A necklace is an article of jewellery that is worn around the neck. Necklaces may have been one of the earliest types of adornment worn by humans.[1] They often serve ceremonial, religious, magical, or funerary purposes and are also used as symbols of wealth and status, given that they are commonly made of precious metals and stones.
The main component of a necklace is the band, chain, or cord that wraps around the neck. These are most often rendered in precious metals such as gold, silver, and platinum. Necklaces often have additional attachments suspended or inset into the necklace itself. These attachments typically include pendants, lockets, amulets, crosses, and precious and semi-precious materials such as diamond, pearls, rubies, emeralds, garnets, and sapphires. They are made with many different type of materials and are used for many things and sometimes classed as clothing.
Historical Necklaces
Neolithic Talc Necklace
Prehistoric neckware
Prehistoric peoples often used natural materials such as feathers, bone, shells and plant materials to create necklaces. Evidence of early Upper Paleolithic necklace making in southern Africa and east Africa dates back to 50,000 BP.[2] By the Bronze Age metallic jewellery had replaced pre-metallic adornments.[3] Necklaces were first depicted in statuary and art of the Ancient Near East, and early necklaces made of precious metals with inset stones were created in Europe.[4]
Broad collar beaded Egyptian necklace of the 12th dynasty official Wah from his Theban tomb
Ancient civilizations
In Ancient Mesopotamia, cylinder seals were often strung and worn as jewellery.[5] In Ancient Babylon, necklaces were made of carnelian, lapis lazuli, agate, and gold, which was also made into gold chains.[6] Ancient Sumerians created necklaces and beads from gold, silver, lapis lazuli and carnelian.[6] In Ancient Egypt, a number of difference necklace types were worn. Upper-class Ancient Egyptians wore collars of organic or semi-precious and precious materials for religious, celebratory, and funerary purposes.[7] These collars were often ornamented with semi-precious, glass, pottery, and hollow beads.[4] Beads made from a variety of precious and semi-precious materials were also commonly strung together to create necklaces.[8] Gold that was fashioned into stylised plant, animal, and insect shapes were common as well. Amulets were also turned into necklaces.[9] In Ancient Crete necklaces were worn by all classes; peasants wore stones on flax thread while the wealthy wore beads of agate, pearl, carnelian, amethyst, and rock crystal.[4] Pendants shaped into birds, animals, and humans were also worn, in addition to paste beads.[4]
A polychromatic Greek necklace with butterfly pendant
In Ancient Greece, delicately made gold necklaces created with repoussé and plaited gold wires were worn.[4] Most often these necklaces were ornamented with blue or green enameled rosettes, animal shapes, or vase-shaped pendants that were often detailed with fringes.[4] It was also common to wear long gold chains with suspended cameos and small containers of perfume.[4] New elements were introduced in the Hellenistic period; colored stones allowed for poly-chromatic pieces, and animal-head finials and spear-like or bud shaped pendants were hung from chains.[6] Ancient Etruscans used granulation to create granulated gold beads which were strung with glass and faience beads to create colorful necklaces.[6] In Ancient Rome necklaces were among the many types of jewellery worn by the Roman elite. Gold and silver necklaces were often ornamented with foreign and semi-precious objects such as amber, pearl, amethyst, sapphire, and diamond.[10] In addition, ropes of pearls, gold plates inset with enamel, and lustrous stones set in gold filigree were often worn.[4] Many large necklaces and the materials that adorned the necklaces were imported from the Near East .
Byzantine Christian cross necklace
Later in the empire, following barbarian invasions, colorful and gaudy jewellery became popular.[10] In the Byzantine era, ropes of pearls and embossed gold chains were most often worn, but new techniques such as the use of niello allowed for necklaces with brighter, more predominant gemstones.[4] The Early Byzantine Era also saw a shift to distinctly Christian jewellery which displayed the new Christian iconography.[6]
Timeline of non-classical European necklaces
2000 BC – AD 400: Bronze amulets embossed with coral were common.[4] In Celtic and Gallic Europe, the most popular necklace was the heavy metal torc, made most often out of bronze, but sometimes out of silver, gold, or glass or amber beads.[6]
Bronze 4th-century BC buffer-type torc from France
AD 400 - 1300: Early European barbarian groups favored wide, intricate gold collars not unlike the torc.[11] Germanic tribes often wore gold and silver pieces with complex detailing and inlaid with colored glass and semi-precious stones, especially garnet.[6] Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian groups worked mainly in silver, due to a deficit of gold, and wrought patterns and animal forms into neck-rings. In the Gothic period necklaces were uncommon, though there are a few records of diamond, ruby, and pearl necklaces.[11] It was not until the adoption of lower necklines later in the Middle Ages that necklaces became common.
1400 – 1500: During the Renaissance it was fashionable for men to wear a number of chains, plaques, and pendants around their necks, and by the end of the 15th century the wealthiest men would wear great, shoulder covering collars inlaid with gems.[4] Women typically wore simpler pieces, such as gold chains, or strung beads or pearls.[11] By the end of the period, larger, more heavily adorned pieces were common among the wealthy, particularly in Italy.[11]
1500–1600: Long pearl ropes and chains with precious stones were commonly worn.[4] In the latter half of the century, natural adornments, such as coral and pearl, were joined with enamel and metals to create intricate pendants.[12] Heavily jeweled, delicately framed cameo pendants were popular as well.[11] Chokers, last worn commonly in antiquity, also made a resurgence at this time.[6]
1600–1700: Few men in the Baroque period wore jewellery, and for women necklaces were unsophisticated, often a simple strand of pearls or delicately linked and embellished strands of metal with small stones.[4][6] Later in the century, after the invention of new diamond cutting techniques, priority was for the first time given to the jewels themselves, not their settings; it was common for jewels to be pinned to black velvet ribbons.[11] Miniatures also grew in popularity, and were often made into portrait pendants or lockets.[6]
1700–1800: Portrait pendants were still worn, and in extravagantly jeweled settings.[6] The newly wealthy bourgeoisie delighted in jewellery, and the new imitation stones and imitation gold allowed them more access to the necklaces of the time.[6] In the early part of the century, the dominant styles were a velvet ribbon with suspended pendants and the rivière necklace, a single row of large precious stones.[6] By mid-century colorful, whimsical necklaces made of real and imitation gems were popular, and the end of the century saw a neo-Classical resurgence.[6] In the Age of Enlightenment gowns often featured a neck ruffle which women accented with neck ribbons rather than traditional necklaces, but some women did wear chokers inlaid with rubies and diamonds.[4] Seed pearls were introduced to the United States during the Federalist Era, leading to an increase in lacy pearl necklaces.[13]
1800–1870: The low necklines of the court gowns fashionable at this time led to the use of large necklaces set with precious jewels.[4] In Napoleon's court that ancient Greek style was fashionable, and women wore strands of pearls or gold chains with cameos and jewels.[11][14] In the Romantic period necklaces were extravagant: it was fashionable to wear a tight, gem-encrusted collar with matching jewel pendants attached and rosettes of gems with pearl borders.[4] It was also common to wear jeweled brooches attached to neck ribbons.[4] Some necklaces were opulent in that they were made to be dismantled and reconfigured into a shorter necklace, brooches, and a bracelet.[11] Highly embellished Gothic style necklaces from England reflected the crenelations, vertical lines and high relief of the cathedrals.[11] Empress Eugénie popularised bare décolletage with multiple necklaces on the throat, shoulders, and bosom.[4] There was also an interest in antiquity; mosaic jewellery and Roman and Greek necklaces were reproduced.[6] Machine-made jewellery and electroplating allowed for an influx of inexpensive imitation necklaces.[11]
1870–1910: The Edwardian era saw a resurgence of pearl necklaces, in addition to a dog-collar style of necklace made of gold or platinum with inset diamonds, emeralds, or rubies.[4] The Art Nouveau movement inspired symbolic, abstract designs with natural and animal motifs.[6] The materials used - glass, porcelain, bronze, ivory, mother of pearl, horn, and enamel - were not used for their value, but for their appearance.[11][6]
1910–1970: Chanel popularised costume jewellery, and ropes of glass beads were common. The Art Deco movement created chunky, geometric jewellery that combined multiple types of gems and steel.[6] By the 1960s costume jewellery was widely worn, which resulted in seasonal, ever-changing styles of necklaces and other jewellery.[4] Real jewellery that was common in this period included wholly geometric or organically shaped silver necklaces, and precious gems set in platinum or gold necklaces inspired by the time of the French Empire.[4] Love beads (a single strand of stone or glass beads) and pendant necklaces (most often made of leather cords or metal chains with metal pendants) became popular and were worn mostly by men.[4]
East Asia
China
Chaozhu
Chaozhu
Court necklace of the Qing dynasty
In Qing dynasty China, a court necklace, called chaozhu (Chinese: 朝珠), was worn by the Qing dynasty emperors and other members of the imperial family. The court necklace originated from a Buddhist rosary sent in 1643 by the Dalai Lama to the first emperor of the Qing dynasty. The necklace is composed of 108 small beads, with 4 large beads of contrasting stones to symbolize the 4 seasons and was placed between groups of 27 beads. The necklace was also practical as it could be used for mathematical calculations in the absence of an abacus.[15]
Necklace with longevity lock pendant
Chinese necklace with longevity lock.
In China, there is a custom of wearing a necklace with a longevity lock pendant. These lock charms were sometimes personally tied around the necks of children by Buddhist or Taoist priests.[16] The longevity lock is known as changmingsuo (lit. 'longevity lock') has an important form of amulet for children for thousand of years in Chinese culture; according to Chinese beliefs, the changmingsuo protect children from evil spirits and bad luck by locking its wearer's soul and life inside of the lock.[17] The changmingsuo is often made with precious materials, such as gold, silver, and jade, and having auspicious words carved on it.[17] This form of necklace continues to be worn in present-days China.
Yingluo
Girl wearing a Hanfu and a modern-style, pearl yingluo (left), 2021
Yingluo (simplified Chinese: 璎珞; traditional Chinese: 瓔珞) was a ring-like neck ornament or fashionable necklace which was originally a Buddhist ornament depicted in Buddhist arts (e.g. sculptures and paintings) in China; the yingluo have roots in ancient India where its earlier prototype is the Indian ornament keyūra.[18][19] The depictions of the keyūra was introduced in China along with Buddhism.[18][19] The depictions of yingluo in China, such as those found in Dunhuang, evolved in shape and styles showing the cultural integration of foreign (non-Chinese) culture and the native Chinese culture due to the special characteristics of its geography.[18] The yingluo eventually evolved from an ornament in Buddhist arts and eventually became an actual necklace by the Tang dynasty.[18] The yingluo then became a classical form of necklace in Chinese society throughout centuries.[18] It continues to be worn in present-day, especially as a common hanfu accessory being used by Hanfu enthusiasts since the Hanfu movement.[20] It comes in variety of styles, shapes, and materials.[20]
Oceania
Tasmania
Shell necklaces
Aboriginal Tasmanian women have been making shell necklaces from maireener (Phasianotrochus irisodontes) shells for at least 2,600 years, with some major collections in museums. The continuation of the practice is being threatened by reducing supply, and sixth-generation Palawa woman Lola Greeno is concerned that the practice will die out.[21][22]
Necklace lengths
Necklaces are typically classified by length:
Necklace length diagram
Collar
A collar is about 30 centimetres (12 inch) to 33 centimetres (13inch) long and sits high on the neck.
Choker
A choker is a close-fitting, short necklace, 35 centimetres (14 in) to 41 centimetres (16 in) long.
Princess necklace
A princess necklace is 45 centimetres (18 in) to 50 centimetres (20 in) long.
Matinee necklace
A matinee length necklace is 56 centimetres (22 in) to 58 centimetres (23 in) long.
Opera necklace
An opera necklace is 75 centimetres (30 in) to 90 centimetres (35 in) long and sits at the breastbone.
Rope necklace
A rope necklace is any necklace longer than opera length.
Lariat necklace
A lariat is a very long variation on the rope, without a clasp, often worn draped multiple times around the neck.
Gallery
Necklace, Late Zhou dynasty (c.1046 to 256 BC), China
Necklace, Late Zhou dynasty (c.1046 to 256 BC), China
Tiffany Opal Necklace
Tiffany Opal Necklace
Minoan Gold Necklace (Archmus Heraklion)
Minoan Gold Necklace (Archmus Heraklion)
Napoleonic-era Diamond Necklace
Napoleonic-era Diamond Necklace
Emerald Necklace
Emerald Necklace
Carnelian, Limestone, and Quartz Egyptian necklace
Carnelian, Limestone, and Quartz Egyptian necklace
Gold Ancient Byzantine Necklace with Pendants
Gold Ancient Byzantine Necklace with Pendants
Gold and Glass Vandal necklace, c. AD 300
Gold and Glass Vandal necklace, c. AD 300
Necklace with Relief Pendant
Necklace with Relief Pendant
Silver necklace, c. AD 600-650
Silver necklace, c. AD 600-650
Frankish Glass Bead Necklace
Frankish Glass Bead Necklace
Gold and Platinum Necklace
Gold and Platinum Necklace
Byzantine Christian cross necklace
Byzantine Christian cross necklace
Byzantine Christian cross necklace
Byzantine Christian cross necklace
German Metal Necklace
German Metal Necklace
Necklace made from crochet lace, pearls, and sterling silver.
Necklace made from crochet lace, pearls, and sterling silver.
Gold and Platinum French Necklace
Gold and Platinum French Necklace
Glass Necklace
Glass Necklace
Rosaline Pearl Necklace
Rosaline Pearl Necklace
Dirce Repossi White Gold and Diamonds Necklace
Dirce Repossi White Gold and Diamonds Necklace
Gold Roman Necklace with Pendant Coins and Braided Chain- Walters 571600
Gold Roman Necklace with Pendant Coins and Braided Chain- Walters 571600
Uranium glass necklace, circa 1940/1950. Uranium glass glows bright green under ultraviolet light.
Uranium glass necklace, circa 1940/1950. Uranium glass glows bright green under ultraviolet light.
Other neck uses
A digital audio player (DAP) designed to be worn around the neck
Non-jewellery items are also used similar to a necklace to be worn on a neck, for example lanyards holding badges and cards.
See also
Cross necklace
Choker
Collar
Figaro chain
Jewellery chain
Livery collar
Locket
Love beads
Pendant
Torc
Usekh collar
Further reading
Jewelry 7,000 Years ed. Hugh Tait. ISBN 0-8109-8103-3.
Jewelry Through the Ages by Guido Gregorietti. ISBN 0-8281-0007-1.
20,000 Years of Fashion: The History of Costume and Personal Adornment by Francois Boucher. ISBN 0-8109-1693-2.
References
Davenport, Cyril (1902). "Journal of the Society for Arts, Vol. 50, no. 2595". The Journal of the Society of Arts. 50 (2595): 769–780. doi:10.2307/41335652. JSTOR 41335652.
McKie, McKie (16 January 2022). "Trail of African bling reveals 50,000-year-old social network". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 16 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
Gerlach, Martin (1971). Primitive and Folk Jewelry. New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-22747-2.
Bigelow, Marybelle (1979). Fashion in History. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Burgess Publishing Company. ISBN 0-8087-2800-8.
"Cylinder seal and modern impression: hunting scene | Work of Art | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art". The Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
Tait, Hugh (1986). Jewelry: 7,000 Years. New York: Abradale Press. ISBN 0-8109-8103-3.
"Model collar of Hapiankhtifi | Work of Art | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art". The Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
"Necklace of Gold Ball Beads | Work of Art | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art". The Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
"Egyptian Amulets Essay Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History The Metropolitan Museum of Art". The Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
"Luxury Arts of Rome | Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art". The Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
Gregorietti, Guido (1969). Jewelry Through the Ages. New York: American Heritage. ISBN 0-8281-0007-1.
"Pendant in the Form of Neptune and a Sea Monster | Work of Art | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art". The Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
"Necklace | Work of Art | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art". The Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
"Parure: tiara, necklace, and brooch | Luigi Saulini, John Gibson | 40.20.55a-c | Work of Art | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art". The Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
Garrett, Valery M. (2007). Chinese dress : from the Qing Dynasty to the Present. Tokyo: Tuttle Pub. ISBN 978-0-8048-3663-0. OCLC 154701513.
"Ancient Chinese Lock Charms". primaltrek.com. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
"Chinese Pendant Accessories | ChinaFetching". ChinaFetching.com. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
Zhuo, Weiyang (2019). "The Fairy Pearl Necklace-the Activation of the Pearl Necklace in Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes from Late Tang Dynasty in Contemporary Jewelry Design" 仙裳珠垂缕—敦煌莫高窟晚唐璎珞在当代首饰设计中的活化. www.cnki.net. Archived from the original on 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
Zhou, Lin (2011). "The Research on the Keyura Accessory of Liao Dynasty" 辽代璎珞佩饰研究. www.cnki.net. Archived from the original on 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
网易 (2021-06-01). "璎珞作为汉服搭配的常见饰品,真的价贵吗?". www.163.com. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
Trans, silver (9 August 2020). "Fears Indigenous Tasmanian necklaces could become lost art". noghra News. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
Greeno, Aunty Lolo (26 May 2020). "Tasmanian Aboriginal shell necklaces". The Australian Museum. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
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This incomplete list of characters from the Star Wars franchise contains only those which are considered part of the official Star Wars canon, as of the changes made by Lucasfilm in April 2014. Following its acquisition by The Walt Disney Company in 2012, Lucasfilm rebranded most of the novels, comics, video games and other works produced since the originating 1977 film Star Wars as Star Wars Legends and declared them non-canon to the rest of the franchise.[1][2][3] As such, the list contains only information from the Skywalker Saga films, the 2008 animated TV series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and works published or produced after April 2014.
The list is organized in humans and various alien species. No droid characters are included, so for those, see the list of Star Wars droid characters. Some of the characters featured in this list have additional or alternate plotlines in the non-canonical Legends continuity. To see those or characters who do not exist at all in the current Star Wars canon, see the list of Star Wars Legends characters and list of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic characters.
Humans
Humans are a sentient, sapient species in the fictional Star Wars universe. They are the most numerous and dominant species, with apparently millions of major and minor colonies galaxy-wide. Humans are native to many different worlds, and they are characterized by multidimensional complex personalities that are both individual and unique. They are the only race accepted as pure by Emperor Palpatine.
By the time the hyperdrive was invented, humans were already present on a few scattered worlds throughout the galaxy; according to the New Essential Chronology, legend says the humans of Coruscant managed to send out a number of 'sleeper ships' between the fall of the Rakatan Infinite Empire and the invention of the hyperdrive. Star Wars humans are mostly biologically identical to real-life humans.[4]
The presence of ordinary humans in the story is important dramatically and the first movie establishes their vulnerability and weakness.[5] Luke Skywalker's introduction early in the first movie was rewritten to establish this.[6]
In the Star Wars mythology, the human homeworld, according to the New Essential Chronology, is generally believed to be Coruscant. However, there is actually no real consensus on the issue; according to releases from the official Starwars.com site, the ancient human home world has simply been lost to history.[better source needed]
Star Wars humans live on many different worlds throughout the galaxy, with many populations living together with several other species—something which is most common either on the cosmopolitan worlds at the core, such as on Coruscant, or on the frontier at the Outer Rim of the galaxy, such as on Tatooine.[citation needed]
Skywalker and Solo families
Main article: Skywalker family
Name Portrayal Description
Skywalker family
Shmi Skywalker Pernilla August (Episodes I-II)
Voice: Pernilla August (The Clone Wars)
Anakin Skywalker's mother, and Luke and Leia's paternal grandmother. Qui-Gon Jinn attempts to bargain for her freedom from slavery but fails. Shmi encourages Anakin to leave Tatooine with Qui-Gon to seek his destiny, but Anakin finds it hard to leave without her. A widowed moisture farmer named Cliegg Lars later falls in love with Shmi, and after he purchases her freedom from Watto, they marry. Shmi dies in Anakin's arms after being kidnapped and tortured by Tusken Raiders in Attack of the Clones.[7]
Anakin Skywalker
Darth Vader Anakin:
Jake Lloyd (Episode I),[8] Hayden Christensen (Episodes II-III, VI [Special Edition], Obi-Wan Kenobi),[8] Sebastian Shaw (Episode VI)[8]
Voice: Matt Lanter (The Clone Wars, Rebels, Forces of Destiny, Tales of the Jedi),[8] Hayden Christensen (Episode IX; archive audio on Rebels, The Clone Wars)
Vader:
David Prowse (Episodes IV–VI),[8] Hayden Christensen (Episode III, Obi-Wan Kenobi),[8] Spencer Wilding and Daniel Naprous (Rogue One)
Voice: James Earl Jones (Episodes III–VI, Rebels, Rogue One,[8] Obi-Wan Kenobi)
Jedi Knight and Dark Lord of the Sith, whose rise, fall and redemption are depicted throughout the first six Star Wars films.[9][10][11][12][13][14] Originally a slave boy from Tatooine,[9] he is believed to be the "Chosen One", a legendary Jedi destined to destroy the Sith and bring balance to the Force.[15] He trains under Obi-Wan Kenobi and secretly marries Padmé Amidala.[10] He later began losing faith in the Jedi Order and turns to the dark side out of desperation to save his wife, becoming Darth Sidious' third apprentice, Darth Vader. However, Padmé still dies, though not before giving birth to twins Luke and Leia, who are kept hidden away from Vader for years.[16] After suffering severe injuries in a duel against Obi-Wan, he is put in a cybernetic suit to help him survive, and as Darth Vader, he serves as Sidious' second-in-command and enforcer throughout the Imperial Era. He is eventually redeemed when he sacrifices himself by killing Sidious to save his son, thus fulfilling the prophecy of the Chosen One. Decades later, his Force spirit, with others, helps Rey defeat a resurrected Sidious to end the Sith once and for all.[17]
Luke Skywalker Mark Hamill (Episodes IV–IX, The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett), Aidan Barton (Episode III), Grant Feely (Obi-Wan Kenobi)
Body Doubles: Lukaz Leong (Episode IX), Max Lloyd-Jones (The Mandalorian), Graham Hamilton (The Book of Boba Fett)
Voice: Mark Hamill (Forces of Destiny)
Former moisture farmer and Jedi Knight whose coming of age and rise as a Jedi are portrayed in the original Star Wars trilogy. He is the son of Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala, Leia Organa's twin brother, and Ben Solo's uncle.[18] After his birth, he was adopted by the Lars family on Tatooine to keep him safe and hidden from the Galactic Empire. After the Empire's defeat, Luke becomes a Jedi Master and attempts to rebuild the Jedi Order, starting with briefly training Grogu,[19] but goes into self-exile on the planet Ahch-To after Ben falls to the dark side, becomes Kylo Ren, and takes part in the murder of his other students. He later reluctantly trains Rey, and dies helping the Resistance escape from the First Order. His Force spirit eventually helps Rey defeat a resurrected Palpatine to end the Sith once and for all, and later gives her his blessing to adopt the Skywalker surname and continue his family's legacy.
Leia Organa Carrie Fisher (Episodes IV–IX), Aidan Barton (Episode III), Vivien Lyra Blair (Obi-Wan Kenobi)
Body Doubles: Ingvild Deila (Rogue One), Billie Lourd (Episode IX)
Voice: Julie Dolan (Rebels), Shelby Young (Forces of Destiny), Carolyn Hennesy (Resistance)
Princess of Alderaan, and leader of the Rebel Alliance, the New Republic, and the Resistance. She is the daughter of Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala, Luke Skywalker's twin sister, Han Solo's wife, and Ben Solo's mother. After her birth, she was adopted by the Organa family to keep her safe and hidden from the Galactic Empire.[20] While she is Force-sensitive, her powers are weaker than her brother's because she did not train as a Jedi. After her son turns to the dark side and becomes Kylo Ren, she reaches out to him through the Force and helps to redeem him in an act of self-sacrifice. Her Force spirit later gives Rey her blessing to adopt the Skywalker surname and continue her family's legacy.
Han Solo Harrison Ford (Episodes IV–VII, IX), Alden Ehrenreich (Solo)[21][22]
Voice: A. J. Locascio (Forces of Destiny [young]), Kiff VandenHeuvel (Forces of Destiny [old])
Smuggler and captain of the Millennium Falcon who joins the Rebel Alliance and marries Leia Organa. After his and Leia's son, Ben Solo, turns to the dark side and becomes Kylo Ren, Han attempts to redeem him, only to be killed. After his death, Kylo is haunted by thoughts of his father, and eventually redeems himself after speaking with Han's memory in a vision.
Ben Solo
Kylo Ren Adam Driver (Episodes VII–IX)
Voice: Matthew Wood (Resistance)
The son of Han Solo and Leia Organa, the nephew of Luke Skywalker, and the grandson of Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader. Initially trained by Luke as a Jedi, he is later seduced to the dark side by Supreme Leader Snoke and becomes Kylo Ren, the leader of the Knights of Ren and a high-ranking member of the First Order. He also has an especial connection in the Force with Rey called a 'Force dyad',[23][24] and the two of them develop a complex relationship, in which they are enemies in the war but they have romantic feelings for each other.[25][26][27] Later, he kills his master Snoke to save Rey before taking over as Supreme Leader of the First Order. Eventually, he redeems himself with the help of his parents and Rey. After turning back to the light side, he helps Rey to defeat the resurrected Palpatine, giving his own life to revive her after she is killed in the battle.
Extended family
Naberrie family – Padmé Amidala's family
Main articles: Padmé Amidala and Naboo
Name Portrayal Description
Padmé Amidala Naberrie Natalie Portman (Episodes I–III)
Voice: Catherine Taber (The Clone Wars, Forces of Destiny)
Queen and later Senator of Naboo, born Padmé Naberrie, who secretly marries the Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and dies giving birth to their twins, Luke and Leia.[28]
Jobal Naberrie Trisha Noble (Episodes II-III) Padmé's mother.
Pooja Naberrie Hayley Mooy (Episodes II-III) Sola Naberrie's daughter and Padmé's niece. She replaces Jar Jar Binks as Senator of the Chommell Sector.[citation needed]
Ruwee Naberrie Graeme Blundell (Episodes II-III) Padmé's father.
Ryoo Naberrie Keira Wingate (Episodes II-III) Padmé's niece, Sola Naberrie's daughter and Pooja's older sister.
Sola Naberrie Claudia Karvan (Episodes II-III) Padmé's older sister, the mother of Ryoo and Pooja Naberrie.
Lars family – Luke's adoptive family
Name Portrayal Description
Beru Whitesun Lars Shelagh Fraser (Episode IV),[8] Bonnie Piesse (Episodes II-III, Obi-Wan Kenobi)[8] Step-aunt and surrogate mother to Luke Skywalker. In A New Hope, she and her husband Owen are killed by stormtroopers at their home on Tatooine. In the prequel films, Beru is Owen's girlfriend in Attack of the Clones, then wife in Revenge of the Sith, where the two take custody of the infant Luke at the end of the latter film.[29]
Cliegg Lars Jack Thompson (Episode II) Moisture farmer who purchases, then frees and marries, Shmi Skywalker, becoming the stepfather of Anakin Skywalker, whom he meets only briefly in Attack of the Clones.[30] He loses his leg when pursuing the Sand People who had kidnapped Shmi.[30] The name Cliegg, and variations of it, have been in Star Wars drafts since 1974.[30]
Owen Lars Phil Brown (Episode IV),[8] Joel Edgerton (Episodes II-III, Obi-Wan Kenobi)[8] Step-uncle and surrogate father of Luke Skywalker. In A New Hope, Owen and his wife, Beru, are killed by stormtroopers at their home on Tatooine. In the prequel films, Owen is the son of Cliegg Lars and stepbrother of Anakin Skywalker. He and his wife Beru take custody of Luke at the end of Revenge of the Sith.[31]
Organa family – Leia's adoptive family
Main article: Alderaan
Name Portrayal Description
Bail Organa Jimmy Smits (Episodes II-III, Rogue One, Obi-Wan Kenobi)[32] Voice: Phil LaMarr (The Clone Wars, Rebels) Leia Organa's adoptive father, the Senator of Alderaan and one of the Rebel Alliance's founding members. He adopts Leia after her birth mother, Padmé, dies and her birth father, Anakin Skywalker, turns to the dark side in Revenge of the Sith.[11] Bail is killed in the destruction of Alderaan by the Death Star in A New Hope.[33] He first appeared in Attack of the Clones, portrayed by Jimmy Smits, though he appeared in scenes cut from The Phantom Menace, where he was portrayed by Adrian Dunbar,[33] with Dunbar's character retconned into a separate character named Bail Antilles.
Breha Organa Rebecca Jackson Mendoza (Episode III), Simone Kessell (Obi-Wan Kenobi) Queen of Alderaan, wife of Bail Organa, and adoptive mother of Leia Organa. She is killed in the destruction of Alderaan. Breha is also featured in the short story "Eclipse" and in the 2017 novel Leia, Princess of Alderaan.[34][35]
Force-wielders
Main articles: Jedi and Sith
The Force is a metaphysical energy field generated by microscopic lifeforms called midi-chlorians, connecting all living things and binding the universe together. Certain individuals, including within the Human species, are more closely connected to the Force than others, granting various supernatural powers and abilities. Force-wielders (along with other species) can be divided into those affiliated with the Light Side of the Force (namely Jedi), and those affiliated with the Dark Side, such as Sith (antithesis to the Jedi), Dark Jedi (former Jedi who have fallen to the Dark Side), and Inquisitors (Jedi hunters trained by Darth Vader and serving the Empire).
Name Portrayal Description
Jedi and Light side affiliates
Depa Billaba Dipika O'Neill Joti (Episodes I-II)
Voice: Archie Panjabi (The Bad Batch)
Jedi Master on the Jedi High Council who falls into a six-month coma after an encounter with General Grievous on Haruun Kal. While recovering, she forms a bond with Padawan Caleb Dume (who will later become known as Kanan Jarrus), whom she takes on as her apprentice. She sacrifices herself during Order 66 to save her Padawan.
Ezra Bridger Voice: Taylor Gray (Rebels, Forces of Destiny) Fourteen-year-old con artist, thief, and pickpocket living on the Outer Rim world of Lothal as the Empire strip mines the resources of his homeworld for Sienar's TIE fighter production. He is able to use the Force, and has used it to get out of certain predicaments. Stealing to survive, he had no real loyalty to anyone until he met the crew of the Ghost, and began training as a Jedi under Kanan Jarrus.[36] After finally liberating Lothal, he goes missing alongside Grand Admiral Thrawn in the Unknown Regions.
Eno Cordova Voice: Tony Amendola (Jedi: Fallen Order) Jedi Master, presumed survivor of Order 66, and former mentor of Cere Junda and owner of BD-1. He discovered an ancient vault built by the Force-sensitive Zeffo on the planet Bogano, where he hid a Jedi Holocron containing a list of Force-sensitive children, in the hopes that it could someday help rebuild the Jedi Order.
Cin Drallig Nick Gillard (Episode III)
Voice: Robin Atkin Downes (The Clone Wars)
Jedi Master who serves as the battlemaster and head of security for the Jedi Temple in the final days of the Clone Wars. He is killed by Darth Vader during the siege of the temple in Revenge of the Sith.
Sifo-Dyas Voice: Paul Nakauchi (The Clone Wars) Jedi Master who is impersonated by Count Dooku to order the creation of the Clone army. Prior to the Separatist Crisis, he travelled to Oba Diah to resolve a dispute with the Pyke Syndicate. However, his ship was shot down by the Pykes under the orders of Count Dooku and he died in the crash.
Kanan Jarrus
Caleb Dume Voice: Freddie Prinze Jr. (Rebels, Episode IX, The Bad Batch) Jedi survivor of Order 66, and the de facto leader of the Ghost crew. Born as Caleb Dume, he changed his name to Kanan Jarrus to hide during Order 66; after the death of his Jedi Master, Depa Billaba, who sacrificed herself for him to escape.[37] Later, Kanan met Hera Syndulla, and became the Jedi master of Ezra Bridger. He carries a DL-18 blaster and a blue lightsaber with a detachable hilt piece to disguise its true purpose. He is uncertain of himself in training Ezra, due to not finishing his Jedi training himself. Kanan later sacrifices himself to allow Hera to escape from an Imperial prison on Lothal, though his legacy will live through their son, Jacen Syndulla. Kanan also appears as a disembodied voice in The Rise of Skywalker, empowering Rey to face the revived Palpatine.
Qui-Gon Jinn Liam Neeson (Episode I, Obi-Wan Kenobi)
Voice: Liam Neeson (Episodes II, IX; The Clone Wars, Tales of the Jedi), Micheál Richardson (Tales of the Jedi [young])[38]
Jedi Master featured in the prequel trilogy. He was trained by Count Dooku, and is the mentor of Obi-Wan Kenobi. He also discovers Anakin Skywalker on Tatooine and vows to train him, but is killed on Naboo in a duel with Darth Maul.[39] Qui-Gon is the first known Jedi to discover the ability to become a disembodied Force spirit after death. He later begins communicating with Yoda through the Force to teach him this ability. Later, he does the same with Kenobi, having furthered his understanding to manifest as a Force Ghost. Qui-Gon also appears as a disembodied voice in The Rise of Skywalker, empowering Rey to face the revived Palpatine.
Cere Junda Voice: Debra Wilson (Jedi: Fallen Order) Former Jedi Knight who trained Trilla Suduri, survivor of Order 66, and the co-pilot of the Stinger Mantis. She becomes the mentor figure and master for Cal Kestis, while trying to escape her troubled past and resume her own role as a Jedi.
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Ben Kenobi Alec Guinness (Episodes IV–VI),[8] Ewan McGregor (Episodes I–III, Obi-Wan Kenobi)[8]
Voice: James Arnold Taylor (The Clone Wars, Rebels [young]),[8] Stephen Stanton (Rebels [old]), Alec Guinness (Episodes VII, IX [archive]), Ewan McGregor (Episodes VII, IX)
Wise and skilled Jedi Master who trained Anakin Skywalker and later Luke Skywalker. He was trained by Qui-Gon Jinn and fought as a Jedi General during the Clone Wars, later becoming a member of the Jedi Council. After surviving Order 66, he goes into hiding on Tatooine and watches over Luke until he grows old enough to teach him the ways of the Jedi. Although he is killed in a duel with his former pupil, who has become Darth Vader, he continues to guide Luke as a Force spirit.[40] Obi-Wan also appears as a disembodied voice in The Rise of Skywalker, empowering Rey to face the revived Palpatine.
Cal Kestis Voice: Cameron Monaghan (Jedi: Fallen Order) Jedi Padawan trained by Jaro Tapal and a survivor of Order 66, who embarks on a mission to rebuild the Jedi Order after joining the Stinger Mantis crew. He is the protagonist of the video game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
Jocasta Nu Alethea McGrath (Episode II)
Voice: Flo DiRe (The Clone Wars)
Jedi librarian featured in the prequel trilogy. She survives Order 66, but is later killed by Darth Vader.
Rey Daisy Ridley (Episodes VII–IX)
Voice: Daisy Ridley (Forces of Destiny)
Orphan Force-sensitive scavenger from the planet Jakku, and Emperor Palpatine's secret granddaughter. She later trains to become a Jedi under Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa. She also has a complicated relationship with the fallen Jedi Kylo Ren, with whom she has a unique connection in the Force called a 'Force dyad',[23][24] and they develop romantic feelings for each other.[25][26][27] She eventually helps to redeem Kylo Ren after saving his life following their last duel and he helps her to confront her grandfather. With the aid of the redeemed Ben Solo and the past Jedi, Rey manages to defeat Palpatine and the Sith Eternal, finally ending the Sith Order. She is the protagonist of the sequel trilogy.
Mace Windu Samuel L. Jackson (Episodes I–III)
Voice: Samuel L. Jackson (The Clone Wars film, Episode IX), Terrence Carson (The Clone Wars TV series, Tales of the Jedi)
Jedi Master featured in the prequel trilogy, regarded as one of the best swordsmen in Jedi history.[41] He serves as Master of the Jedi Order in the years leading up to the Clone Wars and is a renowned Jedi General. In Revenge of the Sith, he attempts to arrest Chancellor Palpatine upon learning that he is the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, but Sidious kills Windu with Anakin Skywalker's help, who then becomes Darth Vader.[42] Windu also appears as a disembodied voice in The Rise of Skywalker, empowering Rey to face the revived Palpatine.
Sith and Dark side affiliates
Darth Bane Voice: Mark Hamill (The Clone Wars) Sith Lord who lived over a thousand years before the Clone Wars, and created the "Rule of Two" that states there shall only ever be two Sith at a time, a Master and an Apprentice. An illusion of him appears during the episode Sacrifice of The Clone Wars to confront Yoda on Moraband and offer him the chance to join the dark side of the Force, but is rejected by Yoda.[43]
Count Dooku
Darth Tyranus Christopher Lee (Episodes II-III)
Voice: Christopher Lee (The Clone Wars film), Corey Burton (The Clone Wars TV series, Tales of the Jedi)
The Count of Serenno, former Jedi Master, leader of the Confederacy of Independent Systems (CIS), and Darth Sidious' second Sith apprentice as Darth Tyranus.[44] He was introduced in Attack of the Clones as a former student of Yoda and the Jedi master of Qui-Gon Jinn. He also trained General Grievous, Asajj Ventress, and briefly Savage Oppress, and recruited Jango Fett as the template for the Clone army. He is ultimately betrayed by Sidious and killed by Anakin Skywalker, who replaces him as Sidious' apprentice in Revenge of the Sith.[44] Dooku is also a major antagonist in The Clone Wars series.
Taron Malicos Voice: Liam McIntyre (Jedi: Fallen Order) Jedi Master who fought in the Clone Wars and survived Order 66. Left stranded on Dathomir for years, he eventually succumbed to the dark side and sought to learn the Nightsisters' magic by manipulating Nightsister Merrin. He attempts to lure Cal Kestis to the dark side, but Kestis defeats him with Merrin's help, who buries him alive.
Sheev Palpatine
Darth Sidious Ian McDiarmid (Episodes I–III, V–VI, IX, Obi-Wan Kenobi)[8]
Voice: Clive Revill (Before Episode V remaster in 2004),[8] Ian Abercrombie and Tim Curry (The Clone Wars),[8] Sam Witwer (Rebels season 2), Ian McDiarmid (Rebels season 4, The Clone Wars season 7, The Bad Batch)
Naboo senator and later Supreme Chancellor of the Republic, as well as secretly the Sith Lord Darth Sidious. He was trained by Darth Plagueis, whom Sidious eventually killed in his sleep. Sidious has several apprentices thereafter, including Darth Maul, Darth Tyranus, and Darth Vader. Sidious exterminates the Jedi Order and manipulates Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker into becoming Darth Vader. He also engineers the three-years-long Clone Wars and transforms the Republic into the Galactic Empire. As Emperor, Sidious rules the galaxy for over two decades before Vader kills him to save his son, Luke Skywalker, thus fulfilling the prophecy of the Chosen One.[45] Despite his death and the fall of his Empire, Sidious returns through powerful mastery of the dark side.[a] He masterminds the First Order to build a new Sith Empire. Through his puppet Snoke, Palpatine manipulates Anakin's grandson, Ben Solo, into becoming Kylo Ren.[46] He later unveils the Sith Eternal's massive armada of Xyston-class Star Destroyers, the Final Order, to reclaim the galaxy, but is finally killed by Rey, the last Jedi and Palpatine's granddaughter, ending the rule of the Sith.[48] Sidious is the overarching villain of the Skywalker Saga.
Ren Voice: Christian Slater (Lego Star Wars: Terrifying Tales) The leader of the Knights of Ren before Kylo Ren, introduced in the comic The Rise of Kylo Ren. He is heavily scarred and burned around the abdomen and chest, but fully embraces his scars and is always seen shirtless. As a leader, he follows the will of the dark side of the Force and doesn't think of his actions as right or wrong; an ideology which he encourages his fellow Knights to follow. After Ben Solo's fall to the dark side, Ren allows him to join their ranks, as Supreme Leader Snoke vouched for him, but is ultimately killed by him. With Ren's murder, Ben completes his initiation and becomes the new leader of the Knights as Kylo Ren.
Second Sister
Trilla Suduri Voice: Elizabeth Grullon (Jedi: Fallen Order) Inquisitor and former Jedi Padawan of Cere Junda, who was captured and tortured by the Empire after Cere betrayed her location under intense interrogation. She is the main antagonist of Jedi: Fallen Order, where she is assigned to hunt down Cal Kestis and retrieve a Holocron containing a list of Force-sensitive children. She is later killed by Darth Vader for her failure. The Second Sister also makes a cameo appearance in the comic series Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith.
Third Sister
Reva Sevander
Moses Ingram (Obi-Wan Kenobi) Ruthless, ambitious Inquisitor who survived Order 66 as a Jedi Youngling. She takes special interest in hunting down Obi-Wan Kenobi among other surviving Jedi, blaming him for Anakin Skywalker's turn to the Dark Side to become Darth Vader. Secretly, she plans to use her position to assassinate Vader for killing her Youngling friends, but she fails and is stabbed by Vader, revealing that her treachery was already suspected.
Galactic Republic
Main articles: Galactic Republic and Clone Wars (Star Wars)
The Galactic Republic is a democratic government, overseen by a Galactic Senate, that governed most of the known galaxy for thousands of years. With the help of the Jedi Order, it maintained intergalactic peace, but during its last years, it became highly corrupt, causing numerous planets and systems to abandon the Republic and form the Confederacy of Independent Systems. The ensuing conflict between the two factions became known as the Clone Wars, which Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, secretly the Sith Lord Darth Sidious and the mastermind behind the war, took advantage of to manipulate the Republic's Senators and citizens into supporting his plans for the government's reorganization into the Galactic Empire for the purpose of intergalactic "peace". The Republic serves as the protagonist faction of the prequel trilogy, which depicts its downfall and conversion into the Empire.
Name Portrayal Description
Faro Argyus Voice: James Marsters (The Clone Wars) Captain of the Senate Commandos who is bribed by Count Dooku to free Viceroy Nute Gunray from Republic captivity. He is later betrayed and killed by Asajj Ventress.
Lux Bonteri Voice: Jason Spisak (The Clone Wars) Son of Separatist senator Mina Bonteri, and freedom fighter during the Clone Wars; love interest of Ahsoka Tano. After his mother's assassination, he becomes the representative of his homeworld Onderonn in the Galactic Senate.
Captain Colton Jeremy Bulloch (Episode III) Pilot of the Tantive III in Revenge of the Sith.
Tan Divo Voice: Tom Kenny (The Clone Wars) Coruscant police inspector during the Clone Wars, often displaying a pompous attitude. His appearance is loosely based on that of actor and director Orson Welles.[citation needed] After the end of the Clone Wars, Divo lived on Alderaan and died when the First Death Star blew up the planet in an event known as "The Disaster."
Silman Voice: Brian George (The Clone Wars) Personal aide to Chancellor Valorum, who accompanied Sifo-Dyas on his mission to Oba Diah. He survived the crash, but was taken prisoner by the Pykes. Near the end of the Clone Wars, he is rediscovered by Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, but is killed by Count Dooku before he can reveal what he knows to the Jedi.
Finis Valorum Terence Stamp (Episode I)
Voice: Ian Ruskin (The Clone Wars)
The Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic, who is ousted from office in The Phantom Menace, allowing Palpatine to rise to power.[49] Finis valorum is Late Latin for "the end of values". According to performer Terence Stamp, the character was intended by George Lucas to be based on then-President of the United States Bill Clinton as a "good but beleaguered man," although Stamp noted that this had been before the Clinton impeachment trial.[50] Valorum's name stems from the original drafts of The Star Wars, in which it belonged to a character combined with Vader, then Vader's master, before being phased out of the original trilogy.[51]
Clone troopers
Main article: Clone trooper
Clone troopers were the soldiers of the Galactic Republic's army during the Clone Wars. Created from Jango Fett's DNA, they were genetically modified to have accelerated growth and be predisposed toward unquestioning obedience to the chain of command, including being outfitted with mind-controlling biochips, which were put to use during Order 66, when the clone troopers were forced to execute their Jedi Generals. Following the Republic's reorganization into the Galactic Empire, clone troopers were slowly replaced by stormtroopers.
Name Portrayal Description
Clone troopers and commanders
"99" Voice: Dee Bradley Baker (The Clone Wars)[52] Deformed clone trooper who helps the Domino Squad in the Clone Wars. He is killed during one of the battles of Kamino.[53][54] He is the namesake of Clone Force 99.
Commander CC-1138 "Bacara" Clone Commander of the 21st Nova Corps, serving under Jedi Ki-Adi Mundi during the Outer Rim Sieges in the last year of the Clone Wars. In Revenge of the Sith, he fights alongside Mundi during the Battle of Mygeeto, but when Order 66 is issued, Bacara and his men unwillingly betray and kill Mundi.
Commander CC-5052 "Bly" Voice: Dee Bradley Baker (The Clone Wars) Clone Commander of the 327th Star Corps, serving under Jedi General Aayla Secura during the Clone Wars. In Revenge of the Sith, when Order 66 is issued, Bly and his men unwillingly betray and execute Secura on Felucia.
"Boil" Voice: Dee Bradley Baker (The Clone Wars) Clone trooper of the Ghost Company, serving in the 212th Attack Battalion during the Clone Wars. Alongside clone trooper Waxer, he is considered the best scout of the Ghost Company and participates in the Battle of Ryloth and the Second Battle of Geonosis.
Commander CC-2224 "Cody" Temuera Morrison (Episode III)
Voice: Dee Bradley Baker (The Clone Wars, The Bad Batch)[52][55]
Clone Commander of the 212th Attack Battalion, serving under Obi-Wan Kenobi during the Clone Wars. In Revenge of the Sith, he helps Obi-Wan during the Battle of Utapau, but unwillingly betrays and attempts to kill him when Order 66 is issued.[53]
CT-4040 "Cutup" Voice: Dee Bradley Baker (The Clone Wars) Clone trooper and member of Domino Squad. He is eaten by a Rishi eel after surviving a Separatist attack on a remote listening post on the Rishi moon.
CT-00-2010 "Droidbait" Voice: Dee Bradley Baker (The Clone Wars) Clone trooper and member of Domino Squad, who takes his nickname from the fact that he is always getting shot by training droids. He is killed by Commando Droids while fending off an attack on a remote listening post on the Rishi moon.
Commander "Fil" Voice: Dee Bradley Baker (The Clone Wars) Clone Commander serving under Jedi Nadhar Vebb. He is killed while fighting General Grievous' pet Gor.
Commander CC-1010 "Fox" Voice: Dee Bradley Baker (The Clone Wars) Clone Commander in charge of the Coruscant Guard during the Clone Wars. Fox is later killed by Darth Vader in Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith for ordering his men to fire on Vader after mistaking him for a Jedi.
Commander CC-1004 "Gree" Voice: Temuera Morrison (Episode III), Dee Bradley Baker (The Clone Wars) Clone Commander of the 41st Elite Corps, serving under Jedi Luminara Unduli during the Clone Wars. In Revenge of the Sith, he takes part in the Battle of Kashyyyk and attempts to carry out Order 66 by executing Yoda, but the Jedi Master senses his intentions and swiftly decapitates him and another trooper.
Captain CC-5576-39 "Gregor" Voice: Dee Bradley Baker (The Clone Wars, Rebels, The Bad Batch) Clone Commando thought to have died in the Battle of Sarrish. Stricken with amnesia and living on Abafar, he is later told by Colonel Meebur Gascon that he is a clone trooper, and seemingly sacrifices himself to help the Colonel and his droids to get off Abafar to save many Republic lives. However, he survives this ordeal and eventually returns to the Republic, after which he removes his biochip, so that he would not be forced to carry out Order 66. When the Republic is reorganized into the Empire after the end of the Clone Wars, Gregor is forced to train conscripted Imperial soldiers, until the Bad Batch rescue him. Years later, Gregor ends up in the Seelos system with fellow retired clones Rex and Wolffe, and is shown to have developed some eccentric tendencies. He aids a group of rebels against Imperial forces in a skirmish on the planet, and later takes part in a battle to free the planet Lothal from Imperial occupation, though he is fatally wounded by an Imperial technician during the battle.
Commander CC-10/994 "Grey" Voice: Dee Bradley Baker (The Bad Batch) Clone Commander of the clone legion led by Jedi Depa Billaba. When Order 66 is issued, he executes Billaba, but ultimately sacrifices himself to allow her Padawan, Caleb Dume, to escape after regaining his free will. He first appeared in the comic book series Kanan.
CT-782 "Hevy" Voice: Dee Bradley Baker (The Clone Wars)[52] Clone trooper and commander of Domino Squad, whose nickname comes from the fact that he constantly carries the heavy guns within the squad. He sacrifices himself to destroy a remote listening post on the Rishi moon under attack by the Separatists and alert the Republic of their presence on the moon.[53]
Commander CC-1993 "Jet" Voice: Dee Bradley Baker (The Clone Wars) Clone Commander serving under Jedi Ki-Adi-Mundi during the Clone Wars.
Captain "Keeli" Voice: Dee Bradley Baker (The Clone Wars) Clone Captain serving under Jedi Ima-Gun Di during the Clone Wars. Both he and Gundi are killed while fending off Separatist forces during the Battle of Ryloth to buy the Republic enough time to deliver supplies to the Twi'leks.
Cut Lawquane Voice: Dee Bradley Baker (The Clone Wars, The Bad Batch)[52] Former clone trooper who deserted the army to live a quiet life as a farmer on Saleucami. He has a wife Suu and two children, Jek and Shaeeah. During the Clone Wars, he meets Captain Rex, and the pair eventually come to trust one another after working together to defend Cut's family from Commando Droids, with Rex deciding not to report Cut.[53][56] After the formation of the Galactic Empire, Cut and his family, with help from the Bad Batch, leave Saleucami due to increased military presence on the planet.
CC-2237 "Odd Ball" Temuera Morrison (Episode III)
Voice: Dee Bradley Baker (The Clone Wars)
Clone Commander and pilot, who participates in several battles throughout the Clone Wars under the command of Obi-Wan Kenobi, such as the Battle of Teth, the Battle of Umbara, the Battle of Coruscant, and the Battle of Utapau. A skilled pilot, Odd Ball flies an assortment of starfighters, including the V-19 Torrent and the ARC-170.
Commander CT-411 "Ponds" Temuera Morrison (Episode II)
Voice: Dee Bradley Baker (The Clone Wars)
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Families Palpatine familySkywalker familyMax Rebo BandMilitary groups Clone trooperStormtrooperRogue Squadron
Organizations
Republican factions
JediGalactic RepublicRebel AllianceResistance
Imperialist factions
SithGalactic EmpireFirst Order
Independent factions
Confederacy of Independent SystemsGuardians of the WhillsHutt CartelMandalorians
Planets
and moons
AlderaanCoruscantDagobahEndorHothJakkuMustafarNabooTatooine Mos EisleyYavin
Creatures
Humanoid species
A–E EwokF–J HuttK–OP–T Tusken RaidersU–Z Wookiee
Other creatures
BanthaDroidSarlacc
Technology
Weapons
BlasterLightsaber
Terrestrial vehicles
LandspeederSpeeder bikeSandcrawlerWalkers
Starfighters
A-wingB-wingU-wingX-wingY-wingTIE fighter
Spacecraft
Death StarMillennium FalconStar DestroyerTantive IV
Category
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Star Wars
Films
Skywalker Saga
Original trilogy
Star Wars (1977)The Empire Strikes Back (1980)Return of the Jedi (1983)
Prequel trilogy
The Phantom Menace (1999)Attack of the Clones (2002)Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Sequel trilogy
The Force Awakens (2015)The Last Jedi (2017)The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Animated
The Clone Wars (2008)
Anthology
Rogue One (2016)Solo (2018)
Television
Holiday Special (1978)The Ewok Adventure (1984)Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985)
Television series
Animated
Droids (1985)Ewoks (1985)Clone Wars (2003)The Clone Wars (2008) episodesDetours (unaired)Rebels (2014) episodesForces of Destiny (2017)Resistance (2018)The Bad Batch (2021)Visions (2021)Tales of the Jedi (2022)
Live-action
The Mandalorian (2019) season 123The Book of Boba Fett (2021)Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)Andor (2022)Ahsoka (2023)Skeleton Crew (2023)
Characters
The MandalorianThe Book of Boba FettRebelsThe Clone WarsLegends Knights of the Old Republic
Music and audio
Audio dramas
The Story of Star WarsAudio novelsRadio dramatizations of the films
Compositions
"Main Title""The Imperial March""Ewok Celebration""Duel of the Fates""Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band"
Soundtracks
Star WarsThe Empire Strikes BackReturn of the JediEwoksThe Phantom MenaceAttack of the ClonesRevenge of the SithThe Clone WarsThe Force AwakensRogue OneThe Last JediSoloThe Rise of SkywalkerObi-Wan Kenobi
Other media
Attractions
A Galactic SpectacularJedi Training: Trials of the TempleStar Tours The Adventures ContinuePath of JediGalaxy's Edge Millennium Falcon – Smugglers RunRise of the ResistanceGalactic StarcruiserHyperspace MountainLaunch BayStar Wars WeekendsWhere Science Meets ImaginationStar Wars CelebrationIn ConcertHyperspace Lounge
Documentaries
The Making of Star WarsSP FX: The Empire Strikes BackClassic Creatures: Return of the JediFrom Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a SagaEmpire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars TrilogyScience of Star WarsThe Legacy RevealedStar Wars Tech
Lego
The Yoda ChroniclesDroid TalesThe Resistance RisesThe Freemaker Adventures
Merchandise
Action figures Kenner listHasbro Vintage CollectionTransformersPezForce TrainerShepperton Design StudiosTrading cardsVinylmationRollinz toys
Other
Video games listBooks reference booksStar Wars InsiderComics listmangaLegends charactersThrawn trilogyShadows of the EmpireGalaxiesKnights of the Old RepublicThe Force UnleashedThe Old RepublicThe High Republic
Production
George LucasLucasfilmCast filmtelevision seriesChanges in film re-releases Han shot firstFilming locationsOpening crawlArtSources and analogues comparison to Star TrekAccolades The Force AwakensSpecial effects of The Empire Strikes BackDuel of the FatesLight & Magic
Cultural impact
Star Wars fandom 501st LegionRebel LegionReligion ChewbacchusJediism Jedi census phenomenonStar Wars DayFan websites WookieepediaTheForce.NetSpaceballsForce for ChangeChewbacca defenseYoda conditionsDeath Star (business)Strategic Defense InitiativeList of organisms named after the Star Wars seriesRobot Chicken: Star WarsThe Family Guy Trilogy"The Saga Begins"Space JanitorsThe Force Awakens from Its Nap