RECOMMENDED: Read our full guide to ' Star Wars' Here, in an entirely subjective list compiled by Time Out’s resident Gonk-geek Tom Huddleston and Time Out editors, are the 52 best Star Wars characters in order of greatness. With more Star Wars TV shows – the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi mini-series, which sees Ewan McGregor reprising his role as the sage Jedi, and Andor, which follows Rogue One’s Cassian Andor (played by Diego Luna), to name just two – joining The Mandolorian and The Book of Boba Fett, what better time to get reacquainted with some of the very best the Star Wars universe has to offer. Even the much maligned prequel trilogy gave us the pluck Princess Amidala (although we’ll never think about sand in the same way ever again).

Whether they’re evil, heroic or somewhere in between (we’re looking at you, Lando), characters from A New Hope to The Mandolorian have inspired devotion, passion and, yes, extreme nerdiness. Nearly half a century, nine saga movies, numerous spin-offs and TV shows, and a $4.05 billion sale to Disney later, Lucas’s science-fiction universe has become a cultural phenomenon, one that is woven into the fabric of society and redefined fandom.īut while the laser swords and spaceships are exciting, Star Wars captured the hearts of millions because of its memorable characters – of which there are many. Just over 44 years ago, in what now feels like a galaxy far, far away, George Lucas released a then unknown space opera: Star Wars.

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