Personally, I'm a big fan of anyone who blows up Seth Green (who played Cad's droid sidekick in this last episode.) I tend to think it's the opposite of Gemini1179's take for what that's worth as well. I don't take it as a "dumbing down" of the Jedi, I take it as a balancing of a whole galaxy in such a way that makes sense.

The Jedi have always been overconfident. The Obi-Wan/Skywalker training line pretty much shows this. "We're all super powerful, use it, we can't lose." And for some Jedi that's true, but for every Nomi Sunrider/Luke or Anakin Skywalker, or even Obi-Wan Kenobi, there's 10 more Zane Karryck's or Kazdan Paratus', Jedi who aren't that great.

The common man is able to do plenty in the Star Wars Galaxy. Maybe not against the top 2-3% of trained people in a galaxy(Han Solo, Mace Windu, Obi Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker all falling into that lump, when they faced bounty hunters), but against a guy with some powers, yes, knowledge, strategy and equipment can make up the gap, otherwise Han wouldn't have been nearly the bad*** that he was.

Personally, I always laugh when I see fan's going "This is how it should be" about a fantasy universe they have no control over.

"I'd like it better this way" sure, that makes sense "My opinion is better than the creator/artists" well, that's a diffrent kind of argument in my book.

I'm sorry, but no.

Remember, you're talking about the difference between what we see in the films, and what we have in the expanded universe. In the EU, there's quite a few people who are able to stand 1 on 1 against a Jedi and at least hold their own for a short while. Boba Fett was claimed to be a hunter of Jedi long before the modern EU turned him into what he is today. The old Marvel comics started that trend.

It's not Lucas appealing to a BH fan-base. It's him creating a universe with realistic expectations. If the Jedi were so uber-powerful than no BH's could ever touch them, then we'd have really boring stories, and things would ALWAYS boil down to Jedi vs. Sith. You need the other things like BHs in there to provide some variety.

Plus, there's other examples in the movies as well. The clones kill tons of Jedi in Episode III. Battle Droids/Destroyer Droids kill Jedi in the Arena in Episode II. The Jedi are not all powerful. They're slightly more powerful, but that still leaves room for someone with a ton of training and practice, and perhaps a bit more intelligence/cunning to get the drop on them.

my money is on them killing each other.
they fall down a pit when she slices one of his boot jets.
never to be heard of again........

I think Cade Bane's MINI is a pretty good character, I would keep him or maybe buy him

At least in the RPG, the liscense to hunt bounty tends to be from system to system. Also, I think they're still setting him up, pretty soon he's going to get the contract on Obi-Wan and Anakin, then things get real fun.

His first appearance last season could be construed as a bounty, even if Ziro the hutt called it on himself(herself).

"Could" is definetly applicable. :P

on wookieepedia, someone quoted Cad Bane saying "He was the best bounty hunter since Jango lost his head"
He is a Friggin Beast/Bad@$/whatever
Period.

I think he's pretty cool, but I sort of question the whole definition of Bounty Hunter in the PT-era SW Universe. Since the OT there haven't been any Bounty Hunters who acted like Bounty Hunters. Boba Fett, Bossk, IG-88, Zuckuss, 4-LOM - those guys hunted down criminals for money. I haven't seen Jango, Durge, Cad or Zam Wessell do anything Bounty Hunter-like. They're more like mercs or hired guns. And Aurra Sing is something of an assassin.

Since when do roles have to remain consistent, especially during war time. I find it absolutely unrealistic that you all are having trouble understanding that a BH isn't necessarily going to look the same during war time as they do in times of peace. Many people who wouldn't normally will take up arms during a war, but especially those with the necessary skills already trained.

Many people in the US couldn't understand the concept of Women working in factories other than for sewing before WWI. However, that didn't stop it from happening in both WWs. Who do you think a BH would be working for in a time of war anyway? All they are is a "mercernary" to begin with. Them acting as one and taking advantage of what is likely a very lucrative time period working for the Seps, couldn't be a more obvious transition. Where else would they be getting their money collecting bounties? Who's spending money to hunt down criminals during a war? And in particular, considering the Jedi play a higher moral stance in this war, it makes total sense that the BHs in the universe would be utilized more by the Seperatists, who do not care so much for moral obligations. People who are trained and willing to do whatever necessary are their best asset.

And as for the concept that all BHs did in the OT was collect bounties, well I don't think that is supported by the EU material. All we see of them in the OT is two-fold. Hunting down Han for Jabba and later for the Imperials. But even in this extremely limited view, we still see a Boba Fett who seems to be in the employ of Jabba on a much wider role than simply bounty hunter. He "lives" at the Palace, and on the sail barge, fights for Jabba without any "offer" being on the table. Clearly he is being paid as more of a Bodygaurd/Security type of role, even in just looking at this very limited material. In the EU, BHs are almost always more like a Gun for hire type. Some like Boba might thoroughly enjoy the "hunt", but I would bet the motivation for most is in the money they are paid.