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* [[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.

* [[Dork Knight]]

* [[Farm Boy]]

* [[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.

* [[Jumped At the Call]]

* [[Kung Fu Jesus]]: Since he's a [[Messianic Archetype]] who's also a Jedi.

* [[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.

=== Han Solo ===

* [[Ace Pilot]]

* [[The Asteroid Thicket]]: See [[Ace Pilot]].

* [[Badass]]:

* [[Blood Brothers]]: With Chewbacca.

* [[The Captain]]: In the loosest sense of the word.

* [[Character Development]]

* [[Cool Starship]]: The ''Millenium Falcon''.

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Chewie.

* [[Intrepid Merchant]]

* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: After he joins [[La Résistance|the Rebel Alliance]].

* [[The Lancer]]

* [[Loveable Rogue]]: [[Trope Codifier]].

* [[Never Tell Me the Odds]]: [[Trope Namer]].

* [[Not in This For Your Revolution]]: At first.

* [[Polyglot]]: Though not as reliable as C-3PO, being able to interpret Chewbacca's bellowing and Jabba's belches definitely counts for something.

* [[The Smart Guy|The Idea Guy]]

* [[Weapon of Choice]]: ''DL-44'' heavy blaster pistol.

** [[Badass Normal]]: In the original trilogy. She became {{spoiler|aware of her Force-sensitive condition and Luke made her [[Took a Level In Badass|a Jedi Knight]] in the Expanded Universe.}}

** [[Badass Princess]]: The first thing she does in ''[[A New Hope]]''? Shooting a [[Mooks|stormtrooper]] in cold blood.

* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: With Han.

* [[Braids of Action]]: In ''Return of the Jedi''.

* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]

* [[Distressed Damsel]]: Subverted where she ends up leading her own rescue mission.

* [[Happily Adopted]]: At the end of ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]''.

* [[Happily Married]]: To Han, in the EU.

* [[Odango]]: Her famous "cinnamon bun" hairstyle in "[[A New Hope]]".

* [[Only Sane Man]]: In ''[[A New Hope]]''.

* [[Pursued Protagonist]]

* [[La Résistance]]

* [[There Is Another]]: {{spoiler|[[Trope Namer|She is actually Luke's sister and a Force-sensitive.]]}}

* [[Tsundere]]

* [[Woman in White]]

{{quote| ''Something's happening. I'm not the Jedi I should be. I want more, but I know I shouldn't...''}}

* [[Ace Pilot]]

* [[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]]

* [[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.}}

* [[Awesome McCoolname]]

* [[Badass]]:

** [[Handicapped Badass]]: In Episode III, after losing an arm in Episode II.

** [[Heartbroken Badass]]

** [[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]].

* {{spoiler|[[Died Happily Ever After]]}}

* [[Disappeared Dad]]: ''Non-existent'' dad; [[Word of God]] confirms that he was conceived by the Force itself.

* [[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...

* [[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.

* [[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]].

* [[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]]

* [[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]]

* [[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]]}}

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[To Be Lawful or Good]]

* [[Tragic Hero]]

* [[Villain Protagonist]]: Towards the end of ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]''

* [[Weapon of Choice]]: A blue lightsaber in ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]''.

Introduced in [[A New Hope|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 [[Face Heel Turn|fall]] to [[The Dark Side]]. While Anakin is indisputably the [[Main Character]] of the series, Obi-Wan [[Deuteragonist|runs a close second]], and is one of only four characters to appear in every [[Film]] of the series.

* [[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.

** [[Badass Beard]]

** [[Badass Grandpa]]: Still retains some fighting skill despite his age in [[A New Hope]].

** [[Retired Badass]]: By the time of [[A New Hope]].

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Described in the [[Revenge of the Sith]] novelisation as "the ulitmate Jedi" partially because he is "modest, centered and always kind". Nonetheless, if you push him far enough (like {{spoiler|taking part in the murder of almost his entire "family", ie the Jedi Order, including innocent children}}), he is prepared to hack off your limbs and leave you alone to slowly burn to death (although he seems to show some remorse while doing so).

* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: To Anakin.

* [[Cool Old Guy]]: From ''[[A New Hope]]'' to ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''.

* [[Cool Starship]]: ''Delta-7 Aethersprite-class'' light interceptor in ''[[Attack of the Clones]]'' and ''Eta-2 Actis-class'' light interceptor in ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]''.

* [[Deuteragonist]]: Especially in the prequels.

* [[Does Not Like Guns]]: Until he's [[Combat Pragmatist|forced to use one]] against Grievous.

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Refers to Jar Jar as a "lower life form".

* [[Foreshadowing]]: {{spoiler|"Why do I think you're going to be the death of me, Anakin?"}}

* [[From a Certain Point of View]]: The [[Trope Namer]].

* [[Glory Days]]: Only a pale shadow of the warrior he once was, much like Anakin is.

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Anakin, after the later becomes a Jedi Knight. The novelization of [[Revenge of the Sith|Episode III]] in particular really brings out the closeness of their friendship.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: A subtler version when he throws the fight against Vader to allow his friends to escape.

* [[Jedi Mind Trick]]: The [[Trope Maker]].

* [[My Greatest Failure]]: Anakin's fall.

* [[My Death Is Just the Beginning]]

* [[Old Master]]: In [[A New Hope|Episode IV]].

* [[The Paladin]]

* [[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.

* [[Spirit Advisor]]: To Luke after his death.

* [[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''.

* [[Tragic Bromance]]: He never gets over what happened to Anakin Skywalker.

* [[Weapon of Choice]]: Blue lightsaber.

{{quote| ''Try not. Do or do not. There is no try.''}}

* [[Adventure Rebuff]]

** [[Badass Grandpa]]

*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRd9PGmAQUE Proof of the above, there is.]

** [[Retired Badass]]: By the time of the original trilogy.

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Pretends to be a wacky old hermit in ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' as a test of Luke's patience and tolerance of strangers. Fail miserably, Luke does.

* [[Old Master]]: To just about every single Jedi, but especially Luke.

* [[The Paladin]]: Wise and powerful.

* [[Pointy Ears]]

* [[Psychic Powers]]

* [[Serkis Folk]]: In ''[[Attack of the Clones]]'' and ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]''.

** In the 2011 Blue-ray release of ''[[The Phantom Menace]]''.

* [[Supporting Leader]]: During the assault on Geonosis in ''[[Attack of the Clones]]'' and the battle on Kashyyyk in ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]''.

* [[Technical Pacifist]]

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* [[Adorkable]]

* [[Badass]]

** [[Badass Adorable]]: Resembles a teddy bear... an eight foot tall teddy bear who can rip your arms off as easily as breathing.

* [[Badass Adorable]]: R2, especially in the prequel trilogy.

* [[Badass Automaton]]: R2.

* [[Bilingual Dialogue]]

* [[Butt Monkey]]: 3PO.

* [[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''.

* [[Plot Coupon]]: R2's message from Leia, and the Death Star plans he carried.

* [[Robot Buddy]]

* [[Silent Snarker]]: R2, judging by C-3PO's reactions to what he's saying, is quite the [[Deadpan Snarker]].

* [[The Smart Guy]]: R2, though 3PO has his moments.

* [[Starfish Language]]/[[The Unintelligible]]: R2-D2

* [[Those Two Guys|Those Two Robots]]

* [[Translator Buddy]]: 3P0 for R2.

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]

=== Lando Calrissian ===

{{quote| ''Yeah, I'm responsible these days. It's the price you pay for being successful.''}}

* [[The Ace]]: Subverted

* [[Reformed Criminal]]

* [[Reverse Mole]]: In ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''.

* [[Salt and Pepper]]: With Han.

* [[Sixth Ranger]]

[[Sarcasm Mode|Oh we understand him, don't we Chewie? "He had no choice!!"]] }}

* [[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.

* [[You Said You Would Let Them Go]]

* [[A Child Shall Lead Them]]

* [[Costume Porn]]

* [[Fairytale Wedding Dress]]

* [[Hide Your Pregnancy]]

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Padme means "lotus" in Sanskrit.

* [[The Messiah]]: Nothing Anakin does can stop her from loving him, not even {{spoiler|when he kills her.}}

* [[Pretty in Mink]]: Her ice planet outfit.

* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]

=== Mace Windu ===

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* [[Badass]]

** [[Bald of Awesome]]

* [[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.

* [[Bald Black Leader Guy]]

* [[Cynical Mentor]]

* [[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.

The master of Obi-Wan and the former apprentice of Dooku. Noted for his [[Friend to All Living Things|compassion for all living things]] and [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|his unorthodox ways]], it is his desire to train a young Anakin that leads to the events of the rest of the series.

* [[Badass]]:

** [[Ambadassador]]

* [[Decoy Protagonist]]

* [[Honor Before Reason]]

* [[The Last DJ]]: If not for his unorthodox ways and his tendency to do things his own way, he would've been a member of the Jedi Council.

* [[Looks Like Jesus]]: Even wears robes as part of his Jedi outfit.

* [[Mentor Occupational Hazard]]

* [[The Messiah]]

* [[Parental Substitute]]: To Obi-Wan, and Anakin.

* [[Psychic Powers]]

* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: Subverted. His hair is only ''kinda'' long, but it looks like this compared to all the other male characters.

* [[Sacrificial Lion]]: His death shocks the Jedi into realizing the Sith have returned.

{{quote| "You ''will'' be a Jedi. I promise."}}

* [[Supporting Leader]]

** [[Shoo Out the New Guy]]

* [[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.

* [[Kid Appeal Character]]: Jar Jar is Exhibit A for this type of character done badly.

* [[The Klutz]]

** [[Lethal Klutz]]

* [[The Millstone]]

* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: Subverted.

* [[Serkis Folk]]

* [[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 [[Manipulative Bastard|Palpatine]] here.

* [[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]].}}

* [[Archnemesis Dad]]

* [[Artificial Limbs]]: ''All'' of them.

** [[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]]

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul]]:

{{quote| '''Obi-Wan''':"He is more machine than man now; twisted, and evil."}}

* [[Darth Vader Clone]]: [[Trope Namer]], obviously.

* {{spoiler|[[Died Happily Ever After]]}}

* [[The Dragon]]: The main one for Palpatine.

* [[The Dreaded]]

* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To [[The Hero|Luke]].

* [[Evil Cripple]]

* [[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.

* [[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]]

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[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.}}

* [[Malevolent Masked Man]]

* [[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".

* [[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.

* [[Not So Different]]: He and Luke.

* [[Obviously Evil]]

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[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]].

* [[Space Fighter]]: His prototype TIE Advanced x1.

* [[The Stoic]]

* [[Supporting Protagonist]]: He has the central role in the series and is arguably its most iconic character, but never has the leading role.

* [[That Man Is Dead]]: Or so he thinks.

* [[Tin Tyrant]]

* [[Vader Breath]]: [[Trope Namer]].

* [[Villain Ball]]:

** 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]].

* [[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]]

** 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.

* [[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.

Also known as Darth Sidious, Dark Lord of the Sith. [[Big Bad|The man pulling the strings]] [[Magnificent Bastard|from 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 [[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.

* [[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 [[Drives Like Crazy|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.

** [[Badass Bookworm]]

** [[Badass Grandpa]]: By this point in time, he's in his 60s.

* [[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 Bad|Big Bads]] (or second to [[James Bond|Ernst Stavro Blofeld]]). He currently provides the page image.

** Inverted. He only did that to [[Irony|prevent]] the [[Return of the Jedi]].

* [[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.

* [[The Chessmaster]]: The way he became Emperor.

* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: Has betrayed everyone who placed trust in him.

* {{spoiler|[[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.

* [[Electric Torture]]: He ''loves'' him some Force Lightning!

* [[The Emperor]]

* [[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.

* [[Evil Brit]]: Played by Scottish actor Ian McDiarmid.

* [[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.]]''

* [[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.]]

** He's from Naboo, which already had [[Fantastic Racism]]. It's likely he's not a fan of aliens.

* [[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.

* [[In the Hood]]

* [[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]]:

* [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much|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.

* [[Mysterious Backer]]: Portrays himself as one in the prequel trilogy.

* [[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.

* [[Number of the Beast]]: The famous Order 66 was undoubtedly inspired by this. It also sounds similar to Order ''90''66, the order to arrest all Japanese-Americans during [[World War II]].

* [[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.

* [[Shock and Awe]]

* [[Smug Snake]]: In ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''. Luke even lampshades this by telling him, "your overconfidence is your weakness".

* [[The Sociopath]]

* [[The Starscream]]: Implied with respect 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.

* [[Tyrant Takes the Helm]]: In ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]'' he openly seizes the power that he'd been consolidating up until then.

* [[Uriah Gambit]]: Does it to Maul ''and'' Dooku! It's also pretty clear that he had every intention of doing this to Vader.

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: When he finally realizes Luke has [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]] and is not going to turn to the Dark Side, he flies off the handle a bit.

* [[Weapon of Choice]]: Red lightsaber in ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]''. Relies on [[Shock and Awe|Force lightning]] afterwards.

* [[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.

* [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]]: After being defeated by Windu.

* [[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 <s>grue</s> Sarlacc, his <s>awesome armor and inscrutable demeanor</s> [[Popularity 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]].

* [[Badass]]: How many other bad guys would have stood up to Darth Vader?

** [[Badass Normal]]

* [[The Quiet One]]

* [[Pragmatic Villainy]]: He does not want his bounty, Han Solo, dead as Jabba will find no use in a dead Han Solo.

* [[Punch Clock Villain]]

* [[The Stoic]]

* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: All Sith Lords come with this.

* [[Badass]]

* [[Bald of Evil]]

* [[Black Cloak]]

* [[Double Weapon]]

* [[The Dragon]]: To Darth Sidious in Episode I.

* [[Half the Man He Used To Be]]: Complete with [[Disney Villain Death]].

* [[Horned Humanoid]]

* [[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]].

* [[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]]

* [[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.

* [[Badass]]

** [[Badass Normal]]

* [[Blood Knight]]: Since he was raised by the Mandalorians, he qualifies.

* [[Cool Helmet]]

* [[The Dragon]]: To Dooku.

* [[Jet Pack]]

* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: As most Mandalorians are.

* [[Weapon of Choice]]: [[Guns Akimbo]] with two ''WESTAR-34'' blaster pistols.

* [[Alliterative Name]]

** [[Badass Normal]]: A rare example of a non-Force sensitive who uses lightsabers.

* [[Battle Trophy]]: How he got his lightsabers.

* [[Black Knight]]: Except he is white

* [[Fake Ultimate Hero|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.

* [[Fallen Hero]]

* [[Hollywood Cyborg]]

* [[Large Ham]]

* [[Looks Like Orlok]]: Quite impressive for a cyborg.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Grievous" means "causing grief or great sorrow," somewhat fitting for the slaughterer of millions.

** Interesting it has a double meaning, he renamed himself after [[Battle Couple|his wife was killed in battle]].

* [[Ominous Opera Cape]]

* [[Rule of Cool]]

* [[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.

* [[The Worf Effect]]

=== Count Dooku/Darth Tyrannus ===

* [[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.

* [[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]]

** 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]]

* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]: It's [[Christopher Lee]], what did you expect?

* [[Fallen Hero]]

* [[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."

* [[The Paragon Always Rebels]]: Used to be one of the Order's finest Knights.

* [[Shock and Awe]]

* [[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.

* [[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.}}

* [[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]]''.

* [[Karmic Death]]

* [[Lack of Empathy]]: He ''destroyed Alderaan.'' If that wasn't enough, the [[Expanded Universe]] [[Serial Escalation|makes him worse]].

* [[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.

* [[Sadistic Choice]]: Between betraying the Rebellion or Leia's home planet. Leia betrays the Rebellion. [[Complete Monster|Tarkin blows up her planet anyway]].

* [[Smug Snake]]

* [[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.

=== Jabba the Hutt ===

* [[Big Bad Wannabe]]

* [[Bilingual Dialogue]]

* [[Depraved Bisexual]]: He had male pleasure slaves too, according to the Expanded Universe.

* [[Dirty Old Man]]: He's '''[[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|600 years old]]''', people.

* [[Fat Bastard]]

* [[Genius Bruiser]]: He's smart enough to shrug off a Jedi mind trick.

* [[Hermaphrodite]]: According to the EU. [[Brain Bleach|You're welcome]].

* [[Jabba Table Manners]]: [[Trope Namer]].

* [[Large Ham]]

* [[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.

* [[Pet the Dog]]: Had one moment of this. See [[Papa Wolf]] above.

* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]

* [[Slouch of Villainy]]: Justified due to being a huge slug.

** [[Reclining Reigner]]

{{quote| Played by: Silas Carson (Ep.I-III)}}

* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]: Kind of. "Viceroy" is apparently just the title given to the leader of the Trade Federation. However, [[Mega Corp|said organization apparently controls whole planets]]. So, whatever.

* [[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.

* [[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.

"[[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.

* [[The Dragon]]: To Darth Vader

* [[High Turnover Rate]]

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.

=== Ki-Adi-Mundi ===

* [[Big No]]: As he witnesses young Padawan Zett Jukassa being gunned down by the Clone Troopers.

* [[Good Parents]]

* [[La Résistance]]

* [[Lethally Expensive]]: "Many Bothans died to bring us this information."

* [[Minor Major Character]]

* [[La Résistance]]

* [[Woman in White]]

{{quote| Played by: Timothy M. Rose (Ep.VI)}}

* [[All There in the Manual]]: His given name, Gial, was first mentioned in ''The Essential Guide To Warfare''.

* [[Captain Obvious]]: "It's a trap!"

* [[Fish People]]

* [[The Strategist]]

* [[Heel Face Turn]]

=== Biggs Darklighter ===

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.

* [[Elite Mooks]]: More of an [[Informed Ability]] in the movies.

* [[Enemy Chatter]]

Also known as Sand People. Nomadic, primitive sentients indigenous to Tatooine, where they are often hostile to local settlers.

* [[The Unintelligible|The Unintelligibles]]: Their language is made of growls and grunts. It sounds like donkey brayings.

* [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]]: Which they [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade]] sometimes.

* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|Ineffectual Sympathetic Villains]]: The B1 units.

=== Boss Nass ===

Ruler of the Gungans.

* [[Adipose Rex]]

* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]

* [[Large Ham]]: Or is that redundant?

* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]

* [[Evil Debt Collector]]

* [[Little Green Men]]: The size of a human though.

=== Owen and Beru Lars ===

* [[Sinister Schnoz]]

* [[Space Jews]] / [[Greedy Jew|Greedy Space Jew]]

=== Sebulba ===

* [[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.

* [[Cool Car]]: ''Plug-F Mammoth'' podracer.

* [[Jerkass]]

* [[The Napoleon]]