

The character was positively received by reviewers and fans, and has been described as a feminist role model, unique among the Star Wars franchise's female characters due to her physicality and combat skills.

Carano described Cara as a loner who is having trouble readjusting to society following her career as a soldier. A highly trained and battle-hardened special forces warrior, Cara is skilled in the use of weaponry, hand-to-hand combat, and battle tactics, and has an intense hatred of the Galactic Empire for its destruction of her homeworld, Alderaan. The character is a former Rebel shock trooper who became a mercenary after the Galactic Civil War, and is later employed as a marshal of the New Republic. She was portrayed in the show's first two seasons by actress and former mixed martial artist Gina Carano. Cara Dune is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise, appearing in the Disney+ television series The Mandalorian.
