Comet (clone trooper)/Legends

"Comet" was the nickname of a clone trooper corporal who served in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars, a conflict between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Under the command of Jedi Master Plo Koon and Clone Commander Wolffe, Comet was part of the clone trooper squad Wolfpack, a unit in the 104th Battalion. Sometime early in the war, Comet participated in the Battle of Khorm, where he fought against Separatist droid forces as the clone army struggled to secure the planet's agrocite deposits from the Khormai Warlord Unger Gout and Dark Acolyte Asajj Ventress. Comet was captured during the battle along with trooper Spitter, Commander Wolffe, and Major Kendal Ozzel. The prisoners later escaped in a commandeered Armored Assault Tank after hotwiring the control panel of the cell in which they were being held. Later in the battle, Republic troops vanquished the droid army, resulting in the seizure of the agrocite deposits of Khorm.

Comet also helped in the rescue of Jedi Generals Anakin Skywalker and Mace Windu on the planet Vanqor after the two Jedi had been trapped on the bridge of the downed Venator-class Star Destroyer Endurance. Under the command of Jedi Generals Koon, Skywalker and his Padawan, Ahsoka Tano, Comet and a squad of clones helped destroy a Separatist-controlled outpost on the planet Felucia that had recently been supplied with reinforcements by the Separatist General Grievous. Comet also took part in the rescue of a trapped Jedi force on the planet Lola Sayu, and a group of kidnapped Togruta colonists from the planet Kiros, who had been taken by Zygerrian slavers to a labor processing plant on the planet Kadavo.

Early service
"Comet, hold that junction breaker open while I rewire the circuit. With any luck, the lock will reset."

- Spitter to Comet, inside the agrocite processing facility

Comet was the nickname of a clone trooper corporal who served in the Galactic Republic's Grand Army. As a clone trooper, Comet was a genetic copy of the Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett, born on the planet Kamino. During the Clone Wars, Comet was assigned to Wolfpack, a clone trooper squad that was part of the 104th Battalion, and served under Jedi Master Plo Koon and Clone Commander CC-3636, nicknamed "Wolffe," during his time with Wolfpack.

Around 21 BBY, Comet, along with the rest of Wolfpack and the 44th's Devil Dogs, participated in the Battle of Khorm to secure a rare ore called agrocite, mined because it could be used as fuel also greatly enhanced beam weapons. Led by Jedi Masters Plo Koon, Kit Fisto, and Tauht, as well as the recently promoted Major Kendal Ozzel, Comet and the task force arrived on the planet Khorm. However, by the time Comet and the others arrived there, the Khormai warlord Unger Gout had allied himself with the Separatists, enslaving his people to mine for the Confederacy. To make matters worse, the enemy had also built a Weather-control station, creating a storm in Khorm's atmosphere that would prevent the Republic forces using their air support until the station was destroyed.

In the initial attack by the Republic, the task force managed to drive the Separatist Droid Army back from the agrocite processing facility where the Khormai warlord currently resided, forcing Gout to abandon the plant. After capturing the facility, Masters Koon and Fisto took a clone unit and departed to destroy the weather station, placing Tauht in command of the Republic's current position. Tauht would later be killed by Dark Acolyte Asajj Ventress, sent by the Confederacy to secure the planet, leaving Ozzel in charge. Seeing a Confederate counterattack, Ozzel ordered Comet and the rest of the Republic forces to leave their position and charge the enemy. Although they at first gained the upper hand, hidden spider droids surrounded the attack force that Comet fought with, destroying most of it. Comet, one of the few survivors of the battle, was taken prisoner alongside Ozzel, Wolffe and Spitter by Gout.

Comet and the other prisoners were held prisoner at the agrocite processing plant, once again in enemy control. He and the others attempted to escape imprisonment after they managed to hot-wire the control panel to their cell. Commandeering an AAT, Comet and his fellow troopers destroyed any droids who tried to stop them as they escaped the processing plant. Ventress, at the time engaged with the Republic force sent to destroy the weather station, was informed of their escape and raced to stop them. The Dark Acolyte and an attack force of droids tracked Comet and the others to a Republic staging point where the escapees had rendezvoused with the Republic troops located there.

As the droids launched their attack, the commandeered AAT was immediately destroyed, leaving Comet and the remaining Republic troops forced to take cover behind the LAAT/is and AT-TEs that had been rendered useless by the climate and frozen to the ground. As the battle at the staging point raged on, Republic troops under Masters Koon and Fisto managed to destroy the weather-control station, letting Republic forces from Admiral Wieler reach the staging area. The reinforcements, which included V-19 Torrents and gunships, destroyed much of Ventress' attack force, causing her to order a retreat and saving Comet and the remainder of the ground force. The Republic forces on Khorm later triumphed, resulting in the securing of the agrocite resources and the death of Gout, forcing Ventress to flee the lost Confederate cause on Khorm.

Rescue missions
"Comet, let's go!"

- Wolffe, to Comet, shortly before they rescue the Jedi

After receiving word that Jedi Generals Anakin Skywalker and Mace Windu had been trapped on Vanqor by bounty hunters, Comet and Wolfpack departed for the Uziel system, tasked with rescuing the Jedi. Accompanied by Plo Koon and the Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano, Comet and the task force were flown down to the wreckage of the Venator-class Star Destroyer Endurance, where Windu and Skywalker had been trapped on the bridge of the cruiser. Comet and the rescue team hovered outside of the Endurance bridge in the LAAT/is Plo's Bros as the bridge began to give way. While the Jedi prevented the bridge from falling with the Force while Wolfpack troopers secured it to the gunship with ascension cables, Comet and Wolffe attempted to extract Windu and Skywalker from the bridge. Finding the Jedi trapped beneath debris from an explosion, Comet helped Skywalker from the rubble and into the gunship while Wolffe aided Windu in escaping. When both injured Jedi were on board, the gunship departed the wreckage, leaving the bridge to collapse seconds later. Briefly stopping at a staging point to load the Jedi onto gurneys, Comet and the task force departed from Vanqor along with the rescued Jedi.

As the Clone Wars raged on, Comet participated in a rescuing a Republic team sent to the planet Lola Sayu, a Confederate controlled world. It was here that the Citadel resided, a high security prison meant for important prisoners. The rescue team was tasked with infiltrating the prison and rescuing Jedi Master Even Piell, who had recently been captured after he obtained the coordinates for the Nexus Route, a secret hyperspace lane that connected both Republic and Confederate homeworlds. The strike team successfully rescued Even Piell and captain Wilhuff Tarkin, who each knew half of the hyperlane coordinates. However, during their attempt to escape the planet, their shuttle was destroyed and the team was forced to hide in the wilderness of Lola Sayu, waiting for the Republic attack force to come to their aide.

Comet traveled to the Lola Sayu system with a strike team that was led by Jedi Masters Plo Koon and Commander Wolffe. There the attack force managed to break through the Lola Sayu defense fleet, and a space gunship containing Master Koon, Wolffe and Comet attempted an evacuation for the survivors of the rescue team. Comet and the extraction team reached the extraction point in the gunship, where the survivors of the mission had just defeated a squad of commando droids on STAPs led by the Phindian warden of the prison, Osi Sobeck. As ranks of crab droids surrounded the extraction point and attempted to halt the escape, the remains of the rescue team boarded the gunship and departed for a fleet of Venator-class Star Destroyers who were engaged with the Confederate Navy above the planet. The gunship containing Comet and the others successfully boarded one of the cruisers, and the remnants of the Republic fleet departed for Coruscant, their mission a success.

Fighting on Felucia
"Hold up, I sense something out there.''" "A droid?" "I don't think so, its probably just an animal." "''Stay alert men. Let's move."

- Ahsoka Tano and Comet Later in the war, Comet was present with Commander Wolffe and Wolfpack on Felucia, a highly contested planet in the Outer Rim Territories, as they fought to free it from the droid forces occupying an outpost commanded by the T-series tactical droid TZ-33. Shortly after droid reinforcements sent by General Grievous arrived in a Confederate landing craft, Republic forces launched their assault, aiming to drive the Separatists back and eventually gain control of the planet. Republic AT-TEs targeted the enemy in the outpost and opened fire, causing TZ-33 to retaliate by opening up the front gate and sending a unit of spider droids to engage the walkers. An attack group led by Anakin Skywalker and CT-7567, nicknamed "Rex", pounced on the droids as they exited the gate, and plowed forward attempting to gain access to the outpost via the open entrance.

Plo Koon led Wolffe and a squad of Wolfpack over the left wall of the outpost to flank the droids by using their jetpacks, while Padawan Tano was in charge of a small division of clones including Comet, Sinker, and Boost, that was tasked with scaling the back wall and engaging the enemy from behind. Tano stopped the squad temporarily on the way to their objective when she sensed something. However, Tano dismissed it as nothing and Comet, the squad's second in command, ordered the men forward. Comet's squad reached the back wall of the outpost, and while Tano guarded the rear of their advance, he and the other troopers scaled the wall with their ascension cables after destroying the guards. Reaching the top, Comet and the squad rendezvoused with the rest of Wolfpack as they captured the outpost. After the outpost had been taken and all droid forces including TZ-33 destroyed, Comet reported Tano's failure to report in to the Jedi commanders. He participated in the search for the missing Padawan along with the Republic forces in that area, though none of them would uncover her whereabouts, and he along with the rest of the searchers eventually abandoned the hunt when commanded by their superiors.

Mission to Kadavo
"I want the men topside with rocket packs and cable guns. Move it!"

- Coburn briefs Comet, along with the Wolffe and Sinker

Comet and Wolfpack were later dispatched to Kadavo, where Obi-Wan Kenobi, Rex and the captured Togruta colonists of Kiros were being held at a slave processing facility. Tasked with rescuing the prisoners and destroying the hub, Master Koon and a clone starfighter squadron destroyed the facility's defenses, allowing a Republic light cruiser helmed by Admiral Coburn to get close to the hub. The light cruiser, containing Comet and other members of the Wolfpack, came up under the facility to where the floor of the cell containing the Togruta prisoners was in the process of retracting, a trap that when fully open would cause the Togruta to fall to their deaths. On the bridge of the cruiser with Sinker and Wolffe, Comet followed Wolffe out on top of the cruiser when Coburn ordered them to save the prisoners.

Equipped with jetpacks and blasters armed with ascension cables, Comet and the others arrived beneath the trapped Togruta. Using the jet packs Comet and the others fired their ascension cables at the now exposed ceiling of the holding cell, and assisted in the evacuation of the cell as the Togruta used the cables to descend to the ship below. Comet caught one of the Togruta who fell from the cables, and safely brought her down to the cruiser. With all of the prisoners safely out of the cell, Comet and the others descended into the cruiser as Coburn removed the ship from underneath the facility. After gunships rescued Obi-Wan and Rex from a landing pad, Koon ordered the gunships to open fire, and the resulting missile volley destroyed the processing hub's supports, demolishing the facility as it crashed into the volcano mouth it was situated over.

Personality and traits
"The outpost is secured. Good job corporal, where is Commander Tano?''" "''She was covering our flank when we scaled the wall."

- Anakin Skywalker and Comet on Felucia

As a clone of Jango Fett, Comet was 1.83 meters tall and spoke Galactic Basic Standard. Like Fett, he also had tan colored skin and black hair. On Khorm, Comet realized the enemy was at a disadvantage due to the tank they currently possessed and wanted to use their advantage. However, Ozzel ordered the troopers to escape the facility, causing Comet to obey his superior. Comet helped assist Wolffe and his squad when they rescued Skywalker and Windu on the precarious bridge of the Endurance, and when he served as second-in-command during the raid of the back of the outpost on Felucia under Tano's command. He was also complimented by Skywalker on Felucia after he and his squad completed their objective.

Equipment
Early in the war, Comet donned clone cold assault armor emblazoned with red to participate in the Battle of Khorm without the negative affects of the cold on that planet. Later in the war, he wore standard Phase I clone trooper armor, which he customized with a gray blue color to honor the fallen members of Wolfpack during the Battle of Abregado. Prior to the mission to Kadavo, Comet upgraded his Phase I armor to the second phase of the clone armor. Like his Phase I set, this set featured the same colors. His weapon was a DC-15S blaster, which was sometimes equiped with the ascension cable launcher that could be attached to the blaster. Occasionally, Comet used a jetpack for missions.

Behind the scenes
Comet first appeared in the graphic novel story arc In Service of the Republic, written by Henry Gilroy. He has also appeared in Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes, with his first appearance in the Clone Wars in season two's R2 Come Home. He later appeared in both Citadel Rescue and Padawan Lost from season three, and the episode Escape from Kadavo in the fourth. Comet was voiced in the TV series by Dee Bradley Baker, who also voices all of the clone troopers in the series. In Wolffe's Encyclopedia entry on StarWars.com, slide 7 in the Video/Images section displays Comet instead of Wolffe.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars 7: In Service of the Republic, Part 1
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars 8: In Service of the Republic, Part 2