Hilo

For other uses, see Hilo.

"Hilo, set blasters to stun and move in."
"We're moving in."

―Wolffe gives orders to Hilo, who relays them to the strike team^[2]

Clone Lieutenant Hilo was a clone commando who served in the Galactic Empire as part of Clone Commander Wolffe's Recovery Strike Team. A human clone of Jango Fett who had once served the Galactic Republic, Hilo participated in a battle on the B'Omarr Order Monastery against the Clone Underground movement around 18 BBY.

Biography

Hilo, a genetic clone of the bounty hunter Jango Fett, was born on the extragalactic planet Kamino and was trained to be a soldier in the Galactic Republic's army.^[1] He eventually came to serve the Galactic Empire as a clone commando, holding the rank of Lieutenant.^[2] Around 18 BBY,^[4] Hilo was dispatched to the planet Teth as part of an Imperial Recovery Strike Team tasked with recovering Omega after her escape from Mount Tantiss. Informed that Omega was in hiding with anti-Imperial insurgents, Hilo and the other Imperial troopers were unaware that such insurgents were actually rogue clones belonging to the Clone Underground.^[2]

Deployed to Teth aboard two Rho-class transport shuttles, Hilo, Clone Commander Wolffe, and a mixed unit of clone and non-clone stormtroopers arrived to find the B'omarr Order Monastery, which was engulfed in flames and surrounded with dead rogue clone insurgents; the result of an attack by the Imperial clone assassin CX-2. Commander Wolffe chastised the assassin for his use of extreme deadly force and ordered him to follow his commands. As the Imperials headed into the monastery, Hilo and a TK stormtrooper discovered a hidden passage and reported their findings to Wolffe, who ordered the passage to be sealed to pin the insurgents inside. Hilo then followed Wolffe and a contingent of troopers in attacking the insurgents from an exit point below the facility. However, the rogue clones were able to escape the monastery in a leech vessel. The clone assassin, operating separately from the strike team, shot down the vessel, causing the rogue clones to crash in the jungle surrounding the monastery. In response to this, Wolffe again scolded the assassin for nearly killing Omega and ordered Hilo to locate the crash site.^[2]

After determining that the rogue clones had crashed in the upper jungle region, Hilo and the Imperials boarded their shuttles and headed to the crash site. Upon finding the leech vessel empty, Wolffe ordered the strike team to re-board their shuttles and monitor communication channels for any sign of the insurgents. At this moment, Hilo reported to Wolffe that the clone assassin had once again abandoned his post, which Wolffe noted with exasperation.^[2]

Eventually, Hilo, Wolffe, and the remaining clone stormtroopers were able to corner the rogue clones by a cliffside. Hilo watched intently as one of the rogue clones, Rex, who knew Wolffe from their service together during the Clone Wars, pleaded with Wolffe to let them escape, which the Clone Commander reluctantly allowed. As the surviving rogue clones escaped on their ship, the Remora, Wolffe ordered the Recovery Strike Team to recover the fallen bodies of the Clone Underground's forces before departing Teth. On this, Hilo protested, stating that the rogue clones were traitors of the Empire. However, Wolffe explained that, as fellow clones, they were owed basic dignity. In response, Hilo nodded and complied with Wolffe's instructions, returning back to their shuttle along with the surviving forces of the strike team.^[2]

Personality and traits

As a clone of the Jango Fett, Hilo shared his genetic template's basic physiological characteristics, and as such stood at 1.83 meters tall. Hilo's training instilled him with undying loyalty to the Galactic Empire, and he was not afraid to question Wolffe's sympathies^[3] when his commanding officer allowed the Clone Underground forces to escape.^[2] Nevertheless, Hilo relented once the Clone Commander explained himself and complied with his order to recover the fallen bodies of the rogue clones.^[2]

A member of the Recovery Strike Team, Hilo was a diligent and effective soldier who relayed intel with haste and carried out orders with efficiency.^[3]