Why Cad Bane Is A Better Bounty Hunter Than Boba Fett
Warning: Contains SPOILERS for The Book of Boba Fett
Cad Bane and Boba Fett battle in The Book of Boba Fett’s first season finale, proving that Bane was a better bounty hunter than Fett. Bane was second only to Jango Fett during the latter’s lifetime, and while Boba Fett is typically seen as the galaxy’s greatest bounty hunter, Bane trained him during the Clone Wars, knowing his shortcomings. Boba Fett might be more renowned than Cad Bane, but he fell short of besting Bane as a gunslinger in The Book of Boba Fett.
Introduced in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Cad Bane was a lethal marksman and tactician, taking on Jedi and Clone Troopers alike and killing many throughout the war. Canon sources describe Bane as being the galaxy’s second-best bounty hunter during Jango Fett’s lifetime, but his The Clone Wars appearances suggest that he was only Jango Fett’s inferior by a slim margin. In an unaired The Clone Wars story arc, Cad Bane trains a young Boba Fett as a bounty hunter, though their partnership ends with a duel between the two mercenaries.
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The unreleased duel between Boba Fett and Cad Bane ends with the two blasting each other in the head simultaneously, which Bane inexplicably survives and Boba Fett’s helmet receiving its iconic dent. The two aren’t shown interacting during the original trilogy era, but their rematch in The Book of Boba Fett proves that Bane has a faster draw, and the older bounty hunter reveals that he’s bested Boba Fett on previous missions. Fett overpowers and kills Bane, but uses his Tusken Raider training to do so, not his bounty hunter gear or skills. This shows that, as a bounty hunter alone, Bane has the upper hand.
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