Who REALLY Killed the Tuskens (Theory) 

Well reportedly Dave Filoni was the writer for episode 6 of Book of Boba. So if Cad Bane is ever going to appear I'd get hyped for that one!

This aged well huh. So hyped to see what the final chapter holds

I personally think that would be a fitting end for Cad Bane. To go up against Boba one last time, and die for his troubles. Thats literally what he tried to train Boba for, to challenge him now that Jango is dead.

I almost feel like a showdown with boba vs cad is a must for this show.

It was Snoke... All joking aside, why couldn't they have done it? That sky view before Boba blasted them made it look like they outnumbered the Tuskens three to one. Not to mention those bikes give them a speed advantage and they have more weapons than the Tuskens. It also could have been Fennec? That would give us a plot twist and a betrayal arc. Besides, what was she doing out in the Dunes so close to where the Tuskens were? If he forgave her it would also show he's above vengengance.

Cad Bane has been the character I've been hoping for ever since Black Krrsantan, a comic book character, was introduced

This honestly makes me excited for the future of the show, but also gets my hopes-- I'll be upset if Cad doesn't show up 😩

Just throwing it out there, but what if it was Fennec who killed the Tuskens after being hired by the Pykes? A master assassin could have dealt with them and then easily disguise the attack to frame the Niktos. It would explain why she was on Tattooine during The Mandalorian (aside from hiding) but would add some lovely drama later on when Boba has to decide between his loyalty to her and his need for vengeance for his slain tribe.

I'd actually like to see a cool character like Cad Bane show up and meet his demise. The way key characters surprisingly die in the High Republic makes the danger more palpable. If a character like Cad Bane or Dengar shows up and dies, the stakes for all characters feels higher

I'm think the pykes did it and framed the bikers. Not that they didn't deserve this. Bane could very well be involved. I just hope they keep that voice in live action

I think what would be great is if Boba shows Bane mercy, and then Bane, scumbag that he is, uses one last chance to kill Boba with his guard down, after which Boba is forced to kill him. I think that would be really poetic and a great climax.

I don’t think they’ll bring in a character this late to show who really killed the tribe. That’s why it’s Fennec. She was nearby when it happened and she was for hire. She didn’t tell Boba because they’d just met. His #2 is keeping secrets from him. Her loyalty to him is real, but he won’t be able to keep his end of the bargain when he finds out. He’s going to expel her. The Pykes will reveal it to him and break his new “family” right in the middle of their war. It makes the most dramatic sense for the amount of episodes we have left. That’s also why Fennec has no real backstory yet, they’re saving it. If Bane is in the show he will appear later as a much bigger gun.

Fennec Shand killed the Tuskens. That's why she was there in the first place and why she has stayed with Boba...she has a larger debt to him then just saving her life. When Boba will learn what she did when the Warrior comes back and identifies her as the destroyer of the village. He will then have to make a choice between backing the Warrior or Fennec.

This is a GREAT idea bringing Cad in to kill the Tuskens. I love it. Makes a lot of sense from a story perspective. Crossing fingers it plays out like this.

I want to know how he feels about clones in general now, in the Clone Wars he was happy to let them die, but I wonder if now he would think of them more like brothers. Rex is an old man, right? And Omega a few years younger than Boba? Rex being accelerated but Boba and Omega not.

I'm really hoping to see both Cad abd Omeega come back into live action somehow, but I would understand if they want to tell more of their stoeies in bad batch before crossing them over. That being said, they pulled Fennec into BB immediately after Mando, so it could happen.

Cad Bane will be revealed at the very end of the last episode as a cliff hanger for season two.

I love your analysis! You are so good at it. You are gifted at treating this storytelling as literature and showing us what makes these stories so good! Thanks for putting the effort into it for all of us who love SW so much.

I'd love to see him in live action but highly doubt they'd be able to pull him off without tons of CGI.

I can’t wait to find out more!

Freaking nailed it! Nice job! Subbed. :)

im just thinking about cad band coming back, book of boba fett ending with an omega tease (i.e continuing the family theme), we get bad batch s2 that ties into this, and then we get the book of the fetts (?) as a follow-up that ties up the story. so much could be done.

This video got me thinking. What was Fennec doing in Tatooine in the first place? How much time has passed from the tusken massacre to the meeting of Boba and the master assassin? Could we be facing a galactic betrayal?

7:27 if the Pykes are recruiting bounty hunters they have to add Bossk and cad bane into their roster at least and as for Boba Fett they will obviously recruit Mandalorian that is certain but I wonder who else could they add I would like to see Cara Dune but that is not going to happen obviously but yeah this would be my dream rooster...

Hire some muscle? Unless it is misdirection, that well-known musical theme by Ludwig Goranssen would be a dead give-away, Din Djarin's theme from The Mandalorian near the end of TBoBF Chapter 4. That muscle could also include other Mandalorians like Bo Katan Kryze, Koska Reeve, and that male Mandalorian that was part of Bo Katan's crew, I think his name was Axe Woves in the Mando episode "The Heiress".

Props on calling this out. Cad Bane being post of show now is so satisfying

The pikes seem to be becoming a more powerful faction and we have seen them quite a bit recently. Maybe they could eventually become as powerful as the hutts

Plot twist: If they have a western style duel and Boba simple blasts Bane’s blaster out of his hand? Proving not only he is the superior hunter but also shows how he’s is a changed man. I’m not saying Boba would forgive Bane or anything just that he’s risen above blind revenge.

Great video as always, Alex.

I agree with everything but Victory for Boba is Cad Bane gone forever

“Where was Fennec Shand when Black K showed up?” It doesn’t really make any difference to me. She was elsewhere, or otherwise unavailable. But, if people really need an explanation I have one for them. Fennec was recharging her two body halves like the Borg Queen. Okay?

William Dafoe would be a good actor for Cad Bane in live-action. I bet his acting for the Bounty Hunter would be on par on his performance of the Green Goblin.

I swear to god if I see a live action Cad Bane on my screen I will die of pure joy.

I say Fennec killed the Tuskens for the Pykes. It was said in Mando she had been working for syndicates, it was said literally in the same episode she got shot. That is why she was in the Dune Sea. Her behaviour is suspicious anyway and the actress herself said we would see the series differently after we see all the episodes.

Excellent analysis and predictions.

This aged perfectly. 💯

Watching this after everything just amazes me that he just guesses everything 99% correctly and that other 1% happens later

Child Boba is also in the credits and I absolutely do not think that what we've seen so far was impossible to do with existing Attack of the Clones footage. I think they're going to show at least one scene with child Boba and Cad Bane

this aged like fine vine touche!

I wonder if Cad would be played by Corey Burton or if they'd get someone else. I do think it's a bit obvious that the Pykes killed them, or sent someone to, since this show has been going on pretty straight forward story telling tropes. Not that it is a bad thing.

I know it may be wishful thinking for him to show up, but if Cad Bane *does* appear in The Book of Boba Fett, I will SCREAM!!!

I dont like the way some characters haven’t aged from clone war/rebels/bad batch era to now. Eg Fennec was in Bad Batch (wearing same clothes) & with Omega who is same age as Boba Fett. This was shortly after ROTS. Now she’s with an ‘aged’ Boba, but the same age (even clothes). Waiting to see what Qi'ra looks like if she’s the new syndicate

This aged quite well

Fennek works for the Pikes, she killed the Tusken. In Mandalorian, apparently, she was waiting for a biker gang to eliminate them. Carefully watching her dialogues with Boba, on the topic that bikers would hardly cope with the Tusken, and then at the moment when she asks where you are going now, Boba answered, to get even with the bikers, what was the transition of the camera to Fennek and the cunning expression of her face.

A live action Cad Bane would make up for this show's missteps.

I think a big group of piles on a commercial space liner is much less discreet than a few random shops flying in… you were right about Cad Bane.

You've convinced me Fennec Shand killed the Tuskens

Alex, I'm surprised you didn't think about Fennec Shand. She is foind very much conveniently on Tattooine in the middle of the desert near the village by Mando shortly after the massacre. She is called a master assassin and is shown to have the skills to kill that many people easily from a far. Also, it would make since why she stayed with Boba after fulfilling her debt to him... out if actual guilt. In the little time they've spend together she sees that he is definitely different and gas genuinely changed his life for the better because of the Tuskans. So she still is in debt to Boba. The Tuskans saved Boba, Boba saved her, and in sure she feels conflicted about her actions and wants to make amends by helping Boba help Tattooine and its people.

Would be a neat twist if Fennec actually took down the Tuskens -why was she on Tatooine ?.. but it's more than likely it was Bane .

Another amazing video

Yo. Been watchin your stuff for years. This video is imo your most 'yes' I think iv seen. That being said, all your content is great. Thanks always, keep it up. Use the fork

Cad Bane will be teased at the end like Mando was teased at the end of book of Boba episode 4. That’s my prediction.

I would see it play out where all out war has occurred and would see them introducing bane in EP 6 and briefly recount a few things between both and fennec brings up her encounter. Episode 7 would be after bobas gang making it barely with boba riding the rancor into battle cad bane wants a rematch and boba gets off his rancor and recreate the pistol duel with boba taking off his helmet showing he’s serious and we get actual confirmation that bane dies ending his Star Wars story

Boy that Cad Bane speculation was a reach.... 😂🤣 Nice call. Episode 6 was awesome.

Well this video aged well considering Cad Bane appeared in the latest episode that came out today and is working for the Pyke Syndicate.

This is one of those theories that when Dave Filoni hears of it will say, "That's very interesting..." and then go back to Lucasfilm and be like, "Guys, how did we miss this?!"

Aurra Sing would also work, at least as far as connections to Boba go. I wonder if the Pikes are being discreet because of the New Republic or Empire. Tattoine seems to have not been part of the Old Republic, but its status under the Empire was more ambiguous. The Pikes also seem to have had a close relationship with the Empire, given the Imperial use of Kessel.

Awesome Vid

Adrien Brody for Cad Bane. He’s got the long face and lanky stature, he’s a good actor who takes interesting roles. Watch his first scene in Peaky Blinders, he could apply the same menace to the character, just less Italian mafia. He’s even got the voice mostly down in that show.

It's all the long term plan of Darth Jar Jar. You know it to be true.

I'm 100% convinced it's The syndicate that gave the bike gang the same ultimatum that they gave boba if not right before he got there

God I wish we got that Boba and Cad arc

I didnt see the body of the female tuscan? Anyone think she is still alive

Cad Bane is my favorite Bounty Hunter in Star Wars, so if he shows up I'm going to fan girl like crazy.

Pikes killed em..They admitted to it, and Cad Bane even commented to them about it.

If Bane did kill the Tuskens, there is no way Boba is showing mercy.

The boiling frog fable isn't true, a normal frog with no alterations to their brain will jump out of a boiling pot no matter how slow the temperature rises.

Sounds feasible... thanks, Alex! 💥

Would be kinda cool if they bring the shadow collective back. Ofc they can't bring back Maul but Qi'ra could be the new leader of the Shadow Collective. This way they could also introduce the Black Sun, Crimson Dawn and who knows we might see a few new syndicates like the Haxion Brood from Fallen Order or a completely new one.

Who is the best casting choice for Cad Bane? Who would look good with no nose? Hmmm

What if the people Boba plans to hire are all his old bounty hunter friends and foes, like bane, bosk, embo, black k, mando, and they all take over the crime families together with boba at the head.. bringing all those old cool characters back together to run everything would be a cool outcome..

Good job

If it turns out Hondo is behind everything, I’m out. If he shows up as a potential Fett ally however…

Frogs do realize the water heating up and will escape.

I was wondering if the Tusken attack was a false flag by The Pike Syndicate to either blame the biker gang or the biker to collaborate with The Pikes and later The Pikes turned on them either way it's a possibility

Cad Bane was my favorite Clone Wars character and I would love to see him in live-action! Personally though, I find it a little hard to believe Cad would even still be alive this late in the timeline, especially for how natorious he was. I don't know, him still running around up to when the Empire had fallen just doesn't feel right to me and raises so many questions on where he's been

Wouldn’t Cad Bane be to old? I don’t know how long Duros live but the guy has been working as bounty hunter since before The Phantom Menace

Was obvi that same demon that keeps wiping out entire tusken villages with a laser sword.

Good call

Well this aged like fine wine!

I think Cad Bane was hired by Bib Fortuna or the Pikes to kill the Tusken Tribe, and try to Boba Fett, and with pleasure, since I think Boba and Bane had Unfineshed Business and/or because Boba surpassed Cad Bane and the most dreadly bounty hunter in the Galaxy.

I think that Jabba the Hutt's Butler Bib Fortina had the Sand people killed and I think that is why Boba Fett killed him.

Good call Alex

This seems more and more likely now hahaha good prediction dude!!!👍🏻

I think cad bane will make him kill him if he wins because cad isn't the type to take a handout I think. If anything boba might walk away and cad will try something behind him and boba will either disarm him or shoot him then

You know, I don't think we were ever told why Fennec was on Tatooine...

Weekly QA question: Could Dany Trejo / the rancor trainer secretly be Cad Bane?

Did you notice the niikto speed bikers logo looks a bit off on the tent compared to when they show it on the wall that we actually see them put on? The lines seem less straight and the bottom seems much thicker. Is that maybe a slight towards it not being the bikers just someone trying to copy their signature???

Touché!

I think it is one of Darth vader yearly visits

Does anyone know what the lifespan of duros is? Cus according to Wookiepedia Cad Bane would be around 70 years old by the time of the Book of Boba Fett which seems like it should be well past retirement age for someone in his line of work (tho then again Hondo Ohnaka was still running around in probably his 80s by the time of the Sequel Trilogy so who knows)

But I heard that Boba will face a most deadly character, called "Hammerhead" what happened to that character? I hope we see him show up this season unless they cut him out of the script altogether would love to see him?

this aged so well

yup ive been thinkin about this too i think its the pikes ofcourse

I don't think the boss pulling the strings is going to turn out to be a bounty hunter. It should be a crime boss, someone we could believe as the new Kingpin of Crime, not someone who is typically a hired gun working for someone else.

This is wish full thinking and a bit random. But it would be cool to see Omega in the show, but she wearing all armor and is staying silence. Only their out of curiosity about Boba and wanted to see him for herself.

This aged perfectly

I think if Cad Bane showed up I’d have a full fan heart attack. It would be so much more satisfying than boba showing up in Mando. That was inventible. Let’s hope!!

what if they bring Daniel Logan to make the TCW scene where Boba face Cad Bane (in Tatooine) in live action?

Jar-Jar is the big bad😄