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A [[Farm Boy]] from a [[Single Biome Planet|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 [[La Résistance|Rebel Alliance]], the savior of the galaxy, leader of the reborn Jedi Order and all-around [[Badass]].
* [[Ace Pilot]]: Even before he blew up the Death Star, [[Improbable Aiming Skills|He was capable of bull-eyeing 6 and-a-half foot targets at supersonic speeds.]]
* [[Ace Pilot]]
* [[Adorkable]]: His ''awful'' 1970's hairstyle really helps.
* [[Artificial Limbs|Artificial Hand]]: Replaces the one he lost fighting Vader in ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]''.
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: Skywalker.
* [[Badass]]
** [[Ambadassador]]: At the beginning of ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''.
** Another one in [[Return of the Jedi|the final duel]] when Vader suggests to turn Leia to the [[Dark Side]].
* [[Black Cloak]] / [[In the Hood]]: This is how he makes his entrance to Jabba's palace in ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''.
* [[Conveniently an Orphan]]: He was raised by his aunt and uncle because his father died during the Clone Wars [[The Reveal|or at least he was told that.]]
* [[Conveniently an Orphan]]
* [[Cool Spaceship]]: The Incom T-65 X-wing starfighter.
* [[Did Not Get the Girl]]: Considering the girl is later revealed to be his sister, this [[Justified Trope|is a good thing.]] He has to wait for the [[Expanded Universe]] for his own chance at romance.
* [[Don't Think, Feel]]: A major part of his Jedi training.
* [[Dork Knight]]: Before he [[Took a Level in Badass]]
* [[Farm Boy]]: He was a moisture farm hand on Tatooine before he recieved the [[Call to Adventure]]
* [[Farm Boy]]
* [[Generation Xerox]]: To Anakin Skywalker.
** Also, he's alot like Padme with his almost messianic sense of compassion.
** While being trained by Yoda in only the span of a few weeks/months, Luke's powers grew so strong that he was capable of feats most Jedi need years of training to perform. Even without any formal combat training or experience using the force in a duel, he was still able to put up a good fight against his father on Bespin. Keep in mind Vader can casually [[Curb Stomp Battle|curb stomp]] most experience Jedi that engage him in combat. He had to put in real effort(though not his best) in his first duel with his son.
* [[Grew a Spine]]: When he leaves Yoda's training to rescue Han and Leia on Bespin.
* [[The Heart]]: Why Han [[Changed My Mind, Kid|came back to save him.]]
* [[The Hero]]: For the Original Trilogy trilogy and much of the Expanded Universe
* [[The Hero]]
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: Decides to rescue his friends from Vader although he has little chance against him.
** Also, joining [[La Résistance|the Rebel]] attack on the Death Star despite its low chance of success, as [[Lampshaded]] by Han.
* [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]]: His last fight with Vader in ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''.
* [[Jumped At the Call]]: [[Refusal of the Call|Not at first,]]<nowiki/>but [[The Call Knows Where You Live|then his aunt and uncle were killed.]]
* [[Jumped At the Call]]
* [[Kung Fu Jesus]]: Since he's a [[Messianic Archetype]] who's also a Jedi.
* [[Last of His Kind]]: He is the said to be the last Jedi knight to be alive from Yoda's death to the foundation of a new Jedi Order.
* [[Psychic Powers]]: Luke has mastered them by the start of ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''.
* [[Reckless Gun Usage]]: Watch very closely as Luke Skywalker [http://irregularwebcomic.net/373.html first ignites his lightsaber] in ''[[Star Wars]]: [[A New Hope]]'' — he doesn't know how long the beam is and yet is pointing it at Obi-Wan.
* [[Sneaky Departure]]: When he goes to confront Vader in [[Return of the Jedi]]
* [[Sword and Gun]]: He uses both his blaster and lightsaber in ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' before only using his lightsaber in ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''.
* [[Tell Me About My Father]]: Once he learns his father was a Jedi he asks several questions about him.
* [[Training from Hell]]: With Yoda.
* [[Unskilled But Strong]]: Luke has a high level of force potential that he inherited from his father Anakin Skywalker and his potential is much higher than even normal Jedi. With only a few weeks/months of training Luke could perform feats most Jedi take years to be able to do. By the time he leaves Yoda on Dagoba, he is connected to the force and can feel it unconsciously, He can sense people and communicate telepathically with others, and he was able to hold his own against his father who has decimated armies single handedly. In spite of that, he had then yet to achieve full control, had no experience using the force in battle-especially against another trained force user-and often struggled to adapt when using the force in combat.
** [[Strong And Skilled]]: Much later partially during Return of the Jedi and definitively after, Luke had gained full control over his powers and was able to decimate and entire platoon of [[Elite Mooks|Dark Troopers]] on his own, casually, and even managed to force crush the last one with a gesture.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: His father's blue lightsaber until he lost it against Vader. He made himself a green one afterwards.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Believe it or not, ''he'' was the character originally [[Sacrificial Lion|slated to die]] in ''[[New Jedi Order|Vector Prime]]'' to show that the [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens|Yuuzhan Vong]] meant business, but Lucasfilm put a moratorium on visibly killing him, Han, or Leia.
A smuggler originally hired by Obi-Wan to provide him transport to [[Doomed Hometown|Alderaan]], Han (and his [[Cool Ship]], the ''Millenium Falcon'') became central to the fate of the galaxy. An [[Ace Pilot]] with a [[Deadpan Snarker|sarcastic streak]] and [[I Work Alone|no particular loyalties]] ([[Character Development|initially]]), Han was played by [[Harrison Ford]], who [[Throw It In|improvised many of the character's best lines]].
* [[Ace Pilot]]: He made the Kessel Run in 12 parcsecs and later passed through an asteriod despite the odds being 3,720 to 1.
* [[Ace Pilot]]
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type IV ([[A New Hope]])-> Type II.
* [[The Asteroid Thicket]]: SeeHe [[Acesuccessfully Pilot]]passes through the Hoth Asteriod Field despite the odds being against him.
* [[Badass]]:
** [[Badass Normal]]: Is not Force-sensitive, but a great pilot and fighter.
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: With Leia.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: A classic one towards the end of ''[[A New Hope]]''.
* [[Blood Brothers]]: With Chewbacca. Han went to a very dark place after he died.
* [[The Captain]]: In the loosest sense of the word.
* [[Changed My Mind, Kid]]: His last minute decision to save Luke in [[A New Hope]]
* [[Character Development]]: Goes from being [[Not in This For Your Revolution]] to volunteering to destroy the Shield Generator on Endor.
* [[Character Development]]
* [[Cool Starship]]: The ''Millenium Falcon''.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: "Jabba you are a wonderful human being."
* [[The Dog Shot First]]: The special editions.
* [[The Ferry Man]]: He was first hired to transport Luke, Ben, and the droids to Alderaan.
* [[The Gunslinger]]
* [[Guile Hero]]
=== Anakin Skywalker ===
{{quote|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)}}
For Anakin's information, go to his character page by clicking the link [[Star_Wars/Characters/Anakin_Skywalker|here.]]
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{{quote|''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 [[Generation Xerox|who did the same thing]]. Anakin was born on a [[Single Biome Planet|desert planet]] (the same one, actually) and grew up with Jedi training; unlike Luke, he was [[Hot-Blooded|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. {{spoiler|[[That Man Is Dead|You might know him better as Darth Vader.]]}}
* [[Ace Pilot]]
** [[Informed Ability]]: This is never proven, except for young Anakin shouting, "Let's try spinning! That's a good trick!"
* [[Accidental Hero]]: In ''[[The Phantom Menace]]''.
* [[Always Save the Girl]]: His quest to save Padmé from death {{spoiler|[[Gone Horribly Wrong|which ironically kills her]]}}.
* [[And Then John Was a Zombie|And Then Anakin Was A Sith Lord]]
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type II or III, veering towards V on the occasions that he flirts with [[The Dark Side]].
* [[Anti-Villain]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Villains|Type II]]
* [[Artificial Limbs|Artificial Limb]]: Has a cybernetic arm, thanks to Dooku, {{spoiler|and later gains three more cybernetic limbs and a black suit of armour after losing to Obi-Wan on Mustafar.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence]]: He dies as a Jedi, having redeemed himself by saving his son and fulfilling the prophecy of the Chosen One.}}
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]
* [[Badass]]:
** [[Badass Abnormal]]: He was abnormally Force-sensitive, even by Jedi standards.
** [[Badass Adorable]]: In Episode I.
** [[Badass Driver]]: He IS called the best starpilot in the galaxy.
** [[Badass Long Hair]]: In Episode III.
** [[Handicapped Badass]]: In Episode III, after losing an arm in Episode II.
** [[Heartbroken Badass]]
** [[One-Man Army]]: In Episode III.
** [[Took a Level in Badass]]: Between ''[[Attack of the Clones]]'' and ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]'', obviously.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Torturing someone he loves. {{spoiler|Palpatine}} found that out the hard way in [[Return of the Jedi]].
** And an entire tribe of Tusken Raiders (men, women and children) found it out ''way'' earlier.
* [[Black Cloak]]: He begins [[Foreshadowing|dressing in black robes]] in ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]''.
* [[Born Into Slavery]]
* [[Byronic Hero]]
* [[Captain Crash]]: He could out-fly grown pilots when he was a kid; it's just a shame he never quite got the hang of landings.
* [[The Chosen One]]: [[Double Subversion|Doubly subverted]]. He joins [[The Dark Side]], then [[Heel Face Turn|destroys the Emperor]] at the end of the saga.
* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: Oh, so much. Ironically, his loyalty to the people he cares about ends up being [[Subverted Trope|the reason he is constantly stabbing people in the back.]]
* [[Cool Starship]]: ''Eta-2 Actis-class'' light interceptor in ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]''.
* [[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.
* [[Dark Messiah]] / [[Destructive Savior]]: To the core.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: {{spoiler|Padmé's death.}} [[The Empire]] is all he has left.
* {{spoiler|[[Died Happily Ever After]]}}
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: ''Non-existent'' dad; [[Word of God]] confirms that he was conceived by the Force itself.
* [[Dual-Wielding]]: At the end of Episode II.
* [[Dull Surprise]]: Both actors were criticized for it (specially since Vader [[Large Ham|stands on the other side]]).
** [[Evil Is Hammy]]: Once he turns to the dark side...
* [[Emergency Transformation]]: When he becomes Darth Vader.
* [[Fallen Hero]]
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: After his mother is killed by them, he ''really'' hates Sand People. Enough to [[Final Solution|kill every last one of them]].
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: His upbringing as a slave and inability to let go of any loved ones, particularly his mother.
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: He has a scar next to his right eye by the time of ''Episode III'', before ending up [[Covered with Scars|covered in burn scars]] after his battle with Obi-Wan.
* [[Go Out with a Smile]]: Anakin's farewell to Luke.
* [[Hell-Bent for Leather]]
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Obi-Wan. Before that [[It Got Worse|all goes to hell.]]
* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]
* [[Humanoid Abomination]]/[[Golem]]: The films offer us two choices for Anakin's origin: Either he's an avatar of the Force, conceived by parthenogenesis...or he was [[Artificial Human|created by the Sith Lord Darth Plagueis in that exact same way]].
** ''[[Darth Plagueis]]'' implies that {{spoiler|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 by His Own Petard|hoist the Sith by their own petard]]}}.
* [[I Did What I Had to Do]]: When trying to justify his actions to Padmé in ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]''.
* [[I Will Protect Her|I Will Protect Padmé]]
* {{spoiler|[[I Die Free]]}}
* [[Improbable Piloting Skills]]: In ''[[The Phantom Menace]]''.
* [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope]]
* {{spoiler|[[Kill the Ones You Love]]}}
* [[Knight in Shining Armor]]: He wants to be the most powerful Jedi Knight, but his love for Padme is his first priority.
* [[Lady and Knight]]: The Knight to Padmé's Lady.
* [[Large Ham]]: Not in his normal personality, but after his [[Heel Face Turn]]...[[Memetic Mutation|YOU UNDERESTIMATE MAH POWAAAAAAAAAAAH!]]
* [[The Lancer]]: To Obi-Wan in the Clone Wars.
* [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: In ''[[Attack of the Clones]]''.
* [[Love Makes You Evil]]
* [[MacGyvering]]: He built his own podracer from Watto's junkyard. And won the Boonta Eve Classic with it.
* [[Master Swordsman]]
* [[Messianic Archetype]]
* [[Moment of Weakness]]: See [[Start of Darkness]].
* [[Papa Wolf]]: To his unborn kids. And to his son when Palpatine tries to kill him.
* [[The Paragon Always Rebels]]
* [[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.
* [[Politically Incorrect Hero]]
* [[Power Levels]]: The "[[Doing In the Wizard|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]].
* [[Protagonist Journey to Villain]]
* [[Rasputinian Death]]: He gets {{spoiler|his legs and arm chopped off, is set on fire and immolated, and then left to die.}} Subverted in that he {{spoiler|survives. }}
* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]]}}
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: After turning to the Dark Side, his eyes become jaundiced.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The red to Obi-Wan's blue.
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]
* [[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.
* [[Single Tear]]: After [[Kick the Dog|murdering hundreds of Jedi]] [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope|and the helpless Trade Federation leaders]], Anakin looks out into the [[Death World|hellscape]] that is Mustafar and [[Manly Tears|silently sheds a tear of remorse.]]
* [[The Starscream]]: To the Jedi, and tries to be this to Palpatine twice.
* [[Start of Darkness]]: [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|Slaughtering]] the [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|Tusken Raiders]] after [[Dead Little Sister|his mother's death.]] The shocker is that this happened in Episode ''Two'', where Anakin is still supposedly [[The Hero|a clear-cut good guy]]. While he was still labeled as a Jedi after that event, mentally he had already stepped into the dark side of the force.
* [[To Be Lawful or Good]]
* [[Tragic Hero]]
* [[Universal Driver's License|Universal Pilot's Licence]]: He could pilot anything from a podracer in his youth (in ''[[The Phantom Menace]]'') to the Confederacy's enormous flagship (in ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]''). With ease.
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: Towards the end of ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]''
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: A blue lightsaber in ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]''.
* [[:Category:Yandere|Yandere]]: In ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]''
=== Obi-Wan Kenobi ===
* [[The Atoner]]: For training the man who destroyed the Jedi Order.
* [[Badass]]: The only Jedi to have fought ''three'' powerful Sith warriors and lived to tell the tale, of which he defeated two.
** [[Ambadassador]]:His [[Red Baron|nickname during the Clone Wars was The Negoiator.]]
** [[Badass Beard]]: He had one since his time as a Jeid Knight.
** [[Badass Grandpa]]: Still retains some fighting skill despite his age in [[A New Hope]].
** [[One-Man Army]]: In his [[Glory Days]]. Took on General Grievous and his droid army alone and won.
* [[Old Master]]: In [[A New Hope|Episode IV]].
* [[The Paladin]]
* [[Politically Incorrect Hero]]: Doesn't have much respect for Gungans or Droids.
* [[Psychic Powers]]
* [[The Stoic]]: Has one of the suckiest lives (and [[My Death Is Just the Beginning|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.
* [[Adventure Rebuff]]
* [[Badass]]
** [[Badass Grandpa]]: He is over 800 years olds.
*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRd9PGmAQUE Proof of the above, there is.]
** [[One-Man Army]]:He has taken on an entire during the Clone Wars.
** [[Retired Badass]]: By the time of the original trilogy.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: As shown in The Prequels when he is forced to fight, his opponent is in trouble.
* [[Big Good]]: The Grand Master of the Jedi Order.
* [[Cool Old Guy]]
Han Solo's co-pilot aboard [[What a Piece of Junk!|The Alleged Freighter]] ''[[Cool Starship|Millenium 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. [[All There in the Manual|According to official sources]], Han rescued him from slavery at some point, leading to Chewbacca swearing him a "[[Blood Brothers|life]] [[I Owe You My Life|debt]]."
* [[Adorkable]]: Particularly with his laugh.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type II
* [[Badass]]
** [[Badass Adorable]]: Resembles a teddy bear... an eight foot tall teddy bear who can rip your arms off as easily as breathing.
** [[Badass Bandolier]]
** [[Badass Family]]: His father helped establish a colony on Alaris Prime, fought in both the Clone Wars and Galactic Civil War, and his son later proved his mettle during the Black Fleet Crisis.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Hurting Han, as Lando Calrissian's windpipe found out the '''hard''' way.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Hurting Han, as Lando Calrissian's windpipe found out the '''hard''' way. This expands to Han's family in the Expanded Universe.
** Also, don't win any game against him. Really, don't.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Wookiees are normally [[Gentle Giant|Gentle Giants]] but they still can and will rip your arms out of your sockets if you get on his bad side.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]
* [[The Big Guy]]: 7' 2<nowiki>''</nowiki> and Peter Mayhew was cast primarily for his reason.
* [[The Big Guy]]
* [[Bilingual Dialogue]]: He speaks Wookiee and Han speaks Basic, and they understand each other fine.
* [[Blood Brothers]]: With Han.
* [[Gentle Giant]]
* [[The Glomp]]: What it's like to be hugged by Chewie.
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: His race is intelligent overall but Chewbacca in partiuclar is a first class starship navigator, [[Smart People Play Chess|Dejarik champion]], and one of two people who can keep the Millennium Falcon in one piece.
* [[Killed Off for Real]]: In the [[Expanded Universe]], reportedly because he was the most important character Lucasfilm would allow them to kill.
*[[Killed Off for Real]]: In the [[Expanded Universe]], reportedly because he was the most important character Lucasfilm would allow them to kill.
** [[Dying Moment of Awesome]]: It took an entire moon to kill him.
* [[Mr. Fixit]]
* [[Morality Pet]]
* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|Really Two Hundred Years Old]]: According to the Expanded Universe.
* [[Smart People Play Chess]]: Even if he is not at R2's level. The scene sets up his [[Genius Bruiser]] status.
** [[Sore Loser]]
* [[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.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: Bowcaster (Wookiee crossbow).
* [[Butt Monkey]]: 3PO.
* [[Camp]]: C-3PO's defining characteristic.
* [[Can't Live with Them, Can't Live Without Them]]: C-3P0 frequently finds himself in pieces without R2-D2 around to save him.
* [[If My Calculations Are Correct]]: C-3PO is prone to this, and very annoying about it.
* [[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.
=== Darth Vader ===
For Darth Vader's information, please go to his character page by clicking the link [[Star_Wars/Characters/Anakin_Skywalker|here.]]
{{quote|Played by: David Prowse (suit, Ep.IV-VI); Bob Anderson (swordplay and stunts, Ep.IV-VI), Hayden Christensen (suit, Ep.III)
Voiced by: [[James Earl Jones]] (Ep.III-VI) }}
=== Senator/Emperor Palpatine ===
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{{quote|''I find your lack of faith disturbing.''}}
Dark Lord of the Sith, apprentice to Senator Palpatine (also known as Darth Sidious). The [[Big Bad|central antagonist]] ([[The Dragon|or is he?]]) in the original trilogy. [[You Killed My Father|Killed Luke's father]], Anakin Skywalker...FromACertainPointOfView. His descent into evil shaped the fate of the Galaxy.
* [[Ace Pilot]]: Still the best in the galaxy. Despite being outnumbered due to being the only pilots [[Genre Savvy]] enough to scramble against the rebel's "futile" attack, he and his handpicked [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Black Squadron]] shoot down many rebels during [[A New Hope]]'s [[Final Battle]] and would have done the same to [[The Hero|Luke Skywalker]] if not for {{spoiler|[[The Lancer|Han Solo]]'s [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment.}}
* [[Achilles' Heel]]: {{spoiler|[[Shock and Awe|Force Lightning]]. His cyborg physiology means he can't use it without frying his own life support, and this is how [[Big Bad|Palpatine]] kills Vader during the latter's [[Heroic Sacrifice]].}}
* [[Anti-Villain]]: Unlike Palpatine, who is merely obsessed with power, Vader [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|genuinely wants to do the right thing for the galaxy]] and also hates ''himself'' for all the evil he's done.
* [[Archnemesis Dad]]
* [[Artificial Limbs]]: ''All'' of them.
* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: All Sith Lords come with this.
* [[Badass]]
** [[Badass Cape]]
** [[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 {{spoiler|still is strong enough to defeat the Emperor at the end}}.
** [[Heartbroken Badass]]
** [[One-Man Army]]: Taken [[Up to Eleven]] in EU works such as ''[[The Force Unleashed]]''.
* [[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.
* [[Bald of Evil]]
* [[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.
* [[Big No]]: After learning of Padmé's death.
* [[Black Cloak]]
* [[Black Knight]]
* [[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.
* [[Brought Down to Badass]]: The injuries Anakin sustained on [[Lethal Lava Land|Mustafar]] severely diminished his potential as a warrior and he would never be able to achieve the heights of his power if not for his horrible physical state. While his injuries by themselves did nothing to reduce his force potential directly (he sent Palpatine flying in the canon Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith comic) they still placed a hard limit on how much of his power he could use. Darkside powers are by nature destructive and will gradually place a burden on the force user. Even an initially healthy force user will develop health issues from use the darkside frequently and Vader, in his current state, is far from healthy. Pushing his powers to the limit would only end up killing him. Further, his need for a heavy life support suit and armor restricts his movements forcing him to adopt a less mobile/acrobatic style and focus on power with skill.
* [[Byronic Hero]]
* [[Classic Villain]]: Fits all of the criteria as a Wrath villain.
* [[Clothes Make the Legend]]: His [[Cool Helmet]] and [[Black Cloak]] are so iconic that just their silhouette in the first teaser posters for [[The Phantom Menace]] was enough to let everyone know just who the [[From Nobody to Nightmare|cute kid in the picture]] would become.
* [[Cool Helmet]]
* [[Cool Starship]]: The ''[[The Battlestar|Devastator]]'', the ''[[Bigger Is Better|Executor]]'', and the [[Space Fighter|TIE Advanced x1]]. And that's just from the movies. In the [[Expanded Universe]], he also has the ''[[Stealth in Space|Terror]]'' among other vessels.
* [[Covered with Scars]]: The reason for his armour.
* [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul]]:
{{quote|'''Obi-Wan''':"He is more machine than man now; twisted, and evil."}}
* [[Cyborg]]
* [[Dark Is Evil]]
* [[The Dark Side]]
* [[Darth Vader Clone]]: [[Trope Namer]], obviously.
* {{spoiler|[[Died Happily Ever After]]}}
* [[Dispense with the Pleasantries]]: [[Trope Namer|Names the trope]] in [[Return of the Jedi]].
* [[Don't Make Me Destroy You]]: [[Trope Namer|Names the trope]] during his famous [[Luke, I Am Your Father|conversation]] with Luke in ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]''.
* [[The Dragon]]: The main one for Palpatine.
** [[Dragon with an Agenda]]/[[The Starscream]]: Almost immediately after becoming Palpatine's apprentice, he's planning on overthrowing him. He's implied to be attempting this in ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'', and in ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'' {{spoiler|he [[Heroic Sacrifice|finally does]], [[Redemption Equals Death|just before it's too late]], although [[Heel Face Turn|it became more about freeing himself (and saving Luke) from the Emperor rather than ruling the galaxy]]}}.
** [[Co-Dragons]]: With Tarkin, to an extent.
* [[The Dreaded]]
* {{spoiler|[[Dying as Yourself]]: Asks Luke to remove his mask before he dies.}}
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To [[The Hero|Luke]].
* [[Evil Cripple]]
* [[Evil Old Folks]]: He's pushing 46 in [[Return of the Jedi]] but looks much older {{spoiler|when we finally see him unmasked}} due to his injuries and the [[Evil Makes You Ugly|corrupting]] effects of [[The Dark Side]].
* [[Evil Overlooker]]
* [[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.
* [[The Faceless]]: Until the end of the film.
* [[Fallen Hero]]
* [[Famous Last Words]]: {{spoiler|''Tell your sister … you were right …''}}
* [[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.
* [[Finger-Poke of Doom]]: His Force Choke.
* [[Genius Bruiser|Genius]] [[Lightning 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).
* [[Genre Savvy]]
* [[The Force Is Strong with This One]]: [[Trope Namer|Names the trope]] when he realizes that the pilot of the X-Wing he's targeting in [[A New Hope]] isn't just another [[Red Shirt]].
* [[Gloved Fist of Doom]]: Page image. His fists are clenched all the time except when he's blocking lasers with his hands. The [[Artifact of Doom|glove itself]] even gets its own story in the [[Expanded Universe]]! It's actually a [[Power Fist|Mandalorian crushgaunt]] fitted with a Sith amulet.
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]
* [[Head Bob]]: David Prowse does this very well, making Vader an emotive character despite being [[The Faceless|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.
* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]}}
* [[Implacable Man]]
* [[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]]: [[Crowning Music of Awesome|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.
* {{spoiler|[[Love Redeems]]: His son's.}}
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: [[Trope Namer]], [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|sort of]], and by far the modern-day [[Trope Codifier]].
* [[Malevolent Masked Man]]
* [[Man in the Machine]]
* [[Master Swordsman]]: Combines elements of multiple styles to become a devastatingly effective duelist despite his bulky [[Cyborg|cybernetics]] and inability to use [[Shock and Awe|Force Lightning]]. Taken [[Up to Eleven]] in the [[Expanded Universe]]. In Star Wars: Purge, he holds off ''eight'' Jedi and manages to kill five and disarm a sixth by the time his [[The Cavalry|stormtrooper reinforcements]] show up to finish the job.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Vader" is Dutch for "father". Also, in-"vader".
* [[Memetic Outfit]]
* [[Milking the Giant Cow]]: Exaggerated movement is necessary for a masked character, and Vader is a [[Tropes Are Not Bad|well-played]] example... except perhaps for his infamous [[Big No]].
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: His Star Destroyer in [[A New Hope]], the ''Devastator'', and his ''Super'' Star Destroyer in [[The Empire Strikes Back]] and [[Return of the Jedi]], the ''Executor''.
* [[Neck Lift]]: [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique|Does this]] to Raymus Antilles in [[A New Hope]]. The good captain does not survive the interrogation.
* [[Never Bareheaded]]: He's seen only twice without his helmet: {{spoiler|the first time in a special pressure chamber, the second time dying.}}
* [[Noble Demon]]: In the [[Expanded Universe]], he earns his men's ''actual'' [[A Father to His Men|respect]] (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.
* [[No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine]]: Does this to Lando in ''[[The Empire Strikes Back|Empire]]''.
* [[Not So Different]]: He and Luke.
* [[Obviously Evil]]
* [[Ominous Opera Cape]]
* [[One Handed Is Cool]]: Wields his [[Laser Blade|lightsaber]], a notoriously difficult-to-control weapon, one-handed in order to intimidate enemies. Being a [[Cyborg]] helps.
* [[Papa Wolf]]: How he redeems himself.
* [[Physical Religion]]: "[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|I find your lack of faith disturbing]]."
* [[Psychic Powers]]: His most frequent uses of the Force involve telekinesis and choking.
* [[Putting on the Reich]]: His helmet was obviously inspired by the German [[wikipedia:Stahlhelm|Stahlhelm]]. [[Word of God]] also stated that his life support suit being all black was deliberate in an attempt to create an analogy to the Schutzstaffel of [[Nazi Germany]].
* [[Rage Helm]]: His iconic [[Cool Helmet|helmet]] has a [[Black Eyes of Evil|chillingly]] [[Death Glare|penetrating]] stare.
* {{spoiler|[[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 [[Luke, I Am Your Father|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)|Time magazine]] ''twice'', in 1980 and 2005.
* [[Sinister Geometry]]: His obsidian-black [[Rage Helm|helmet]] is designed to evoke a human skull, from angular cheekbones to rictus grin to [[Black Eyes of Evil]].
* [[Sixth Ranger Traitor]]: Done twice!
* [[The Slow Walk]]: Does this in his very first scene in ''[[A New Hope]]'' and in ''[[The Force Unleashed]]''.
* [[Space Fighter]]: His prototype TIE Advanced x1.
* [[The Stoic]]
* [[The Starscream]]: Because he [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|really wants peace for the galaxy]], So his original plan was to backstab [[Big Bad|Palpatine]], and rule the galaxy with his son [[The Messiah|Luke]].
* [[Supporting Protagonist]]: He has the central role in the series and is arguably its most iconic character, but never has the leading role.
* [[Taught By Experience]]: [[An Arm and a Leg|losing all of his limbs]] apparently taught him restraint and caution when dueling in the original trilogy, where he uses [[Hannibal Lecture]]s, [[Psychic Powers]], [[Combat Pragmatist|ambushes]], and [[The Slow Walk|intimidation]] rather than the [[The Berserker|berserker]] tactics that {{spoiler|lost him the [[Revenge of the Sith|duel on Mustafar]]}}.
* [[That Man Is Dead]]: Or so he thinks.
* [[Tin Tyrant]]
* [[Tragic Villain]]: Knows what he does is evil, and hates himself for it; [[My Master, Right or Wrong|he must obey his master.]]
* [[Tranquil Fury]]: Vader is for the most part stoic and silent in his manner and due to the fact that his mask hides his face and expressions, it appears to all that he is a cold emotionless monster. In truth, Vader is always angry due to the perpetual pain of his injuries and cybernetics and the loss of everything he ever cared about. This is partly why he has such a [[You Have Failed Me|low tolerance of failure.]]
* [[Used to Be a Sweet Kid]]
* [[Vader Breath]]: [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Villain Ball]]:
** Provoking Luke into an [[Unstoppable Rage]] when dueling him in ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''.
** In ''[[The Force Unleashed]]'', attempting to kill {{spoiler|Galen Marek}} who had [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|outlived his usefulness]]. Fortunately, Marek returned and [[Curb Stomp Battle|royally curb-stomped him and The Emperor]], giving inspiration to the rebels through his [[Heroic Sacrifice]], which ended with Vader's and the Emperor's death (as well as {{spoiler|the former's redemption}}).
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: According to [[Word of God|George Lucas]], the film franchise is fundamentally about Anakin and his progression from innocence to a force of good, his [[Face Heel Turn|fall to evil]], and subsequent [[Redemption Equals Death|redemption]].
* [[Villain Takes an Interest]]: In [[Luke, I Am Your Father|Luke]].
* [[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''.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: [[Cool Sword|A]] [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|red]] [[Laser Blade|lightsaber]]
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Anakin's reasons for turning to the Dark Side involved trying to prevent Padmé's death (although [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy|that ended up backfiring on him badly]]), and he legitimately wants to do what's right for the Galaxy.
** 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.
* [[Wham! Line]]: [[It Was His Sled|You know]] [[Luke, I Am Your Father|the one]].
* [[Wolverine Publicity]]: Most noticeably in the case of ''Revenge of the Sith'', appearing prominently in most of the posters and promotional art, despite not appearing in the iconic black armor until the last five minutes of the movie.
* [[You Are in Command Now]]: [[Trope Namer|Names the trope]] when he promotes Piett just after [[You Have Failed Me...|force choking]] [[General Failure|Admiral Ozzel]]. Ozzel's body hasn't even hit the floor yet.
* [[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.
* [[You Have Failed Me...]]: [[Trope Namer]].
=== Emperor Palpatine ===
{{quote|Played by: Ian McDiarmid (Ep.I-III; VI, and the rerelease of V)
* [[0% Approval Rating]]: Implied by a couple of scenes added to the [[Updated Rerelease]]s of ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''.
*[[Adaptational Villainy]]: [[Inverted Trope]] for the new Disney canon. Palpatine was much more evil and monsterous in the Legends canon. He had virtualy no redeeming qualities or even principles of any kind. He only saw being a Sith as a means to an end and he could never resist the chance to be a [[Card-Carrying Villain]]. He constanly toremented Vader and purposefully kept him from becoming a threat with a hobbling life support suit and overall could not stop himself from being a big evil bastard. In the new Disney canon, he is a true Sith, a [[Man of Wealth and Taste]], had at the least [[Blue and Orange Morality]] as opposed to no morality, earnestly took to teaching and training Vader, and would only be abusive to Vader if he got out of line or started to weaken and turn away from the darkside. While Palpatine was still a sadist, he would only indulge in his evil whims after succeeding in his more practical goals.
* [[A God Am I]]: Inverted, he believes himself [[God of Evil|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 {{spoiler|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 [[Physical God|Phyiscal]] [[God-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.<ref>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).</ref>
* [[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?
* [[Black Cloak]]
*[[Blue and Orange Morality]]: Palpatine may be a morally bankrupt [[Complete Monster]], that doesn't mean he has no standards or personal principles. Palpatine's greatest trait is his pride due to being so gifted and powerful while being a natural prodigy that can excel in almost anything he does. His standards and principles reflect that.
**In the Legends continuity, he was pure ambition and wasn't afraid to take risks if it meant gaining more power. While he only regarded the Dark Side and Sith as a means to an end to gain power, he also didn't shy away from great risk. In this instance he was not a coward and not above risking himself if needed.
**In the current Canon, Palpatine is a true Sith and believer of Sith philosophy. While he wanted to gain immortality and ultimate power, he also believed in training Vader as a true Sith and even set things up so that if he was destroyed by Vader's hand, Vader would inherit the Empire as per rule of two. He was also more pragmatic in this iteration while being [[Crazy Prepared]], and while still very egotistical and self-assured would give the proper level of weight to any given threat. He also prided himself on being a [[Man of Wealth and Taste]] so he was capable of genuinely praising people for their work like artists and musicians along with rewarding loyal subordinates who have earned his notice while running things day to day.
* [[Boomerang Bigot]]: A Force user who builds a society that persecutes and denies the existence of Force users.
** Inverted. He only did that to [[Irony|prevent]] the [[Return of the Jedi]].
* [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]]: If he could, he wouldn't have been so enthusiastic in torturing a boy with lightning ''[[Papa Wolf|right next to his father.]]''
* [[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,While Palpatine wouldhas haveno hatedmoral himselfscruples ifand heis usedbasically illusionsthe to[[The breakUnfettered]] hishe opponent'sdoes will,have goingpersonal bystandards whatand Marathings Jadehe commentedfinds upondistasteful.
** Palpatine may be something of [[The Hedonist]] and definitely [[The Sociopath]] he generally shuns and outright loathes people who engage in [[Stupid Evil]]. Say what you will about him but the man is an evil genius and believes in [[Pragmatic Villainy|doing evil right.]]
** Given this is ''[[The Sociopath|Palpatine]]'' we're discussing, he probably meant before using physical torture first.
** Apparently, Palpatine would have hated himself if he used illusions to break his opponent's will, going by what Mara Jade commented upon. Although this isn't really an instance of [[Pet the Dog|Pet The Dog]] as it's probably more due to his ego. Using illusions and the construction of a fantasy would feel like cheating to someone who prides himself on being a [[Manipulative Bastard|Master Manipulator]].
** He was at least smart enough to be aware of how dangerous things could be if messed with so he would often try to be [[Crazy Prepared]] if he going to toy with things that are dangerous as hell. While he commissioned the bio-warfare section of the imperial military to study and weaponize [[The Virus|Blackwing]] which was a creation of sith alchemy that had to potential to create a [[Zombie Apocalypse]], he did have it located on Dandoran, a small world in Hutt Space the was just on the border between the mid and outer rim systems. The world itself was a smuggler's haven with no native peoples and very sparsely populated making a galaxy wide outbreak unlikely should it be released. The only thing he or anyone didn't count on was the fact that Blackwing becomes a [[Hive Mind]] controlling all of the zombies it infects and that [[It Can Think]].
* [[Evil Gloating]]
* [[Evil Is Hammy]]: In Episode III in particular.
* [[Evil Redhead]]: He had red hair during his youth. In addition, his fresh clone bodies also possessed red hair.
* [[Evil Sorcerer]]
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Used in the [[Expanded Universe]] to explain why, in a galaxy filled with aliens, the Empire only ever hires humans. Somewhat vague on whether he himself believed this, or merely fostered it because [[Despotism Justifies the Means|it made the galaxy easier to control.]] but the latter is heavily implied as he never exhibited animosity for anyone based soley on race/species though this isn't an instance of [[Pet the Dog]] and most likely because he [[Hates Everyone Equally]].
** Definitely not the case in current Canon as he had no trouble interacting with and even looked favorably upon Grand Admiral Thrawne despite Thrawne being of the blue skinned Ch'iss race. There were also many more instances of aliens holding high positions in the military and bureaucracy. Most sentiments against aliens where prevalent from before the time of the empire and while Palpatine didn't try to stop racism against aliens, he didn't encourage it either.
** He's from Naboo, which already had [[Fantastic Racism]]. It's likely he's not a fan of aliens.
** He did look down on non-force sensitives compared to force-sensitives while believing that those who could not use the force were inferior beings. This has more to do with his [[Might Makes Right]] mentality than underlying feelings of bigotry.
** This is [[Truth in Television]] as in real life sociopaths and psychopaths are incapable of selective discrimination and instead see everyone else as either a tool or an obstacle.
* [[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 "'''Cos'''inga '''Palpatine''' II.")
* [[Faux Affably Evil]]/[[Affably Evil|Affably Evil:]] Palpatine is primarely the first but this only when he's being condecending to his enemies/opponents or when he's being a [[Manipulative Bastard]] and trying to sway people to his side or use them. It's a [[Downplayed Trope]] in regards to the second but he is generally polite and civil in neutral everyday situations where he's not actively being a [[Card-Carrying Villain]]. He tends to respect or at least acknowledge skill and ability in others. He can compliment chefs on their cooking or a musician on their music. He can commend and even reward people for their hard work and going above and beyond. This is [[Truth in Television]] as even sociopaths and narcissists are able to be genuinely polite to the waiter and while being devoid of traditional morality can follow some type of [[Blue and Orange Morality]]. In Palpatine's case, while he is absolutely of the [[It's All About Me]] mindset and has a [[Lack of Empathy]] for everyone else, he believes in having class and sophistication. His personal rules are governed by his pride and being a man of class. It's also one of the reasons why he hated lightsaber dueling in spite of the fact that he had a natural gift for it.
* [[Faux Affably Evil]]
* [[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.
* [[Bounty Hunter]]
* [[Canon Immigrant]]
* [[Cool Helmet]]: The same as his father's in fact.
* [[Cool Starship]]: The ''Slave I''.
* [[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.
* [[Mask Power]]
* [[Noble Demon]]: In the [[Expanded Universe]]
* [[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".
** It would later be explained he once threw a treacherous Imperial Officer Vader wanted alive.
{{quote|"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).
* [[The Quiet One]]
* [[Pet the Dog]]: The Twi'lek dancer he was talking to in Jabba's Palace? He saved her from a group of slavers when she was little girl and checking up on her.
* [[Pragmatic Villainy]]: He does not want his bounty, Han Solo, dead as Jabba will find no use in a dead Han Solo.
* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: In the EU, [[Depending on the Writer]].
=== Darth Maul ===
For Darth Maul's character information, please click [[Star Wars/Characters/The Sith Order|here]].
{{quote|Played by: Ray Park (Ep.I)
Voiced by: Peter Serafinowicz (Ep.I) }}
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Ray Park, wearing horns, wielding a double-bladed lightsaber. The fact that all his lines were overdubbed does not in any way diminish his [[Evil Is Cool|coolness]] rating.
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: Seriously, if you see somebody wielding such a ridiculous weapon and not covered on scars and bionic legs, either he's a [[New Meat|Sith-wannabe loonie with zero experience]] or a top-tier actual [[Badass]]. Fortunately, Maul is a [[Badass]].
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: All Sith Lords come with this.
* [[Badass]]
** [[One-Man Army]]: Wiped an entire crime syndicate clean off the galactic map days before The Phantom Menace in the Expanded Universe.
* [[Bald of Evil]]
* [[Black Cloak]]
* [[Blood Knight]]
* [[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.
* [[The Dark Side]]
* [[Disney Villain Death]]
** {{spoiler|[[Disney Death]]: ...Only to survive by grabbing a duct, crawling through it, and go into hiding.}}
* [[Double Weapon]]
* [[The Dragon]]: To Darth Sidious in Episode I.
* [[Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting]]: The first warrior in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' franchise to openly utilize martial arts as opposed to swordsmanship alone.
* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: Half-human-half-Zabrak, though usually called a full Zabrak.
* [[Half the Man He Used To Be]]: Complete with [[Disney Villain Death]].
* [[Horned Humanoid]]
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: By virtue of his facial expressions and body language alone.
* [[Implacable Man]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Look up the definition of the word 'Maul'. Yeah, it's one of those [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]].
* [[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.
* [[Obviously Evil]]: Seriously, ''look at him''.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Given a slight one in his reappearance in Season 4, when his brother learns his survival.
* [[Psychic Powers]]
* [[Psycho Supporter]]: See [[My Master, Right or Wrong]] above.
* [[The Quiet One]]
* [[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.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: Red [[Double Weapon|double]]-[[Cool Sword|bladed]] lightsaber.
* [[White Mask of Doom]]: In early concept art, at least.
* [[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 ([[Fate Worse Than Death|or worse]]) if he returned having failed his mission.
=== Jango Fett ===
* [[Bounty Hunter]]
* [[Badass]]
** [[Badass Normal]]: He fought Obi-Wan Kenobi and made it out on top.
* [[Battle in the Rain]]: With Obi-Wan.
* [[Blood Knight]]: Since he was raised by the Mandalorians, he qualifies.
* [[Off with His Head]]: Courtesy of Mace Windu.
* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: As most Mandalorians are.
* [[Truly Single Parent]]: Boba is a genetically identical clone of him.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: [[Guns Akimbo]] with two ''WESTAR-34'' blaster pistols.
=== Count Dooku/Darth Tyrannus ===
For Count Dooku's character information, please see [[Star Wars/Characters/The Sith Order|The Sith Order page]].
{{quote|Played by: [[Christopher Lee]] (Ep.II-III)}}
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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 [[Anticlimax Boss]] appearance in Episode III somewhat disappointing. Played by the legendary [[Christopher Lee]].
* [[Actor Allusion]]: What do you think [[Dracula|"Count"]] stands for?
* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: "Darth Tyranus". All Sith Lords come with this.
* [[Badass Grandpa]]
* [[Beard of Evil]]
* [[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- [[Doomed by Canon|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.
* [[The Dark Side]]
* [[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 [[The Uriah Gambit|Sidious is going to let him die]] and starts pleading for mercy.
** According to [[Word of God|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.
* [[The Dragon]]
** [[The Heavy]]
* [[Evil Brit]]: Well, he's played by a Brit.
* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]: It's [[Christopher Lee]], what did you expect?
* [[Fallen Hero]]
* [[Hero-Killer]]: As shown by the [[Curb Stomp Battle]] he dishes out in the second film.
* [[Interim Villain]]: Mostly as part of Sidious' [[Xanatos Gambit]]. Details can be found on the page itself.
* [[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 [[Badass Normal|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.
* [[The Paragon Always Rebels]]: Used to be one of the Order's finest Knights.
* [[Shock and Awe]]
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: To Palpatine.
* [[Uriah Gambit]]: Falls hard in the early part of ''Revenge of the Sith'.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: A curved-hilt red lightsaber.
* [[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. {{spoiler|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.
* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: In ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]''.
=== Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin ===
* [[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.
** He also promoted General Romondi to be his advisor despite the fact he was senile because they served together in the Empire's early days fighting Separatist holdouts.
* [[Sadistic Choice]]: Between betraying the Rebellion or Leia's home planet. Leia betrays the Rebellion. [[Complete Monster|Tarkin blows up her planet anyway]].
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have a Nuke]]
* [[Adipose Rex]]
* [[Bad Boss]]: Regularly throws people who displease him into the Rancor Pit.
* [[Bad Boss]]
* [[Big Bad Wannabe]]
* [[Bilingual Dialogue]]
* [[Disc One Final Boss]]: For the first act of Episode VI.
* [[The Don]]
* [[Even Evil Has Loved Ones]]: Two actually. First he really cares deeply about his son Rotta and is willing to anything to get him back when he gets kidnapped during the Clone Wars. Second there is is Ephant Mon Jabba's [[Only Friend]] from they used to run guns together.
* [[Evil Laugh]]
* [[Evil Is Hammy]]
* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]
* [[Fat Bastard]]: Jabba's name has since become shorthand for this in the real world.
* [[Fat Bastard]]
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: He's smart enough to shrug off a Jedi mind trick.
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]
* [[Master Swordsman]]
* [[My Brain Is Big]]: So big he has an extra heart for pumping blood to it.
* [[Old Master]]
* [[Psychic Powers]]
* [[La Résistance]]
* [[Law of Inverse Fertility]]: He and his wife had many difficulties in producing an heir.
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: He is one of the co-founders of the Rebel Alliance.
=== Mon Mothma ===
* [[Big Good]]: For the one scene she gets.
* [[Lethally Expensive]]: "Many Bothans died to bring us this information."
* [[Minor Major Character]]: One of co-founders and later leader of the Rebel Alliance but only has minute of screentime in the films.
* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: Has less than thirty seconds of screentime in ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''.
* [[La Résistance]]
A former Imperial officer who defected to the Rebels, supplying valuable knowledge and information crucial to their success in the battle of Endor.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: He was an [[Elites Are More Glamorous|Imperial Army Special Missions Officer]] who defected after releasing a plague on Dentaal.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]
* [[Four-Star Badass]]
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