Howzer

Howzer was a human male clone who served as a clone trooper in the Grand Army of the Republic and eventually as a stormtrooper in a battalion of the Imperial Army with the military rank of Clone Captain, shortly after the Galactic Republic's reorganization into the Galactic Empire in 19 BBY. Stationed on the planet Ryloth with his squad, Howzer worked with Ryloth's senator, Orn Free Taa, and the former Twi'lek Resistance leader, General Cham Syndulla, to help maintain peace on the planet. One day, the captain returned Cham's daughter, Hera Syndulla, to him after she was caught trespassing, choosing not to report the incident. After Hera and two Twi'lek Resistance fighters were caught smuggling weapons, Howzer arrived after their arrest and helped oversee their transportation. However, Cham and some other Twi'lek militants intercepted their HCVw A9 turbo tank to rescue their comrades. They defeated Howzer's forces and held the captain and his colleagues, Vice Admiral Edmon Rampart and Senator Taa, captive. Howzer advised against Cham killing Taa before Imperial reinforcements arrived and captured the Twi'leks excluding Hera.

With Hera having not been found, Howzer joined Rampart at Cham's prison cell, where the admiral exchanged barbs with the general and his wife. Rampart then ordered the captain to round up the Syndullas' supporters, although Howzer believed the arrests were unnecessary. Howzer soon joined the admiral for an address to the people of Ryloth. Not long after, the pair argued about the necessity of the arrests, as the captain feared an uprising. Howzer soon approached Cham's cell and requested Hera's location in order to protect her, only to be denied by Cham, who did not trust him. Not long after, the rogue elite clone unit known as the Bad Batch attacked Ryloth's Imperial doonium refinery, and Rampart left Howzer to guard Ryloth's Capitol building. Members of the Bad Batch broke out Cham and his fighters, and Crosshair set a trap outside the Capitol after suspecting their breakout. Howzer stopped Cham's group from falling into the trap and confronted Crosshair's troops instead, openly defying the Imperial occupation of Ryloth and inspiring six other clones to join him. Crosshair had the rebellious clones arrested as a result.

While in custody on the factory planet Balmorra, Howzer saw clones being transferred offworld. When it came time for the captain's turn to be transferred, however, the Imperial Gozanti-class cruiser transporting him was attacked by a starship containing members of the clone underground resistance movement. Howzer and the three remaining members of his squad were rescued and taken to one of the Underground's bases on the Imperial capital of Coruscant, where Howzer recounted his experiences to Echo and Pantora's senator, Riyo Chuchi. The captain joined the movement, eventually being based at the B'omarr Order Monastery on Teth, the Clone Underground's headquarters.

Text and facts from the “Howzer” article on Wookieepedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Modified for this site.