Cutter ( clone trooper ) " Cutter , " was a male Human clone trooper of the Grand Army of the Republic . In 22 BBY , he was part of a mission to the planet Oznek under the command of Sergeant Banks and Commander Griebs Kishpaugh . Biography . Cutter was a male Human clone trooper , bred on Kamino for the Galactic Republic . When the Clone Wars broke out in 22 BBY , Cutter was one of millions of clones who made up the Republic ' s Grand Army of the Republic , though he differentiated himself by painting his armor with red designs . That same year , Cutter was sent on a mission to the planet of Oznek , under the direct command of Sergeant Banks and Commander Griebs Kishpaugh . During this time , he was close friends with another clone named Syke . While flying above the planet ' s forest aboard a Low Altitude Assault Transport , Cutter , Syke , and Ghost mocked their new sergeant for cleaning his armor and weapons . Banks admonished the team for their behavior , but shortly after that , their ship came under heavy fire . The area was supposed to be unoccupied by Confederate forces , but they discovered a large droid army , which blasted them out of the sky . The LAAT crashed , killing the pilot and several other clones on impact . Syke escaped from the wreckage via a hatch , only to find hundreds of B1 and B2 battle droids bearing down on them . Wielding a shoulder - mounted blaster weapon , Cutter and the other clones fought off the attacking droids while trying to protect their wounded and burying their dead . Eventually , the waves of unending droids ceased , and the remaining seven clones covered their tracks by detonating a thermal detonator . Setting up camp in the woods , Syke attempted to use a communications array to no avail . After Crazy Legs asked , Banks then demonstrated the origin of his nickname — an unusual ability to calculate angles and bank his blaster bolt s off of objects without losing their strength and still hitting his target . They were then contacted via holoprojector by Commander Kishpaugh after Syke managed to get the array working . Kishpaugh informed them that there was a droid command center twenty kilometers away , and that they were to destroy it despite their losses . He then ordered Cutter and the rest of the clone troopers from the shelter , speaking with Banks alone . Cutter and the others moved out before sunrise , leaving Crazy Legs behind , as he ' d broken one of his legs in the crash . They moved through the forest , encountering dangerous terrain and creature everywhere , and lost another clone , who was eaten by an animal . As they traveled , Syke told a war story from early in the conflict , then asked Ghost for a story of his own , but the older clone demurred . Cutter , leading the way , then brought the others ' attention to an ancient city in ruins . The clones remarked that their scanner s hadn ' t picked up any trace of the large settlement , and suddenly found themselves surrounded by Toma , the native sentient species of Oznek . With their hands bound , the clones readied themselves for death after the Toma ' s leader ordered their executions , but were discovered and attacked by droids once again . Banks asked the Toma to cut their binds so they could fight together , and the Toma did so . Cutter and the others picked up their weapons and held back the droids , but Cutter realized that Banks had to complete their mission . He told the sergeant to take Syke and Ghost , while he and the other surviving clone trooper held off the droids . Banks said that he wouldn ' t leave Cutter behind , but when Cutter pointed out that the Toma couldn ' t be allowed to live either , Banks and the others fled . The mission would turn out to be a falsehood from the beginning , the circumstances and details manufactured by Kishpaugh and Ghost , both of whom were planning to defect to the Confederacy . The price of their escape from the Republic was creating a pretense for war on Oznek — namely , blowing up a " droid command center " that was really a powerplant . Banks managed to foil the plan , killing Ghost and capturing Kishpaugh .