| “ | I'll fight to my last breath to keep them safe. | „ |
| ~ Cut Lawquane to Rex. |
| “ | You wanna know how to disappear? Put being a soldier behind you and make a new life for yourself. | „ |
| ~ Cut to Hunter. |
| “ | You're right. I DO have a duty. To my family. | „ |
| ~ Cut, telling Rex that his family matters most to him |
Cut Lawquane was a clone deserter from the clone trooper ranks and became a farmer on Saleucami. Introduced and appearing in a single episode in the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars before reappearing in an episode of Star Wars: The Bad Batch, Cut lived through the three years following the Clone Wars with his adopted family until the height of the Galactic Empire, forcing him to move elsewhere with his family.
He is voiced by Dee Bradley Baker, who voiced all the other Clones Troopers in Star Wars animated media.
Biography[]
During the first Battle of Geonosis, Lawquane's gunship was shot down and most of his men were either injured or dead, after which Cut fled the Army. Cut sought to make a better life for himself, married a Twi'lek named Suu and lived together on the planet Saleucami with his adopted children. He lived in peace until he met Clone Captain Rex, who was injured by a blaster shot.
Rex recognized Cut as a clone deserter, but Lawquane told his story to him, making him understand the situation he was in. Lawquane's farm was later attacked by a squad of commando droids. Together, Rex helped Cut defend his family from commando droids and saved everyone inside. Rex later left Cut's farm and told the deserter he would not report him, to which Lawquane gratefully told him he was welcome anytime.
A New Reason to Run[]
Two years later, when the Clone Wars had ended with the activation of Order 66, which saw the extermination of the Jedi and the creation of the Galactic Empire, Cut and Su received an unexpected visit from the elite team Clone Force 99, AKA The Bad Batch, who were now wanted by the Empire due to defecting from it. Discussing the situation in the Lawquane mansion, Cut noticed Crosshair's absence, reminding him of Rex's warning about clones turning against the Jedi and the inhibitor chip. While his children played with Omega, Cut asked Hunter about the girl's identity only to learn that she was also a Kamino clone, but obviously for a different purpose. Hunter didn't care about this detail as she was just a child, to which Cut pointed out that education was presumably harder than destroying droids. He then informed his friend that he and his family were planning to leave the planet due to the increasing number of clones appearing around.
Later, Cut and Hunter go to town to reserve shuttle seats where he notices that military and civilian ships are constantly being seized by the clones. Finding a merchant Aleena who could offer the seats, they learn that a new policy requires exchanging the usual credits with those of the Empire, which can only be done with a chain code.
Returning home to share the complicating news, the group discuss Cut's risk of being discovered as a deserter just before Shaeeah warns them that Omega is on the other side of the farm fence. After Omega gets rescued from a vicious Nexus, Cut comforts the slightly traumatized girl as he would with his own children.
At nightfall, the Bad Batch and the Lawquanes begin their plan. Tech and Echo successfully replicate the Chain Codes and send Omega to gives the codes to the Lawquanes so they can board the transport and get off the planet. Hunter then tries to send her with them since he thinks it would be much better for her to have a family rather than be in constant danger with their squad, but Omega insists on staying with them. Meanwhile, although Cut is almost recognized by a clone, the Lawquanes successfully board the transport.
Trivia[]
- Since there were no Jedi and their clone battalion was on Saleucami when Order 66 was activated, Cut was not submitted to the order and remained himself.
- Given the clones nickname themselves after their unique traits, Cut more than likely took his name from how he "cut" the army and ran away.
- Cut may be a Gen 1 clone, seeing as he is developing grey hair in The Bad Batch; paying in mind clones age 2 years for the length of 1 year. Plus his paranoia over being found wouldn't have done much for his health; excessive stress or shock can causes premature greying.
- As it is not documented if the acceleratated aging programmed into modified clones can be passed down to offspring, Cut did not attempt having a biological child with Su; being content as a stepfather.
