CT - 43 / 002 CT - 43 / 002 was a clone trooper and member of The Muunilinst 10 , a group of elite Advanced Recon Commandos that participated in a battle on the planet Muunilinst in 22 BBY during the Clone Wars . The commandos were tasked with capturing a Confederate artillery emplacement , but the clones ' LAAT / i gunship was shot down by a B1 battle droid , and battle droid assassin s opened fire at the clone trooper survivors of the ship ' s crash . In the ensuing firefight , CT - 43 / 002 was killed ; however , the rest of the squad survived the droid attack and eventually completed their mission without sustaining any more casualties . Later , The Muunilinst 10 leader , Captain ARC - 77 , transferred his Chancellor ' s Service Medal to CT - 43 / 002 posthumously . Biography . A clone of bounty hunter Jango Fett , clone trooper CT - 43 / 002 was born on the planet of Kamino to serve in the Grand Army of the Republic . In 22 BBY , during the Clone Wars , Jedi General Obi - Wan Kenobi led Galactic Republic forces to the planet Muunilinst , where the InterGalactic Banking Clan was manufacturing substantial droid armies for the Confederacy of Independent Systems . CT - 43 / 002 was among the troops dispatched to Muunilinst and was chosen as a member of The Muunilinst 10 , a special task force of seven clone troopers and two Advanced Recon Commandos led by Captain ARC - 77 . Acting independently from the rest of the clone troopers , The Muunilinst 10 was supposed to aid the Republic in achieving a swift victory by capturing a Separatist artillery emplacement on the surface of the planet . Before the Republic fleet reached its destination , Kenobi personally reminded the task force of the utmost importance of its mission . After arriving at Muunilinst , Jedi Commander Anakin Skywalker and his pilots engaged the Banking Clan ' s " Nantex " - class starfighters above the planet , while Kenobi ' s ground troops utilized LAAT / i gunships to reach the planet ' s surface . As the Republic forces headed toward the city of Harnaidan , Kenobi ordered CT - 43 / 002 and The Muunilinst 10 to break off and proceed with their mission . Once in Harnaidan , however , their gunship was shot down by a B1 battle droid with a rocket launcher and crashed in one of the city ' s streets . All members of The Muunilinst 10 survived the crash and , following ARC - 77 ' s order , disembarked from the downed ship . At that moment , battle droid assassin s who had been hiding in the nearby buildings opened fire on the clone troopers . The clones quickly started shooting back in retaliation , but CT - 43 / 002 was soon killed by enemy fire . The other members of his unit survived the attack and managed to destroy the droids . ARC - 77 and his surviving men then proceeded to destroy the Confederate artillery cannon , rendezvoused with Kenobi , and helped him to capture the Banking Clan leader , San Hill . By the end of the battle , CT - 43 / 002 was the squad ' s only casualty . Later , ARC - 77 was awarded the Chancellor ' s Service Medal for his actions at the Battle of Hypori , but transferred the award posthumously to CT - 43 / 002 . Personality and traits . Like all of Jango Fett ' s clones , CT - 43 / 002 stood 1 . 83 meters tall . He wore Phase I clone trooper armor and wielded a DC - 15A blaster rifle in combat . Behind the scenes . CT - 43 / 002 first appeared as one of the unnamed clones in the second episode of Genndy Tartakovsky ' s " " animated television series . He was killed shortly after his introduction , in the third episode of the series . The " Guide to the Grand Army of the Republic " article , written by Karen Traviss and published in " Star Wars Insider 84 " , later identified him as CT - 43 / 002 .