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This is a list of prominent characters from the Star Wars franchise.
- 2-1B
- Medical droid who treats Luke Skywalker's wounds in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.[1]
- 4-LOM
- A bounty hunter droid in The Empire Strikes Back.[2]
- 8D8
- A 8D smelter droid working in Jabba the Hutt's palace in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.[3]
- Admiral Ackbar - portrayed by Timothy M. Rose
- Commands the Rebel fleet in their attack against the second Death Star in Return of the Jedi.[4]
- Allana
- Jacen Solo and Tenel Ka's daughter.
- Padmé Amidala - portrayed by Natalie Portman
- Senator from Naboo who marries Anakin Skywalker and gives birth to Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa.[5]
- Mas Amedda - portrayed by Jerome Blake and David Bowers
- Vice chair of the Galactic Senate.[6] Blake played the character in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Bowers played him in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, and both actors appeared in the role for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.[6]
- Nom Anor
- Yuuzhan Vong agent who spread unrest in the Star Wars galaxy ahead of the Yuuzhan Vong invasion.[7] Although most prominent in the New Jedi Order series, the character appears briefly in the Crimson Empire II series.[7]
- Bail Antilles
- An Alderaanian senator.[8]
- Raymus Antilles - portrayed by Rohan Nichol
- Captain of the Tantive IV in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and in the game Star Wars: Empire at War.
- Wedge Antilles - portrayed by Denis Lawson and Colin Higgins
- A Rebel and New Republic starfighter pilot.[9]
- Queen Breha Antilles Organa - portrayed by Rebecca Jackson Mendoza
- Ruler of Alderaan and adoptive mother of Leia Organa.
- Tavion Axmis
- Antagonist in Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy.
- Ponda Baba
- Aqualish mercenary.[10] Attacks Luke Skywalker in A New Hope.[10] When the original Kenner action figure for Baba was released, the then-unnamed alien was called simply "Walrus Man".[10] His proper name (as well as the name of his species) was given in 1989 for his appearance in a Star Wars role-playing game.[10]
- Garm Bel Iblis
- A Republic senator and initial member of the Rebel Alliance.[11]
- Sio Bibble - portrayed by Oliver Ford Davies
- Governor of Naboo in the prequel trilogy.[12]
- Jar Jar Binks - portrayed by Ahmed Best
- Hapless but good-natured Gungan throughout the prequel trilogy.[13]
- Blue Max
- Droid that is part of Han Solo's crew in The Han Solo Adventures by Brian Daley.[14]
- Bossk
- A bounty hunter in The Empire Strikes Back.[15]
- Noa Briqualon - portrayed by Wilford Brimley
- Marooned on Endor in Ewoks: The Battle for Endor.[16]
- Bollux
- Droid that is part of Han Solo's crew in The Han Solo Adventures by Brian Daley.[17]
- C-3PO - portrayed by Anthony Daniels
- Protocol droid who appears throughout the Star Wars movies and Expanded Universe.[18]
- Joruus C'baoth
- Insane clone of Jedi master Jorus C'baoth and an antgonist in Timothy Zhan's Thrawn trilogy.[19] Zhan originally conceived the character as an insane clone of Obi-Wan Kenobi.[19]
- Darth Caedus
- Sith Lord born as Jacen Solo, the oldest son of Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo and Jaina Solo's twin brother.
- Lando Calrissian - portrayed by Billy Dee Williams
- Businessman and scoundrel who leads the Rebels' space attack against the Death Star in Return of the Jedi.[20] He eventually resigns his military commission and returns to being a businessman.[20]
- Charal
- Force-wielding antagonist in Battle for Endor.[21]
- Chewbacca - portrayed by Peter Mayhew
- Han Solo's partner and co-pilot of the Millennium Falcon.[22] His father, Attichitucuk, appears is a playable character in Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds. Chewbacca and his wife, Mallatobuck, have a son named Lumpawarrump.[22]
- Nas Choka
- Yuuzhan Vong warmaster who succeeded Tsavong Lah. Surrendered on behalf of the Yuuzhan Vong after Shimrra's death, ending the conflict.
- General Airen Cracken
- Rebel and New Republic intelligence officer. West End Games Star Wars roleplaying supplements sometimes were published as "Cracken's" guides to their topic.
- Arvel Crynyd
- A-wing pilot who crashes into the Star Dreadnought Executor, causing it to spin out of control, in Return of the Jedi
- Salacious B. Crumb - portrayed by Tim Rose
- Kowakian monkey-lizard in Jabba the Hutt's court.[23] Rose's antics controlling the Crumb puppet led to an increase in the character's prominence.[23]
- Admiral Natasi Daala
- Antagonist introduced in the Jedi Academy trilogy, returning in Darksaber and Planet of Twilight.[24] In the Legacy of the Force series, Daala becomes the chief of state of the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances.
- Biggs Darklighter - portrayed by Garrick Hagon
- Luke Skywalker's friend from Tatooine killed during the Rebels' attack on the first Death Star.[25] Biggs' reunion with Luke was cut from the theatrical release of A New Hope but restored for the Special Edition release.[25]
- Bren Derlin - portrayed by John Ratzenberger
- Rebel officer in The Empire Strikes Back.[26]
- Desann - voiced by Mark Klastorin
- Dark Jedi and antagonist in Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast.
- Grand Moff Vilim Disra
- Imperial antagonist in the Hand of Thrawn duology.
- Jan Dodonna - portrayed by Alex McCrindle
- Rebel general who planned the starfighter attack on the first Death Star,[27] and the first character to utter the phrase, "May the Force be with you".
- Count Dooku - portrayed by Christopher Lee
- Separatist leader and Sith apprentice also known as Darth Tyranus.[28] Dooku severs Anakin Skywalker's right hand in Attack of the Clones, and Skywalker kills Dooku in Revenge of the Sith.[28]
- Durge
- A character in the 2003 Clone Wars animated series.[29]
- Kyp Durron
- Jedi Master who first appears in Kevin J. Anderson's Jedi Academy Trilogy.[30]
- Bant Eerin
- Obi-Wan Kenobi's best friend while growing up in the Jedi Temple.
- EV-9D9
- Droid working in Jabba the Hutt's palace in Return of the Jedi.[31]
- Doctor Cornelius Evazan - portrayed by Alfie Curtis
- Character who antagonizes Luke Skywalker in A New Hope.[32]
- Keyan Farlander
- Rebel Alliance starfighter pilot and Jedi. The Farlander Papers enclosed with some copies of the Star Wars: X-Wing provided backstory to the game's unnamed protagonist.
- Jagged Fel
- Starfighter pilot and Baron Soontir Fel's son.
- Roan Fel
- Deposed galactic emperor in the Star Wars: Legacy series.
- Baron Soontir Fel
- Elite Imperial starfighter pilot.
- Jango Fett - portrayed by Temuera Morrison
- Bounty hunter, clones of whom composed the Republic's Army in the prequel trilogy.[33]
- Boba Fett - portrayed by Jeremy Bulloch
- Clone of Jango Fett raised by Jango as his son.[34] Becomes a bounty hunter.[34]
- Borsk Fey'lya
- Bothan politician, introduced in the Thrawn trilogy, who rises to become chief of state of the New Republic.[35]
- Bib Fortuna - portrayed by Michael Carter
- Jabba the Hutt's majordomo in Return of the Jedi.
- Adi Gallia - portrayed by Gin Clarke
- Corellian Jedi master in the prequel trilogy.[36]
- Garindan - portrayed by Sadie Eddon
- Long-snouted creature who leads Imperial stormtroopers to the Millennium Falcon.[37]
- Greedo - portrayed by Paul Blake and Maria de Aragon
- Bounty hunter killed by Han Solo in A New Hope.[38]
- See also: Han shot first
- General Grievous
- Cyborg supreme commander of the Separatist droid armies killed by Obi-Wan Kenobi in Revenge of the Sith.[39]
- Nute Gunray - portrayed by Silas Carson
- Viceroy of the Trade Federation.[40]
- HK-47 - voiced by Kristoffer Tabori
- Assassin droid who joins the player's party in both Knights of the Old Republic and The Sith Lords.[41] It is also part of the Trials of Obi-Wan expansion pack to the massively multiplayer online game Star Wars: Galaxies.[41]
- Rune Haako - portrayed by Jerome Blake/James Taylor (Episode I) and Sandy Thompson (Episode III)
- Second in command to Nute Gunray.[42]
- San Hill - voiced by Chris Truswell
- Chairman of the Intergalactic Banking Clan.[43]
- Corran Horn
- X-wing pilot and Jedi Knight.[44] I, Jedi is narrated from his first-person perspective.[44] Michael Stackpole, who created the character for the X-Wing series, depicts Horn in the Star Wars Customizable Card Game.[44]
- IG-88
- Bounty hunter in The Empire Strikes Back.[45]
- Ysanne Isard
- Former head of Imperial Intelligence and leader of the Empire in the Rogue Squadron book series.[46] Isard and her clone are killed in Isard's Revenge.
- Irek Ismaren
- Antagonist in Children of the Jedi and the New Jedi Order's Enemy Lines duology.
- Isolder
- Character who courts Princess Leia in The Courtship of Princess Leia.[47] Killed by Darth Caedus in Invincible.
- Jabba the Hutt
- A crime boss.[48]
- Mara Jade
- "Emperor's Hand" to Palpatine during his reign; Luke Skywalker's wife.[49]
- Carnor Jax
- Member of the Emperor's Royal Guard who bribed the Emperor's physician to poison Palpatine's clones. Antagonist of the Crimson Empire II series.
- Jedi Exile
- The player's unnamed character in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II The Sith Lords.
- Jerec
- Dark Jedi and main antagonist in Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II.
- Moff Jerjerrod
- Commanding officer of the second Death Star.[50]
- Qui-Gon Jinn - portrayed by Liam Neeson
- Jedi Master who trained Obi-Wan Kenobi and took Anakin Skywalker away from Tatooine to be trained as a Jedi.[51]
- Kir Kanos
- Anti-hero of the Crimson Empire series.[52]
- Talon Karrde
- Smuggler introduced in Timothy Zhan's Thrawn trilogy.[53]
- Kyle Katarn
- The player's character in the first two Dark Forces video games.[54]
- Obi-Wan Kenobi - portrayed by Alec Guinness and Ewan Macgregor
- Jedi Master who trains Anakin Skywalker and Luke Skywalker.[55]
- Ki-Adi-Mundi - Jedi Master in the prequel trilogy.[56]
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- Derek "Hobbie" Klivian
- Rogue Squadron pilot in The Empire Strikes Back.[57]
- Agen Kolar - portrayed by Tux Akindoyeni
- A Jedi in Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith and the Clone Wars series.
- Plo Koon
- Dorin Jedi Master in the prequel trilogy and Expanded Universe.[58]
- Exar Kun - Fallen Jedi who establishes a dark-side presence on Yavin IV.[59]
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- Warmaster Tsavong Lah
- Warmaster during the Yuuzhan Vong invasion.[60]
- Beru Lars - portrayed by Bonnie Maree Piesse and Shelagh Fraser
- Owen Lars' girlfriend in Attack of the Clones; in Revenge of the Sith, is his wife, the two take custody of Luke Skywalker.[61]
- Cliegg Lars - portrayed by Jack Thompson
- Moisture farmer who freed from slavery and married Shmi Skywalker.[62] Lost his leg when pursuing the sand people who kidnapped Shmi.[62] The name -- and variations of -- Cliegg has been in Star Wars drafts since 1974.[62]
- Owen Lars - portrayed by Phil Brown and Joel Edgerton
- Son of Cliegg Lars and stepbrother of Anakin Skywalker.[63] He and his wife take custody of Luke Skywalker in Revenge of the Sith.[63]
- Lobot - portrayed by John Hollis
- Lando Calrissian's cyborg aid in The Empire Strikes Back.[64]
- Lumiya
- Introduced in Marvel's Star Wars comics, and returns in the Legacy of the Force series as the dark Jedi who turns Jacen Solo to the dark side of the Force.
- General Crix Madine - played by Dermot Crowley
- Imperial officer who defect to the Rebel Alliance.[65]
- Darth Malak - voiced by Rafael Ferrer
- Antagonist in Knights of the Old Republic whom the player's character defeats Malak in the game's final battle.[66]
- Galen Marek - voiced by Samuel Witwer
- Operating under the codename Starkiller, Marek was created as Darth Vader's secret apprentice for the The Force Unleashed multimedia project.[67] The player controls Marek in the project's eponymous video game.[67] Starkiller is an homage to "Annikin Starkiller", the original name of the character that eventually became Luke Skywalker.[68][69] Marek in The Force Unleashed hunts down Jedi until being betrayed by Vader, at which point he aligns with and sacrifices himself to support the Rebel Alliance.
- Darth Maul - portrayed by Ray Park
- Darth Sidious' apprentice who kills Qui-Gon Jinn, and is in turn slain by Obi-Wan Kenobi, in The Phantom Menace.[70]
- Tion Medon - portrayed by Bruce Spence
- Local administrator on Utapau in Revenge of the Sith.[71]
- General Rom Mohc - voiced by Jack Angel
- Creator of the Dark Trooper program in Dark Forces and the game's final boss.
- Sly Moore - portrayed by Sandi Findlay
- One of Palpatine's personal aides.[72]
- Mon Mothma - portrayed by Caroline Blakiston and Genevieve O'Reilly
- Republic senator; later, co-founder and leader of the Rebel Alliance.[73]
- Admiral Conan Antonio Motti - portrayed by Richard LeParmentier
- Officer aboard the Death Star over-confident in its power.[74] George Lucas, in a May 1, 2007, appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, gave Motti's full name as "Conan Antonio Motti".
- Boss Rugor Nass - voiced by Brian Blessed
- Gungan leader in The Phantom Menace.[75]
- Captain Lorth Needa - portrayed by Michael Culver
- Captain of the Star Destroyer Avenger killed by Darth Vader for failing to capture the Millennium Falcon in The Empire Strikes Back.[76]
- Darth Nihilus
- Sith Lord who appears in The Sith Lords and Star Wars: Legacy. Darth Traya found and trained Nihilus; Nihilus and Darth Sion later betrayed her. The player's character eventually defeats Nihilus.
- Nien Nunb
- Lando Calrissian's co-pilot in Return of the Jedi.[77]
- Ric Olié
- Pilots the queen's ship and an N-1 starfighter in The Phantom Menace.[78]
- Cal Omas
- Politician and leader of the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances in the New Jedi Order and Legacy of the Force series.
- Omega Squad
- A four-man Republic Commando unit featured in the booksStar Wars Republic Commando: Hard Contact and Star Wars Republic Commando: Triple Zero and in the video game Star Wars: Republic Commando.
- Carth Onasi - voiced by Raphael Sbarge
- A Republic officer and renowned pilot who joins the player character's quest in Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic, where if the player choses a female protagonist, he is a potential love interest[79]. He also appears as an Admiral in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II if the player designates that Revan was light-side and female in the game.
- Onimi
- Depicted throughout most of the New Jedi Order series as a shamed, The Unifying Force reveals that Onimi in fact controlled Overload Shimrra. Jacen Solo kills Onimi.
- Oola - portrayed by Femi Taylor
- Dancer in Jabba the Hutt's palace.[80]
- Canderous Ordo - portrayed by John Cygan
- A Mandalorian warrior who joins the player character's quest in Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic. He eventually becomes Mandalore and will join the player character's quest in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II.
- Bail Organa - portrayed by Jimmy Smits
- Leia Organa's adoptive father and one of the Rebel Alliance's founding members.[8] Adrian Dunbar portrayed Organa for scenes cut from The Phantom Menace.[8] Smits voiced the character for The Force Unleashed.[81]
- Princess Leia Organa - portrayed by Carrie Fisher
- Luke Skywalker's sister and Han Solo's wife.[82] Leader in the Rebel Alliance and the New Republic.[82]
- Jan Ors - portrayed by Angela Harry (Jedi Knight), Julie Eccles (voice, Dark Forces), Vanessa Marshall (voice, Jedi Outcast)
- Kyle Katarn's pilot and love interest.
- Admiral Kendal Ozzel - portrayed by Michael Sheard
- Initial commander of Darth Vader's Star Dreadnought Executor in The Empire Strikes Back.[83] Vader kills Ozzel for his incompetence. George Lucas remarked that Sheard produced "the best screen death" he'd seen.[84]
- Palpatine - portrayed by Ian McDiarmid
- Naboo senator also known as Darth Sidious.[85] Dark Lord of the Sith whose machinations turn the Galactic Republic into the Galactic Empire.[85] Lures Anakin Skywalker to the dark side of the Force and dubs him Darth Vader.[85] Killed by Anakin Skywalker.[85]
- Captain Panaka - portrayed by Hugh Quarshie
- Captain of the queen's guard in The Phantom Menace who eventually becomes an Imperial moff.[86]
- Gilad Pellaeon
- Imperial officer introduced in Timothy Zhan's Thrawn trilogy who rises to lead the Imperial Remnant.[87]
- Firmus Piett
- Imperial officer who succeeds Admiral Ozzel as commanding officer the Executor.[88] Dies when the Executor is destroyed in Return of the Jedi[88]
- Poggle the Lesser - voiced by Marton Csokas
- Archduke of Geonosis and one of the Separatist leaders killed by Darth Vader on Mustafar.[89]
- Jek Tono Porkins - portrayed by William Hootkins
- X-wing pilot killed in A New Hope.[90]
- Ulic Qel-Droma
- Jedi in the Tales of the Jedi series.[91]
- Danni Quee
- New Jedi Order character whose research helps in the fight against the Yuuzhan Vong in the New Jedi Order series.
- Ooryl Qrygg
- A Gand member of Rogue Squadron in Michael A. Stackpole's X-Wing series.
- R2-D2 - portrayed by Kenny Baker
- Astromech droid that appears in all six Star Wars films and in the Star Wars Expanded Universe.[92]
- Dack Ralter - portrayed by John Morton
- Luke Skywalker's snowspeeder gunner in The Empire Strikes Back.[93] The spelling of the character's first name vacillates between Dack and Dak.[93]
- Max Rebo
- Leader of the band that plays at Jabba the Hutt's palace in Return of the Jedi.[94]
- Dash Rendar
- A smuggler developed for the Shadows of the Empire multimedia project, prominently appearing as the protagonist of the Shadows of the Empire video game.[95]
- Revan - voiced by Rino Romano
- The player's character in Knights of the Old Republic. Revan can be either male or female, though Revan is canonically male and follows the lightside path. The player's choice of a male or female Revan does not change the game's endings or Revan's allies beyond determining which characters the player character can fall in love with.
- General Carlist Rieekan - portrayed by Bruce Boa
- Rebel commanding officer on Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back.[96]
- Rogue Squadron
- Rebel Alliance and New Republic starfighter pilots featured in the original trilogy and expanded universe.
- Rookie One - portrayed by Jamison Jones (Rebel Assault II)
- The player's character in Rebel Assault and Rebel Assault II.
- Rukh
- Noghri who assassinates Grand Admiral Thrawn.[97]
- Sabé - portrayed by Keira Knightley
- One of Padmé Amidala's handmaidens in The Phantom Menace.[98] Sabé is the queen's decoy; for parts of the movie, the Sabé character is addressed as Amidala.[98]
- Thrackan Sal-Solo
- Han Solo's cousin and an antagonist in the Corellian trilogy and Legacy of the Force series,where he is killed.
- Admiral Sarn - portrayed by Gary Martinez
- Leader of the Phantom TIE program in Star Wars: Rebel Assault II.
- Sebulba - voiced by Lewis MacLeod
- Podracer who competes against Anakin Skywalker in The Phantom Menace.[99]
- Aayla Secura - portrayed by Amy Allen
- Jedi who appears in Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith and Dark Horse Comics' Republic and Clone Wars series.
- Moff Kohl Seerdon
- Antagonist in Star Wars: Rogue Squadron.
- Zev Senesca - portrayed by Christopher Malcolm
- A Rogue Squadron pilot in The Empire Strikes Back.[100]
- Shedao Shai
- A supreme commander and the advance leader for the Yuuzhan Vong invasion of the Star Wars galaxy at the beginning of The New Jedi Order series. Corran Horn defeats Shai in a duel.
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