Ringo / Legends " Ringo " was the nickname of a clone trooper who served in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars . Ringo was part of Torrent Company , a unit within the 501st Legion . During the war Ringo and Torrent Company were sent to defend the planet Ereesus after it was invaded by Separatist forces . Around 21 BBY , Ringo and the 501st , alongside other Republic battlegroup s , invaded the planet Umbara . Immediately after landing , the clone troopers were attacked by the native Umbarans . Making their way to the Umbaran capital city , Ringo and the 501st had to take a road that had been mined by the Umbarans . Ringo and another trooper , Oz , stepped on a mine , and they were killed in the following explosion . Biography . Born and raised on the planet Kamino as a clone of the Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett , the clone trooper nicknamed " Ringo " served in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars . Around 21 BBY , Ringo was a member of Torrent Company , a unit within the 501st Legion , which was commanded by Jedi General Anakin Skywalker and Clone Captain CT - 7567 , nicknamed " Rex . " Around the same time , Ringo and Torrent Company were dispatched to the planet Ereesus . There , the clones assisted the Ereesus Planetary Security Forces in defending the world against a Separatist invasion . The Republic soon suffered a major setback , however , when a squad of local troops and their clone trooper liaison , Oz , were captured by the Separatists . Ringo and fellow trooper Jesse joined Captain Rex and local militiamen Lieutenant Sollaw ap - Orwien and Corporal Dafyd at the Republic ' s forward operating base , where ap - Orwien ascertained several key pieces of intelligence simply by watching a Separatist holorecording of the prisoners , including Sergeant Palola — as they were both Lorrdians , ap - Orwien was able to interpret Palola ' s subtle mimics of communication , which went unnoticed by his droid captors . To verify his ability for the clones , ap - Orwien left the room while Rex gave Ringo and Jesse hypothetical orders as a test of the Lorrdians . Upon returning , ap - Orwien was able to obtain the orders from Dafyd , who had stayed in the room with the clones and overheard Rex ' s commands , without the two of them speaking . With the intelligence learned from Palola , Rex assembled a team that included Ringo to rescue the captured squad . Upon arriving at the Separatist facility where the prisoners were being held , Ringo and Jesse used explosives to open the main doors . The team fought off several BX - series droid commandos and successfully rescued the captured squad . Ringo and the others also took the cranial unit of a T - series tactical droid before returning to base . Sometime during the war , the 501st was dispatched to reclaim the former Republic - allied planet Umbara . After landing on the surface of Umbara , Ringo and the 501st immediately engaged the native Umbarans , who had aligned themselves with the Separatists . Although the clone troopers took heavy casualties in the engagement , Ringo and his brothers secured a landing zone for the Republic troops . However , shortly afterward , Skywalker was recalled to the Republic capital , Coruscant , and replaced by Jedi Master Pong Krell , a Besalisk known for the high casualty rates of clone troopers under his command . Krell overrode Skywalker ' s original plan to capture the Umbaran capital by ordering Ringo and the 501st to stage a full frontal assault on the heavily fortified city . Finding the main road — the fastest way to the city — Ringo and his comrades were ordered to proceed toward the capital . However , unbeknownst to the clones , the Umbarans had mined the road . Ringo and fellow trooper Oz stepped on one such mine and were killed in the resulting explosion . Personality and traits . Ringo was impressed when Sollaw ap - Orwien was able to learn just by communicating silently with Dafyd all the orders that Rex and given to he and Jesse as a test of the Lorrdians ' speechless language . Ringo was also the first clone to laugh over ap - Orwien ' s imitation of Captain Rex . While serving on Umbara , Ringo was unable to detect a mine on a road , which resulted in his death when he stepped on it . Like his clone imprint , Ringo stood 1 . 83 meters tall . Equipment . During the Umbaran battle , Ringo donned Phase II clone trooper armor with the blue markings of his unit , the 501st Legion . Behind the scenes . Ringo served as a minor character in " Darkness on Umbara , " the seventh episode of the of the . " Darkness on Umbara " aired on October 28 , 2011 . He was also mentioned in the episode ' s corresponding online guide on StarWars . com . In 2013 , Ringo was featured in " Speaking Silently " , a short story written by Tom Hodges and published in " Star Wars Insider " 139 .