There are numerous villains in Star Wars, and just about each film and episode of a sequence introduces a brand new one. There are human villains, aliens, and droids; some are delicate to the Drive, and a few aren’t. Nonetheless you want your villains, the franchise has one for you. As newer TV reveals have come to Disney+, Star Wars has even introduced a few of its greatest characters to live-action from animation or different media, however there’s one who nonetheless hasn’t made that soar, and he is probably the greatest villains in Genndy Tartakovsky‘s acclaimed Clone Wars microseries. The bounty hunter, Durge (Daran Norris), was introduced into canon some years in the past, however seeing him in live-action could be one thing to behold—and it would not be that tough to drag off, both.

Star Wars: Clone Wars

Launch Date

November 7, 2003

Forged

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Seasons

3

Durge Was a Millennia-Previous Jedi Killer In the course of the Clone Wars in ‘Legends’

After almost 20 years, the Clone Wars 2D microseries nonetheless holds up fairly properly. A number of the greatest motion sequences in Star Wars historical past are there, like Anakin Skywalker’s (Mat Lucas) struggle in opposition to Asajj Ventress (Gray DeLisle) on Yavin 4 and the introduction of Basic Grievous (Matthew Wooden) in opposition to a band of unfortunate Jedi. Nonetheless, there’s one battle that is not often talked about: Obi-Wan Kenobi (James Arnold Taylor) and Durge’s jousting battle in Quantity 1. Sure, jousting.

This bizarre but epic duel takes place through the Battle of Muunilinst, a planet that’s the headquarters of one of many Separatists’ most necessary factions, the Banking Clan. They finance many of the motion, and their dwelling planet can also be one of many lead producers of battle droids within the Confederacy of Unbiased Programs (CIS), making it a high goal for the Republic. Basic Kenobi is distributed to take the planet and every thing seems to be going somewhat easily, till Durge joins the battle together with his jousting squad. The Republic sends its personal jousting battalion led by Kenobi himself, wearing full clone armor and Jedi robes. He pierces Durge many instances together with his lightsaber and even splits the bounty hunter in two, however it does not kill him. The duel then strikes to the Banking Clan battle room, and Durge makes use of his squishy and shapeless physique to swallow Kenobi entire. The battle solely ends with Kenobi blasting Durge from the within utilizing the Drive—and it nonetheless does not kill him.

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This resistance to deadly blows is typical of Durge’s species, the Gen’Dai; their physiology is exclusive within the Star Wars galaxy, and their whole physique is product of thick strands of pure muscle. They don’t have any organs, and their solely weak spot appears to be their heads. Apart from Durge, the one different time a Gen’Dai seems in Star Wars is within the recreation, Jedi: Survivor. Protagonist, Cal Kestis (Cameron Monaghan), has to face a Gen’Dai named Rayvis (D.C. Douglas), and solely kills him by dealing a deadly blow to the top together with his lightsaber. In any other case, the Gen’Dai are recognized to be “un-killable” and might reside for millennia. The opposite recognized strategy to destroy a Gen’Dai is what Anakin Skywalker does to Durge within the Star Wars: Obsession comics by Darkish Horse. Anakin and Obi-Wan have a tricky time combating him aboard a ship within the Maramere system, and Anakin lastly places an finish to the entire skirmish by trapping Durge in an escape pod and sending it straight to the solar. So, full incineration is one other means of killing the un-killable Gen’Dai. Nonetheless a reasonably tough job to drag off, although.

Durge Was Lately Launched to the New ‘Star Wars’ Canon—and He is Nonetheless Alive

As if a killing and un-killable being is not tough sufficient, Star Wars introduced Durge again, although his story could be very totally different now. He’s recognized to have been lively through the Clone Wars because of an account by the pirate, Hondo Ohnaka (Jim Cummings), within the reference guide, The Secrets and techniques of the Bounty Hunters. His triumphant return to Star Wars storytelling occurred in one other story, nevertheless, as he was reintroduced within the main Struggle of the Bounty Hunters crossover occasion within the Marvel comics.

Durge debuted within the Physician Aphra comics, coping with the rogue archaeologist, Chelli Lona Aphra, and the bounty hunter, Sana Starros. The entire Struggle of the Bounty Hunters occasion takes place within the yr between Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Again and Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi, with almost each bounty hunter within the galaxy going after Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison/Jeremy Bulloch) to try to steal Han Solo’s (Harrison Ford) carbonite-frozen physique. There are different iconic returns apart from Durge’s, like Solo: A Star Wars Story‘s Qi’ra (Emilia Clarke), and one other bounty hunter from Legends, Beilert Valance. He hasn’t been pushed into any stars this time, so he is nonetheless alive—and sure on the lookout for new jobs.

Durge Can Nonetheless Make the Leap to Stay-Motion in Future ‘Star Wars’ Sequence

Essentially the most thrilling tales being instructed in Star Wars proper now are within the so-called “Mando-verse” live-action sequence on Disney+. Many characters have made the soar from different media to live-action in sequence like The Mandalorian, The Guide of Boba Fett, and Ahsoka, and now could be the right time to convey the un-killable Durge to live-action, too.

Durge is the form of bizarre character that belongs in live-action, and his physiology would make it an superior sight. It could positively be a problem for VFX artists, because the Gen’Dai have a bizarre texture and transfer pretty unusually, even increasing their limbs for assault or protection functions at instances. Regardless of that, it will be unimaginable to see Durge assembly yet one more finish in live-action.

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