Tales of the Underworld: Cad’s Tale

Cad Bane is bound to a life of blood and money. (And blood money.) Will it be his only legacy?

Deeply out of chronological order, we’re venturing five or six decades before the Battle of Yavin to watch Cad Bane grow up in “Tale of the Underworld.”

We examine how, and why, Star Wars chose to tell a police drama, a spaghetti Western, and a Mafia crime ascendancy in the same story. We parse the fantasy of the “good cop,” wonder about Cad and Niro’s legacy, and discuss the critical reception of this very lovely piece of animation.

(Thanks for your patience while we re-recorded this entire episode!)

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Who Are We?

00:03:23 Plot Summary

00:11:42 Telling a Police Story in Star Wars

00:31:08 Cad and Niro’s Legacy

00:47:15 Critical Reception

00:58:07 Bae Watch

01:03:45 Closing Thoughts