CC-4477/Legends

Commander 4477, also known as Thire, led Supreme Chancellor Palpatine's elite shock troopers during the Clone Wars.

Biography
Thire began his life as one of countless cloned officers slated for a leadership position in the Grand Army of the Republic. As the war intensified, Thire's shock troopers were tasked with the protection of the capital planet, Coruscant. Together with Republic Intelligence Director Armand Isard, the two founded Homeworld Security Command in an effort to centralize and streamline the defense of Coruscant should an attack ever come. A part of Thire, however, always felt as though the Republic would never be able to muster a reliable defense of Coruscant.

Thire's worst fears were realized when General Grievous launched a suprise attack on the capital in the early hours of the morning. Thire's men, in conjunction with Commander Appo's 501st Legion, did their best to keep the Confederacy of Independent Systems' droid forces from taking the Senate District. While they were able to halt the Separatist advanced, they were powerless to stop the abduction of the Supreme Chancellor by Grievous and his MagnaGuards.

The execution of Order 66 and the 501st's assault on the Jedi Temple brought about the end of the Clone Wars. After an epic battle in the Senate Rotunda between Emperor Palpatine and the Jedi Master Yoda, Thire and his men scoured the bowels of the Senate looking for any sign of the diminutive Jedi. Thire then accompanied the Emperor to the hellish world of Mustafar to recover his badly-injuried apprentice, Darth Vader.

As the Empire's noose around the Galaxy tightened, Thire saw his shock troopers transformed into the dreaded Coruscant Guard.

Behind the scenes

 * Thire was voiced by Temuera Morrison.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith