Curated category
Fictional war veterans
- 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.
- Frodo BagginsFrodo Baggins is a hobbit of the Shire who, on the 22nd of September, shares a birthday with his cousin Bilbo. That shared birthday is one small thread in a…
- Pippin TookPeregrin Took is the youngest of the four hobbits who walk out of the Shire and into the greatest war Middle-earth has ever seen.
- 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…
- Princess LeiaGeorge Lucas wrote and refined the Star Wars screenplay over several years, changing Princess Leia's identity multiple times before settling on her final…
- Poe DameronIn 2015, the character that would become Poe Dameron was referred to as John Doe. Early script drafts envisioned him as a black man in his 30s or 40s.
- Othello (character)Othello, the Venetian general at the center of Shakespeare's tragedy, was first brought to life on stage on the 1st of November 1604, performed before the…
- 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…
- Grand Admiral ThrawnTimothy Zahn introduced Grand Admiral Thrawn in the 1991 novel Heir to the Empire. This book marked the first appearance of an alien military leader within…
- 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…
- Jacen SoloJacen Solo begins his fictional life as one of a pair of unnamed twins Leia Organa Solo is carrying in the 1991 novel Heir to the Empire.
- Lando CalrissianGeorge Lucas began writing The Empire Strikes Back in 1978 with a specific character type in mind. He wanted a gambler who would serve as a foil to the rough…
- AragornAragorn first appears in The Lord of the Rings as a scruffy, travel-worn stranger going by the name Strider, nursing a drink at an inn in Bree.
- Rey (Star Wars)In 2012, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy invited Michael Arndt to write three screenplays for the Star Wars sequel trilogy.
- Guts (Berserk)Guts is the protagonist of the manga series Berserk, created by Kentaro Miura, and he arrived in the world under the most violent circumstances imaginable.
- Griffith (Berserk)Griffith, the main antagonist of the manga series Berserk, is a character who began as a leader of men and ended as something far more terrible.