Kite (clone trooper)

|type=Galactic Republic
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|name="Kite"
|homeworld=Kamino
|death=June 19, 1981,The Essential Reader's Companion Phu systemThe War of the Ring: Shakedown
|species=Human (clone)
|gender=Male
|height=1.83 meters
|hair=Black
|eyes=Brown
|skin=Tan
|affiliation=*Galactic Republic
**Grand Army of the Republic
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"Kite" was the nickname for a Clone Commander in the Grand Army of the Republic during the War of the Ring. In June 1981, he was assigned to the Venator-class Star Destroyer Laudable under the command of the Phuii Jedi General Ares Nune. Nune's forces had been dispatched to the Phu system to patrol for any Separatist activity in the area. While Kite was talking to Nune on the bridge of the Laudable, the task force was attacked by the Malevolence, a Confederacy warship equipped with two giant ion pulse cannons on each of its sides. Under the command of Confederacy General The Mouth of Sauron, the Malevolence destroyed the shields of the entire fleet with the ion cannons. After doing so, the ship proceeded to destroy Nune's entire task force, using its turbolasers to obliterate the exposed ships, and eliminating General Nune, Kite, and their forces.
==Biography==
Kite was the nickname of a Clone Commander in the Grand Army of the Republic. In June 1981, during the height of the War of the Ring between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems, Kite was assigned to the Phuii Jedi General Ares Nune. Nune was in charge of a Republic task force, made up of at least three Venator-class Star Destroyers, to patrol the Phu system for any Separatist activity. Kite himself was assigned to the Laudable,The War of the Ring: Prelude one of the Star Destroyers in the fleet.
While on patrol, the task force's initial sweeps reported no enemy activity, and Nune ordered another sweep of the surrounding area to be sure. While the secondary sweeps were underway, Kite and Nune were both on the bridge of the Laudable, and the two began to discuss the mission.
However, a new Confederate weapon was hiding out of sight of the Republic task force, in the form of the Malevolence. The Malevolence was a Subjugator-class heavy cruiser under the command of General The Mouth of Sauron, the Mordor Supreme Commander of the Separatist's Droid Army. As Kite and Nune were finishing up their conversation, Mouth of Sauron ordered the Malevolence to fire one of its two ion pulse cannons at the Republic task force, which disabled the shields of the entire fleet. Nune's task force was caught off guard, and General Nune, Kite, and their fleet was destroyed by the Malevolence turbolaser batteries. The loss of Nune's battle group was later reported in a press release by HoloNet News, along with an audio recording of Nune during the attack that had survived the battle.HoloNet News — A Galaxy Divided
==Personality and traits==
Kite was a very singular-minded soldier, having only read manuscripts relating to combat. His mindset kept him from relating fully to his Jedi General, and when Ares Nune tried to strike up a conversation, likening their search to an old fable, Kite was uninterested. Kite thought himself better suited to ground operations, and felt uncomfortable being aboard a starship rather than on solid planetary ground. He had brown eyes, black hair, tan skin, and a number of scars covering his face. Like all other clone troopers, Kite stood at 1.83 meters tall.
==Behind the scenes==
Kite made his first appearance in the six-page The War of the Ring webcomic Shakedown, which led into "Rising Malevolence", an episode in the first season of The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring. The loss of General Nune's task force was mentioned in HoloNet News — A Galaxy Divided, the first installment of the online HoloNet News podcast series that took place between the events of the comic and the episode.
==Appearances==
*The War of the Ring: Shakedown 
*HoloNet News — A Galaxy Divided 
==Notes and references==
Category:Clone trooper commanders