General Thade
General Thade was the main antagonist in the Tim Burtion's remake of Planet of the Apes (2001). He was portrayed by Tim Roth.
Thade is a descendant of Semos who harbors a strong hatred of humans. This hatred extended to Captain Leo Davidson, who had crash landed on the planet. When Thade finds out that the humans escaped with Davidson's help he leads an army of apes to Calima to kill them. The battle between apes and man come to an end when Pericles the chimpanzee arrives in his travel pod.
Inside Calima, revealed to be the space station Oberon, Thade and Davidson fight until Davidson locks Thade in the pilot's deck. When the true history of ape civilization is revealed by Davidson, Thade is branded a liar and traitor. At the end of the film it's revealed that Thade traveled back in time to Earth and changed history.
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