KEY
20 PADME AMIDALA
Light side
Episodes I-III
Noble senator Padmé dies
while giving birth to Luke and
Leia – but at least she doesn’t
have to see her husband,
Anakin Skywalker, transformed
into the evil Darth Vader.
Dark side
FINN
Episodes VII-IX
One-time Stormtrooper Finn is that rare thing in
this universe: a character who trades evil for good.
We hope he’s still standing when all is said is done.
24 Count Dooku
Episodes II & III
One of the Star Wars saga’s
most insidious villains, Dooku’s
reign of terror is cut short
when, in an ending worthy
of a Hammer horror, Anakin
slices off the former Jedi’s head.
23 ADMIRAL ACKBAR
Episodes VI-VIII
He has just 14 lines in Return
of the Jedi, but this amphibious
Rebel commander (who led the
assault on the Death Star II) is
a firm fan favourite thanks to
his meme-friendly “It’s a trap!”
Episodes I, IV & VI
This obscene, slug-like crime
boss gets the comeuppance
he deserves when his latest
dancing girl – a gold bikini-clad
Princess Leia – throttles him
with her chain. Ho ho ho ho ho!
22 JAR JAR BINKS 18 BB-8
21 MACE WINDU Best moment:
When BB-8 gives
Finn the droid
equivalent of
a thumb’s up.
Episodes I-III
The gung-ho Gungan has
become the prequel trilogy’s
whipping boy, but revisit Eps
1-3 and you’ll see that time has
been kind to George Lucas’ fave
character. Plus, kids adore him!
Episodes VII-IX
We didn’t think any ’bot
could equal R2 in our droid
affections but then along
came The Force Awakens
and this little guy. In an
instant he stole a billion hearts.
Episodes I-III
Jedi Master Mace Windu
makes our cut for two reasons:
he’s played with trademark
Did you
swagger by Samuel L.
know?
Jackson and he has an
Loveable droid
awesome purple lightsaber. BB-8 sta
rted life as
THE STORY SO FAR...
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19 JABBA THE HUTT
a rough sketch
on a napkin
So you’ve spent the last 42 years frozen in carbonite
and missed all eight films in cinema’s greatest space
saga? Here’s your catch-up, in chronological order.
In Episode I: The Phantom Menace, we meet Anakin
Skywalker, a cocksure youngster chosen for training
by Jedi knight Qui-Gon Jinn – and believed to be the