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Characters created by George Lucas
- Obi-Wan KenobiObi-Wan Kenobi entered the Star Wars franchise in 1976, a year before the first film's 1977 release. He first appeared in that year's novelization, published…
- Luke SkywalkerLuke Skywalker first appeared on screen in 1977, a teenager from a desert planet who wanted nothing more than to leave home.
- R2-D2R2-D2's name came from a moment of half-sleep. Sound editor Walter Murch called out the abbreviation "R-2-D-2" while requesting Reel 2, Dialog Track 2 during…
- Darth VaderDarth Vader first appeared in 1977, and the question George Lucas put before his production team was deceptively simple: how do you make a villain feel like…
- Stormtrooper (Star Wars)Stormtroopers are among the most recognized fictional soldiers ever put on screen, introduced to audiences in the original Star Wars film of 1977.
- C-3POC-3PO's golden face traces back to a silent film made in 1927, fifty years before Star Wars reached theatres. Ralph McQuarrie, the concept artist for Star…
- Princess LeiaPrincess Leia Organa first appears on screen with the stolen plans for the Death Star hidden inside a small droid, R2-D2.
- Qui-Gon JinnQui-Gon Jinn dies in The Phantom Menace, cut down before the story he set in motion has fully begun. His hours on screen are numbered, his arc unresolved.
- PalpatineSheev Palpatine is the main antagonist of the Star Wars franchise, a character so carefully constructed that his first name did not appear on screen until…
- Han SoloHan Solo made his first appearance not on screen but on the page, in the novelization of Star Wars published in 1976, a full year before audiences saw him…
- Darth MaulDarth Maul arrived on screen in 1999 with a face that concept artist Iain McCaig described as what you would see if you stripped the flesh off your own face…
- Lando CalrissianLando Calrissian is a fictitious character in the Star Wars franchise, introduced onscreen in 1980. In a review from that year, Janet Maslin of The New York…
- Padmé AmidalaPadmé Amidala enters the Star Wars universe as the teenage queen of Naboo, a planet under military occupation. She is fourteen years old, recently elected…
- Skywalker familyThe Skywalker family is a fictional legendary human bloodline at the heart of the Star Wars franchise, one whose grip on galactic history spans generations…