Jesse

Jesse, also identified as CT-5597, was a clone trooper who served in the Grand Army of the Republic's 501st Legion during the Clone Wars. Jesse participated in a hunt for the Confederate General Grievous on the planet Saleucami around 21 BBY. During the hunt, Jesse, along with troopers Hardcase and Kix, went with Clone Captain Rex to search for escape pods that had been jettisoned from Grievous' crashed ship. After two commando droids attacked and injured Rex, Jesse, Hardcase, and Kix took the injured Captain to a nearby homestead to recover, and then afterward Jesse led the remaining two clones to High Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi, who was leading another group of clones troopers on the planet. Continuing his service in the 501st Legion, Jesse went with the legion to the Confederate-aligned world Umbara, where he participated in a battle alongside Rex and Jedi General Anakin Skywalker.

After engaging the Umbaran Soldiers in combat on the world, another Jedi, General Pong Krell, arrived on Umbara and relieved Skywalker of his duties. As the interim leader of the 501st, Krell wanted Jesse and the clones to take over Umbara's capital city. A nearby airbase was resupplying the city's defenses, although after Hardcase and ARC Trooper Fives infiltrated the base, Krell's troops forced the Umbaran militia there to surrender, allowing the Republic force to fortify themselves in the airbase. After Jesse and the battle group learned of a Confederate supply ship in orbit of the planet, Jesse and Hardcase joined Fives' mission of destroying the ship. The three clones used Umbaran starfighters to board the supply ship, and once there, Hardcase sacrificed himself by staying behind to destroy the ship. Jesse and Fives returned to Umbara, only to be imprisoned for disobeying orders from Krell. The two clones were to be executed for their crime, although Krell soon revealed himself to be a traitor of the Republic. After Krell was captured by the clones, which would later result in Krell's death, Jesse and Fives were set free, and the battle resulted in a Republic victory.

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