Tucker/Legends

"Tucker on Five, waiting for Mother Bird. Over."

- Tucker checks in

"Tucker" was the nickname of a clone pilot who flew in Blue Squadron, a starfighter group in the Republic Navy, during the Clone Wars. In 21 BBY, Blue Squadron was part of a Republic task force sent to liberate the planet of Ryloth from Confederate control. During the battle, Tucker and Blue Squadron&mdash;under the command of Jedi Commander Ahsoka Tano&mdash;made their way toward the enemy's flagship, attempting to break the Confederate blockade orbiting Ryloth. However, Confederate Vulture droids attacked Tucker and Blue Squadron, and after inflicting some casualties to the Republic fighter group, attacked the Republic capital ships. Blue Squadron was ordered to retreat by Jedi General Anakin Skywalker, but the starfighters continued the assault on the Confederate flagship. With the Republic fighters heavily outnumbered, Tucker was killed by the Vulture droids.

Biography
"Tucker" was the nickname of a clone trooper pilot who served in the Republic Navy. Like all other clone troopers, Tucker was a clone of the Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett born and trained on the planet Kamino. Tucker served in Blue Squadron, a starfighter unit in the Republic's navy, during the Clone Wars and flew under the call sign "Blue Five".

In 21 BBY, the planet Ryloth was captured by the Confederacy of Independent Systems and the Twi'lek inhabitants were subjugated. A Republic fleet, including Tucker and Blue Squadron and led by Jedi General Anakin Skywalker and his apprentice Ahsoka Tano, was dispatched to Ryloth. The Republic forces were tasked with breaking the Confederate blockade&mdash;under the command of the Neimoidian Captain Mar Tuuk&mdash;surrounding the planet, to allow Republic ground forces to land on Ryloth. Tucker and Blue Squadron served under Tano, who piloted her personal starfighter, while the clones flew V-19 Torrent starfighters. After the Republic arrived over Ryloth, Blue Squadron left the hangar of Skywalker's Venator-class Star Destroyer, the Resolute, planning to destroy the enemy command ship. As Tucker and Blue Squadron approached the Confederate blockade containing the flagship, they were quickly confronted by tiers of Confederate Vulture droid starfighters, sent by Tuuk to destroy the Republic fighters.

Tucker and Blue Squadron engaged the Vulture droids and sustained damage in the ensuing fight. Nonetheless, the squadron continued their assault toward the enemy's flagship. However, four more Munificent-class frigates joined the Confederate blockade, heavily outnumbering the Republic task force. Waves of Vulture droids began attacking the Republic's Star Destroyers, forcing Skywalker and Admiral Wullf Yularen to order Blue Squadron to fall back and protect the Star Destroyers. Instead, on Tano's orders, Blue Squadron continued their assault on the enemy command ship, harassed by groups of more Vultures. Tucker and Blue Squadron began to take heavy fire from gunners on the enemy frigates, and Tucker was shot down en route to the Confederate flagship by a Vulture droid. He perished after his starfighter exploded.

Personality and traits
Tucker was an experienced fighter pilot and trained in military tactics. Before the Battle of Ryloth, he was smart enough to figure out that the chances on surviving the battle were slim, due to the numeric advance of the enemy. Nevertheless, he carried out his orders without hesitation. Tucker also had always found space combat beautiful, although other pilots of Blue Squadron considered him to be odd due to this trade. Despite this fondness for starfighter combat, he wished to watch the Battle of Ryloth from far away instead of being in the midst of the chaos. Tucker wore clone pilot armor and had the ensignia of Blue Squadron on his helmet. In normal combat, he used a DC-15 blaster pistol and wore Phase I clone trooper armor.

Behind the scenes
Tucker first appeared in "Storm Over Ryloth," an episode of the first season of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series, which aired on February 29, 2009. Like all clone troopers in the series, Tucker was voiced by Dee Bradley Baker. Tucker also received an entry in 2010's The Clone Wars Character Encyclopedia, written by Jason Fry.