RC-1013

"The Jedi were traitors to the Republic. We followed our orders. And we don't question orders&hellip;"

- RC-1013

RC-1013, also known as Sarge, was a clone commando who served in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars. In 22 BBY, he survived the war's initiation on the planet Geonosis. During the conflict, he and two clone squadrons undertook a mission to Ord Mantell in order to retrieve a stolen diplomatic package intended for Supreme Chancellor Palpatine from the politicians on Malastare. RC-1013 managed to successfully retrieve the package from a group of Trandoshan bounty hunters, although both units were killed in the process. RC-1013 eventually joined Aiwha Squad, a squadron of clone commandos consisting of RC-2088, Tyto, and Di'kut. He and Aiwha Squad were assigned under the Jedi General Traavis' command, and served under the Jedi Master during the Galactic Republic's sieges in the Outer Rim. During a campaign on the planet Garqi, RC-1013 and the rest of Aiwha Squad escorted a young orphan boy named Evan to the Republic outpost on Garqi. After reporting to Traavis, RC-1013 received a command from Supreme Chancellor Palpatine tasking him to execute Order 66, which labeled the Jedi Knights as traitors of the Republic. RC-1013 immediately ordered the rest of Aiwha Squad to turn against Traavis, and promptly executed the Jedi.

Biography
and would be the sole survivor of his unit. He was then promoted to clone commando in Aiwha Squad. Sarge was also the leader of White Squad, before it was destroyed during the Mission to Ord Mantell. Later, Sarge participated in the Battle of the Celestial Wake. Still later, during a mission to Garqi, Sarge and the rest of his squad, also members who lost their entire squad, found a small orphan boy named Evan, and brought the boy along. They then saved him from a OG-9 homing spider droid when he tried to escape. After they got to the refugee camp, he received orders to execute Jedi General Traavis as part of Order 66, he then filed a report on the Jedi's execution.

RC-1013 filed the details of Traavis' execution in a report shortly after Palpatine declared himself Emperor of the first Galactic Empire. The official records, which were modified by Imperial Advisor Sate Pestage from a compilation of various reports created by Moff Marcellin Wessel, stated that Traavis was killed in the act of stealing children in order to indoctrinate them in the Jedi ways.

Behind the scenes
RC-1013 was created by Ryan Kaufman for the short story The Package, which was featured in the third volume of the Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures trade paperbacks. He also appeared in the story Orders, which was a short story featured in the fourth volume of the Clone Wars Adventures series and was also written by Kaufman. RC-1013's designation and nickname were first established in Orders, and Kaufman stated on his official StarWars.com blog that the character's designation was a reference to his birthday. The character was drawn by Matthew and Shawn Fillbach for The Package, and was penciled by Rick Lacy in Orders. RC-1013 was also featured in the article Order 66: Destroy All Jedi, which was published in Star Wars Insider 87. He received two entries in The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia; the first was under the entry which listed the designations for Republic commandos, and the second was under his nickname.