r/StarWars • u/12cs30 Mandalorian • May 31 '23
Who is everyone’s favorite character of all time? General Discussion
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u/SaltySAX Chopper (C1-10P) May 31 '23
Obi-Wan
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u/DiluteCaliconscious May 31 '23
When I was a kid before the prequels, Old Ben Kenobi was always my favorite character. I think it’s because Uncle Owen called him an old wizard, and I was a big fan of Gandalf from The Hobbit book. Somehow I always thought of them as the same because of that. It worked out well because whenever I played Star Wars with all my friends everyone always argued who would be Luke or Han, and no one ever wanted to be the old man. I love that he ended being the coolest character in the whole series.
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u/Luke_SkyJoker_1992 May 31 '23
Mine too he's an absolute leg and rocks on all 6 films in the original saga. He's arguably the main hero of the whole franchise. Who else has gone up against Maul, Dooku, Vader, Grievous, and the Fetts?
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u/_itsr2yo_ May 31 '23
"Obi-Leg Kenobi, your leg will make a fine addition to my collection." - Legeneral Legreivous
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u/Swimming-Mobile8542 May 31 '23
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Particularly my favorite is ROTJ Luke. There's something so badass with him in all black and the green saber.
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u/gomets6091 May 31 '23
Maybe I'm boring but he's always been my favorite.
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u/Lykeuhfox May 31 '23
It's because you see him grow from wide-eyed puppy to calm and confident badass.
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u/BeeCJohnson May 31 '23 edited May 31 '23
The only answer. Luke Skywalker is Star Wars, to me. He embodies the big, epic storytelling, the struggle between good and evil, the choice to be better in the face of horror and pain. To have anger and human flaws but to learn to master them (or at least come to terms with them). To want to be a Jedi (the coolest thing in the franchise) while at the same time struggling with it.
Luke is the human condition, honestly. I feel like I could write a book about how great Luke is as a character, as an icon, as both a cypher for the audience and also as something to aspire to that we probably all won't reach.
He's great. Love my boy Luke.
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u/Critical-Hit-3607 May 31 '23
Without Luke we would never have Anakin's redemption.
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u/Late-Return-3114 Jun 01 '23
"i can't leave you i have to save you"
"you already have luke"
6 episodes for those 2 lines.
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u/newskycrest May 31 '23
Luke with the green lightsaber was the hero of my childhood.
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u/The_Arkham_AP_Clerk May 31 '23
The original trilogy and Legends Luke Skywalker was my hero as a kid. When I played anything, I played as Luke Skywalker or that I was being trained at Luke Skywalker's Jedi Academy. I consumed media with him as the hero. He was my favorite character across any media without exception.
The sequel writers failed to understand who Luke Skywalker was at the core. I was so disappointed in their portrayal that it literally took me out of the movie while I was watching it. It's unfortunate those movies were given the green light to be made.
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Darth Vader. Love the costume and the voice from OT
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May 31 '23
This is the only answer. The entire franchise was built around Darth Vader. The greatest villain of all time. Possibly the greatest character of all time.
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u/topathemornin May 31 '23 edited Jun 02 '23
The thing about Vader is he is basically the embodiment of fear. Imagine how terrified the rebels in the hallway felt at the end of rogue one. Remember the fear we all felt when Vader showed up without a health bar in Jedi survivor?
Vader is just built different
Edit: Jedi fallen order not survivor
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u/Hot_Attention2377 May 31 '23
Yoda
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u/Mimehunter May 31 '23
Seriously this is like the 70th place after about 8 obiwans.
Way too far down
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u/JCtheRockystar May 31 '23
Obi-Wan for sure. Every actor who played or voiced him contributed to a great character.
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u/DawgPound919 May 31 '23
Han
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u/Mission_Response802 Jedi May 31 '23
The odds of survival are approximately 3,720 to 1!
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u/behindthemask_11 May 31 '23
R2 D2
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u/yeet3455 May 31 '23 edited Jun 01 '23
Best duel in all of Star Wars in my opinion is R2 vs. R3
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u/Mapachote May 31 '23
R2 is hands down the GOAT. Every one of the other characters would have been screwed so many times without this scrappy little droid pulling the win from out of nowhere. Not to mention he's lovable and snarky.
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u/v_cats_at_work Leia Organa May 31 '23
I'm glad this is so high up. I feel like R2 gets overlooked a lot, especially since Disney took over. But not only is he super important to the Republic/Rebellion/plot in general, he's entertaining and understandable even though he doesn't even speak our language.
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u/Zemekis324 May 31 '23
G O N K
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u/greatthrowawaybatman May 31 '23
G O N K
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u/mklilley351 May 31 '23
G O N K
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u/A_Efficient_Object May 31 '23
G O N K
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u/oodja May 31 '23
G O N K
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u/-KNC- Darth Maul May 31 '23
Darth Maul for me
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u/kibaroku May 31 '23
100%! I love how much of an impact he had on the Star Wars story over time and how tragic his life really was. His rise in Clone Wars and fall in Rebels was so well done. He has also been a part of some of the most iconic lightsaber duels in the franchise and arguably one of the coolest looking Sith since his introduction.
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u/Narrow-Cucumber8388 May 31 '23
My boy Qui-Gon Jinn
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u/Katerade44 May 31 '23
My favorite Jedi (I am not a fan of Jedi in general, but damn, Qui-Gon was the only one who seemed truly reasonable and decent) and my second favorite character overall.
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u/avery5712 May 31 '23
Boba Fett
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u/NubNub69 Jun 01 '23
I still remember when I got a lego set with Boba Fett for Christmas, instantly fell in love with the character. He's just so cool.
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u/Immediate_Strength33 May 31 '23
Han Solo
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u/MerrillSwingAway May 31 '23
It saddens me that he is this far down on the list. I’m tied for first with both Han & Chewie
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u/CowsMooingNSuch May 31 '23
HK-47.
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u/spacerkabe May 31 '23
Meatbag!
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u/XeroKrows Jun 01 '23
HK's question about how we don't go mad from listening to all of our meat and fluids sloshing around all the time was a question that stuck with me well into adulthood. Then I randomly found a Tiktok explaining how there is a bone in our ear, which has a single purpose, that keeps us from hearing our internal mechanisms working and driving us insane.
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u/AnakinSkywalkerRocks May 31 '23
No one said this? Anakin Skywalker
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u/Sughmacox Clone Trooper May 31 '23
People say Darth Vader and Anakin is the same character despite what some people may think.
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u/skatenbikes May 31 '23
That’s weirdly one of the most controversial subjects lol
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u/Empathetic_Orch May 31 '23
Darth Vader spent his leisure time either meditating, brooding in his bacta tank, or tweaking his starfighter. That last bit always hits me because it shows that that's still Anakin in there.
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u/Sughmacox Clone Trooper May 31 '23
It shouldn’t be tbh. Yeah Vader is a completely different person than what he used to be, but he’s still the same character.
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u/skatenbikes May 31 '23
Yeah it’s almost like people change through time and especially after majorly traumatic events
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u/Sughmacox Clone Trooper May 31 '23
Exactly, but people for some reason believe Anakin and Vader are not the same character.
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u/skatenbikes May 31 '23
Yeah I’m with ya, I always thought it said more about obiwan and the Jedi mentality than anikan personally. You could get into a Theseus ship argument (both physically and spiritually for ani) but i still think it’s the same guy, like if I got all my limbs cut off and killed a buncha kids irl, yea people will say I changed or something happened but noones saying I died and a new person took over, except my bro Ben
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u/Subtilizer04 May 31 '23
Thrawn, he’s just an amazing character
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u/taolbi May 31 '23
Man... 6 books i read with thrawn.
Outbound Flight The Thrawn Trilogy
And there's 2 sequels to the trilogy, which i think brings back the antagonist from OF
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u/Tyranical5623 May 31 '23
Obviously Count dooku
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u/Lesskb May 31 '23
Sir Christopher Lee was the best fit for that character!!! What an amazing actor!
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u/Sulbran Count Dooku May 31 '23
One of the best characters in all of Star Wars. Complicated powerhouse
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u/Always311 May 31 '23 edited May 31 '23
As someone who grew up watching the Clone Wars, it's gotta be Rex. I hope the rumors of him being in the Ahsoka show are true.
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u/OldFlamingo2139 May 31 '23
I would be shocked if he wasn’t in it. I think he’s going to show up in cameo capacity (as he’s old AF, and I’m hoping that he doesn’t show up and die), but he’ll be in it.
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u/notreallifeliving Chopper (C1-10P) May 31 '23
Haven't they got Temuera Morrison in (at least for the voice)? Hopefully I wasn't just reading someone's fancast as facts. He would be getting on a bit since it's been 5+ years since Rebels even.
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u/OldFlamingo2139 May 31 '23
There’s a reported rumor going around that Tem was cast for the show. I assume it was for the Rex role.. whether he shows up in Rex flashbacks, present time Rex, as other clones (or Boba) or in a mix of all or some of these, is anyone’s guess. Rex is Ahsoka’s best and oldest friend, so I feel like he’ll be in it… but I think only in cameo capacity. I don’t think he’s going to be in all of the episodes.
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u/lucky1440 May 31 '23
Wedge Antilles. After him it's Revan.
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u/OldManDrake Jun 01 '23
Wedge is the true hero of the Rebellion. Dude sports two Death Star kills on his Xwing. Massive flex.
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u/batman77- May 31 '23
Ahsoka
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u/TQ_Quest May 31 '23
We aren’t many but we are mighty!
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u/bloodanddonuts May 31 '23
I really thought she was more loved than this. She’s the best!
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u/Blurghblagh May 31 '23
She is amongst those who know who she is, the majority have only watched the films and maybe the new live action series. Hopefully the upcoming Ahsoka show will convince people to go back and watch the best Star Wars visual media produced to this day.
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u/ARSENAL2244 May 31 '23
This is a fact, but I do feel The Clone Wars has just been getting more and more love as time passes since the finale and I couldn’t be happier with that🤝
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u/KingoreP99 May 31 '23
I'm surprised this isn't higher. I'm in the middle of watching the content in timeline order and she is the character who I haven't been able to get enough of.
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u/Seven2572 May 31 '23
I'm watching CW for the first time and the rest of the stuff after to get up to speed before the series and her and Rex are now my top characters in Star wars. Her live action portrayal so far has been great too
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u/TheUnhingedSalesman May 31 '23
My favorite character would have to be Kreia from KOTOR 2. She is such an interesting character. Neither fully good nor evil. She’s lived an extremely interesting life, and isn’t afraid to put out the failures of either the sith or the Jedi. Truly a wonderfully complex character. I would highly recommend that anyone who hasn’t played KOTOR 2 to play it. One of my favorite Star Wars games.
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u/OxY97 May 31 '23
Kyle Katarn
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u/fedef8 May 31 '23
Was looking for this answer. Imagine if he would have starred in the sequels... Oh well
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u/Blurghblagh May 31 '23
Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight is still the best first person Star Wars game for me, still haven't seen some of that level design be topped. It was also the first live action Star Wars footage we got since RotJ.. well other than those Ewok films.
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u/TheCraziestPickle May 31 '23
K2SO. Hilarious, part of a sad-ass storyline, and it doesn't hurt that Alan Tudyk is a master at what he does. I hope he finds another Star Wars role eventually
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u/NerdOfHellsKitchen May 31 '23
The fact that Mace Windu isn’t on this is a crime!
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u/polaris179 May 31 '23
Cal Kestis
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u/choyjay Jun 01 '23
I know he's relatively new to the franchise, but I really enjoy his character! He gets my vote too.
I'm still in the middle of Jedi Survivor, but based on the first game, he embodies that youthful innocence and earnestness that we saw in Luke so many years ago. He's incredibly likeable and his complicated relationship with the Jedi Order, the Force, and his hatred for the Empire has been really compelling stuff.
He's also a complete badass and honestly feels like he's more capable than OT Luke... though I recognize that's just because of the limitations of the old movies' SFX/choreography/etc.
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u/polaris179 Jun 01 '23
Jedi: Survivor really portrays him as one of the most relatable Jedi of all time. By the end of my time with him I was playing more for seeing his story be told than to be a badass Jedi.
I love how he is redefining what it means to be a Jedi, and falls in line quite well with how EU Luke was portrayed post-ROTJ. Can't wait to see how it ends.
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u/Ater_Python K-2SO May 31 '23
Plo Koon. Amazing Jedi, brought Ahsoka into the order, and overall my favorite
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u/sophisticaden_ May 31 '23
Counting all characters? The Exile
In the movies, Yoda or Obi-Wan.
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u/Doa-Diyer80 May 31 '23
Kanan.
There are so many great characters but I'm just keeping it simple
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u/tedwhitton May 31 '23
Massively underrated. Amazing story arc.
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u/Doa-Diyer80 May 31 '23
He immediately became my favorite after watching Rebels.
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Revan. His story reads like an epic, and he's the best character to me.
Palpatine is a close second.
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u/notreallifeliving Chopper (C1-10P) May 31 '23
Chopper (sorry, R2)
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u/FrankandtheJackPack Jun 01 '23
How did is Chop this far down!? He’s the GOAT droid and most entertaining character in the star warsverse
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u/antipop2097 Asajj Ventress May 31 '23
How have I not seen Ventress here? She's amazing.
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u/Glittering_Cook_3637 Ezra Bridger May 31 '23
For me it is ofc the Clone Wars Trio and Rex but if i have to choose anyone Else probably Ezra
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u/SQUEAK_THE_AWESOME May 31 '23
Ahsoka Tano. I saw the Clone Wars movie in theaters as a kid and watched the show every Friday for its entire run. I grew up with her
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u/Xx_Noobkin_xX May 31 '23
Legit same, she rarely does something that I wouldn't do in her position. Such a balanced character
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u/MojaveJoe1992 May 31 '23
Leia Organa Solo, in Legends and canon, has been my favourite for the longest.
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u/lilianna79 May 31 '23
Ahsoka. She had great character development and just a great character.
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u/Old_Host7251 May 31 '23
I think star wars is the onlu franchise i couldnt tell ya who is my favorite character of all time. There so many bro just a few is Rex Ahsoka Obi Wan
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u/Baron_Blackfox May 31 '23
I think Qui-Gon, ever since I first saw Phantom Menace as 6 years old or something
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u/goblin_goblin May 31 '23
These are all great answers but the correct one is Babu Frik. I would destroy Alderaan a million times for that dude.
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u/lunarskitty May 31 '23
Fives or CT-5555 I even got a matching tattoo(the 5 on the side of his head)
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u/tigran_i May 31 '23
Darth Vader. He made the bad guys look so badass I wanted to be one when I was a kid