Like I said at the beginning of the video, Cad Bane is DEAD!
I know this is a shock to some.
Especially when every Star Wars YouTuber out there is saying he’s alive.
Well…I don’t care what they say…Cad Bane is not alive…he is in fact DEAD.
Yes, I’m saying it a lot.
Why?
Because he’s dead.
Let me explain.
And please hear me out with an open mind.
And before you leave comments saying I’m wrong and I’m a small Star Wars YouTuber,
look at my other videos…I have about a 90% success rate of my theories and predictions
being correct.
Why?
Because I analyze everything.
Too much probably.
And that isn’t being arrogant…I’ve just done my homework.
And I don’t predict or theorize based on a fan service of characters I’d like to
see again.
Anyways, keep that in mind before you cover your ears and stomp away saying that a bigger
YouTuber doesn’t agree with me.
Also, keep in mind I don’t care if I’m wrong.
Meaning, it doesn’t change my opinion of Star Wars nor what I do here…but guess what?
I’m not wrong about this.
This isn’t a theory.
It’s just plain fact.
Cad Bane is Dead.
I should have made it a drinking game…drink every time I say Cad Bane is dead.
That would be fun.
(Buckwheat is dead).
Okay, you want my reasoning.
How could I be right when so many others are claiming the opposite.
Well, let me start by saying Cad Bane is one of my favorite bounty hunters from the Cloe
Wars era.
No one matched his ruthlessness and his success rate.
No one enjoyed his live action appearance the way I did.
You can watch my Book of Boba Fett Chapter 5 watch party and see my reaction.
But I’m also not into bringing someone back from the dead for fan service.
Especially when they’ve had a poetic death that matches their character, and the character
of the victor.
So, in essence…I don’t want him coming back.
The ones who do want him to come back have crafted the theory that he’s still alive
to fit their own fan service.
And if he does return, it’ll be fan service at the cost of the character’s arc and the
entire story.
But my own feelings about his death are not enough to support my statement that Cad Bane
is Dead…at the hands…or Gaffi stick rather…of Boba Fett.
So, let’s start with Cad Bane’s age and the life expectancy of his species…Durosian,
or just Duros.
Their life expectancy is around 75 years old…for the longest living.
Now, Cad Bane is 72 years old.
I’ve made another video on this fact…not an estimate.
I’ll link it in the description.
So…. yeah…Cad Bane is well beyond senior citizen.
The fact that he’s still as good as he is, is a miracle.
But is he still a good bounty hunter?
Let’s go back and look.
During the Clone Wars Cad Bane was seen as the best bounty hunter in the galaxy, following
the death of the previous title holder, Jango Fett.
Cad Bane’s successes far outweighed his ineffectiveness, and he took on the highest
paying and high-profile jobs.
Even breaking into the Jedi archives, stealing a Jedi holocron, and holding members of the
senate hostage…in their own building.
He was also very successful at kidnapping children.
Not that that kind of success should be celebrated, but it’s just a measure of his dedication
to his profession and his reputation.
Cad Bane isn’t like other bounty hunters.
He isn’t an anti-hero…he’s a villain.
But there was one failure on his part…his duel with Boba Fett near the end of the Clone
Wars.
This came to us in an unfinished episode.
Some argue it may not be canon, and that’s true.
But all the signs point to it being canon.
They just haven’t come right out and said it.
During this episode, Boba Fett and Cad Bane have a duel…an old west style draw.
Both draw their weapons and fire.
Boba gets a dent in his helmet and Cad Bane gets a shot to the head.
Like I said, no one has confirmed that this is canon.
But let’s look at the proof.
The next time we see Cad Bane, after this showdown, he has a metal plate in his head…the
same place that it was shown that Boba Fett shot him in the unfinished arc.
The same metal plate can be seen when he falls after his second duel with Boba Fett in the
Book of Boba Fett.
It seems pretty much confirmed to me.
Fast forward to Darth Sidious’ Imperial rebranding of the Republic, after the events
of Order 66.
The Kaminoan cloning facility is also under a …um…rebranding.
The Kaminoans are being phased out, as well as their costly clones.
In an effort to fight back, Lama Su, the Kaminoan Prime Minister sends a bounty hunter to kidnap
a child…the bounty hunter is Cad Bane.
The child is the second perfect DNA match of Jango Fett…Omega.
With the plate on his head…Cad Bane is unsuccessful.
This is the first time we see him unsuccessful in such a high paying job.
This indicates his head injury, may have done more than blemish his beautiful appearance.
This is a sign of Cad Bane’s decline.
I think it’s also fair to mention that Cad Bane was one of Boba Fett’s first mentors,
when Boba Fett was about 12 years old.
After they parted ways, they became rivals.
But it’s also fair to note that Cad Bane was not seen during the War of the Bounty
Hunters comic series…yes, it’s canon.
It was an all out free for all attempt to capture Boba Fett for a bounty that Jabba
the Hutt placed on him.
Seems Cad Bane would have been all over it.
Unless…he’s getting too old, and his abilities have declined further for him to run all over
the galaxy to find a bounty hunter who has surpassed him.
No, he needs to wait for Boba to settle in before he goes after him.
Remember, the War of the Bounty Hunters was going on just after the Empire Strikes Back
and leading up to Return of the Jedi.
That’s 5 years prior to the Book of Boba Fett...making Cad Bane around 67 years old
at that time.
But it’s probably safe to say he wants another shot at Boba Fett for causing his decline.
Okay, We‘ve discussed the plate in his head, his rivalry with Boba Fett, and his failures
due to a head shot during a duel with a young Boba Fett.
You’re still asking me why I think he’s dead…the blinking lights on his chest.
I’m getting to it.
All this information is really important to know why….get ready to drink…Cad Bane
is dead.
Fast forward to the timeline of the Book of Boba Fett.
Which is 5 years past Return of the Jedi and the end of the War of the Bounty Hunters comic
series.
Cad Bane is now 72 years old.
Far too old to be trapsing around the galaxy to hunt an old rival.
Like I said, if he wants a shot at revenge against Boba Fett…ope…there’s that revenge
word again that we heard about before the show aired.
I’ll get back to that, though.
Cad Bane will have to wait for Boba Fett to reemerge from the Sarlacc.
Remember, everyone though Boba Fett was dead for 5 years.
Well, the opportunity came when the Pykes were having issues with a new Daimyo on Tatooine.
They needed someone to take the job in killing this troublesome wannabe crime lord.
Cad Bane was more than willing when he heard who it was.
This sets up Cad Bane’s own return to status.
He could kill Boba Fett and retire on top.
All the while, getting his revenge on the one who caused his decline…Boba Fett.
On the flip side, this would give Boba Fett the opportunity to prove he is actually the
best alive.
He already bested Zuckuss, IG-88, Dengar, 4-LOM, and Bossk.
He now needed to sever his past by killing Cad Bane.
Both opponents draw and fire.
Boba Fett goes down.
Cad Bane removes Boba’s helmet and monologues…something that has never been out of his character.
He often bragged over his fallen opponents.
Boba Fett takes the opportunity, draws his gaffi stick and uses the same maneuver the
Tusken warrior used on him.
He then plunges the pointed tip of the gaffi stick into Cad Bane’s chest.
But wait…there’s a light that begins blinking at the same moment Cad Bane takes his last
breath.
And this is the only reason some have cited as to why Cad Bane is still alive.
Not the poetic nature of his death.
The end of a lifelong rivalry, an aging and declining bounty hunter, nor a failed attempt
at revenge to the one who got him there.
No…a blinking light.
The same kind of an indicator that our own patients get when they pass over from the
world of the living to the eternal plane of existence.
The blinking light was an indicator that he was dead, and no life could be detected.
Still not enough for you?
You still want the fan service to bring him back?
Well, let’s simplify the whole thing.
Why was no one concerned that Cad Bane’s body was missing while they were cleaning
up all around him and disposing of bodies?
How could he have got up and left, or been carried away without anyone seeing it?
The entirety of Mos Espa was there for the cleanup after the war.
Not to mention, he didn’t win the duel and will never get another chance from a nursing
home.
So, I say again…Cad Bane is dead.
His death was poetic, and it had reason and deep meaning.
To bring him back would diminish his entire story and the character growth that is to
come of Boba Fett…for the sake of fan service.
Because some just don’t want him dead.
I’m sorry, he was an animated character.
The fact that we got him at all in live action is amazing!
R.I.P.
Cad Bane.
You’ll be missed and remembered.
But what do you think?
Do you still think he survived?
Let me know in the comments below.
I do read all comments and I’ll pick the best one to highlight at the end of my next
video.
At this time I’ll go ahead and highlight the last top comment.
This comment comes from Cleon of Sparta and Cleon had this to say about Cad Bane’s death:
“The alternative to Cad Bane dying in this series would likely be him dying of old age.
Maybe some fans want that but it doesn’t seem very fitting.
Cad Bane fans still get to feel good about him drawing faster even though he died.
I see it as a win for both Boba Fett and Cad Bane fans.”
Absolutely what I was thinking at the time I was making that video!
Thank you, Cleon of Sparta.
And thank you to everyone who commented!
Keep them coming, they are noticed.
This is Gerald from Star Wars Fanatic signing off until next time, wishing you all health
and happiness.
Thank you for watching and remember, this is the way…the only way!