The Star Wars galaxy is populated with an entire constellation’s worth of legendary characters. Noble Jedi heroes, smooth-talking smugglers, all-out villains, interstellar princesses and everything in between — all inhabit George Lucas’s space opera, bringing its stories of good and evil to vivid, pulpy life. Across the nine-film Skywalker Saga, and an array of tales across the sprawling Star Wars timeline , there are characters that define archetypes, others that defy them, some gloriously heightened, or surprisingly human — even if they’re bright green or made of metal. Beep-boop!

Now, the Empire team ’s most passionate nerfherders, moof-milkers, and all-round rebel scum have gathered to rank the 50 greatest characters in Star Wars , voting for faces across every era of th

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