CC-7567, more commonly known as Rex, was a Clone Lieutenant and later Captain who served under Anakin Skywalker and, to a lesser extent, Obi-Wan Kenobi during the Clone Wars. After the death of Captain CC-77, also known as Fordo, on Yavin IV, Rex led a successful mission to rescue several Jedi trapped on Hypori from the clutches of the vicious cyborg General Grievous. Because of his success, Rex replaced Fordo as Captain of the 501st legion of clones and continued to fight alongside Skywalker and his Padawan Ahsoka Tano during the Clone Wars.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Like all Clones, CC-7567 was cloned from the legendary Bounty Hunter Jango Fett and was raised and trained on Kamino. He proved himself to be very talented in combat and became the Clone Lieutenant of the Torrent Company, in the 501st legion, under Captain Fordo. Like many clones, Rex fought during the Battle of Geonosis and survived.
Battle of Muunulinst[]
Under the command of Fordo, Rex was one of the small group of clones that went into the city on Muunulinst while Obi-Wan Kenobi and his troops engaged the droids outside the city. The squads objective was to make their way to the headquarters of Banking Clan leader San Hill, independently from the rest of Kenobi's forces; they would rendezvous with Kenobi there.
However, their gunship was shot down by a missile launcher-wielding battle droid, and the gunship crashed into a street. After taking out surrounding droid snipers, taking one casualty in the process, the troops found they were cut off from their original drop zone, but still made their way to the enemy command center. Along the way, they faced off against an Armored Assault Tank, which they successfully destroyed.
After reaching the Separatist command center, the squad eliminated surrounding droids and proceeded to lay explosive charges on a large cannon that was bombarding the Republic forces. Once the cannon was destroyed, they rappeled up to the roof of the command center to await Kenobi. The destruction of the artillery gun contributed to CIS commander San Hill's scare about the battle, as he now believed that the Republic artillery reached far enough into the city to blow up the cannon.
Rex, Fordo and the rest of the squad met up with Obi-Wan after the Jedi Master, defeated the Confederacy forces in a mass joust, during which Obi-Wan slew the bounty hunter Cydon Prax. Rex, Kenobi, Fordo and the other droids quickly eliminated the droids and arrested the Muun leaders only to discover that the Muun in charge of it all, San Hill, had escaped while the droids distracted the Republic forces, and locked his Muun allies inside the room.
Rex was not among the clones sent to Yavin IV after Anakin Skywalker got into a dogfight with a mysterious, Force using enemy. This was lucky because if he had gone the assailant, Asajj Ventress, would almost certainly have killed him as she did the rest of the clones, including Fordo.
Rescue on Hypori[]
When Anakin returned and told an angry Obi-Wan that every clone that had gone after him was killed, they received a transmission from Jedi Master Daakman Barrek, who needed immediate evacuation from Hypori. Since Fordo was dead, Obi-Wan sent Rex and a squad of clones to rescue the Jedi trapped on Hypori.
Rex and his troops arrived inside the remains of a ruined Republic cruiser just as General Grievous disarmed Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi and fired upon the surprised cyborg. While most of the clones distracted Grievous, two of the others retrieved the injured Aayla Secura and Shaak Ti. Grievous slew a few clones but Rex and the other survivors managed to get, Ki-Adi, Aayla and Shaak safely away from Hypori and all three Jedi made full recoveries. Because his mission had been a success, Rex was promoted to the rank of Captain.
Battle of Ohma D'un[]
A couple of weeks later, Rex accompanied Anakin, Obi-Wan Zule Xiss and Glaive to Ohma D'un during which they encountered Asajj Ventress and the bounty hunter Rum Sleg. During the battle against, Ventress, Sleg and their droids, Glaive was beheaded by Ventress and Xiss was stabbed in the back by Sleg. Rex shot Sleg in the leg in retaliation and another clone, Denal, knocked out the bounty hunter with his rifle. While Anakin and Obi-Wan battled Ventress, Rex and Denal checked on Xiss who was surprised that they were trying to help her as she saw clones as little more than droids. Meanwhile Anakin and Obi-Wan forced Ventress to retreat.
Captured by Asajj Ventress[]
Rex later fought on Jabiim. The initial days of the assault saw victory after victory for the Republic, but, as the rain continued to pour, their assault vehicles became bogged down in the mud and became an easy target for the Jabiimi guerrillas. As Republic casualties mounted, the rebels, their forces now bolstered with the addition of Separatist battle droids, stepped up their attacks. The Republic was dealt its greatest blow with the apparent death of Obi-Wan and Rex while they were clearing out a downed All Terrain Armored Transport.
Neither Obi-Wan nor Rex, however, died in the explosion that supposedly took their lives. In truth, they fell into Separatist custody and were transferred to a secret prison on Rattatak. Once there, Asajj Ventress, the dark Jedi from Ohma-D'un, tried to beat and torture the two of them into revealing information regarding Republic troop movements. Before she got the information she wanted, however, the two of them escaped under the guise of a prison break. Having fought their way off Rattatak and away from Ventress with the help of Anakin and Master Ki-Adi-Mundi, the two found their way back to the Republic and to the Grand Army.
Battle of Christophsis[]
After the CIS invaded the planet of Christophsis, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Commander Cody and Rex arrived on the planet to assist the planet's inhabitants. However, after a failed ambush on the Confederacy, the Jedi suspected that there was a traitor in their midst, and the Jedi left to scout behind enemy lines, while Rex and Cody stayed to find and apprehend the traitor. An impending investigation revealed that Sergeant Slick himself was the traitor, and after he severely damaged their weapons depot, Rex and Cody apprehended the traitor in a brawl, and he was taken to lock-up.
When the droids attacked the next day, Rex led Torrent Company with Skywalker to destroy advancing tri-droids. After the enemy retreated again due to the Republic's heavy artillery, Skywalker and Kenobi's new Padawans, Ahsoka Tano and Tom Norton, arrived in place of the expected reinforcements. Rex was a little perplexed, as Skywalker had stated that he would never have a Padawan.
Rex was the first to notice that the Confederacy had deployed a deflector shield, which would make the Republic's long-ranged artillery useless. After some planning, Rex and his troops held the line, and as a distraction strategy, Kenobi and Norton "negotiated" with Confederacy General Whorm Loathsom for the surrender of the Republic forces. Meanwhile, Skywalker and Tano infiltrated the enemy lines to disable the shield generator. Once the shield was down, Rex ordered their cannons to quickly finish off the enemy advances. Grand Master Yoda arrived with reinforcement troops, and Rex had a gunship retrieve Anakin and Ahsoka.
Battle of Teth[]
After a meeting with Yoda, Anakin and Ahsoka were given the mission to rescue Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure's son, in order to win the crime lord's favor for access to space lanes through Hutt Space. Rex accompanied the Jedi to the planet Teth. Tracking the Huttlet to a cliff-high monastery, the Republic forces were forced to commence a vertical assault to enter the monastery. They were successful, but half of Torrent Company was lost on the way up.
Skywalker and Tano rescued the Huttlet while Rex and his men secured the monastery. The arrival of more Confederacy battle droids forced the Republic forces to barricade themselves inside the monastery. Skywalker and Tano left to find a rear exit to search for medical attention for the ill Huttlet, while Rex stayed to command the forces. Once the droid army entered, a few of the troopers were killed, however Rex feigned death to spy on the commander of the droid forces, Dark Acolyte Asajj Ventress. Rex attempted to shoot the Dark Jedi, but she pulled his blaster out of his hand with the Force and choked him. Ventress demanded Skywalker's location, which Rex refused to give, and she employed a mind trick to force Rex to contact the Jedi. Rex resisted the mind trick but pretended to submit to it so that Ventress wouldn't kill him and contacted Skywalker. However he addressed him as his first name, "Anakin," instead of his usual "General Skywalker", which warned the Jedi that something was wrong. Ventress, ignorant of the fact that Rex had resisted her mind trick, left to confront the Jedi herself, while the battle droids held the six surviving clones captive.
Rex and the other remaining troops broke free of their captors, stole their weapons, and used a fallen AT-TE for cover as they reignited the battle with the droids. Skywalker and Tano escaped the monastery, and found an aged freighter, using it to head back toward the courtyard. However, because of their assignment to safely return the Huttlet to his father, Skywalker and Tano were forced to find medical attention for the Huttlet, and were unable able to give Rex assistance, which he understood. General Kenobi, Commander Norton and the 212th Attack Battalion soon arrived to reinforce Rex and his men, and the Republic forces were able to defeat the Separatists.
Battle of Bothawui[]
Rex: “With pleasure, sir!”
―Ahsoka and Rex before the Republic's ambush on Bothawui
Rex was later stationed with General Skywalker and Commander Tano to protect the planet Bothawui. General Grievous and his Confederacy fleet headed to attack Skywalker and his fleet of three Venator-class cruisers, including his flagship, the Resolute. General Kenobi contacted Skywalker, advising him to retreat; however, Skywalker planned to stay and fight.
Skywalker dispatched Rex to command a brigade of AT-TE walkers from several asteroids, aiming to trap Grievous once the general arrived. Grievous' fleet of several separatist cruisers easily fell into Skywalker's trap, and the cyborg general fled aboard his fighter as his fleet was ripped apart from both in front and behind. Skywalker pursued Grievous in his own fighter, along with his astromech droid, R2-D2. Skywalker's ship was damaged by flying debris, and Rex managed to save him. However, when Skywalker awoke in the medbay of the Resolute, he discovered that Artoo had gone missing.
Skywalker and Tano left aboard the Twilight to search for Artoo aboard a nearby scavenging ship, but were unaware that the ship's captain, Trandoshan scavenger Gha Nachkt, had already pilfered the droid and promised him to Grievous. After they returned, Skywalker left with replacement droid R3-S6 in his fighter to scout ahead for a Confederacy listening post. However, the droid "accidentally" activated the fighter's tracking beacon, and Tano and Rex hurriedly gathered a squad of troopers and departed aboard the Twilight to assist Skywalker. Arriving out of hyperspace, they arrived in time to save Skywalker from two Munificent frigates under Grievous' command, and escaped out of the system.
Mission to Skytop Station[]
The Twilight received a message from R2-D2, and Rex and the clones were able to track the signal. On Skywalker's order, the group headed to the location of the transmission—Skytop Station, the Confederacy listening post that the Republic had been searching for. Upon entering the station, Skywalker left to search for Artoo, while Ahsoka, Rex, Sergeant Denal and the four other clone troopers were to plant explosives around the station.
R3 pretended to try and open a door protected by a ray shield, but two patrols of battle droids arrived, and Tano and the clones were caught in a crossfire. Rex utilized several EMP grenades, and the droids were immobilized. However, General Grievous himself appeared, and knocked Ahsoka aside before attacking the clones. Rex and Denal were knocked unconscious, and the other clones were killed. Grievous attempted to deal a death blow to the unconscious Rex; however, a revived Ahsoka quickly stopped Grievous' blow with her own lightsaber. She then engaged the cyborg general alone, allowing the clones to complete the mission. Upon revival, Rex reported their losses to Tano, and also protested to her intention of engaging Grievous alone, but complied when she gave a direct order.
Rex and Denal arrived in the hangar bay and rendezvoused with the Twilight, Skywalker and R3-S6. Skywalker had rescued Artoo, but was alarmed when he learned that Tano had engaged Grievous alone. As the group attempted to find and assist Tano, R3 revealed his true allegiances—to the Confederacy—and sealed the group inside the hangar, and also activated several Vulture droids. Super battle droids arrived, and Skywalker and the clones took cover behind several crates. Skywalker ordered Rex to trigger the explosives, and Rex complied. Tano soon arrived, and Rex noticed several fuel cells next to the crates. Skywalker hurtled one at the droids with the Force. Rex placed a well-aimed shot on the crate, and it exploded, destroying the droids. Artoo was able to open the door from a set of outer controls, as well as destroy R3-S6 in a duel, and after the Republic forces departed aboard the Twilight, Skywalker went to retrieve the droid in his fighter.
Battle of Orto Plutonia[]
Rex went with Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Tom Norton to Orto Plutonia to investigate the destruction of a clone security base. After war was declared between the local Talz and the Pantoran dignitaries, specifically the arrogant Chairman Chi Cho, Rex and Tom were ordered to protect Chairman Cho at all costs. The Chairman then ordered Rex to attack the Talz when they approached them, but Rex stated that they were only there to protect him. However, he was forced to attack when the Talz attacked them, riding Narglatch, and the Chairman was severely injured. Rex carried him to safety, holding off the attacking Talz until the arrival of the Jedi and Senator Riyo Chuchi. Chairman Cho died from the injury, and Senator Chuchi established a peace treaty with the Talz.
Battle of Quell[]
Later, Rex participated in assisting Skywalker and Tano rescue Jedi General Aayla Secura, whose forces were on the verge of defeat by Confederacy forces. Skywalker and his forces arrived in the Resolute, and used several gunships to land on Secura's cruiser, the Liberty. However, after Skywalker went on ahead, Tano and Rex's gunship was attacked by one of the Confederacy rocket droids, and they were forced to crash-land on the cruiser. Tano, Rex and their forces met up with Skywalker, Secura and Commander Bly, and proceeded to escape the cruiser via a Republic frigate. However, a raging inferno caused by increased laser fire passed through the ship, and Skywalker sacrificed himself to save the others. Tano and Secura were able to bring the Jedi Knight aboard the frigate, but as they attempted to dock with the Resolute, an attack by Vulture droids engaged the frigate's hyperdrive, sending the frigate into hyperspace. The group narrowly avoided hitting a star, but crash-landed on Maridun.
Stranded on Maridun[]
Rex stayed to guard an injured Skywalker, while Tano, Secura and the rest of the clones left to find help. Skywalker awoke, and Rex was attacked by a mastiff phalone—a birdlike, carnivorous creature native to the planet. Rex was able to fend the creature off with blaster fire, but after morning arrived, three more of the creatures returned. Despite his injuries, Skywalker insisted on fighting, and Rex incapacitated one of the creatures with a laser shot. Rex was knocked aside, and the return of Ahsoka, Bly and Wag Too—a healer from the Lurmen colony on the planet—saved his life. Rex and Ahsoka helped Wag Too tie up the last creature, and the group returned to the colony with him, taking the injured Skywalker on a stretcher.
While Skywalker had his injuries healed by the Lurmen, Rex noticed an incoming Confederacy C-9979 landing craft. Not wanting to let the Lurmen suffer for their presence, the Republic forces decided to hide, and Rex and Bly assisted the still-injured Skywalker in their escape. A Confederacy recon droid came upon the group, and Tano, Rex and Bly chased the droid down before Secura impaled it. From a tree, the group noticed that the Confederacy forces had set up their base—and had brought a shuttle, which the Republic forces intended to steal to escape the planet. However, Skywalker noticed that the Confederacy general, Neimoidian Lok Durd, was testing a new weapon, and Rex and Bly ventured closer to investigate. The weapon fired a missile, which, upon landing, exploded and began to obliterate all forms of life within range. Unnoticed, Rex and Bly narrowly escaped, and the Jedi and the clones noticed that the Confederacy forces were heading back toward the Lurmen colony, the only possible reason being to test the weapon on the colony itself. Rex fought alongside the Jedi and Commander Bly to protect the Lurmen's village.
Battle of Ryloth[]
After Techno Union leader Wat Tambor gained control of Ryloth and its inhabitants, Rex was sent with Anakin, Ahsoka and Admiral Yularen to destroy the blockade and clear a way for the invasion forces to land. Unfortunately, after Ahsoka led a squadron of fighters, Separatist reinforcements arrived, and she disobeyed a direct order to retreat and aid the cruisers. The Resolute was damaged, and Admiral Yularen was severely injured, and Ahsoka finally returned, but lost half her battle group along the way. After the Republic forces had retreated, Anakin tried to console a dejected Ahsoka. Rex reported that General Mace Windu was requesting a progress report. Anakin then commented that they hadn't made any progress, but went with Rex to deliver their report.
Even with only half his forces remaining, Anakin was ordered to continue his attack. Anakin sent Rex to find Ahsoka, who found her in the medical bay, apologizing to an unconscious Admiral Yularen. Anakin then devised a plan to pilot the Defender alone and ram it into the lead control ship, leaving only outmaneuverable droids in command of the blockade. Ahsoka was overwhelmed by the responsibility and ran to her quarters. Rex followed her and comforted her about the mistake she made during their first assault, as well as revealing that he too had some doubts in his abilities. While devising a plan of attack, Rex was hesitant about Anakin's plan, and tried to support Ahsoka's inexperience with command, being the only person apart from Admiral Yularen who displayed any faith in her but at the same time looked at the reality of the situation. Ahsoka, still hesitant, devised a plan to angle the hull of the Resolute toward the blockade, acting as a screen to launch the fighters, and the support of Admiral Yularen boosted her confidence when the navigation officer was doubtful of the plan's chance for success. The plan worked, and after Ahsoka led a successful attack on the remaining frigates in the blockade, the invasion forces arrived, and she dispatched Rex to send a shuttle to retrieve Anakin's escape pod.
Personality and traits[]
As far as Rex was concerned, experience outranked everything. Rex was a gruff and fearless clone trooper who wouldn't hesitate to give even the highest ranking Jedi his blunt opinion. Like virtually all clones however, Rex would still obey orders from his superiors. Despite this, Rex possessed more willpower than most clones as he managed to resist a mind trick used by Asajj Ventress (though he pretended to submit to the mind trick in order to stay alive). Further evidence of Rex's willpower was his refusal to crack under torture. Additionally he allowed Cut Lawquane's desertion to go unnoticed, whereas most clones would have done their duty and turned him in to the Republic.
Rex was also very tactful and adept at diffusing tense or embarrassing situations. Because of his close relationship with General Skywalker, who regarded Rex as a friend, Rex learned to never underestimate the abilities of the Jedi, nor doubt their resolve. Trained in a variety of fighting styles and combat tactics, he was a skilled soldier, unafraid to place himself in danger if required for the line of duty. These characteristics enabled Rex to survive many engagements and lead his troops to numerous victories.
Rex later became friendly with Anakin's Padawan, Ahsoka Tano and for some reason he seemed more at ease around her than he was around any other Jedi, including Anakin, and he would sometimes call her by her first name. Ahsoka was the only person who was able to bring out Rex's softer side and during the battle of Ryloth he revealed that he sometimes had doubts about his leadership skills. Underneath his tough and fearless demeanour, Rex secretly had some insecurities about his own abilities and felt remorse for sending other clones to their deaths. However Rex would never force another clone to do something he was not willing to do himself.