Crag

"As the galaxy transitioned from chaos to order, our regiment was created to maintain that order."

- Crag, to Foot Patrol 7

Crag was a human clone who served in the Galactic Empire as a sandtrooper in Foot Patrol 7 based on Tatooine. Dispatched by Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, the unit was tasked with locating and recovering two missing droids, led by TD-110. Crag and his team searched the Mos Eisley spaceport for the droids until they came across a speeder with two droids on board. The passengers eluded the unit when the old man aboard the speeder performed a mind trick on TD-110. When the rebels with the droids attempted to flee the spaceport, Crag and the rest of his team were alerted to their presence, but failed to capture them as they escaped aboard the Millennium Falcon when it took off and departed the planet after a firefight in one of the landing bays.

Biography
Crag was a clone of the bounty hunter Jango Fett who served the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars. After the formation of the Galactic Empire in 19 BBY, Crag was converted into a stormtrooper alongside other clones. He was assigned the role of a sandtrooper in the Foot Patrol 7 unit by Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, alongside Sardis Ramsin, TD-787, Tintop, and their commander, TD-110.

The unit was dispatched to the desert planet of Tatooine, where they were tasked with recovering two missing droids. While in the Mos Eisley barracks located on the outskirts of the spaceport, Crag broke up an altercation between Tintop and TD-787 when he described where stormtroopers got their name from. TD-110 then arrived and stated that they were "born in the storm," informing everyone that they were heading to Mos Eisley to look for the droids. When they finally arrived, Foot Patrol 7 patrolled Mos Eisley in search of the droids, stopping a speeder driven by a boy and an old man, accompanied by two droids. Crag and the rest of the unit watched as TD-110 requested their identification, but ultimately allowed them to pass by with the droids. Unbeknownst to them, the old man performed a mind trick on the commander, allowing them to elude the unit.

Following the incident, Crag and the rest of Foot Patrol 7 stopped by Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina for drinks. Continuing their search for the droids, they left the cantina and were immediately contacted by commander TD-4445, who informed them that the rebels in possession of the droids were escaping Tatooine on a ship they commissioned. He then ordered all available units to converge on Docking Bay 94, as he had received confirmation on the rebels' position. Crag guided the rest of the unit to the hangar, but they were unable to reach the ship in time as it took off and left the planet after a brief firefight in the landing bay. The unit then returned to the streets of Mos Eisley following the event. Sometime afterwards, Ramsin detailed the events experienced by the unit in an Imperial incident report form.

Personality and traits
"Do you blokes know where we get our name from?"

- Crag, to Foot Patrol 7

As an old clone, Crag had a strong sense of duty, reminding his team of their origins and how they were tasked with maintaining order in the galaxy. However, his personality earned the ire of Ramsin, who sarcastically detailed his experience in the report form, calling Crag a "relic." Like other clones, Crag stood 1.83 meters tall.

Equipment
Crag's sandtrooper armor was augmented with cooling fans and a helmet sand filter, as well as a backpack stocked with extra rations and water. Like the rest of his unit, he carried an E-11 blaster rifle.

Behind the scenes
Crag first appeared as an unnamed stormtrooper in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. He was first identified in the 2017 short story Born in the Storm, written by Daniel José Older as part of From a Certain Point of View, a collection of short stories.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
 * Star Wars: A New Hope junior novelization
 * From a Certain Point of View audiobook
 * From a Certain Point of View audiobook