CC - 6454 CC - 6454 , nicknamed " Ponds , " was a clone trooper commander in the Grand Army of the Republic . Assigned to High Jedi General Mace Windu at the First Battle of Geonosis , Ponds earned his General ' s trust as the commander of Lightning Squadron , a division of the Galactic Republic ' s 91st Reconnaissance Corps . In 22 BBY , Emir Wat Tambor of the Techno Union invaded the planet Ryloth , and Ponds assisted Windu in invading the planet to secure its liberation . Windu and Ponds ultimately joined forces with General Cham Syndulla and his Twi ' lek freedom fighters to retake Ryloth from the Confederacy , capturing the capital city of Lessu and taking Tambor as a prisoner of the Republic . In addition to campaigns at Simocadia , Juma 9 , and Behpour , Ponds participated in the Battle of Malastare and assisted Windu in capturing a rampant Zillo Beast that had been awoken from the detonation of an electro - proton bomb . He later joined Windu on a respite from the war aboard the Republic Star Destroyer " Endurance " , at the time of the young bounty hunter Boba Fett ' s assassination attempts on Windu . After bringing down the " Endurance " on Vanqor , Fett and his crew of mercenaries — Aurra Sing , Bossk , and Castas — took Ponds , Admiral Shoan Kilian , and a clone naval officer hostage to bait Windu into a confrontation . As part of their hostage demands , Sing executed Ponds and later ejected his body from their starship , " Slave I " . Biography . Debut on Geonosis . CC - 6454 , who took on the nickname " Ponds , " was a clone trooper commander . Born on Kamino , he was one of the many clones of bounty hunter Jango Fett , grown by the Galactic Republic to serve in the Grand Army of the Republic . In 22 BBY , Ponds was part of the 200 , 000 clone troopers whom Jedi Grand Master Yoda gathered from Kamino for a strike force bound for Geonosis , where the Republic was launching a campaign to rescue several captives — Jedi Knight Obi - Wan Kenobi , Jedi Padawan Anakin Skywalker , and Senator Padmé Amidala — who had been marked for execution by the newly formed Confederacy of Independent Systems . In the resulting First Battle of Geonosis , Ponds reported to Jedi Master Mace Windu and gathered five commando units for Windu ' s use . The battle was ultimately won for the Republic , and Ponds continued to serve under Windu as the Clone Wars erupted across the galaxy . Battle of Ryloth . As the war went on during the first year , the Techno Union foreman and Separatist Council member , Emir Wat Tambor , invaded the planet Ryloth and enslaved its Twi ' lek inhabitants . After Jedi General Anakin Skywalker and Jedi Commander Ahsoka Tano eliminated the Confederate blockade surrounding the planet , Ponds accompanied General Windu aboard an " Acclamator " - class assault ship . Windu ' s invasion force , consisting of three Acclamator transports , prepared to land in the city of Nabat , but they were attacked by Confederate proton cannons stationed below in the city . Ponds informed Mace Windu that the cannons had penetrated the transports ' shields , and as he spoke , one of the transports was destroyed . Windu instructed High Jedi General Obi - Wan Kenobi to destroy the cannons and allow their transports to land in Nabat . Kenobi was able to eliminate the cannons , and the two remaining transports were able to land . The ground forces were deployed , and soon headed to Ryloth ' s capital of Lessu to retake it and free the planet . En route to Lessu , Ponds accompanied Windu and led the GAR unit Lightning Squadron , as well as , several AT - TE walkers . Along a cliff - side path , the forces were attacked by several Confederate Armored Assault Tanks , which sought to trap the Republic forces on the cliff , and incapacitated the front walkers before targeting those at the rear . Windu and Ponds led an attack with Lightning Squadron and several AT - RT walkers on the tanks . Although the tanks were defeated , the ambush had taken the lives of thirty - two of their men , along with three AT - TE command crews . Windu and Ponds needed reinforcements to be able to succeed . Windu entered a holographic conference with Supreme Chancellor Palpatine ; Jedi Grand Master Yoda ; Ryloth ' s Twi ' lek senator , Orn Free Taa ; and Admiral Wullf Yularen . Windu discovered that there were no reinforcements available , but decided to enlist the help of Twi ' lek Cham Syndulla and his freedom fighters — a resistance movement that had been fighting the Confederacy since its invasion — to help the Republic defeat the Confederacy . Windu went with Advanced Recon Force troopers Razor and Stak to meet the rebels , while Ponds continued to Lessu with the remainder of his forces . After coming across a Twi ' lek village , Ponds ordered the troopers to spare some rations for the Twi ' lek women and children that were still there . Suddenly , several Confederate " Hyena " - class bombers appeared and swooped down on the village , dropping bomb s and destroying the village in a matter of seconds . A shocked Ponds reported this to Windu , and the increasing losses of lives convinced Syndulla to reopen negotiations with his political rival , Senator Taa . Syndulla resolved his issues with Taa , and decided to join Windu and his forces . The group devised a plan to enter Lessu ; however , the only solution would be to activate the city ' s plasma bridge , as it was the only access to Lessu , and the bridge ' s controls were inside the city itself . To infiltrate the city , Windu decided to sneak onto one of two Confederate Multi - Troop Transports carrying stolen treasure for Emir Tambor . However , they would only have a short amount of time before being discovered , and Ponds and Syndulla needed to give Windu as much time as possible to get across . Accompanied by Razor and Stak , Windu sneaked onto one of the MTTs . When their presence was revealed , the Jedi and the two clones made a run for the other side of the plasma bridge while Ponds and Syndulla commenced the attack . Windu and the clones were able to get across , and Syndulla led the charge towards the bridge . Razor and Stak managed to activate the bridge , and , after the Republic forces crossed and entered the city , Windu cornered Tambor . Four " Hyena " bombers prepared to destroy the city under orders from Confederate Head of State and Sith Lord Count Dooku , but the timely intervention of General Skywalker and Commander Tano in their fighters thwarted the attempt . After the battle had ended , Ponds attended a parade on Ryloth with Syndulla , Taa , and Windu . Battle of Juma - 9 . A short while after Ryloth , the Station Juma 9 fell under attack . Along with Jedi Master Kit Fisto , Mace Windu and Commander Ponds sought to recapture the station . They found Clone Commander Cody and , while the Jedi entered the station , the clones scouted on the station ' s surface where they encountered some droids . Eventually they destroyed all the droids and found two lightsabers in space . They met up with the two owners of the lightsabers — Masters Obi - Wan Kenobi and Plo Koon , who had been separated from their weapons by a ray shield , thus forcing the Jedi to go around the ray shield . Eventually they made it and received their sabers . The Battle of Juma 9 was won . Battle of Behpour . Immediately following Ryloth , a Separatist superweapon was discovered on Behpour by Naboo Senator Padmé Amidala , created by Kul Teska , the Skakoan agent who led the attack on Juma - 9 . Ponds was among the Republic task force dispatched to destroy the weapon before it could collapse the Naboo sun . Once Generals Kenobi and Skywalker knocked out the facility ' s shield , the clones entered the facility , quickly securing the entrance . Ponds later assisted Cody and Captain Rex in securing a landing platform for Skywalker ' s starship , the " Twilight " . Battle of Malastare . Ponds helped Mace Windu look for survivors in the Zillo Beast ' s hole . Mace Windu ordered him , Trapper and Hawkeye to look around . Soon the Zillo Beast found them and chased them . However ; Mace , Ponds , and another trooper were able to escape aboard a gunship . Tour on the " Endurance " . On board the " Venator " - class Star Destroyer " Endurance " , Ponds told Mace and Skywalker to go to the bridge before the two Jedi had the chance to give a group of clone cadets a tour of the ship . However , a young Boba Fett had infiltrated a contingent of the clone youth brigade who where touring the ship , with the intention of avenging his father ' s death at the hands of Mace Windu . Fett managed to slip away from the rest of the clone youth brigade and proceeded to destroy the ship ' s main reactor . Ponds and several other clones were sent to see who or what had destroyed the reactor . Later , Ponds said he would stay on the " Endurance " with Admiral Shoan Kilian and go down with the ship while the rest of clones would evacuate . Capture and death . After the crash , Ponds was kidnapped along with Admiral Kilian and another clone officer by Aurra Sing , Boba Fett , Castas , and Bossk . At first , the bounty hunters intended to ransom the three of them off to the Separatists . When their booby trap failed , Sing decided to use her hostages as bait to lure Mace Windu into the open so that Boba could kill the Jedi who murdered his father . They decided to send a message trying to convince the Jedi to come , and they ordered Boba to kill Ponds to show they meant business . When Boba hesitated to do it , Aurra got tired of waiting and pushed Boba aside and killed Ponds herself . As the Jedi watched in horror , the bounty hunters then cut off the transmission . Later , the bounty hunters dumped Ponds ' body out into space . Personality and traits . Ponds was obedient and followed orders . He was assertive and did not hesitate when giving orders himself , as shown when he immediately ordered Lightning Squadron to the front of the Republic line of walkers during the cliffside ambush . Ponds was also compassionate : when he learned that there were only Twi ' lek women and children in a nearby village , he took pity on them and ordered his men to spare rations , and was shocked and angry when the Confederacy bombed the village . He had a friendship with fellow officers Captain Rex and Commander Cody . He comforted the latter when he expressed his concern for Generals Plo Koon and Obi - Wan Kenobi on the Juma 9 station mission . He additionally complemented Rex ' s shooting skills on Behpour . He stayed behind on the " Endurance " with Admiral Kilian , a decision that would ultimately lead to his death . Equipment . Ponds ' armor featured dark - red markings upon his helmet , arms , shoulder plates , towards the back of his torso , and from his knee pads down to the mid - calf . Ponds also wore a kama that bore two DC - 17 hand blasters . On the back of Ponds ' helmet , " Some guys have all the luck " was written in Aurebesh . He also made use of a DC - 15A blaster rifle on Ryloth and a DC - 15S blaster carbine on Behpour . Behind the scenes . Ponds , like all the other clone troopers in the , was voiced by Dee Bradley Baker . After being first mentioned , albeit briefly , in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " ( 2008 ) , he made his first appearance in the series ' 2009 episodes " Innocents of Ryloth " and " Liberty on Ryloth . " In the 2010 episode " Lethal Trackdown , " when Aurra Sing asks Ponds for his name , he gives the number " CT - 411 , " which contradicts the " CC - 6454 " designation given in the " " reference book and repeated in the " " video game , both released in 2009 . This was later revised in the 2010 " " , which gave him the new designation " CC - 0411 " after the conflicting number from " Lethal Trackdown . " However , when Ponds received an entry in the StarWars . com Encyclopedia in 2012 , his designation was listed as the previously stated " CC - 6454 . " This article assumes that the latter is correct , as precedence is given to the Encyclopedia as the most recent published source . " Star Wars : The Clone Wars : Visual Guide Ultimate Battles " mentioned that Ponds was assigned to Mace Windu at the Battle of Geonosis , which was depicted in . Although " Republic Heroes " stated that he had been assigned to Windu after Geonosis , Ponds ' s 2012 Encyclopedia entry confirmed his role during the battle , going so far as to retcon a clone commander in the film as Ponds . Ponds appeared in the comic " " , but wore armor that had blue stripes down his arms , and two blue eyes on his helmet , over his visor .