Echo (Star Wars)

CT-1409 (nicknamed “Echo”) is a supporting character in the 2008-2020 animated series and one of the three titular tritagonists (alongside Tech and Crosshair) of its 2021 spin-off/sequel series . 
He is a soldier of the 501st Legion, the last surviving member of Domino Squad, and a member of Clone Force 99.
He is voiced by , who also voices all of the other clone troopers in Star Wars animated media.
==Personality==
He had a tendency to repeat his orders to his teammates during their trials, regardless of if they actually heard them in the first place. Shaak Ti commented that his main flaw was that he never adapted to the situation, though after gaining more experience, he shows noticeable improvement in this respect.
After his rescue on Skako Minor, Echo remained loyal to the Republic and Rex. However, his personality had changed compared to before. He no longer repeated orders, but continued to criticize the situation or the plans of his new teammates if he didn't agree with them. He also spoke more candidly, openly expressing his personal views like his contempt for the Empire, his skepticism for the mercenary life or that Wrecker might miss Crosshair after he is shot.
Ever since he had participated in the Clone Wars, Echo had a decidely negative opinion of the Separatists, especially after his accident at the Citadel and subsequent torture at the hands of Wat Tambor. During a rescue mission to Raxus, Echo wasn't comfortable rescuing a Separatist senator or working alongside a Separatist droid throughout the mission. When he saw that Senator Singh was torn at having to leave his beloved people, the clone finally let go of his old grudge and encouraged Singh to continue the fight.
What has not changed about Echo is undoubtedly his friendship with Rex, whom he continued to hold in high esteem during the Imperial Age. He even thought that joining Rex's cause was what the Bad Batch should have done, adding that they are soldiers and nothing else. This shows that even since his last days as a junior, Echo still has difficulty adjusting to the situation.
In addition to his friendship with Rex, other things that haven't changed about Echo before and after his near death experience and capture by the Techno Union are his all-around values, namely his bravery, ingenuity and loyalty to his squadmates, as well as his strong sense of right and wrong and dedication to the values of the late Republic. Thanks to his inhibitor chip not working as a result of what the Techno Union did to him, he didn't participate in Order 66 along with the rest of his Bad Batch and was utterly appalled at witnessing the death of Depa Billaba on Kaller at the hands of the clone troopers under her command, not being able to comprehend how they could turn on her so suddenly after fighting alongside her for years. His negative view of the newly formed Empire was solidified after he and the rest of the Bad Batch are sent on a mission by Tarkin to deal with "insurgents" only to find out they were being manipulated into killing innocent civilians. This made him one of the most onboard with Hunter with regards to the idea of defecting from the Empire. 
He also shows a strong sense of honor and responsibility, being the most vocal of the group with regards to helping out other clones who have defected from the Empire and others who used to be allies of the Republic, like the Wookies, when they're able to. This dedication to standing up the Empire and helping his clone brothers as opposed to trying to stay off the former's radar as much as possible (which is what Hunter is mostly concerned with for their collective safety) eventually leads him to taking some time away from his squad and Omega to help Rex in his efforts to help the other clones, but he still keeps in touch with the others during this time and eventually rejoins them sometime later on Pabu after they've integrated into the community there.
==Skills & Abilities==
*Military Training: Trained since his creation on Kamino to be a soldier, Echo later went through Advance Recon Commando training, gaining excellent skill in close quarters combat, marksmanship, and battle strategy.
*Cyber Enhancements: Since losing half of his right arm and legs, Echo was given cybernetic legs and has had a socket-arm that he uses either to hack computers or as a weapon like a drill against droids, eventually damaging their metal structure.
==History==
He, Fives, Hevy, Cutup and Droidbait were members of Domino Squad; a fireteam that was on the verge of being decommissioned on account of their constant failures in their training exercises. However, after being given an extra chance to complete their final test, they managed to put their differences aside, come together and utilize their individual strengths to pass it, allowing them all to graduate from the clone training center.
After this, his squad's first mission was to guard the Rishi Station moon base, and although it was extremely quiet for the first little while, they eventually got attacked by Separatist forces as part of a plan by General Grievous to attack Kamino. During the attack, Droidbait and Cutup were killed, but he, Fives and Hevy met up with Captain Rex and Commander Cody, who formulated a plan to take back the base and had some success in doing so. Later on, however, Hevy sacrificed himself by blowing up the base to warn the Republic fleet about Grievous' attempted invasion. In the aftermath, he and Fives were given medals and commended for their bravery by Captain Rex, who also decided to bring them into the 501st Legion. Later on in the Clone Wars, he and Fives helped defend Tipoca City when Separatists forces attacked it in an attempt to destroy their cloning facilities. Once again teaming up with Rex and Commander Cody, they played a big part in successfully repelling the attack along with some child soldiers and 99, an older and more fragile clone who acted as a sort of mentor to the Domino Squad and sacrificed his life during the attack, which the rest of them mourned. Due to their success, he and Fives were promoted to the the prestigious rank of ARC troopers. 
Later on, due to their ranking, Echo and Fives were recruited to participate in the Battle of Lola Sayu, also known as the Citadel rescue mission, where along with some Jedi and other highly ranked clone troopers, they had to infiltrate a highly fortified Separatist prison on Lola Sayu to rescue Jedi Master Even Piell, Captain Wilhuff Tarkin and their clone forces. Though he managed to make it a decent way through the mission, during their escape, Echo was thought to have been killed when he tried to defend their shuttle from a commando droid that was trying to destroy it with a laser turret, but the droid managed to blow it up, with Echo seemingly caught in the explosion, much to Fives' sorrow. However, it is revealed much later that he survived (though he did lose his right arm and legs) and was taken prisoner by the Separatists, who converted him into a cyborg, and he was sold to Wat Tambor, the head of the Techno Union, who forcefully accessed his knowledge of strategic Republic algorithms to help the Separatists repel all of the Republic's efforts to repel them in the Battle of Anaxas. However, he was rescued by Rex and Clone Force 99 on Skako Minor thanks to the former discovering he was indeed alive and leading them in a rescue mission, and Echo decided to join the latter after helping save Anaxes from falling to Separatist control, showing he was still loyal to the Republic despite being forced to be a pawn of the Separatists for so long. 
Shortly after his rescue, Echo and the Bad Batch were dispatched to Kaller to assist Jedi General Depa Billaba and her padawan Caleb Dume. On their own, they wiped out the droid forces overwhelming Billaba's forces with their creative and unorthodox methods. After the development of the potential end of the war by the decisive confrontation between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Grievous on Utapau, the Bad Batch got the green light by Billaba to manage the last bastion of local droids in their own way accompanied by Caleb. Sadly, Echo and his teammates halted their progress when they saw their own brothers-in-arms suddenly attack and kill Billaba after Darth Sidious issued Order 66. After Caleb fled into the forest in a shocked panic, Echo was still confused at what had just happened even after Tech revealed the existence of Order 66, which the Bad Batch didn't know the meaning of. While Hunter and Crosshair pursued Caleb, Echo and Tech interrogated Captain Gray and discovered that Order 66 is an order to exterminate all Jedi for treason. 
Later, the team returns to Kamino to learn of the end of the war while noticing that the clones are behaving strangely. Back in their quarters, Echo is outraged that Billaba's clones could have turned on her so coldly after years under her command. Tech then informs his comrades that the clones were actually programmed from birth to obey blindly without question, but that their genetic mutations made them technically immune while the severe damage Echo suffered wiped out all programming along with gaining cybernetic enhancements makes Echo immune. The team then witnessed a speech by now Emperor Palpatine about the Republic's transformation into the Galactic Empire, much to Echo's disgust.
After the speech, the Bad Batch met Omega, a young girl serving as medical aid to Nala Se who has a deep admiration for them because of their deviant nature. During a mess in the dining hall caused by Omega and Wrecker, Echo notices Admiral Tarkin, the same man he had gone to rescue at the Citadel on the day of his accident, observing the incident before the clone got hit with a plateau and knocked unconscious. Waking up in the infirmary, Echo informs his teammates of Tarkin's presence on Kamino, especially noting that he's not someone who likes clones. The team is then called to the training center to be evaluated by Tarkin in person. Training takes a turn for the worse when Tarkin brings up live-fire droids, but the Clones win anyway. Caring more about loyalty than skill, Tarkin sends Clone Force 99 to Onderon to supposedly eliminate Separatist insurgents.
Once on Onderon, they find the insurgent camp, but Echo notices that something is wrong when he notices the presence of children. They are suddenly ambushed by armed Onderonian who bring them in front of Saw Gerrera, where Echo realizes that all these people are not insurgents, but veterans of the Republic. Gerrera explains to the clones that he refuses imperial domination, while exposing the lies of which the Empire is capable. After the rebel leader let them go, advising them to adapt and survive or die with the past, Echo quickly challenged Crosshair's insane loyalty to the Empire despite the evidence that the refugees were innocent, unaware that Order 66 was partially affecting him. Hunter then destroys a Probe Droid that Tarkin sent to spy on them, making him realize that Omega's warning was valid and decides to retrieve her after Tech reveals that Omega is an enhanced clone like them.
Upon their return, they are arrested and accused of treason by Tarkin. With Omega's help, the Bad Batch manage to escape their cell and return to the hangar where all their equipment is stored. Sadly, they come face to face with the Shock Troopers and Crosshair, whose chip effects were amplified by Tarkin to make him completely loyal to the Empire. After exchanges of gunfire and Wrecker gets injured by their former teammate, the four clones manage to escape Kamino with Omega on board.
==Star Wars: The Clone Wars==
Echo starts off as a cadet assigned to Domino Squad, consisting of himself, Hevy, Cutup, Droidbait and Fives. Although he initially quarreled with them, he eventually was able to get along and become good friends with them. Then they were stationed on the Rishi Moon Outpost, where Echo lost Hevy, Cutup and Droidbait, as well as the Sergeant O'Niner and other clone troopers CT-327 and Nub, when it was attacked by Separatist forces. After that, Echo and Fives, the only surviving members, were absorbed into the 501st by Captain Rex and Commander Cody.
He was assigned again to defend Kamino where he gave a speech of encouragement alongside Fives to the cadets there and defends Tipoca City from Separatist forces. Due to his bravery, he was promoted to an ARC Trooper.
Next, he was a part of the Strike team consisting of himself, Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka Tano, R2-D2, Cody, Rex, Fives, Charger, Longshot, and some more clones. The strike team was assigned to go to Lola Sayu to rescue Jedi Master Even Piell and Admiral Tarkin from the Citadel warden Osi Sobeck. However, Echo was missing in action when he tries to go back onto the ship they were on but then was caught in an explosion (in the Legends continuity, his story ends here).
Unbeknownst to everybody, Wat Tambor captured him and turns him into a cyborg, where he used Rex's battle strategy algorithm, which was known to only by him, Rex and Fives, against the Republic and giving the Separatists victories. However, after Rex hears a distress signal, he, Anakin and Clone Force 99 go and rescue him from the Techno Union, where he gives the Republic a victory in the Battle of Anaxes. Then he joins Clone Force 99 after realizing that he's no longer a regular clone.
==Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 1==
When Order 66 was activated during the Battle of Kaller, he refused to follow it due to his cybernetic enhancements and eventually defected from the new Galactic Empire that replaced the Republic. Clone Force 99 left Kamino with a young unaltered female clone named Omega but had to leave Crosshair behind since he was the only member in the group to obey Order 66 and as a result, had his chip effects increased.
After stopping at Saleucami and being told by fellow clone trooper Cut Lawquane about the chips, Tech and Echo steal chain codes so that he and his family can book a transport off-world. However, their ship was damaged on Saleucami and they had to stop to repair the ship. After stopping at Pantora, Hunter has Echo disguise as a protocol droid so that they can borrow the droids from a civilian to modify their ship so that they can't be seen by the Empire. Echo then tells them of a Jedi informant named Cid for information on the bounty hunter that captured Omega, Fennec Shand, but to get it, they have to rescue Jabba's rancor Muchi. In another mission, Clone Force 99 try to steal a Separatist tactical droid head for battle intel, but then get into conflicts with Trace and Rafa Martez before making peace with them. After that, Rex enters the scene and gets rid of all of their inhibitor chips when Wrecker's was activated. However, they were seen by Scrappers nearby and Imperial forces entered the scene to capture them. Omega was captured by bounty hunter Cad Bane and they eventually rescue her.
Echo, however, was skeptical about the next mission, where they have to save Senator Avi Singh and his protocol droid GS-8 from the Separatist planet Raxus, because he hated Separatists for all they have done. However, he later realized that Avi Singh is a kind senator and realizes that not all Separatists are bad.
They had two missions on Ryloth, one where they had to give Cham Syndulla and his family supplies, and another where they had to rescue them after Crosshair framed them for killing greedy Senator Orn Free Taa. After that, Roland Durand took control of Cid's parlor and they had to get it back. They also rescued a clone commando named Gregor, but then have to save Hunter from Crosshair when he fell off the ship. Around this time, their home Tipoca City was destroyed and they teamed up with Crosshair to escape the wreckage. However, Crosshair still refused to rejoin his brothers, so they left him.
==Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 2==
Months later, they go on a mission to get gold from Count Dooku's treasure chest on Serenno, but they fail when Captain Wilco and his forces ambushed them. When Omega was clinging onto the gold, Echo told her to leave it, even though it would get them all better lives. Then, while he was on a mission to get nerf nuggets with Hunter, the rest of the Batch was warned that Cid will one day betray them. Cid's friend Phee Genoa takes them for treasure hunting, but then they accidentally awakened a beast in the process and they must shut him down. Some time later, Clone Force 99 tries to find a new job, but they end up having to save a Jedi youngling and defend Kashyyyk from Trandoshans in the process.
Finally, after Clone Force 99 was called back into action to help Rex, Riyo Chuchi and Bail Organa expose Vice Admiral Rampart for destroying Kamino, Echo decides to leave the group to help Rex.
However, he ends up helping them again to inform them on Pabu that the Imperial Science Division captured many clones with Crosshair being one of them and they go on a mission to go rescue him, which ended up with the presumed death of Tech. The entire squad sustained many injuries and had to go back to Cid's parlor so that AZI can take care of them. However, Cid then betrays the Batch and Dr. Royce Hemlock successfully captures Omega. Echo vows to not stop searching for Omega until she is found.
==Relationships==
===Family===
====Both Canon and Legends====
*Jango Fett - Genetic Template
*Clone Troopers - Fellow Creations and Brothers
*Boba Fett - Fellow Creation and Brother
====Exclusive to Canon====
*Omega - Fellow Creation, Sister and Former Teammate
===Friends/Allies===
====Both Canon and Legends====
*Bric - Former Superior and Temporary Enemy
*El-Les - Former Superior
*Clone Troopers - Brothers
**Domino Squad - Former Teammates
***Hevy
***Cutup
***Droidbait
***Fives - Best Friend
**99
**Bravo Squad - Rivals
**ARC Troopers
***Havoc
***Colt
***Blitz
**O'Niner
** Nub
**CT-327
**501st Legion 
***Rex
***Jesse
**Cody
**Clone Force 99 - Teammates
***Hunter
***Wrecker
***Tech - Deceased
***Crosshair
**Grey
**Cut Lawquane
**Howzer - Temporary Enemy
**Gregor
*Jedi Order 
**Anakin Skywalker
**Obi-Wan Kenobi
**Ahsoka Tano
**Mace Windu
*AZI-3
*Gonky - Droid
*Saw Gerrera
*Cut Lawquane's Family
**Suu Lawquane
**Jek Lawquane
**Shaeeah Lawquane
*Trace and Rafa Martez - Temporary Enemies
*Bolo
*Ketch
*Avi Singh
*GS-8
*Cham Syndulla
*Eleni Syndulla
*Gobi Glie
*Hera Syndulla
*Phee Genoa
*Romar Adell
*Wookiees
**Gungi
**Chewbacca
*Imperial Senate
**Riyo Chuchi
**Bail Organa
===Enemies===
*Separatists
**Battle Droids
**Osi Sobeck - Attempted Killer and Captor
**Admiral Trench
**Techno Union - Captors
***Wat Tambor
*Depa Billaba - Former Ally
*Kanan Jarrus - Former Ally
*Galactic Empire
**Emperor Palpatine
**Grand Moff Tarkin - Former Ally
**Vice Admiral Rampart - Situational Ally
**Bragg
**Clone Stormtroopers - Brothers and Situational Enemies
***Wilco - Attempted Killer
*Nala Se - Creator and Former Ally
*Lama Su - Former Ally
*Fennec Shand
*Cid - Former Employer
*Zygerrian Slavers
*Scrapper Guild
*Elite Squad
**ES-01
**ES-02
**ES-03
**ES-04
*Cad Bane - Attempted Killer and Attempted Victim
*Todo 360
*Roland Durand
*Pykes
==Gallery==
Clone Trooper Echo.jpg
Star Wars Clone Trooper Echo Season 3.jpeg
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Bad Batch Witness.jpg|The Bad Batch witnesses the activation of Order 66.
BB-Wrecker remarking Palpatine's deformity.jpg|Echo with Wrecker as they listen to a broadcast of Chancellor Palpatine's speech.
BB-Echo's reaction on the formation of Galactic Empire.jpg|Echo surprised when Palpatine demolishes the Republic, transforming it into a Galactic Empire.
Admiral Tarkin talks to Hunter, Tech and Echo (Ep. 01).jpg|Echo, Tech and Hunter being addressed by Admiral Tarkin.
Echo and Tech (Ep. 15 Hunter moves).jpeg
Echo The Bad Batch Season 2.jpg
Saw Gerrera speaking to the Bad Batch (Season 1).png|
Echo and Wookiee (Tribe).jpg|
The Bad Batch was late (Plan 99).jpg|
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==Trivia==
*In the Legends universe, Echo's story followed roughly the same path until the Citadel event where although Echo survived and became a cyborg in the Canon continuity, he did not survive in the Legends version.
==External Links==
*Echo on the Pure Good Wiki 
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