Is Cad Bane based on Lee Van Cleef?

Cad Bane's mind-blowing live-action debut was one of the show's highlights. Introduced in The Clone Wars, Bane was modeled after screen legend Lee Van Cleef.
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Who is Cad Bane character based on?

Cad Bane was based on old Star Wars concept art

In the case of Cad Bane, the "Clone Wars" crew found his look in the past. Specifically, a piece of unused concept art for an alien character in the original "Star Wars" trilogy; one with guns in holsters and a gigantic-rimmed hat.
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Is Cad Bane based on Angel Eyes?

The Dollars Trilogy consists of three films, 1964's A Fistful of Dollars, 1965's For a Few Dollars More and 1966's The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Cad Bane was specifically based on one character from the third film in the series: Angel Eyes.
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Is Cad Bane based on Clint Eastwood?

Cad Bane Is A Clint Eastwood Stand-In

Perhaps the most obvious western-inspired character since Boba Fett himself, Cad Bane is an obvious stand-in for the legendary Clint Eastwood, particularly his Man With No Name persona.
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Are thrawn and Cad Bane the same race?

Cad Bane and Thrawn are not from the same race. Cad Bane is from a humanoid species called Duros, which are native to the planet Duro. On the other hand, Thrawn belongs to the near-human species called Chiss, which are from the planet Csilla. Thrawn's species is also closer in appearance to humans.
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The Character that Inspired Cad Bane [Star Wars Trivia]



Is Cad Bane A Pyke?

Five years after the fall of the Empire, Cad Bane was still active as a bounty hunter. Working for the Pyke Syndicate on Tatooine, Bane was sent to Freetown after the local marshal, Cobb Vanth, stood against the Syndicate.
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Is Cad Bane in The Mandalorian?

Cad Bane and The Mandalorian Season 3

As long as the blue-skinned bounty hunter doesn't meet his maker in the Boba Fett finale, he'll make a perfect villain in the next season of the Mandalorian.
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How did Boba Fett know Cad Bane?

What we do know, however, is that Jango began training his son to be a bounty hunter at an early age and even began to take him on missions. At this time, Boba was aware of Bane as another bounty hunter with who his father sometimes worked with.
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Who is Cad Bane based on western?

The Basis Of Cad Bane's Design

Leone made Van Cleef a staple of the spaghetti western subgenre and effectively saved his career. Van Cleef played two different characters in Leone's groundbreaking Dollars trilogy.
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Why do they call Lee Van Cleef Angel Eyes?

Leone wanted Henry fonda for the role, and fonda had, as you know, blue eyes. That's why the character is called angel eyes. He just kept his name after that fonda refused the role.
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Who is Cad Bane in Boba Fett?

Who's the actor that played Cad Bane? Throughout the now three shows where Cad Bane appeared in Star Wars, voice actor Corey Burton is the one who brings the character to life. However, in live action, the stunt actor who performs the role is Dorian Kingi.
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What is on Cad Bane's face?

Actually, the tubes on Cad Bane's face are far from a costuming decision — they're actually cybernetic breathing tubes. This technological advancement assists individuals in surviving extreme environments, helping them breathe in foreign atmospheres such as space.
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Why does Cad Bane look weird?

While many claims that his face isn't long enough or his mouth seems off, the Clone Wars Cad Bane has aged drastically due to his various trials throughout the Galactic Empire's reign.
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Are Boba and Cad Bane friends?

Cade Bane is known for his high success rates on jobs and specialty in dealing with Jedi. However, his journey would have eventually brought him face to face with Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) as well, and the Boba Fett-centered Disney+ series has just confirmed the hatred Cad Bane has for the former bounty hunter.
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Will Grogu become a Jedi?

In the long run, it doesn't seem likely that he'll rejoin Skywalker Academy; Grogu is being set up to be the next Mandalorian Jedi, so he'll remain by Din's side for years to come. This will also allow him to dodge the lightning bolt The Senate uses to destroy the school decades later in The Rise of Kylo Ren.
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Is Cad Bane death in canon?

Cad Bane died at the hands of Boba Fett in the finale of The Book of Boba Fett after appearing in two episodes. Prior to his appearance in the live-action series, his status was ambiguous because nothing in the Star Wars canon suggested that he either lived or died in Clone Wars and The Bad Batch.
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How old is Grogu?

Grogu appears to be the youngest known member of Yoda's species. He is only 50 years old, and he is still developmentally an infant. For the whole first season of The Mandalorian™, they referred to him only as the Child.
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Will Cad Bane be in The Book of Boba Fett?

Cad Bane drops by in the final moments of the penultimate episode of The Book of Boba Fett, and immediately takes on the role of major antagonist. Before his appearance, the main bad guy of the piece is an amorphous mass of hired guns and dangerous enforcers for the Pyke Syndicate.
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How old is Cad Bane in The Book of Boba Fett?

This means that Bane was born in the year 62 BBY. And since the events of The Book of Boba Fett take place nine years after the Battle of Yavin (or 9 ABY), it means that Cad Bane is roughly 71 years old when he appears in the show.
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How old is Fennec Shand?

Now her character, Fennec, has no stated age. She could actually be older than Boba Fett or just be yet another Star Wars actor playing a character much younger than they are. Fennec is likely at least 20 in TBB. BoBF takes place 28 years later, in 9 ABY so Fennec is at least 48 and possibly up to 53ish or older.
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What race is the Pyke Syndicate?

The Pykes were a species of sentient humanoids native to the planet Oba Diah. The species was distinguished by their unsettlingly large heads and undersized faces. A notable group of Pykes was the Pyke Syndicate, the galaxy's preeminent suppliers of spice, a narcotic substance mined by slaves on the planet Kessel.
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What alien species is Cad Bane?

Bane is a member of the alien species called the Duros. In Star Wars canon, these blue-skinned, red-eyed aliens were among the first to use hyperdrive to travel the galaxy.
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