Shadow Three (Kadavo)

"Stay close, Shadow Three, I'll have those droids cleared out in no time. You got a chance, Shadow Five, as long as I'm covering you!"

- Shadow Five and Shadow Three, during the battle over Kadavo

"Shadow Three" was the call sign of a clone trooper pilot in the Grand Army of the Republic's Shadow Squadron. He flew a V-19 Torrent Starfighter during a battle over the planet Kadavo and was killed by Asajj Ventress and her squad of Hyena-class bombers.

Biography
One of the many clones of bounty hunter Jango Fett created on the planet Kamino, the clone trooper pilot using the call sign "Shadow Three" was serving with the Grand Army of the Republic's Shadow Squadron during the Clone Wars. Around 21 BBY, Shadow Squadron was dispatched to the planet Kadavo as part of a Galactic Republic task force led by Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker. Skywalker was planning to liberate Togruta slaves&mdash;as well as Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and Clone Captain CC-7567&mdash;that were being held in a Labor Processing Hub on the surface of the planet. The Labor Processing Hub was owned and operated by the Zygerrian slavers who were allied to the Confederacy of Independent Systems, the Republic's enemy in the war. After arriving at Kadavo, Skywalker, his Padawan Ahsoka Tano, and a number of clone troopers landed on the surface and tried to break into the Labor Processing Hub, while the Republic fleet took position above the planet.

Soon enough, however, Confederate warships also arrived at Kadavo with the mission to kill the slaves and the Zygerrians alike. A battle broke out between the two fleets over the planet, and Shadow Squadron, flying V-19 Torrent Starfighters, engaged Confederate droid starfighters. As Shadow Three and two more clone pilots attacked a group of enemy fighters, Shadow Five requested that Shadow Three cover him. Shadow Three complied, and the clones dealt with the enemy in front of them. However, the three then fell under incoming fire from Confederate Commander Asajj Ventress and her squadron of Hyena-class bombers. Shadow Three was unable to evade enemy fire and was killed, along with his wingmates.

Behind the scenes
Shadow Three appeared in Star Wars: The Clone Wars 6: Slaves of the Republic - Chapter 6: Escape from Kadavo, a 2009 comic book written by Henry Gilroy and illustrated by Scott Hepburn.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars 6: Slaves of the Republic - Chapter 6: Escape from Kadavo