Hardcase / Legends " Hardcase " was the nickname of a clone trooper who served in the 501st Legion , a unit in the Galactic Republic ' s Grand Army , during the Clone Wars . Hardcase was present during a hunt for the Confederate General Grievous on the planet Saleucami around 21 BBY . With troopers Jesse and Kix , Hardcase joined Clone Captain Rex on the planet to search for escape pods that had been jettisoned from Grievous ' crashed ship . After two commando droids injured Rex , Hardcase , Kix , and Jesse took the injured Captain to a nearby homestead to recover , while they met up with High Jedi General Obi - Wan Kenobi , who was locating Grievous on the planet . Hardcase continued to serve in the 501st Legion on the Confederate - aligned world Umbara , where he participated in a battle alongside Rex and Jedi General Anakin Skywalker . After the initial attack on the native Umbarans , another Jedi , General Pong Krell , arrived on Umbara and relieved Skywalker of his duties . Krell took over the leadership of Hardcase and the rest of the 501st troops , and wanted the clones to take over Umbara ' s capital city . A nearby airbase was resupplying the city ' s defenses , although after Hardcase and trooper Fives infiltrated the base , Krell ' s troops forced the Umbaran militia there to surrender , allowing the Republic force to fortify themselves in the airbase . Once Krell ' s battle group learned of a Confederate supply ship in orbit of the planet , Hardcase and Jesse joined Fives ' mission to destroy the ship . The three clones used Umbaran starfighters to board the supply ship . Hardcase stayed behind and destroyed the ship ' s main reactor while Fives and Jesse departed back to the airbase . His actions destroyed the supply ship , although they cost him his life as well . Biography . Saleucami . The clone trooper with the nickname " Hardcase " served in the 501st Legion , a unit in the Galactic Republic ' s Grand Army . When Hardcase was training on the planet Kamino , his commander told him that while he was growing in his cloning tank , the tank had a leak , resulting in Hardcase acquiring a hyperactive personality . Around 21 BBY , during the Clone Wars , Hardcase served under the command of High Jedi General Obi - Wan Kenobi . After a battle above the planet Saleucami , the Confederate General Grievous used an escape pod to jettison from his starship down to Saleucami ' s surface . Chasing after Grievous , Kenobi gathered a team of clone troopers , including Hardcase , to hunt down the cyborg General on Saleucami . After landing on the surface of the world aboard an " Acclamator " - class assault ship , Kenobi ' s battle group found the wreckage of Grievous ' crashed landing ship , and Commander CC - 2224 , nicknamed " Cody , " told Kenobi that the ship had crashed recently . Kenobi decided to split the group into two teams and ordered Captain CT - 7567 , nicknamed " Rex , " to find the missing escape pods with troopers Hardcase , Jesse , and Kix , while he , Cody , and Crys stayed behind to go through the remains of the crashed ship . After mounting separate BARC speeders , Hardcase and the team drove through the wetlands of the planet ' s surface in search of escape pods . Ahead of them , two commando droids were stationed on top of a hill overlooking the clones . Utilizing a blaster rifle , one of the droids shot Rex , knocking the Captain off his speeder . Jesse ordered Hardcase to turn his speeder around and protect the Captain , while he and Kix drove toward the hill from where the shot had been fired . Once the two droids were destroyed , Jesse and Kix rejoined Hardcase , and Kix took the opportunity to survey Rex ' s injury which was severe . Hardcase pointed out that the two droid commandos might have called for backup , and that they needed to find shelter for Rex . Noticing domesticated eopies , Jesse concluded that they were on farmland , which meant there was a homestead nearby . Kix attached a flatbed on the side of his BARC speeder and laid Rex on top of it , before the team drove off to find the homestead . Upon arriving at the nearby homestead , a female Twi ' lek , Suu , greeted the clones warily , pointing a rifle at the intruders . When Kix informed her that they needed a place to settle the injured Rex for the night , Suu gave the clones permission to use her barn . After Kix placed a bacta patch on Rex ' s wound , the Captain regained consciousness , and Hardcase informed him that if the injury had been about five centimeters to the left , the shot would have gone straight to his heart , resulting in death . The trooper also retrieved one of Rex ' s blasters and placed it by his side . Before Hardcase , Kix , and Jesse left to continue their search for the escape pods , Rex gave Jesse the responsibility of leading the search party . Once the clones boarded their BARC speeders , Kenobi contacted the group via comlink and called for Rex . After Jesse told Kenobi what had occurred to Rex , Kenobi wanted the troopers to drive westward toward an abandoned escape pod and intercept Grievous , who was heading toward the pod . Though Hardcase , Jesse , Kix , arrived near the pod , Grievous was the first to arrive at the location . Kenobi , however , had already engaged Grievous ' forces by the time Jesse ' s team arrived on their BARC speeders . As Hardcase , Kix , and Jesse fired their speeder ' s blaster cannons at Grievous ' battle droids , the clones spotted an approaching Confederate shuttle in the sky , and Jesse warned Kenobi via comlink . After a nearby Republic AT - TE ' s guns overheated , Kenobi ordered Cody and Jesse to cover him as he raced toward Grievous . The two engaged in a lightsaber duel as the Confederate shuttle approached them , eventually coming to a hovering stop above the escape pod ; Grievous fired his tow cable on the hull of the shuttle and fled in the vehicle . While Hardcase and Kix remained near Kenobi ' s AT - TE with other clone troopers squads , Jesse and Cody — aboard their speeders — returned to Kenobi after dispatching the remaining battle droids . The Jedi Master told both clone troopers to contact the Republic fleet and order them to send a transport to pick them all up . Umbara . Later in the war , Hardcase continued to serve in the 501st Legion . Under the command of Jedi General Anakin Skywalker , Hardcase was dispatched to the Confederate - aligned planet Umbara . The Republic task force sent there initiated an attack to retake the world that was once part of the Republic , and to capture its capital city . Aboard an " Acclamator " - class assault ship , which broke through the Confederate blockade in orbit of Umbara , Hardcase boarded a space gunship , while the clones ' leader , Skywalker , boarded Clone Lieutenant Hawk ' s gunship with Rex , Jesse , Tup , and several other 501st Legion troopers . As the gunships descended through the shadowy world ' s atmosphere to the surface , the Umbaran militia stationed on ground level fired on them . Although some gunships crashed as a result of the heavy fire , the clone pilot of Hardcase ' s gunship was able to maneuver the shuttle to avoid being shot down . As the gunship positioned itself over its designated landing site , Hardcase and the troops deployed and readied themselves to engage the attacking Umbaran Soldier s of the Umbaran militia . Following the lead of Skywalker , whose gunship had landed on the surface before Hardcase ' s shuttle , Hardcase and his teammates began their initial push against the Umbarans . Skywalker ' s troops on the ground were supported by AT - RT - mounted troopers , as well as space gunships that carried more clone reinforcements . Hardcase met up with Skywalker , Jesse , Tup , ARC trooper Fives , and Rex . Shortly thereafter , Rex gave Hardcase and the troopers the order to eliminate enemy Umbaran soldiers on a nearby ridge . After helping his troops defeat a vixus , a sharp - toothed , tentacled creature that lived on Umbara , Hardcase made camp on the trench - filled ridge with the rest of Skywalker ' s team . Behind Skywalker ' s camp , several Umbaran soldiers spotted the clones and one released a millicreep probe droid to infiltrate the area . The probe droid , whose purpose was to distract the clones and help the Umbarans prepare for their subsequent attack on the Republic forces , caught the attention of Hardcase and various clones . Unaware that the probe was a distraction , Hardcase used his Z - 6 rotary blaster cannon to fire on the droid , although soon the hidden Umbarans revealed themselves and began their ambush on Skywalker ' s forces . To suppress enemy fire , Rex called in an air strike team , led by Clone Commander pilot " Odd Ball . " Before Odd Ball ' s bombers arrived at their position , Skywalker led Hardcase and the rest of the clones off the ridge . Not long after the bombing , a space gunship , flanked by two clone Z - 95 starfighters , landed near Skywalker ' s team . The craft carried the stern Besalisk Jedi Master General Pong Krell , who had been leading another clone battalion on Umbara alongside Jedi Master Saesee Tiin . Krell informed Skywalker that the Jedi Council had ordered him back to the planet Coruscant immediately , and Krell would then temporarily lead the 501st Legion on Umbara as an interim . Skywalker left aboard Krell ' s gunship , and the stern Jedi Master informed Hardcase and the 501st troopers of his strict beliefs on standard protocol . Following his introduction , Krell ordered Rex to ready all clone platoons , and the teams began to follow the Besalisk Jedi through Umbara ' s jungle terrain , heading toward the planet ' s capital city . When a trio of flying creatures known as banshees approached Krell ' s team , Hardcase and the troops defensively fired their weapons at the flying animals . As the creatures attacked the clone troopers , one of the creatures lifted a clone off the ground . Noticing the ambush , Krell intervened and forced the creature to release the trooper , before killing two animals with his twin double - bladed lightsabers . Following the event , Hardcase and the 501st troops walked for nearly twelve hours . To allow his troops to rest , Rex wanted his men to make camp , a decision that was not well received by Krell , who dictated that the platoons of the 501st were crucial to the Republic ' s success on Umbara . Without resting , Hardcase and the team made their way to the outskirts of Umbara ' s capital city . While Skywalker had originally planned to deplete the city ' s defenses first before initiating multiple attacks , Krell wanted an all - out forward assault to the city . To achieve that , Hardcase and the clones would use a highway that led into the city itself . When the clone troopers began to walk on the highway , several of the clones exploded as a result of hidden enemy mines on the ground . As Fives began to scan the surface of the highway to locate the mines , Umbaran troops , who were hiding behind nearby vegetation , ambushed Hardcase and the troopers . The Umbarans utilized their hover tanks , equipped with EMP cannons , against the clones and advanced toward their position . Although Hardcase and other clone troopers killed a number of Umbaran troopers , the native species overran the clones , forcing the Republic battle group to fall back . After positioning themselves away from the Umbaran militia , Hardcase and the clone troopers resumed their firefight with the attacking Umbarans , though the Umbara natives began to retreat . Krell believed that his plan to take over the city was compromised and blamed the setback on Rex and his leadership . After a heated debate between Krell and Rex , the Jedi Master dismissed the Captain and wanted Hardcase and the 501st to continue carrying out his plan of taking over the city . As the clones proceeded into Umbara ' s dense jungles , Hardcase and the troops found themselves being attacked by Umbaran starfighters , whose ray shielded cockpits proved useful against the clones ' blaster fire . However , as Hardcase and the clones continued their assault on the starfighters , two of the Umbaran fighters retreated . In case the starfighters returned , Rex wanted his men to move out of their current positions and engage the nearby Umbaran troop lines . As Rex ' s men fought the Umbaran militia , Hardcase stood with Krell , who conferred with Kenobi via hologram . Attacking an airbase . Kenobi informed Krell that he was unable to take control of the Umbara capital city because its defenses were being resupplied by an airbase , which was located west of the city . The Jedi Master wanted Krell and the 501st to capture the airbase so that the city ' s supply lines could be severed . After their conversation ended , Krell ordered Rex to map out the coordinates of the airbase and gather Hardcase and the rest of the 501st troops . Overlooking the airbase on the top of a cliff , Rex noticed the gorge that led to the heavily - fortified base was narrow , which would force the troops to walk in single squads . When Rex wanted to make use of reconnaissance to find an alternate secure path to the airbase , Krell dismissed the Captain ' s opinion , as they did not have enough time to find another route . After Hardcase and the clone troopers regrouped at the bottom of the cliff , Rex ordered the men of the 501st to separate into two divisions — he would lead a group of troops , while Fives would lead Hardcase and the other division . Proceeding into the narrow gorge , Hardcase and Fives ' group encountered a deadly Umbaran Impeding Assault Tank , which had been buried beneath the ground . The Umbaran tank , soon to be joined by four other tanks , attacked Hardcase and the clones , whose blaster weapons became unreliable due to the tanks ' ray shields . In order to destroy the tanks , Fives contacted Rex and requested RPS - 6 rocket launchers . After Rex , who was nearby Fives ' position , ordered a few of his troops to bring the launchers to Fives ' team , one of the Umbaran tanks injured a clone trooper who carried a rocket launcher . Taking the weapon from the clone , Hardcase positioned himself in front of a tank and fired the rocket launcher directly into the tank ' s ray shielded cockpit , which blew the vehicle apart . Rex ordered Hardcase and the rest of the clones to regroup behind vegetation that blocked them from the tanks . Using thermal detonators , the clone troopers planted the explosives along a corridor of the gorge near the advancing tanks . As soon as the tanks fell into the thermal detonator trap , Rex detonated the explosives , which obliterated the remaining tanks . Following the battle with the Umbaran crawler tanks , the clone troopers continued on toward the airbase . Hardcase and the battle group walked by the ruins of the tanks , one of which was still active . On Rex ' s order , Hardcase used his rocket launcher to destroy the cockpit of the active tank . An Umbaran , who piloted the tank , fell through the damaged window of the cockpit , though Rex made short work of him with his blaster . As Rex began to survey the area in front of them by the airbase , six - legged Umbaran mobile heavy cannons , fitted with electromagnetic plasma cannons , emerged from the distance and began to fire their plasma cannons at Hardcase and the clone troopers . The machines forced the clones to separate into two groups . Noticing the separation of Rex ' battle group , Krell ordered Rex that his team continue their attack against the Umbaran mobile cannons . The Captain obliged , and he led Hardcase and his men back toward the six - legged mobile cannons . As Hardcase and the clones engaged the cannons into battle , they noticed their rocket launchers were ineffective against the machines . Instead of taking the cannons head - on as a large group and then attack the airbase , Rex formulated a new plan — Hardcase and Fives would go around the cannons and infiltrate the airbase , while Rex and the rest of the troopers stayed behind and continued their battle against the Umbaran cannons . With the plan in motion , Hardcase departed with Fives and the two headed toward the airbase . Upon arriving at the base undetected , Hardcase and Fives found a tree by the base ' s electric - sensor field that covered the entire perimeter of the base . Hardcase utilized his DC - 15A blaster rifle ' s grappling hook to ascend to the top of the tree , while Fives planted thermal detonators at the base of the tree before climbing the large plant . After killing a banshee that attacked Fives , Hardcase lowered himself into the airbase using a tall plant structure and Fives followed suit . Afterward , the two clones made their way toward a hangar of the base . To distract the attention of the stationed Umbarans , Fives detonated the thermal detonators that he had planted on the tree . Hardcase and Fives boarded two separate deactivated Umbaran starfighters , which alerted nearby Umbaran troops . After gaining control of the unfamiliar starfighters , Hardcase and Fives utilized the vehicles ' blaster cannons to kill the attacking troops and destroy several deactivated Umbaran starfighters . To help Rex and his men defeat the mobile cannons , the two clone troopers flew the fighters to Rex ' s location and took out the six - legged machines . Once the mobile cannons were destroyed , Krell ordered Clone Sergeant CC - 1119 , nicknamed " Appo , " to mobilize his troops and attack the airbase . After the Republic force arrived at the airbase , the remaining Umbaran troops stationed there surrendered , allowing Hardcase and the Republic troops to fortify themselves within the former Umbaran airbase . For their efforts , Rex congratulated Hardcase and Fives and claimed both of them saved their footing on Umbara . When Krell wanted a report from Rex , the Captain told the Jedi General of their accomplishments , although Krell believed that it was luck that saved them , a comment that was dismissed by Rex , who claimed that many of his troops died to take the airbase . Betraying orders . Though they had captured the airbase , the Republic forces did not control it entirely . In an attempt to retake their base , the Umbaran militia stepped up their attack . When both Hardcase and trooper Dogma informed Krell of the attacking insurgents , the Jedi Master wanted the two clones to reconfigure the airbase ' s security systems and lock them down , and if they needed to , interrogate their Umbaran prisoners . After Rex told Krell that Kenobi wanted to speak with him , Krell departed with Rex and Dogma , while Hardcase left the group to confer with Fives , who was repairing an Umbaran starfighter nearby . When Kenobi told Krell and Rex of a supply ship resupplying the Umbaran capital city , Krell wanted to attack the capital city with the remaining troops he had instead of attacking the supply ship . Following the meeting , Rex relayed Krell ' s plan to Hardcase and the other troops , and the clone troopers did not approve of the plan , seeing it as another suicide mission . Not trusting Krell ' s plan , Fives wanted to use the Umbaran starfighters to sneak past the Umbaran blockade in orbit of the planet , board the supply ship , then destroy it . Taking note of Fives ' decision , Rex brought up Fives ' plan to Krell , who did not support it . The Captain returned to the troopers ' barracks and re - enforced Krell ' s plan of attacking the city . Fives , however , continued to persuade Rex , Hardcase , and the other clones present in the barracks that they could use the Umbarans ' fighters to infiltrate the supply ship . Though Rex knew that they could be sent to the Grand Army ' s court - martial for disobeying orders , Fives defended his own plan and decided to carry it out . Within hangar 9 - 4 of the airbase , Hardcase and Jesse joined Fives , and Hardcase mounted one of the deactivated starfighters to test it . As Hardcase struggled to maintain control of the starfighter , his reckless flying and inability to control the fighter ' s weapon systems triggered the alarm systems in the hangar which alerted Krell . After Krell entered the hangar to see what was occurring , Hardcase tried to persuade the stern Jedi Master that the accidents in the hangar were the result of his and Fives ' efforts to try to decrypt the Umbaran starfighter codes . As a result of Hardcase ' s words , Krell dictated that the Umbaran starfighters were too dangerous to operate , and ordered the troopers to lock down the fighters and disregard any use of them . Despite Krell ' s orders , Hardcase and Jesse showed their support toward Fives ' plan of using the starfighters . With Hardcase and Jesse agreeing to help him , Fives told the two troopers that once they were in the supply ship , they would destroy the ship ' s main reactor . Proceeding to carry out the plan , Hardcase , Fives , and Jesse joined Rex outside the airbase . Wanting the troopers to rethink , Rex tried to convince them that they should not carry out the plan , as they would be disobeying orders . After Fives informed the Clone Captain that they had no other option , Rex reluctantly obliged , and informed Fives , Hardcase , and Jesse that he could not help them if they were caught . Hardcase , Fives , and Jesse departed back to the airbase and boarded three separate deactivated starfighters . Soon after taking off from the airbase , the three troopers flew the vessels through Umbara ' s atmosphere . Once in space , Hardcase and the two other troopers found themselves in the midst of a battle . The Republic forces engaged in the battle took heavy casualties from the Confederate tri - fighter droids and Umbaran starfighters . The Umbarans piloting their Umbaran starfighters believed Hardcase , Fives , and Jesse ' s fighters were part of their battle group , which allowed the three clone troopers to fly through the battle to the Confederate supply ship unharmed . Once they boarded the ship , Hardcase and the group navigated their way through the ship ' s hangar hallways aboard their starfighters . The droids inside the ship spotted the clone troopers ' starfighters and began to close a blast door near the troopers ' position . When Hardcase noticed the closing blast door , the clone trooper used his starfighter ' s pulse missile s to destroy the door . The resulting blast of the missile eradicated the door , although the blast also crippled the right wing of his starfighter . Once the clones pinpointed the location of the reactor room , they used their starfighters ' pulse missiles to destroy it , although the room was soon protected by a ray shield activated by the ship ' s battle droids . After a group of battle droids arrived near the clones ' starfighters and began to fire at them , Hardcase dismounted from his vessel . Despite resistance from Fives , Hardcase ordered the trooper and Jesse to leave the supply ship , as he would stay behind and take care of the reactor . Taking a pulse missile tube that was detached from his starfighter , Hardcase maneuvered around the ray shield to enter the reactor room . As Fives and Jesse began to retreat toward the supply ship ' s exit aboard their starfighters , Hardcase rammed the missile tube into the side of the reactor , which caused the missile tube to explode . The blast killed Hardcase and started a chain reaction throughout the reactor room which destroyed the supply ship . Fives and Jesse avoided death and piloted their starfighters out of the supply ship and landed back in the airbase on Umbara . Though they had taken out the Confederate supply ship , which crippled their enemies ' supplies in the Umbaran capital city , Krell told Fives and Jesse they had committed a crime , and were to be sent to the Grand Army ' s court - martial for their actions . However , when Krell later wanted the two clones executed for their crime , the Jedi Master was revealed to be against the Republic . After a battle between Krell and the clones , Krell was killed for his treasonous acts . After Krell ' s death , Fives and Jesse were released from captivity and the Republic became victorious on Umbara . Personality and traits . As a clone trooper , Hardcase stood 1 . 83 meters tall . His head was clean shaven and sported several tattoos ; on the right side of his head , Hardcase had a tattoo that began under his right eye and ran to the top part of his head . His chin also featured similar markings . Hardcase favored the adrenaline - rushing battlefield and had the urge to seek action wherever possible . Because of that , the trigger - happy Hardcase was described as a hyperactive clone , who devoted himself to fight when a firefight broke out . In particular , during the battle on Umbara , as Hardcase fired his Z - 6 rotary blaster cannon at the attacking Umbarans , he did not seek cover and continued to sweep the Umbarans with rounds of blaster fire . When the Umbarans began to retreat as a result of Hardcase and the clones ' blaster fire , Hardcase laughed at the Umbarans and demanded that they return and fight . On Kamino , Hardcase ' s commander informed him that his less - than - standard behavior was a result from his damaged cloning tank . Hardcase later told Fives this when the latter questioned his behavior on Umbara . However , during the Battle of Saleucami , Hardcase was level - headed and obeyed the orders that were given to him by his team ' s leader , Rex . When Rex was injured during their hunt for Grievous , Hardcase showed concern for Rex ' s health and wanted the group to seek shelter , to avoid being caught by droids . The clone trooper informed Rex of how he became injured once he regained consciousness . After Rex gave Jesse the task of leading the group , Hardcase cooperated with Jesse . On Umbara , despite it going against Krell ' s orders , Hardcase favored Fives ' plan of destroying the Confederate supply ship in the atmosphere of the world . Complications aboard the supply ship , however , stalled the clone troopers . Hardcase decided to sacrifice himself to complete the mission , and wanted Fives and Jesse to go back to the airbase without him . On the field , Hardcase used a Z - 6 rotary blaster cannon . Like Jesse and Kix , Hardcase ' s Phase I clone armor sported light blue markings . Sometime during the Clone Wars , Hardcase switched to the second phase of the clone armor . Much like his Phase I counterpart , the armor set featured blue markings . Behind the scenes . Hardcase first appeared in " The Deserter , " the tenth episode in the of the , which aired on January 1 , 2010 . Like all clones in the show , Hardcase was voiced by Dee Bradley Baker . The original episode guide slideshow mistakenly displayed an image of Hardcase , without his helmet on , attending to Rex after he had been shot off his BARC speeder . In the aired episode , , the team medic , who stopped to attend to Rex , and his helmet remained on . Hardcase later appeared in the episodes " Darkness on Umbara , " which aired on October 28 , 2011 ; " The General , " which aired on November 4 , 2011 ; and " Plan of Dissent , " which aired on November 11 , 2011 . After his appearance in " Darkness on Umbara , " Hardcase received an entry in the StarWars . com Encyclopedia .