Flanker

"Flanker, eh? Hatchmate, I take it. Where's he at?''" "''Flanker&hellip;he&hellip;he, uh, died on Christophsis, sir."

- Mag and Shiv

Flanker was the nickname of a clone trooper who served in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars. Along with his hatchmate, Shiv, he had some desert training around 22 BBY, and Flanker was later killed in the Battle of Christophsis. However, Shiv wrote letters to Flanker even after Flanker's death.

Biography
"I know you're not much for letters, Flanker, but writing them relaxes me."

- Shiv

Flanker was the nickname of one of the clones of the Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett. Flanker was born and trained on Kamino to fight for the Republic in the Clone Wars. Around 22 BBY, Flanker&mdash;along with his hatchmate Shiv&mdash;was assigned to desert training, and Flanker joked "that one of them would get shipped to a water planet after the training."

When Confederate forces attacked the Outer Rim planet of Christophsis, Flanker was one of the clone troopers who was dispatched by the Republic to defend the world, but he was killed during the battle. Despite Flanker's death, Shiv wrote letters to his hatchmate, because it relaxed him. The clone wrote one such letter about problems he and his squad faced while on the ice planet Orto Plutonia. During the mission Shiv talked with his commander Mag about Flanker and the death of his hatchmate.

Personality and traits
"Remember how you used to joke that after all that desert training, one of us would get shipped to a water planet?"

- Shiv in a letter to Flanker

Flanker didn't care much for letters, but had a sense of humor when he joked about his desert training with Shiv, jesting that one of them would get shipped to a water world.

Behind the scenes
Flanker was first mentioned in Cold Snap, a tie-in webcomic for "Trespass," an episode of the first season of The Clone Wars television series. Cold Snap was written by Pablo Hidalgo.

Appearances

 * The Clone Wars: Cold Snap

Notes and references
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