- "It's called bilerat stew, Zayne—it's one of the few staples we've got plenty of. Smells awful, but the thermochurns keep it good for months."
- ―Ko Sornell to Zayne Carrick
Bile-rat stew, or bilerat stew, was a stew prepared by the Mandalorian Neo-Crusader army that conquered the planet Halthor. A thick, green-colored dish, bile-rat stew had a scent that was considered foul by most, but was easily portable and could remain preserved in thermochurns for months at a time, making it an ideal food for the nomadic Mandalorians.[1]
Following the battle on Halthor, the Devaronian Mandalorians of Clan Sornell prepared a meal of bile-rat stew at their temporary home on the planet's surface. There, they dined with the captured Jedi-turned-Mandalorian conscript Zayne Carrick and former Galactic Republic naval captain, Dallan Morvis.[1] Bile-rat stew became an integral part of Carrick's plans to derail a Mandalorian attack on the Jedi Enclave at Dantooine, when the young Jedi used the stew to create the illusion of an outbreak of the non-existent disease, "Jedi brain fever."[2]
Behind the scenes
Bile-rat stew first appeared in Star Wars canon in the second issue of John Jackson Miller's five-part miniseries, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: War. It continued to appear in the series' third and fourth issues.
Appearances
- Knights of the Old Republic: War 2 (First appearance)
- Knights of the Old Republic: War 3
- Knights of the Old Republic: War 4 (First identified as Bile-rat stew)