Cad Bane

This article is about the character in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. For the character in Star Wars literature, see Darth Bane.
Cad Bane
Star Wars: The Clone Wars character

Cad Bane's first design in The Clone Wars.
First appearance Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
Created by Dave Filoni
Henry Gilroy
Voiced by Corey Burton
Information
Species Duros
Occupation Bounty hunter
Affiliation Aurra Sing
Darth Sidious
Jabba the Hutt
Homeworld Duro

Cad Bane is a fictional character Star Wars franchise created by George Lucas, Dave Filoni and Henry Gilroy, as a recurring antagonist voiced by Corey Burton in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The character is a cold and manipulative bounty hunter from the planet Duro.

Concept and creation

The character was created for the 2008 Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series set during the prequel trilogy. The season one finale "Hostage Crisis" director Giancarlo Volpe compared Cad Bane to another Star Wars bountyhunter Boba Fett stating,

The crew loves Cad Bane, and I really think the fans will, too. He brings a serious bad-ass sensibility to Star Wars. He's a lethal and ruthless bounty hunter, and you see that right away in the episode. Unlike Boba Fett, Cad doesn't take prisoners.[1]

Originally, supervising director Dave Filoni and series writer Henry Gilroy planned to create the Durge character that was already introduced in the 2003 micro-series. Durge would instead be redesigned as a human character but this exploration was short lived after the suggestion of series producer and Star Wars creator George Lucas to go Western. Lucas took inspiration from western film actors such as Lee Van Cleef's portrayal of Angel Eyes in The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly and of Colonel Mortimer in For a Few Dollars More while Corey Burton uses Peter Lorre's voice as inspiration.[2][3] These characters' Western influences help to bring Bane to life while still containing the features of the Duros species in the Star Wars universe with his own original characterization. Burton's voice would then be modified on the computer by the series' sound production team. While Filoni researched the character, he happened to come across an unlabeled concept art of a gun-toting bounty hunter with a wide-brimmed hat from the original trilogy and that concept helped bring the character to life.[2]

Something you notice about George Lucas after a while is that he'll mention a name like 'Mace Windu' in a [1973] version of Star Wars, and then it pops up in 1999. So, this, I guess might have been an idea George had for the character Cad Bane way back when, and now finally he's getting around to bringing him to the screen in The Clone Wars.[2]
— David Filoni

Appearances

In the 2008 TV series, Cad Bane appears exclusively during the Clone Wars.

In the first season finale "Hostage Crisis", Cad Bane was hired by Jabba the Hutt to get Ziro the Hutt from a prison on the planet Coruscant and bring him to the Hutt council. Using schematics of the Senate building, which is later revealed in season three to be downloaded from the abducted C-3PO and R2-D2, Bane and his posse of bounty hunters eliminate the security and take Senators hostage in the east wing where Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala also happen to be. From there, cutting off all communications, Bane makes his demands to Chancellor Palpatine for Ziro and spirits the Hutt away despite Anakin's interference. In the third season episode "Hunt for Ziro", which takes place after "Hostage Crisis", Bane is hired by the Hutts to assassinate Ziro after he evades his captors. But as someone else beats him to killing Ziro and obtains his incriminating evidence on the Hutts, Bane confronts Kenobi and Quinlan Vos on the planet Teth.

In the second season, Cad Bane is contacted by Darth Sidious for a special assignment: the capture of a Holocron from inside the Jedi Temple. Bane finds himself in a massive struggle for the stolen Holocron as Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano attempt to take it back. He is briefly captured before leading Obi-Wan Kenobi and Mace Windu into a trap in his headquarters, allowing him to escape.

During the fourth season, Cad Bane is revealed to be in a Republic prison. He is then hired by fellow convict Moralo Eval for a job by Count Dooku to kidnap Chancellor Palpatine on Naboo. However, Kenobi poses as bounty hunter Rako Hardeen and manages to foil the plot even though Dooku escapes while Bane was arrested. Bane does not appear in the fifth season.

Promotion and reception

Cad Bane has been featured in two Hasbro toys concerning himself, his blaster and his ship respectively,[4][5][6] as well as one involving him merged with his ship in a crossover for Transformers.[7] Both Cad Bane and his speeder were included as part of the Lego Star Wars toy line.[8][9]

In 2009, UGO Networks ran a feature on Cad Bane, noting his cool looks and calling him "quintessentially cold, cruel and calculating".[10] IGN listed him as the 31st top Star Wars character, praising his first impression and saying his creators succeeded in introducing "an inarguably cool and effective villain". IGN also noted he "continued to be an excellent foil" to the main protagonists in his later appearances.[11] IGN's Eric Goldman said that Bane was a successful attempt at creating a new ongoing villain,[12] and later called him a "very cool and effective new villain".[13] Goldman also called Bane's introduction and his torture of Bolla Ropal (a Jedi) two of The Clone Wars's most darkest moments, adding that Bane lived up to the hype that surrounded him in his introduction.[14] Christian Bauvelt, writing for Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch, said that one of the three top reasons the "Evil Plans" episode worked for him was because Cad Bane appeared in it, and noted Bane's similarities to Angel Eyes from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "The Chilling Season Finale Introduces a Deadly New Enemy". Lucas Online. 17 March 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 "Databank: Cad Bane". Lucas Online. 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  3. ↑ "Cad Bane concept". Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  4. ↑ "Star Wars The Clone Wars Cad Bane". Hasbro. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  5. ↑ "Star Wars The Clone Wars Cad Bane Blaster". Hasbro. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  6. ↑ "Star Wars The Clone Wars Cad Bane’s Xanadu Blood". Hasbro. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  7. ↑ "Star Wars TRANSFORMERS CROSSOVERS Cad Bane to Cad Bane's Xanadu Blood". Hasbro. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  8. ↑ "LEGO® Star Wars™ Cad Bane™ Key Chain". Lego Shop. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  9. ↑ "Cad Bane’s Speeder™". Lego Shop. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  10. ↑ "Cad Bane - Clone Wars Badass?". UGO Networks. 18 March 2009. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  11. ↑ "Top Star Wars Characters". IGN. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  12. ↑ Eric Goldman (23 March 2009). "Star Wars: The Clone Wars - "Hostage Crisis" Review". IGN. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  13. ↑ Eric Goldman (30 March 2009). "Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Season 1 Review". IGN. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  14. ↑ Eric Goldman (13 September 2010). "The Clone Wars' Darkest Moments". IGN. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  15. ↑ Christian Bauvelt (6 November 2010). "'Star Wars: The Clone Wars': Is Cad Bane the coolest character? C-3PO?". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 18 April 2011.

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