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Fictional revolutionaries

  • Luke SkywalkerLuke Skywalker was originally going to be named Starkiller. George Lucas dropped the surname months into filming.
  • Princess LeiaPrincess Leia began as a spoiled teenage princess in George Lucas's early drafts.
  • Poe DameronPoe Dameron was originally written to die early in The Force Awakens.
  • Finn (Star Wars)Finn, a Star Wars stormtrooper, abandons his post on his first combat mission.
  • Han SoloHan Solo was first written as a green-skinned alien with gills. George Lucas's earliest draft gave him no nose.
  • Lando CalrissianLando Calrissian welcomes his friends to Cloud City, then hands them to Darth Vader.
  • Big Boss (Metal Gear)In the original 1987 Metal Gear, the friendly radio voice guiding the player was the enemy.
  • Eren YeagerEren Yeager is the hero of Hajime Isayama's manga Attack on Titan, and his own creator once called him "a slave to the story". Isayama has also said that, in the past, he struggled to make Eren feel "alive" on the page. That is a strange…
  • Rey (Star Wars)Rey began as a scavenger on Jakku and ended by naming herself Rey Skywalker. She says it near Luke's childhood home.
  • Daenerys TargaryenDaenerys Targaryen stepped into her husband's funeral fire and walked out unburned.

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