Shadow Four / Legends " Shadow Four " was the call sign of a clone trooper pilot who served in Shadow Squadron , a starfighter unit in the Navy of the Galactic Republic . In the first year of the Clone Wars , Shadow Four and his squadron were sent on a mission to destroy the Confederate warship " Malevolence " . Led by Jedi General Anakin Skywalker , Shadow Squadron piloted BTL - B Y - wing starfighter s through the Kaliida Nebula , where the pilots evaded gigantic neebrays . Arriving at the Kaliida Shoals Medical Center , which the " Malevolence " had targeted , Shadow Four managed to avoid an ion ray launched by one of the battleship ' s ion cannons . Despite losses caused by the ion ray , the squadron continued its attack on the " Malevolence " and was eventually able to cripple its starboard ion cannon . Biography . The clone trooper pilot with call sign " Shadow Four " served in the starfighter unit Shadow Squadron of the Republic Navy during the Clone Wars . A clone of the Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett , Shadow Four was born on the planet Kamino . In 22 BBY , after the destruction of a Galactic Republic fleet in the Abregado system , the Republic learned about the " Subjugator " - class heavy cruiser " Malevolence " . The warship , commanded by the Confederate General Grievous , was armed with twin ion cannons capable of disabling enemy ships . After the " Malevolence " destroyed a medical convoy in the Ryndellia system , Jedi General Anakin Skywalker assumed that the battleship was on its way to the Kaliida Shoals Medical Center , located near Ryndellia , and devised a plan to stop the cruiser . The Jedi Knight , together with his Padawan Ahsoka Tano and Jedi Master Plo Koon , decided to lead Shadow Squadron , including Shadow Four , through a shortcut in the Kaliida Nebula in order to arrive to the medical center before the " Malevolence " . Departing from the " Venator " - class Star Destroyer " Resolute " in BTL - B Y - wing starfighter s , Skywalker contacted Shadow Four and the squadron , who checked in with the Jedi General . The squadron then jumped to hyperspace and eventually emerged at the Kaliida Nebula , where Skywalker led the pilots into the nebula . The squadron was caught by surprise upon noticing the space neebrays inhabiting the nebula , but all of the pilots managed to evade the massive creatures . As Shadow Four and his squadron piloted their bombers out of the nebula , the " Malevolence " arrived from hyperspace . Shadow Squadron began their attack on the battleship , from which several Vulture droids were launched . Grievous then ordered to fire the ion cannon toward the squadron , which was forced to take evasive actions . Shadow Four was one of the pilots that managed to avoid the ray , but a part of the squadron was left disabled in space . The remains of Shadow Squadron continued their attack on the " Malevolence " , but upon facing heavy laser fire from the turbolasers of the battleship , Tano and Koon advised Skywalker to abandon the original attack plan of targeting the bridge , where General Grievous was . Skywalker eventually agreed and ordered Shadow Four and the rest of the squadron to target the starboard ion cannon in order to prevent the " Malevolence " from launching its cannons on the medical center . Using proton torpedoes , the Republic starfighters managed to cripple the cannon , preventing the destruction of the medical center . Personality and traits . When the " Malevolence " launched an ion ray toward Shadow Squadron , Shadow Four was successfully able to evade the ray in time , while some of the pilots were struck by the ion ray , leaving them disabled in space . Behind the scenes . The clone trooper pilot using the call sign " Shadow Four " was first featured in " Shadow of " Malevolence " , " the third episode of the of the . Like all clone troopers in the series , Shadow Four was voiced by Dee Bradley Baker .