Shiv ( clone trooper ) " Shiv " was the nickname of a clone cold assault trooper in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars . During the war , Shiv enjoyed writing to fellow clone trooper Flanker , even after Flanker ' s death during the Battle of Christophsis . In 22 BBY , Shiv and his squad were assigned to Glid Station on the ice planet of Orto Plutonia to field - test an assortment of subzero gear . While on the planet , his squad encountered an elusive and dangerous species they nicknamed the " ice men . " The creatures killed any of the clone patrols they encountered . Shiv and his commander , Mag , were later killed by the ice men while inspecting one of the station ' s outer sensors . The rest of the clones stationed in Glid Station , along with all the battle droids at the nearby Separatist base , were killed by the ice men as well . A Republic investigation later discovered that the ice men were actually a colony of Talz that had been attacked by the Separatists and that Glid Station was caught in the ensuing conflict . History . Orto Plutonia . " Shiv " was the nickname of a clone cold assault trooper born on the planet Kamino to serve in the Grand Army of the Republic . During the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and Confederacy of Independent Systems , Shiv enjoyed writing to fellow clone trooper Flanker , even after Flanker ' s death during the Battle of Christophsis . In 22 BBY , Shiv and the rest of his squad were stationed at Glid Station on the frozen planet of Orto Plutonia . Orto Plutonia was orbited by the sovereign moon of Pantora , populated by the Pantorans , which had remained allied to the Republic during the Clone Wars . Shiv and his squad were tasked with testing experimental cold weather equipment , including the CK - 6 swoop bike , nicknamed the " Freeco bike . " During their desert training , Shiv and Flanker had always thought that Shiv would be shipped off to a water planet , so Shiv found it amusing that he was stationed instead on an ice planet . Shiv ' s stay at Glid Station was filled with many problems . His squad ' s rations were not shipped in insulated canisters and , due to the extreme cold , were frozen solid . This forced the clones to boil their rations , which took away the little flavor the rations had . In addition , the Freeco bikes would freeze up if not constantly maintained . Matters grew worse when Shiv ' s squad started to encounter a very dangerous and mysterious species , which they nicknamed the " ice men . " All the patrols that had apparently encountered the ice men were killed . Although there was a nearby Separatist base on the planet , Shiv and his squad never encountered any battle droids , but they still tried to stay in fighting shape by building snowmen that resembled B1 battle droids ; B2 battle droids ; and General Grievous , the Supreme Commander of Separatist Droid Army , and used them as target practice . Death at the hands of the " ice men " . One night , Shiv and his commander , Mag , were inspecting an outer sensor when their Freeco bikes froze up . The pair was forced to spend the night on the frozen tundra until Glid Station could send an LAAT / i gunship to pick them up at dawn . The clones set up a small camp and a tent , deciding they would take turns guarding the camp and sleeping . While Mag was taking his shift of guarding the camp , Shiv decided to stay up and wrote a letter to Flanker on a datapad to calm his nerves . While Shiv was lamenting about the pair ' s predicament in his letter , Mag came into the tent to find that Shiv was writing instead of resting for his turn on guard duty . Soon after Mag entered the tent , a group of ice men attacked the camp , ripping open the tent and killing Mag . As Shiv tried to grab a DC - 17 hand blaster to defend himself , he too was attacked and killed by the ice men . After Shiv and Mag were killed by the ice men , the snow creatures attacked both the Separatist outpost and Glid Station , destroying all the battle droids and clone troopers stationed at the separate bases . When the Republic lost contact with Glid station , the Galactic Senate sent an investigation party , led by Jedi Generals Obi - Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker , to Orto Plutonia to find out what had happened to the outpost . The team was accompanied by representatives from Pantora : Chairman Chi Cho and Galactic Senator Riyo Chuchi . The Jedi ' s investigation discovered that the " ice men " were actually a peaceful group of Talz that had been attacked by the Separatist battle droids , and the Glid base had been caught in the middle of the resulting conflict . Personality and traits . When nervous , Shiv found that writing letters relaxed him . Some of these letters were written to Flanker , even after his hatchmate was killed on Christophsis . However , Shiv was reluctant to tell others that he still wrote letters to Flanker , such as when Mag asked him who Flanker was . Shiv also had a sense of humor , which he showed in his last letter to Flanker before his death . As a clone of the Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett , Shiv had tan skin , brown eyes , black hair , and , like all clone troopers , stood 1 . 83 meters tall . Behind the scenes . Shiv made his first and only appearance in the six - page " " , which led directly into " Trespass , " an episode in the of the .