HOB - 147 HOB - 147 was a clone pilot who flew a V - 19 Torrent starfighter for Light Brigade Division in the Grand Army of the Republic . He was shot down in a space battle during the Clone Wars , but survived in his starfighter , and floated through space , unconscious . Shortly after Order 66 — one of the that instructed the clone forces to eliminate all Jedi — was issued , he was rescued by the junk salvager Hurd Coyle . Order 66 began the Great Jedi Purge , the near - eradication of the Jedi Order , which allowed the then Supreme Chancellor Palpatine to reorganize the Republic into the Galactic Empire and declare himself Galactic Emperor . After being rescued , 147 first assumed that the salvager was working for the Separatists when he saw re - programmed battle droids working throughout the ship , and found a group of Jedi younglings in the ship ' s cargo bay . Believing that Coyle had kidnapped them , 147 was surprised to discover that Hurd Coyle was in fact transporting the younglings to the Outer Rim in order to save them from the new Galactic Empire . 147 then decided to disobey Order 66 , and did not inform his fellow clones that Coyle was transporting the children . Biography . Rescue . The clone trooper pilot HOB - 147 was one of the many clones of the bounty hunter Jango Fett created on the planet Kamino to serve in the Grand Army of the Republic . Shortly before the Battle of Utapau , HOB - 147 flew a V - 19 Torrent starfighter for Light Brigade Division in a space battle between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems . During the battle , 147 ' s starfighter sustained heavy damage and he was sent adrift in space . Although the V - 19 was badly damaged , the cockpit was not penetrated , and the life support was still active , keeping him alive . 147 drifted for several weeks , unconscious , and during this time , he missed the Battle of Utapau , the last major battle of the Clone Wars . Additionally , he missed Supreme Chancellor Palpatine ' s declaration of Order 66 — one of the Grand Army of the Republic ' s that ordered the clone forces to eliminate any Jedi in the area , as they were considered a threat to the Republic . This measure allowed Palpatine to declare himself Emperor of the galaxy , and create the Galactic Empire out of the Old Republic . After a while , HOB ' s starfighter drifted near a ship owned by Hurd Coyle , a salvager passing through the area . A reprogrammed B1 battle droid that was working for Coyle detected the clone ' s ship and informed his master . Coyle then ordered the starfighter to be brought aboard , thinking that even though he was on a mission , he could still make a few credits from salvaging it . When a group of B1s went down to the hangar to dismantle the ship , and see if anything could be salvaged , they discovered that 147 was still alive . When they told Coyle , he reluctantly ordered one of his battle droids to bring 147 to the ship ' s sick bay . Discovering Coyle ' s mission . When 147 awoke , he discovered that he was surrounded by droids . Thinking that he had been captured by the Separatists , the clone jumped out of his bed , and started to destroy the droids with his bare hands . When Coyle walked in , he was surprised to see that 147 had wrecked his new droids . In an attempt to stop the clone , the Captain shot 147 with an electro - dart , knocking him down and completely paralyzing him . While 147 was incapacitated , Coyle dragged the clone to a small room and chained his leg to the wall . Regaining consciousness , 147 found himself chained to the wall of the room , with Coyle sitting to his side . Coyle told the pilot about Order 66 , and how the Jedi Order was now considered an enemy by Palpatine . 147 was surprised at this , and didn ' t completely believe it . When Coyle walked away , the clone sat down and started to think things through . While he was thinking , a female Jedi youngling , Nia , appeared in the vent system on the wall , and began to watch 147 . He saw her there , and quickly ripped the cover off the vent and pulled Nia out . While 147 asked the girl who she was , Coyle walked into the room , and seeing what was happening , shot 147 with another electro - dart , and dragged Nia out of the room . Once 147 had once again recovered and gotten back to his feet , he now felt certain that whatever was going on was a Separatist plot , and that he needed to escape . The clone ripped the metal chain off the wall , and ran through the salvager ' s ship , looking for a way out . Eventually , he paused at a corner and found a B2 super battle droid guarding the door to the hold . HOB destroyed the battle droid and decided to look inside the hold , but as he walked into the room , he was attacked by an unknown , invisible force , and passed out . When he regained consciousness , 147 discovered that there were Jedi younglings all around him , and that the unseen force that attacked him was likely the Force . 147 kicked the younglings away from himself , and discovered that Coyle had at least eleven younglings aboard his ship , including Nia and Bon ; it turned out that Coyle had taken on a mission to transport the Jedi younglings to the Outer Rim . Nia went up to 147 , thinking that he wouldn ' t hurt her . She asked him whether all clones were bad or not . Touched by her childlike innocence , HOB decided to disobey Order 66 and his programming , and help the Jedi escape from the new Empire . Meanwhile , Coyle ' s ship was boarded by a group of clone troopers patrolling the area , suspecting he was hiding something aboard . When Coyle went to greet them , their ARC trooper commander threatened to order his men to tear the ship apart in order to find anything incriminating on board , although Coyle begged them not to . HOB - 147 then walked in , saying that Coyle had saved his life , and that he had been up and down the ship and had found nothing wrong . The ARC trooper believed the pilot ' s lie , and ordered his men back to their cruiser . As 147 walked out , he saw Nia waving to him from a nearby vent , saying she knew he was tough . Personality and traits . HOB - 147 , who was trained over a period of years to follow every order given to him by his commanders , had enough self - will to disobey Order 66 , and allow a group of Jedi younglings to escape from the Empire . 147 was also very strong and muscular , as was shown by him possessing enough strength to tear a chain used to hold him — a full grown man — off of a wall . He also was able to defeat a heavily armored B2 super battle droid in close quarters combat by simply hitting it over the head with a hard piece of metal , albeit by surprise . 147 had brown eyes , black hair , tan skin , and , like all clone troopers , stood at 1 . 83 meters tall . Behind the scenes . HOB - 147 made his first appearance in the " Clone Wars Adventures " comic " Salvaged " . He later had a small entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " .