4 LEIA ORGANA
Episodes III-IX
Played with heart and fire by
the late Carrie Fisher, Leia
is the Disney princess
every little girl should
aspire to be. May the
Force be with her. Always.
3 DARTH VADER
Episodes III-VI
Is there anyone in the western
world of a certain age who
couldn’t name Darth Vader
if they saw a picture of him?
We’re doubtful. Simply put,
he’s cinema’s greatest villain!
LUKE SKYWALKER
Episodes III-IX
It’s impossible to imagine the Star Wars universe
without its poster boy. From the wide-eyed cub of
A New Hope to the grizzled sensei of The Last Jedi,
we’ve lived alongside Mark Hamill’s former farmboy
for 42 years, and he’s still the one we’re pretending
to be when we borrow our kids’ toy lightsabers. If
Rise really is the character’s last hurrah, expect him
to go out with a bigger bang than a thermal detonator.
Best moment:
The saga-defining
scene in A New Hope
where the still-
fledging Jedi switches
off his X-Wing’s
targeting computer
and trusts his
instincts. “Use the
Force, Luke. Let
go!” Even after all
these years, we
still exhale loudly
with him when
he presses fire and
the missiles hit
home. A shot in
a million indeed!
2 REY
Episodes VII-IX
Even the most pure-hearted
Jedi have the potential to
turn to the Dark Side. Will
Rey succumb in The Rise
of Skywalker? It would be
the ultimate Star Wars twist!
Awakens, as a new evil emerges in the form
of the First Order. With Luke in exile, it falls to scrap-
trader Rey to lead the fight against über-villain Kylo
Ren, but in Episode VIII: The Last Jedi, she too is
showing a tendency towards the Dark Side... No wonder
all bets are off when it comes to The Rise of Skywalker!
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