Mapper Mapper was the nickname of an Advanced Recon Commando who served the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars . Mapper was one of the ARC troopers assigned to the attack on Pengalan IV , which turned out to be a Separatist trap . Mapper ' s leg was badly injured when the LAAT / i gunship he was in was shot down . Although it was suggested that Mapper be put down due to his injury , the accountant Joram Kithe , who had been sent to evaluate the clone troopers ' performance , came up with a plan that allowed the unit to complete the mission while taking Mapper with them . While recovering from his injury , Mapper was served as the partner and bodyguard of Kithe , who had now accepted a commission as a lieutenant in Republic Intelligence . Following his recovery , Mapper and Kithe were assigned a mission to the planet Tarhassan where they were tasked to a team of agents assigned with rescuing Edbit Teeks . Kithe and Mapper were able to successfully complete their assigned mission with help from Tinian Hanther , the most competent member of the group to which they were attached . Biography . Pengalan IV . Mapper was an ARC trooper who served the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars . Like other clone troopers , he was a clone of the Human male bounty hunter Jango Fett . Mapper was assigned to a Republic attack on Pengalan IV . The accountant Joram Kithe was assigned to evaluate the clone troopers ' performance , unaware that the soldiers in the unit were all ARCs . However , the attack turned into a rout when the factory the Republic was targeting turned out to be a Separatist trap . The ARCs ' LAAT / i gunship was shot down , and Mapper ' s leg was badly injured in the ensuing crash . His wounds would have slowed the other troopers down , and Kithe , who was now in command of the unit , was told that Mapper might have to be put down . However , Kithe found that avenue of approach unacceptable , and instead rigged an ambush for a CIS patrol which had been dispatched to locate the downed clone troopers . The ambush turned into a success for the ARC ' s and the squad managed to gain control of an airspeeder that would allow them to carry Mapper with them to Tur Lorkin , which was the nearest village . Mapper , who happened to have a working datapad with detailed maps of the area , was appointed navigator , thus giving him his nickname . Mapper had the best infiltration skills of the unit , but his splinted leg limited his usefulness , keeping him sidelined for much of the action in Tur Lorkin . Instead , while his fellow clones and Kithe attacked Tur Lorkin ' s hidden diamond boron missile factory , Mapper waited outside on a modified STAP , where he was able to provide crucial support fire as the team exited the factory , destroying most of the droids that were laying in ambush . From there , the unit was able to flee the planet on a stolen starship , confident that their mission was complete . Tarhassan . The injury that Mapper sustained on Pengalan IV required time to heal , and in the process , kept him away from the rest of his unit . During this time he was assigned to Kithe who had now accepted a full - time commission as a lieutenant in Republic Intelligence . Serving as his partner and bodyguard , Mapper took the alias " Mapper Gann " , and grew a beard to pass himself off as a non - clone . Following his recovery , Mapper and Kithe were assigned a mission to the planet Tarhassan where Mapper was able to put his considerable skills to good use , and during which he and Kithe were tasked to a team of agents assigned with rescuing Edbit Teeks . Unfortunately , Kithe ' s success as an accountant - turned - intelligence agent had spawned a Republic program to duplicate his success . As a result Mapper and Kithe were assigned to three bureaucrats on their first intelligence mission . Kithe had to intervene several times to correct blunders from the other agents , and had to resort to going behind mission commander Cherek Tuhm ' s back in order to save the life of a prisoner and get information on Teeks . Mapper served very well as backup to Kithe , and the other agents became rather fond of him , concentrating their ire on Kithe instead . Nonetheless , Mapper considered them idiots , and wasn ' t above knocking Tuhm unconscious during their jailbreak of Teeks in order to keep the man from fouling up the operation . Ultimately , Kithe and Mapper were able to successfully complete their assigned mission with help from Tinian Hanther , the most competent of the group they were attached to . Personality and traits . Mapper was a talented soldier who was known to have been quite adept at the art of infiltration . He was also known to have always carried a datapad within his kit which he constantly kept up to date with maps concerning the planets of any mission he found himself on . Behind the scenes . Mapper was created by author Aaron Allston and illustrated by Tommy Lee Edwards for the short story " " which was originally published " Star Wars Insider 65 " in 2003 , and was later published as Fiction on January 27 , 2006 .