MB-223

"One intruder in Mando gear, still at large."

- MB-223 reports to his commander

MB-223 was the designation of a male stormtrooper who served the Galactic Empire's Stormtrooper Corps. Around five years before the Battle of Yavin he was partnered with TK-626 and charged with patrolling an Imperial airfield on the planet Lothal. During his patrols, MB-223 encountered the Mandalorian Sabine Wren who was planting explosives on a number of TIE fighters in the airfield. He and his partner tried to shoot, her but she managed to evade them and set off the explosives, destroying the TIEs.

Biography
"You hear that?" "I don't hear&mdash;Wait&hellip; yeah. What is that?"

- TK-626 and MB-223 hear Sabine Wren

A male stormtrooper designated MB-223 served in the Stormtrooper Corps of the Galactic Empire on the planet Lothal. Around five years prior to the Battle of Yavin, MB-223 and another trooper designated TK-626 were assigned to patrol an Imperial airfield on Lothal filled with newly produced TIE fighters. He and his comrade completed 108 patrols of the field during the day, and by the time of 109th patrol the pair were patrolling in the dark.

During the 109th patrol, TK-626 alerted MB-223 to a "shushing" sound coming from some of the TIEs which the pair then investigated. Weapons drawn, they discovered Sabine Wren, a girl in Mandalorian armor, spraying the Starbird emblem onto wing of one of the TIEs. MB-223 questioned the girl, and when she didn't stand down the pair began shooting at her; however, Wren was able to dodge the shots and began weaving through the TIEs in the field to escape the troopers. During the chase TK-626 contacted their commander and asked for reinforcements, after which the pair lost Wren, who began taunting them. Reinforcements then arrived and all of the troopers fanned out to find the Mandalorian, before Wren attacked one, drawing them all to her location, which was next to the fighter she had painted her graffiti on. TK-626 then realised that a graffiti-bomb had been placed in the middle of the Starbird, which then exploded destroying the TIEs. MB-223 and his comrades were knocked to the ground, their armor covered in purple paint.

Personality and traits
"What do you think you're doing?" "What does it look like? Art."

- MB-223 questions Sabine Wren

MB-223 was willing to shoot the sixteen year old Wren when she wouldn't stand down, although he was unable to hit her while she moved through the airfield.

Equipment
MB-223 wore a full set of stormtrooper armor and carried an E-11 blaster rifle.

Behind the scenes
MB-223 first appeared in Rise of the Rebels a book written by Michael Kogge and released in 2014 as part of the run-up to the release of the Star Wars Rebels television show. The book contained adaptations of four prelude shorts released for Rebels, including "Art Attack", the short that MB-223 appeared in which was released shortly after Rise of the Rebels. In the adaptation TK-626 grabs MB-223 when alerting him to the noise, but this doesn't occur in the short.

Appearances

 * Rise of the Rebels
 * Rise of the Rebels