The longtime bounty hunter is a tough match for any foe, and over the decades has remained firmly committed to his own self-gain.
By Lucas Seastrom
Cad Bane is one of the most effective bounty hunters ever depicted in the Star Wars galaxy. In recent years, audiences have grown accustomed to watching the exploits of sophisticated fighters like Din Djarin in The Mandalorian. But in earlier decades with the release of the first Star Wars trilogies, characters like Boba and Jango Fett received limited screen time to demonstrate their abilities. It was the debut of Cad Bane in the Season 1 finale of Star Wars: The Clone Wars that fully introduced fans to a bounty hunter in their prime.
The epitome of the self-interested, ruthless loner, Bane’s return in Lucasfilm Animation’s Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld – now available to stream on Disney+ – sheds light on the character’s little-known origins. But what do the established stories in both animation and live-action tell us about this elusive bounty hunter?
A Brief from George Lucas
While featuring stories on the front lines involving Jedi, clone troopers, and their Separatist foes, The Clone Wars also took plenty of time to explore the criminal underbelly and political intrigues of the Star Wars galaxy. Cad Bane emerged as a bounty hunter specially-equipped for battling Jedi, the chief threat to all nefarious dealings in that era. When supervising director Dave Filoni and screenwriter Henry Gilroy began envisioning such a character, the show’s creator George Lucas made a couple specific suggestions…
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