Jack Rabbit

A Freedom Fighter turned villain, Jack is a gray hare with a black eye patch on his left eye, and wears rebel "commando" style clothing. He leads a band of rebels called Sand Blasters out in the Mobius desert, the group living in a force field protected town called Sand Blast City. Sonic and Tails crash landed in the desert during their global search for Ixis Naugus, and they hitched then ride with Jack and his rebels. Their opinion of the group changed when they learned that Sand Blast City worshipped Sonic the Hedgehog, who was a god in their eyes after killing Dr. Robotnik.

Sonic helped Jack's group fend off a savage horde of Robians, who are the reason Sand Blast City is protected by the force field. It later turned out that Jack purposely crashed Sonic's plane and hid it in the city, making sure he'd never leave so he could protect them from the Robians forever. Not about to stay, the Hedgehog found the controls of the force field hidden inside the monument statue of himself and destroyed them both. The shield dropped and the Robians invaded the city; Sonic and Tails managed to escape, leaving Jack and his rebels to their enemies.

Later, Bunnie Rabbot was attacked and imprisoned by Jack after receiving a fake transmission asking for help. The message was intended for Sonic but Jack decided to use Bunnie to bait Sonic instead and locked her up in an impenetrable cell with the savage Robians that had overrun Sand Blast City after the shield was destroyed, all of whom had been captured. Bunnie bravely battled the Robians and managed to break free from her cell, leaving the Robians to attack Jack and his Sand Blasters once again while Bunnie escaped.

Jack has grey & white fur and blue eyes. He wears navy blue shirt, rusty shoulder pads, utility belt, dagger and eye patch.

Trivia

 * Cutting room floor story ideas included Jack Rabbit becoming a sub-boss to Dr. Robotnik.
 * Jack Rabbit's colours & design makes him resemble Bugs Bunny. The "Sand Blasters" soldiers also resemble Looney Tunes, Disney, Muppet, and TMNT characters.
 * Although Tails asks the question, the reason why the Robians attacking Sand Blast city never gained their free will back from the Ultimate Annihilator's explosion like all other Robians remains unanswered.
 * The name "Jack Rabbit" could be a reference to the video game Jazz Jackrabbit and video game character with the same name. Sonic even made a cameo in the manual, threatening to call his lawyer.