Fives

CT-27-5555, a clone of bounty hunter Jango Fett whose numerical designation led to his nickname "Fives", seemed destined to be just another [clone trooper](/article/clone_trooper], but fate, or perhaps the Force, had other plans for him. During the first year of the Clone Wars, Fives, alongside CT-00-2010, CT-782, CT-1409, and CT-4040, were clone cadets in Domino Squad. Fives was called by his designation, CT-27-5555, by the other clones in Domino Squad, although he preferred his nickname. Over time, all members of the squad acquired their own names: CT-00-2010 became Droidbait, CT-782 became Hevy, CT-1409 became Echo, and CT-4040 became Cutup. Domino Squad was known for being reckless and rarely worked well together. Their training was supervised by bounty hunters Bric and El-Les, and Jedi Master Shaak Ti. The cadets were given a test that required them to work together as a team without any injuries to pass. During one of Domino Squad's combat simulation tests, Droidbait broke away from the group and was shot. El-Les and Commander Colt ended their test and failed the team due to their inability to function cooperatively.

The cadets returned to their quarters, but Fives and Echo went to Shaak Ti to request a transfer to a new squad. Ti refused their request, expressing her faith in Domino Squad and allowing them to try the challenge again. During the test, Fives and his squadmates noticed that their ascension cables were missing due to tampering by a still skeptical Bric. To complete their task, the clones decided to help each other free-climb the turrets along the sides of the Citadel. This proved successful, and Domino Squad celebrated their victory, finally recognizing each other as brothers and a team. Ti and El-Les praised Domino Squad's efforts, and all five cadets received medals as a symbol of their graduation from clone cadet to full members of the Grand Army of the Republic.

After completing their basic training on Kamino, Fives and his fellow rookies, Hevy, Cutup, Droidbait, and Echo, received their first assignment. They were assigned to the Rishi Moon and tasked with protecting and operating a Republic listening post. The rookies, led by clone sergeant O'Niner, were the only defense during a Separatist takeover attempt of the listening post. Following the initial assault by Separatist commando droids, Fives, Echo, Cutup, and Hevy escaped the base through the ventilation shaft and emerged onto the moon's surface, but they were soon attacked by a Rishi eel, which killed Cutup. After Clone Commander Cody and Clone Captain Rex arrived for a routine inspection, Fives and his comrades warned the officers with a signal flare that the base was occupied by Separatist droids. Fives met Captain Rex and Commander Cody for the first time after they rappelled from the platform. The clone troopers then decided to retake the base.

Following Rex's plan, the clones tricked the droids into opening the blast doors and stormed the base. Fives fired his blaster for the first time and achieved his first kills. After the successful recapture, Fives assisted the clone officers in securing the base and repairing the signal that the droids had sabotaged to continue broadcasting the all-clear signal. After spotting a Separatist invasion fleet approaching the moon, Fives, Commander Cody, and Hevy located the armory, secured weapons for the entire clone group, and then left to defend against the new assault while the others rigged the base to explode using canisters of tibanna gas.

After fighting off a second wave of battle droids, Fives and the clone group escaped through a maintenance hatch to the moon's surface. Clone trooper Hevy stayed behind and destroyed the station when the remote detonation failed, effectively alerting the Republic of the invasion and sacrificing himself. After being rescued by the Republic, Fives and Echo, the only survivors of Domino Squad, were awarded medals and invited to join the 501st Legion under Captain Rex.

Later in the war, Fives, Echo, and the rest of the 501st returned to Kamino to defend it from an impending Separatist invasion. Returning to their homeworld after months away felt surreal to the two surviving members of Domino Squad. In preparation for the defense of the planet's cloning facilities, they were reunited with 99, a deformed maintenance clone who had been kind to the Dominos during their training, and informed him of Hevy's death. Saddened by the news, 99 showed Fives and Echo Hevy's graduation medal, which had been a gift between the two clones. After a moment of sadness, 99 volunteered to help prepare for the invasion.

When Asajj Ventress's Trident-class assault ships attacked, Fives and Echo were assigned by ARC trooper Havoc to work as snipers above the city to hold off the approaching droid forces. With 99's help, they managed to stall the Separatist forces before retreating. Amid the chaos, the three clones came across a team of lost cadets and escorted them to safety. As General Grievous and Ventress advanced further into Kamino to find genetic samples of the Republic's clone army, Captain Rex and Commander Cody found the group at the cadet barracks. After 99 helped them gather weapons from a nearby armory, the group set a trap for the incoming droids. Together, the troopers, cadets, and 99 defeated a squad of Grievous's battle droids. However, the battle ended in grief when 99 died trying to retrieve grenades and ammo for his brothers. After the battle, Captain Rex promoted Fives and Echo to ARC trooper for their role in the defense of Kamino.

After being promoted to ARC trooper, Fives participated in an operation on Christophsis in the Outer Rim, working with a team of fellow ARC troopers who needed to use ascension cables at one point. Fives also encountered a B1-series battle droid, whose head he tore off.

Fives and Echo were assigned to Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker's mission to rescue Jedi Master Even Piell from the Citadel on Lola Sayu. After being frozen in carbon to bypass Separatist life-form detecting scanners, the rescue team successfully infiltrated the Citadel. They climbed the cliff to enter, but clone trooper Charger lost his balance and fell, alerting the Separatists and Warden Osi Sobeck of their presence. Nonetheless, they made their way through the facility and freed Piell, Captain Wilhuff Tarkin, and several captive clone officers. Pursued by Separatist security, the rescue team split up to protect the vital intelligence carried by Piell and Tarkin. Echo and Fives joined Skywalker's team, along with Tarkin, through the old tunnels beneath the Citadel.

Skywalker's team was initially delayed in their attempts to rendezvous with Kenobi's due to Separatist forces. They developed a plan to meet at the Citadel's airfields and escape using Separatist aircraft. As the teams reunited, Sobeck's security droids amassed in force. During a fierce firefight, Fives and Echo tried to reach the shuttle. Echo reached the ramp, but the ship was hit and exploded. Fives and both teams had no time to search for their comrade and were forced to flee the airfield, presuming Echo dead. However, Echo survived and was captured by the Separatists, but it was the last time Fives ever saw Echo, as by the time Echo's survival was discovered it was too late for Fives.

Fives and the others escaped across Lola Sayu's shadowy landscape, fighting Sobeck's battle droids and being tracked by his anoobas. Piell was killed when the anoobas caught up, but he managed to transfer his half of the intel to Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano. The team reached the rendezvous point to await Master Koon's extraction team. When a desperate Sobeck personally attacked the group, Fives shot him down from his STAP, allowing Ahsoka to eventually kill him. Fives and the others were then rescued and returned to Coruscant.

When Umbara seceded from the Republic, Fives was reassigned to the 501st, becoming one of two assigned ARC Troopers in the battalion for the upcoming campaign, along with Rex. He participated in the initial ground assault against Umbaran forces, even rescuing fellow trooper Hardcase from a vixus. After establishing a forward position, Anakin Skywalker was called off-planet, and the venerated Jedi General Pong Krell was assigned as the temporary leader of the 501st. Fives quickly took issue with Krell's firm and seemingly reckless leadership, which often led to the unnecessary endangerment and death of fellow clones. Fives joined Rex in voicing his direct concern with the Besalisk's leadership style, only to be met with a drawn lightsaber.

Following a failed attempt to reach the Umbaran capital city, Fives and the rest of the 501st held their ground against increasing enemy resistance. Efforts were refocused when Krell received orders to target a critical airbase and ordered a full-frontal assault through a valley. Krell's leadership style led to the death of dozens of soldiers, further enraging Fives. Despite Rex's insistence that he remain calm for the sake of the troops, Fives advocated for a plan of action separate from Krell's. As more troops perished in action against advanced Umbaran military technology, Rex sent Fives and Hardcase, against Krell's wishes, to capture enemy aircraft and assist in the battle. Despite a lack of familiarity with the technology, the plan proved successful. Fives and Hardcase entered the base undetected, commandeered two enemy starfighters, and secured a victory. Krell expressed his frustration with the insubordination but begrudgingly accepted the victory.

With the base captured, Fives continued to voice his frustration with Krell to Rex, who struggled to hold the battalion together under Krell. After a series of long-range missile attacks threatened both the base and the 212th Attack Battalion, Fives approached Rex with a plan hatched by himself, Hardcase, and Jesse to use the captured Umbaran fighters and launch a sneak attack on the unsuspecting Separatist supply ship, hopefully ending the airstrikes. Rex eagerly presented the plan to Krell, but when Krell refused to authorize it, the three clones undertook the mission anyway.

The trio sneaked out of the airbase in Umbaran Starfighters. When Krell demanded to know where the clones had gone, Rex covered for them. In space, Fives, Hardcase, and Jesse successfully destroyed the supply ship, but Hardcase sacrificed his life so his brothers could live. Fives and Jesse escaped the exploding supply ship while Hardcase slammed one of his starship's missiles into the ship's core.

Upon their return, Fives and Jesse shared their victory and grief with Rex and Tup, who had run out to meet them. Clones sent by Krell interrupted them, and in the base's tower, a furious Krell yelled at Fives and Jesse and arrested them, intending to have them court-martialed.

Rex opposed Krell's decision, even trying to take the punishment himself, but only angered Krell further. The Jedi ordered the immediate execution of Fives and Jesse. As Fives and Jesse were lined up to be killed by a firing squad of their brothers, led by Dogma, Fives pleaded with his fellow clones, saying that his actions were justified and that clones, as people, shouldn't follow orders when they know the orders are wrong. The clones, realizing that they held a greater loyalty to justice and each other than their general, fired but missed, then lowered their weapons and refused to carry out Krell's orders.

Before the general could retaliate, word reached the base that a portion of the 212th had been captured by Umbaran natives who were now posing as clone soldiers. Fives and Jesse were put back in the brig while Krell sent Captain Rex and the rest of the 501st clone troopers out to stop the disguised enemies. The 501st engaged their foes, resulting in massive casualties on both sides. The battle was cut off when Rex realized that the opposing soldiers were clones of the 212th, also sent under Krell's orders.

Led by Rex, the furious remainder of the two battalions returned to the airbase to arrest General Krell for treason against the Republic. After releasing Fives and Jesse from the brig, the group found Krell in the tower. When they accused Krell of treachery, he admitted he had been secretly manipulating the soldiers all along. After a brief encounter with a confused Dogma, the clones set out to catch the former Jedi. What followed was a desperate and deadly attempt at capture during which dozens of clones died. It ended when Tup, with the help of a native vixus, managed to deceive and detain the mad general long enough to stun him.

Now a prisoner of the clones, Krell revealed to Fives and his brothers that his actions on Umbara were due to a lack of faith in the Republic and intended to gain the loyalty of Count Dooku. Fives, Rex, and the rest of the 501st leadership debated what to do with the dangerous rogue Jedi they now held captive. When news broke that General Kenobi's forces had captured the planet's capital and that the remaining Umbaran military were headed directly for their current position, it was decided that Krell should be executed. When Rex hesitated to kill his former general, a distraught Dogma fired the killing blow. With Krell dead and the Umbarans subdued, Fives left the shadowy planet with shaken faith in his place in the Republic's war effort, voicing his uncertainty to Rex but remaining confident that one day, the war would end.

Throughout the later years of the Clone Wars, Fives remained an active and dedicated member of the 501st Legion. During this time, he forged close bonds with his clone brothers, developing deep friendships within his battalion. Later on, Fives, along with the rest of the 501st, participated in a military campaign aimed at defeating Separatist forces, under the command of Admiral Trench, who were occupying a space station orbiting the planet Ringo Vinda. During the heat of battle, a fellow clone and close friend of Fives, Tup, inexplicably shot and killed Jedi General Tiplar. Amidst the resulting chaos, the 501st was forced to retreat from the battle. Tup seemed unaware of his actions, yet he continued to exhibit strange behavior and violent outbursts towards the Jedi. Consequently, both Jedi and clone leadership decided that Tup should be sent back to Kamino for further medical evaluation. However, while being transported off the station, Tup was briefly captured by Separatist forces. Fives, Rex, and Anakin Skywalker worked together to rescue the unconscious Tup before Trench's droids could escape with him. Concerned about his friend's well-being, Fives requested permission to accompany the troubled clone to Kamino.

Upon their arrival on Kamino, the chief medical officer, Nala Se, suggested that Tup's unusual behavior could be caused by a virus and requested that Fives remain on the planet to undergo examinations alongside his friend. Fives agreed, primarily to monitor the treatment his friend was receiving. He soon became suspicious of the care being given to Tup and began to suspect that the Kaminoans had hidden motives. With the help of the medical droid AZ1-3, who created a distraction, Fives performed a highly risky level 5 brain scan on Tup. Fearing for Tup's immediate health, Fives and AZ1-3 surgically removed what appeared to be a tumor from Tup's brain. Although the operation seemed successful initially, Shaak Ti and Nala Se discovered Fives's insubordination and reprimanded him for his reckless actions. Despite Fives's best efforts, Tup succumbed to medical complications and died, leaving Fives devastated. However, Tup's last words before his death hinted to Fives that the never-ending mission from their nightmares was finally over.

After Tup's death, Fives was seemingly cleared from his own examinations and given orders to return to the frontlines with the 501st. However, a casual remark from AZ-3 revealed that the Kaminoans actually intended to wipe his memory and reassign him to maintenance duty. In a moment of desperation, Fives attacked Kaminoan security personnel and escaped into the depths of the facility with his droid companion. Now convinced that there was more to his friend's death than met the eye, he stole the tumor-like growth to conduct his own further investigations. Working with AZ-3, Fives determined that the growth was actually an artificially designed organic chip that had been implanted in Tup's head. Further analysis revealed that the chip had been installed during the earliest stages of clone embryo development. Fearing for his own life, Fives instructed AZI-3 to remove the chip from his own brain. Comparing the two chips, AZI-3 and Fives discovered that Fives's chip appeared to be healthy and functioning correctly, while Tup's chip showed signs of decay. Shortly after this discovery, he was apprehended by Nala Se and the rest of the Kaminoan security forces. While Nala Se claimed that the chip was designed to control aggression among the clones, Fives argued that the chip itself was a cause for suspicion. His words convinced Shaak Ti, who requested that Fives be sent to Coruscant for further testing and to present his case to the Supreme Chancellor.

While being transported to Coruscant, Nala Se secretly injected Fives, who was already barely conscious due to the stress of his impromptu surgery, with a mind-altering drug. Supreme Chancellor Palpatine himself met with Fives, along with Nala Se and Shaak Ti. Despite his desperate attempts, Fives's account of his experiences failed to convince anyone else in the meeting of his belief in a conspiracy. Despite Nala Se's insistence that Fives was suffering from paranoia and mental instability, Palpatine requested to speak with the soldier alone to hear his story in greater detail. After Shaak Ti and Nala Se had left the room, the Chancellor revealed the true purpose of the biochips to Fives, along with his own involvement in the plot. He then attacked Fives, who, in a moment of self-defense, was framed as a potential assassin. Now a fugitive, Fives fled into the underlevels of Coruscant, seeking allies and anyone who would listen to his story. Eventually, he found his way to the clone bar, 79's. There, he managed to persuade his longtime friend and fellow 501st soldier Kix to contact Anakin Skywalker and Captain Rex so that they could meet in private.

To Fives's astonishment, both Skywalker and Rex arrived at the designated meeting location. Fearing that they would not believe his story, he trapped them within a ray shield. Agitated by his experiences and the effects of Nala Se's drug, Fives struggled to articulate his actions and discoveries coherently. When Skywalker accused Fives of attempting to assassinate Palpatine, the situation quickly escalated.

At that very moment, in the midst of Fives's explanation, Commander Fox and a squad of Coruscant guards arrived to arrest him, having been dispatched by Palpatine. Desperate to avoid capture, a terrified Fives reached for one of Rex's discarded blasters. After issuing a warning, Fox opened fire, shooting Fives in the chest and mortally wounding him. Fives spent his last moments in Rex's arms, uttering his final words, echoing Tup's, as he finally found peace.

Rex was deeply affected by the loss of his brother. Skywalker was also saddened by Fives's death, as he had been one of his most valued soldiers. The deaths of Tup and Fives, both under mysterious circumstances, were among the many emotional blows that Skywalker suffered in the final months of the Clone Wars, making it seem as though his personal world was collapsing around him.

Later in the war, after Fives's death, Rex kept a holographic image of himself with Cody, Fives, and Echo, which he would look at and reminisce about during the Battle of Anaxes. This occurred after he began to suspect that a Separatist algorithm might actually be Echo, who had previously been presumed dead at the Citadel. Rex remarked that he had witnessed the fall of many of his brothers during the war, specifically mentioning Fives, Echo, and Hevy. With the assistance of the unconventional Clone Force 99, Rex and General Skywalker were able to rescue the still-living Echo from Techno Union captivity on Skako Minor.

Kix became driven to uncover the truth behind Fives's death. After conducting his own independent investigation, he discovered the extent of the conspiracy and attempted to warn the Jedi and the Republic. However, he was captured by Dooku's forces and placed in suspended animation. The ship he was aboard later crashed in an isolated area, where it served as his frozen prison for the next 50 years, preventing him from playing any further role in the events surrounding Order 66.

Although Fives had discovered the existence of a control chip within the clone anatomy, the chips were activated before the Jedi could learn the truth, and he was unable to prevent the mass execution of the Jedi. However, when Order 66 was issued, Captain Rex realized the connection and directed Ahsoka Tano to Republic archive data logged by Nala Se, as well as a message he had recorded saying, "find Fives." Unable to fully resist his programming, Rex opened fire, but his former commander was able to decrypt a log from Rex expressing concern about the inhibitor chips that Fives had told him about. This log allowed her to understand what had happened, and she subsequently incapacitated Rex and successfully removed his chip.

Following the end of the war, the remaining members of Clone Force 99, including Echo, defected from the newly formed Galactic Empire. They were among the few clones who were immune to Order 66 due to genetic mutations and, in Echo's case, the cybernetics implanted by the Techno Union. Shortly after, the "Bad Batch" met up with Rex, who brought them to Bracca to have their chips surgically removed. Rex told Echo how Fives had tried to warn him, but admitted that he hadn't understood the warning at the time. Echo expressed disbelief at the whole situation. The surgeries were successful for the four clones, and Rex parted ways with them. Other clones who had their chips removed included Wolffe and Gregor.

50 years after his abduction, Kix was finally awakened by Sidon Ithano and his crew. Unaware of the passage of time, he attempted to resume his original mission of exposing the conspiracy. He was soon forced to confront the grim reality of Order 66's execution and his failure to prevent it in the way he had hoped.

Fives was a clone of Jango Fett, a human male with a height of 1.83 meters or 6 feet, characterized by black hair, brown eyes, and tan skin. After completing his training as a cadet, he had the number "5" tattooed on the right side of his forehead.

At the start of his career, Fives was an enthusiastic and generally compliant member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He spent approximately the first decade of his life on Kamino, undergoing military training alongside his squad. When Domino Squad was eventually assigned to guard the quiet Rishi Moon outpost, its members were eager to experience the action of the front lines. From the beginning, Fives displayed a strong capacity for empathy and concern for his fellow clones, as well as a remarkable ability to survive. He formed a particularly close relationship with Echo, which persisted even after he became the only other member of his squad to survive the Rishi Moon incident. Echo's presumed death on Lola Sayu had a profound impact on Fives, and his bond with his clone brothers grew even stronger as a result. Later in the war, he came to regard Tup as his closest friend.

Fives was also one of only three individuals—along with Captain Rex and Echo—who were privy to Rex's battle strategy algorithm. Fives's deep affection and loyalty to his clone brothers ultimately outweighed his dedication to the Republic and the war effort. By the time of the Battle of Umbara, Fives openly voiced his criticisms and concerns to his superiors regarding the treatment of his brothers. This unwavering loyalty to his fellow clones ultimately led him to his fateful investigation into the origins of the bio-chip implanted in the brains of all clones.

Fives cultivated friendships and close relationships with many members of the 501st, including Captain Rex, Tup, Jesse, Kix, Hardcase, and Echo. His brothers were inspired by him to such an extent that many of them, most notably Jesse and Hardcase, were willing to follow him even if it meant disobeying orders. He also maintained positive relationships with Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka Tano, and Anakin Skywalker, who was visibly saddened by his death. Fives had a tattoo of the Aurebesh number "5" on his right temple, corresponding to his nickname and clone designation.

Fives was considered one of the most skilled soldiers in the 501st. He possessed expertise in combat training, military tactics, and reconnaissance.

During his time as a cadet, Fives wore standard training armor with green markings and used a DC-15 blaster rifle. Upon graduation, he wore standard white trooper armor. After joining the 501st Legion, he customized his armor with blue stripes, a stylized blue and red Rishi eel running down the top of the helmet, and an image of a Z-6 blaster cannon on his shoulder as a tribute to his fallen squadmate Hevy. He continued to use a DC-15 blaster rifle while serving in the 501st Legion. Upon being promoted to ARC trooper, he retained the blue markings and Rishi eel design on his ARC trooper armor and began to wield twin DC-17 blasters like his friend Rex, although he occasionally still used the DC-15A. Fives's ARC trooper armor included a blast-resistant kama to prevent combat injuries and a double-sided pauldron, which signified his military rank and specialist status.

Fives made his debut in "Rookies," the fifth episode of the premiere season of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series, which was broadcast in 2008. He was voiced by Dee Bradley Baker, who provided the voices for all of the clone troopers in the series. He made frequent appearances throughout the series, including in the season three episodes "Clone Cadets," "ARC Troopers," "The Citadel," and "Counterattack."

After the series was initially canceled, Fives appeared in the episodes "The Unknown," "Conspiracy," "Fugitive," and "Orders" in the sixth season, known as The Lost Missions, in 2013. Fives was later referenced in several episodes of the seventh and final season of The Clone Wars, which was released in 2020.

The author Paul S. Kemp acknowledged on Twitter that he had mistakenly referred to Fives as "Sixes" in the novel Lords of the Sith, an error that was corrected in subsequent editions of the book. When Fives was selected for a figure in the Star Wars: The Vintage Collection line, the figure's packaging featured an artistic rendering of what Fives might look like in live action if portrayed by Temuera Morrison.