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During the season 2 premiere of The Mandalorian, Star Wars fans got to see Cobb Vanth for the
first time in live-action. The episode saw our hero-Din Djarin-meeting
the rough and rugged marshal of Mos Pelgo-Cobb Vanth-played by Timothy Olyphant.
The episode gave us some information on Vanth’s background, such as how he acquired Boba Fett’s
armor, but what else do we know about the character?
Let’s discuss everything we know about the gunslinging marshal-Cobb Vanth.
Cobb Vanth, also known as The Marshal, was a human male who lived during the Galactic
Civil War. First appearing in canon in September 2015
with the release of the novel Aftermath, Vanth was born on the planet Tatooine, where he
lived his entire life. At one point, Cobb Vanth was once a slave,
having a star-shaped mark carved onto his back as a sign of ownership.
Although the time frame and circumstances surrounding his freedom are unknown, at some
point, Vanth was able to thrust off the shackles of bondage and became a free man.
Immediately following the Battle of Endor and the destruction of the 2nd Death Star,
Vanth encountered the Mining Collective in the mining town of Mos Pelgo.
Also known as the Red Key Raiders, the Mining Collectiv, decimated the small town, but Vanth
fled into the desert, taking with him a camtono of silicax oxalate crystals.
After traversing the treacherous desert landscape for several days, he encountered some Jawas
and traded his camtono of silicax crystals for a set of Mandalorian armor.
Unbeknownst to him, however, the armor he acquired was that of the bounty hunter, Boba
Fett. In the Aftermath series, Vanth actually injured
a Red Key employee named Adwin Charu who found Fett’s armor and wished to take it for himself.
Vanth left Adwin Charu alive to send a message to the leader of the Red Key Raiders, Lorgan
Movellan. Cobb Vanth then returned to Mos Pelgo, helped
fight off the Mining Collective, and soon became the mayor and marshal of Mos Pelgo,
which was eventually renamed Freetown. In 5 ABY, Vanth rescued Jabba the Hutt’s
former beastmaster, Malakili, from a pair of Red Key Raiders and was able to recruit
the beastmaster to tend to some rontos in Freetown, as well as an infant Hutt named
Borgo, which had been acquired from the Red Key Raiders.
Sometime later, the Red Key Raiders attacked and captured Freetown, overpowering the residents.
Lorgan Movellan then confronted Vanth, and, as this occurred, the infant Hutt Borgo was
brought out with Malakili, where it let loose a shriek, signaling Tusken Raider reinforcements
to move in against the Red Key Raiders. Vanth and his forces were able to defeat Lorgan
Movellan and the Red Key Raiders, and Vanth carved a message onto Movellan’s face as
a parting gift for the crime boss' superiors. By 9 ABY, Freetown was once again known as
Mos Pelgo, and Vanth still led and defended the town, including battling Tusken Raiders
who raided their village multiple times. At one point, the Mandalorian bounty hunter
Din Djarin came to town searching for a fellow Mandalorian and discovered Vanth in possession
of Mandalorian armor. Vanth agreed to give Din Boba Fett’s armor
in exchange for helping him kill a krayt dragon that lived nearby.
Vanth and Djarin soon teamed up with a local group of Tusken Raiders to hunt the Krayt
Dragon, and eventually enlisted the aid of the townspeople of Mos Pelgo as well.
During their fight against the behemoth, while donning their Mandalorian armor, Vanth and
Din Djarin fought side by side along the townspeople of Mos Pelgo and Tusken Raiders.
To kill the behemoth, Din allowed himself and a bantha loaded with explosives to be
eaten, providing Vanth with an opportunity to set off the explosive charges, killing
the dragon. Honoring his word and agreement, Cobb Vanth
gave Din Boba Fett’s Mandalorian armor and wished him farewell.
Since Vanth has only appeared in the Aftermath trilogy and the season 2 premiere of The Mandalorian,
there’s not a ton of information available on the character.
However, now that he’s made his live-action debut, hopefully Vanth will be a character
we’ll get to see more of in the future. But what do you think about Cobb Vanth’s
appearance in The Mandalorian, and do you hope we’ll get to see more of him?
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