Wildfire (clone trooper)

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"Standing still is an invitation to get shot."

―Wildfire^[4]

Wildfire, formerly designated CT-1701, was a clone trooper that served in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars. After the Galactic Republic was replaced by the Galactic Empire, Wildfire did not swear allegiance to the New Order, but instead fought against the Empire alongside the Devaronian brawler, Tress Hacnua as a soldier of the Alliance to Restore the Republic.

Biography

"Eat blaster bolts, clankers!"

―Wildfire^[4]

Wildfire grapples with an AT-AT driver on Seelos.

CT-1701, who would come to adopt the name Wildfire,^[3] was a clone trooper, one of millions cloned from the genetic template of the human bounty hunter Jango Fett. Like all clone troopers,^[1] Wildfire^[3] was created to be a soldier of the Galactic Republic, and therefore battled the droid forces of the Confederacy of Independent Systems as part of the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars.^[1] He served with the 104th "Wolfpack" Battalion, a Republic Military unit led by Clone Commander Wolffe.^[4] At some point during the Clone Wars, Wildfire and fellow clone trooper Umbra survived a month on the planet Felucia eating nothing but insects.^[2]

After the war's end, and the clone army was absorbed into the ranks of the Imperial Army, Wildfire left his military service and joined forces with Tress Hacnua, a cybernetically-enhanced Devaronian female, in fighting against the Galactic Empire with the fledgling Alliance to Restore the Republic. When Wildfire learned that his former commanding officer, Wolffe, was alive and an ally of the Rebellion, he volunteered his team to retrieve valuable intelligence from Joopa Base, the All Terrain Armored Transport commandeered by Wolffe, Rex, and Gregor on the planet Seelos.^[4]

Skills and abilities

"You get some! And you get some! Better believe you're getting some, too!"

―Wildfire^[4]

Wildfire was a clone trooper who supported the Rebel Alliance against the Galactic Empire.

As a clone trooper, Wildfire was bred to be a soldier. Being a veteran of the Clone Wars who aged at an accelerated rate, Wildfire had white hair and a beard by the time of his service with the Rebel Alliance.^[4] He was very skilled at providing a wide range of blaster fire, and what he lacked in accuracy, he made up for in overwhelming covering fire.^[3]

Equipment

"We've been through a lot together."

―Wildfire, referring to his DC-15S blaster^[4]

Wildfire retained his clone trooper armor, which featured a kama, an orange pauldron on his left shoulder, and other modifications. His most commonly used weapon was the standard-issue DC-15S blaster.^[3]

Behind the scenes

Wildfire was first pictured and named in the "Tyrants of Lothal" news post on Fantasy Flight Games' official website on April 13, 2018. The announcement featured the CT-1701 "Wildfire" card^[5] that would eventually be released in the Tyrants of Lothal expansion set for Star Wars: Imperial Assault^[4] on August 23, 2018.^[6] Wildfire eventually appeared in Legends of the Alliance, a companion app for Star Wars: Imperial Assault,^[2] added in an update on August 17, 2018.^[7] The Spanish translation of Legends of the Alliance has Wildfire go by the name "Fuego salvaje," and the German translation has him go by the name "Feuersturm."^[2]