We all know that Commander Wolffe, Captain Rex and Commander Gregor removed their chips
around the time of Order 66, refusing to join the imperial navy, but did you know that there
was actually another member of the Wolfpack who REFUSED TO EXECUTE ORDER 66?
I’m going to break down exactly who Commander Wildfire is and why he refused to obey Order
66 from Palpatine.
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Commander Wildfire was a Clone Trooper who served Jedi General Plo Koon’s 104th battalion
in the Grand Army of the Republic.
Just like the rest of his brothers, he was born on Kamino from the genetic template of
bounty hunter Jango Fett, and was given the serial number CT-1701.
After completing his training on Kamino, he was placed in Plo Koon’s Wolfpack battalion,
under the leadership of Commander Wolffe, Trooper Sinker and Trooper Comet.
During the Clone Wars, Wildfire served as a support trooper for the forward squads of
the 104th.
He was known for his rapid barrages of cover fire coming from his DC-15s blaster, making
it nearly impossible for his Separatist enemies to peak out cover.
If supporting cover fire was needed during a Wolfpack Mission, Wildfire was the man they
would call.
Despite his incredible skill in providing cover for his Clone Brothers, he was not the
Wolfpack’s most accurate Clone Trooper, earning him the nickname, Wildfire.
A really interesting note is that Wildfire would often fight alongside a Lothcat from
the planet Lothal, giving him and his platoon moral support during combat.
We don’t actually have too much information other than this about his role within the
Wolfpack during the Clone Wars, but we do know that he refused to swear allegiance to
Emperor Palpatine’s new Order.
When the Galactic Empire was formed on the first ever Empire Day, the Grand Army of the
Republic was absorbed into the Imperial Navy, turning every single clone trooper into either
storm troopers, Clone Shock troopers or other military roles.
At this point in the timeline, there are two possibilities.
We can see a clear scar above the left eye of Wildfire, which likely indicates that he
did in fact remove his inhibitor chip before Order 66, leading him to defect from the Imperial
Navy forces.
Because we know that Wildfire never joined the imperial navy after the end of the Clone
Wars, his inhibitor chip would almost certainly have been taken out before that point.
The only problem is that the scar is placed on the opposite side of Wildefire’s face,
to where Rex, Wolffe and Gregor have their scars.
This could either mean that he did not take his chip out, or even that it was simply placed
on the opposite side of his head.
Personally, I think it’s much more likely that Wildfire’s chip was placed on the opposite
side of his brain, and removed before Order 66.
It really doesn’t make sense for him to desert the Imperial Navy and seek out the
rebellion if his chip is still in place.
This leads us to the reason he refused to execute Palpatine’s Order.
The true reason he refused to execute Order 66 is because he already removed his inhibitor
chip prior to the event, and did not believe that the Jedi had really committed treason
against the Supreme chancellor.
I really hope we learn more about why he removed his inhibitor chip, but I think it may be
a very similar situation to commander Doom, who witnessed the chip malfunction in Trooper
tup.
So after he deserted the Empire, Wildfire teamed up with a cybernetically enhanced Devaronian
female, named Tress Hacnua.
It’s not clear whether or not the two were in a relationship, but based on past legends
stories, it certainly is possible.
When Wildfire learned that his former commander officer, Commander Wolffe was still alive,
and an ally of the Rebel Alliance, he immediately volunteered to join the Rebels.
Once he became a member of the Rebellion, Wildfire volunteered to retrieve a valuable
piece of intelligence from the ATTE that Rex, Wolffe and Gregor were stationed on board,
and return it to the Rebel command base.
He was successful in his mission, and managed to provide vital information to Leia and the
rebel alliance after meeting up with his former Commander, Wolffe.
Being a veteran of the Clone Wars, who of course aged at an accelerated rate, Wildfire
had thick white hair and a beard by the time he joined the Rebellion, looking almost identical
to Rex and the other surviving clones.
As he moved into the rebel alliance infantry, he remained a pretty poor shooter, but made
up for it with his incredibly rapid cover fire.
Just like Rex and the other surviving Clone Commanders, he kept his Clone Armor from the
war, which featured a Kama, and an orange pauldron on his left shoulder.
He also made some other unique modifications to the Clone Armour, to make it effective
in combat against the empire.
He also continued to use his DC-15s blaster throughout the time of the Rebellion.
So that is the full story of Clone Trooper Wildfire, and why he refused Order 66.
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