Cut Lawquane Cut Lawquane was a clone trooper who fought for the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars . Shortly after the Battle of Geonosis , Lawquane ' s transport was attacked by Separatist gunship s , leaving his fellow soldier s either dead or injured . Lawquane fled , deserting the army , and later married Suu Lawquane . The War later made its way to Saleucami , where Lawquane , Suu , and his two adopted children lived . Lawquane met Clone Captain Rex , who helped defend his home from commando droids . Biography . Deserting the Republic . Like all clone trooper s , Cut Lawquane was a clone of the bounty hunter Jango Fett , and was bred on the water y world of Kamino . Shortly after the Battle of Geonosis , the first battle of the galaxy - wide Clone Wars , Lawquane was on board a transport along with several other trooper s . Two Separatist gunship s attacked the transport , crashing it , and proceeded to eliminate any surviving clones . Lawquane , realizing there was no chance of survival if he stayed with his fellow soldier s , fled . Lawquane eventually met Suu , a female Twi ' lek whom he fell in love with and married . Lawquane became the adoptive father of Suu ' s two children , Shaeeah and Jek , and the four lived together on the Outer Rim planet of Saleucami , where they maintained a farm . Battle of Saleucami . As the Clone Wars waged on , they eventually came to Lawquane ' s home of Saleucami . Separatist General Grievous intended to invade the planet , however his landing craft was shot down by the Galactic Republic , forcing him and his droids to flee to the planet surface in escape pod s . As the Republic ' s hunt for the general commenced , Lawquane returned home . He returned to his homestead only to find a stranger in his barn . Lawquane cautiously entered the barn , arming himself with a staff , slowly raising it up at the stranger . The stranger pulled a blaster pistol on him , which Lawquane swiftly knocked from his hand , and discovered that the stranger was in fact a clone . The clone , Captain Rex , who had been staying in the barn after being injured by a commando droid sniper , immediately recognized Lawquane as a clone , and accused him of deserting the Republic Army . Cut defended himself by telling Rex his story . After the Battle of Geonosis , he and his troopmates were injured and since clones are expendable , they were going to kill him . So he ran . He landed on Saleucemai , where he met his Twi ' lek wife , Suu . At dinner , Rex started to warm up to Lawquane , although only slightly . After dinner , Cut ' s two children decided to play outside , where they discovered a droid ship . The girl accidentally pressed a button and woke up the 20 Commando Droids that were waiting inside . Cut knew Rex was injured , and volunteered to take on the droids himself , leaving Rex as the last line of defense for his family . Cut skillfully killed the majority of the droids , having Rex finish a couple off . As Rex walked off , Cut asked Rex if he was going to report him . Rex responded by saying that it was his duty . Cut got disheartened , but Rex said he may forget everything . He left , with them being equals . Rex did not report Cut , implying he was right or lied to his generals . Legacy . After the Battle of Endor , Cut was used as an example of someone who had left conflict to start a family .