Nub/Legends

"Droids!"

- Nub and trooper Droidbait

"Nub," an acronym that stood for "Non-Useful Body," was the nickname of a rookie clone trooper who served in the Republic's Grand Army. Around 21 BBY, during the Clone Wars, Nub was stationed at a Republic listening post on the Rishi moon. Along with other rookie clone troopers, Nub maintained the listening post to warn the Galactic Republic of any impending Confederate attacks around Rishi. When Clone Sergeant O'Niner, the station's commanding officer, lost contact with deck officer CT-327, he ordered Nub and trooper Droidbait to find CT-327. The clones, however, were unaware that the station itself was under attack by Confederate commando droids. The droids ambushed and killed Nub and Droidbait by the station's entrance.

Biography
"You two. Go find him."

- O'Niner, ordering Nub and Droidbait to find trooper CT-327

The rookie clone trooper Nub, whose nickname was an acronym that stood for "Non-Useful Body," served in the Galactic Republic's Grand Army during the Clone Wars. Around 21 BBY, Nub, along with rookie clone troopers Fives and Droidbait, was assigned to Rishi Station, a Republic listening post located on the moon of Rishi. Under the command of Clone Sergeant O'Niner, Nub and the other rookie troopers monitored nearby star systems and were tasked with warning the Republic of any Confederate attacks.

Unbeknownst to the clone troopers, the Confederate General Grievous planned to attack the nearby planet Kamino. Knowing that the clones at Rishi Station would detect the attack, Grievous deployed several commando droids to capture the Rishi listening post. Inside the station, O'Niner lost contact with deck officer CT-327, who was patrolling outside the listening post. Despite the fact that the commando droids killed CT-327, O'Niner, like the other clone troopers inside the station, was unaware of the droids' presence and ordered Nub and Droidbait to find CT-327. However, after the two clones opened the listening post's blast door entrance, the commando droids revealed themselves and attacked Nub and Droidbait, killing the two clones in the process.

The commando droids entered the facility and killed O'Niner as well, although the remaining clone troopers&mdash;Fives, Echo, Hevy, and Cutup&mdash;evacuated the listening post. With the help of Clone Commander Cody and Clone Captain Rex, the clone troopers defeated the droids and retook the listening post.

Personality and traits
As a clone of the bounty hunter Jango Fett, Nub stood at 1.83 meters in height. Nub wore sleek white Phase I clone armor. After O'Niner ordered Nub and Droidbait to find CT-327, Nub obeyed the order, although the decision cost him his life.

Behind the scenes
Nub first appeared as an unnamed clone in "Rookies," the fifth episode in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series' first season, which aired on October 24, 2008. The episode's accompanying episode guide gave Nub his acronymic name. Nub later received a short entry in the 2008 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia and appeared in the "Rookies" tie-in novel, Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Defenders of the Republic, which was released on October 7, 2010.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Defenders of the Republic
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Grievous Attacks!
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars Manga Volume 2
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars Manga Volume 2