CC - 8826 CC - 8826 , nicknamed " Neyo , " was a human male clone of Jango Fett , the bounty hunter who served as the genetic template of the Grand Army of the Republic . During the Clone Wars he fought for the Galactic Republic , serving as commander of the clone trooper s in the 91st Mobile Reconnaissance Corps . As the war with the Confederacy of Independent Systems progressed , the Republic military formed a special team of droid s known as D - Squad . Neyo ' s DUM - series pit droid , designated WAC - 47 , was transferred from the 91st to the new squad under Colonel Meebur Gascon ' s leadership . He later attended a strategy conference on " Valor " , a space station located in the Carida system . During the conference , Neyo ' s former droid assisted in D - Squad ' s efforts to prevent a Separatist attack on the station . Neyo and his troop s were stationed on the Outer Rim world of Saleucami , under the command of Jedi General Stass Allie , in the waning days of the Clone Wars . While patrolling the planet ' s surface , he received a message from Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine instructing him to execute Order 66 . As a clone conditioned to obey the secret protocol , Neyo fired his BARC speeder ' s laser cannon s on the general , adding Allie to the list of Jedi who perished in the initial Jedi Purge that preceded the rise of the Galactic Empire . Neyo ' s clone brethren subsequently became the first generation of Imperial stormtrooper s , serving as Emperor Palpatine ' s enforcers for a time until they were ultimately supplanted by birth - born trooper s . Biography . Early life . CC - 8826 was the designation of a clone trooper who went by the nickname of " Neyo " during the Clone Wars . Prior to the pan - galactic conflict , Neyo was created on the extragalactic world of Kamino as part of a clone army grown in secret to serve the Galactic Republic . He was among the first one hundred graduates of an experimental clone commander program . Clone Wars . In 22 BBY , the first year of the Clone Wars , clone trooper s became the backbone of the newly - formed Grand Army of the Republic . As one of the clones who were trained to occupy a position of leadership , Commander Neyo served as the commanding officer of the 91st Mobile Reconnaissance Corps . During the war , Neyo possessed a DUM - series pit droid , designated WAC - 47 , that reported to him while serving with the corps . By 20 BBY WAC - 47 was transferred from Neyo ' s command to Colonel Meebur Gascon ' s D - Squad , a team of droid s deployed by the Jedi High Council to acquire an encryption module . Neyo later attended a strategy conference — along with members of the Jedi Order , Republic officer s , and other clone commanders — on the " Valor " space station in the Carida system . With the Republic military ' s high - ranking officials gathered in a single location , the Separatists conspired to wipe them out using a commandeered " Venator " - class Star Destroyer outfitted with rhydonium . However , the station — along with Neyo and its other occupants — was ultimately saved from destruction due to the intervention of D - Squad . Order 66 . By 19 BBY Neyo and the 91st were stationed on the planet Saleucami during the Outer Rim Sieges . It was by then the Jedi Purge commenced with the execution of Order 66 — a secret protocol designed to compel the clones to kill Jedi — which was communicated to the clone commanders by Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine . As a result , Jedi General Stass Allie was killed by Neyo and a wingman during a speeder bike patrol . The Republic was subsequently reorganized into the Galactic Empire by the self - anointed Emperor Palpatine . In the aftermath of the Clone Wars , Neyo ' s clone brethren continued their military service for a time as the first wave of stormtroopers , the elite enforcers of the Galactic Empire . However , the clones were later decommissioned and ultimately succeeded by birth - born soldier s . Personality and traits . Commander Neyo was a human male clone of Jango Fett , a bounty hunter and the genetic template of the Kaminoan clone army . As such , he inherited the physical traits of his progenitor , including a height of 1 . 83 meter s , black hair , brown eye s and tan skin . During the Clone Wars , he had a facial tattoo printed in Aurebesh writing . As with the rest of the clone army , Neyo was programmed to execute Order 66 upon its authorization by Chancellor Palpatine . Being bred soley for combat , Neyo developed a cold disturbingly personality . Equipment . In the latter years of the Clone Wars , Neyo was equipped with Phase II clone trooper armor , customized with the markings of the 91st Mobile Reconnaissance Corps . He was in possession of a BARC speeder at the time of Order 66 , and therefore used its laser cannon s to fire on General Stass Allie . Behind the scenes . CC - 8826 first appeared in the film . Like all clone trooper s in the prequel trilogy , CC - 8826 was portrayed through computer - generated imagery . He also appeared in the of the animated series .