Ponds and Windu brace themselves during enemy fire over Ryloth.Īs the war went on during the first year, the Techno Union foreman and Separatist Council member, Emir Wat Tambor, invaded the planet Ryloth and enslaved its Twi'lek inhabitants.

Several villages in our sector have been destroyed, sir.' ―Ponds, to Mace Windu - Listen ( file info) ' Droids have begun a firebombing campaign. The battle was ultimately won for the Republic, and Ponds continued to serve under Windu as the Clone Wars erupted across the galaxy. In the resulting First Battle of Geonosis, Ponds reported to Jedi Master Mace Windu and gathered five commando units for Windu's use. In 22 BBY, Ponds was part of the 200,000 clone troopers whom Jedi Grand Master Yoda gathered from Kamino for a strike force bound for Geonosis, where the Republic was launching a campaign to rescue several captives- Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jedi Padawan Anakin Skywalker, and Senator Padmé Amidala-who had been marked for execution by the newly formed Confederacy of Independent Systems. Born on Kamino, he was one of the many clones of bounty hunter Jango Fett, grown by the Galactic Republic to serve in the Grand Army of the Republic. I have five special commando units awaiting your orders, sir.' ―Ponds, reporting to Mace Windu on Geonosis ĬC-6454, who took on the nickname 'Ponds,' was a clone trooper commander. As part of their hostage demands, Sing executed Ponds and later ejected his body from their starship, Slave I. After bringing down the Endurance on Vanqor, Fett and his crew of mercenaries- Aurra Sing, Bossk, and Castas-took Ponds, Admiral Shoan Kilian, and a clone naval officer hostage to bait Windu into a confrontation. He later joined Windu on a respite from the war aboard the Republic Star Destroyer Endurance, at the time of the young bounty hunter Boba Fett's assassination attempts on Windu. In addition to campaigns at Simocadia, Juma 9, and Behpour, Ponds participated in the Battle of Malastare and assisted Windu in capturing a rampant Zillo Beast that had been awoken from the detonation of an electro-proton bomb. Windu and Ponds ultimately joined forces with General Cham Syndulla and his Twi'lek freedom fighters to retake Ryloth from the Confederacy, capturing the capital city of Lessu and taking Tambor as a prisoner of the Republic. In 22 BBY, Emir Wat Tambor of the Techno Union invaded the planet Ryloth, and Ponds assisted Windu in invading the planet to secure its liberation.

Assigned to High Jedi General Mace Windu at the First Battle of Geonosis, Ponds earned his General's trust as the commander of Lightning Squadron, a division of the Galactic Republic's 91st Reconnaissance Corps.

' General, the enemy fire is penetrating our shields!' ―CC-6454, to Mace Windu ĬC-6454, nicknamed ' Ponds,' was a clone trooper commander in the Grand Army of the Republic.

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