Cut Lawquane/Legends

Cut Lawquane was a clone trooper who served in the Galactic Republic's Grand Army. Following the Battle of Geonosis, which sparked the Clone Wars, Lawquane's clone trooper transport was attacked by two Confederate gunships. The gunships fired on the clone transport, which caused it to crash. While most of his team had been injured or killed in the crash, Lawquane deserted the squad, escaping death. After leaving the Grand Army and the war, the former clone trooper met and married a female Twi'lek named Suu. Lawquane became the adoptive father of Suu's two children: a girl named Shaeeah and a boy named Jek. As Lawquane wanted to avoid being detected by the Republic, the family lived on a farm on the planet Saleucami.
However, the war eventually came to Saleucami, when Republic troops were hunting the Confederate General Grievous. While Lawquane was away from the farm delivering his first harvest, the homestead was visited by a squad of clone troopers looking for refuge for their wounded captain, Rex. After returning to the homestead that night, Lawquane invited Rex to join his family inside their homestead. Soon afterward, Shaeeah accidentally activated a series of BX-series droid commandos, who were inside an abandoned escape pod in the farm's nearby field. Lawquane and Rex defeated the droids, and Rex departed Lawquane's farm the next day. Before he left the farm, the clone captain told the former clone trooper that he was not going to turn him in for deserting, allowing Lawquane to live in peace with his family.
==Biography==
===Soldier of the Republic===
Cut Lawquane was the name of a clone trooper who served in the Grand Army of the Republic. Like all clone troopers who were born on the planet Kamino, Lawquane was a clone of the Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett. In 22 BBY, following the Battle of Geonosis — the first battle of the Clone Wars, a galaxy-wide conflict fought between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems — Lawquane and a team of clone troopers were on board a transport. The transport was attacked by two Confederate gunships, which loosed all their ordnance into the clone transport, causing it to crash. Most of Lawquane's team was injured or killed in the crash, and the Separatists that were in the two gunships landed and began to search through the wounded and dead, killing off survivors. Before the Separatists found Lawquane, the trooper ran from the area, knowing that there was no chance of survival if he remained with his comrades.
===Desertion===
Following the crash, the Grand Army of the Republic listed Lawquane as killed or missing in action. In reality, Lawquane had taken the opportunity to slip away to a quieter life. At some point, he met and fell in love with a female Twi'lek named Suu. The two married, and Lawquane became the adoptive father of Suu's two children, a daughter named Shaeeah and a son named Jek. Suu and her children took Cut's surname. Lawquane maintained a life with his new family on the planet Saleucami, where the former clone trooper came to repair and claimStar Wars: The Clone Wars: New Battlefronts: The Visual Guide a farm. Sometime around 21 BBY,Star Wars Annual 2011 Lawquane left the farm to deliver the family's first harvest. Although he wanted to avoid being detected by the Republic, the war came to Saleucami when Republic troops were hunting the Confederate leader, General Grievous. Following an orbital battle, Grievous and his troops landed on the planet's surface in separate escape pods, one of which crashed onto Lawquane's farmland.
===Encounter with Rex===
When a group of clone troopers arrived at Lawquane's farm, they were greeted by Suu, who allowed the clones to use the family's barn as shelter for their Captain, CT-7567 — nicknamed "Rex" — who had been injured when a commando droid shot him with a sniper rifle. Lawquane returned later that night from delivering the harvest to find Rex in his barn. The former clone trooper armed himself with a staff and approached Rex, who appeared unconscious on a flatbed. When the clone captain awoke and attempted to fire his hand blaster at Lawquane, the former clone trooper disarmed him and warily pointed the staff at Rex's neck. After Lawquane began to question why Rex was in his barn, Rex took note of Lawquane's appearance and identified him as a clone. The captain deemed Lawquane a deserter of the Republic and demanded to know his name and number. Lawquane began to debate with Rex, before Suu, Shaeeah, and Jek entered the barn to greet Lawquane. Jek showed Cut a drawing he had made of his father, after which Suu explained to her husband why Rex was in their barn and that he would be staying for the night, which Lawquane happily agreed upon. Cut extended an offer to Rex to eat with his family, and after eager insistence from the two children, the clone captain accepted the offer.
Over a meal of roast Nuna, Lawquane questioned if Rex's use of name instead of his numerical designation made him feel unique among the clone army and if Rex had ever thought about what his life could be outside of it. Rex denied ever giving either topic much thought and asserted that serving as a clone trooper was a personal choice, one in which he found meaning during such an important time in history. The former clone trooper questioned if the captain's beliefs were the result of programming; Rex answered that his beliefs were his own, which Lawquane accepted, reasoning that everyone was entitled to their personal choices. After their meal, the two clones began to play a game of dejarik and started to discuss why Lawquane left the army. The former clone trooper revealed how his transport had crashed after getting shot down by two Confederate gunships, as well as the reasons for his choice to flee the army in the face of certain death. Lawquane also asserted that he was not a coward, despite Rex's belief otherwise, insisting that he loved his family and would fight to his death to keep them safe. Shaeeah then approached her father and asked if she could play outside with her brother. Lawquane agreed, and the two children went outside and began to play in the field. After finding an abandoned escape pod, Shaeeah accidentally activated it, activating a platoon of commando droids in the process. The two children ran from the droids, alerting their parents and Rex to the danger.
After Lawquane used his macrobinoculars to identify the droids, he told Suu and the children to hide in the upper floors of their homestead. The former clone trooper maintained a hidden stash of weaponry inside his home and gave Rex a hand blaster. Lawquane began arming himself with a blaster rifle and a carbine. However, when Rex started suggesting their attack strategy, Lawquane ordered the captain to protect his wife and children, as he would be their last line of defense if something happened to Lawquane. After Rex agreed and departed to the upper floors, Lawquane locked the doors leading into the home and turned off the lights. The droids, however, breached the house after blasting through a door. Utilizing his weapons, as well as recalling his former clone trooper training, Lawquane managed to shoot down many of the droids, but the firefight caused damage to the house. A support beam collapsed onto a table, which caused Lawquane to lose his balance and be lodged under the table. The droids walked past the trapped Lawquane and made their way to the upper floor of the house.
After being warned by Lawquane of the danger, the clone captain fired at the droids, before the floor beneath him collapsed to the main floor of the house. Lawquane freed himself from the table and joined Rex in the ongoing fight. The droids were soon defeated, and Suu, Shaeeah, and Jek reunited with Lawquane. The following day, Rex began to pack his belongings on an eopie. Lawquane told Rex that he was welcome to stay with his family, although the clone captain declined, saying that his family was elsewhere. Before departing the farm, Rex warmly told the family that he was not going to turn Lawquane in, which allowed the former clone trooper to live in peace with his family.
===Legacy===
Lawquane's adopted children survived to adulthood. His story came to the attention of the greater galaxy during the New Republic era with Shaeeah Lawquane's publication of her memoir of her childhood on Saleucami, entitled My Stepfather's Face: A Soldier's Secret.
==Personality and traits==
Cut Lawquane could not find his place within the Clone Wars and had a difficult time accepting the fact that he was trained to kill for a living. Memories of the life-changing situation on Geonosis, as well as his squad crashing, haunted him. Lawquane called himself a simple farmer living his own individual life. While Rex deemed Lawquane a deserter of the Republic, Lawquane simply believed he was exercising his right to choose not to kill for a living. Lawquane believed that clones were individuals; distinguishing themselves by having a name would make them unique. Lawquane did not support Rex's comment when the clone captain told him he had sworn an oath to fight for the Republic; instead, he stood by his beliefs. A skilled fighter, Lawquane used various combat tactics to fight off the invading commando droids, and even used his old clone trooper training. He loved his adopted children and would do anything he could to keep them safe from harm. The former clone trooper was also a caring man, as he never turned away from those in need. Lawquane believed in the saying, "To each, his own," meaning that an individual could do anything with their life.
==Behind the scenes==
Cut Lawquane was first briefly mentioned in the Star Wars Insider 114 article, Bringing Back the Bounty!. He would later make his debut in "The Deserter," the tenth episode in the second season of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series, which aired on January 1, 2010. Like all clones in the show, Lawquane was voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.
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Category:Clone troopers
Category:Farmers
Category:Galactic Republic deserters
Category:Males
Category:Saleucamians