Gus/Legends

"No, it's okay, Sarge. I got nothing to hide."

- Gus

"Gus" was the nickname of a clone trooper who served in Clone Sergeant Slick's platoon during the Clone Wars. In 22 BBY, he was dispatched with a Jedi-led contingent of the Grand Army of the Republic to liberate the planet Christophsis from the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Gus joined his unit on reconnoitering the planet for a strategical ambush site, but the Confederacy was able to ambush the Republic forces. Gus was wounded in the droid attack, and back at the base, he was treated by a medical droid. When Clone Captain CT-7567 and Clone Commander CC-2224 interrogated the members of Slick's platoon to locate a possible Confederate spy, Gus stated his alibi without hesitation. Sergeant Slick himself was revealed to be the turncoat and was apprehended.

Biography
"I was in the infirmary. Got banged up pretty good by one of those clankers. Med droid was fixing me up. Doc's got all the records there, if you want to check."

- Gus, to Cody and Rex

The clone trooper nicknamed "Gus" was a clone of bounty hunter Jango Fett, born on the planet Kamino to serve in the Grand Army of the Republic. During the Clone Wars, he became a member of Clone Sergeant Slick's platoon. In 22 BBY, in the seventh week of the war, Gus was dispatched with a contingent of the Republic army&mdash;under the command of High Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi General Anakin Skywalker&mdash;to liberate the planet Christophsis from the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Slick's unit reconnoitered the planet and located a double-towered business center as a suitable site from which to ambush the Confederate droids. While returning to the Republic base, the platoon came across a group of B1 battle droids that were attempting to clear a major boulevard of Christophsian refugees.

When the battle droids discovered a crippled Christophsian and discussed killing the man, the clones intervened and eliminated the droids before returning to the base. Sergeant Slick's platoon was stationed in the business center's south-facing tower with General Kenobi and Clone Commander CC-2224, while Skywalker and Clone Captain CT-7567 were based with their troopers in the parallel north tower. The Republic troops prepared to attack the Confederate droids below, and Gus assisted several other troopers in setting up a blaster cannon before watching the droids below through a pair of electrobinoculars. The trooper noted that the droids had brought Armored Assault Tanks, but then noticed that the approaching droid column had unexpectedly split in two. Battle droids arrived in the south tower and ambushed the clones. Skywalker and his men arrived in the south tower to reinforce Kenobi's group, and the group took a turbolift to the roof of the tower. Before escaping with the Republic forces in clone pilot Hawk's LAAT/i gunship, Gus stole the cranial unit of a tactical droid so that more information about the droid ambush could be gathered.

After the Republic forces had returned to their base, Gus was treated in the infirmary by a medical droid, having been injured in the battle. During investigations regarding the possibility of a Confederate spy amongst their ranks, CC-2224 and CT-7567&mdash;nicknamed "Cody" and "Rex," respectively&mdash;traced an irregular wavelength in external communications to Slick's barracks. Suspecting that one of the sergeant's men was the turncoat, the two clone officers called the unit to individually interrogate them in the platoon's quarters. Gus did not hesitate with his alibi of being in the infirmary, stating that he had "nothing to hide." When fellow trooper Chopper revealed that he had lied about his whereabouts and had been breaking war protocols by stringing together battle droid fingers in a necklace, Gus commented on his deficiency. However, Slick was eventually revealed to be the spy, and escaped before severely damaging the Republic's gunships, AT-TE walkers, and weapons depot. Gus spotted the turncoat sergeant running into the base's command center, and Rex and Cody ordered Slick's platoon to secure the perimeter. The two clone officers later managed to apprehend the traitorous Slick.

Personality and traits
"I always knew there was something deficient about you."

- Gus, to Chopper

A Human male, Gus stood 1.83 meters tall. He had tan skin and brown eyes and kept his black hair shaved. He did not hesitate to state his alibi, believing that he had nothing to hide. He commented on Chopper's deficiency when the trooper revealed that he had been stringing droid fingers together in a necklace, and was visibly shocked when his own sergeant, Slick, was revealed to be the Confederate spy. Gus chose to sport a rakish goatee and kept it carefully tended. He was trained in combat, recon, and military tactics on Kamino.

Behind the scenes
Gus first appeared in The Clone Wars webcomic Shadowed, and went on to appear in "The Hidden Enemy," the episode of the television series' 2008–2009 first season that the comic led into. In the episode, he was voiced by Dee Bradley Baker, who provided the voice for all of the series' clone characters.

Appearances

 * The Clone Wars: Shadowed