separatists and hiding within the group . Vader decided to deal with the problem himself . Appo was unable to find any sign of the two Jedi , Roan Shryne and Olee Starstone , but he did locate Cash Garrulan , a Twi ' lek crime lord with former ties to Shryne . Vader , Appo , and his troopers stormed Garrulan ' s offices , and Vader was able to catch the escaping crime lord . Garrulan attempted to play dumb , but eventually admitted that Shryne had contacted him ; however , he stated that he had refused to help and had turned Shryne ' s name over to the local garrison . Appo verified his claim . Garrulan then suggested Vader look for a Koorivar named Bioto , who he implied might smuggle out the Jedi in his ship , the " Dead Ringer " . Appo reported that the " Ringer " had taken flight , and Vader ordered him to have the " Exactor " intercept the ship ; the two then returned to the Star Destroyer . As Vader interrogated Bioto , Appo learned that two humans had been found in one of the " Ringer " smuggling compartments . Vader and Appo questioned them , learning they had been hired by Garrulan as a distraction . What they were being distracted from became obvious as Appo learned that a CloakShape fighter was launching from Murkhana and would pass through the space the " Exactor " had occupied before it had moved to intercept the " Ringer " . Vader prepared to go after the CloakShape in his own personal starfighter and had Appo select his wingmen . He ordered the commander to destroy Garrulan ' s ship when the crime lord attempted to flee Murkhana . Vader was unsuccessful in his mission , though , and the fugitive Jedi escaped to hyperspace in the CloakShape . Garrulan was killed shortly thereafter . Appo returned with Vader to Coruscant , later accompanying him when Palpatine sent Vader to the Jedi Temple in search of Sith holocrons . Armand Isard and a crew of technicians came too , on their own mission , only to detect that Shryne was accessing Temple records from a remote site . One of Isard ' s technicians traced it to a moon of Jaguada , and Appo relayed information on the location to Vader , including the fact that an Imperial garrison was present on Jaguada . Vader had Appo order the garrison commander to pursue Shryne and his cohorts . The Jedi escaped nonetheless ; Appo had the garrison find all possible hyperspace vectors for their ship , but they were unsuccessful in catching it . Alderaan and death . Later in the year , Vader and Appo ' s search would not be thwarted for long , though . Former Senator Fang Zar of Sern Prime , who had opposed Palpatine ' s rise to power , had thwarted Imperial orders to remain on Coruscant and fled the planet , finding refuge with Bail Organa on the planet Alderaan . When Palpatine learned that Zar had been in contact with a crime lord on Murkhana to arrange for passage off Alderaan , he concluded that Zar ' s escape plan was tied to Vader ' s Jedi fugitives and sent Vader to deal with Zar . Appo and his stormtroopers accompanied Vader on his shuttle to the planet ' s surface and stood by as Vader ordered Organa to turn over Zar . Organa prepared to comply , but they soon learned that Zar had fled his quarters . Vader sent Appo in pursuit of the former senator and headed off on his own to find Zar , while Organa dispatched his men with the same goal . Vader reached Zar first and executed him as the senator attempted to flee . Though Vader encountered Shryne on Alderaan , the Jedi escaped yet again ; Palpatine soon informed Vader that Shryne and the party of Jedi survivors that he had gathered were headed for the Wookiee homeworld Kashyyyk . Some weeks later , Vader and Appo traveled to that world in the " Exactor " . Vader met with Moff Wilhuff Tarkin aboard Tarkin ' s ship " Executrix " ; there , Tarkin informed Vader that the Jedi ship had been spotted arriving on Kashyyyk , then told Vader of the plan that he and Palpatine had devised . Tarkin would use the presence of Jedi on Kashyyyk as a pretense to invade the planet and enslave the native Wookiees as enemies of the Empire . Appo and Vader supervised the initial part of the invasion from the bridge of the " Exactor " ; the commander summoned the officers in charge of the various theaters of battle to meet with the Dark Lord , then joined them as Vader briefed the group . Once the officers were clear on their duties , Vader and Appo descended to the surface of Kashyyyk to take on the Jedi . As they landed , Vader was informed over the comm by one of the officers that the Wookiees were fleeing into the safety of Kashyyyk ' s forest and would soon become impossible to root out . Appo suggested that they initiate surgical orbital bombardments to flush the Wookiees out , and Vader gave the order to do so . When the shuttle touched down , Appo and his stormtroopers rushed out , Vader right behind them . A heavy firefight with the Wookiees ensued , and several of Appo ' s stormtroopers fell . Vader dealt with the Wookiees and waved Appo forward , only to have several of the Jedi fugitives step out and meet them in combat , some engaging Vader and some Appo . As Vader killed those attacking him , the Jedi fighting Appo withdrew and set their sights on the Dark Lord , only to be slain in turn . At last only Olee Starstone remained , and Vader ordered Appo and his men to leave her to him and deal with the last few surviving Wookiees . A new ship arrived next to the stormtroopers , though , with Roan Shryne on board . Shryne used the Force to pull one of the fallen Jedi ' s lightsabers to him , and with it he decapitated Appo . 501st Commander Bow filed the on Appo ' s death . Personality and traits . During CC - 1119 ' s training under Alpha - 17 , the Commander developed his sense of individuality , learning how to apply it to combat situations . Appo was constantly ready to relay or obey his superior ' s commands , and sometimes even took the initiative to seek out some piece of intelligence before his superior asked for it . During the Clone Wars , Appo demonstrated this on Umbara , where he obeyed orders given to him by his commanding officer , Krell . After the Republic transformed into the Empire , Appo was concerned that his role would be downgraded to law enforcement and was grateful to be assigned actual missions . In his service to the Empire , Appo had an easy relationship with his superior Darth Vader . Though the black armor that Vader covered himself in often inspired fear in others , to Appo it was only natural that Vader should protect himself from harm . Vader , in turn , felt more at ease around Appo and his soldiers , and after the Commander ' s death even expressed a certain fondness for the man . Vader kept Appo at his side much of the time , sometimes asking for the Commander ' s analysis of military matters . The two could communicate with each other wordlessly , Appo easily understanding and carrying out Vader ' s commands that consisted of a simple nod of the head or gesture of the hand . Equipment . During the later years of the Clone Wars , Appo wore Phase II clone trooper armor . Like other 501st Legion troops , the set sported blue markings . Originally around the second year of the war , Appo ' s helmet featured an arrow symbol , although it was later removed by 19 BBY . Prior to working for the Empire , Appo ' s set did not feature a pauldron , blast dampening " kama " skirt , or a white bandolier , all of which he would later add to his suit . His pauldron was blue , while his " kama " sported a tan color . Appo also had a blue - black colored bandolier as well . In combat , Appo was known to wield a DC - 15 carbine blaster or a DC - 15 blaster rifle . Behind the scenes . Appo was created for George Lucas ' s 2005 film . With his voice provided by Temuera Morrison , Appo , like all clone troopers , was portrayed entirely with computer - generated imagery . Appo later appeared in the " " television series episodes " The General , " which aired on November 4 , 2011 ; " Plan of Dissent , " which aired on November 11 , 2011 ; and " Carnage of Krell , " which aired on November 18 , 2011 . In the episodes , he was voiced by Dee Bradley Baker . There is confusion over the identity of Appo in many of his appearances . " Revenge of the Sith " includes a number of clone troopers who meet with Bail Organa on the landing platform of the Jedi Temple . The script identifies the trooper who speaks with Organa and raises his gun as a " Clone Sergeant " , with Appo stated to be a separate trooper who says " Take care of him . " The of the movie agrees with this version , establishing both a clone sergeant who speaks with Organa and an unnamed commander who says Appo ' s lines . However , an official poster of Appo given out at in 2006 identifies him as the clone who speaks with Organa — the " clone sergeant " character . In the movie , it is unclear which clone speaks the line ascribed to Appo in the script ; the above article therefore treats the Comic - Con poster as the correct identification of Appo . Zett Jukassa ' s role in this scene introduces another complication . According to " " , Jukassa injures Appo , and the script of the movie states this as well ( while identifying Appo as the clone who orders the troopers to take care of Organa ) . While the movie , as mentioned above , does not make clear which trooper is Appo , the clone who confronts Organa is amongst those injured by Jukassa . The novel , however , has Appo still uninjured after Jukassa is dead , and the has no troopers — including the one who speaks with Organa — injured by Jukassa . Appo was killed in " " . When Daniel Wallace wrote " Order 66 : Destroy All Jedi " , he created the character of Commander Bow " when [ he ] realized that [ he ] couldn ' t have the headless body of Commander Appo file the paperwork on Roan Shryne . " Another case of identity confusion arose with " " , however , which includes an unnamed commander of the 501st serving under Vader . Because Lucasfilm had not decided on the relative timeline placements of " Purge " and " Dark Lord " , Wallace had Bow report on the events of " Purge " , while not making explicit whether the commander in the comic was Bow or Appo . When Hasbro created a figure of Appo , however , they established him as the commander in " Purge " .