Played by: Mark Hamill (Ep.IV-VI), Aidan Barton (as a baby, Ep.III)
I am a Jedi, like my father before me.
A Farm Boy from a desert planet, Luke discovers that his father was a Jedi and that he can be one too. This led to him becoming a major figure in the Rebel Alliance, the savior of the galaxy, leader of the reborn Jedi Order and all-around Badass.
Handicapped Badass: Played with in A New Hope, when he trains with a blindfold and then refuses to use his targeting computer when shooting the Death Star. Played straight in Return of the Jedi, after he's lost his hand.
The Load: In The Empire Strikes Back. Over the course of the film, Luke is actually the cause of the invasion of Hoth (Vader sensed him and immediately determined it was a Rebel stronghold); the ambush on Cloud City and subsequent torture of Han; and the crew of the Millenium Falcon had to go back to rescue Luke.
What the Hell, Hero?: A major plot point of the EU is how a lot of people (including Leia) are pissed at him for forgiving Vader after everything he had done.
Played by: Carrie Fisher (Ep.IV-VI), Aidan Barton (as a baby, Ep.III)
I am NOT a committee!
Leia was the (adopted) daughter of Bail Organa and followed his footsteps in becoming the Senator of the planet Alderaan. She also followed him into the Rebel Alliance, which led to her imprisonment on the Death Star, where two young men and a Wookiee with more heroism than sense (Luke and Han) broke her out. Then it became clear that she's an Action Girl in her own right, and things got really interesting.
Played by: Jake Lloyd (as a child, Ep.I), Hayden Christensen (Ep.II-III; as a Force ghost in the 2004 rerelease of Ep.VI), Sebastian Shaw (Ep.VI)
Something's happening. I'm not the Jedi I should be. I want more, but I know I shouldn't...
The most pivotal man in the galaxy, whose decisions changed the fate of every living being. Also had a son who did the same thing. Anakin was born on a desert planet (the same one, actually) and grew up with Jedi training; unlike Luke, he was hot-tempered, brash and sometimes undisciplined. Evidently that made all the difference; Luke didn't help put the galaxy under the heel of an evil dictator. You might know him better as Darth Vader.
Artificial Limb: Has a cybernetic arm, thanks to Dooku, and later gains three more cybernetic limbs and a black suit of armour after losing to Obi-Wan on Mustafar.
Cybernetics Eat Your Soul: Anakin's descent into evil is paralleled by his cyborg conversion. Also, by Word Of God, losing body parts makes you lose midichlorians and thus get weaker in the Force.
Darth Plagueis implies that he's both; he was created by Plagueis's experiments, all right, but the Force didn't like being screwed with and thus ensured that the resulting creation would hoist the Sith by their own petard.
Physical God: Word Of God says that had he not been crippled at Mustafar, he would've eventually ended up as this. His son realizes his potential in the Expanded Universe.
Psychic Powers: As a highly Force-sensitive little boy, he was able to use them in some situations (podraces, for instance) without really knowing where it came from. He learned to master them during his Jedi training.
Power Levels: The "midichlorian" concept was criticized by fans as this, especially with Obi-Wan's non-ironic observation that Anakin clocks in at Over Nine Thousand. This didn't stop Word Of God from declaring that Anakin is meant to be the strongest Force-user in canon, equaled only by his son. See also Cybernetics Eat Your Soul.
Renowned Selective Mentor: Due to his unusual affinity with the Force, Anakin gets mentoring and attention from high-ranking Jedi beyond that given to other padawans.
Self Proclaimed Knight: At the end of The Phantom Menace, Anakin is allowed to be trained as a Jedi Knight in even though he is too old. He vents his frustration to Senator Amidala in Attack of the Clones that he's ready to be a knight, but they won't let him move on.
Played by: Alec Guinness (Ep.IV-VI); Ewan McGregor (Ep.I-III)
If you strike me down I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.
Introduced in Episode IV as "Ben Kenobi," Obi-Wan begins Luke's Jedi training and sets him on his course as savior of the galaxy. He fought in the Clone Wars and, as Anakin's teacher, was deeply involved in Anakin's fall to The Dark Side. While Anakin is indisputably the main character of the series, Obi-Wan runs a close second, and is one of only four characters to appear in every film of the series.
Chessmaster: Subverted in that he is 1) a good character and 2) his attempts to steer the plot in the direction he wants by keeping information from Luke end up not working, as Luke screws up his plans for for the better.
Cynical Mentor: To Anakin again. Despite this, he still seemed pretty shocked when Anakin falls to the dark side.
Deadpan Snarker: Especially in the prequel trilogy. Ewan McGregor's Alec Guinness impersonation managed to produce some of the driest irony ever captured on celluloid.
Glory Days: Only a pale shadow of the warrior he once was, much like Anakin is.
Guile Hero: His in-universe nickname is The Negotiator (which is slightly ironic when one of the senior Jedi that he reports to is played by Samuel L Jackson)
Heterosexual Life Partners: With Anakin, after the later becomes a Jedi Knight. The novelization of Episode III in particular really brings out the closeness of their friendship.
Manipulative Bastard: An interesting example, since Obi-Wan is ubiquitously on the side of the good, but he did attempt to manipulate Luke into unknowingly killing his own father. Although, Obi Wan himself would probably argue that that was only true From a Certain Point of View since he argued that the good man that was Anakin effectively "died" when he became Darth Vader. The EU brings out some of his more weasley, morally ambiguous moments as well.
Curious here. Which weasley, morally ambiguous moments are these?
And isn't using deception and manipulation for the Greater Good without any personal gain just part of his Guile Hero status anyway?
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Sneaking aboard Padme's ship as she leaves to Mustafar fills Anakin with such an anger when he sees him that Anakin Force chokes Padme, ultimately killing her.
The Stoic: Has one of the suckiest lives (and afterlife?) of any character in fiction, but remains calm, never complains, and usually keeps his emotions well in check. When he starts screaming or gets visibly upset, you know shit just got real.
Stone Wall: The EU establishes that Obi-Wan is the definitive master of Soresu, the defensive lightsaber style. This allows him to perform feats like (during his fight with Grievous) blocking twelve lightsaber strikes a second.
A diminutive Jedi Master of unknown species from whom Luke seeks training in Episode V. Originally a spiritual (and very old) character drawing on the wizened Old Master tradition, he shows his true capabilities in Episodes II and III, in which (not coincidentally) he is of the Serkis Folk variety. In all other films, he is a puppet performed by the legendary Frank Oz, who also brought us Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy and Grover.
Eccentric Mentor: A little eccentric, but still very capable and wise, he is.
Inexplicably Awesome: He's just a short, green, centuries-old alien who is quite possibly the most powerful Jedi alive. How he got that way is officially the one Noodle Incident the expanded universe will never touch.
Han Solo's co-pilot aboard The Alleged FreighterMillenium Falcon, which he and Han seem to spend more time repairing than flying. Chewie is a Wookiee (read: 8-foot-tall walking carpet) who only speaks in growls and roars. According to official sources, Han rescued him from slavery at some point, leading to Chewbacca swearing him a "lifedebt."
Starfish Language/The Unintelligible: Chewie's only lines are growls, barks, and grunts. The script actually had lines of dialogue for Peter Mayhew to recite in order to make the other characters reactions to him more genuine.
A pair of "droids" (short for android, even though only Threepio is man-shaped) who accompany the heroes on their various adventures. Threepio is a "protocol droid" who helps smooth negotiations and understands 6 million forms of communication; he is fussy and quick to proclaim, "We're doomed." Artoo is an "astromech droid," basically making him a co-pilot for various starfighters, and is much more gutsy. Their (one-sided) banter is one of the franchise's main sources of Comic Relief. C-3PO and R2-D2 are the last of the four characters who appear in all six movies; they are also the only characters to be portrayed by the same actors throughout all six movies.
The Ishmael: The original trilogy was essentially told from the perspectives of the droids. At least one of them is present at (or in proximity to) nearly every important event.
Losing Your Head: Happens to 3PO in Attack of the Clones and The Empire Strikes Back.
Pintsized Powerhouse: R2. In Revenge of the Sith, he proved that he can take care of robots twice his size.
Plot Coupon: R2's message from Leia, and the Death Star plans he carried.
Yeah, I'm responsible these days. It's the price you pay for being successful.
The only black guy in the Galaxy. Well, him and Mace, that is. Though introduced as a somewhat shady former business partner of Han's, he ends up Defaulting To Good when Vader tramples all over him. He later flies the Millennium Falcon in the Battle of Endor; the ship used to be his, until Han won it off him.
Suspiciously Similar Substitute: To Han himself. Lando's appearance was calculated to replace Harrison Ford should he choose not to return. As it turned out, Lando still ended up piloting the Falcon into another Death Star.
So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.
A democratically-elected Queen (just roll with it) on the planet of Naboo, Amidala starts out with her planet subjected to an unprovoked invasion by the Trade Federation (under orders from Palpatine, who at the time would have been a member of her government); Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon are dispatched to do something about this. Then they escape to Tatooine and 9-year-old Anakin starts putting the moves on her, and we see where this is going. Her other major habit was disguising herself as one of her own handmaids, which is why her "servant" Padmé got so much attention in Episode I.
Politically Active Princess: She came to the Senate to plead the cause of her planet as it was invaded by the Trade Federation in The Phantom Menace. She became a senator afterwards.
Technical Pacifist: She won't condone a course of action that will lead to war, and she worked for a year to defeat the Military Creation Act, but she will partake in some "aggressive negotiation" when pushed.
Okay, it's Samuel L. Jackson in Jedi robes and without the swearing, but with a purple lightsaber; and if Yoda is the wise heart and soul of the Jedi Order, Mace is its invincible mailed fist. Though he bows to Yoda in matters of spirituality, he takes the lead in battle, and is the greatest warrior of his generation. Amongst the Jedi Council, he shows the greatest distrust towards Anakin, which proves ultimately well-founded, or at the very least a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy...unto his death.
Balance Between Good and Evil: He is the deadliest fighter among the Jedi because he's Samuel L Jack— uh, sorry, because he practices a combat style that involves treading on the very edge of the Dark Side without actually succumbing.
Bling Bling Bang: His lightsaber hilt is studded with electrum, a gold-like precious metal, as part of his privileges as a high-ranking Jedi Master. There is debate over whether it has "Bad Motherfucker" engraved on it.
Informed Ability: Though Word Of God as made him out to be a crafty diplomat and politician, his onscreen representations almost exclusively focuses on his life as a warrior.
A starfighter pilot, Wedge is one of the 9 characters who appears in all three Original Trilogy movies, and one of the 7 characters to live through them, despite having no particular role, importance or Plot Armor. For this reason, he is a major figure in the Star Wars Expanded Universe, where he is often referred to as the finest pilot in the galaxy, by virtue of having survived more Trench Runs than anyone living or dead. Played by Denis Lawson, except for the one scene when he isn't.
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: In the first movie Wedge has a standard "American" accent but later on slips into Dennis Lawson's natural Scottish.
Real-Life Relative: His actor (Dennis Lawson) is the uncle of Ewan McGregor, who plays Obi-Wan. Famously he tried to talk his nephew out of the role, fearing that, like his career, he'd meet with early success and then a nosedive. He was wrong and this was actually McGregor's breakout role, and in a bit of a happy ending Lawson has had a mild resurgence himself on British TV.
The Other Darrin: During the Yavin briefing scene, he's played by a body double.
The master of Obi-Wan and the former apprentice of Dooku. Noted for his compassion for all living things and his unorthodox ways, it is his desire to train a young Anakin that leads to the events of the rest of the series.
A Gungan from Naboo, whom Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan stumble upon early in Episode I. Jar Jar represents Lucas' attempt to appeal to the younger crowd, which he had successfully courted via Ewoks in Episode VI. The problem was that, even when Jar Jar was trying to be heroic, he had a tendency to just look stupid. Thankfully, Lucas toned down his presence in Episodes II and III. Played by Ahmed Best (Ink Suit Actor and Voice Actor both), who has shown a good sense of humor about the whole thing.
Cowardly Lion: At his best, he will try to lay down his life for his friends, even if he is still a....
Dirty Coward: A rare and painfully embarrassing "heroic" example. He is meant to be a Lovable Coward, but they painfully failed.
Fantastic Racism: Not Jar Jar himself, mind, but rather, according to him, the Naboo think they're smarter than Gungans. Then Jar Jar proves them right.
Unwitting Instigator of Doom: His one notable action in the series is to pass a motion that grants Palpatine emergency powers, thus causing the end of the Republic. In his defense, however, we're talking about Palpatine here.
Main Antagonists
Darth Vader
Played by: David Prowse (suit, Ep.IV-VI); Bob Anderson (swordplay and stunts, Ep.IV-VI), Hayden Christensen (suit, Ep.III)
Handicapped Badass: Has to change his entire fighting style due to his injuries, spends his time in life-support armor and cannot use Force Lightning. Even then, he manages to be one of the most proficient single lightsaber users and still is strong enough to defeat the Emperor at the end.
Bad Boss: Has become a memetic archetype of this trope.
He is the Trope Namer for You Have Failed Me, executing two Imperial officers on screen for failure and implied to have done so to countless others.
He forces his fleet to pursue the Millennium Falcon through an asteroid field, ignoring the casualties they suffer as a result — up to and including the loss of a Star Destroyer with all hands.
He is more than willing to involve his boss when his own presence fails to adequately cow. "The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am," indeed.
The Battlestar: The Executor is among the largest ever examples of these.
Being Evil Sucks: The way that he says "it's too late for me" implies that on a fundamental level he despises what he's become but sticks around largely because he believes it's too late to back out.
Blood Knight: As much as he might want to kill Palpatine and become Emperor, realistically Vader is too much of a warrior to deal with all the politics and scheming involved with being the ruler of a Galactic Empire. He would most likely have put a figure head in place to deal with that if he ever did get the chance to conquer the Galaxy.
Evil Overlord: Despite being The Dragon, Vader still maintains a position of high command (second only to his master) and even has his own set of troops (the 501st Legion, AKA "Vader's Fist").
Evil Sounds Deep: An archetypal film example. In fact, they even had to overdub David Prowse's voice with that of James Earl Jones' to get the desired effect.
A Father to His Men: He earned the 501st Legion's actual respect by never sending them off to do things that he himself is unable to do. In other words, he fights alongside them.
GeniusLightning Bruiser: Vader's cybernetics make him one of the physically strongest characters in the series. Despite serving as the Emperor's muscle, he displays a cold and calculating nature (in the OT) and attacks at a surprisingly high speed. Not to mention as a child, he built C-3PO, and would proceed to personally deck out his extremely advanced custom fighter. And that the entire plot of The Empire Strikes Back was his personal Batman Gambit to trap Luke and get him to convert to the dark side (and possibly even to help him overthrow the Emperor).
Head Bob: David Prowse does this very well, making Vader an emotive character despite being perpetually masked.
The Heavy: The most prominent villain in the series, although he is always subservient to Palpatine. In the first movie, he and Tarkin are somewhat equals, save that the Death Star is actually in the charge of of Tarkin.
Improbable Piloting Skills: In Death Star, a decent Imperial pilot remembers flying in training, with low-powered lasers so that no one was killed, and how during one demonstration Darth Vader decided to join them. He toyed with the best of the trainers - a veteran who made the decent pilot feel like a child who could barely walk trying to keep up with a marathon runner - matched every move, did things that TIE fighters should not be able to do, and was later found to have shot everyone down with his targeting and navigation computers disabled before launch, which the decent pilot believed was flatly impossible. Said pilot concluded that if he got on Vader's bad side and was pursued, he'd just overload his engines and commit suicide.
Jerkass: Big-time. In-universe, many officers fear working under him due to his Bad Boss tendencies.
Large Ham: As Prowse gestures plentifully and Jones speaks bombastically, the result is simply glorious.
Leitmotif: The Imperial March. Major and minor key versions of it are all over the place during his key scenes.
Love Makes You Evil: One of the reasons why he turned to the Dark Side was to save Padmé Naberrie from death.
Never Bareheaded: He's seen only twice without his helmet: the first time in a special pressure chamber, the second time dying.
Noble Demon: In the Expanded Universe, he earns his men's actualrespect (as opposed to fearful obedience) by never asking something of them that he wouldn't do himself, IE. Leading the charge in battles and fighting side by side with them. He also retains a soft-spot for slaves, as a lingering memory of his own childhood. He also once tells Dengar that, although he does kill when it is necessary to his goals, he never takes amusement in people dying, unlike the Emperor.
Redemption Equals Death: Both played straight and averted in two different appearances. It was averted when Darth Vader, when attempting to atone for his sins by trying to collapse Aloa's cathedral on himself, only ended up saved by Palpatine and given a new suit, and it is heavily implied that despite his intentions of trying to redeem himself for his past actions by doing this, the only thing he succeeded in was killing Garoche Tarkin and Lady Saro as a result of this attempt at suicide, and it is also implied that this was exactly what Palpatine intended to happen. It is played straight, however, in Return of the Jedi.
Resistance Is Futile: Vader: You are beaten. It is useless to resist. Don't let yourself be destroyed as Obi-Wan did.
Sensor Character: Can sense when other Force-sensitives - notably Obi-Wan and Luke - are nearby. Might have also picked up Leia this way on Echo Base in ESB, although he seemed to mistake her for Luke.
Series Mascot: The character most often used to represent the Star Wars franchise as a whole. He made the cover of Time magazine twice, in 1980 and 2005.
Villainous Valour: In the Expanded Universe, Vader is revealed to have a code of honor and a willingness to fight alongside his men that stems from his Well-Intentioned Extremist motivation to "bring order to the galaxy", and also from his remaining guilt over having fallen to the Dark Side in the first place.
We Can Rule Together: Suggests this to Luke during his Hannibal Lecture in The Empire Strikes Back. Prior to that, he suggested this to Padmé in Revenge of the Sith.
That's for the second time. The first time (during the Mortis arc) was in an attempt to fight fate when the Son exposed Anakin to the future where he would become Darth Vader and cause terrible atrocities. In other words, he did it ironically as a desperate attempt to avoid becoming Darth Vader and cause the future atrocities. The only reason he returned to the light side of the force after that is because the Father removed the memories of what he saw to weaken the Son's hold on him.
You Can't Go Home Again: Word Of God states that the reason Obi-Wan had Luke Skywalker go to Tatooine after birth to live with the Owens despite it being Vader's home planet is because Darth Vader is unwilling to ever return to Tatooine due to painful memories of the place.
Played by: Ian McDiarmid (Ep.I-III; VI, and the rerelease of V)
Voiced by: Clive Revill (Ep.V, original version)
Let the hate flow through you.
Also known as Darth Sidious, Dark Lord of the Sith. The man pulling the stringsfrom the very beginning...and working, all the same time, to subvert Anakin to The Dark Side. Originally a Senator from Naboo, he was eventually nominated Chancellor of the Republic and ruled with great popularity and acclaim. During the Clone Wars, he began to take emergency war-time powers on himself. All of this would've been pretty Winston Churchill if he hadn't secretly been Adolf Hitler; he played both the Republic and the Separatists against each other, wiped out the Jedi, and came out on top. It's interesting to note that, though Palpatine is one of the most important characters in the franchise, he doesn't appear in all six films; he missed Episode IV, just like Yoda did.
A God Am I: Inverted, he believes himself to be the Dark Side incarnate. Given the little amount of the story revealed for the upcoming Darth Plagueis novel (where he felt a shift in the Force shortly after murdering Plagueis and communicates with it), it's very likely that his belief is well-founded.
By the time of Dark Empire, however, he's pretty much become the closest thing to a PhyiscalGod Emperor that the series has due to his revival. Notable evidence of this was the fact that he could generate Force Storms (the wormhole variety) simply by his own will, without any apparent drain on his force abilities.*
To put it in perspective, only one Sith Lord before him, Darth Rivan, had ever utilized this sort of power, and even then, it was only with the aid of the darkstaff, it required all of his force power to even utilize the ability, it decimated his entire army with him at the "eye" of the storm, and he ended up being travelled to the Light and Darkness War in the future where he ended up dying somewhat ironically (ie, he was killed easily by a force user, whether it was a Jedi or a Sith is never specified).
Abusive Parents: Inverted: He actually bullies his dad and mom to get what he wants when his father bans him from racing ever again (and for good reason).
The Antichrist: Heavily implied to be this in various sources, including the Darth Plagueis novel. Reading his childhood background on Wookiepedia feels like reading something from Omen.
Aristocrats Are Evil: He was heavily implied in various sources, and confirmed in the upcoming novel Star Wars: Darth Plagueis, to have come from a noble background. The specific noble house was the "House of Palpatine." Deconstructed as its implied to be one of the less well-known noble houses.
Bad Boss: Vader implies in Return of the Jedi that the Emperor is even worse of a boss than himself. The Expanded Universe confirms it, actually killing an engineer seven times, each more horrifying than the last, just because he made a mistake with the Death Star that resulted in it being blown up.
Big Bad: The definitive one for the movie saga, and arguably the most recognizable of all cinematic Big Bads (or second to Ernst Stavro Blofeld). He currently provides the page image.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Who would've guessed that kindly old Chancellor Palpatine was in fact the most evil Sith Lord in the galaxy?
The Caligula: Although he was a tyrant by the original trilogy (and expanded universe materials taking place within that time period and/or in-between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope), it was subverted in that Palpatine at least was sane enough to rule his empire effectively enough to actually have a stable, tight gripped rule over the Empire even with the Rebel Alliance until his first death at Endor. However, his resurrection in the Dark Empire arc afterwards has him playing this trope very much straight from then onwards, as he has pretty much become so insane that he ends up not having his empire being successful under his reign. It is also heavily implied that the reason for his increased insanity had to do with his constant transference of his soul into clone bodies.
Demonic Possession: Palpatine's last resort for survival in Empire's End was to possess Anakin Solo on Onderon, and it would have worked if an already dying Empatojayos Brand didn't intercept his spirit's trajectory in a variation of Taking the Bullet.
Dirty Old Man: Some sources mention that, while he is Galactic Emperor, he kept concubines, and given his age, its unlikely that they'd be as old as him.
Disney Villain Death: Vader throws him down the shaft of the second Death Star in Episode VI. We also see him explode before he hits the bottom into dark side energy.
Drives Like Crazy: He ended up crashing his speeder as well as committing manslaughter against two pedestrians.
Eldritch Abomination / Humanoid Abomination: When Darth Tenebrous briefly merged with Darth Plagueis after the latter "betrayed" him had him accessing the witnessing of Plagueis' death at the hands of Palpatine, his future apprentice, and it is also strongly implied that he was genuinely horrified at how evil Palpatine was, given that his first action upon seeing it was to escape from Plagueis' body in a panic.
Enfant Terrible: He went to some of the most prestigious schools in the galaxy, but usually ended up expelled shortly after joining up for petty misdemeanors, and his crimes, regardless of whether they are minor or not, were extensive enough that, had he not been the son of a nobleman nor his father bribe the authorities, he would have spent time in a correctional facility. Then he committed manslaughter while driving his speeder recklessly. This might imply that he is a Psychopathic Manchild as an adult, albeit a high-functioning type.
Et Tu, Brute?: His murder of Plagueis qualifies as such, as Plagueis certainly did not intend for the Rule of Two to be followed.
Evil Brit: Played by Scottish actor Ian McDiarmid.
Evil Chancellor: It takes a bit of digging since he's been around for so long, but he starts as this and is the poster boy.
Even Evil Has Standards: Apparently, Palpatine would have hated himself if he used illusions to break his opponent's will, going by what Mara Jade commented upon.
He's from Naboo, which already had Fantastic Racism. It's likely he's not a fan of aliens.
Fan Nickname: Has several. Was nicknamed Wankatine during the Dark Empire arc because of his Power Creep, Power Seep appearance, and Bowie-peror in the same series because of his resemblance to Goblin King Jareth (played by David Bowie) from Labyrinth. Was also given the fan real-name of Cos Palpatine, derived from a script where he was named Cos Dashit (this ends up being somewhat confirmed with the Darth Plagueis novel, where it heavily implies that Palpatine's full name was "Cosinga Palpatine II.")
From a Single Cell: The method in which he revived himself involved transferring his spirit into clone bodies of himself and continually doing so until his ultimate demise. This process was also heavily implied to have increased his insanity to Caligula levels.
Genocide Backfire: He attempted to exterminate everyone in the Jedi Order, and thus made further oppressive laws against force users to prevent the return of the Jedi. It backfired, as the Jedi did return.
Immortality Immorality: The specific method in which he managed to come close to accomplishing this: He has people across the galaxy (including Alderaanians shortly after their planet's destruction) transferred to Byss, which served as a darkside conduit in order to sap their life energies to strengthen himself, he has Leminisk executed and revived seven times just so he can train himself to use essence transfer into his clones in case his original body ends up dying, and he made clones and is capable of doing so even to non-clones and overwrite their original personalities just to ensure he is ensured immortality.
Karma Houdini: Literally gets away with every crime (or at least gets an extremely tiny in proportion punishment such as expulsion for delinquent behavior from various universities) that he committed, no doubt due to his father's paying off the right authorities. Even Hitler, the guy Palpatine was partly based on, had to do time for his part in the Beer Hall Rebellion.
Knight Templar: The only motivation Palpatine has besides a sociopathic lust for power and control is that he genuinely believed that a Sith-run government was in the Galaxy's best interest.
Known Only by Their Nickname: Inverted: He is only ever referenced by his real name, and very rarely by his Sith name.
Played straight with his real name in regards to his full name: Palpatine was disgusted enough by his father that he changed his name so that his only name is his family name ("Palpatine"). Its heavily implied, although not explicitly stated, that his full name prior to the name change was "Cosinga Palpatine II."
Lack of Empathy: So much so he's forgotten the strength that one can draw from the love for their children.
Ironically, his own father had attempted to buy his love, but he rejected it, because his father apparently wasn't willing to look at his own weaknesses.
Meaningful Name: Darth Sidious is rather in'sidious.' Almost all the Darths have meaningful names, actually.
The Mole: If only the Jedi had realised that the Dark Lord of the Sith - their sworn enemy - was hiding amongst the politicians they were working for...
Mole In Charge: After he becomes the leader of the Republic.
Monster Protection Racket: On a galactic scale, and by the time he's found it it's already too late to stop him.
Multiple Choice Past: Although Palpatine claims that he hailed from Naboo, it has been speculated that the identity of Senator Palpatine and thus most of his past had actually been fabricated.
My World Doth Protest Too Much: Hailing from the peaceful world of Naboo, he becomes a genocidal galactic tyrant and in the front running (if not winner of) the Galaxy's most evil person who ever lived award.
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: If he and Darth Plagueis didn't attempt to unleash negative waves to influence the midichlorians to create the ultimate Sith weapon, the midichlorians wouldn't have essentially bit back and created Anakin to destroy the Sith.
Not So Omniscient After All: Palpatine's speech about how everything transpiring according to his design rings a bit hollow when you realize he's talking to the guy he earlier admitted to not actually knowing would be there. Oh and then everything goes to hell for the Imperials soon after.
Physical God: By the time of Dark Empire; the endnotes state that by the time of his final death his mere existence was causing holes in reality to open.
Playing Both Sides: How he arranged for the Clone Wars to begin before he became Supreme Chancellor.
Rich Bitch: His childhood was primarily his father bribing the proper authorities to prevent them from taking legal action against Palpatine whenever he committed a misdemeanor, not to mention that his gift of a speeder was also closer to a bribe.
Running Both Sides: After he became Supreme Chancellor before and during the Clone Wars.
Sanity Slippage: At first, while definitely not a good person, he at least was sane enough to both manipulate both sides into landing him with power, framing the Jedi to be exterminated, and actually having very firm grip over the Empire, and even acknowledging his mistakes. However, shortly after his first death at Endor and continuously reviving himself, he ends up losing a lot of his sanity, becoming more similar to The Caligula than to The Chessmaster.
Satan: Confirmed to represent this by Word Of God. As if Order 66 didn't give you a clue.
Scars Are Forever: His face after being disfigured by his own lightning.
Though it's strongly implied (and outright stated by Ian Mc Diarmid) that this isn't disfigurement: this is Palpatine's true face exposed, and the kindly old grandpa one was a force mask of sorts. After all, Luke wasn't scarred like this and it's quite the scarring that rots your teeth, turns your eyes yellow and swells up your hands while turning your nails black...
In his youth, its both this and Screw the Rules, I Have Money!, as his father often paid off the right people to make several of his misdemeanors "disappear."
Self-Made Orphan: Portions of Palpatine's backstory were revealed, showing that he came from a noble house called Palpatine, and that he murdered his father, his mother, and his younger siblings (although his father was no saint, being apparently violent). He also admits while murdering his father that he desired to murder at the very least his father since he was a baby.
The Starscream: Implied to Darth Plagueis; notice his smile when he tells about Plagueis being killed by his apprentice. Of course, these are the Sith. It goes with the job description.
The Darth Plagueis novel makes Palpatine's claim of murdering him in his sleep very clear: He got Plagueis drunk enough after inviting himself to Plagueis' apartment to listen to his acceptance speech of the chancellorship for him to pass out.*
In case you're wondering why Palpatine had to get him drunk enough to pass out, Plagueis wouldn't have even let himself fall asleep otherwise thanks to a botched assassination attempt that resulted in him requiring a respirator.
Technically, by the end of The Phantom Menace. He just preferred to slowly consolidate power and stir up a major crisis before acting overtly tyrannical.
Uriah Gambit: Does it to Maul and Dooku! It's also pretty clear that he had every intention of doing this to Vader.
What Could Have Been: He was originally conceived as a heck of an Anticlimax Boss, a power-hungry dullard manipulated into the Galaxy's top spot by Vader and Tarkin, who ran things behind his back. Notably, this detail was changed so late in the universe concept that it made it into the novelization of A New Hope.
Wicked Cultured: Ian McDiarmid, his actor, considers this the closest thing he has to a redeeming (or at least non-evil) feature. Makes sense, since he himself is a theater actor and director, a job which naturally implies being well-read.
Xanatos Gambit: The Clone Wars are designed so that no matter who wins, he ends up with control of the galaxy, though it's pretty clear that a Separatist victory would be Plan B. His various gambits around his apprentices most truly represent this trope, however - by pitting his current apprentice against the potential replacement, he wins no matter the outcome. Dookú finds this out the hard way. Vader, on the other hand, takes exception to the idea. Heck, if one goes by the Book of Sith, he apparently also knowingly orchestrated Plagueis' involvement and his recruiting him (something that is also strongly implied in his "The Reason You Suck" Speech to Plagueis while murdering him).
Xanatos Speed Chess: Likewise, even if things didn't end up going according to what he had originally planned, he manages to modify his plans to take into account the setback so he'd still come out on top regardless. This is especially apparent in Star Wars Battlefront Elite Squadron, where Renegade Squadron managed to trap Palpatine in one of the Sith tombs long enough to steal a datapad that indicated that he was to personally supervise the second Death Star's completion (he had earlier sent stormtroopers to deal with them as he didn't view them as significant, only to attack them when they not only took care of the stormtroopers, but also proceeded to destroy the artifacts in the tomb he ended up sealed in). Likewise, All There in the Manual and Word Of God indicated that Amadala's successful arrival on Coruscant was not part of his original plan. He was originally supposed to have Maul retrieve her and kill the Jedi, and he would manipulate the events of the Trade Federation's invasion of Naboo to turn it into an full-scale conflict where he would lead the command against the Trade Federation. Her arrival had him modify the plan to both accomodate her arrival, and so his plan becomes a lot more beneficial for him in the long run.
You Have Failed Me: It is heavily implied in Return of the Jedi, and confirmed in the Expanded Universe, that Palpatine was even more horrific in how he punishes those who fail their task than even the Trope Namer, Darth Vader.
One of the poster children of Too Cool to Live, Fett is a Mandalorian. He was introduced in The Star Wars Holiday Special but was too cool to stay there, which is saying something considering that the Holiday Special is practically the incarnation of Dork Age. Once entrenched in canon, he played a minor role in Episode V as the man who succeeds in capturing Han Solo for Vader and/or Jabba the Hutt; while he's later unvoluntarily defeated by Solo and eaten by a grue Sarlacc, his awesome armor and inscrutable demeanorPopularity Power makes him manly enough to fight his way out, allowing him to (again) play a major role in the EU. He also appears in Episode II as a child, specifically a clone of Jango Fett being raised by the man as his son; Jango's death in that film is basically Boba's Start of Darkness.
Determinator: In the Expanded Universe. He fought out the Sarlacc's belly through sheer force and iron will. The Sarlacc itself admits that he's hardcore some years later.
Even Evil Has Standards: He deliberately gave up on a chance to kill Starkiller at a moment when he was vulnerable because he was having a romantic reunion with Juno Eclipse, because he felt doing that would "not have felt right." He even follows a strict code of honor in regards to his missions.
Noodle Incident: "No disintegrations." The reason for Vader specifying this to Fett has yet to be explained, though it is mentioned in the Daniel Keys Moran short story "The Last One Standing: The Tale of Boba Fett".
"Vader always said that, after that one time..."
The Other Marty: His voice was changed in the classic trilogy's first DVD release. Obviously, this led to Internet Backdraft. Lucasfilms responded by releasing a second set that included the Special Edition (with the new voice) and the Original Theatrical Edition (with the first voice).
Ray Park, wearing horns, wielding a double-bladed lightsaber. The fact that all his lines were overdubbed does not in any way diminish his coolness rating.
Cast The Expert: Played by Ray Park, who was a martial arts expert and stunt man, not an actor (though he became one following this movie). This is one of the reasons that he had virtually no lines. His lines were dubbed by Peter Serafinowicz.
My Master, Right or Wrong: Unlike most Sith apprentices, who usually seem to just put up with their masters until they can finally betray them, Darth Maul was completely loyal to Darth Sidious. In fact, so loyal, that this loyalty almost cost him in regards to passing a Sith Initiation Test, to the extent that Palpatine had to motivate Maul by lying about cultivating an apprentice (or at least a half-truth) to get him to have enough anger to even nearly kill his master.
Pet the Dog: Given a slight one in his reappearance in Season 4, when his brother learns his survival.
Unwitting Pawn: Like Count Dooku, Darth Maul was only a useful placeholder for the spot of Palpatine's apprentice while he was preparing Anakin for the role. If he hadn't been killed by Obi Wan, Palpatine would still have found a way to off him eventually.
You Have Failed Me: This is the reason why he avoided making contact with his master after he lost his legs and fled Naboo, as he feared that Sidious would kill him (or worse) if he returned having failed his mission.
Jango Fett
Played by: Temuera Morrison
A top-notch bounty hunter who was hired by the Republic to be the template for an army of clones, from which the Clone Wars took their name. Secretly working for the Separatists. Gets on Mace Windu's bad side, so, that's the end of him.
Don't call him a droid: he's still got biological components. He just happens to live in a mechanical body. Essentially a cyborg, Grievous received lightsaber training from Count Dooku and is able to hold his own against Jedi. Like Boba Fett, he was first introduced in a cartoon, though this was actually deliberate (whereas Fett was carried into Canon more by Popularity Power than anything else). Voiced by Skywalker Sound editor Matthew Wood, who submitted his audition under a pseudonym to guarantee he'd get a fair hearing.
Dirty Coward: During the first Cartoon series he appeared in, Dooku explicitly trains Grievous to fight like this: he's supposed to use fear, intimidation, and power to overwhelm his opponents, and to flee when that doesn't work.
Dragon Ascendant: Subverted. When Count Dooku is killed, the Jedi think Grievous has become this when in reality he has just become Sidious's Dragon instead.
Fake Ultimate Villain: In the eyes of the Republic at large, upon Dooku's death, Grievous took over as the Big Bad; the Senate even voted to continue the Clone War, as long as Grievous lived. However, Palpatine is clearly the one pulling the strings, using both Dooku and Grievous as scapegoats to keep his involvement a secret.
Shout Out: Grievous's voice sounded very similar to that of General Sauris from Galaxy Quest.
Tragic Villain: In a sense. The Expanded Universe reveals Grievous was an honorable warrior fighting to save his people until an accident left him crippled. He sold himself to Dooku to save his planet. Of course, Dooku had no use for an honorable, noble warrior and had his brain tampered with, replacing the honor and nobility with sadism and savagery.
A fallen Jedi who left the Order over philosophical issues, Dooku turned up on the side of the Separatists. What nobody knew, at least for a while, was that he was also the other member of the Sith, apprenticed to Darth Sidious. He gives Yoda a run for his money in a lightsaber duel, which makes his Anti-Climax Boss appearance in Episode III somewhat disappointing. Played by the legendary Christopher Lee.
Big Bad: Subverted. Similar to Vader, he's the most prominent villain in Episode II, but is subservient to Darth Sidious. Inverted in that he is generally perceived to be this by the Jedi and the galaxy at large, and on a smaller scale he does occasionally act without consulting Sidious, sometimes in plots to betray him.
Big Bad Wannabe: Intended to kill Sidious at some point in the future and take over the Sith Order- he fails.
Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Betrayed the Jedi Order for the Sith, and proceeded to wage a campaign of murder and assassination against them all, despite many of them being his close friends. In the EU, regardless of the version, he ultimately betrays his apprentice Asajj Ventress, and as per Sith tradition is conspiring against his master Sidious (which doesn't work out). The entire Separatist movement itself is basically one giant con too.
Cool Sword: The curved-hilt lightsaber allows for a more fencing-like fighting style and is designed to have an advantage in saberfights (due to the unique angles) at the expense of being harder to use to block blaster bolts.
Depending on the Writer: His death. In ROTS, although he does have some fear when he learns of Palpatine's betrayal, he nonetheless remained Defiant to the End right up until Anakin beheads him. In the novelization, however, he panics are realizing Sidious is going to let him die and starts pleading for mercy.
According to Christopher Lee, the novelization's take was actually originally going to be in the film, but he had convinced Lucas to change it, as he felt that Dooku would not have begged for his life like a coward.
Master Swordsman: Is able to take down both Obi-Wan and Anakin, and holds his own against Yoda.
Not to mention being able to train General Grievous into such a powerful swordsman that he was able to slay Jedi in single combat without the Force.
Meaningful Name: Christopher Lee points out in an interview with the Star Wars monthly magazine that "Dooku" is a homonym for the Japanese word doku, which literally means "venom."
Off with His Head!: After defeating him, Anakin decapitates him scissors-style at Palpatine's urging.
We Hardly Knew Ye: For being such an important figure in the Clone Wars, he gets, at most, 30 minutes of total screen time in a saga exceeding 13 hours in length, and none of the "political idealist" persona is elaborated upon. Averted in the EU where, in stories set in this era, he is a fully fleshed out character with the appropriate number of scenes.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: In the EU, its clearer. In AOTC, none of this is actually shown, as he spends his choice few scenes plotting how to best extort the Republic for...something, presiding over a flashy execution, and fighting Jedi. His political beliefs, his ultimate goals, etc. are given zero elaboration. Even his reasons for joining the Sith are never actually explained within the films themselves.
Villainous Breakdown: Has a brief one after Anakin chops off his hands and he realizes that Sidious wants him dead. Then he gets beheaded.
Villain with Good Publicity: In the EU at least, and briefly in Attack of the Clone as far as his former fellow Jedi are concerned; in the eyes of many, on both sides of the conflict, Dooku is a charismatic idealist crusading against the very real corruption endemic in the Republic, and all the more overtly villainous characters in the Separatist movement are simply the allies he's stuck with, and the atrocities they commit are done without his approval. Neither is true, of course; although its implied he is against the corruption his idea to weed it out is to set up a sprawling galactic dictatorship, and far from disapproving of those atrocities he usually instigates them, and is more than happy to blame them on the Republic.
We Could Have Avoided All This: Implied by his reaction shortly after defeating Obi-Wan and Anakin, but before facing Yoda. Upon their defeat, he sighs in a somewhat disappointed manner.
Played by: Peter Cushing (Ep.IV); Wayne Pygram (5-second cameo in Ep.III).
In the movies, Wilhuff Tarkin is mostly known as the Smug Snake running the Death Star; it was he who ordered the destruction of Alderaan, forcing Leia to watch. EU materials have elaborated on his villainy; particularly, it was his idea to rule through fear, which is probably why the Death Star's outrageous Power Levels appealed to him.
Big Bad Duumvirate: With Vader. He orders him around a couple of times, but lets him take the initiative more often than not. His authority is probably based on the fact that he is in charge of the Death Star, and thats where Vader happens to be; in most respects they are pretty much equals.
Interestingly enough, supplementary materials specify that his position is only the sixth highest in the empire, behind the Emperor, the Supreme Commander of the military (that's Vader), the Grand Vizier, the Ruling Council chief, and Grand Admirals/Generals.
It's mentioned, especially in the Expanded Universe, that he was not only one of Palpatine's strongest and most competent supporters but became one of the main architects behind the Empire itself (which also led to the Emperor giving him the Death Star post). The repercussions of his actions, including the "Tarkin Doctrine" would cast a long shadow extending well into Star Wars: Legacy.
Despair Event Horizon: His son being killed resulted in him becoming even more of a monster than before.
Even Evil Has Standards: The reason why Palpatine orchestrated his son's "defection" and later death was because he wanted Tarkin to become a more willing servant, implying that there were stuff Palpatine demanded that even Tarkin did not wish to commit.
Jerkass: In his appearance in the Clone Wars series, he had to be saved by Anakin from the Separatists. However, instead of being gracious enough to express gratitude to Anakin, he is a complete jerk about it, causing Anakin to tell him that he'll only respect those who know gratitude.
Papa Wolf: In "Darth Vader and the Lost Command 5", the results of Darth Vader's mission resulted in Tarkin wanting to commit genocide against the natives of Altoa because he thought they murdered his son, and it is also heavily implied in the ending that Palpatine maniplated Vader's actions to bring this about to get Tarkin to become a more willing servant.
Pet the Dog: A minor one: He was Gial Ackbar's master when the former was a slave, and its implied that he treated him pretty decently.
Tempting Fate:"Evacuate? In our moment of triumph? I think you overestimate their chances!"
The radio play had him be a bit concerned, but he wasn't going to show weakness because if he ran and the place didn't get blown to hell, he'd have been utterly humiliated.
Too Funny to Be Evil: Real Life on-set example - when filming, Peter Cushing's Nazi-style jackboots didn't fit him. Alternative footwear had to be found. Which meant that all the other actors had to pretend to be terrified of a man wearing the instantly recognizable Imperial uniform...and a pair of bath slippers for women.
Jabba the Hutt
Voiced by: Larry Ward (Ep. VI)
A very, very large slug-creature (it took something like 6 puppeteers to control him), leader of a major criminal organization, and the one to whom Han is deeply in debt to after a botched spice run. He was in the script for Episode IV, but it wasn't until VI that technology progressed enough to make him look like anything more than a half-inflated balloon; the Special Edition Ep.IV restores the deleted scenes graced by a completely CGI Jabba. Also had a cameo in Episode I.
Papa Wolf: Jabba the Hutt in the Clone Wars movie cared quite a bit for Rotta the Hutt, his son, to the extent that should any of the two factions harm his son in any way, he will ensure they regretted it. On a related note, his love for his son was apparently strong enough to make him relent and allow Papanoida to make a case against Greedo when he appealed to his love for Rotta to have him help him find his daughters.
Even Evil Has Standards: Sort of. When Sidious tells them to prepare their invasion of Naboo, Gunray implies that he's not willing to invade Naboo if such an invasion is illegal, resulting in Sidious telling them that he'll make the invasion legal. Though it may be more Pragmatic Villainy due to not wanting the inevitable backlash and sanctions for illegal actions.
Greed: His apparent motivation. EU material (not to mention his attempt to have Padme assassinated in Episode 2) gives it as Revenge instead.
Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: Mostly due to being generally bullied around by the real bad guys. He's not actually a very pleasant individual and in another story might even be a Complete Monster, but all we see is a man out of his depth, and fully aware of it.
It's Personal: How he feels about Padmé after The Phantom Menace (and how he felt about then-Senator Palpatine in EU materials explaining why he blockaded Naboo). You'd think she'd be the one entitled to feel that way, but nope.
Lizard Folk: Along with apparently everyone who works for the Trade Federation.
That's because the Neimodians were the only ones who were spared (unsurprisingly due to Palpatine's influence) in an assassination against the other leader races of the Trade Federation.
Unwitting Pawn: Twice: First time was the aftermath of the invasion of Naboo, second time was during the Separatist wars, and at least until the near end of the conflict, he didn't even know that Darth Sidious was the true leader, or that it was even a Sith orchestrated group.
"You Have Failed Me for the last time, Admiral Ozzel. Captain Piett?... Make way to land our troops beyond the energy shield, and deploy the fleet so that nothing gets off the system. You Are in Command Now, Admiral Piett." Yep, that's the character's entire claim to fame (that,and he was the first person to see the back of Vader's head without the helmet). Did you even notice him in Episode VI? 'Cuz he was there.
Commanding officer of the ground forces assigned to Darth Vader's personal squadron. He personally leads the Imperial assault on Echo Base, firing the last shots which destroys the shield generator. The Expanded Universe further expands his career, detailing how he was one of the few officers assigned to the Death Star who escaped and survived on his own on Yavin 4.
Cerean Jedi Master who served on the Jedi High Council in last years of the Galactic Republic and played a major role in several battles during the Clone Wars. He was shot to death by his own clone troopers.
Prince Consort, head of the royal house of Alderaan, ruler and senator of Alderaan. He is Leia's adoptive father and one of the main founders of the Rebel Alliance.
Big "NO!": As he witnesses young Padawan Zett Jukassa being gunned down by the Clone Troopers.
Played by: Caroline Blakiston (Ep. VI), Genevieve O'Reilly (Ep. III)
An important political figure who founded and led the Rebel Alliance. Later becomes Chief of State of the New Republic after the downfall of the Empire.
A squid-person from a species called the Mon Calamari, Ackbar is something of a One-Scene Wonder, appearing only in the last hour of the entire franchise but, like Wedge, has gone on to be a pivotal member of the Expanded Universe. He commands the Rebel fleet during the Battle of Endor, during which he famously pronounced, "It's a trap!"
All There in the Manual: His given name, Gial, was first mentioned in The Essential Guide To Warfare.
Luke's Big Brother Mentor from Tatooine. He left to join the Rebel Alliance prior to the events of A New Hope. He and Luke meet again upon finding out that they're both set to take on the Death Star in the battle of Yavin together. Sadly, Biggs is shot down by Imperial fighters. Though gone, Biggs still has his fans (and a plethora of Final Fantasy characters who share his name).
Elite soldiers of the Galactic Empire. These faceless enforcers are considered an extension of the Emperor's will, and thus they will often use brutal tactics as a way to keep thousands of star systems throughout the galaxy in line.
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy: Trope Namer. Fiction outside the films has tried a couple times to justify it, including that the Stormtroopers were human recruits rather than clones. In the games, their signature blaster rifles are typically inaccurate beyond a few feet.
A ruthless assassin droid, and one of the bounty hunters sent by the Empire to track Han Solo in Episode V. It started placing trackers on all of the bounty hunters' ships that were present and used them to find Solo. Boba Fett was not fooled; he allowed IG-88 to follow him to Bespin, where the droid met its end. IG-88B was left as scrap in the bowels of Cloud City.
Short rodent-like natives of Tatooine. They are passionate scavengers, seeking out or even stealing technology for trade in the deep deserts in their huge sandcrawler transports.
Played by: Temuera Morrison (Ep.II-III). All of them.
An army of identical, genetically-modified clones, created to serve in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars. Grown and raised in the laboratories and facilities of Kamino, they fought under Jedi command to defend Republic sovereignty against the Separatist rebellion. Due to their inability to disobey any order, the clone troopers carried out Palpatine's commands without question and destroyed the Jedi Order. They were later re-designated as the first generation of Imperial stormtroopers.
Elite Mooks: The B2 super battle droids and the Droidekas. Even the Jedi had problems defeating them and 50 years after the Clone Wars' end, the B2s is still useful in the Yuuzhan Vong War against the Yuuzhan Vongempire.
A Rodian bounty hunter in the employ of Jabba the Hutt. He confronts Han Solo in the Mos Eisley cantina because of the price on Solo's head. It doesn't end well for him.
Mother of Anakin Skywalker, stepmother to Owen Lars and the paternal grandmother of Luke and Leia.
Actor Allusion: Pernilla August played the Virgin Mary in a television film.
Death by Origin Story: Avenging her death is Anakin's first major step towards the Dark Side.
Determinator: She was captured by a group of Tusken raiders one month before the events of Attack of the Clones. She was severely beaten and dehydrated, but hold on to her memories of Anakin in an effort to stay alive.
Bizarre Alien Biology: Like all Dugs, he walks on his hands and uses his feet to hold onto things.
Cheaters Never Prosper: Subverted. Even though everyone knows he cheats, he's still the most popular racer. The Star Wars Expanded Universe material reveals that not only did he obtain Anakin's podracer later on, but he also continued to be one of the most succesful podracers ever. Losing the Boonta to Anakin was just a minor setback for him.
Spiked Wheels: Sebulba modified his podracer in lethal ways such as adding a flamethrower or making it durable enough to ram other podracers off of the track.
Vehicular Sabotage: He has no qualms using this way to ensure his victory.
