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This "new king" is a problem. Get rid of the problem.
~ King Herod ordering the Hunter to kill Jesus.

The Hunter (real name: Goliath) is the main antagonist of Sony Pictures Animation's eighteenth feature film The Star. He is King Herod's head soldier who was ordered to kill Mary and her unborn son and he's also Thaddeus and Rufus' former owner.

He was voiced by Lex Lang, who also played Dr. Neo Cortex in the Crash Bandicoot franchise.

Biography[]

The Hunter first appeared when the three wisemen arrived at Herod's palace with their camels Felix, Cyrus and Deborah. When the wisemen tell Herod about the new king, Herod feels threatened and send the Hunter to kill the newborn at all costs. To that end, the Hunter brings in his dogs Thaddeus and Rufus to track down the newborn at all costs. Thaddeus and Rufus tortured a jerboa named Abby due to her spreading the story to the animals. Abby confessed that she witnessed a girl named Mary being greet by several angels, who foretold of her being the mother of the new Son of God.

The Hunter and the dogs then surveyed around Nazareth to find Mary, eventually tracking down her house. However, they soon learn that she's gone with her husband Joseph and that a donkey named Bo and a dove named Dave are currently staying in the place. Dave tries to distract the dogs with dancing, but Thaddeus discovers Bo trying to escape. They intimidate Bo into telling them after he says Mary's name, but the Hunter lifts him and the dogs sniff the bandage on his leg to catch the scent. The Hunter then lets Bo and David go, in hopes that they would lead him to Mary and Joseph.

As Bo helps Mary and Joseph reach Bethlehem to prepare for the child's birth in a manger, Thaddeus and Rufus arrived to the scene, telling Bo to leave as they want to kill the newborn baby. However, Bo refuses to leave and gives Rufus a hoof on the head, and Thaddeus tries to attack, but the chain that he's connected to prevents him from doing so. However, the Hunter arrives to the scene, allowing Thaddeus to pin down Bo.

Before the Hunter can accomplish his goal to kill the newborn child, Felix, Cyrus and Deborah bring in a flock of sheep to attack the Hunter and the dogs, sending them on the edge of a cliff. Showing no compassion for his dogs, the Hunter prepares to drop them to their doom to save his own skin and complete his mission. Fortunately, Bo saves Thaddeus and Rufus while the cliff breaks some more, sending the Hunter to fall to his death.

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  • Despite his large role, the Hunter had no lines and only made grunting noises. He is also the first main Sony Pictures Animation movie villain who never says a word onscreen.
  • The Hunter is one of the only four main antagonists in a Sony Pictures Animation movie to die at the end, the others being Chester V, PAL and Pockets.
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