Alpha - 66 Alpha - 66 , was an Alpha - class Advanced Recon Commando in the Grand Army of the Republic who fought in the Clone Wars and took the name Muzzle during the closing stages of the war . After the end of the Clone Wars and the establishment of the Galactic Empire , Muzzle went on to organize his own mercenary group , the Aurodium Sword , offering his services as a bodyguard and a gun - for - hire to employers criminal and Imperial alike . However , Muzzle ' s treatment of Wookiees and other aliens as equal beings found him at odds with Imperial pro - Human politics . Biography . Clone trooper Alpha - 66 was one of the numerous clones of the bounty hunter Jango Fett created on the planet Kamino to serve in the Grand Army of the Republic . Although most of Fett ' s clones were genetically altered to be more obedient to their Jedi commanders , Alpha - 66 was one of the Alpha - class Advanced Recon Commandos , an elite group of one hundred clones produced from Fett ' s unaltered genome and trained by Fett himself . As a result , Muzzle inherited all of Fett ' s combat skills , but also his loner personality streak . Alpha - 66 fought in the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems , adopting the name " Muzzle " during the final stages of the conflict . After the end of the war and the reformation of the Republic into the Galactic Empire , all surviving ARCs were offered retirement . Some of them agreed and trained their successors , the stormtroopers , at the Imperial Academy ; others decided to follow in their progenitor ' s footsteps and operate on their own . Muzzle chose the latter option , founding the Aurodium Sword mercenary group — named after the aurodium mineral — offering protection to captains of industry and heads of state . The Aurodium Sword was staffed mainly by Humans , Ubese , and fierce Wookiee warriors such as the bounty hunter Snoova . Muzzle ' s organization was known to take jobs for clients both criminal and Imperial , such as the Sienar family . On one occasion , Muzzle , Snoova , and another Wookiee defended a Sullustan executive against an industrial assassin droid . Muzzle and the Aurodium Sword were still active shortly after the Battle of Yavin . As part of its program of tracking rogue Fett clones , the Rogue Cell of the Imperial Security Bureau kept a close eye on Muzzle and his organization , considering their loyalty to the Empire to be undecided . The Imperial agents , however , were concerned with Muzzle ' s treatment of Wookiees and other species as equal beings , which clashed with the Empire ' s humanocentristic views . Personality and traits . A grizzled Clone Wars veteran , recognized for his service in the Republic army even by Imperial military personnel , Muzzle inherited Jango Fett ' s sense of adventure and contempt to any form of authority . By the time of the Galactic Civil War , Muzzle was considered atypically long - lived for a clone . Although the Empire treated other species , especially Wookiees , as inferior to Humans , Muzzle considered them equal in every sense , causing some concern for the Imperial Security Bureau with such views , a fact that he was aware of . At some point in his life , he received a prominent X - shaped scar across his forehead . Muzzle wore a combined armor set — while the upper half was ARC trooper armor , complete with a pauldron ; the lower half came from the Naboo Palace Guard uniform . Such a combination offered him both good protection and freedom of movement , as Muzzle ' s experience had taught him that sometimes it was better to run as fast as possible . While choosing the name for his organization , Muzzle wanted it to project an aura of class , intelligence , and purity , and he eventually settled upon the valuable aurodium . Behind the scenes . The character of Alpha - 66 was conceived by Ryan Kaufman for his and Abel G . Peña ' s article " " , which was published in " Star Wars Insider 89 " in August of 2006 . Joe Corroney provided the artwork depicting Muzzle for the article . Kaufman came up with the concept of a clone trooper veteran backed by Wookiee warriors when he witnessed his five - year - old son , Max , playing with action figures of a clone trooper commander and three Wookiees . As Kaufman had an unofficial agreement with Karen Traviss , the author of the " Republic commando " novel series , which prevented him from using Null - class Advanced Recon Commando s and clone commandos , he decided to make his character an Alpha - class ARC , a concept he had co - developed with Haden Blackman and that he had wanted to explore for a long time . Kaufman was very pleased with Corroney ' s artistic interpretation of Muzzle . Muzzle ' s grim determination , graying temples , and the X - shaped scar reminded Kaufman of from the comic book series by . Muzzle later received an entry in the 2008 " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " by Stephen Sansweet and Pablo Hidalgo .