Ironically, while Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome gives Bruce Spence a lot less screen time, it also gives his character a proper name–Jedediah. It’s this thieving pilot who kicks off the action in Thunderdome by stealing almost all of Max’s belongings, which forces the hero to head to Bartertown and deal with the duplicitous Aunty Entity (Tina Turner).

It isn’t until the film’s final clash that we see Jedediah again. After his pint-sized son (Adam Cockburn) tries to rob Max and his new allies, Max threatens Jedediah into flying his friends to safety.

The last we see of Jedediah and his son, they’re flying Master (Angelo Rossitto), Pig Killer (Robert Grubb), and the Waiting Ones to the ruined Sydney–we never learn if the bandit and his boy join the young tribe in their attempts to rebuild the city or not.