Rys

"Rys. Always focused on the enemy are you. For inspiration, look to yourself and those beside you."

- Yoda, to Rys

"Rys" was the nickname of a diplomatic service clone shock trooper who served in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. A part of the Coruscant Guard, he accompanied Jedi Grand Master Yoda together with his squadmate Jek and Lieutenant Thire on a mission to meet with the Toydarian King Katuunko on the moon Rugosa in the year 22 BBY. Upon arriving at Rugosa, the Republic cruiser carrying Yoda and the clones came under attack from the Confederacy and was forced to flee after deploying the four to the moon's surface in an escape pod.

Separatist agent Asajj Ventress challenged Yoda to avoid her forces on Rugosa, proposing that Katuunko ally with the Confederacy if the Grand Master was unable. Yoda and the clone troopers were eventually forced to confront the droids, and after Thire was injured, the Republic forces retreated to recover in a cave. Rys and his clone brethren then emerged together with the Jedi to defeat the Confederate forces and complete the journey to reach Katuunko. After saving the king from Ventress, Yoda was promised the allegiance of the Toydarian people, and Rys and his comrades were picked up by Republic forces.

Arrival on Rugosa
"There's gotta be a full battalion in there. Probably packing armor, too."

- Rys spots a Separatist landing craft

"Rys" was the nickname assumed by a diplomatic service clone trooper of the Grand Army of the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars, a conflict against the Confederacy of Independent Systems and their Droid Army. Like all clone troopers, he was created as a clone of the bounty hunter Jango Fett and trained on the planet Kamino before being deployed. Rys was assigned to be a clone shock trooper in the Coruscant Guard, a division of clones stationed on the planet Coruscant, capital of the Republic.

In the year 22 BBY, Rys was picked from the Guard along with fellow clones Jek and Lieutenant Thire to accompany Jedi Grand Master Yoda on a mission to Rugosa, a moon close to the planet Toydaria. Yoda was scheduled to meet secretly on the moon with King Katuunko, leader of the Toydarian people and the Toydaria system, where the Republic hoped to build a supply base. The four were transported to the moon in a Republic cruiser; however, upon reaching Rugosa, the cruiser found its communications jammed and then came under attack from two Separatist frigates. As the cruiser was taking heavy fire, Yoda ordered that he and the clone troopers be launched to the moon's surface in an escape pod so that the ship could retreat.

Upon reaching the moon's surface, Thire, the highest-ranking clone present, made contact via hologram with Katuunko for Yoda and discovered that Separatist agent Asajj Ventress had already reached the king with an offer of allegiance from Count Dooku, leader of the Confederacy. A deal was struck between the three parties where if Yoda and the clone troopers could evade capture by Ventress's forces and reach Katuunko, Toydaria would join the Republic&mdash;otherwise the Separatists would have their allegiance. Once the discussion was over, Rys spotted a landing craft delivering the Separatists troops they were to face, and Yoda gave orders for the clones to only carry what they needed to avoid being slowed down. He then led them on an indirect route toward the meeting place, hoping to avoid encountering the battle droids located between them and their objective.

Journey to meet Katuunko
"Tanks. Is that the best they can throw at us?"

- Rys

As they traveled, Rys and his comrades were spotted by the Separatist forces, who began firing with Armored Assault Tanks. As the clone troopers were out of range, Yoda ordered them to wait, and soon the tanks were forced to stop as they could not move through the coral growths that covered Rugosa's surface. The droids' commander, 224, then ordered his ground troops to advance on foot. The clones moved to flank the incoming droids from the south, hiding behind corals until the Separatists approached and then opening fire.

Rys and Jek managed to destroy a squad of B1 battle droids together before reuniting with Thire and learning that he had lost Yoda. The trio were then forced to retreat by a group of B2 super battle droids and as they fled Thire was knocked to the ground by heavy weapons super battle droid's missile. As Rys ran back to aid the lieutenant under covering fire from Jek, Yoda arrived and defeated the droids using the Force. The respite from combat was short lived, as three droidekas quickly replaced their fallen comrades in attacking Rys and his allies and forced the four to retreat. With Thire injured, Yoda's team settled to rest in a cave and took stock of the low amount of ammunition they had left. After Rys declared the battle lost, Yoda provided reassuring words to the clones, telling Rys to pay more attention to and gain inspiration from his teammates instead of focusing on the enemy. The four then heard the sounds of Separatist tanks outside, and moved to the top of the canyon the cave was located in to view the enemy. Yoda leaped down and took on the droids and tanks alone, quickly destroying all of them.

Rys and his comrades then spotted more droidekas headed toward the Jedi, and as the droids opened fire on Yoda, Jek fired the clones' last rocket into a rocky overhang that promptly fell and crushed the droids. Victorious, the group made their way to the meeting point and found Ventress trying to kill Katuunko on Dooku's orders, as he had chosen to ally with the Republic. Yoda quickly saved the king, forcing Ventress to escape while she distracted the Republic troops with a remotely triggered rockslide. Yoda prevented the debris from reaching them by using the Force, after which Katuunko offered the service and allegiance of the Toydarian people to the Republic, marking the mission as a success. A Venator-class Star Destroyer then arrived in the skies above Rugosa, and a Low Altitude Assault Transport/infantry was dispatched to pick up Katuunko, Yoda, and the clone troopers.

Personality and traits
"Do, erh, you have any idea what the general's talking about?''" "''How should I know? There's no figuring out a Jedi Master."

- Jek and Rys discuss Yoda's odd personality

As a clone of Jango Fett, Rys stood 1.83 meters tall, with black hair, brown eyes and tanned skin. He had a black tattoo running up his neck onto the back of his jaw on each side of his face. During missions he tended to focus on the enemy rather than his fellow soldiers, a trait which Yoda picked up on during their time together. Rys struggled to understand Yoda's odd phrases and wise sayings, but believed that such difficulty was to be expected from conversations with a Jedi Master. He was quick to declare the mission lost while the clone troopers rested in the cave, but took heart after hearing Yoda's words of encouragement and was consequently not discouraged when he saw the enemy's tanks.

Equipment
Rys wore Phase I clone trooper armor painted with the red coloring of the Coruscant Guard. On Rugosa he carried a backpack and a DC-15A blaster.

Behind the scenes
Rys first appeared in "Ambush," the first episode in the first season of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series, which aired on October 3, 2008. Like all clones in the series, he was voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.