Bounty Hunter Cad Bane Deserves His Own Star Wars Series

Star Wars has always excelled at genius storytelling and world, or rather, galaxy building. Creator George Lucas did his absolute best to provide Star Wars fans with a wide variety of characters, planets, and interesting species. With the new era of Star Wars content focusing on further developing the history of iconic Star Wars characters such as Ahsoka, The Book of Boba Fett, and Andor, there were many potential personalities in the Star Wars universe that were still left unexplored. From Asajj Ventress to Chewbacca, many of these well-established characters deserved their own TV series, yet none deserved it quite as much as Cad Bane.

Cad Bane was certainly an iconic Star Wars character and even made an appearance in The Book of Boba Fett. Sadly for him, live-action did not do his character any favors, and his presence in the series was quite short-lived and underwhelming. However, with this new emergence of Star Wars content focused on specific characters, Cad Bane would make the perfect candidate for an exploration of his backstory and general role during The Clone Wars and the years that followed.

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Who was Cad Bane in Star Wars

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Cad Bane was commonly known throughout the whole Star Wars universe as one of the most talented bounty hunters and mercenaries. Cad Bane made his first appearance in The Clone Wars, Season 1, Episode 22, “Hostage Crisis.” The Clone Wars showcased Cad Bane and his crew of bounty hunters taking Senators hostage on the planet Coruscant. This daring mission showed Cad Bane’s extensive skills, talents, strategic planning, and general ruthlessness. The only thing that outshone Cad Bane’s personality was his iconic equipment.

Cad Bane was known for his wide-brimmed hat and numerous gadgets that made him stand out from ordinary bounty hunters. Especially interesting were his elector gauntlets that allowed him to shoot fires and communicate with his droid, Todo 360. Aside from his dual-wielding LL-30 blaster pistols, no other bounty hunter in Star Wars was equipped with Cybernetic Breathing Tubes that had the sole purpose of escaping force chokes. Cad Bane was an infamous Sith and Jedi Killer, and being able to escape Force chokes clearly gave him the upper hand in battle. All in all, Cad Bane certainly had a specific edge that other bounty hunters never seemed to match.

Cad Bane Represented Everything That Went Right in Star Wars

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Cad Bane was featured in a multitude of Star Wars series and played a pivotal role in The Bad Batch, The Book of Boba Fett, and The Clone Wars. The Clone Wars focused on Cad Bane’s extraordinary abilities that made him a feared adversary in battle. Every episode that included or surrounded Cad Bane did exactly what The Clone Wars excelled at — genius storytelling. Cad Bane by himself was already a fascinating character, but from The Clone Wars, Season 2, Episode 1, “Holocron Heist” to The Clone Wars, Season 4, Episode 17, “The Box,” the series kept coming up with captivating and inventive ways to showcase Cad Bane’s brilliant personality. All of Cad Bane’s involvements in The Clone Wars and beyond made him stick out from Star Wars‘ ordinary bounty hunters and mercenaries.

Taking a closer look at what made Star Wars such an iconic franchise further explained why Cad Bane represented everything that went right with the franchise. Fan-favorite Star Wars characters such as Ahsoka, Master Yoda, and Captain Rex all had things in common: character development and looks that made them stand out. Cad Bane embodied all of these traits and became a welcome alternative to the generic Sith and Jedi. Star Wars always did an excellent job at creating Sith villains, but there was a lack of diversity outside the Sith bubble. With space pirates and bounty hunters to fill the gaps, Star Wars had little to work with, yet Cad Bane managed to captivate Star Wars fans through exactly this allure that surrounded his character.

The Book of Boba Fett tried to extend Cad Bane’s legacy to the world of live-action but sadly fell short of depicting his personality and talents that Star Wars fans knew from The Clone Wars and The Bad Batch. Of course, Cad Bane’s iconic personality was hard to replicate in live-action. The Book of Boba Fett did its best, but diehard fans certainly saw the differences, and Cad Bane was left being depicted as an evil mercenary. Cad Bane was more than that; his personality did not solely rely on being outright evil but combined strategy and a cunning attitude. This made his death in The Book of Boba Fett that much more devastating, as the series did not bring out the skills and abilities fans adored. Given the fact that Cad Bane was already older in The Book of Boba Fett, his death still made for a crushing experience and did not do his character’s legacy justice.

How Star Wars Could Honor Cad Bane’s Legacy

Star Wars saw Cad Bane’s character flourish during the setting of The Clone Wars and The Bad Batch, making it quite obvious that Cad Bane’s general personality and abilities would be rather left unchanged and fit perfectly into an animated series. Dedicating a whole Star Wars series to the specific adventures and bounties that Cad Bane hunted throughout the franchise would make for the perfect story of a stand-alone series, all while extending Star Wars lore. Star Wars fans would certainly enjoy seeing more of The Clone Wars, and a Cad Bane series would be the perfect opportunity to bring back Ahsoka, Anakin Skywalker, and Obi-Wan Kenobi in this animated style.

In the end, The Clone Wars was one of the most celebrated Star Wars series and certainly a fan-favorite among Star Wars content. With iconic characters reappearing in a series that mirrors the style of The Clone Wars, Star Wars could revisit the success of the series. Much is still unknown about Cad Bane, and he certainly deserves to get more exposure.