CT - 5597 / Legends CT - 5597 , nicknamed " Jesse , " was a clone trooper who served in the Grand Army of the Republic ' s 501st Legion during the Clone Wars . Jesse participated in a hunt for the Confederate General Grievous on the planet Saleucami around 21 BBY . During the hunt , Jesse , along with troopers Hardcase and Kix , went with Clone Captain Rex to search for escape pods that had been jettisoned from Grievous ' crashed ship . After two commando droids attacked and injured Rex , Jesse , Hardcase , and Kix took the injured Captain to a nearby homestead to recover , and then afterward Jesse led the remaining two clones to High Jedi General Obi - Wan Kenobi , who was leading another group of clones troopers on the planet . Continuing his service in the 501st Legion , Jesse went with the legion to the Confederate - aligned world Umbara , where he participated in a battle alongside Rex and Jedi General Anakin Skywalker . After engaging the Umbaran Soldier s in combat on the world , another Jedi , General Pong Krell , arrived on Umbara and relieved Skywalker of his duties . As the interim leader of the 501st , Krell wanted Jesse and the clones to take over Umbara ' s capital city . A nearby airbase was resupplying the city ' s defenses , although after Hardcase and ARC Trooper Fives infiltrated the base , Krell ' s troops forced the Umbaran militia there to surrender , allowing the Republic force to fortify themselves in the airbase . After Jesse and the battle group learned of a Confederate supply ship in orbit of the planet , Jesse and Hardcase joined Fives ' mission of destroying the ship . The three clones used Umbaran starfighters to board the supply ship , and once there , Hardcase sacrificed himself by staying behind to destroy the ship . Jesse and Fives returned to Umbara , only to be imprisoned for disobeying orders from Krell . The two clones were to be executed for their crime , although Krell soon revealed himself to be a traitor of the Republic . After Krell was captured by the clones , which would later result in Krell ' s death , Jesse and Fives were set free , and the battle resulted in a Republic victory . Biography . Finding Grievous . CT - 5597 , who went by the nickname " Jesse , " was a clone trooper who served in the Grand Army of the Republic . Around 21 BBY , during the Clone Wars , Jesse served the Galactic Republic under the command of High Jedi General Obi - Wan Kenobi . After a battle above the planet Saleucami , Confederate General Grievous used an escape pod to jettison from his starship and landed on Saleucami ' s surface . Chasing after Grievous , Kenobi gathered a team of clone troopers , including Jesse , to find the cyborg general on the planet ' s surface . The team found the wreckage of a crashed ship , and Commander CC - 2224 , nicknamed " Cody , " told Kenobi that the ship had crashed recently . Kenobi decided to split the group into two teams and ordered Captain CT - 7567 , nicknamed " Rex , " to find the other missing escape pods with troopers Jesse , Kix and Hardcase , while he , Cody , and Crys stayed behind to go through the remains of the crashed ship . After mounting separate BARC speeders , the team drove through the wetlands of the planet ' s surface . Ahead of them , two commando droids were on top of a hill overlooking the clones . Utilizing a blaster sniper rifle , one of the droids shot Rex , knocking the clone captain off his speeder . Jesse ordered Kix and Hardcase to turn their BARCs around and protect the captain , while he drove toward the hill from where the shot had been fired . Jesse used his BARC speeder ' s blaster cannons to fire at the droids , destroying them . Returning to Rex , the team ' s medic , Kix , informed Jesse that Rex ' s injury was severe . Jesse told the team that the two droid commandos might have called for backup , and they needed to find shelter for Rex . After noticing domesticated eopies , Jesse concluded that they were on farmland , which meant there was a nearby homestead . Kix attached a flatbed on a side of his BARC speeder and laid Rex on top of it before Jesse and the team drove off to find the farmer ' s homestead . Upon arriving at the nearby homestead , a female Twi ' lek , Suu , greeted the clones warily , pointing a rifle at the intruders . Jesse and Kix informed her that they were friends and they needed a place to settle the injured Rex for the night , and Suu gave the clones permission to use the barn . After Kix placed a bacta patch on Rex ' s wound , he regained consciousness and Jesse and the other troopers informed him of what had occurred . Before the team left to continue their search for the escape pods , Rex gave Jesse the responsibility of leading the search party . After the clones boarded their BARC speeders , Kenobi contacted the group via comlink and called for Rex . Jesse responded and informed the Jedi Master that Rex had been injured , and that the had given him the duty of leading the search for the escape pods . Kenobi told Jesse that Grievous was heading for an abandoned escape pod , and ordered the troopers to drive westward . Soon , Jesse contacted Kenobi , and the clone trooper told him that he had a visual of the escape pod . Grievous was the first to arrive at the escape pod , and Kenobi had already engaged Grievous ' forces by the time Jesse ' s team arrived on their BARC speeders . As Jesse fired his speeder ' s blaster cannons at Grievous ' battle droids , he spotted an approaching Confederate shuttle in the sky and warned Kenobi via comlink . After a clone trooper on board an AT - TE walker told Kenobi that the walker ' s guns were overheated , Kenobi ordered Cody and Jesse to cover him as he raced toward Grievous . Kenobi and Grievous engaged in a lightsaber duel as the Confederate shuttle approached them , eventually coming to a hovering stop above the escape pod ; Grievous fired his tow cable on the hull of the shuttle and fled in the vehicle . Jesse and Cody , on board their speeders , returned to Kenobi after dispatching the remaining battle droids . The Jedi Master told both clone troopers to contact the fleet and order them to send a transport to pick them up . Shadow world . Under the command of Jedi General Anakin Skywalker , Jesse was dispatched to the Confederate - aligned planet Umbara . The Republic task force sent there initiated an attack to the retake the world that was once part of the Republic , and capture its capital city . Aboard a " Acclamator " - class assault ship , which broke through the Confederate blockade in orbit of Umbara , Jesse boarded Clone Lieutenant Hawk ' s gunship with Skywalker , Rex , Tup , and several other 501st Legion troopers . As Hawk ' s and other Republic gunships descended through the shadowy world ' s atmosphere to the surface , the Umbaran militia stationed on ground level fired on the advancing Republic gunships . Although some gunships crashed as a result of the heavy fire , Hawk was able to maneuver the shuttle to avoid being shot down . As the gunship positioned itself over its designated landing site , Jesse and the troops deployed and readied themselves to engage the attacking Umbaran Soldier s of the Umbaran militia . Flanked by AT - RT - mounted troopers , Jesse and the troops pushed toward the Umbaran front . Soon , trooper Hardcase , who had landed on the world on a separate gunship , met up with Jesse , Skywalker , Tup , ARC trooper Fives , and Rex . Rex informed Jesse and the men that they had to eliminate enemy Umbaran soldiers on a nearby ridge . Once it was taken over , Jesse made camp on the trench - filled ridge with the rest of Skywalker ' s team . Behind Skywalker ' s camp , several Umbaran soldiers spotted the clones and one released a millicreep probe droid to infiltrate the area . The probe droid , whose purpose was to distract the clones and help the Umbarans prepare for their subsequent attack on the Republic force , caught the attention of Hardcase and various clones . Soon the hidden Umbarans revealed themselves and began their ambush on Skywalker ' s forces . Despite the surprise attack from the Umbarans , Rex called in an air strike team , led by Clone Commander pilot " Odd Ball , " to suppress enemy fire . Before Odd Ball ' s bombers arrived at their position , Skywalker led Jesse and the rest of the clones off the ridge . Not long after , a space gunship , surrounded by two clone Z - 95 starfighters , landed near Skywalker ' s team . The craft carried the stern Besalisk Jedi Master , General Pong Krell , who had been leading another clone battalion on Umbara . Krell told Skywalker that the Council ordered him back to the planet Coruscant immediately . Krell himself would then temporarily lead the 501st Legion on Umbara as an interim . After Skywalker acknowledged Krell , the Jedi Knight left aboard Krell ' s gunship , leaving the command of his troops to Krell . The stern Jedi Master informed Jesse and the 501st troopers of his strict beliefs on standard protocol . Following his introduction , Krell ordered Rex to ready all clone platoons , and the teams began to follow the Besalisk Jedi through Umbara ' s jungle terrain , heading toward the planet ' s capital city . When a trio of flying creatures , known as banshees , approached Krell ' s team , Jesse and the troops defensively fired their weapons at the flying animals . As the creatures attacked the clone troopers , one of the creatures lifted a clone off the ground . Noticing the ambush , Krell intervened and forced the creature to release the trooper , before killing two animals with his twin double - bladed lightsabers . Walking for nearly twelve hours , Jesse and the troops were tired , which was noted by Rex . To allow his troops to rest , Rex wanted his men to make camp , a decision that was not well received by Krell , who dictated that the platoons of the 501st were crucial to the Republic ' s success on Umbara . Without resting , Jesse and the team made their way to the outskirts of Umbara ' s capital city . While Skywalker had originally planned to deplete the city ' s defenses first before initiating multiple attacks , Krell wanted an all - out forward assault to the city . In order to carry out Krell ' s order , Jesse and the clones would use a highway that led into the city itself . When the clone troopers began to walk on the highway , several of the clones exploded as a result of hidden enemy mines on the ground . As Fives began to scan the surface of the highway to locate the mines , Umbaran troops , who were hiding behind nearby vegetation , ambushed Jesse and the troopers . The Umbarans utilized their hover tanks , equipped with EMP cannons , against the clones and advanced toward their position . Although Jesse and other clone troopers killed a number of Umbaran troopers , the natives overran the clones , forcing the Republic battle group to fall back . Jesse and the 501st troops positioned themselves away from the Umbaran militia . Once in position , the clone troopers resumed their firefight with the attacking Umbarans , though the Umbara natives began to retreat . Believing his plan to take over the city was compromised , Krell blamed the setback on Rex and his leadership . After a heated debate between Krell and Rex , the Jedi Master took note of Rex ' s words , yet the Jedi Master dismissed him and wanted Hardcase and the 501st to continue carrying out his plan of taking over the city . As the clones proceeded into Umbara ' s dense jungles , Jesse and the troops found themselves being attacked by Umbaran starfighters , whose ray shielded cockpits proved useful against the clones ' blaster fire . However , as Jesse and the clones continued their assault on the starfighters , two of the Umbaran fighters retreated . In case the starfighters returned , Rex wanted his men to move out of their current positions and engage the nearby Umbaran troop lines . As Krell conferred with Kenobi via hologram , Jesse helped Rex and his men fight attacking Umbaran fighters . Severing supply lines . Kenobi informed Krell that he was unable to take control of the Umbara capital city because its defenses were being resupplied by an airbase , which was located west of the city . The Jedi Master wanted Krell and the 501st to capture the airbase so that the city ' s supply lines could be severed . After their conversation ended , Krell ordered Rex to map out the coordinates of the airbase and gather Jesse and the rest of the 501st troops . On top of a cliff , Rex noticed the gorge that led to the heavily - fortified airbase was narrow , which would force the troops to walk in single squads . Rex informed Krell that they could make use of reconnaissance to find an alternate secure path to the airbase , although Krell dismissed the Captain ' s opinion , as they did not have enough time to find another route . After Jesse and the clone troopers regrouped at the bottom of the cliff , Rex wanted the men of the 501st to separate into two divisions — he would lead a group of troops , while Fives would lead Hardcase and the other division . While organizing , the clones began to openly speak about their current situation , and opposed Krell ' s reckless tactics . Jesse , who was unsure of Krell prior to the order of taking the airbase , told the clones he thought Krell was crazy . Proceeding into the narrow gorge with Hardcase and Fives ' group , Jesse and the squad encountered a deadly Umbaran Impeding Assault Tank , which had been buried beneath the ground . The Umbaran tank , soon to be joined by four other tanks , began to attack the clones , whose blaster weapons became unreliable due to the tanks ' ray shields . In order to destroy the tanks , Fives contacted Rex and requested RPS - 6 rocket launchers . Rex , who was nearby Fives ' position , ordered a few of his troops to bring the launchers to Fives ' team . After one of the Umbaran tanks injured a clone trooper who carried a rocket launcher , Hardcase picked up the fallen weapon , while Kix tended to the injured clone trooper . Positioning himself in front of a tank , Hardcase fired the rocket launcher directly into the tank ' s ray shielded cockpit , which blew the vehicle apart . Though they eliminated one of the tanks , the clone troopers were still under attack by four other Umbaran tanks . Rex ordered Hardcase and the rest of the clones to regroup behind vegetation that blocked them from the tanks . Using thermal detonators , the clone troopers planted the explosives along a corridor of the gorge near the advancing tanks . As soon as the tanks fell into the thermal detonator trap , Rex detonated the explosives , which obliterated the remaining tanks . Following the battle with the Umbaran crawler tanks , the clone troopers continued on toward the airbase . Hardcase and the battle group walked by the ruins of the tanks , one of which was still active . On Rex ' s order , Hardcase used his rocket launcher to destroy the cockpit of the active tank . An Umbaran , who piloted the tank , fell through the damaged window of the cockpit , though Rex made short work of him with his blaster . The clones also killed a group of Banshees , who were scavenging the remains of a fallen clone trooper . As Rex began to survey the area in front of them by the airbase , six - legged Umbaran mobile heavy cannons , fitted with electromagnetic plasma cannons , emerged from the distance and began to fire their plasma cannons at Jesse and the clone troopers . The six - legged machines forced the clones to separate into two groups . Noticing the separation of Rex ' battle group , Krell ordered Rex that his team had to continue their attack against the Umbaran mobile cannons . The Captain obliged and he led Jesse and his men back toward the six - legged mobile cannons . As Jesse and the clones engaged the cannons into battle , they noticed their rocket launchers were ineffective against the six - legged machines . Instead of taking the cannons head - on as a large group and then attack the airbase , Rex formulated a new plan — Hardcase and Fives would go around the cannons and infiltrate the airbase , while Rex and the rest of the troopers stayed behind and continue their battle against the Umbaran cannons . With the plan in motion , Hardcase departed with Fives and the two headed toward the airbase . Jesse remained by Rex ' s side , as the Captain ' s group engaged the mobile cannons . Though the clones suffered a lot of causalities , Jesse and the team held on and waited for Hardcase and Fives . After some time , Hardcase and Fives emerged out of the clouds aboard separate Umbaran starfighters . Using their starfighter ' s weaponry , the two clones destroyed the remaining mobile cannons before landing to regroup with Rex ' s team . After the destruction of the cannons , Krell ordered Clone Sergeant CC - 1119 , nicknamed " Appo , " to mobilize his troops and attack the airbase . The Republic force arrived at the airbase , and the remaining Umbara troops stationed their surrendered , allowing Jesse and the Republic troops to fortify themselves within the former Umbaran airbase . For their efforts , Rex congratulated Hardcase and Fives and claimed both of them saved their footing on Umbara . Krell , with Appo ' s men , approached Rex and wanted a report . After the Captain told the Jedi General of their accomplishments , Krell believed that it was luck that saved them , a comment that was dismissed by Rex , who claimed that many of his troops died to take the airbase . However , Krell informed Rex that he had yet to learn of the price of victory . Jesse and the rest of Rex ' s team near him did not approve of Krell ' s belief . Betraying orders . Even though the Republic battle group captured the airbase , they did not control it entirely . In an attempt to retake their base , the Umbaran militia stepped up their attack against the Republic force . Through Kenobi , Krell learned that a Confederate supply ship was giving the Umbaran capital city supplies . After their conversation , Krell and Rex of the ship , Krell wanted to attack the capital city with the remaining troops he had instead of attacking the supply ship . Following the meeting , Rex informed Jesse and the other troops of Krell ' s plan . The clone troopers did not approve of the plan , and saw it as another suicide mission . Not trusting Krell ' s plan , Fives wanted to use the Umbaran starfighters to sneak past the Umbaran blockade in orbit of the planet , board the supply ship , then destroy it . Taking note of Fives ' plan , Rex relayed the information to Krell , who disapproved of the plan , as he wanted all the troops to attack the capital . Rex returned to the troopers ' barracks , and explained to the others that they had to carry out Krell ' s plan of attacking the city , although Fives continued to persuade Rex , Jesse , and the other clones present in the barracks that they could use the Umbarans ' fighters to infiltrate the supply ship . Rex informed Jesse and the troopers that if they disobeyed direct orders , they could sent to the Grand Army ' s court - martial . Nevertheless , Fives defended his own plan and decided to carry it out . Within hangar 9 - 4 of the airbase , Jesse and Hardcase joined Fives , and Hardcase mounted in one of the deactivated starfighters to test it . As Hardcase struggled to maintain control of the starfighter , his reckless flying and inability to control the fighter ' s weapon systems triggered the alarm systems in the hangar , which alerted Krell . After Krell entered the hangar to see what was occurring , Jesse remained by the starfighters ' control systems panel , while Hardcase tried to persuade the stern Jedi Master that the accidents in the hangar were the result of him and Fives ' efforts of trying to decrypt the Umbaran starfighter codes . As a result from Hardcase ' s words , Krell dictated that the Umbaran starfighters were too dangerous to operate . Krell ordered Hardcase and Fives to lock down the fighters , and disregard any use with them . Despite Krell ' s orders , Jesse and Hardcase showed his support toward Fives ' plan of using the starfighters . With Jesse and Hardcase agreeing to help him , Fives told the two troopers that once they were in the supply ship , they would destroy the ship ' s main reactor . Proceeding to carry out the plan , Jesse , Hardcase , and Fives joined Rex outside the airbase . Wanting the troopers to rethink , Rex tried to convince the troopers that they should not carry out the plan , as they would be disobeying orders . After Fives informed the Clone Captain that they had no other option , Rex reluctantly obliged , and informed Jesse , Hardcase , and Fives that he could not help them if they get caught . Jesse , Fives , and Hardcase departed back to the airbase and boarded three separate deactivated starfighters . Soon after taking off from the airbase , the three troopers flew the vessels through Umbara ' s atmosphere . Once in space , Jesse and the two other troopers found themselves in a midst of a battle . The Republic forces engaged in the battle took heavy casualties from the Confederate tri - fighter droids and Umbaran starfighters . The Umbarans piloting their Umbaran starfighters believed Jesse , Fives , and Hardcase ' s fighters were part of their battle group , which allowed the three clone troopers to fly through the battle to the Confederate supply ship unharmed . Once they boarded the ship , Jesse and troopers navigated their way toward the ship ' s hangar hallways aboard their starfighters . Noticing the intruders , the battle droids stationed on the ship began to close a blast door near the clone troopers . When Hardcase noticed this , the clone trooper used his starfighter ' s pulse missiles to destroy the door . The resulting blast of the missile eradicated the door , although the blast also crippled the right wing of his starfighter . Once the clones pinpointed the location of the reactor room , they used their starfighters ' pulse missiles to destroy it , although the room was soon protected by a ray shield , activated by the ship ' s battle droids . After a group of battle droids arrived near the clones ' starfighters and began to fire at the intruding fighters , Hardcase dismounted from his vessel . Despite resistance from Fives , Hardcase ordered the trooper and Jesse to leave the supply ship , as he would stay behind and take care of the reactor . Taking a pulse missile tube that was detached from his starfighter , Hardcase maneuvered around the ray shield to enter the reactor room . Complying with Hardcase ' s wish , Jesse and Fives turned their starfighters around and headed toward the supply ship ' s exit . Meanwhile , Hardcase rammed the missile tube on the side of the reactor , which caused the missile tube to explode , causing a chain reaction throughout the reactor room . The blast killed Hardcase , as well as destroyed the supply ship . However , Jesse and Fives avoided death and piloted their starfighters out of the supply ship and landed back in the airbase on Umbara . Though they had taken out the Confederate supply ship , which crippled their enemies supplies in the Umbaran capital city , Krell told Jesse and Fives they had committed a crime , and were to be sent to the Grand Army ' s court - marital for their actions . Treason Against the Republic . As Jesse and Fives were being escorted by Captain Rex and Sergeant Appo , six clone troopers , two of them being Kix and Tup , lined up with rifles with the orders to execute the clone traitors . However , Fives managed to convince the clones that no clone should have to go out this way . Jesse and Fives were sent back to the holding cell until further notice . Eventually Krell sent a squad of 501st troopers to take out Umbarans dressed as clones . They later realized that the Umbarans dressed as clones were really clones from the 212th Attack Battalion . Rex rounded up the remaining 212th troopers and his own clones in order to capture Krell for treason against the Republic . Jesse and Fives were set free and were told to help arrest Krell . Clones rushed into the command center and surrounded Krell , but Krell was able to escape . Jesse and all the other 501 clones were sent to capture Krell and bring him back to the air base . After much brutal attacks , Krell was stunned by Tup and was brought back to the air base . Jesse , Rex , Fives , and Tup questioned Krell for his actions . Krell claimed that the Republic would be ripped apart from the inside and that a new order would rise . Krell also revealed that he was a separatist spy . After much consideration , Jesse and his fellow brothers decided to execute the Jedi traitor . Rex decided to put Krell down , but wasn ' t able to do it . Instead it was clone trooper Dogma who killed Krell . With the rest of the Republic forces taking control of the Umbaran capital , Umbara was now under Republic control . 79 ' s Cantina . In 20 BBY , ARC Trooper Fives discovered a conspiracy plot against the Jedi . When Fives came to Coruscant to convince Chancellor Palpatine that the Kaminoan scientists are hiding something , he found himself on the run . Fives came to 79 ' s , a clone bar , to look for anyone he could trust and there he found Jesse and Kix having drinks . He confronted Kix and told him that he needed to speak to Captain Rex or General Skywalker . Personality and traits . As a Human clone trooper , Jesse stood 1 . 83 meters tall . He had brown eyes , and he kept his head clean shaven . Because he was a loyal Republic trooper , Jesse had a large Galactic Republic emblem tattoo that covered most of his face . He also proudly wore a similar emblem on his helmet . As a loyal trooper , Jesse cooperated with Kenobi , and obeyed the orders that were given to him on Saleucami . Jesse also reacted quickly after his team ' s leader , Rex , was shot down by a commando droid . The clone trooper was deeply concerned for Rex ' s health after the Clone Captain had been shot . Jesse was well - mannered ; he respected Suu and asked if Rex could stay at her homestead for the night . Throughout his service in the Grand Army of the Republic , Jesse ' s Phase I clone armor and Phase II clone armor sported light blue markings . Behind the scenes . Jesse first appeared in " The Deserter , " the tenth episode in the of the , which aired on January 1 , 2010 . Like all clones in the show , Jesse was voiced by Dee Bradley Baker . Jesse later appeared in the episode " Darkness on Umbara , " which aired on October 28 , 2011 . After the airing of " Darkness on Umbara , " Jesse received an Encyclopedia entry on StarWars . com . Notably , in his entry , Jesse ' s homeworld was said to be 1 . 83 meters , while his height was stated to be Kamino . His entry was later revised to rectify the error .