CC-8826/Legends

CC-8826, nicknamed Neyo, was the clone marshal commander of the 91st Reconnaissance Corps in the Grand Army of the Republic.

Neyo was identified by the red republic markings on his armor and an ARC command sash over his chestplate. His helmet was similar in appearance to that worn by the elite clone assassins and the Advanced BARC troopers.

Biography


Neyo was created on the watery planet Kamino and became one of the first graduates of ARC trooper Alpha-17's advanced clone commander training program. As his personality developed, he became cold and laconic, even for a clone trooper. This did not endear him to his brothers, but he did maintain a close relationship with the equally cold-as-ice Commander Bacara, who worked with him to pioneer tactics to utilize with BARC speeders. Also later, he secured a command of his own biker squadron.

Neyo was assigned to Oppo Rancisis's command and worked alongside fellow commanders Faie and Bly to lead the clone forces in the Siege of Saleucami.

Following the five month long operation, Neyo remained on the world with his reconnaissance units to patrol for remaining Separatist resistance or Morgukai warriors. While patrolling the twilight plains with Jedi General Stass Allie, he received the call to execute Order 66 by Emperor Palpatine. He and his biker trooper opened fire on Allie's speeder bike, killing her in the resulting explosion.

Behind the scenes
The digital model of Commander Neyo was originally designed to appear on Kashyyyk. In a scene cut early from the film, Neyo was the commander of a clone turbo tank.



During Order 66, Neyo was to open fire on the tree-top command center high above the battlefield. This scene was cut and the digital model was reassigned to an otherwise unnamed biker clone that carries out Order 66 on Saleucami.

Initially, the Saleucami clone was to be named Faie&mdash;after Art Department Supervisor Fay David&mdash;but the use of the Neyo model changed that commander's name. The Faie model was never used in the film, but does appear in Star Wars: Republic comics series.

Many Australian Star Wars fans have nicknamed Neyo and his 91st Reconnaissance Corps clones as the "Australia Post Troopers" due to the strong similarity between the design and color of their armor markings and the logo of the national postal service of Australia (where Revenge of the Sith was filmed).

A player can pick his armor style for their avatar for the Clone Wars when fighting for the Republic faction in Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron.

A clone with the same red markings was released in 2005 in the lego AT-RT

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Republic: Into the Unknown
 * Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron