Boil/Legends

Boil was the nickname of a clone trooper who served in the 212th Attack Battalion of the Grand Army of the Republic and was a member of Ghost Company. He participated in many campaigns in the war, including the liberation of Ryloth and the Republic's second assault on Geonosis. He shared a friendship with fellow trooper Waxer and would fight by his side as his partner.

Assault on Ryloth
A clone of bounty hunter Jango Fett, the clone trooper nicknamed "Boil" was born on the planet of Kamino to fight in the Grand Army of the Republic. During the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems, "Boil" served under Commander CC-2224&mdash;nicknamed "Cody"&mdash;in the Ghost Company unit of the Grand Army of the Republic's 212th Attack Battalion. Circa 22 BBY, Techno Union Foreman Wat Tambor took control of the planet Ryloth and subjugated its Twi'lek inhabitants. In response, the Galactic Republic initiated an offensive to liberate the Twi'leks. Jedi General Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan Ahsoka Tano were able to destroy the Separatist blockade surrounding the planet, allowing the ground invasion forces to land. Alongside High Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi, Commander Cody and the rest of Ghost Company, Boil boarded the LAAT/i gunship Crumb Bomber, which took off to land in the city of Nabat.

As Kenobi and Cody instructed their men to utilize blasters and EMP grenades only&mdash;in order to not destroy the Twi'leks' home while trying to free them&mdash;Separatist proton cannons below attacked the Republic Acclamator I-class assault ships, forcing them to pull back. Aboard one of the Acclamators, Jedi Master Mace Windu contacted Kenobi via a holoprojector and tasked him with destroying the cannons to allow the transports to land. After reaching the planet's surface, Ghost Company took out several B1 battle droids in a bunker on the outskirts of Nabat and entered the city. Kenobi then assigned Cody to pick his best men and scout ahead, and Cody chose Boil and two other troopers, Wooley and Waxer. Seeing that Nabat was abandoned, Cody and Wooley went to search the courtyard, while Waxer and Boil were ordered to go south and return to the Republic position by an appointed time. In one of the city's alleys, Boil and Waxer soon stumbled upon the young Twi'lek orphan Numa, whom Waxer wanted to take with them. Boil was against such decision, thinking that the girl would only slow them down, and the two started to argue. The clones then noticed a recon droid flying nearby, and they hid in the alley until it left the scene. The droid's appearance prompted Boil to hurry Waxer, but the latter continued to insist on taking Numa with them and ultimately convinced Boil to do so.

The girl, however, initially thought the clones to be droids, and bit Boil's finger when he reached to her. To calm the girl, Waxer and Boil removed their helmets and gave her a ration bar. After tasting the bar, Numa called the clones "nerra", a Twi'leki word unknown to the two. Boil and Waxer then returned to their scouting duties, and Numa followed them. The girl, however, soon ran in the direction of the recon droid, and Waxer chose to follow her there, much to Boil's dismay. Numa led the two clones to her shattered home, and Waxer noticed her tooka doll lying on the floor. After he gave it to her, she began to cry, and the clones comforted her.

Liberating Nabat
The two then received a transmission from Cody and realized that they were late. Boil wanted to answer Cody, but Waxer convinced him that the best way to explain their delay would be to reach the Republic position and tell that their comlinks had been jammed. Boil agreed, but before the clones could get very far, however, several gutkurr beasts attacked them, and they were forced to retreat with Numa back into the home. In order to escape the creatures, Numa led the clones into an underground passage, and the three re-emerged near Kenobi, Cody, and the rest of Ghost Company, who had just fought off a number of gutkurrs themselves. Conversing to Numa in Twi'leki, Obi-Wan discovered that she could lead them to the Twi'lek prisoners, who had been rounded up at the courtyard and used as living shields for the proton cannons.

While Cody and the rest of his company created a diversion to distract the droids, Waxer and Boil went through a secret passage with Kenobi to free the hostages and were successful. Kenobi then took control of one of the proton cannons, and with help from Waxer and Boil, who loaded the weapon with shells, he managed to destroy the other cannons. However, tactical droid commander TX-20 used his tank to destroy Kenobi's cannon and blasted the Jedi, Boil, and Waxer aside. Numa, worried for her new friends, ran over to the clones, and after they recovered, she ran over to Kenobi. TX-20's tank targeted her and the Jedi, but the now-free Twi'leks attacked the droid and destroyed him. Mace Windu and the transports were then able to land. As the Republic forces prepared to head to the capital city of Lessu to retake it and free the planet, Waxer and Boil said goodbye to Numa, and Boil promised that they would be back. Numa then called them "nerra" one last time, and Kenobi translated for them: "nerra" meant "brother."

Assault on Geonosis
During the second Republican campaign on Geonosis, Waxer and Boil (this time dressed in ARF Trooper armor) were among the few troopers of Obi-Wan's forces to land relatively unscathed in the midst of a Geonosian ambush. Their first assignment in the battle was to rescue Obi-Wan, whose gunship had been shot down. Amdist heavy fire - and personal complaints about always getting stuck in the thick of things - they managed to recover Obi-Wan and clone trooper Trapper (the only survivors of the crash) and take them to a safe position.

Personality and traits
"Don't cry, kid. We'll keep you safe. I&hellip;I promise."

- Boil comforts Numa

Boil was a very by the book soldier, and when things went against it he was easily annoyed. At first, Boil did not have much compassion for the people of Ryloth, looking at their helplessness as a weakness rather than taking pity on them. He was reluctant to help Numa, believing that he and Waxer should be following orders instead of wasting their time. However, as time progressed, Boil developed compassion, and he grew to care for Numa as well. Boil also changed the color of his brown eyes to red.

Behind the scenes
The character of Boil was created for The Clone Wars television series and appeared in the twentieth episode of the series' first season, titled "Innocents of Ryloth". Like all clones in the show, Boil was voiced by Dee Bradley Baker. Boil also appeared in the young readers book The Battle for Ryloth, which features several minor inconsistencies with the episode. In it, both Waxer and Boil initially hesitate to take Numa with them, but ultimately decide to do so and then take her straight to Kenobi.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Battle for Ryloth
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Battle for Ryloth