Trace was a clone commando and the small-arms expert of Ion Team in the 22nd Air Combat Wing during the Clone Wars.
Biography
Trace, the spec-two of Ion Team, served as the squad's small-arms expert and was led by Captain Climber. During the assault on the shield generator,[2] he[3] accompanied Bol Chatak and Padawan Olee Starstone, while Climber secured the generator. Later, when the clones received orders from Supreme Chancellor Palpatine to execute Order 66, commanding them to eliminate the Jedi, Trace, along with the rest of Ion Team, refused to execute the Jedi and decided to help them escape. Trace and the other members of Ion Team ambushed Commander Salvo's attempt to carry out Order 66, Ion Team used electrostatic charge detonators to disable the electronic systems in Salvo and his men's armor and weapons. When Darth Vader came to Murkhana, the Sith Lord accused the team of treason against the Galactic Empire.[2]
Behind the scenes
Trace appeared in the 2005 novel, Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader.[2]
Appearances
- Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader (and unabridged audiobook) (First appearance, in book)
Sources
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3
clone troopers in the Databank (original site is defunct)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. III, p. 257 ("Trace")