CC - 4477 / Canon CC - 4477 , nicknamed " Thire , " was a clone shock trooper who served as a lieutenant in the Coruscant Guard of the Grand Army of the Republic . During the Clone Wars , he accompanied Grand Master Yoda of the Jedi Order on an diplomat ic assignment to meet with King Katuunko of Toydaria in 22 BBY . In the course of their mission Yoda inspired his clone trooper s to take strength from their individual traits , such as Thire ' s patience . Following the initiation of Order 66 and the subsequent confrontation between Yoda and Emperor Palpatine in 19 BBY , Thire and his trooper s were ordered to hunt the Jedi Master . The failure to locate his body convinced Mas Amedda that Yoda was still alive , leading the Emperor to order Thire to resume the search . However , Yoda succeeded in escaping from Coruscant with the aid of Senator Bail Organa . Thire later accompanied Palpatine to Mustafar to recover the critically wounded Darth Vader . Biography . Clone Wars . Clone Lieutenant CC - 4477 , also known as " Thire , " was a clone shock trooper who served in the Coruscant Guard — an elite group of Grand Army clone trooper s tasked with keeping the peace on the Galactic Republic capital world of Coruscant during the Clone Wars . Like all clone trooper s , Thire was created on the planet Kamino through the genetic source of the bounty hunter Jango Fett . Mission to Rugosa . Following the Battle of Geonosis in 22 BBY , Jedi General Yoda — the Grand Master of the Jedi Order — journeyed to the moon Rugosa to negotiate an alliance between the Galactic Republic and King Katuunko of Toydaria against the Confederacy of Independent Systems . Lieutenant Thire , along with two other clone guards nicknamed " Jek " and " Rys , " accompanied Yoda to meet with the leader of the Toydarian s . In the course of their journey to Rugosa , Separatist warships attacked the Jedi Master and his troopers in an effort to impede the meeting between Yoda and Katuunko . Forced to abandon their Republic frigate , Yoda , Thire , Jek and Rys boarded an escape pod to reach the moon ' s surface . As a result , the Separatist Droid Army was sent to hunt and eliminate the Republic envoy in order to convince Katuunko to support the Confederacy ' s cause . Using the terrain to their advantage , Thire and his troopers managed to set an ambush for the battle droid s , eliminating multiple enemy units in the process . Due to the droid s ' numerical advantage , however , Yoda ordered the clones to fall back while using his skills to cover their retreat . After locating a cave , Yoda gave the clones time to recuperate before continuing the mission . Thire was given a modified DC - 15 blaster rifle to use as a makeshift crutch by Yoda , having injured his leg during the skirmish . While taking inventory , the clones saw their dwindling supplies as inefficient against a battalion of droid soldier s . Noticing their low morale , Yoda inspired them to find strength in their individualism and personal traits ; to Thire , he advised the clone lieutenant to utilize patience instead of rushing headlong into battle , for the war would be long and survival was key to success . After meditating on the Grand Master ' s advise , Thire and his men departed the cave to investigate a nearby group of battle droids . Yoda decided to confront the droids on his own , ordering the shock troopers to stand by and wait for the right opportunity to support him . While the general single - handedly destroyed numerous units , the clones noticed a group of droideka reinforcements approaching Yoda ' s position . Using the squad ' s last rocket , Thire created a rock - slide on the side of the canyon to destroy the droidekas . Having made their general proud , the clones and Yoda continued to the rendezvous point and ultimately prevented the Separatist commander Asajj Ventress from assassin ating Katuunko . Impressed by their efforts , the king pledged his loyalty to the Republic . Afterward , Republic reinforcements arrived on Rugosa , allowing Thire to board a Low Altitude Assault Transport / infantry gunship with Yoda , Katuunko , Jek and Rys . Imperial service . In 19 BBY , as the Clone Wars drew to an end , Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine — alter ego of the Sith Lord Darth Sidious — declared that all Jedi were traitors and enemies of the state . He therefore commanded the clone army to execute Order 66 , a hidden protocol authorizing the extermination of the Jedi . The clone troopers obeyed the chancellor without hesitation , having been secretly programmed to comply with Order 66 . As a result , Thire also turned against the Jedi and , like his brothers soon found himself in service to the Galactic Empire that replaced the Republic . Following Yoda ' s attempt to cut short the reign of the newly - anointed Emperor Palpatine , the Coruscant Guard searched the Senate Building but could find no evidence of Yoda ' s demise . Thire , now a Clone Commander and in command of the Coruscant Guard detachment guarding the Senate Building , was ordered to find Master Yoda and reported their lack of progress directly to the Emperor and Mas Amedda , who concluded that the Grand Master was still alive . Palpatine ordered Thire to resume the search before sensing that his apprentice Darth Vader was in danger on Mustafar , and so Commander Thire escorted Papatine to recover the critically wounded Darth Vader . Ultimately , Yoda eluded his pursuers by escaping into exile with the help of Senator Bail Organa . Personality and traits . Like his clone brothers , Thire was trained to become a capable and loyal soldier of the Galactic Republic . He was also dedicated to completing his assignments ; at one time , Thire volunteered to remain behind with his men and confront a battalion of battle droids so that Yoda could move forward with their mission on Rugosa . The Jedi Master declined Thire ' s offer and instructed his troopers to remove their helmets , an order which Thire followed but did not understand . In his mind , there was nothing physically unique about the clones as they were all genetically identical to each other , having been grown from the same template . Yoda contended that although Thire and his brethren were clones , each of them felt uniquely different to him through the Force . He therefore encouraged them to draw strength from their individual traits , such as patience in Thire ' s case . Upon defeating the droid battalion , Thire felt that he and his men benefited from the teachings of Yoda . After the Clone Wars , Thire complied with an order to hunt Yoda , by now his former ally - turned - fugitive . As with every clone trooper who possessed a control chip in their brain , Thire ' s programming enabled him to follow Order 66 without question or hesitation , despite the long - standing alliance between the clones and their Jedi leaders . In contrast to his turning against the Jedi , Thire remained obedient to the will of Emperor Palpatine . With the exception of certain alterations that affected growth acceleration and enhanced docility , Thire was a physically identical clone of Jango Fett , a human male who stood at 1 . 83 meter s . Like his progenitor , Thire possessed black hair and brown eye s as well . Equipment . Thire originally wore the Phase I clone trooper armor , the standard armor worn by all regular clone units at the beginning of the Clone Wars . In addition to featuring the distinctive red patterns that identified him as a member of the Coruscant Guard , Thire customized his armor with a few additional pieces such as a command pauldron and macrobinoculars . By the end of the Clone Wars , Thire had switched over to the Phase II clone trooper armor and customized it with the Guard ' s new markings . In addition to two DC - 17 hand blaster s , Thire wielded the standard DC - 15 blaster rifle . During the mission on Rugosa , he also utilized a rocket launcher to protect his Jedi general from a group of droidekas . Behind the scenes . Thire first appeared in , where he was voiced by Temuera Morrison . Like every clone trooper in the film , he was portrayed through computer - generated imagery . The clone trooper voiceover artist Dee Bradley Baker provided Thire ' s voice in " Ambush , " the first episode in of " " .