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Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Here is a&nbsp;list of the best Star Wars movies, ranked by fans and critics. Since the premiere of the first&nbsp;Star Wars&nbsp;movie (A New Hope) in 1977, the saga of the Jedi, the Sith, and the Skywalker family have been favorites of movie-goers. Along with the original film, its sequels The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and The Return of the Jedi (1983) are considered some of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-movies-of-all-time">best movies of all time</a>. The stories follow Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia Organa, Han Solo, and their friends and droids as they battle the evil Sith lords Darth Vader and Darth Sidious - and make some admittedly <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/dumbest-sw-movie-decisions/jessica-bedewi" target="_blank">dumb decisions</a> along the way.

Sixteen after the release of the initial films, a trilogy of Star Wars prequels were created, beginning with Episode I: The Phantom Menace in 1999. Attack of the Clones was released in 2002, and Revenge of the Sith (2005) was the final film. This set of films followed Anakin Skywalker, Luke&#39;s father, from his youth to his becoming Darth Vader as well as his relationships with wife Padme Amidala, mentor Obi Wan Kenobi, and eventually Emperor Palpatine.

In 2015, a new Star Wars trilogy began with The Force Awakens, directed by J.J. Abrams and starring Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, and Adam Driver.&nbsp;Star Wars anthology movies, like Rogue One and Solo, are also ranked here. Vote for your favorites to move them to the top of the list. May the Force be with you.

After you&#39;ve voted, check out the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-star-wars-shows/ranker-entertainment" target="_blank">best Star Wars TV shows</a> - some of which are no longer even part of the Legends timeline.

Sci-Fi

When <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Return-Limited-Blu-ray/dp/B013JAFXYA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1505047816&amp;sr=8-4&amp;keywords=return+of+the+jedi?tag=rankercom-20" target="_blank">Return of the Jedi</a> bowed in 1983, it seemed like it was the end of the Star Wars saga. That would have been a real shame, since it would&#39;ve meant audiences&nbsp;would&#39;ve never met some of the best Star Wars characters ever created. Thanks to Timothy Zahn&#39;s 1991 novel, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Heir-Empire-Star-Wars-Trilogy/dp/0553296124/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1505047748&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=heir+to+the+empire?tag=rankercom-20" target="_blank">Heir to the Empire</a>, which kicked off an Expanded Universe of books, comics, and games, fans&nbsp;now have quite the list of cool Star Wars EU characters. Delve into this lore, and you&#39;ll discover&nbsp;Jedi heroes such as Kyle Katarn and fearsome Sith like Darth Malak.&nbsp;

In 2012, Disney acquired Lucasfilm and announced that a whole new trilogy of films and a series of standalone films would go into production. But in order to do this, Disney had to pretty much wipe the Expanded Universe slate clean. The old books, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-star-wars-audiobooks/ranker-books" target="_blank">audiobooks</a>, comics, and games were relegated to the &quot;Legends&quot; timeline, which consists of stories that are no longer in continuity. Everything Disney has released since then is considered the canon Expanded Universe.&nbsp;

But whether they&#39;re in the old, non-canon timeline or the new one, there are plenty of great characters that make up the Star Wars Expanded Universe. Many of them are even as good (or better) than the characters in the movies. These Star&nbsp;Wars characters most fans don&#39;t know&nbsp;might give a fan-favorite like Han Solo a run for his money!

Villains

Ever since Darth Vader threw down against Emperor Palpatine in Return of the Jedi,&nbsp;fans have wondered who the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/ranking-the-most-powerful-star-wars-characters/musicmovieminecraftme-123hd?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">most powerful Sith</a> Lord is. Is it Darth Vader with his fearsome Force chokes? Is it Palpatine with his Thor-like command over lightning? Or is it an obscure Sith Lord from a novel only the truest fans have bothered to read? Being a Jedi is all well and good, but the power of the Sith has proven to overcome even <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-powerful-jedi-characters/williamsbrianjake" target="_blank">the strongest of Jedi</a>.

In the Star Wars universe, the Sith have been around for thousands of years. Beginning with a group of rogue Jedi splitting off from the Order, they&#39;ve gone from a handful of dark side practitioners&nbsp;to an entire empire of evil, with&nbsp;a strict policy of no more than two Lords at a&nbsp;time. The way of the Sith encourages fighting among&nbsp;their ranks, so&nbsp;whether the total amount of Sith at any given time is two or 2,000, they&#39;re all trying to usurp one another&nbsp;for the title of the Dark Lord.&nbsp;

It seems pretty clear&nbsp;the most powerful Sith are <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/which-jedi-or-sith-would-win-in-a-battle/eric-vega" target="_blank">more powerful than the most powerful Jedi</a>, but who exactly is the most powerful of all the Sith?&nbsp;

When it comes to&nbsp;Star Wars films, ad-libbing&nbsp;would seem strictly verboten. Even apart from the fact that it&#39;s a multibillion-dollar franchise that needs to appeal to multiple demographics, how do you <a href="/list/famous-movie-lines-that-were-unscripted/coy-jandreau" target="_blank">improvise dialogue</a> in a science fiction setting without&nbsp;common frames of reference?

But that&#39;s the thing about&nbsp;Star Wars: It&#39;s not about the spaceships or the droids or the whimsical Force (though all those things are quite nice); it&#39;s about the characters we love and hate, and how they relate to each other. With that in mind, there&#39;s plenty of room for improvised lines in&nbsp;Star Wars, ad-libs&nbsp;thrown in on the spur of the moment, and unscripted jokes or winks that emphasize the humanity of these aliens in a galaxy far, far away.

These are the unscripted&nbsp;Star Wars&nbsp;scenes that rank among the best moments in the franchise.

There are quite a few <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/events-from-the-star-wars-extended-universe-before-the-films/tamar-altebarmakian" target="_blank">Star Wars stories</a> about Jedi who turned to the dark side. If you&rsquo;re a fan, you&rsquo;re probably very familiar with some of these, such as Anakin Skywalker&rsquo;s turn to Darth Vader, or&nbsp;the fall of Quinlan Vos, a Jedi who went rogue in order to defeat Count Dooku and end the Clone Wars. Despite the fact that their number one role is serving as<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-powerful-jedi-characters/williamsbrianjake" target="_blank"> peacekeepers of the galaxy</a>, the dark side&rsquo;s influence has&nbsp;caused many former Jedi&nbsp;to plunge the galaxy into darkness.

Many of the Jedi here sought power&nbsp;and used the dark side to attain it, while&nbsp;other fallen heroes were pushed towards evil through personal tragedy. Whatever the case, we&#39;re here to examine the Jedi who turned to evil&nbsp;and abandoned everything they used to believe in. Some of these Jedi even became <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-powerful-sith-characters/williamsbrianjake" target="_blank">Sith</a>, the sworn enemy of their Order. Prepare for some of the most tragic stories from a galaxy far, far away...

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Disney plans to produce Star Wars spin off films every other year, between the core movies in the ongoing saga. With a rabid audience and a large mythology to draw from, Star Wars movies will be hitting a multiplex near you until the sun explodes and destroys us all. Maybe even after that; all that remains of the world as we know it will be cockroaches, Twinkies, and Star Wars movies. But which&nbsp;Star Wars characters will end up in standalone movies? Who is deserving of these Star Wars spin offs? Should they make films of the classic core characters? We know we're getting a solo Han movie, but maybe Leia too? Should filmmakers explore the backstory of some of the supporting classic characters? How about the very obscure? How did Salacious Crumb end up bro-ing out with Jabba? Maybe Greedo deserves a movie to tell his side of who shot first?And that's only the original trilogy. The Force Awakens and the prequels are dense with Star Wars spin off potential as well. Just imagine a dashing Poe Dameron adventure or even a Citizen Kane-style epic chronicling Boss Nass's brutal rise to power in Gungan politics. But it's not up to us to decide who's worthy, it up to you! Vote up the characters you most want to see in a spin off film!

Interesting

The best Star Wars behind-the-scenes photos from all Star Wars movies, including the original trilogy, the prequels, and even a few from the sequels.

This list includes Star Wars BTS pictures of the original R2D2 concept art; the entire cast, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/star-wars-wardrobe/ashley-reign" target="_blank">in costume</a>, flirting with Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia); photos of Yoda before he was finished; the building of the actual; on-set Millennium Falcon and;&nbsp;of course, that giant elephant they dressed up as a Bantha.

The Star Wars movies often hint at major happenings that occurred a long time ago in that galaxy far, far away.&nbsp;In fact, there are a lot of important events that play out before and between the Star Wars films that fill in the gaps of the narrative.For example, one of the major complaints about the prequels was that Anakin’s fall progressed far too quickly and wasn’t developed properly. This is remedied in the animated series The Clone Wars, where we learn that Anakin had his own Padawan, one he cared for deeply and who was unfairly cast out by the Jedi.At a cursory glance, Anakin’s story might seem like a unique one, but if you dip into the Star Wars Expanded Universe you’ll learn that Anakin was not the first Jedi to fall. The history of the Jedi is riddled with Force-users who have been tempted to the Dark Side.Whether your interests lie with the Jedi, the rise of the Rebellion, or the cruel acts of the Sith Empire, the games, shows, and books within the Star Wars shared universe depict&nbsp;some of the most important and interesting Star Wars events before A New Hope.

Why are we here? What is our purpose in the universe? Why didn&#39;t Darth Vader recognize C-3PO and R2D2? These are the big questions of our time, and they demand to be answered. Now, with a franchise as massive as&nbsp;Star Wars, we almost expect to get&nbsp;a certain <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/action-movie-plot-holes/renee-engelberth" target="_blank">amount of plot holes</a>, but that doesn&#39;t make them any less baffling.&nbsp;

The <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/unanswered-questions-from-star-wars-the-last-jedi/john-saavedra" target="_blank">unanswered questions from </a><a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/unanswered-questions-from-star-wars-the-last-jedi/john-saavedra">Star Wars</a> are compounded by the fact the series was released out of chronological order. The original trilogy dealt with the middle part of the story, while the prequels were written two decades later. This obviously led to some problems for George Lucas,&nbsp;as he fleshed out story ideas and changed particular plot points to better suit his vision. He also had to incorporate some <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/foreshadowing-in-the-star-wars-prequels/nathan-gibson" target="_blank">foreshadowing into the Star Wars prequels</a>, which inevitably led to <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-blatant-star-wars-retcons/jake-williams" target="_blank">narrative confusion</a>.&nbsp;

Telling the story in such an unusual way was always going to result in some&nbsp;inconsistencies in the Star Wars movies. And while some of these have been <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/unanswered-questions-from-star-wars-the-last-jedi/john-saavedra" target="_blank">addressed in the expanded universe</a>, most fans are only aware of the plot points that take place in the actual films. Unfortunately, that means there are still plenty of plot holes in Star Wars that continue to bamboozle even diehard fans.&nbsp;

The&nbsp;Star Wars&nbsp;universe is home to not one, but two of the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-movie-villains-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">most iconic villains</a> in film history: Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine. From the mind of George Lucas, audiences across the globe were gifted two epic foils for all that was good and just in the hearts and minds of our favorite band of heroes in the Rebel Alliance. These villains, in addition to a few from the prequel and sequel trilogies, often rely on the subtleties&nbsp;of their performances to drive home exactly how cunning they are.&nbsp;When it comes to small details, Lucasfilm takes care of their villains like no other studio.

Vote up the most sinister details about&nbsp;Star Wars villains!

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Star Wars has been referred to as science fiction, fantasy, and space opera,&nbsp;but&nbsp;according to its opening scroll, it&rsquo;s also a historical film, and that&rsquo;s truer than&nbsp;most would believe. As far as we know, the events depicted within are entirely fictional, the Star Wars franchise is absolutely loaded with very-direct historical references and allusions to important figures and events.

George Lucas has been quite open about his various influences and inspirations for Star Wars, and his favorite historical periods are chief among them. The impact of the past can thus be felt across every film and other piece of media,&nbsp;in <a href="/list/star-wars-wardrobe/ashley-reign" target="_blank">everything from the costumes</a> to the most vital of plot points.&nbsp;

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy

With so many stellar (and not-so-stellar) releases over the years, Star Wars games are almost a genre unto themselves. &nbsp;From&nbsp;racers to role-playing games and more, this list of Star Wars games features all the biggest hits and misses over the years.&nbsp;If you&#39;ve always dreamed of fighting against <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/all-star-wars-villains-list-of-all-star-wars-enemies/all-enemies-and-supervillains">Star Wars enemies</a>, you can with these games! Just refer to this <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-star-wars-movie?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">list of all Star Wars</a> games to get yourself started.&nbsp;

What are the best Star Wars video games? Take a look at this list of star wars video games and you&#39;ll find your answer. This list encompasses every gaming system, style and derivative form of Star Wars games. While many take place in the same realm (or movie), every Star&nbsp;Wars game&nbsp;is different. This is one of the most extensive list of Star Wars video games on the web, so use it as a guide to finding out what is your favorite game. Everything is included here, from the newest Star Wars game to the oldest.

This list includes Star Wars games for PlayStation 3 (PS3 Star Wars games), PS1 Star Wars games, and just about every other gaming system you can think of (including Star Wars computer games). Vote up all your favorite releases, and vote down the games that <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/stormtrooper-fan-theories/grayson-titan" target="_blank">missed the mark</a>.

Even without digging any deeper, the Star Wars films are honestly pretty epic. Back in the &#39;70s when Star Wars was first released, the technology was completely revolutionary for that decade. George Lucas managed to intrigue moviegoers with special effects, while telling a unique, universal story that has truly withstood the test of time.&nbsp;

However, upon further inspection, it seems that the folk behind the scenes&nbsp;of Star Wars had a little bit more fun than the casual viewer would even realize. Leaving clues and small symbols known as &quot;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/all-easter-eggs-from-marvel-movies/ranker-comics?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Easter eggs</a>&quot; for the audience to find, the staff behind Star Wars has fueled the Internet into a frenzy over various interpretations of these clever hidden messages and fun cameos.&nbsp;

Thank goodness for the pause and rewind function! With every major movie and series now available to stream anytime on&nbsp;<a href="http://disneyplus.bn5x.net/c/1217251/707629/9358?subid1=2001056&amp;subid2=Disney%2B&amp;subid3=comlink&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.disneyplus.com%2F" target="_blank">Disney+</a>,&nbsp;you can spot all those fleeting&nbsp;blink-and-you&#39;ll-miss-it moments. Here are the best&nbsp;Easter eggs of the Star Wars franchise. Vote for your favorite hidden Star Wars secret below!&nbsp;

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The biggest villains in the Star Wars galaxy are truly among the top scum of the universe. This list of all villains from Star Wars and images of the Star Wars enemy gallery. Of all the Star Wars supervillains names listed here, it is difficult to say who we hated the most. If you can figure that out, make a new list of your favorite Star Wars villains and publish the list for everyone else to see.

Who are the baddest Star Wars bad guys? The scheming Emperor Palpatine? His half-machine apprentice, Darth Vader? Conflicted newcomer Kylo Ren? What about all the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/stormtrooper-aim-accuracy/jonathan-kantor" target="_blank">Stormtroopers with terrible aim</a>?

You can vote now on the biggest villains in the Star Wars movies and before you ask, yes, Jar Jar Binks is an enemy of EVERYONE. Who are your favorite bad guys in Star Wars?

Note: Massive spoilers for The Clone Wars series, Star Wars: Rebels, Ahsoka, Tarkin, A New Dawn, Lords of the Sith, Lost Stars, Catalyst, and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. It's finally here! After what felt like forever and a day, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has finally arrived stateside and has more or less garnered universally positive reactions by casual and hardcore fans alike. This is due to the film effectively doing what the Prequel Trilogy tried to do&nbsp;but did not totally accomplish, which is fill in the gaps in the canon. Rogue One was more or less outlined in its entirety in the Star Wars opening crawl, but the new movie gives some amazing context, like what's going on in that scene from Episode IV&nbsp;where Vader chokes out Admiral Motti. Here's what you need to know about the new&nbsp;Star Wars&nbsp;canon!

While characters like Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader may come to mind first when you think about&nbsp;Star Wars, the humble stormtrooper is one of the most indelible elements of the Skywalker Saga. Whether they&#39;re combing&nbsp;the deserts of Tatooine or&nbsp;patrolling the forest moon of Endor, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/stormtrooper-cameos-sw-universe/tyler-mitchell" target="_blank">every type of stormtrooper serves a unique role</a> in the Empire or First Order.

And while every stormtrooper shares certain stylistic touchstones -&nbsp;rounded helmets, body armor, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/stormtrooper-aim-accuracy/jonathan-kantor" target="_blank">questionable marksmanship</a>&nbsp;- each new chapter in the franchise offers new twists on the Imperial rank and file. The standard white-helmeted trooper is by far the most common, but almost every movie in the series has added a specialized spin on the original - from the cold weather assault stormtroopers of&nbsp;Empire Strikes Back&nbsp;to the jumptroopers of&nbsp;Rise of Skywalker.

This list compiles every stormtrooper&nbsp;to appear in a live-action&nbsp;Star Wars&nbsp;property (sorry,&nbsp;fans of the animated series, comics, and video games) to determine which ones are the most stylish members of the Imperial forces.

Film Trivia

In 1977, few people realized that Star Wars would become one of the most successful film franchises in history. Since the first movie hit theaters, that&#39;s precisely what Star Wars has become, with nearly a dozen feature films, numerous animated series, hundreds of comic books, and tie-in novels.

Fans have pored over every detail of the series&#39; production, and little has escaped their attention. Still, even the most ardent fans don&#39;t know everything, including facts about the first three films:&nbsp;A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and&nbsp;Return of the Jedi.

This list highlights some of the most interesting things you probably didn&#39;t&nbsp;know about the original Star Wars trilogy.&nbsp;

Star Wars may have its ups and downs, but these weird thoughts about the&nbsp;Star Wars Universe ask the&nbsp;unanswered questions from the beloved series. Check out r/<a href="https://www.reddit.com/search/?q=subreddit%3Ashowerthoughts%20title%3A%22star%20wars%22" target="_blank">showerthoughts</a> for more introspective thoughts. Vote up if it&#39;s better than Jar Jar Binks!

The epic Skywalker saga has finally concluded, but that doesn&#39;t mean&nbsp;there aren&#39;t tons of unanswered questions after Rise of Skywalker. Many fans were hoping all of their long-gestating speculations would finally be confirmed or denied, but while many dangling plot threads were snipped, the filmmakers&nbsp;didn&#39;t quite land the X-wing in every scenario.

There are lingering queries from every era of&nbsp;Star Wars. In fact, there are several&nbsp;unanswered questions from Rise of Skywalker&nbsp;itself,&nbsp;making things even more complicated than before. Unfortunately, it&#39;s unlikely viewers will ever get the full story without&nbsp;taking George Lucas out for a nice seafood dinner.

It may not be popular opinion, but we need to talk&nbsp;about why the Jedi aren't the heroes the Star Wars franchise would have us believe them to be.&nbsp;In the trailer for&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/fan-theories-about-star-wars-the-last-jedi/nathan-gibson" target="_blank">The Last Jedi</a>, Luke Skywalker -&nbsp;the Jedi poster boy -&nbsp;says, “It’s time for the Jedi to end.” Fans across the world cried out in confusion. Why would the Jedi need to end? They’re the good guys.&nbsp;However, a&nbsp;closer examination of the Jedi and their actions over time - we’re just talking canon content here -&nbsp;reveal why the Jedi actually suck.In the climactic duel in Revenge of the Sith, Obi-Wan tells Anakin he has failed his Padawan, and he’s right. He and the Order failed Anakin, and as Anakin tells his former Master moments later, from his point of view, the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/jedi-who-turned-to-the-dark-side/john-saavedra" target="_blank">Jedi are evil</a>.&nbsp;Abduction, assassination, and brainwashing are just some of the reasons the Jedi are awful. Not exactly what one would expect of these so-called guardians of peace. And that’s one of the most messed up things about the Jedi. They have bought into their own propaganda for so long they fail to see how corrupt and ineffective they actually are. Heck, until it was too late, they couldn't even see how their actions played into the tragic fall of the Republic and the rise of the Empire.Here are all the reasons the Jedi are terrible and why they should really, really end.

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This is a list of the people and creatures who make up the complete Star Wars universe, ranked by <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/sw-character-ages/jim-rowley" target="_blank">Star Wars fans</a> from the best to the absolute worst. From the first movie&nbsp;to the prequels, to the books, to the TV shows, to the video games - few things have <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/real-bands-named-after-star-wars/ranker-music" target="_blank">inspired our imagination</a> like these characters&nbsp;and the universe they inhabit. From household names to lesser known creatures (both of whom are sometimes <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/star-wars-actors-playing-multiple-roles/mallory-weiler" target="_blank">played by the same actors</a>), who are the best <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-sw-fan-service/jim-rowley" target="_blank">Star Wars characters</a>?

Vote up your favorite humans, aliens, wookiees, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/mandalorian-guest-stars/jonathan-kantor" target="_blank">celebrity guest stars</a>, and robots from all of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-star-wars-bounty-hunters/williamsbrianjake" target="_blank">Star Wars</a> below. Are you one of the three people on Earth who actually liked Jar Jar? (Just kidding, zero people liked Jar Jar.) Do you think C3PO was really just annoying? Do you feel bad for all the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/stormtrooper-aim-accuracy/jonathan-kantor" target="_blank">Stormtroopers with terrible aim</a>? Cast your votes now. And if you really want to impact the order of this list, rerank your own version!

For more voting fun, check out this list of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-game-of-thrones-characters">Best Game of Thrones Characters</a>.

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Darth Vader

Darth Vader is a fictional character. He appears in the original trilogy as a pivotal figure, as well as the prequel trilogy as a central figure. The character was created by George Lucas and has been portrayed by numerous actors.

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Obi-Wan Kenobi is a fictional character from the TV Series Star Wars Rebels.

Yoda

Yoda is a fictional character from the film Star Tours: The Adventures Continue.

Luke Skywalker

Luke Skywalker is a fictional character appearing as the central protagonist of the original film trilogy and as a minor character in the prequel trilogy of the Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. The character, portrayed by Mark Hamill, is an important figure in the Rebel Alliance's struggle against the Galactic Empire, he is the twin brother of Rebellion leader Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan, a friend of mercenary Han Solo, an apprentice to Jedi Master Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi, and the son of fallen Jedi Darth Vader and Queen of Naboo/Republic Senator Padmé Amidala. The Expanded Universe depicts him as a powerful Jedi Master and eventually the Grand Master of the New Jedi Order, the father of Ben Skywalker, the maternal uncle of Jacen Solo, and the ancestor of Cade Skywalker.
In 2008, the character was selected by Empire magazine as the 54th greatest movie character of all time. On their list of the 100 Greatest Fictional Characters, Fandomania.com ranked Luke at number 14. He will be portrayed in Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, which is planned to be released in December, 2015.

Han Solo

Han Solo is a character in the original trilogy and sequel trilogy of the Star Wars universe. He is portrayed by Harrison Ford. He and his co-pilot, Chewbacca, become involved in the Rebel Alliance which opposes the Galactic Empire. During the course of the Star Wars story, he becomes a chief figure in the Alliance and succeeding galactic governments. Star Wars creator George Lucas described the character as "a loner who realizes the importance of being part of a group and helping for the common good".

R2-D2

R2-D2 is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. An astromech droid, R2-D2 is a major character in all Star Wars films. Along with his protocol droid companion C-3PO, he joins or supports Anakin Skywalker, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Obi-Wan Kenobi in various points in the saga. R2-D2 has been played by English actor Kenny Baker in all six original Star Wars films and is due to reprise the role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the first installment of the upcoming sequel trilogy, making him one of just two characters/actors along with C-3PO to appear in all seven films.
R2-D2 was designed in artwork by Ralph McQuarrie and co-developed by John Stears but actually built by Tony Dyson, who ran his own studio called "The White Horse Toy Company" in the UK. Many scenes also made use of radio controlled and CGI versions of the character. Original props of R2-D2 and C-3PO are used as audio-animatronics in the queue area of Disneyland's Star Tours—The Adventures Continue attraction.

Chewbacca

Chewbacca, or "Chewie," is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. Chewbacca belongs to the Wookiee species, who are tall, hirsute bipeds native to the planet of Kashyyyk. Chewbacca is fiercely loyal to Han Solo, and serves as co-pilot on Solo's Millenium Falcon. Chewbacca was portrayed by actor Peter Mayhew in the Star Wars films. The character has also appeared on television, in books, comics, and video games.

Ahsoka Tano

Ahsoka Tano is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe and a protagonist in the 2008 animated film: Star Wars: The Clone Wars and the following series. When the series began with The Clone Wars movie she was depicted as a 14 year old Togruta female, and the show ended with her as a 16 year old.

Leia Organa

Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan, later Leia Organa Solo, and born Leia Amidala Skywalker, is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe, portrayed by the actress Carrie Fisher.
The character is one of the main protagonists of the original Star Wars trilogy, the romantic interest of Han Solo, the twin sister of Luke Skywalker, and the daughter of Darth Vader and Padmé Amidala.

Darth Maul

Darth Maul is a fictional character in the science fiction franchise Star Wars. Trained as Darth Sidious's first apprentice, he serves as a Sith Lord and a master of wielding a double-bladed lightsaber. He is the primary antagonist of Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace and a central villain for Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

Qui-Gon Jinn

Qui-Gon Jinn is a fictional character in the Star Wars saga, portrayed by Liam Neeson in the 1999 film Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.

Palpatine

Sheev Palpatine is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the Star Wars franchise, primarily portrayed by Ian McDiarmid.
In the original trilogy, he is depicted as the aged, pale-faced Emperor of the Galactic Empire. In the prequel trilogy, he is portrayed as a charismatic Senator from Naboo that—through the use of deception and political manipulation—rises to the position of Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic.
Though outwardly appearing to be a well-intentioned public servant and supporter of democracy prior to becoming Emperor, he is in fact Darth Sidious, the Dark Lord of the Sith—a cult of practitioners of the dark side of the Force previously thought to have been extinct in the galaxy for a millennium. As Sidious, he instigates the Clone Wars, all but destroys the Jedi, and transforms the Republic into the tyrannical Galactic Empire. He also corrupts Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker at his side as the Sith Lord Darth Vader. Palpatine's reign comes to an end when the Rebel Alliance overthrows the Empire.

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Lando Calrissian

Lando Calrissian is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. He is portrayed by Billy Dee Williams in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. He also appears frequently in the Star Wars "Expanded Universe" of novels, comic books and video games, including a series of novels in which he is the primary protagonist.

General Grievous

General Grievous is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe.
A recurring antagonist, he is the Supreme Commander of the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars against the Galactic Republic and is trained in all lightsaber combat forms to ensure the Jedi's destruction.

Mace Windu

Mace Windu is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe, portrayed by actor Samuel L. Jackson in the prequel films and voiced by voice-actor Terrence C. Carson in other projects. A Jedi Master of the High Council and one of the last members of the order's upper echelons before the Galactic Republic's fall, he is the Council's primary liaison but the Clone Wars caused him to question his most firmly held beliefs.

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Boba Fett

Boba Fett is a fictional character in Star Wars. A recurring antagonist in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, he is a bounty hunter hired by Darth Vader. He also made a cameo appearance in the digitally remastered Special Edition of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope working for Jabba the Hutt. Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones establishes his origin as an unaltered clone of the bounty hunter Jango Fett raised as his son. His aura of danger and mystery have created a cult following for the character.

Grogu (The Child)

Grogu, colloquially referred to as The Child or Baby Yoda, is a fictional character from the 2019 Star Wars Disney+ original television series The Mandalorian. He a fifty year-old infant version of the same alien species as Jedi Master Yoda, but is not a younger version of Yoda himself. During the New Republic Era, The Child was sought by an Imperial who hired a Mandalorian bounty hunter to retrieve him from a compound run where he was held by mercenaries. The Child is filmed mostly utilizing animatronics and puppetry, although accentuated with computer-generated imagery (CGI). The puppet is controlled by two technicians, one who operates the eyes and mouth and another who controls other facial expressions.

C-3PO

C-3PO is a humanoid robot character from the Star Wars universe who appears in the original Star Wars films, the prequel trilogy and the upcoming sequel trilogy. He was also a major character in the ABC television show Droids, and appears frequently in the series' "Expanded Universe" of novels, comic books, and video games. Along with R2-D2, he is one of only two characters to appear in all seven Star Wars films. C-3PO is played by Anthony Daniels in all seven films; he and R2-D2 are also the only characters portrayed by the same actor in all seven films.
C-3PO is a protocol droid designed to serve human beings, and boasts that he is fluent in "over six million forms of communication". He is generally seen with his long-time counterpart, R2-D2. Threepio's main function is to assist etiquette, customs, and translation, so that meetings of different cultures run smoothly. Threepio and R2-D2 played vital and pivotal roles in the Galaxy's history. While protocol/interpreter droids range in color, C-3PO appears primarily in gold finish with silver from the right knee down.

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Admiral Ackbar

Admiral Ackbar is a fictional character from the film Star Tours: The Adventures Continue.

Jyn Erso

Jyn Erso is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise, portrayed by English actress Felicity Jones in the 2016 film Rogue One. Jyn is a former criminal who aids the Rebel Alliance in a desperate attempt to steal the plans to the Death Star, a powerful weapon possessed by the Empire. The character was introduced as a child in the 2016 prequel novel Catalyst by James Luceno. Critics have compared Jyn to the characterization of Han Solo (Harrison Ford) in the Star Wars original trilogy and Rey (Daisy Ridley) in the Star Wars sequel trilogy.

Commander Cody

Commander Cody is a fictional character from the 1976 film Hollywood Boulevard.

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