CC-1119/Legends

"I was rather fond of Commander Appo."

- Darth Vader

Clone Commander 1119 (&mdash;19 BBY), otherwise known as Appo, 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 the 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 permitted into 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 whom had refused to carry out the Emperor's will by not executing Order 66. Appo soon found himself having to save Vader when the Dark Lord underestimated a group of renegade Jedi on Kessel and received serious injuries as a result.

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

Behind the scenes

 * Commander Appo was voiced by Temuera Morrison.


 * Commander Appo is usually seen using regular Phase II armor with 501st Legion markings. However, in Star Wars: Purge, Appo was seen with an ARC trooper pauldron. This is heritage to his ARC training.

Appearances

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