CC-1119/Legends

"I was rather fond of Commander Appo."

- Darth Vader

Clone Commander 1119, otherwise known as Appo, was a senior clone commander who led the famed 501st Legion during the Clone Wars.

Clone Wars
As the 501st was stationed on Coruscant, along with Commander Thire's shock troopers, Appo became accustomed to life outside of the military and developed an appreciation for the citizens he had sworn to protect.

As the the number of fronts expanded as the war dragged on, Appo saw his elite troopers shipped off to the farthest corners of the Galaxy to assist in the Outer Rim Sieges.

The final weeks of the Clone Wars saw a sneak attack on Coruscant by General Grievous. Commanders Appo and Thire oversaw the defense of the capital planet, preventing Grievous's droid forces from taking the all-important Senate District.

Only days later, Appo's 501st was given its most important assignment to date. The 501st Legion was ordered to march on the Jedi Temple, under the command of Darth Vader, in order to suppress what the Supreme Chancellor Palpatine called a "Jedi Rebellion". Appo's men did their job well, eliminating all of the Jedi inside within hours. As the attack on the Temple came to a close, Senator Bail Organa of Alderaan attempted to gain entry into the now-burning Jedi Temple. Appo's orders read that no one outside the 501st was to be granted access inside the building. As Organa returned to his speeder, a Jedi Padawan by the name of Zett Jukassa leapt from seemingly nowhere, critically wounding Appo and several of his men before being gunned down himself by Sergeant Fox. Appo, however, managed to survive his wounds, and, after several weeks in a bacta tank, returned to his 501st Legion.

Imperial era
As the Empire's noose around the Galaxy tightened, the 501st was placed under the helm of Darth Vader and tasked with bringing those who defied the Emperor's New Order back into line. Their often barbaric actions earned them the well-deserved title of "Vader's Fist" by those who opposed the Emperor. One of Appo's first missions following the assault on the Jedi Temple was to accompany Lord Vader to the far reaches of the Outer Rim in order to eliminate a group of clone commandos who had refused to carry out the Emperor's will by not complying with Order 66.

Shortly thereafter, however, Appo met his end on the Wookiee world of Kashyyyk, where the 501st had been sent to squelch a Wookiee uprising; he was beheaded by the Jedi Master Roan Shryne.

Following Appo's death, Commander Bow was made the commanding officer of the 501st.

Behind the scenes

 * Commander Appo, like all clone troopers, was voiced by Temuera Morrison.
 * In the novel Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader, Appo and his troops are incorrectly described as red-armored Coruscant shock troopers, not blue-armored 501st troopers.
 * The Hasbro website states that Appo was present at the Conclave of Kessel. This may be a confusion between him and Commander Bow, or it may mean that the setting of Dark Lord and Purge (which has never been specifically defined) has been reversed.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
 * Star Wars Battlefront II