Only one year after the Clone Wars began at the fierce battle of Geonosis,
a squad of Clone Troopers were flying high above the surface of the Jungle plant Lubang minor,
when their Republic gunship was shot down by droid forces with a burst of flames.
Unfortunately, every Clone on board the ship was killed in the crash,
except for one. I’m going to break down the tragic story of how this lone survivor was left stranded
in the dense Jungles of a remote world for 20 years after his brothers were killed around him.
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awesome Star Wars Lore content. The story begins on the damp,
jungle world of Lubang Minor, where a shadowy figure is standing among the thick plants,
watching as a group of bright figures enter the sky. These figures are X-Wings,
led by Rebel pilots, Luke Skywalker and Arhul Narra
The group of Rebel pilots eventually touch down on the grassy surface of the planet,
where they hope to set up a rebel listening post,
to scout imperial communications going through this sector of the galaxy..
The other Rebels pilots are ready to relax as soon as they finish setting up the communications
spying equipment, but Luke Skywalker on the other hand is eager to explore the vast jungles of the
planet, and get some practice with his father’s lightsaber. Wedge Antilles and Zev Senesca are
concerned for his safety, but Luke knows that the force is with him and that if worst comes
to worst, he will always have his lightsaber with him, ready to defend from any threat.
As Luke is traversing through the thick vines of the soggy jungle, he comes across a group of
rocky grave stones. Luke wonders “if this planet is uninhabited, who are they… or who were they?”.
Luke quickly continues to survey the area surrounding the Grave, where he comes across
a rusty, badly damaged Republic gunship all the way from the Clone Wars. Luke quickly
pokes his head inside the horribly overgrown Gunship, but finds nothing and nobody inside.
Knowing that this discovery could put the Rebel alliance listening station in severe danger,
Luke rushes through the thick roots of the jungle, pushing away anything in this way. He finally
arrives back to the Rebel outpost, where he falls to his knees because he had been running so fast.
Luke frantically reports to Commander Narra that while he was walking in the jungle, he found
a Grave Site and a wrecked ship, which he thinks might be from the Clone Wars. Before he can finish
his sentence however, a barrage of green energy bolts fill the area, as a squadron of Imperial Tie
fighters arrive at the Rebel Outpost. The barrage of enemy fire continues, as Narra orders Luke to
get aboard his ship, in hope of taking the Tie Fighters out before they can do any more damage.
Unfortunately however, a large imperial sentinel class landing craft arrives in the jungle world,
preparing to deploy a massive horde of Stormtroopers. As the imperial landing
craft touches down on the grassy surface, the stormtroopers begin their march towards the
Rebel outpost. Luckily Zev Senesca and Wedge Antilles are able to make it to their X-Wings,
but the relentless advance of the stormtroopers continues,
as all Rebel forces are forced to fall back and retreat into the dense jungle.
As the rebels frantically retreat from the flurry of blaster fire from the stormtroopers,
the shadowy figure from earlier ominously watches on from behind the foliage.
While the intense fighting continues, the shadowy figure rushes to the Crashed Republic Gunship,
where he opens a storage compartment inside, and takes out a set of standard issue Phase
1 Clone Armor from many years prior. He also arms himself with a standard DC-15a blaster,
which he is oddly familiar with.
While this is going on, many rebel officers are killed by the increasingly harsh advance from
the imperials. The leading imperial officer demands that his men send out speeders to
cut off the retreating Rebels, but he and his men are absolutely stunned when they
see a man walk towards them in Phase 1 Clone Trooper armor. At this point,
we learn that the shadowy figure from earlier is actually an original Clone of Jango Fett from
the early days of the Clone Wars, with the designation number BL-1707, nicknamed ABLE.
Because he believes that the stormtroopers are actually his Clone Brothers and that the
Clone Wars are still ongoing, he rushes towards them and stands up straight,
reporting for duty. You can imagine just how much pain and how many memories are
flowing through this stranded Clone’s Mind after losing his entire squad of brothers,
and then discovering that there may still be hope. Let me know down below how you feel about this.
The imperial officer unfortunately believes that this is a trick setup by the rebels,
and orders his men to fire on the old Clone Trooper immediately.
Able is absolutely shocked that his own brothers would fire on him,
and begins to flee back into the dense jungle of the planet, feeling horrifically betrayed.
While this is happening, Luke defends Narra with his lightsaber skills, to which the Commander
realizes that Luke is actually getting pretty good with his Jedi weapon. This is quickly interrupted
however, by a rapidly descending Tie fighting, which is blazing towards them with immense speed.
Luckily, Wedge is able to shoot the imperial craft down before it can fire on Luke and his commander,
sending it crashing into the hard surface of the planet, bursting it into a bright
orange fireball. He of course doesn’t not yet realize that these are not Clones.
Luke and Narra then escape to a nearby crater,
where they are confronted by Clone Trooper Able. Both ask each other, who are you?”
While this is happening, Wedge and Zev are facing serious trouble in the upper
atmosphere of the planet, but Commander Narra obviously can’t respond because of the huge
Dc-15a blaster pointed at his head, forcing them to rush to the other side of the planet.
Trooper Able becomes increasingly angry as Luke and Narra refuse to answer his question,
once again demanding that they reveal their identities. Because of this threat, Narra reveals
to the Clone that he is Commander Narra of the Red Squadron and that he is joined by Luke Skywalker.
Luke then realizes that the horribly damaged gunship he found earlier was actually Able’s.
This prompts Able to begin telling his story. Able tells the men that about a year after the
Clone Wars had begun, he and his men were ambushed by droid fighters, and before he could even react,
most of his unit was killed immediately by the savage droids. Able isn’t sure exactly how long
he has been stuck in isolation, all alone on the planet, but he guesses at least twenty years.
Commander Narra is amazed by this, remembering the
vivid memories of the Clone Troopers fighting the war during his childhood.
Able then demands to know who the two rebels are fighting for. He asks “But who are you?
Are you separatists? You’ve got those troopers hunting you”. Narra then tells Able that yes,
the troopers are hunting them, but they aren’t Clone Troopers, instead they are Stormtroopers.
Able is confused by this, having never heard the term stormtrooper in his accelerated life.
Narra explains that they are tools of the Empire,
which is the Government that now controls most of the Galaxy. Narra then tells Able
that the separatists are long gone, and that he is part of the Rebel alliance.
Able of course struggles to understand this because of how radically different it is
to the Clone Wars. The lone Clone Trooper then asks “are you saying we won the war”
and wonders where this mighty empire could have come from.
Narra then goes on to tell Able of every major event that happened in the Galaxy after he was
stranded all alone, including Order 66, the fight between Master Yoda and Sidious,
massive injustice done by Emperor Palpatine to the Galaxy. Able is deeply upset and saddened that the
Jedi Generals he once served are gone, but Narra quickly nudges Luke, telling him to show Able that
he is a Jedi. Luke proudly displays his bright blue lightsaber, telling Able that he was trained
by the one and only Ben Kenobi, or Obi-Wan as he was known during the Clone Wars. Narra also lies
and tells Able that Luke is a General in the Rebel alliance, which of course he isn’t at this point.
Able then awesome takes his helmet off in respect for the Jedi, telling Luke,
“I am yours to Command, General”.
As this is happening, the Imperial Commander has captured a Rebel officer and is demanding
to know the location of the Rebel Fleet. This is a pretty clear reference to when Tarkin asked Leia
for the location of the Rebel base in a new Hope, with his hand on her face in the exact same way.
The rebel refuses to give away the location of the rebel fleet and is
brutally shot right through the chest with a red blaster bolt, killing him on the spot.
Following that, another stormtrooper brings a group of Rebel prisoners towards the commander,
but he makes a suggestion which causes the Imperial commander to become incredibly
suspicious. The commander forcefully demands that the trooper take his helmet off, and asks who his
last commanding officer was. The Clone complies, ripping his helmet off in an instant, blasting
the imperial commander through the chest with his blaster. Of course, this is Able under the helmet.
In the commander’s final moments, Able tells him that he served under Jedi General Shaak Ti.
A massive skirmish then breaks out between the remaining stormtroopers and the rebel officers,
with Able bravely firing his blaster from the front lines. Able defends the Rebels as
they make their escape. A large jolt of pain then shocks Able as he is hit just below the
shoulder with a red blaster bolt, but he is able to continue defending the Rebels,
allowing them to make it into the transport.
Able then loses his weapon, and is standing face to face with death, as a group of stormtroopers
prepare to execute him, but he is fortunately saved by a flurry of fire from Luke’s X-Wing.
In a last ditch effort to save his life from the stormtroopers coming after him,
Able grabs on to Luke’s X-Wing, before being quickly dropped into the Rebel transport ship.
To end the story, Able is brought back to the Rebel Fleet, where he is greeted
once again by Luke and Leia, this time all cleaned up and as a new man.
Able quickly realizes that Luke isn’t actually a General in the Rebel Alliance,
but he doesn’t care, as he is still a Jedi, which means everything to Able. Finally,
Able agrees to join the Rebel alliance to fight for the freedom of the Galaxy.
So that is the story of the Clone Trooper who was tragically stranded on a remote Jungle
world for 20 years, after his whole squad was killed. Thanks so much for watching,
really hope you enjoyed the video. Cheers guys, hope to see you in the next one!