Monnk / Legends " Monnk " was the nickname of a clone trooper commander who served as a clone SCUBA trooper Commander in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars . Under Jedi General Kit Fisto , he participated in the second defense of the planet Dac when the Quarrens launched a civil war on their homeworld against the Mon Calamari people . Biography . Battle on Dac . After Mon Calamari King Yos Kolina was assassinated , the already shaky relationship between the Quarren and Mon Calamari on the planet Dac began to fall apart . Fearing that a civil war between the Quarren and Mon Calamari was imminent , the Jedi Council dispatched a company of Clone troopers to the planet , under the command of General Kit Fisto , Commander Ahsoka Tano and Commander Monnk . The Republic forces were deployed just as the Mon Calamari Capital came under attack from the joint Quarren / Separatist military , under the command of Separatist Commander Riff Tamson . The arrival of Monnk and the Clone army swayed the battle in favor of the Republic , and the Separatist forces were forced to retreat . It wasn ' t long before the Separatist army regrouped and attacked the Republic forces again . This time the Separatist were aided by the monstrous Hydroid Medusa . The creatures were impervious to the Republic ' s weaponry , and the Jedi Generals , Mon Calamari , and Monnk and his SCUBA Trooper comrades were forced to retreat to the caves . Though Monnk fought bravely , he was apprehended by the Separatist and Quarren forces while fleeing and was to be sent to a prison camp . Fortunately for Monnk , as he and a fellow soldier were being taken to the prison camp , the Jedi Generals who had evaded capture along with the Prince Lee - Char , Gial Ackbar , and Meena Tills were prepared to return to the surface to board their cruiser and escape the planet . While looking for an easier way to get everyone to the surface , Kit Fisto noticed that Monnk and another soldier were being escorted by a caravan of Quarren soldiers on speeders . General Fisto easily dispatched Monnk ' s captors and sent the Quarren ' s speeders down to his comrades to hasten their escape , while he and Monnk created a diversion . Unfortunately , the ship the fugitives were planning to escape on was destroyed by Separatist air forces . Being completely exposed and taking fire from the Separatist forces , Monnk and the others latched onto the sinking debris of their destroyed vessel and rode it to the cover of the ocean floor . Prison Camp and the Liberation of Dac . Realizing that they had no way off the planet , and no way to call for help , Monnk and the others decided their best course of action was to separate into different groups . Monnk , with a fellow clone trooper , went with Fisto , Tano and the Prince . While the Jedi and the Prince conversed in a cave , Monnk and the trooper hid in the weeds just outside and stood guard . The attentive Monnk soon noticed a large number of Mon Calamari and Clone Trooper prisoners and reported his finding to the rest of the group . The Prince was heart - broken upon seeing his people being forced into slavery , so he then decided , without clearance from the Jedi , to get their attention and boost their moral . This fool - hardy show of courage from the Prince caused a skirmish to outbreak . Monnk and the Jedi were heavily outnumbered until the arrival of the Gungan Grand Army that the Jedi Council had sent to reinforce the decimated Republic forces . Monnk fought side - by - side with the Gungan reinforcements and the tide of the battle appeared to be turning in the Republic ' s favor until Riff Tamson ordered two Tridents to churn the water around the battlefield in order to confuse the Republic and Gungan armies . Monnk again was captured by the Separatists , as were all the Republic - Allied forces on Dac , excluding Commander Tano and the Prince . A short while later , Prince Lee - Char and Commander Tano sneaked into the prison camp where Monnk was being held to deliver a message to the prisoners to be ready to fight . Monnk quickly noticed the duo and Ahsoka showed relief upon seeing him . Monnk returned her feelings and informed The Prince and her that they must follow him as he led them to where Ackbar and Senator Tills sat , believing that they would be happy to see the Prince . Unfortunately , the string of mis - fortune continued for the group , and Lee - Char was recognized and apprehended by the Separatist . Riff Tamson , wishing to make an example of Lee - Char , ordered a public execution of him and had several prisoners , including Monnk , brought from the camps to witness the event . Monnk was next to Ackbar when Quarren Chieftain Nossor Ri informed him that the Quarren had joined the Mon Calamari ' s cause to eliminate the Separatists from the planet . Monnk and the other prisoners were freed from their binders and given weapons . When Nossor Ri saved the Prince from his executors , the newly freed Republic , Gungan and Mon Calamari soldiers sprung into action alongside their new Quarren allies . Monnk and Ackbar bravely fought side - by - side throughout the ensuing battle and the joint forces easily outnumbered and overwhelmed the Separatist occupation and succeeded in finally liberating Dac . Personality and traits . Monnk was a SCUBA trooper who served under Jedi General Kit Fisto . Equipment . During the Battle of Mon Cala , Monnk wore clone trooper SCUBA armor and blasters that his company was equipped with . Monnk ' s armor sported olive - colored markings , as well as eel emblems on his helmet , shoulders and chest .