Stew (clone gunner)

"A near miss is still a miss, kid."

- Stew, to "Whiplash"

"Stew" was the nickname of a clone gunner sergeant who served aboard the Venator-class Star Destroyer Endurance under Admiral Kilian during the Clone Wars.

Biography
"Not even close. Next.''" "But I only&mdash;" "''Oh, no, you're done. You only get one chance. I promise you the Separatists don't give you more. Next."

- Stew, "Jax", and Kilian

A clone of the infamous bounty hunter Jango Fett grown on the ocean planet of Kamino, the Clone Sergeant nicknamed "Stew" served as a clone gunner aboard the Venator-class Star Destroyer Endurance during the Clone Wars, a conflict fought between the Galactic Republic and Confederacy of Independent Systems, under Admiral Kilian. He tested the clone cadets of the Clone Youth Brigade with target practice, and, after two cadets had completely failed to hit their targets, a third nicknamed "Lucky" was able to destroy his mechanical skeet in a single shot. Dismissing it as a lucky shot, Stew launched three skeet in a tri-attack formation, but Lucky once again destroyed his targets without missing a shot, to the gunner's surprise. However, unknown to Stew, "Lucky" was in actuality Boba Fett, an unaltered clone of Jango Fett, the template of the clone troopers of the Grand Army of the Republic, who boarded the Endurance with the intention of assassinating Jedi Master Mace Windu as revenge for killing his "father" during the Battle of Geonosis. Shortly afterwards, Fett crippled the Star Destroyer by sabotaging its reactor, forcing the Endurance' crew to evacuate as the ship plummeted to the planet Vanqor's surface.

Personality and traits
"I see why they call you Lucky. Well, let's see how you are when Seppies come at you in a tri-attack formation."

- Stew, to "Lucky"

A clone of Jango Fett, a human male, Stew was 1.83 meters tall and weighted 80 kilograms.

Stew had a sense of humor and, when asked by a cadet what they would be using for targets, he replied "malfunctioning droids" to the great distress of R2-D2, an astromech droid, though they were in actuality mechanical skeet packed with explosives. He was astonished by Boba Fett's ability to destroy all of his targets without missing a shot and agreed with Kilian's assessment that "Lucky" was "a cadet to watch."

Equipment
Stew wore a personalized set of Phase I clone trooper armor with a noise-insulated helmet and reinforced shoulder and chest armor.

Behind the scenes
Originally identified as "Fury" in a piece of concept art by David Le Merrer, Stew first appeared in "Death Trap," the twentieth episode of the canon animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars' second season, which originally aired on April 17, 2010, in which he was voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.