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Characters
73 entries tagged Characters, 64 of them long reads. The rest of the wiki points here most often at Palpatine and Darth Vader.
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4- Aayla Secura: the Twi'lek Jedi who fell on FeluciaAayla Secura was a Rutian Twi'lek Jedi Master and Clone Wars general who commanded the 327th Star Corps alongside Commander Bly. She fell on Felucia during Order 66, shot in the back by the clones she had led.
- Ahsoka TanoAhsoka Tano was a Togruta Force-user, Anakin Skywalker's Padawan during the Clone Wars who left the Jedi Order after being wrongly accused of treason. She survived Order 66, became the rebel agent Fulcrum, and outlived the Empire.
- Anakin SkywalkerAnakin Skywalker was a Jedi Knight of the Galactic Republic and the prophesied Chosen One destined to bring balance to the Force. He fell to the dark side and became the Sith Lord Darth Vader, then found redemption at the cost of his life by destroying the Emperor.
- Aurra SingAurra Sing was a Force-sensitive Palliduvan who left the Jedi Order to become a feared bounty hunter and assassin. A renowned sharpshooter, she trained the young Boba Fett before her long career ended at the hands of Tobias Beckett.
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3- Barriss OffeeBarriss Offee was a Mirialan Jedi Padawan who grew disillusioned with the Order during the Clone Wars and bombed the Jedi Temple, framing her friend Ahsoka Tano. She later served the Empire as an Inquisitor before renouncing it to live as a wandering healer.
- Bo-Katan KryzeBo-Katan Kryze was a Mandalorian warrior of House Kryze who fought through the fall of her sister Satine's rule, the conquest of Mandalore, and the Great Purge. She rose to wield the Darksaber and unite her scattered people to reclaim their homeworld.
- Boba FettBoba Fett was an unaltered clone of the Mandalorian Jango Fett, raised as his son and trained from childhood to become one of the most feared bounty hunters in the galaxy. After surviving the sarlacc, he claimed Jabba the Hutt's throne as Daimyo of Mos Espa.
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6- Cad BaneCad Bane was a Duros bounty hunter considered the best in the galaxy after the death of Jango Fett. A specialist in fighting Jedi, he worked repeatedly for Darth Sidious and was finally killed by his old apprentice, Boba Fett.
- Cal KestisCal Kestis was a human Jedi Padawan who survived Order 66 by hiding as a scrapper on Bracca. Drawn back into the fight by the crew of the Stinger Mantis, he spent years evading the Inquisitorius and rebuilding his connection to the Force.
- Captain RexRex was a clone trooper captain of the 501st Legion who served under Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano through the Clone Wars. He resisted his inhibitor chip during Order 66 and later joined the rebellion against the Empire.
- ChewbaccaChewbacca was a Wookiee warrior from Kashyyyk who fought across four galactic conflicts. The co-pilot and lifelong friend of Han Solo aboard the Millennium Falcon, he was instrumental in the defeat of the Empire and the First Order.
- Corran HornCorran Horn was a Corellian Security investigator who became a Rogue Squadron ace and New Republic hero before discovering his hidden Jedi heritage. He rose to the rank of Jedi Master of the New Jedi Order and served through the Yuuzhan Vong War and the crises that followed.
- Count DookuDooku was a Jedi Master who became disillusioned with the Order and fell to the dark side as the Sith Lord Darth Tyranus. As Count of Serenno he led the Separatist movement through the Clone Wars, all the while serving as the unwitting pawn of his master, Darth Sidious.
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5- Darth CaedusDarth Caedus, born Jacen Solo, was the son of Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo who rose as a Jedi hero of the Yuuzhan Vong War before falling to the dark side. He seized control of the Galactic Alliance as a Sith Lord and was killed by his twin sister Jaina.
- Darth MaulMaul was a Dathomirian Zabrak trained from childhood as the Sith apprentice of Darth Sidious. Cut down on Naboo and left for dead, he survived and rebuilt himself, becoming a crime lord and a relentless seeker of revenge against the Sith who discarded him and the Jedi he hated.
- Darth VaderAnakin Skywalker was the prophesied Chosen One, a Jedi Knight and hero of the Clone Wars who fell to the dark side and became the Sith Lord Darth Vader. He enforced the rule of the Galactic Empire for decades before his redemption and death at the Battle of Endor.
- Did Anakin Kill Padmé?Not with his own hands, but Revenge of the Sith makes him the cause. He choked her on Mustafar, and she died after giving birth because, in the medical droid's words, she had lost the will to live. Here is what the film shows and what it leaves to the viewer.
- Din DjarinDin Djarin was a Mandalorian warrior and bounty hunter known across the Outer Rim simply as the Mandalorian. Hired to retrieve a Force-sensitive child, he instead became the foundling Grogu's protector and adoptive father.
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4- General GrievousGrievous was a Kaleesh warlord rebuilt into a cyborg who served as Supreme Martial Commander of the Separatist Droid Armies during the Clone Wars. A feared Jedi hunter who collected the lightsabers of his victims, he led the Confederacy's forces until his death at the hands of Obi-Wan Kenobi.
- Grand Admiral ThrawnThrawn was a Chiss military genius who rose from the Chiss Ascendancy to become a Grand Admiral of the Galactic Empire. Renowned for studying the art and culture of his enemies to defeat them, he hunted the rebels of Lothal before being carried into exile by a pod of purrgil.
- Grand Moff TarkinWilhuff Tarkin was an ambitious officer who rose to become the first Grand Moff of the Galactic Empire and Governor of the Outer Rim Territories. A ruthless advocate of rule through fear, he oversaw the Death Star and met his end aboard it at the Battle of Yavin.
- GroguGrogu was a Force-sensitive child of the same species as Yoda, raised at the Jedi Temple and hidden after the fall of the Order. Rescued by the Mandalorian Din Djarin, he became a foundling and was eventually adopted as Djarin's son.
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8- Han SoloHan Solo was a Corellian smuggler who captained the Millennium Falcon and became a general of the Rebel Alliance. He helped destroy two Death Stars, married Leia Organa, and died at the hand of his son Kylo Ren.
- Hera SyndullaHera Syndulla was a Twi'lek pilot and rebel leader who captained the starship Ghost and led the Spectres. The daughter of Ryloth resistance leader Cham Syndulla, she rose to become a general of the New Republic.
- Hondo OhnakaHondo Ohnaka was a Weequay pirate who led the Ohnaka Gang from his stronghold on Florrum. Equal parts opportunist and rogue, he captured Count Dooku, tangled with Jedi and Sith alike, and lived long enough to ply his trade into the era of the New Republic.
- How Did Anakin Become Darth Vader?In two steps, both in Revenge of the Sith. Anakin pledged himself to Darth Sidious to save Padmé and was named Darth Vader that night. Then Obi-Wan left him maimed and burning on Mustafar, and Palpatine had him rebuilt in the black armour. Here is how it happened, in canon and Legends.
- How Did Anakin Get His Scar?In canon, nobody knows: Anakin has the scar over his right eye from The Clone Wars onward, and no film or series shows how he got it. In Legends, Asajj Ventress gave it to him in a lightsaber duel on Coruscant in a 2004 Dark Horse comic. Here is what each continuity says.
- How Did Anakin Lose His Hand?Count Dooku cut off Anakin's right arm in their duel on Geonosis at the end of Attack of the Clones, and he wore a mechanical replacement from then on. Here is how it happened, how he paid Dooku back, and how the same wound runs through his son's story.
- How Did Anakin Survive Mustafar?Obi-Wan left Anakin Skywalker legless, armless and on fire beside a lava river on Mustafar. He lived because Palpatine sensed he was in danger and got to him in time, and because the dark side kept him going long enough to be rebuilt as Darth Vader.
- How Was Cad Bane So Good At Defeating Jedi?Most bounty hunters avoided Jedi work entirely. Cad Bane went looking for it, and he kitted himself out specifically to shut down what Force users do best, down to the breathing tubes that made a Force choke useless.
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2- Jaina SoloJaina Solo was the daughter of Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo and a Jedi Master of the New Jedi Order. Named Sword of the Jedi by her uncle Luke Skywalker, she was an ace pilot of the Yuuzhan Vong War who ultimately struck down her own twin brother after he became the Sith Lord Darth Caedus.
- Jango FettJango Fett was a Mandalorian bounty hunter regarded as the best in the galaxy, the genetic template for the Republic's clone army and the unaltered father of Boba Fett. He was killed by Mace Windu at the Battle of Geonosis.
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4- Kanan JarrusKanan Jarrus, born Caleb Dume, was a Force-sensitive Jedi Knight who survived Order 66. After years in hiding he joined Hera Syndulla's rebel cell, trained Ezra Bridger, and died liberating Lothal.
- Ki-Adi-MundiKi-Adi-Mundi was a Cerean Jedi Master and member of the Jedi High Council who fought through the Clone Wars as a general. He was shot down by his own clone troopers on Mygeeto when Order 66 was issued.
- Kit FistoKit Fisto was a Nautolan Jedi Master and one of the finest duelists in the Order, a Clone Wars general and High Council member. He died in seconds when he tried to arrest the Sith Lord Darth Sidious in his office on Coruscant.
- Kylo RenBen Solo was the son of Han Solo and Leia Organa and the grandson of Darth Vader. Turned to the dark side by Snoke, he became Kylo Ren, master of the Knights of Ren and Supreme Leader of the First Order, before finding redemption and sacrificing himself for Rey.
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4- Lando CalrissianLando Calrissian was a smuggler and gambler who lost the Millennium Falcon to Han Solo, became Baron Administrator of Cloud City, and joined the Rebel Alliance as a general, piloting the Falcon in the strike that destroyed the second Death Star.
- Leia OrganaLeia Organa was the adopted princess of Alderaan and secret daughter of Anakin Skywalker. She became a leader of the Rebel Alliance, a founder of the New Republic, and the general of the Resistance against the First Order.
- Luke SkywalkerLuke Skywalker was a Tatooine farm boy who became the central Jedi of his age. He destroyed the first Death Star, redeemed his father Darth Vader, and founded a new Jedi Order before dying on Ahch-To.
- Luminara UnduliLuminara Unduli was a Mirialan Jedi Master who commanded the 41st Elite Corps and trained Barriss Offee. Arrested and executed after Order 66, her remains were later used by the Empire as bait to lure surviving Jedi to their deaths.
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2- Obi-Wan KenobiObi-Wan Kenobi was a Jedi Master who trained Anakin Skywalker, served as a general in the Clone Wars, and survived Order 66. In hiding on Tatooine he guarded Luke Skywalker before guiding him into the Rebellion.
- OmegaOmega was an enhanced human clone created from the genetic template of Jango Fett. Raised on Kamino, she joined the renegade squad Clone Force 99 and became a prime target of the Empire's cloning program.
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5- Padme AmidalaPadme Amidala was the elected Queen of Naboo and later its senator, a leading voice for democracy in the final years of the Republic. Her secret marriage to Anakin Skywalker shaped the fate of the galaxy for decades.
- PalpatineSheev Palpatine was the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, who rose through the Galactic Senate to become Supreme Chancellor and then self-proclaimed Emperor. He orchestrated the fall of the Republic and the Jedi Order, ruled the galaxy for decades, and sought to cheat death itself.
- Plo KoonPlo Koon was a Kel Dor Jedi Master and High Council member who discovered Ahsoka Tano and commanded the 104th Battalion in the Clone Wars. He was shot down by his own clone pilots over Cato Neimoidia during Order 66.
- Poe DameronPoe Dameron was a starfighter pilot who flew under the callsign Black Leader and became one of Leia Organa's most trusted operatives. He led the Resistance through the climactic war against the First Order, ending it as its acting general.
- Pre VizslaPre Vizsla was the Governor of Concordia and the secret leader of Death Watch, the Mandalorian terrorist group that sought to overthrow the pacifist rulers of Mandalore. Wielding his clan's ancestral Darksaber, he briefly seized the planet before falling to the Sith Lord Maul.
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2- Revan: the Prodigal KnightRevan was a human Jedi Knight who led the Republic to victory in the Mandalorian Wars, then fell to the dark side and forged his own Sith Empire as a Dark Lord. Captured and mind-wiped, he was retrained as a Jedi, turned against the Empire he had built, and destroyed it. This entry describes the Legends continuity.
- ReyRey was a scavenger from Jakku who discovered the Force awakening within her, trained under Luke Skywalker, and came to lead the Jedi against the resurrected Sith. Born a granddaughter of Darth Sidious, she rejected her bloodline and took the name Skywalker.
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3- Sabine WrenSabine Wren was a Mandalorian warrior, artist, and revolutionary whose work inspired the symbol of the Rebel Alliance. A wielder of the Darksaber and later a Jedi apprentice, she fought to free both Mandalore and the wider galaxy.
- Savage OpressSavage Opress was a Dathomirian Nightbrother transformed by Nightsister magick into a brutal weapon. Made an apprentice first to Count Dooku and then to his own lost brother Maul, he cut a path of destruction across the Clone Wars before falling to Darth Sidious.
- Shaak TiShaak Ti was a Togruta Jedi Master and High Council member who spent much of the Clone Wars overseeing clone training on Kamino. She was killed in the Jedi Temple by the newly fallen Darth Vader during Order 66.
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14- Wedge AntillesWedge Antilles was a Corellian starfighter pilot who defected from the Imperial Navy to the rebellion. A survivor of both Death Star battles and a leader of Rogue and Red Squadrons, he flew through the Galactic Civil War and beyond into the era of the Resistance.
- What Happened to Anakin's Face?Anakin's face was burned on Mustafar. Obi-Wan left him limbless beside a river of lava, the heat set him on fire, and he spent the rest of his life scarred, hairless and unable to breathe without Vader's mask. The single scar over his eye is older, from the Clone Wars. Here is every time the saga shows what is under the helmet.
- What Happened to Anakin's Mother?Shmi Skywalker was left behind as a slave when Anakin went off to become a Jedi. She was later freed and married, then kidnapped by Tusken Raiders, and she died in her son's arms. Her death is the first big step on his road to becoming Darth Vader.
- What Happened To The Girl Who Hit On Darth Vader?An Imperial nurse on the first Death Star became obsessed with Darth Vader, hoarding scraps of his armour and a vial of his blood as keepsakes. When she finally walked into his quarters and confessed, he stared at her, ran her through with his lightsaber and called the bridge to have the body removed.
- What Happened When A Clone Commando Got A Jedi Padawan Pregnant?Jedi General Etain Tur-Mukan and clone commando Darman of Omega Squad had a son, Venku Skirata, and formalised their union under Mandalorian custom. Etain survived the first hours of Order 66 only to be cut down by a Jedi Padawan when she stepped in to shield a clone, as her family came to collect her.
- What Happened When Darth Vader Found A Picture Of Jar Jar Binks, Kenobi And Padme?Hunting for whoever hid his son, Vader went to Naboo and was lured into an underwater Gungan monument to the Trade Federation's defeat. On the wall was a painting of Palpatine, Jar Jar Binks, Kenobi, Padme and a nine year old boy from Tatooine.
- Who Was The Only Force User That Boba Fett Feared?In Legends, the only Force user who genuinely rattled Boba Fett was the renegade clone of Galen Marek, codenamed Starkiller. Fett took a contract from Darth Vader to hunt him, saw what he had done to a Gorog and an entire city, and decided to go after the clone's lover instead.
- Why Did Anakin Kill the Younglings?Anakin killed the younglings because Palpatine told him it was the price of the power to save Padmé. Here is what Revenge of the Sith actually shows of that night at the Jedi Temple, how the others found out, and why he went through with it.
- Why Did Anakin Turn to the Dark Side?Anakin Skywalker turned to the dark side because he was terrified of losing Padmé, and Palpatine convinced him only the Sith could save her. Here is how the films and The Clone Wars build that fall, from his mother's death to the night he knelt to Darth Sidious.
- Why Did Jabba The Hutt Force His Favourite Dancer To Wear Strange Make-up?Because she reminded him of his mother. Jabba was close to her as a young Huttlet, and when he first saw the Askajian dancer Yarna d'al' Gargan he thought her size resembled a Hutt's. The make-up was there to push the resemblance further, and it is what kept her out of the rancor pit.
- Why Is Anakin the Chosen One?Anakin Skywalker is the Chosen One because he fits a Jedi prophecy: a child born without a father, stronger in the Force than anyone, who will bring balance to the Force. Here is what the films say about it, how he fulfils it, and what stays open.
- Why Was General Grievous So Pathetic When He Fought Obi-Wan In Revenge Of The Sith?Two things gutted him. Obi-Wan was a master of Soresu, the defensive form built to punish exactly the kind of wild aggression Grievous relied on. And by Utapau the general was already badly damaged, carrying the crushed chest and the cough that came with it.
- Why Was General Grievous So Weak In Revenge Of The Sith?Grievous spent the Clone Wars slaughtering Jedi Masters, then lost to a single Obi-Wan Kenobi. In Legends the reason is Mace Windu, who crushed his chest with the Force during the Battle of Coruscant. In canon the cough and the frailty were always there, built into a botched cyborg conversion.
- Why Was Moff Gideon So Terrified Of Luke Skywalker?Gideon spent two seasons unbothered by anything. Then a single X-wing docked and a hooded Jedi walked through his dark troopers. To what was left of the Empire, Luke Skywalker was the man who had personally ended every symbol of Imperial power they had.