CT-7567/Legends

"The name's Rex. You'll call me captain or sir. Understood?"

- Rex to Echo, Fives and Hevy

CC-7567, also known as Rex, was a clone trooper captain. During the Clone Wars, Rex was in command of Torrent Company of the famed 501st Legion. Rex and his men were assigned to patrol the sectors of the galaxy within the Outer Rim. Anakin Skywalker's second in command during the Clone Wars, Captain Rex was a freethinking, tough, and aggressive clone trooper. Rex voiced his professional opinions even to highest ranking Jedi. Yet his noteworthy individuality aside, Rex followed his orders without question, just like the rest of the clones and as seen when Ahsoka ordered him to complete a mission rather than aid her in combat against General Grievous. He was good friends with Commander Cody.

Battle of Christophsis


During the early stages of the battle, Rex teamed with Commander Cody to search for a possible clone traitor to the Republic slipping information to the Separatists. After the traitor, a clone sergeant by the name of Slick, was uncovered and taken into custody, he returned to fight in the Battle of Christophsis, scoring a victory over the CIS forces. In the aftermath of the battle, Rex took shelter at a makeshift first-aid station. There, he looked over casualty reports on his datapad while sergeant and first-aid specialist, Coric, removed pieces of shrapnel from another trooper's shoulder.

When it turned out the droid army's defeat had only been a ploy, returning in full force, Rex returned to the front lines alongside Cody and Generals Kenobi and Skywalker. He followed the latter in destroying the advancing Tri-Droids. After the enemy retreated, Anakin's new Padawan, Ahsoka Tano, arrived in place of the expected reinforcements. Rex was openly a little perplexed, as Skywalker told him that he would never have a Padawan. But as he and Ahsoka spent some time talking together, Rex taught her that fear was natural in war, and that the clones were unique individuals despite all looking the same. As they talked, the two of them noticed the enemy deploying a shield generator, which would make their long-ranged artillery useless. Rex and his troops held the line while Kenobi "negotiated" with General Whorm Loathsom, and Anakin and Ahsoka went to disable the shield generator. Once the shield was down, Rex ordered their cannons to quickly finish off the enemy advances. Yoda arrived with reinforcement troops just in time and Rex had a gunship retrieve Skywalker and Ahsoka.

Battle of Teth
Almost immediately after, Rex led Torrent Company at the Battle of Teth, entering the battle via a LAAT/i piloted by Hawk into a condensed jungle. They battled their way up a vertical cliff to the monastery where Jabba the Hutt's son, Rotta was being held hostage. Losing three-quarters of Torrent Company on the way up the cliff, then being ambushed by Asajj Ventress' battle droids, the clone troopers barricaded themselves inside of the monastery. Rex disabled the doors of the monastery by shooting the control panel while the rest of the clones set booby traps for the droids. Once the droid army got the door open, Rex was incapacitated and played dead while spying on Ventress. Making his move, Rex killed an unsuspecting droid and attempted to kill Ventress. Severely choking Rex using the Force, Ventress demanded to know where Skywalker was, but the only thing that Rex replied was, "I don't talk to Separatist scum." She pressed him further but the only answers Rex would give were his name, rank, unit, and serial number. Ventress ordered Rex to contact Skywalker but refused until Ventress tried to use the Force's mind influence to make him do it unwillingly. However, Ventress made a crucial mistake in underestimating Rex's mental strength, willingly doing as Ventress commanded but tipping Skywalker off by referring to him by his first name rather than "General Skywalker" as he always did. Anakin and Ahsoka then knew something was not right, and managed to flee with Rotta. When left under battle droid guard, Rex and the other remaining clones broke free, destroyed their captors, and held off a dramatically outnumbering droid force during Anakin and Ahsoka's escape, using a fallen AT-TE and droid scrap for cover. After Anakin and Ahsoka left the planet in the stolen Twilight, Rex and the other clones continued fighting, joining with troops of the 212th Attack Battalion as General Kenobi arrived.

After the battle, as he and Cody walked the battlefield and looked over the casualties, Rex mused that the whole operation had been handled poorly. He thought air support should have been used, both gunships and V-19 Torrent starfighters, and deployment of special forces to prepare the battlefield. He also griped that the correct infantry resources weren't applied, stating it was a job for a battalion, not a company.

Inspection of the Pastil Post
Placed on an inspection detail together with Commander Cody, Rex went to inspect a listening post on Pastil. After a brief look around, Rex commented that it was very clean. When trooper Stripe told them that an MSE-series droid nicknamed "Rodent" was the reason, commenting on its odd behavior of being "glitchy" and polishing the station for hours. Seeing a serious red flag, Rex called out for a Code Aurek, ordering all clones to find Rodent and destroy it. At first the clones thought that Rex was paranoid, however when Rodent was found and Rex shot it, he destroyed the body and revealed a spy droid in their midst as the four wheels then started spinning off independently in an attempt to escape. The first three wheels were each eliminated before Stripe stopped the fourth one by throwing a Thermal detonator at it just before it reached a vent. Somewhat amused, Rex then ordered the clones to "clean the mess up".

Battle of the Rishi Moon


The simple series of Republic listening post inspections Rex was conducting with Commander Cody took a further turn for the worst when commando droids attacked the Rishi moon listening post. When their shuttle landed, Rex and Cody were met by a commando droid in trooper armor attempting to get them to leave. The clone survivors of the initial attack fired off a droid attack signal flare, alerting Rex to the deception and he promptly put a blaster bolt in the droids's head, much to Cody's initial shock. The droids' cover blown, they ambushed Rex and Cody, and the two clones were forces to flee as their shuttle was destroyed. After meeting the rookie clones who had manned the listening post, Echo, Fives and Hevy, and impressing them by slaying a Rishi eel with a single pistol shot through the eye, Rex declared them "shinies" (a derogatory nickname for rookie troopers) and led them to take back the outpost. He created the plan to get the droids to open the door, pretending to be one of the droids in clone armor. After using a severed droid head to fool the guard, he blasted the droids in the faceplate and proceeded to fight and ultimately kill the droid commander by snapping its neck, as the other clones were able to destroy the rest of the commandos. Unfortunately, a droid force commanded by General Grievous, on the way to attack Kamino, sent reinforcements to investigate the commando droids' lack of response. To give the Republic notice that Kamino was in danger, they decided to blow the outpost up with liquid tibanna and stop it from transmitting the "All Clear" signal. Rex tried to prime one of the remote detonators, but it didn't work, so Hevy stayed behind to fix it, but failed. Wounded from the droid forces overwhelming the base, Hevy sacrificed himself by manually detonating the charges, destroying the outpost and alerting the Republic, and Grievous' fleet was driven off. Rex then inducted surviving clone troopers Echo and Fives into the 501st Legion, commending their bravery.

Battle of Bothawui
Later in the war, Rex traveled along with Anakin Skywalker's fleet to defend the planet of Bothawui from General Grievous's massive fleet. Anakin sent Rex and an armored brigade of AT-TEs to hide and wait on the surrounding asteroids to ambush the Munificent frigates from behind. Grievous had underestimated Anakin's tactics and fell easily into the trap. Grievous, defeated, abandoned his crippled ship, escaping in his fighter. Skywalker gave pursuit, but his ship was damaged in the fight and he crashed into the asteroid ring and blacked out. When he awoke, he found that Rex had saved his life, rescuing him bringing him back to the Resolute's medbay, but discovered that while he had been rescued from his ship, his astromech droid R2-D2 had gone missing.

Mission to Skytop Station
Rex would also participate in the mission to Skytop Station. He, along with a small squad of clone troopers from the 501st Legion, Ahsoka, and Anakin, infiltrated the station under orders from General Kenobi. Under the impression that the missing R2-D2 could be aboard the station, Anakin ordered Rex and Ahsoka to complete the mission at hand to blow the station, while Anakin himself went to find Artoo. When they reached the Reactor Room, an alarm had already been set off and a ray shielded door had been activated. While everyone relied on R3-S6 to get past the latest obstacle, a battle droid patrol attacked. After a brief but heated exchange of fire, Rex took them all out using EMP grenades. Shortly after, they were faced with General Grievous himself, who came to personally deal with the intruders. He attacked and killed all of the clones except for Sergeant Denal and Rex himself, although they had both been rendered unconscious. As Grievous was poised to finish Rex with a killing lightsaber blow, Ahsoka rushed forward and saved his life. While she distracted Grievous, she ordered him and Denal to finish the mission. Rex and Denal completed the mission, setting the charges and rendezvousing with Anakin at the hangar, but Ahsoka remained missing. R3 was revealed to be a spy for Greivous and locked the group in the hangar and activating the overhead hanging vulture droids to attack as super battle droids marched into the hangar. During the ensuing fight, General Skywalker gave the order to detonate the set charges and bring down the station. Rex, although initially reluctant, followed the order and started the station on its fiery decent as the repulsorlift generators keeping it up were destroyed. Ahsoka arrived on the scene while Artoo was able to get the hangar door open from the outer platform, and the group managed to escape onto the Twilight. Anakin left in his starfighter to rescue Artoo, who also managed to destroy R3.

Mission to Christophsis
At some point during the Clone Wars, Rex, along with Senator Amidala, R2-D2 and C-3PO were sent to Christophsis to investigate crystals being stolen from the planet by the Nightsisters. During the mission, Rex was injured in a fight, and the four were captured then put into a prison. A Jedi team of two, along with Clone troopers led by Commander Gree were sent to Christophsis to rescue them. The Jedi managed to find the prisoners, and the four escaped to Gree's LAAT/i, which had a medical console on standby for Rex. Rex also served at Gwori, Vanquor, Kiros and others.

Battle of Quell
Later, Rex participated in helping Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano rescue Aayla Secura, whose forces were on the verge of defeat. Anakin went ahead, while Ahsoka and Rex were forced to crash-land on the cruiser when their gunship's controls were sabotaged by a rocket droid. They met up with Aayla and Bly, and started to head toward a frigate for an evacuation, but Anakin sacrificed himself to save them from a raging inferno passing through the cruiser, severely injuring himself in the process. Ahsoka and Aayla managed to drag Anakin onto the frigate, and they attempted to dock to the Resolute, but their hyperdrive was accidentally activated from a Vulture droid assault. After narrowly avoiding a star, the group crash-landed on Maridun. Aayla, Ahsoka, Bly and the clones left to look for the inhabitants of the planet, while Rex took care of Anakin. Rex was attacked by a Mastif phalone, but was able to drive it away. Later, Rex and Anakin were attacked by more Mastif phalones. Ahsoka, Bly, and Wag Too arrived to rescue them. Rex killed one of them and he, Ahsoka and Wag Too tied up the last one, abiding by the Lurmen's nonviolent ways. Later, they took Anakin to the village for treatment.

Battle of Maridun
While still trapped on Maridun, Lok Durd landed on the world with a droid army, seeking to test a new Separatist weapon. The Jedi and the clones fled the colony, not wanting the Lurmen to be slaughtered for their presence on the planet. While attempting to get a closer look at the weapon, Rex and Bly narrowly escaped the shockwave of the weapon's first test. Aayla, Ahsoka, Anakin, Rex and Bly stole a shuttle from the erected Separatist base. But instead of fleeing the planet, the five headed back to the Lurmen colony to protect them from the Separatists, who were intent on testing the weapon on them. Rex and Bly provided long range cover fire for the Jedi, and eventually destroyed the droids, while Anakin destroyed the weapon and captured Lok Durd. As the five prepared to leave Maridun, the Resolute arrived on the planet; Admiral Yularen was apparently able to locate them on his own.

Battle of Orto Plutonia
Rex went with Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi to Orto Plutonia to investigate the eradication of a clone security base. After war was declared between the local Talz and the Pantoran dignitaries, specifically the arrogant Chairman Chi Cho, Rex was 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 on Naboo
When Senator Padmé Amidala and Representative Jar Jar Binks were captured while searching for a secret Separatist lab on Naboo, it was up to Anakin, Obi-Wan, Ahsoka and Rex to rescue them. They succeeded, and were also able to stop Dr. Nuvo Vindi from releasing the deadly Blue Shadow Virus. Unfortunately, Vindi's assistant droid took one of the virus containers and put it into a bomb. The droid then detonated the bomb, which quickly spread the virus throughout the bunker. Anakin and Obi-wan were outside with the scientist when the virus was released, so to save their friends, they went in search of an antidote, Reeksa root, on Iego. The virus almost killed everyone inside, including Rex, Ahsoka, Padmé, and several other clone troopers, but fortunately the Jedi found the antidote in time, and all who were infected were cured.

Armor and equipment
Rex's armor used the color design that the entire 501st Legion had in 19 BBY, though the armor itself was still Phase I armor. He also wore a kama and pauldron, and his helmet displayed Jaig eyes. He carried twin blaster pistols but also utilized the more standard blaster rifles. His helmet featured a rangefinder which was a tool more common among Advanced Recon Commandos. When required, Rex could also be seen using jetpacks or other mission-specific gear, such as customized Clone cold assault trooper armor.

Personality and Traits
Rex said that in his book experience was everything. He was never afraid to go into battle or save his commander. Rex was tougher than most clones and was able to stay alive even when infected with the Blue Shadow Virus.

Behind the scenes
According to the film DVD's commentary, the creators at first had decided to put in Alpha, the ARC Trooper known from the Dark Horse Star Wars comics, as the series' prime clone character. However, Lucas objected because his inclusion would make too much of an alliteration - Anakin, Artoo, Ahsoka, and now Alpha -, so a different clone character was created.

Rex has a scar just below his lip modeled after the one on Harrison Ford.

It is possible that Rex got his name from the pilot droid, RX-24 (commonly referred to as "Captain" Rex) from Disney's Star Tours.

"Rex" means "king" in Latin.

Appearances

 * The Clone Wars: Shadowed
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars novel
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars film
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars Official Movie Storybook
 * Star Wars The Clone Wars: Slaves of the Republic - Chapter 1: The Mystery of Kiros
 * Star Wars The Clone Wars: Slaves of the Republic - Chapter 2: Slave Traders of Zygerria
 * Star Wars The Clone Wars: Slaves of the Republic - Chapter 3: The Depths of Zygerria
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars Volume 1: Shipyards of Doom
 * Star Wars The Clone Wars Volume 2: Crash Course
 * The Clone Wars: Mouse Hunt
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Jedi Alliance
 * The Clone Wars: Transfer
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels
 * The Clone Wars: Transfer
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels
 * The Clone Wars: Transfer
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels

Non-canon appearances

 * Star Wars Miniatures: The Clone Wars ad
 * Giant spiders are awesome
 * Sith make the best pancakes