History Woobie / StarWars

*** He's a Woobie even while he's a whiny little bitch, since he's got every reason to whine (never knew his parents, all his friends have left his hometown and he thinks he's never going to achieve his dream). Angsting is all part of being a teenager. Once he grows up, he grows out of it.

an Orphan taken in by Garris Shrike who uses him as a begger, pickpocket, theif is left to die and save by a wookie crew man which explains his compassion for Wookies. Han tries to escape and his adopted mother gets killed in the process. Han then mets his first love who leaves him, then comes back, offers him a chance to be rich, betrays him, and makes it look like Han was responsible for betraying his friends.

* Ferrouz, when Mara gets to him and finds out his reasons for offering the Rebels sanctuary.
* Sorro retroactively becomes one when it's discovered that [[spoiler: he's only working for who he is because his family was kidnapped and threatened]].
* Mara Jade, at the end, waiting for [[spoiler:the Hand of Judgment]] to come back, and missing them. Despite the fact that she basically conscripted them and never told them her first name, she's unhappy when they don't come back. It's an unfamiliar feeling. There are two constants in her life - the Emperor, who she could never miss because he's always there, and people like Vader, who she could take or leave. It really illustrates how she really does have no other friends or allies - when she [[TheThrawnTrilogy later tells Luke that he destroyed her life]], she wasn't exaggerating.
* ''Thrawn'' of all people shows a hint of this when Car'das asks why Thrawn picked ''him''. Thrawn lets his icy stoic exterior crack slightly into a sad smile. "Because you're the only one I trust."

* Mara Jade, at the end, waiting for [[spoilers: the Hand of Judgment]] to come back, and missing them. Despite the fact that she basically conscripted them and never told them her first name, she's unhappy when they don't come back. It's an unfamiliar feeling. There are two constants in her life - the Emperor, who she could never miss because he's always there, and people like Vader, who she could take or leave. It really illustrates how she really does have no other friends or allies - when she [[TheThrawnTrilogy later tells Luke that he destroyed her life]], she wasn't exaggerating.

StarWars has a great many woobies.

* [[DarkRendezvous Scout]], poor kid. She's a Jedi Padawan who is the epitome of WeakButSkilled, having little Force ability but ridiculously determined to make up for it by perfecting all other skills. She lives in fear of being washed out of the Padawan ranks and sent to labor in the less-glorious Agricultural Corps; she was ecstatic when a Master picked her as Padawan... and then that Master died early in the Clone Wars. Scout tried harder, [[TheCombatPragmatist tricking her way into winning]] a tournament of unattached Padawans, and ended up with a reluctant new Master... who only accepted her in the moments before he died. She gets some happiness in the last book of the Republic Commando series, [[spoiler:when she becomes the unexpected guest of Kal Skirata and his Mandalorian clan.]]

* In the StarWarsExpandedUniverse books, almost every love interest Luke has had has died. The only notable one who hasn't left him without warning.

* No love for Jacen? Sure, he turned out to be a [[spoiler:horrible, evil Sith tyrant similar to his grandfather]], but he did it because ''he genuinely thought'' it was the only way to save the galaxy - and his daughter. Really, the only thing his lives for in the end is his daughter. He nearly ''obliterates'' [[spoiler:Aurra Sing when she tries to kill poor Allana]], and, when he finds out about the [[spoiler:deadly virus bioengineered to kill Allana and his lover, Tenel Ka]], instead of defending himself from [[spoiler:his sister's]] killing blow, he ''screams'' a warning to them through the Force, becoming his old Jedi self the instant before he dies.

* So I suppose forcing to watch as err home planet got blown up, tortured while being interrogated by Darth Vader, who turned out to be her own father, and made a slave by Jabba isn't enough to qualify Leia on the list?

** [[spoiler: Yes, she gets to completely reject her identity as a fiercely determined young Jedi in order to throw in with Jedi-hating armored mercenaries. That's happiness there.]]

** The Jedi Exile would have to count. Followed Revan to war to stop the Mandalorians. Malek wanted to kill her. Was led to Malechor V for the final battle where it turns out those who were not loyal enough were to be killed. The pain of the deaths of her allies forced her to cut herself from the Force to survive. She returns to the Jedi only to be exiled. And this is just the backstory. Jump ten years and she is one of the last Jedi. Hunted by the Sith, bounty hunters and criminal organizations. Her mentor turns out to be using her for revenge. The allies she gathers hate each other. She is ultimately captured and forced to work for the crime boss hunting her. Her life is owned by a Mandalorian bounty hunter. One of the last remaining Jedi wanted her dead before she fell to the Dark Side. The remnants of the Jedi declare her too great a threat to be allowed to retain her new found Force sense and intend to sever it. And she ''still'' returns to Telos to save it from the Sith after all of that.

* From TheForceUnleashed, Starkiller, without a doubt.

** The Jedi Exile would have to count. Followed Revan to war to stop the Mandalorians. Malek wanted to kill her. Was led to Malechor V for the final battle where it turns out those who were not loyal enough were to be killed. The pain of the deaths of her allies forced her to cut herself from the Force to survive. She returns to the Jedi only to be exiled. And this is just the backstory. Jump ten years and she is one of the last Jedi. Hunted by the Sith, bounty hunters and criminal organizations. Her mentor turns out to be using her for revenge. The allies she gathers hate each other. She is ultimately captured and forced to work for the crime boss hunting her. Her life is owned by a Mandalorian bounty hunter. One of the last remaining Jedi wanted her dead before she fell to the Dark Side. The remnants of the Jedi declare her too great a threat to be allowed to retain her new found Force sense and intend to sever it. And she ''still'' returns to Telos to save it from the Sith after all of that.

* [[DarkRendezvous Scout]], poor kid. She's a Jedi Padawan who is the epitome of WeakButSkilled, having little Force ability but ridiculously determined to make up for it by perfecting all other skills. She lives in fear of being washed out of the Padawan ranks and sent to labor in the less-glorious Agricultural Corps; she was ecstatic when a Master picked her as Padawan... and then that Master died early in the Clone Wars. Scout tried harder, [[TheCombatPragmatist tricking her way into winning]] a tournament of unattached Padawans, and ended up with a reluctant new Master... who only accepted her in the moments before he died.

* Oola. Lured into slavery ([[RapeTropes THE REALLY BAD KIND]] [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty of]] [[SexSlave slavery]]) with the promise of stardom, she doesn't believe she's in any danger when Luke Skywalker offers to free her. When she realizes the truth, she tries to hold on, but she runs afoul of Jabba and is fed to the rancor a few hours before Luke would have freed her.

* In the StarWarsExpandedUniverse books, almost every love interest he's had has died. The only notable one who hasn't left him without warning.
* Oola. Lured into slavery([[RapeTropes THE REALLY BAD KIND]] [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty of]] [[SexSlave slavery]]) with the promise of stardom, she doesn't believe she's in any danger when Luke Skywalker offers to free her. When she realizes the truth, she tries to hold on, but she runs afoul of Jabba and is fed to the rancor a few hours before Luke would have freed her.

* Chewbacca. Where do we begin? He's a loyal sidekick to Han Solo and in some ways contrasts the latter's JerkAss-ness. Even though he played as big a part as everyone else in the Battle of Yavin, he is infamously denied a medal. Even though a lot of people in-universe (and outside of it) dislike C-3PO, Chewie takes great pains to put him back together in Cloud City. Chewie is also as fond of giving BearHug s as he is of ripping arms out of sockets-though the hugs are sometimes violent. Early on in life, Chewie was bullied for not being as big and strong as the other Wookiees. His final act was a HeroicSacrifice in order to save Han Solo's son, and the comics story "Chewbacca" (in which C-3PO and R2-D2 travel the universe to collect anecdotes and stories about the late Wookiee for his MeaningfulFuneral) is likely to have you in tears at the end.

** The Jedi Exile would have to count. Followed Revan to war to stop the Mandalorians. Malek wanted to kill her. Was led to Malechor V for the final battle where it turns out those who were not loyal enough were to be killed. The pain of the deaths of her allies forced her to cut herself from the Force to survive. She returns to the Jedi only to be exiled. And this is just the backstory. Jump ten years and she is one of the last Jedi. Hunted by the Sith, bounty hunters and criminal organizations. Her mentor turns out to be using her for revenge. The allies she gathers hate each other. She is ultimately captured and forced to work for the crime boss hunting her. Her life is owned by a Mandalorian bounty hunter. One of the last remaining Jedi wanted her dead before she fell to the Dark Side. The remnents of the Jedi declare her too great a threat to be allowed to retain her new found Force sense and intend to sever it. And she ''still'' returns to Telos to save it from the Sith after all of that.

** Then there's the way that Chewbacca became Han's sidekick. The Expanded Universe holds that Han was once an Imperial officer, but was cashiered with a full dishonorable discharge. His crime against military discipline: striking a superior officer and causing the loss of Imperial property. More to the point, clobbering a superior officer who was fixing to kill a Wookiee slave, then aiding in the escape of said slave...named Chewbacca.

* Oola. Lured into slavery with the promise of stardom, she doesn't believe she's in any danger when Luke Skywalker offers to free her. When she realizes the truth, she tries to hold on, but she runs afoul of Jabba and is fed to the rancor a few hours before Luke would have freed her.

** Maybe he is both. He starts out as a whinny little bitch, then after some character development and a few levels in badass, he becomes the Woobie. And a Jedi Master.

* In the ExtendedUniverse books, almost every love interest he's had has died. The only notable one who hasn't left him without warning.