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 during the Clone Wars. Around 22 BBY, Jesse participated in the hunt for Confederate General Grievous on the planet Saleucami under the command of High Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi. After landing on the planet, the Republic group spotted a crashed ship. Soon, Jesse, along with troopers Kix and Hardcase, went with Clone Captain Rex to find the escape pods that had been jettisoned from the crashed ship. While Jesse and the clones scoured through the wetlands of the planet on BARC speeders, two commando droids spotted the group and utilized a sniper rifle to fire at Rex.

After the captain was shot down, Jesse destroyed the two droids before returning to the injured Rex. Jesse, who realized they were on farmland, led the group to a nearby homestead. The farmer's wife, Suu, allowed the clones to settle Rex inside their barn for the night before Jesse and the clones continued to search for the escape pods. As Jesse led the team, Kenobi contacted them and ordered the clones to rendezvous with his group. Grievous, who had made his way toward an escape pod, was situated between Jesse and Kenobi's teams. Following their arrival, the Jedi Master told Jesse and Clone Commander Cody to cover him as he engaged Grievous. However, the cyborg general escaped after a shuttle arrived.

Biography
"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

"Jesse" was the nickname of a clone trooper who served in the Galactic Republic's Grand Army of the Republic. Like all clone troopers, Jesse was a clone of the Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett. Around 22 BBY, during the Clone Wars, Jesse served 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 to find the cyborg general on the planet's surface. The team found the wreckage of a crashed landing 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 was fired. Jesse used his BARC speeder's blaster cannons to fire at the droids, which destroyed 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, the farmer's wife, Suu, pointed a rifle at the intruding clones, although Jesse and Kix informed her that they were friends and they needed a place to settle the injured Rex for the night. 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 others informed him of what had occurred. Before the team departed, 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, although Jesse responded and told the Jedi Master that Rex had been injured, and he had been given the duty of leading the search for the escape pods. Kenobi told Jesse that Grievous was heading toward an abandoned escape pod, and he should drive westward.

Soon, Jesse contacted Kenobi, and the clone trooper told him that they had a visual of the escape pod. As both teams closed in on Grievous&mdash;who had already arrived at the escape pod&mdash;Kenobi engaged Grievous' forces before Jesse's team arrived on their BARC speeders. As Jesse fired his speeder's blaster cannons at battle droids, he soon 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 alerted Cody and Jesse to cover him as he raced toward Grievous. As Kenobi and Grievous engaged in a lightsaber duel, the Confederate shuttle approached the two, coming to a hovering stop above the escape pod. Grievous fired his tow cable on the hull of the shuttle and escaped. Jesse and Cody, on board their speeders, returned to Kenobi after dispatching the battle droids. The Jedi Master told both clone troopers to contact the fleet and order them to send a transport to pick them up.

Personality and traits
"Protect the captain."

- Jesse, to Kix and Hardcase

Jesse was a loyal clone trooper who reacted quickly after his team's leader, Rex, was shot down by a commando droid. The clone trooper took great concern for Rex's health after the clone captain had been shot. A well-mannered clone, Jesse respected Suu, and politely asked if Rex could stay at her homestead for the night. Jesse cooperated with Kenobi, and obeyed the orders that were given to him.

On his forehead, Jesse had a large Galactic Republic emblem tattoo that covered most of his face. His helmet featured a similar marking. Jesse's 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.

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