Jubal Early
From The Firefly and Serenity Database
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Male |
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Bounty hunter |
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Jubal Early is a bounty hunter who appears in the finale episode "Objects in Space". Early, played by Richard Brooks, boards Serenity with the intention to kidnap River Tam in return for a bounty. Joss Whedon's DVD commentary for this episode reveals that Early was partly inspired by the Star Wars character Boba Fett. He shares his name with the Confederate Civil War General, Jubal Anderson Early.
Early is very athletic and is clearly adept at unarmed combat. He is also intelligent and incredibly eccentric, given to rambling on philosophic matters in the middle of tense situations, frequently asking "Does that seem right to you?" He may be hard of hearing or easily distracted, as he repeatedly mishears what others are saying to him. When River reads his mind, she reveals that he is/was a sadist, who tortured his neighbor's dog as a child. He also threatened to rape Kaylee if she did not do as he told her, and used the same threat of raping Kaylee when he dealt with Simon. At the end of "Objects in Space", Mal leaves him floating through space. His fate is unknown. Early has the distinction of uttering the last lines in the Firefly television series as he floats through space: "Well... here I am."
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According to Joss Whedon, Early survives the episode.[1]
