Cad Bane

* The Book of Boba Fett
* Clone Wars

**Cad Bane** is a major antagonist in the *Star Wars* franchise. He first appeared as a major antagonist in *Star Wars: The Clone Wars*, serving as the final antagonist of Season 1, the opening antagonist of Season 2 and a major antagonist in both Seasons 3 and 4. He would later serve as a supporting antagonist in Season 1 of the 2021 Disney+ animated streaming series *Star Wars: The Bad Batch* and make his live-action debut as a major antagonist in the 2021-2022 Disney+ streaming miniseries *The Book of Boba Fett*.
He was a male Duros, born on the planet of Duro, who rose to become a bounty hunter during the Clone Wars. Ruthless and deadly, Bane worked for the highest bidder, and earned the reputation as the galaxy's best and most fearsome mercenary — a title that he was able to claim after fellow bounty hunter Jango Fett perished in the opening battle of the war.

He was voiced by Corey Burton, who also voiced V.V. Argost from *The Secret Saturdays* and Megatron and Shockwave from *Transformers: Animated*.

## His Evil Ranking

### What Makes Him Magnificent?

* He (alongside other bounty hunters) flawlessly liberate Ziro the Hutt from prison after breaking into the Galactic Senate.
* He steals a holocron from the Jedi Temple and escapes undetected, using his minions as distractions.
* He lures Ahsoka away from battle and then defeats her, using her as a bargaining chip for Anakin to open said holocron and opening the airlock behind her in order to escape.
* When held at gunpoint by Denal and Koho, he kills them both and disguises as Denal in order to fake his own death. When Ahsoka discovers the ruse, he quickly escapes by stealing a starfighter.
* He escapes Republic custody by luring Obi-Wan and Mace Windu into a trap.
* He holds his own in a fight with Obi-Wan and Quinlan Vos, both Jedi masters.
* He cleverly stages a prison riot in order to escape Coruscant.
* He has enough honor to save Rako Hardeen (actually Obi-Wan in disguise) from a rigged challenge in the Box, thinking he at least deserved a fair fight.
* He's an expert at Mexican standoffs, winning at least three onscreen. (He won 3 of them with his left hand despite often shooting with his right hand).
* He puts up one hell of a fight in his final encounter with Boba Fett, even driving a rancor off with just his flamethrower. Before dying, Bane tells Boba there's no shame in defeat and doesn't show any fear when at his mercy (or lack thereof in this case).

### What Makes Him a Baddie?

* For starters, he's a professional yet sociopathic bounty hunter who isn't above murdering innocents who stand in the way of his goals.
* In *Hostage Crisis*, he murders a senator Philo by shooting him in the back, and then later blows up a room full of hostages just to cheer up Ziro the Hutt.
* In the Holocron arc, he blows up his own techno-service droid Todo 360 as a distraction, tortures Bolla Ropal to death for information, and then kidnaps Force-sensitive infants for Palpatine's experiments.
* In *The Bad Batch*, he admits he's killed countless clones over the years. He also kidnaps Omega, who's just a little girl.
* In *The Book of Boba Fett*, he nearly kills Cobb Vanth and then taunts Boba with not just that fact but also the latter's past tragedy with the Tusken raiders.

## External Links

* Cad Bane at the Villains wiki
* Cad Bane at the Star Wars wiki

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