Waxer/Legends

"See, I'm flesh and blood, just like you."

- Waxer

Waxer was the nickname of a clone trooper in the 212th Attack Battalion, in Ghost Squadron], under the command of [[Commander Cody . He fought alongside Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker during the Battle of Kiros, and later participated in the Battle of Ryloth, where he found Numa, a young Twi'lek girl, and helped her re-unite with her family.

Battle of Kiros
"Sir, we're still mopping up clankers here and there, but we've secured the city's north quadrant."

- Waxer

After the Separatist leader, Count Dooku, captured the entire population of the Togruta colony world, Kiros, a Republic strike team, led by Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, his Padawan Ahsoka Tano and Clone Captain Rex, was sent there to re-capture the planet and liberate the prisoners. As part of Ghost Squadron, Waxer participated in the initial assault on the planet's capital city. After the main part of the battle was over and only some droids were left, Waxer reported to Kenobi on the progress of cleaning the city. Despite the battle being a success for the Republic, the Togruta people were not found, though some links pointed to the Zygerrian slave traders being involved in their disappearance.

Battle of Ryloth
"We can't leave her here. We have to do something."

- Waxer to Boil, concerning Numa

After Techno Union Foreman and Separatists member Wat Tambor took control of Ryloth and its inhabitants, the Republic mounted a bold offensive to liberate them. General Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan, Commander Ahsoka Tano, were able to destroy the Separatist blockade surrounding the planet, and allowed the ground invasion forces to land.



Waxer boarded the Crumb Bomber aboard an Acclamator assault ship with General Obi-Wan Kenobi, Clone Commander Cody and the rest of Ghost Company, and they prepared to land on Nabat. Obi-Wan and Cody instructed their men to only utilize blasters and droid poppers, not wanting to destroy the Twi'leks' home while trying to free them. However, proton cannons below began to harass the Acclamator transports above, and General Mace Windu tasked Obi-Wan with destroying the cannons to allow the transports to land. After the group took out droids in a bunker on the outskirts of the village, they entered the city and set up a temporary camp. Obi-Wan dispatched Cody, Wooley, Waxer and Boil to scout ahead. Cody and Wooley went to search the courtyard, while Waxer and Boil went south. The two stumbled across the young Twi'lek orphan Numa, who initially thought them to be droids, and bit Boil's finger before the two removed their helmets and eased the girl's fears. Numa called the two "Nerra!", and the two were unsure what it meant. Waxer gave her a ration bar, but after Numa went in the direction of a recon droid, Waxer decided to follow her, much to Boil's dismay. The girl led the two clones to her shattered home, and Waxer noticed her tooka doll. After he gave it to her, she began to cry, and the two clones comforted her.



However, after the two received a transmission from Cody, Waxer and Boil realized that they were late and had disobeyed orders. Waxer tried to think of possible excuses, but before the clones could get very far, gutkurrs attacked them, and they were forced to retreat with Numa back into their home. Numa led the clones into an underground passage, and they reemerged near Obi-Wan, Cody and the rest of Ghost Company, who had just fought off a number of gutkurrs themselves. Cody was initially displeased with the two, but after Obi-Wan saw Numa, he understood. Conversing to Numa in Twi'leki, Obi-Wan discovered that she could lead them to the Twi'lek prisoners. While Cody and the rest of his company created a diversion to distract the droids, Waxer and Boil went with Obi-Wan to free the hostages, and they were successful. Obi-Wan then took control of one of the proton cannons, and with help from Waxer and Boil, he managed to destroy the other cannons. However, a shot from tactical droid commander TX-20's tank destroyed their cannon and blasted the three aside. Numa, worried for her new friends, ran over to the clones, and after they had recovered, she ran over to Obi-Wan. TX-20's tank targeted her and Obi-Wan, but the now-free Twi'leks attacked the droid and destroyed him. Mace Windu and the transports were then able to land. As the Republic forces prepared to head to the capital city of Lessu to retake it and free the planet, Waxer and Boil said goodbye to Numa, and Waxer bid her well. Numa then called them "Nerra!" one last time, and Obi-Wan translated for them: "Nerra" meant "brother".

Personality and traits
Waxer was a very compassionate soldier, showing considerable concern about little Numa's well being and an amiable manner towards her. He was often rather annoyed at Boil, who didn't much care for Numa or Ryloth's locals at first. He also showed a fair amount of disobedience by deliberately deciding not to answer a call from command and planning on lying to his superior about running into trouble and having his communications jammed.

At the time of his mission to Ryloth, Waxer's helmet was adorned with twenty-one kill marks, eight on the right side and thirteen on the left, along with a drawing of a battle droid.

Behind the scenes
Waxer was created for The Clone Wars TV series and appeared in the twentieth episode of the series, titled "Innocents of Ryloth". Prior to that, he briefly appeared in The Mystery of Kiros, a comic based on the TV show.

Appearances

 * Star Wars The Clone Wars: Slaves of the Republic - Chapter 1: The Mystery of Kiros

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