Thorn/Legends

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"For the Republic!"

―Thorn's last words^[3]

Thorn was a clone trooper commander who served the Galactic Republic in the Grand Army of the Republic's Coruscant Guard during the Clone Wars. He carried a Z-6 rotary blaster cannon that he called the "Hammer."

Biography

"What is it, Commander Thorn?"
"We're under attack by the Separatist garrison. Looks to be a full invasion!"
"Invasion?"
"We can't get to you! I suggest you get to a ship as soon as you can!"

―Padmé Amidala is warned by Thorn, only moments prior to the Separatist invasion of Scipio^[3]

In 20 BBY, Thorn and a group of his Shock Troopers escorted Senator Padmé Amidala to the planet Scipio to negotiate in bringing the Banking Clans to the Republic from the Separatists. However, soon after, Thorn and his men saw a Separatist invasion force heading straight toward them. Thorn alerted Senator Amidala of the attack and readied his men for the fight ahead.

With deadly speed and accuracy, droid bombers shot down the gunships and the Consular-class cruiser, leaving Thorn and his team with no reinforcements. As Thorn and his men rushed toward the entrance of the neutral zone, droid gunships then entered the firefight and blocked Thorn's path in the front and the landing pad behind him, cutting down his troopers and deploying commando and super battle droids. Another gunship released droids behind them, catching Thorn's squad in a crossfire. Surrounded, but not defeated, the Guard held their ground against the droids in a last effort. After all his men were killed, Thorn yelled out a Republic war cry and kept fighting, using his "Hammer" as a melee and ranged weapon. However, he was greatly outnumbered, and was shot multiple times in the chest until he was finally killed by a commando droid.^[3]

Equipment

Thorn sported the Coruscant Guard's standard red colors, but with wing designs on his helmet and a military officer's badge on his chest. He also wore a kama and a black visor. In battle, Thorn utilized a DC-15S blaster as well as two DC-17 hand blaster pistols, but he favored his chaingun, a Z-6 rotary blaster cannon which he named "The Hammer," which had it's name written on its side in Aurebesh.

Behind the scenes

Thorn was created by Dave Filoni and the story team of Star Wars: The Clone Wars as an homage to the character Thor in Marvel Comics' 2012 movie The Avengers (which at the time of Thorn's unveilment had just been released), as the episode director Steward Lee was the biggest Marvel fan among the Clone Wars crew. Filoni first revealed an image of Thorn on his Facebook page on May 14, 2012 and stated that the character would appear in The Clone Wars: Season Five, but the episode arc in which he appeared was moved to the sixth season.