Appo

Appo is a minor character who appeared in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. 
During the Clone Wars, he was a trooper commander and former sergeant of the 501st Clone Legion. Appo was present during the Battle of Umbara, serving as a sergeant. Eventually, he would be promoted to commander when the 501st Legion was split into two, with the first half being led by Commander Rex and Ahsoka Tano during the siege of Mandalore, and the other being led by Appo and Anakin Skywalker. Appo would lead the 501st Legion on the march towards the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, executing Order 66 under the leadership of Anakin Skywalker.
He was portrayed by Temura Morrison in Revenge of the Sith and Dee Bradley Baker in The Clone Wars
==History==
=== Background===
Appo was one of many clone troopers created from the genetic structure of bounty hunter Jango Fett. Bred and grown on the planet Kamino, he completed his training and was assigned to the 501st Clone Legion.
===The Clone Wars===
=====Battle of Umbara=====
During the invasion of Umbara, Appo served as a clone sergeant under the leadership of Captain Rex and Jedi General Pong Krell (whom was Anakin Skywalker's temporary replacement following his recalling to Coruscant). The 501st Legion would eventually attack an Umbaran airbase following a failed assault on the Umbaran capital city, wherein Appo along with Krell and the majority of the 501st Legion observed Rex and a small detachment of the 501st attack the airbase.
Later, Appo formed several platoons from the remaining troops under the orders of Krell. He requested Krell to send in the platoons, but was denied by the Jedi general. When Rex contacted Krell, Appo held the hologram projector in his hand. After witnessing the return of clone troopers Fives and Hardcase who had commandeered Umbaran starfighters and disabled the airbase's security system, Krell ordered Appo to send the remaining platoons to take over the airbase, capturing it and imprisoning the remaining Umbaran soldiers.
After Krell had discovered the news of the destruction of a Separatist supply ship by the hands of clone troopers Jesse, Fives and Hardcase, he ordered Appo to escort the surviving clones, Jesse and Fives, to meet with Krell. Disobeying orders, the clones were to be punished by execution, with Appo standing nearby. However, after a speech from Fives that caused the execution squad to misfire, Captain Rex ordered Appo to remove the binders on Jesse and Fives, however both were still sent to the airbase prison.
When Krell was revealed to be a traitor to the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic, he was captured by the 501st Legion and 212th Attack Battalion and was executed by clone trooper Dogma. Following this, Appo and the rest of the 501st Legion gathered and regrouped outside, following their victory on Umbara.
=====Events Prior to Revenge of the Sith=====
Somewhere before the Battle of Coruscant, the 501st Legion was split into two divisions, the 332nd division led by the newly-promoted Commander Rex and former Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano, whom were sent to deal with the crisis on Mandalore, and the remaining forces led by Appo, whom was also promoted to commander. 
===Revenge of the Sith ===
=====Order 66=====
Following the Republic's victory during the Battle of Coruscant, Appo would receive Order 66, and under the leadership of the newly appointed Sith lord, Darth Vader (formerly Anakin Skywalker), Appo and the 501st Legion marched towards the Jedi temple with the Sith lord, massacring all the Jedi within it. Eventually Appo and other clone troopers prevented Alderaanian Senator Bail Organa from entering the Jedi temple, threatening him to leave. However, Jedi Padawan Zett Jukassa ambushed the distracted clone troopers, wounding Appo in the leg and killing several others before being shot down by clone trooper Fox, with Bail Organa successfully managing to escape after witnessing the Padawan's death.
===Appearance ===
Appo, being a genetic clone of Jango Fett, had the same physical characteristics as the standard clone template, standing at 1.83 meters with black hair, brown eyes, and tan skin. He wore Phase II Clone Armor with the standard blue 501st Legion markings. During the Battle of Umbara, he had a white arrow shape on his helmet, although this is not seen again during Revenge of the Sith. He also occasionally wore a blue shoulder pauldron, bandoliers, a black kama and holsters when he was promoted to commander.
=== Personality===
Appo like many clone troopers, was fiercely loyal to the Galactic Republic. Bred solely for war, Appo often followed orders without question, as seen during the Battle of Umbara under General Krell and again during Order 66. Appo did at least have some compassion for his brothers, requesting Krell to help Captain Rex's forces, as well as helping to remove the binders off from Jesse and Fives.
===Abilities===
Like all clone troopers, Appo was born to fight and serve for the Galactic Republic. He wore standard Phase II Clone Armor, and was proficient in a variety of blasters, including the DC-15A blaster rifles and carbines. He also used Thermal Detonators. Appo being a solider, was naturally fit, and being a commander, was also a skilled tactician. 
===Gallery===
File:AppoNoHelmet.webp|Appo without his helmet
File:AppoFullArmor.webp|Appo in his full commander armor
File:Appo1.webp|Appo holding the hologram projector
File:AppoStruck.webp|Appo injured by Padawan Zett Jukassa
==Trivia == 
*Appo was not named during Star War Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, and was only identified in the novelization. However, his first official identification and appearance in canon was during the fourth season and eighth episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, named "The General".
*During the Umbara arc, Appo had a arrow on his helmet, which is a nod to Appa, a character from Avatar: The Last Airbender who also had a similar shaped pattern on his head. Additionally, Dee Bradley Baker had voiced Appa and The Clone Wars supervising director Dave Filoni had previously worked on the show. Appa and Appo even both share very similar names.
** However, this arrow mysteriously disappears during Revenge of the Sith. While this hasn't been explained in-universe, the disappearance of the arrow was most likely due to the fourth season of The Clone Wars being released years after Revenge of the Sith's debut.
*While in canon, his last appearance was in Revenge of the Sith, with his fate being left unknown. In Legends however, Appo had a much more significant role, serving the Galactic Empire and Darth Vader up until his death.
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