Tucker/Legends

"Tucker" was the nickname of a clone trooper pilot created on Kamino who served in the Republic Navy, fighting for the Galactic Republic and against the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars. He served in in Blue Squadron, a Republic starfighter squadron, using the callsign Blue Five. His squadron engaged a fleet of CIS ships in space around the Twi'lek homeworld, Ryloth, during a battle that took place around 22 BBY. During the battle, Tucker and his squadmates, serving under Jedi Commander Ahsoka Tano, made their way toward the flagship of the blockade around the planet in an attempt to make room for a Republic force to touch down. However, Confederate Vulture droids and reinforcements attacked Blue Squadron and the three Republic cruisers. Admiral Yularen and Jedi General Anakin Skywalker ordered Tano and her men to retreat, but Tucker was killedby the Vulture droids, before Tano obeyed.

Biography
"Tucker" was the nickname of a clone trooper pilot who served in the Grand Army of the Republic Navy. He, like all other clone troopers, was a clone of the Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett, created on the Wild Space planet Kamino to fight for the Galactic Republic in a war against the Confederacy of Independant Systems. Tucker served in Blue Squadron, a starfighter squadron in the Republic's navy, and flew under the callsign Blue Five.

Around 22 BBY, the Techno Union Foreman, Wat Tambor, seized control of the planet Ryloth and its inhabitants. The Jedi High Council dispatched General Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan, Ahsoka Tano, to assault the Confederate blockade surrounding the planet to allow the Republic ground forces to land, assist the starved Twi'leks on Ryloth, and depose Tambor. Under the command of Tano, who led the squadron in her personal starfighter, the squadron flew in V-19 Torrent starfighters. After Blue Squadron left the hangar of Skywalker's Venator-class Star Destroyer, the Resolute, the squad was quickly confronted by groups of Vulture droids.

Blue Squadron approached Confederate Captain Mar Tuuk's command ship, the flagship of the blockade, while being harassed by the Vultures. Soon, four more Munificent-class frigates joined Tuuk's blockade as reinforcements, neutralizing the chances of a successful attack run by Blue Squadron. Skywalker and Admiral Wullf Yularen ordered Blue Squadron to fall back and protect the Resolute from waves of Vulture droid attacks. Instead, on Tano's orders, Blue Squadron disobeyed and followed through with their assault on Tuuk's ship. Blue Squadron took heavy fire from the droid gunners on the frigates and from the Vultures.

As the Republic's capital ships were being critically damaged by the Separatist fleet and its droid fighters, Yularen and Skywalker urged Blue Squadron to retreat back to the Resolute to defend the Republic flagship. Tano obeyed and she and her squadron turned back toward the Star Destroyer. As the squadron fled, some of its ranks were killed by the droids. As the Vulture droid fire continued to bombard the three Republic warships, Blue Squadron came under attack on the way to the enemy flagship by the droid fighters and Tucker was shot down, perishing over Ryloth.

Personality and traits
Tucker was a clone trooper pilot that flew a V-19 Torrent starfighter as Blue Five of Blue Squadron, to which he was assigned. Despite his pilot training, he was unable to escape death when his squadron encountered a large number of Vulture droids during the battle of Ryloth and his fighter was destroyed.

Behind the scenes
Tucker was first featured in an episode of Season One of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series, entitled "Storm Over Ryloth." He was voiced by Dee Bradley Baker, who voiced all the clone troopers of the show.

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