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The 30 Greatest Star Wars Characters
From Admiral Ackbar to... Yoda - we count down Lucas' best creations
With his evidently colourful imagination, George Lucas never had a problem populating his Star Wars galaxy. You can't move for Gungans, Corellians, Twi'leks, Imperial badmen, Jedi footsoldiers, bounty hunters, droids and whatever the hell Admiral Ackbar is (turdfish?). Yet everyone's sure about which of those denizens is their favourite. Sure, the Han fans outnumber the Luke-lovers, and the Fett-followers think they're way cooler than the Vader ravers, but even the likes of Wicket the ewok have their yay-sayers. So it was, on the eve of Star Wars' 30th Anniversary, that the Empire office decided to set out its space-stall and announced the 30 greatest characters. And here's the full top 30, counting down from l'il fuzzball Wicket to a certain blaster-favouring Kessell-running smuggler, complete with the Empire writers' case for each... This article first appeared in the issue 217 of Empire magazine. Subscribe to Empire magazine today.
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30. WicketMany Star Wars fans - usually male, usually over 30 - swear that they always hated Ewoks. How could a nation of soft toys bring down the mighty Galactic Empire? What was Lucas thinking? And why is it so hard to get a date? What these curmudgeons fail to understand is that Wicket (Warwick Davis) is the ne plus ultra of Star Wars heroism. The saga pits underdogs against a great evil, and it doesn't get much more "under" than a three-foot furball, even if he does live in a tree. Nor much more 'evil' than the wanton destruction of a Redwood forest (although that Imperial atrocity is only developed in James Kahn's novelisation). Wicket and his kin not only represent the Rebellion in microcosm, they're vital to its success. If you honestly did hate these fuzzy teddy bears even as a child, then you have our pity. The Ewoks remain the only Star Wars characters to get their own feature spin-offs (however ropey) for a reason - they're adorable. Understand that, and it may even help your love-life.. HELEN O'HARA
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| 1 | | Dannybohy, if you stopped reading Empire in the 90s, what you still doing here?
My Name is Legion, it's not the 30 most important characters but the 30 greatest characters! Sheesh! More
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Posted by zeech1941 on Wednesday November 7, 2012, 19:18 |
| | 2 | | Dannybohy, if you stopped reading Empire in the 90s, what you still doing here?
My Name is Legion, it's not the 30 most important characters but the 30 greatest characters! Sheesh! More
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Posted by zeech1941 on Wednesday November 7, 2012, 18:23 |
| | 3 | RE: | Empire haven't got a clue. This is exactly why I stopped buying the magazine religiously like i did in the mid 90s!, the fecking stupids lists!! everybody likes a list, but every damn issue and always complete and utter shite. More
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Posted by Dannybohy on Wednesday November 7, 2012, 14:41 |
| | 4 | | Yoda 'species indeterminate?' actually Yoda is a Whyll. Star wars.com says so? It's just a shame he never got to win a light saber fight, the chance to name a DVD chapter 'The Triumph ofvthe Whyll ' would have been hard to resist More
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Posted by PaoloCorleone on Monday November 5, 2012, 14:37 |
| | 5 | Bad Mother Fucka | Mace Windu no 29??? Biatch please... More
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Posted by JohnMcClane81 on Saturday November 3, 2012, 20:58 |
| | 6 | The Pilots | Where is Wedge Antilles, he survived both Deathstar runs.
Where is Biggs Darklighter, he died that we might live. More
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Posted by Avoid on Saturday November 3, 2012, 11:42 |
| | 7 | Interesting point by Legion! | Boba Fette is a cool character but Luke should surely be above him. Only other change would be Darth Vader at number 1. More
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Posted by guysalisbury on Friday November 2, 2012, 13:30 |
| | 8 | Sam Jackson is great, but Mace Windu isn't | Anakin Skywalker, Mace Windu, Padme Amidala and Count Dooku were some of the worst written, one dimensional, no-depth characters ever to grace the big screen, they were definitely not great creations and should not be included in this list. More
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Posted by Jamie_M on Friday November 2, 2012, 13:20 |
| | 9 | | Oh yeah forgot too say...fck luke Skywalker, Han is the man
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Posted by UncleFknBully on Friday November 2, 2012, 11:58 |
| | 10 | | Wtf...where is Salacious B.Crumb? More
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Posted by UncleFknBully on Friday November 2, 2012, 11:55 |
| | 11 | | Congratulations Empire on once again completely missing the point when it comes to what made Star Wars work.
Luke Skywalker is the most important character. Why? Because he represents us, our longing to be somebody, to do something important, to escape from the mundane and grow as an individual. The binary sunset scene alone pisses all over the entire prequel trilogy.
Yet you place him 7th, below Boba Fett! A nothing character when you actually look past all the fanboy shite.
You didn't get it thirteen years ago, and you still don't get it now. More
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Posted by My name is Legion on Friday November 2, 2012, 02:46 |
| | 12 | Excellent List | I agree with this list almost 100%, although I wouldn't have included some of the lame, one-dimensional prequel pseudo-characters like Mace Windu. (Actually, with the exception of Darth Maul, I probably would've left the prequels out entirely. Those movies, after all, don't feature characters so much as merchandising opportunities.) In Windu's place I would've added Grand Moff Tarkin, somewhere higher on the list. More
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Posted by intelandroid on Thursday November 1, 2012, 23:45 |
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