Curated category
Fictional swordfighters in films
- Obi-Wan KenobiOn the ice planet Hoth, a young Luke Skywalker hears the voice of Obi-Wan Kenobi. The Jedi Master instructs him to travel to Dagobah to find Yoda.
- Luke SkywalkerLuke Skywalker first appeared on screen in 1977, a teenager from a desert planet who wanted nothing more than to leave home.
- 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…
- Kylo RenIn March 2014, the production team for Star Wars: The Force Awakens knew their main antagonist only as Jedi Killer. That name hid a character who had gone…
- Qui-Gon JinnGeorge Lucas created the character Qui-Gon Jinn for the 1999 film The Phantom Menace. He originally envisioned an American actor in the role but ultimately…
- 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…
- Finn (Star Wars)Lawrence Kasdan, one of the screenwriters for The Force Awakens, grew angry during script meetings. He accused his fellow writers of not thinking big enough…
- 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…
- SithThe Sith are the ancient enemies of the Jedi and the primary antagonists across the entire Star Wars franchise. They began not as outsiders but as rebellious…
- Connor MacLeodConnor MacLeod, known to audiences as The Highlander, was born in 1518 in Glenfinnan, Scotland, near the shores of Loch Shiel.
- JediThe Jedi Order is a fictional organization at the center of the Star Wars franchise, yet its influence has spilled far beyond movie screens.
- Rey (Star Wars)In 2012, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy invited Michael Arndt to write three screenplays for the Star Wars sequel trilogy.