Squawk " Squawk " was the nickname of a clone trooper who served in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars . While stationed on the planet Devaron , Squawk served under Clone Commander Ganch and Jedi Master Bolla Ropal . Working with Ganch and Ropal ' s Padawan learner , Tyzen Xebec , Squawk was given the duty of raising a dam wall at Ropal ' s behest . The work interested Squawk little , as he felt his talents were better put to use in a combat situation . His constant quips earned him Ganch ' s ire , and a reprimand . While working , the Republic troops were attacked , and Ropal was killed shortly afterward . Squawk remained assigned to Xebec when the Padawan was given a new master , Jedi General Keelyvine Reus . Squawk joined Xebec and Ganch as part of a team dispatched to the surface of the agriworld Ukio , in order to properly assess the world ' s defenses against a potential Confederate attack . During Project Instinction , an enemy initiative that attacked the neural processes of living beings , Squawk started attacking harmless gigaun s , which brought him into direct and open conflict with Commander Ganch . Project Instinction was later foiled by Xebec . Biography . Attack on Devaron . " Squawk " was the nickname of a clone trooper , cloned from the Human Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett . With the onset of the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems , he served in the Grand Army of the Republic . He was assigned to Clone Commander Ganch ' s group , who in turn served under Jedi Master Bolla Ropal and his Padawan , Tyzen Xebec . Ropal ' s unit was dispatched to Devaron to establish a Republic presence , and the Jedi Master wished to aid the Devaronians with good - will projects during the occupation . To that end , he issued that a dam be built , in an attempt to restore the ecological system of a once - barren valley . Squawk was one of the clones assigned to the task of damming the river , and had to go through the grueling task of erecting the dam wall . Commander Ganch oversaw the process , and as he instructed that Squawk and his compatriots use their honed muscles to raise the dam , Squawk remarked that he would rather use them to crush enemy battle droids . Ganch heard the remark , and reprimanded Squawk for his transgression . Soon , Devaron endured a Confederate attack , and enemy forces swept toward Squawk ' s position . The Low Altitude Assault Transport parked atop the dam wall was swiftly destroyed by the enemy , and through Xebec , the clone troopers were ordered to hold their position by Ropal . Although the Jedi Master was eventually slain , Squawk survived the engagement . He , along with Commander Ganch and Xebec , were transferred to the command of Jedi General Keelyvine Reus . Mission to Ukio . When Reus ' s fleet was dispatched to the agriworld Ukio to prevent a possible Confederate takeover , Squawk joined Ganch and Xebec as part of a team dispatched to the planet ' s surface to inspect defense systems . While aboard an LAAT gunship in a journey to the planet ' s surface , Squawk quipped that they would likely be spending more time reading than anything , prompting another reprimand from Ganch . Xebec agreed with Squawk , as Ukio ' s defenses were understood to be generally sound . Ganch , however , was sure that the thorough inspection of the Ukian defenses requested by General Reus would take up most of their time . While on Ukio , they accompanied Commander Ganch to the Ukian shield generator , outside of which Squawk and his fellow clones waited . Eventually , the sky was blacked out by agents of the Confederacy , causing panic . The issue was alleviated by a brief opening of the shield by the Ukian liege , which dispersed the Moorjan soil being used to obscure the sun . Shortly after the cloud was dispersed and the skies were cleared , the gargantuan gigaun s began breaking off from their usual tracks , and began trampling crops . A herd of them began moving dangerously close to the deflector shield complex , prompting Squawk to open fire on the defenseless creatures , hoping to dissuade them . When Commander Ganch discovered this , he ordered Squawk to hold his fire , but the trooper disobeyed , dryly asking if he could expect a triplicate - signed order once the gigauns had flattened he and his fellow clones . When Ganch reprimanded Squawk again , he remarked that his Commander had a soft spot for unintelligent non - sentients . This angered Ganch , and he drew his weapon on Squawk as a response . The trooper dropped his weapon , and asked the Commander to do likewise , but Ganch by this point was uninterested . Suddenly , Xebec intervened , using his lightsaber to destroy Ganch ' s pistol , before demanding an explanation from the two clone troopers . However , Squawk and Ganch then turned on Xebec . The Commander , struggling against his new - found violent stupor , was unable to stop himself from violently striking and pursuing the Padawan , with intent to kill . Ganch was eventually subdued , and Xebec was able to locate the devices causing the irregular behavior in those on Ukio , including Squawk . The devices were part of a Confederate initiative named Project Instinction , spearheaded by the enemy tactician " Doctor . " The Republic won the day , averting total disaster on Ukio initially , but the tumultuous proceeding had resulted in a massive crash in stock value for Ukio itself . Magistrate Passel Argente of the Corporate Alliance was able to purchase a controlling interest in the planet , forcing the Republic to leave the planet to their enemies , rendering their entire defensive effort moot . Personality and traits . Squawk spoke his mind while raising the dam on Devaron , earning reprimand from his Commander , Ganch . He felt that he would rather be utilizing his skills and strength to combat Confederate battle droids , rather than " block rivers . " He also suspected that his assignment on Ukio would be a boring one , and quipped to his fellow clone troopers that they would likely be spending more time reading than seeing any action . While under the influence of the Confederate Doctor ' s Project Instinction devices , Squawk resorted to attacking defenseless animals , and became outright insubordinate to his superior officer , Commander Ganch , even going so far as to insult his fellow clone . Like all clone troopers sourced from Jango Fett , Squawk stood 1 . 83 meters high . Equipment . Squawk sported standard Phase I clone trooper armor . His customizations were featured on his helmet , on which he had painted a set of eyes and a jagged row of sharp teeth . He also donned painted spaulders . His weapon of choice was the DC - 15S . Behind the scenes . Squawk first appeared in the webcomic " " , published in 2009 , which was written by Pablo Hidalgo . He was introduced in the first installment of the comic , wherein he was rendered by Thomas Hodges .