Flanker

Flanker was the nickname of one of the many clone troopers who served in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars. Flanker along with hatchmate Shiv did some desert training around 22 BBY and Shiv enjoyed it writing letters at Flanker, even after Flanker’s death in the Battle of Christophsis.

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

- Shiv

Flanker was the nickname of one of the many clones of the Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett, which were born and raised on the Wild Space planet Kamino to fight for the Republic in the Clone Wars. Around 22 BBY, Flanker, along with his hatchmate Shiv, did desert training and Flanker joked that one of them would get shipped to a water planet after the training. Shiv enjoyed writing letters to Flanker, although Flanker didn't support it.

When Confederate forces attacked the Outer Rim planet Christophsis, Flanker was part of the troops sent there to defend the world. Flanker was killed during the battle, although it resulted in a Republic victory, but Shiv continued writing letters to Flanker although hed knew that Flanker was dead – because that relaxed him – until he was killed by Talz warriors on Orto Plutonia, shortly after talking with his commander Mag about Flanker.

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

Although Flanker was a trained clone trooper he died on Christophsis. Flanker didn't cared much Shiv’s letter and had a sense of humor when he joked about their desert training.

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

Appearances

 * The Clone Wars: Cold Snap

Notes and references
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