Slammer/Legends

"Ready on Three! This is Slammer. Over."

- Slammer checks in

"Slammer" was the nickname of a clone pilot in the Republic Navy during the Clone Wars, serving under the call sign "Blue Three" in Blue Squadron. In 21 BBY, Slammer's squadron was part of the Republic strike force dispatched to Ryloth to break the Confederate blockade around the planet. Led by Jedi Commander Ahsoka Tano, Blue Squadron&mdash;flying V-19 Torrent starfighter&mdash;was tasked with destroying the Confederacy fleet's flagship. However, during the space battle over Ryloth, Blue Squadron was met by heavy resistance from the Confederacy's Vulture droid starfighters, forcing the strike forces' commanders&mdash;Jedi General Anakin Skywalker and Admiral Wullf Yularen&mdash;to order a retreat. Although Commander Tano at first disobeyed her superiors' orders, she and Blue Squadron eventually returned to the Republic's command ship, but not before all but two of Blue Squadrons' ten clone pilots were killed.

Biography
"Got two on my tail. I can't shake 'em! I can't help you, Axe. I've got my own problem."

- Axe and Slammer during the Battle of Ryloth

A clone of the male Human bounty hunter Jango Fett, Slammer&mdash;along with his clone trooper brothers&mdash;was bred on the planet Kamino to fight for the Galactic Republic in the Clone Wars against the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Trained as a clone pilot, Slammer learned how to pilot a variety of starfighters for the Republic Navy. Slammer served in Blue Squadron&mdash;alongside his squadmates Swoop, Kickback, Tucker, and the squadron's commander, Axe&mdash;flying under the call sign "Blue Three".

In 21 BBY, the Confederacy seized control of the planet Ryloth and its Twi'lek populace, placing a strong Confederate blockade under the command of Captain Mar Tuuk around the planet. The Jedi Council dispatched a Republic fleet, including Blue Squadron, under the command of Admiral Wullf Yularen and Jedi General Anakin Skywalker to Ryloth. The Republic flotilla was ordered to destroy the Confederate blockade, allowing Republic ground forces to land on Ryloth and liberate the planet. Skywalker's Padawan, Jedi Commander Ahsoka Tano, was put in command of Blue Squadron, and was tasked with destroying Tuuk's command ship, even though she had never before led a fighter squadron into battle before.

Upon arriving out of hyperspace over Ryloth, the Republic task force began to engage the Confederate blockade, while Tano, flying her Jedi starfighter, and Slammer's squadron, piloting V-19 Torrent starfighters, launched from the hangar bay of Skywalker's Star Destroyer, the Resolute. As Blue Squadron flew towards the enemy fleet, they were attacked by a number of Confederate Vulture droid starfighters. Blue Squadron began to take several casualties, but pushed on, cutting a path through the incoming Vulture droids. However, as Slammer's squadron neared Tuuk's flagship, Separatist reinforcements arrived in the form of four Munificent-class star frigate, outnumbering the Republic forces.

Realizing the battle was lost, Yularen and Skywalker ordered Commander Tano and her squadron to return to the Resolute, but the stubborn Padawan disobeyed her superiors and continued with her assault. However, the squadron began to take more casualties from the enemy turbolasers and Vulture droids, losing Tucker in the barrage. Overwhelmed, Tano finally obeyed her orders and had Slammer and the other remaining members of Blue Squadron to retreat to the Republic fleet, but were pursued by Vulture droids on their way back to the Resolute. Slammer, under pressure from the enemy fighters, was unable to help Axe when his squadleader called on him for assistance, resulting in Axe too being shot down. Tano and two of the original ten clone pilots of Blue Squadron managed to return to the Resolute, which fled into hyperspace as soon as the remainders of the squadron boarded the ship.

Personality and traits
Slammer was a clone pilot trained to handle a variety of starfighters for the Grand Army of the Republic, but he was not skilled enough to save Axe when his squadleader asked Slammer for help during the battle over Ryloth. He wore white Phase I clone trooper armor with blue markings on the armor's helmet. Like all clone troopers, Slammer stood at a height of 1.83 meters.

Behind the scenes
Slammer's first appearance was in "Storm Over Ryloth", an episode in the first season of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series. "Storm over Ryloth" first aired on February 27, 2009, and in the episode, Slammer is voiced by Dee Bradley Baker, who voices all the clone troopers in the show.

It is unclear whether Slammer was one of the members of Blue Squadron that died in the Battle of Ryloth, though the first pilot to die onscreen has the armor identical to Slammer's. The StarWars.com episode guide for "Storm Over Ryloth" states that eight out of the ten clone pilots of Blue Squadron died, but only specifically identifies Axe and Tucker as being two of the eight.

Appearances

 * Droids Over Iego
 * Droids Over Iego