This was going to culminate in a duel between Cad Bane and Boba Fett, during which they would both shoot the other – which is how Boba Fett received the dent in his helmet. But Bane had a more sinister motive to it, as he wanted to train the young Fett in order to prove that he was better than Jango, something he never got a chance to do before the legendary bounty hunter’s death. The arc was going to feature Bane and Boba teaming up to rescue a child who had been kidnapped by Tusken Raiders on Tatooine, with Bane training Boba as a bounty hunter. One of the arcs for The Clone Wars that was never finished was a bounty hunters story, which was discussed at a later Star Wars Celebration, with an unfinished clip being shown as well. The most significant interaction between Bane and Fett is something we haven’t seen, however, and though it’s technically not all considered canon, I think there’s plenty of evidence to suggest that it’s being treated as such by storytellers. At some point later in the war, Bane actually served as a mentor of sorts to Fett. In order to make this happen, Bane paid Boba Fett to stage a fight, creating the distraction that allowed Bane to flee. In order for the latter to happen, Bane and his companion, Moralo Eval, needed to escape the Republic prison (with an undercover Obi-Wan Kenobi joining them). His jobs included freeing Ziro the Hutt from a Republic prison, stealing a Jedi holocron from the Jedi Temple, bringing Force sensitive younglings to Mustafar for Sidious, and helping to lead a kidnapping attempt on Chancellor Palpatine, among others. He worked several high-profile jobs during the Clone Wars, including for Darth Sidious, Count Dooku, and the Hutts. Though Jango was widely regarded as the best in the business during the era, his death in Attack of the Clones left the power vacuum for Cad Bane to step right into. Later, when Boba Fett went on a job with his father, he asked why they couldn’t work with someone he knew like Bane or Aurra Sing – making it clear that the Fetts were well aware of Cad Bane as a bounty hunter. And one of the things that makes him an especially compelling foe to bring into The Book of Boba Fett is that he has a history with both Boba Fett and Fennec Shand!Ĭad Bane began working as a bounty hunter sometime before The Phantom Menace, including having a brief working relationship with Jango Fett as a mentor figure, as well as working a job with the Sith apprentice Darth Maul. He appeared in The Clone Wars and was regarded as the best bounty hunter in the galaxy in the wake of Jango Fett’s death, and he just recently appeared in The Bad Batch as well. Bane’s name is never mentioned in this episode, and even if you don’t know who he is all that matters is he’s a terrifying and formidable threat, but his appearance is a massive deal to many Star Wars fans. He’s working with the Pyke Syndicate, and he shoots Cobb Vanth and kills his deputy while threatening them to not work with Boba Fett or interfere with the spice shipments. At the end of The Book of Boba Fett Chapter 6, a stranger comes wandering into Freetown from the desert: Cad Bane.
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