#the cameoification of star wars my beloathed

[katrina-loves-birds]

Another issue I have with the appearance of Cad Bane, other than the ones everyone has already touched on, is that in the obsession to put recognizable characters in Star Wars media (fan service), Disney has not only harmed the overall plot of the show, but it actively harms some of the appeal of Star Wars.

What do I mean by this? What makes the Original Trilogy work is the feeling of being utterly alone in the beginning. Luke is alone on Tatooine, Leia is alone on her ship, and Obi-wan is one of the last Jedi in the order. The Prequels also support this, because in the end almost every character introduced in the movies dies before the start of A New Hope. Previous TV shows, such as Rebels, don’t deviate from this pattern as well. Rex, Gregor, and Wolfe are pretty much the last clone troopers out there, and Kanan is separated from any other Jedi. Very few, if any characters successfully make the jump from Prequels to Original trilogy.

However, Disney seems intent on adding cameos and fan service to their properties. Rather than fleshing out previously 2 dimensional characters, they focus on fan favorites and put them in every single media they make, in return jeopardizing previous characterization (what they’ve done with Luke) and sidelining characters of color (Boba Fett). Now they’ve added Cad Bane to a property that takes place 5 years after the end of the OT, even though he was originally introduced in the Clone Wars as an older adult.

It doesn’t make sense for him to still be bounty hunting, and while I’m sure Disney will create some helpful in-universe way to tackle that problem, it’s clear that the real reason he’s in the show is because Disney would rather milk the Star Wars franchise like a cash cow instead of coming up with new stories and characters. And all of this is happening in the Book of Boba Fett, which was supposed to be focused on Boba rebuilding Tatooine but seems to be functioning as the Mandalorian season 2.5.