Favorite Star Wars Character

Just like the topic says. And tell us why. The obvious choice is Han Solo. I would have gone that way for a long time, legit option.

But now I'd have to say, all told, Ahsoka Tano from Clone Wars. She has a great character arc, and in particular what she does at the end of the series, for all the right reasons, is among the most noble and authentic choices in any of the films or shows. Furthermore, the way she takes on characteristics of her mentors throughout the series before finally realizing she has more to learn from people who aren't her mentor is pretty profound---realizing that someone who you've been looking up to forever isn't good for you is such a difficult thing.

And I just enjoy her character, who actually manages to ride that optimistic, light and fun person line without straying into cardboard cutout manic pixie annoying person.

Bold choice! And a REALLY good one, too. It took the writers a season to get a handle on how to write her, but she turned out to be an awesome, complex and appealing character. There's more dimension to her than the more archetypical SW characters.

Did you watch Rebels yet? I don't want to spoil it, but you really, really should.

Clone Wars actually produced a few great characters...I think Anakin is excellent too. Rex, Fives and the other clones are great. Pre Viszla, Savage Opress, Duchess Satine...it may be heretical, but I think Clone Wars has more interesting and dynamic characters than OT. Just not iconic.

Edit- how could I leave our GENERAL FUCKING GRIEVOUS and CAD BANE- two of the best villains in SW!

I haven't seen it yet---is it on any of the streaming services? I'm hoping she's in it (older) as a cameo. She probably didn't get swept up in Order 66 because of (SPOILER CENSORING).

Clone Wars restored my faith in Star Wars. As you said, just compare Anakin in Clone Wars with Anakin in the prequels. The character wasn't broken. The writing was. Clone Wars writes its way into making his turn into Darth Vader, or at least his defection from the Jedi Order, make perfect sense. The Jedi are TERRIFYING in Clone Wars, if you think about their order, parallel power structure, and rigid rules, for more than a minute. Even though they act as a force of good in the show. Just watch the arc where they're fighting the martian guys (Umbarans) on THEIR planet. The separatists make some real fucking sense in the Clone Wars.

Watching the prequels had me wondering if Star Wars was rose tinted glasses, if it was really the source material, not the specific realizations, that sucked. Clone Wars showed me with talented, fresh, pro writers you can really do great things with Star Wars. Which made me super excited about the upcoming new films with no interference from Lucas.

Along the lines of Cad Bane and Grievous, I was thinking how good Master Plo Koon was as a character in Clone Wars

I have a real soft spot for "You rebel scum". I like to believe he survived the battle of Endor and is still on Endor 30 years later, and like a marooned Japanese soldier from WW2, still fighting a one man guerrilla war against the Ewoks as a very old man.

Admiral Ackbar for me. When I was a kid it was Yoda but he's ruined now.

I love Grand Moff Tarkin too, he's awesome. A muggle that holds sway over Lord Vader?? What??!

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Well, color me cliche, but it's Han Solo for me. I do have a few other favorites though.

For old EU stuff, Grand Admiral Thrawn is up there, I don't care whether he counts anymore or not. If you read the Tales of the Bounty Hunters book, Dengar is clearly the most interesting if the bunch, despite looking kind of dumb.

New cannon stuff? Darth Vader's droids from Marvels Vader comic are the clear winners. I wish they'd carry over into something else, they're the reason to read that book. Chopper from Rebels is great, too.

Without a doubt Ahsoka, although to be fair she likely has had as much or more screen time than virtually any other character in the entire run to develop her persona. The creators of the cartoon seemed to really have her fleshed out before the film, and what remained was to take care in presenting it over time.

My kids (and me) stopped watching Clone Wars when she disappeared, so I need to get on Netflix and watch the second half of the series. Rumor has it she has a big finish.

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Wedge, hands down. The only Rebel pilot to survive both Death Star battles, and without the stupid Force helping him out. The EU novels, especially the Stackpole and Allston "X-Wing" books and the Dark Horse "Rogue Squadron" comics fleshed him out even more. In the movies, he's a bit scared and lost, but then grows into a great leader.

From the new series, I like Sabine Wren. Such a refreshing change from the grizzled resistance fighter trope. She's fun and badass.

I named my most beloved cat of all time Wedge.

Sabine is great, she's a perfect example of how Rebels updates Star Wars and keeps it authentic. She totally works in a SW context, but she's an anarchic street artist...something we've never seen before. Her character design is really good too, the spray-painted Mandalorian armor is neat.

Rebels is on an INCREDIBLE roll right now, from the reveal of to bringing in to that AWESOME battle between the Clones and the AT-ATs...and the deal with the Inquisistor(s)...which is all canonical. And very interesting.

Tycho Celchu and Boba Fett. Boba is of course a boring choice but Tycho is slightly more exciting. Dude has an interesting back story and intriguing arc through the EU. Hell of a pilot too.

The correct answer is Darth Vader. The End.
no explanation required.

as promising as the new trailers look, this fact is my number one concern for the sequels.

Ancient_of_MuMu wrote: I have a real soft spot for "You rebel scum". I like to believe he survived the battle of Endor and is still on Endor 30 years later, and like a marooned Japanese soldier from WW2, still fighting a one man guerrilla war against the Ewoks as a very old man.

I so want see this now. Maybe a Netflix series so they can go with a bit more violence. Ewoks dieing left and right. "Chub Chub this you furry bastards!".

I remember watching the first one and things don't really get good until Obi Wan shows up. He classes up the entire film. Unfortunately, he has a total shit role in the next two films but it's still nice to see him when he shows up.

I've always thought of Star Wars as a bit of a American Revolution picture. Bad guys are English, Good Guys are American, there's a revolution going on... then Obi Wan is a complicated outcast living in the wild, he's English, he knows things about the Empire, but we're not sure how. He's mysterious, you know just enough of his history for him to be awesome but you're still shocked when he slices that dude up in the bar. His introduction to the film is one of the coolest in action cinema history, not just the Star Wars universe. It's through him that we first learn what a Jedi is, he sets the gold standard that still hasn't been beat.

Now I could just as easily choose Darth Vader who is indeed cool, or Boba Fett because of his cool ass costume (which is as good a reason to pick a character as any other when it's in the Star Wars universe), or some little discussed side character for some kind of geek cred, but no, they're bad guys or simply not that important. Obi Wan manages to be cool without an awesome costume, he is as awesome as anyone ever was yet he dies after one film (let's see Darth Maul or Qui-Gon Jinn pull that off), all the while being the best of the good guys. I can't think of any other character in the entire universe that does all of that.

On top of all that Alec Guinness can actually act.