Captain Rex ( designation number CT-7567 [a]) is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise created by George Lucas. He was introduced as a main character in the animated The Clone Wars 2008 film and the related television series of the same name. Rex is a clone trooper of the Grand Army of the Republic, cloned from the Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett, and serves the Galactic Republic under the command of Jedi General Anakin Skywalker and Jedi Commander Ahsoka Tano. Since his introduction in The Clone Wars, he has also appeared in the 2014 Star Wars Rebels television series, the 2021 Star Wars: The Bad Batch television series, the 2022 Tales of the Jedi television series and various spin-off media. Like all clone troopers in The Clone Wars, Rebels, The Bad Batch and Tales of the Jedi, Rex is voiced by Dee Bradley Baker. In Ahsoka, Rex made his live-action debut in the episode " Part Five: Shadow Warrior", voiced by Temuera Morrison in sequences set during the Clone Wars. Captain Rex - #36 Star Wars Character". IGN. Archived from the original on June 25, 2013 . Retrieved August 9, 2016. When the Jedi High Council chose Ahsoka Tano to teach students at the Royal Academy of Government to help break the cycle of corruption on the planet, Rex accompanied Skywalker and Tano to the planet. While the two Jedi spoke with Duchess Satine and Prime Minister Almec, Rex and another clone trooper stood by their ship. After Skywalker took Tano's lightsaber, due to a recent law passed that no offworlders could bring weapons to Mandalore, Rex approached Skywalker, and Rex informed him that it was time for them to go. Skywalker departed the planet for a meeting with Jedi Master Kit Fisto, and Tano stayed on the planet to teach her class about corruption, and when on the planet she helped uncover a conspiracy led by Almec. [57] I know Commander Tano. She would never do something like this." ―Commander Fox and Captain Rex in disagreement over the manhunt for Ahsoka [77]

Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Character Encyclopedia - Join the Battle! states that Rex was born thirty-two years before the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, which Star Wars: Galactic Atlas states begins in 0 BBY. Therefore, Rex must have been born on Kamino in 32 BBY. After Ezra and his team rescued the Weequay pirate Hondo Ohnaka from the Imperial prison at Naraka, Rex attended a briefing where Hondo shared information on the Imperial floating junkyard Reklam Station inside the planet Yarma to the Phoenix rebels and Spectres. After Hondo revealed that the Imperials were dismantling Old Republic Y-wing starfighters there, Rex told his fellow rebels that the Y-wings were reliable combat fighters. In the end, the rebel leaders agreed to dispatch a recon mission to Reklam Station. [120] a b Goldman, Eric (April 3, 2011). "WC 11: Clone Wars Season 4 - Grievous vs. Gungans!". IGN . Retrieved August 10, 2016. Mistaking Rex and Kanan for stormtroopers, Ezra stunned them with his lightsaber-blaster. When Rex and Kanan recovered, Ezra tried to save face by claiming that they had been involved in a big firefight. Chopper, however, played a holographic recording of what actually happened. While Kanan was furious, Rex laughed it off and suggested that Ezra should have set his blaster to kill in case it was not them. When Rex and Kanan broke into an argument about whether to limit their mission to rescuing their rebel comrades or destroying the ship as well, an irritated Ezra broke off and accompanied Chopper on a mission to sabotage the Imperial Interdictor's gravity well projectors. [112] Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, and Rex learn of the Republic's defeat at Falleen from Obi-Wan Kenobi.

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a b Michnovetz, Matt (November 11, 2011). "Plan of Dissent". Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Season 4. Episode 7.

Sir, the gunships can't take off in this storm. We don't have enough bikes for the entire platoon." Following the mission, Rex and the other Spectres were present on the runway when the Phantom landed at Chopper Base. They watched in silence as Jarrus, now blind, and Bridger disembarked from the ship. When Rex saw that Tano was not with them, he bowed his head in sadness at the thought of having lost his good friend. [118] Heist at Reklam Station [ ]Over the next six hours, [96] Rex and his comrades continued through the compound. When they were faced with a pair of droidekas, Rex and the others provided covering fire for Tano as she charged at and engaged the droids. Although Tano finished off the droidekas, Amidala's enviro-suit was breached in the ambush, and she was consequently infected with the virus. Nevertheless, Amidala remained committed to eradicating the Separatist forces. Rex and the others did Rex was incorrectly identified as CC-7567 in Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Character Encyclopedia - Join the Battle!. [4] Even though " The Deserter" established Rex to be a particularly smart character, [15] Rex's Holocron Series card released by Star Wars: Card Trader incorrectly describes him as having low intelligence. [149] This article assumes the card is incorrect.