Cad Bane ' s group Cad Bane ' s group were a group of bounty hunter s led by the Duros bounty hunter Cad Bane from before 32 BBY , until at least 20 BBY . History . Work for Darth Maul . In 32 BBY , Bane , along with Aurra Sing and Vorhdeilo then saved Sith Sith Lord / apprentice , Darth Maul from a brawl on Nar Shaddaa in Hutta Town . Bane and his compatriots then agreed to help to Xev Xrexus ' s Cartel ' s auction of Jedi Padawan Eldra Kaitis . Together , Maul , Bane and his group then stole a ship from the Haddrex Gang . They then met up with Troo - tril - tek , who was able to capture FE - B3 and force to reveal the auction ' s location . Together , they went to the Drazkel system . Bane , Maul , Sing and Fee - Bee were then able to attend the auction . Bane , Maul and the rest of the group then came up with plan to take Kaitis from the highest bidder . After Jee Kra entered his bid , Bane and his group then took his ship from his crew . Maul , Bane and his group then confronted Jee Kra and his remaining crew as they boarded their ship . They then allowed Maul to kill Kra and his crew himself . Maul , Bane , and his group then left , but their ship was rigged with explosive and crash - landed on Drazkel ' s moon . Only , Maul , Bane , Sing , Vorhdeilo and Kaitis survived the crash . They they saw Xrexus and her guests were coming to hunt them down . As Bane , Sing , and Vorhdeilo fought the Xrexus ' s guests , Maul fought Kaitis . Bane , Sing , and Vorhdeilo then planned to steal a ship from the Weequay pirates . After Bane and Sing took out the Trandoshan s and the Weequays , they took the Weequay ' s ship . Bane then had their ship destory the others . Bane , Sing , and Vorhdeilo then rendezvoused with Maul after he killed Kaitis . Clone Wars . Work for Darth Sidious . In 21 BBY , Bane was hired by Darth Sidious to steal a Holocron from the Jedi Temple ' s Holocron Vault on Coruscant . To carry out this job , Bane recruited the Clawdite Cato Parasitti to assist him . He also had his droid , Todo 360 accompany him on his job . Though Parasitti was captured and Todo destroyed , Bane was able to escape with a holocron . Work for the Hutts . Bane was then hired by Jabba the Hutt to acquire the plans for the Senate Building . For this job , Bane recruited HELIOS - 3E and his newly rebuilt droid , Todo 360 to kidnap Senator Padmé Amidala ' s protocol droid , C - 3PO and Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker ' s astromech R2 - D2 . With assistance from J0 - N0 , Bane , Todo , and HELIOS - 3E were able to retrieve the plans from the droids . Todo and HELIOS - 3E then returned 3PO and R2 to resume their errands after their memories were wiped . Bane , at the behest of Jabba and the Hutt Council , was then hired to free Jabba ' s uncle Ziro from the Republic Judiciary Central Detention Center . To free Ziro bane assemble his group and went to the Senate building . With his group , Bane was able eliminate the Senate Guard s . Bane and his group then shut down power to the building and held several Senators hostage . After Chancellor Palpatine and Senator Orn Free Taa acceded to Bane ' s demand , HELIOS - 3E was sent to retrieve Taa and take custody of Ziro . Despite difficulty from Skywalker , Bane and his group were able to leave the building without the Coruscant Guard stopping them . Work for the Confederacy . In 20 BBY , Bane was then hired by Count Dooku , to free his agent Moralo Eval from the Detention Center . However , Bane and Eval were then joined by another bounty Rako Hardeen , who was actually Obi - Wan Kenobi in disguise . At first , Bane and Eval tried to get rid of Hardeen , to no avail . After their encounter with Skywalker and his apprentice Tano , Bane , Eval , and Hardeen were then able to meet up with Dooku on Serenno . There , Bane and several other bounty hunters underwent a test in the Box . Despite several of the bounty hunters losing their lives , Bane was then chosen by Dooku to lead his group in kidnapping Chancellor Palpatine during Naboo ' s Festival of Light in Theed .