CT-5597/Legends

"Wait a minute, those critters are domesticated.''" "Sir?" "''I think we're on farmland, and where there is a farm, there is usually a farmer. Let's find his homestead."

- Jesse and Kix

"Jesse" was the nickname of a clone trooper who served in the Grand Army of the Republic's 501st Legion during the Clone Wars. Jesse participated in a hunt for the Confederate General Grievous on the planet Saleucami around 21 BBY. During the hunt, Jesse, along with troopers Hardcase and Kix, went with Clone Captain Rex to search for escape pods that had been jettisoned from Grievous' crashed ship. When two commando droids attacked the clones, Rex was shot in the chest. Jesse, Hardcase, and Kix took the injured Captain to a nearby homestead to recover, and then afterward Jesse led the remaining two clones to High Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi, who was leading another group of clone troopers on the planet.

After Saleucami, Jesse joined Rex and Jedi General Anakin Skywalker in a battle on the Confederate-aligned world Umbara. After attacking the Umbarans under Skywalker's command, another Jedi, General Pong Krell, arrived on Umbara and relieved Skywalker of his duties. Krell took over the leadership of Jesse and the rest of the 501st troops, and wanted the clones to take over Umbara's capital city by initiating a deadly frontal assault on a highway, which led into the city itself. Though Jesse and the 501st troops met heavy resistance from Umbarans on the highway, Krell wanted the clones to carry out his plan.

Finding Grievous
"Captain Rex, come in, please.''" "It's Jesse, sir. Rex was injured." "What's his condition?" "He'll be fine, but we had to find him shelter for the night." "Grievous is on the move. We're headed toward the west. Swing around and we'll meet at the final escape pod. We're going to need all the firepower we can muster." "''Roger that, sir, we're speeding toward you."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jesse

Born on the planet 1.83 meters, "Jesse" was the nickname of a clone trooper who served in the Grand Army of the Republic. Around 21 BBY, during the Clone Wars, Jesse served the Galactic Republic under the command of High Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi. After a battle above the planet Saleucami, Confederate General Grievous used an escape pod to jettison from his starship and landed on Saleucami's surface. Chasing after Grievous, Kenobi gathered a team of clone troopers, including Jesse, to find the cyborg general on the planet's surface. The team found the wreckage of a crashed ship, and Commander CC-2224, nicknamed "Cody," told Kenobi that the ship had crashed recently. Kenobi decided to split the group into two teams and ordered Captain CC-7567, nicknamed "Rex," to find the other missing escape pods with troopers Jesse, Kix and Hardcase, while he, Cody, and Crys stayed behind to go through the remains of the crashed ship.

After mounting separate BARC speeders, the team drove through the wetlands of the planet's surface. Ahead of them, two commando droids were on top of a hill overlooking the clones. Utilizing a blaster sniper rifle, one of the droids shot Rex, knocking the clone captain off his speeder. Jesse ordered Kix and Hardcase to turn their BARCs around and protect the captain, while he drove toward the hill from where the shot had been fired. Jesse used his BARC speeder's blaster cannons to fire at the droids, destroying them. Returning to Rex, the team's medic, Kix, informed Jesse that Rex's injury was severe. Jesse told the team that the two droid commandos might have called for backup, and they needed to find shelter for Rex. After noticing domesticated eopies, Jesse concluded that they were on farmland, which meant there was a nearby homestead. Kix attached a flatbed on a side of his BARC speeder and laid Rex on top of it before Jesse and the team drove off to find the farmer's homestead.

Upon arriving at the nearby homestead, a female Twi'lek, Suu, greeted the clones warily, pointing a rifle at the intruders. Jesse and Kix informed her that they were friends and they needed a place to settle the injured Rex for the night, and Suu gave the clones permission to use the barn. After Kix placed a bacta patch on Rex's wound, he regained consciousness and Jesse and the other troopers informed him of what had occurred. Before the team left to continue their search for the escape pods, Rex gave Jesse the responsibility of leading the search party. After the clones boarded their BARC speeders, Kenobi contacted the group via comlink and called for Rex. Jesse responded and informed the Jedi Master that Rex had been injured, and that the had given him the duty of leading the search for the escape pods. Kenobi told Jesse that Grievous was heading for an abandoned escape pod, and ordered the troopers to drive westward.

Soon, Jesse contacted Kenobi, and the clone trooper told him that he had a visual of the escape pod. Grievous was the first to arrive at the escape pod, and Kenobi had already engaged Grievous' forces by the time Jesse's team arrived on their BARC speeders. As Jesse fired his speeder's blaster cannons at Grievous' battle droids, he spotted an approaching Confederate shuttle in the sky and warned Kenobi via comlink. After a clone trooper on board an AT-TE walker told Kenobi that the walker's guns were overheated, Kenobi ordered Cody and Jesse to cover him as he raced toward Grievous. Kenobi and Grievous engaged in a lightsaber duel as the Confederate shuttle approached them, eventually coming to a hovering stop above the escape pod; Grievous fired his tow cable on the hull of the shuttle and fled in the vehicle. Jesse and Cody, on board their speeders, returned to Kenobi after dispatching the remaining battle droids. The Jedi Master told both clone troopers to contact the fleet and order them to send a transport to pick them up.

Shadow world
Later in the war, Jesse served under the command of Jedi General Anakin Skywalker on the Confederate-aligned planet Umbara. Jesse was part of the Republic task force sent that initiated an attack to the retake the world that was once part of the Republic, and capture its capital city. Aboard a Acclamator-class assault ship, which broke through the Confederate blockade in orbit of Umbara, Jesse boarded Clone Lieutenant Hawk's space gunship with Skywalker, Rex, Tup, and several other 501st Legion troops. As the gunship descended through the shadowy world's atmosphere to the surface, the Umbaran militia stationed on ground level fired on the Republic gunships, which included Hawk's. Although some gunships crashed as a result of the heavy fire, Hawk was able to maneuver the shuttle to avoid being shot down. Once the gunship positioned itself over its designated landing site, Jesse and the troops deployed and readied themselves to engage the attacking Umbarans.

Supported by AT-RT-mounted troopers, as well as space gunships that carried more clone reinforcements, Jesse and the clone troopers continued to attack the Umbarans. Rex informed Jesse and the men that they had to eliminate enemy Umbaran soldiers on a nearby ridge. After clearing the enemy troops, Jesse made camp on the trench-filled ridge with the rest of Skywalker's team. Behind Skywalker's camp, several Umbaran soldiers spotted the clones and one released a probe droid to infiltrate the area. The probe droid, whose purpose was to distract the clones and help the Umbarans prepare for their subsequent attack on the Republic force, caught the attention of Jesse and various clones. The hidden Umbarans revealed themselves and began their ambush on Skywalker's forces. Despite the surprise attack from the Umbarans, Rex called in an air strike team, led by Clone Commander pilot "Odd Ball," to deplete enemy fire. Skywalker led Jesse and the rest of the clones off the ridge to allow Odd Ball's bombers to safely eliminate enemy troops.

Not long after the bombing, a space gunship, surrounded by two Z-85 Headhunters, landed by Skywalker's team. The craft carried the stern Besalisk Jedi Master, General Pong Krell, who had been leading another clone battalion on Umbara. After Krell told Skywalker that he was ordered back to the planet Coruscant, Skywalker's departed, and Krell took over his post. Now in command of the 501st troops on Umbara, Krell informed Jesse and the troopers of his strict beliefs on standard protocol. Afterward, he ordered Rex to ready all clone platoons, and the teams began to follow the Besalisk Jedi through Umbara's jungle terrain, heading toward the planet's capital city. When two flying creatures approached Krell's team, Jesse and the troops fired their weapons at the flying animals. The creatures, however, attacked the troopers, and one of the creatures lifted a clone off the ground. Krell forced the creature to release the trooper, before killing the animal with his twin double-bladed lightsabers.

Noticing his men walked for nearly twelve hours, Rex wanted his men to make camp, a decision that was not well received by Krell, who dictated that the platoons of the 501st were crucial to the Republic's success on Umbara. Without resting, Jesse and the team made their way to the outskirts of Umbara's capital city. While Skywalker had originally planned to deplete the city's defenses first before initiating multiple attacks, Krell wanted an all-out forward assault to the city. To achieve this, Jesse and the clones would use a highway which led into the city itself. When the clone troopers began to walk on the highway, several of the clones exploded as a result of hidden enemy mines on the ground. As Fives began to scan the surface of the highway to locate the mines, Umbaran troops ambushed Jesse and the troopers.

The Umbarans utilized their hover tanks, equipped with EMP cannons, against the clones and advanced toward their position. While Jesse and the other clone troopers managed to kill a number of Umbarans, the native specie overran the clones, forcing the clones to fall back. After positioning themselves away from the Umbaran militia, Jesse and the clone troopers resumed their firefight with the attacking Umbarans, though the Umbara natives began to retreat. Krell believed that his plan to take over the city was compromised and blamed the setback on Rex and his leadership. After a heated debate between Krell and Rex, the Jedi Master took note of the Rex's words, yet the Jedi Master wanted Jesse and the 501st to continue carrying out his plan of taking over the city.

Personality and traits
"Protect the captain."

- Jesse, to Kix and Hardcase

Jesse's height was said to be an unknown number of Kaminos, a unit of measurement. As a Human clone trooper, however, Jesse had brown eyes, and he kept his head clean shaven. Because he was a loyal Republic trooper, Jesse had a large Galactic Republic emblem tattoo that covered most of his face. He also proudly wore a similiar emblem on his helmet. As a loyal trooper, Jesse cooperated with Kenobi, and obeyed the orders that were given to him on Saleucami. Jesse also reacted quickly after his team's leader, Rex, was shot down by a commando droid. The clone trooper was deeply concerned for Rex's health after the Clone Captain had been shot. Jesse was well-mannered; he respected Suu and asked if Rex could stay at her homestead for the night.

Throughout his service in the Grand Army of the Republic, Jesse's Phase I clone armor and Phase II clone armor sported light blue markings.

Behind the scenes
Jesse first appeared in "The Deserter," the tenth episode in the second season of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series, which aired on January 1, 2010. Like all clones in the show, Jesse was voiced by Dee Bradley Baker. Jesse later appeared in the episode "Darkness on Umbara," which aired on October 28, 2011.

After the airing of "Darkness on Umbara," Jesse received an Encyclopedia entry on StarWars.com. Notably, in his entry, Jesse's homeworld is said to be 1.83 meters, while his height is stated to be an unknown number of the unit system Kamino. As of October 31, 2011, three days after his entry was published, no official on StarWars.com said the information is incorrect. Therefore this article assumes the information is correct, as the Encyclopedia is seen as a canonical source.