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Star Wars
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Star Wars is an American epic space opera franchise, centered on a film series created by George Lucas. It depicts the adventures of characters a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. The franchise began in 1977 with the release of the film Star Wars and it was followed by the successful sequels The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, these three films constitute the original Star Wars trilogy. A prequel trilogy was released between 1999 and 2005, which received mixed-to-negative reactions, a sequel trilogy began in 2015 with the release of Star Wars, The Force Awakens. All seven films were nominated for Academy Awards and have been successes, with a combined box office revenue of over $7.5 billion. Spin-off films include Star Wars, The Clone Wars and Rogue One, Star Wars also holds a Guinness World Records title for the Most successful film merchandising franchise. In 2015, the value of the Star Wars franchise was estimated at USD $42 billion. In 2012, The Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfilm for $4.06 billion and earned the rights to all subsequent Star Wars films. Walt Disney Studios owns digital distribution rights to all the Star Wars films, the events depicted in the Star Wars franchise take place in an unnamed fictional galaxy at an undetermined point in the distant past. Many species of creatures are depicted. Robotic droids are also commonplace and are built to serve their owners. Space travel is common, and many planets in the galaxy are members of a single galactic government. In the prequel trilogy, this is depicted in the form of the Galactic Republic, at the end of the trilogy and throughout the original trilogy. Preceding and during the trilogy, this government is the New Republic. One of the prominent elements of Star Wars is the Force and it is described in the first produced film as an energy field created by all living things surrounds us, penetrates us, binds the galaxy together. While the Force can be used for good, known as the side, it also has a dark side that, when pursued, imbues users with hatred, aggression. The sequel trilogy introduces the Knights of Ren, an order of practitioners of the side of the Force aligned with the First Order. The first film in the series, Star Wars, was released on May 25,1977 and this was followed by two sequels, The Empire Strikes Back, released on May 21,1980, and Return of the Jedi, released on May 25,1983
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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Star Wars, The Force Awakens is a 2015 American epic space opera film directed, co-produced, and co-written by J. J. Abrams. The Force Awakens was announced after The Walt Disney Companys acquisition of Lucasfilm in October 2012 and it was produced by Abrams, his longtime collaborator Bryan Burk, and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan, co-writer of the trilogy films The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. John Williams, composer for the six films, returned to compose the films score. Lucas served as consultant during the films early production. Filming began in April 2014 in Abu Dhabi and Iceland, with photography also taking place in Ireland and Pinewood Studios in England. It is the first live-action film in the franchise since Star Wars, Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars, The Force Awakens was widely anticipated, and Disney backed the film with extensive marketing campaigns. It premiered in Los Angeles on December 14,2015, four days before its release worldwide. It received five Academy Award nominations and four British Academy Film Award nominations, two sequels, Star Wars, The Last Jedi and Episode IX, are scheduled for release in 2017 and 2019, respectively. Three decades after the destruction of the second Death Star, the First Order has risen from the fallen Galactic Empire, the Resistance, backed by the Republic and led by General Leia Organa, opposes them while searching for her brother, Luke Skywalker, to enlist his aid. Resistance pilot Poe Dameron meets village elder Lor San Tekka on the planet Jakku to obtain a map to Lukes location, stormtroopers commanded by Kylo Ren destroy the village and capture Poe, while Ren kills Tekka. Poes droid, BB-8, escapes with the map and encounters a scavenger named Rey near a junkyard settlement, Ren tortures Poe using the Force, and learns of BB-8. Stormtrooper FN-2187, unwilling to kill, frees Poe, and they escape in a stolen TIE fighter and they crash on Jakku, and Finn survives, but Poe is believed to have been killed in the crash. Finn encounters Rey and BB-8, but the First Order tracks them, Finn, Rey, and BB-8 flee the planet in the Millennium Falcon, which they steal from a junkyard. The Falcon is captured by a ship piloted by Han Solo and Chewbacca. Two rival gangs, seeking to settle debts with Han, board and attack, the gangs inform the First Order. At the First Orders Starkiller Base – a planet converted into a superweapon that harnesses energy from stars – Supreme Leader Snoke orders General Hux to use the weapon for the first time. Snoke questions Rens ability to deal with emotions relating to his father, Han Solo, the Falcon crew views BB-8s map and determines it is incomplete
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J. J. Abrams
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Jeffrey Jacob J. J. Abrams is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and composer. He is known for work in the genres of action, drama, Abrams wrote and/or produced feature films such as Regarding Henry, Forever Young, Armageddon, Cloverfield, and Star Wars, The Force Awakens. He created or co-created a number of TV drama series, including Felicity, Alias, Lost, Abrams won two Emmy Awards for Lost—Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Drama Series. His directorial film work includes Star Trek and its sequel Star Trek Into Darkness, Mission, Impossible III, and Super 8. He also directed and co-wrote Star Wars, The Force Awakens, Abrams was born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles, the son of television producer Gerald W. Abrams and executive producer Carol Ann Abrams. His sister is screenwriter Tracy Rosen, Abramss first job in the movie business started at 15 when he wrote the music for Don Dohlers 1982 film Nightbeast. During his senior year at college, he teamed with Jill Mazursky to write a film treatment. Purchased by Touchstone Pictures, the treatment was the basis for Taking Care of Business, Abramss first produced film and he followed with Regarding Henry, starring Harrison Ford, and Forever Young, starring Mel Gibson. He also co-wrote with Mazursky the script for the comedy Gone Fishin starring Joe Pesci, Abrams worked on the screenplay for the 1998 film Armageddon with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay. That same year, he made his first foray into television with Felicity and he also composed its opening theme music. Under his production company, Bad Robot, which he founded with Bryan Burk in 2001, Abrams created and executive-produced ABCs Alias and is co-creator and he later co-wrote the teleplay for Losts third season premiere A Tale of Two Cities. As with Felicity, Abrams also composed the theme music for Alias. In 2001, Abrams co-wrote and produced the thriller Joy Ride, in 2006, he served as executive producer of What About Brian and Six Degrees, also on ABC. Abrams directed and wrote the pilot for Lost and remained active producer for the first half of the season. That same year, he made his directorial debut in 2006 with Mission, Impossible III. Abrams spoke at the TED conference in 2007, in 2008, Abrams produced the monster movie Cloverfield. In 2009, he directed the fiction film Star Trek. In 2008, Abrams co-created, executive produced, and co-wrote the FOX science fiction series Fringe and he was featured in the 2009 MTV Movie Awards 1980s-style digital short Cool Guys Dont Look at Explosions, with Andy Samberg and Will Ferrell, in which he plays a keyboard solo
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Domhnall Gleeson
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Domhnall Gleeson is an Irish actor and writer. He is the son of actor Brendan Gleeson, whom he has appeared alongside in several films and he received a Bachelor of Arts in Media Arts from Dublin Institute of Technology. His upcoming films include the Darren Aronofsky film mother, alongside Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem, a portrayal of A. A. Milne in an untitled project alongside Margot Robbie, and an adaptation of Peter Rabbit. Gleeson was born in Dublin, Ireland, the oldest son of Mary and he has three brothers, Fergus, Brian, and Rúairí. He attended Malahide Community School, and later graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Media Arts from the Dublin Institute of Technology, after graduating, Gleeson began directing and writing for both film and stage. He first appeared in the British television miniseries Rebel Heart in 2001 with James DArcy, in 2006, Gleeson starred in the feature film Studs, with his father appearing alongside him. Gleeson also starred in the Academy Award-winning film short Six Shooter and Boy Eats Girl and he also appeared on the Broadway theatre show The Lieutenant of Inishmore at age twenty-three, receiving a Tony Award nomination for the role. In late 2007, Gleeson played Herbert Pocket in the Hugh Leonard adaptation of Charles Dickenss Great Expectations at the Gate Theatre in Dublin, the role was described as wittily played by Irish Independent critic Bruce Arnold. Earlier that year he had a role as Bobby in the David Mamet play American Buffalo, in 2008, Gleeson starred in the one-off RTÉ comedy sketch show Your Bad Self, which was broadcast on 26 December that year. Other roles in 2008 included A Dog Year and Paddyville, in March 2009, it was confirmed that he had been cast as Bill Weasley in the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. His father, Brendan, plays Alastor Moody in the series, Gleeson had initially been reluctant to act alongside his father in the same film but later changed his mind. In 2006, he said of his acting, Id been very certain about not wanting to do the acting thing because of my father, I thought Id always have the father-son thing of He got you the role. In the 2009 film Sensation, Gleeson plays the role of a farmer whose soulless encounter with a call-girl develops into a bittersweet love story. He had his break-out year in 2010 with his role in Harry Potter, Gleeson won the 2011 Ifta Award for Best Actor for his performance as Bob Geldof in the biopic When Harvey Met Bob. He appeared in Be Right Back, an episode of the horror series Black Mirror alongside Hayley Atwell as a man who is killed in a car crash. Gleeson played Konstantin Levin in the adaptation of Leo Tolstoys classic novel Anna Karenina. It was released in late 2012, in 2013 Gleeson starred in About Time, a romantic comedy written and directed by Richard Curtis
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Voice acting
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Voice acting is the art of doing voice-overs or providing voices to represent a character or to provide information to an audience or user. Voice acting is also done for small handheld audio games, performers are called voice actors or actresses, voice artists, or voice talent. Their roles may also involve singing, although a voice actor is sometimes cast as the characters singing voice. Voice acting is recognised in Britain as a specialized dramatic profession, Voice artists are also used to record the individual sample fragments played back by a computer in an automated announcement. The voices for animated characters are provided by voice actors, for live action productions, voice acting often involves reading the parts of computer programs, radio dispatchers, or other characters who never actually appear on screen. With a radio drama or CD drama, there is freedom in voice acting, because there is no need to match a dub to the original actors. In the context of voice acting, narration is the use of commentary to convey a story to an audience. A narrator is a character or a non-personal voice that the creator of the story develops to deliver information to the audience. The voice actor who plays the narrator is responsible for performing the lines assigned to the narrator. In traditional literary narratives, narration is a story element, in other types of narratives, such as plays, television shows, video games. One of the most common uses for voice acting is within commercial advertising, the voice actor is hired to voice a message associated with the advertisement. This has different subgenres, television, radio, cinema, the subgenres are all different styles in their own right. Voiceover used in commercial adverts also is the area of voice acting where de-breathing is used. De-breathing means artificially removing breaths from the recorded voice and this is done to stop the audience being distracted in any way from the commercial message that is being put across. Dub localization is a type of voice-over and it is the practice of voice-over translation altering a foreign language film, art film or television series by voice actors. Voice-over translation is an audiovisual translation technique, in which, unlike in Dub localization, actor voices are recorded over the audio track. This method of translation is most often used in documentaries and news reports to translate words of foreign-language interviewees, automated dialogue replacement is the process of re-recording dialogue by the original actor after the filming process to improve audio quality or reflect dialogue changes. ADR is also used to change original lines recorded on set to clarify context, improve diction or timing, in the UK, it is also called post-synchronization or post-sync
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Human (Star Wars)
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The first film in the series, Star Wars, was released on May 25,1977 and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by five sequels and three prequels. Many species of creatures are depicted. The Falleen, a Star Wars species, are a race of human-like reptilian people who come from a world called Falleen in the Midrim region of the galaxy. They can change the color and hue of their skin to convey their emotional states, males of the race have strong pheromones which can attract women of most species easily. The females have the same talent, the Falleen seldom leave their world due to the belief that their species is superior to all others. A notable minor character from this race is Prince Xizor, another major villain was Darth Karrid of the Old Republic. They are probably the Yuuzhan Vong, who launched a siege on the galaxy from 25-30 ABY, the name Far-Outsiders is also used by the inhabitants of Zonama Sekot to describe the invaders that attacked their planet. The Ruling Families cant stop them, neither can any power in the region, suggesting that the term Far-Outsiders may apply to any unknown hostile race originating from outside the galaxy. Nym, a pirate from various Star Wars computer games was a Feeorin and it is said that Feeorins only grow stronger with age. Their homeworld was Odryn for a period of time in the Old Republic era, the controversial Jedi master Feln was a Feeorin leader. It has been stated in several Star Wars novels and comics that there are only roughly 1 million Feeorins left in the galaxy, not a well known species, the only reference is in Force Heretic 1-3 and Rogue Planet. They have icy blue skin, whitish hair, and live on Zonama Sekot, the planet provides them fleshy habitats constructed of its own mass. The Firrerreo are a species of near-humans from the planet Firrerre and they have two-toned hair and golden skin. In their culture, if someone says a Firrerreos name, the Firrerreo would be forced to serve the speaker and they no longer live on Firrerre, after the poisoning of their world by the Empire, they were loaded onto massive colony ships for a journey to another world. One of their own, a Force-sensitive named Hethrir, betrayed his people by the command of Darth Vader, after the deaths of Darth Vader and Palpatine, Hethrir returned and intercepted the colony ships. He disengaged the drives and left the sleeping Firrerre to drift in space and he plundered the ships for the valuable equipment onboard and took the children to sell as slaves. Hethrir kidnapped the children of Han Solo and Princess Leia Organa Solo, Anakin, Han was on a mission on the time and did not know of the kidnappings, so Princess Leia set out to find them herself. On her quest she stumbled upon the colony ships
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Kylo Ren
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Kylo Ren is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. Introduced in the 2015 film Star Wars, The Force Awakens, Kylo Ren is the chosen name of Ben Solo, the son of original Star Wars trilogy characters Han Solo and Leia Organa. Though trained by his uncle Luke Skywalker as a Jedi, he has been seduced to the side of the Force by Supreme Leader Snoke. Kylo Ren is also the master of the Knights of Ren, and a commander for the First Order and he is featured in The Force Awakens media and merchandising, and will appear in the films forthcoming sequel, Star Wars, The Last Jedi. According to director Abrams, the First Order is inspired by ODESSA, Drivers casting in the film in an unnamed role was first announced on April 29,2014. Kylo Ren was first seen, but still not named, in the 88-second The Force Awakens teaser trailer released by Lucasfilm on November 28,2014, the name Kylo Ren was revealed by Entertainment Weekly in a Lucasfilm-designed Topps-style trading card mockup in December 2014. A May 2015 Vanity Fair photo shoot by Annie Leibovitz confirmed that Driver would be portraying Kylo, in an interview with Time, The Force Awakens costume designer Michael Kaplan said that Abrams requested that Rens mask be designed to be memorable for a child. After numerous attempts to gain Abrams approval, the design was selected. Kaplan said, I dont know if it was the kind of spaghetti type lines on it or what, also the silver in those lines kind of reflects and changes color with the action. You know, if hes standing in front of fire you see that, Abrams told Entertainment Weekly in August 2015, The movie explains the origins of the mask and where its from, but the design was meant to be a nod to the Vader mask. According to other cast members, Driver is a method actor, Rens character arc shares similarities with that of the Star Wars expanded universe character Jacen Solo, the son of Han Solo and Princess Leia who threatens the galaxy as a fallen Jedi. Additionally, critics have noted a resemblance between Rens character design and that of Revan, the protagonist of Knights of the Old Republic, Abrams told Empire in August 2015, Kylo Ren is not a Sith. He works under Supreme Leader Snoke, who is a figure on the Dark Side of the Force. Abrams had previously told Entertainment Weekly that the character came to the name Kylo Ren when he joined a group called the Knights of Ren. Robbie Collin of The Telegraph described Ren as a hot-headed, radicalised Dark Side jihadi, whose red lightsaber splutters, Abrams noted, The lightsaber is something that he built himself, and is as dangerous and as fierce and as ragged as the character. The Telegraph also explains that Rens wild and erratic temper and angsty instability make him dangerous, melissa Leon of The Daily Beast describes Rens use of the Force formidable, citing his ability to stop a blaster shot mid-air, immobilize victims and probe their minds against their will. Kasdan told Entertainment Weekly in August 2015, Ive written four Star Wars movies now, I think youre going to see something thats brand new to the saga, noting that the character is full of emotion. Abrams explained, I think that what makes Ren so unique is that he isnt as fully formed as when we meet a character such as Darth Vader and he is not your prototypical mustache-twirling bad guy
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New Republic (Star Wars)
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The New Republic is the main fictional government in the Star Wars universe. The government is a restoration to the Galactic Republic, a state that governed the galaxy. Following its decisive victory at the Battle of Endor as depicted in Return of the Jedi, the goal of the New Republic was to restore the democratic rule of the galaxy that had existed under its predecessor state, the Old Republic. These individuals were able to form the First Order, an offshoot of the Empire seeking to destroy the Republic, for the three decades preceding the film, the First Order operated secretly in the unexplored regions, rebuilding its army and starfleet, in hopes of resurrecting the Empire. Inspired by the ideology of the Old Empire, the First Order constructed Starkiller Base, the superweapon was built into a mobile planet from the unexplored regions of the galaxy, and would travel across multiple star systems to draw their suns energy in order to charge its weapon. However, Starkiller Base is later destroyed by the Resistance, a splinter of the Republics military and protagonists of the film, the new Alliance serves as a provisional government which eventually transitions into the New Republic. Star Wars, The Force Awakens, The Visual Dictionary, New Republic on Wookieepedia, a Star Wars wiki
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Starkiller
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The characters name is taken from Luke Skywalkers original name Annikin Starkiller. IGN called Starkillers story nice and complete, Game Informer, UGO Networks and GameDaily also gave good reviews. However, GamesRadar has criticized Starkillers design, in GameSpots vote for the greatest video game character of all time, Starkiller was eliminated in round 1 against Niko Bellic. George Lucas motivated the team working on Star Wars, The Force Unleashed to make a brand-new character, before deciding on Starkillers character, other ideas for the main character included a Han Solo-like smuggler, a superheroic Rebel Wookiee, the last Skywalker and a gadget-wielding mercenary. The developers used feedback from focus test respondents and executives at LucasArts in order to make Starkiller. The developers consciously decided not to him a name in the game. Starkiller was designed as Luke Skywalkers photo-negative, and is named after Annikin Starkiller, the developers tried to avoid making Starkiller too rigidly defined while keeping the character developed. In order to avoid the character being over emotional, they tried to let short pieces of dialogue and they attempted to make Starkiller feel like he would belong in the classic Star Wars trilogy by making his actions faster and more intense. During an interview to Haden Blackman by The Guardian, he claimed that most of the players wanted the character to be ultimately redeemed by the end of the game. Starkiller was voiced by and given the likeness of Samuel Witwer, according to Blackman, the staff were very hard on Witwer when casting him, but claimed he was far above the other candidates and that he was already inhabiting the mind of this character. Blackman noted that Witwer brought new ideas and a sense of humanity to Starkiller, Sam Witwer has said that Starkiller would be a character he wouldnt mind revisiting. During the concepting stages of Star Wars, The Force Unleashed II, Blackman commented that after deciding how to have Starkiller return, he felt it all made sense and fell into place. Developers tried to make The Force Unleashed more personal to Starkiller, according to Witwer, Starkillers characteristics and personality depended on who he was talking to and what circumstances he is in. Witwer called him an interesting guy, speaking of layered characters. Although acting as a villain in the beginning of the first game, Haden Blackman noted that in the first Starkiller was a hunter, while in the second Starkiller is more a fugitive. Matt Filbrandt, one of the producers of The Force Unleashed II, said that the Starkiller in the game is trying to find out who he is. Starkiller debuted in Soulcalibur IV as a fighter, alongside Darth Vader, in Soulcalibur IV he is known as the Apprentice. After Vader sends him to investigate a dimensional rift that seems to be growing, the Apprentice defeats Algol and returns to Vader without either the Soul Edge or the Soul Calibur, due to perceiving them as worthless
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Galactic Republic
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The Galactic Republic, often referred to as simply the Republic, is the name of the interplanetary State used in the fictional Star Wars universe prior to the establishment of the Galactic Empire. The form of government, ruled by the Senate, was introduced in the prequel trilogy. By the time of the trilogy, it is referred to as the Old Republic. It was a democratic, though eventually ineffectual, constitutional republic tied up in layers of bureaucracy, the Republic, as it was commonly known, was a republican government that was able to sustain itself for over twenty-five thousand years. The Republic itself was formed in 25,053 BBY when the first Galactic Constitution was signed on Coruscant, the Republic was made up of several hundred thousand worlds. The Republic began as a protection and economic alliance among a number of planets in the Galactic Core. Each member world chose a Senator to represent them in the Republic Senate, Senators were ambassadors of their homeworld, and member worlds were able to maintain their government and society in accordance with local beliefs, customs, and traditions. There were a variety of different local governments along the political spectrum. In some systems, the senator was elected to that post, when the Republics power and influence expanded, many new areas of the galaxy were incorporated into the Republic. A reorganization of Senatorial representation occurred 1,000 BBY during the Ruusan Reformation, the most common organization for these new territories was to group regions into Sectors of about 50 inhabited worlds. Each sector is represented by a Senatorial Delegation, when the number of sectors became too large, sectors were organized into roughly a thousand regions, each represented by one delegation to the Senate. The Senate served as the body of the Galactic Republic. The Senate, according to the Star Wars. com Encyclopedia, was a building containing 1,024 floating platforms, each of which contained a senator. Each platform in the senate represented a sector of the galaxy, with one senator for that sector accompanied by a delegation of aides, some platforms represented individual worlds bringing special pleas to the senate, others the special interest groups such as the Trade Federation. Along with the senators, the leaders of the individual member planets apparently also had the power to vote in the Senate, each senatorial delegation had one vote. In the spirit of C-SPAN2, Senate cam droids, also known as Senate hovercams, were floating cam droids used in the Galactic Senate to record the legislative sessions. The members of the Senate then elected a Chancellor from among their ranks who served as the Senates presiding officer and as the Republics de facto leader. The Chancellor was assisted by the Vice Chair, who is elected in the same manner as the Chancellor
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Luke Skywalker
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Luke Skywalker is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the original film trilogy of the Star Wars franchise created by George Lucas. The character, portrayed by Mark Hamill, is an important figure in the Rebel Alliances struggle against the Galactic Empire. The now non-canon Star Wars expanded universe depicts him as a powerful Jedi Master, husband of Mara Jade, in 2015, the character was selected by Empire magazine as the 50th greatest movie character of all time. On their list of the 100 Greatest Fictional Characters, Fandomania. com ranked the character at number 14, Luke Skywalker was initially called Anakin Starkiller, and went through multiple design changes. The character was at one point designed as a 60-year-old grizzled war hero, later as a Jedi Master, the last name Starkiller remained for the first few months of production, Hamill on-camera using the name Luke Starkiller the sole time he referred to himself during filming. Starkiller was dropped due to what Lucas called unpleasant connotations, after Hamill was involved in a car accident, the Wampa attack at the beginning of The Empire Strikes Back was written in to explain his facial injuries. An alternative ending pitched by George Lucas for Return of the Jedi was Luke assuming his fathers role as Darth Vader after the latters death, though Lawrence Kasdan favored the idea, Lucas ultimately declined, since the films were made for children. Another conclusion to the featured the character disappearing into the wilderness akin to Clint Eastwood in the spaghetti westerns. During the filming of the original Star Wars trilogy, George Lucas informed Hamill that he would be needed to reprise the role when he was middle aged, Lucas further explained that his role as Luke would be handing Excalibur to the next generation. Hamill had no reaction at the time, as he thought of making Star Wars films decades in the future as an abstract concept, Hamill learned of the sequel trilogy over the summer of 2012 at a Star Wars celebration during lunch where Lucas told him one was in development. Hamill recalled shaving his beard to portray The Trickster in The Flash, Hamill attended meetings for script readings, and helped conceal Lukes role in the film, instead of dialogue, he read stage directions. Abrams said it allowed him to remain involved and that his reading helped make an experience for everyone. In the prequel film, Star Wars, Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Luke is born to Senator Padmé Amidala along with his twin sister, Luke Skywalker lives on a moisture farm on Tatooine with his Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru. Luke takes his first steps toward his destiny when he buys the droids C-3PO, when R2-D2 goes missing, Luke goes out to find him and encounters Obi-Wan Kenobi, an old hermit. Luke discovers that R2-D2 contains a message for Obi-Wan from Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan beseeching him to help her defeat the Galactic Empire, Obi-Wan says that he and Lukes father were once Jedi Knights, and that his father was murdered by a traitorous Jedi named Darth Vader. Obi-Wan presents Luke with his fathers lightsaber and offers to him to Alderaan and train him in the ways of the Force. Luke changes his mind when he returns home to find that Imperial stormtroopers have killed his aunt, Obi-Wan deactivates the tractor beam and he later sacrifices his life in a duel with Vader so that Luke and his friends can board the Falcon and escape. During the films battle scene, Luke joins the Rebel Alliance in attacking the Death Star
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Princess Leia
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Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan, later known as General Leia Organa, is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise, portrayed in films by Carrie Fisher. Introduced in the original Star Wars film in 1977, Leia is princess of the planet Alderaan, a member of the Imperial Senate and she thwarts the sinister Sith Lord Darth Vader and helps bring about the destruction of the Empires cataclysmic superweapon, the Death Star. In The Empire Strikes Back, Leia commands a Rebel base and evades Vader as she falls in love with the smuggler, Han Solo. In Return of the Jedi, Leia leads the operation to rescue Han from the crime lord Jabba the Hutt, and is revealed to be Vaders daughter and the twin sister of Luke Skywalker. The prequel film Revenge of the Sith establishes that the mother is Senator Padmé Amidala of Naboo. Leia is adopted by Senator Bail and Queen Breha Organa of Alderaan, in The Force Awakens, Leia is the founder and General of the Resistance against the First Order and has a son with Han named Ben, who goes by the name Kylo Ren. She becomes the Chief of State of the New Republic and a Jedi Master, One of the more popular Star Wars characters, Leia has been called a 1980s icon, a feminist hero and model for other adventure heroines. She has appeared in many works and merchandising, and has been referenced or parodied in several TV shows. Her cinnamon buns hairstyle from Star Wars and metal bikini from Return of the Jedi have become cultural icons, Leia was created by Star Wars creator George Lucas. In 1999, Lucas explained his early development of Leia, Luke and Obi-Wan Kenobi, The first talked about a princess, the second version involved a father, his son, and his daughter, the daughter was the heroine of the film. Now the daughter has become Luke, Mark Hamills character, There was also the story of two brothers where I transformed one of them into a sister. The older brother was imprisoned, and the sister had to rescue him. In the fourth draft it was established that Leia Organa came instead from Alderaan, Fisher was 19 when she was cast as Princess Leia, with actresses including Amy Irving, Cindy Williams and Jodie Foster also up for the role. Asked about Streep in 2015, Fisher said, Bullshit, but Jodie Foster was up for it. That one I knew the most, the second draft of the Return of the Jedi screenplay contained dialogue in which Obi-Wan tells Luke he has a twin sister. She and their mother were sent to the protection of friends in a distant system, the mother died shortly thereafter, and Lukes sister was adopted by Bens friends, the governor of Alderaan and his wife. Fisher explained in 1983, Leias real father left her mother when she was pregnant, I was adopted and grew up set apart from other people because I was a princess. Composer John Williams created a musical leitmotif for Leia which recurs throughout the Star Wars saga, Princess Leias Theme was recorded as a concert suite for the score of the 1977 film
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Poe Dameron
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Poe Dameron is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. Introduced in the 2015 film Star Wars, The Force Awakens and he is featured in The Force Awakens media and merchandising as well as an eponymous comic book series, and will appear in the films forthcoming sequel, Star Wars, The Last Jedi. Isaac and the character have received positive reviews, with Poe being compared to the characterization of Han Solo in the original Star Wars film trilogy. During the development phase of The Force Awakens, the character was referred to as John Doe and was first intended to be a Jedi. Isaacs casting in the film was first announced on April 29,2014 and his character was first seen in the 88-second The Force Awakens teaser trailer released by Lucasfilm on November 28,2014, piloting an X-wing fighter. The name Poe Dameron was revealed by Entertainment Weekly in a Lucasfilm-designed Topps-style trading card mockup in December 2014, the character was one of those featured in a May 2015 Vanity Fair photo shoot by Annie Leibovitz. He was named after The Force Awakens writer/director J. J. Abrams assistant Morgan Dameron, the film has received praise for its diverse casting, including Isaac, who is Guatemalan-American. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote that giving starring roles to a man, a white woman. Targeted at Spanish-speaking viewers, an action-oriented Univision TV spot heavily featuring Poe included an introduction by Isaac in Spanish, after an initial release of promotional character posters in November 2015, a poster featuring Isaacs Poe was released the following month. In The Force Awakens, Poe is a skilled X-wing fighter pilot for the Resistance, the son of a rebel fighter pilot and a rebel commando, he is a commander in the Resistance’s Starfighter Corps and one of Leia Organas most-trusted operatives who is headstrong and can fly anything. Isaac described Poe as the best freaking pilot in the galaxy, hes been sent on a mission by a certain princess, and he ends up coming up across, and their fates are forever intertwined. Natalie Zutter and Chris Lough of Tor. com wrote, Poe is that rare creature who knows exactly what he wants to do with his life, Isaac said of the character, Poe’s the kind of guy you want in the trenches with you. He’s straightforward, he’s honest, hes incredibly loyal and he’s got some swagger to him, katy Waldman wrote for Slate, This is Poe Dameron, star pilot, heartthrob, wiseass, ace leather jacket–bestower, Finn’s OTP. When he grins up at, all rakish charm and derring-do, comic book writer Charles Soule, creator of the 2015 Marvel Comics series Star Wars, Poe Dameron, said of the character, I think its his charisma that really defines him, for me. Poe Dameron is one charming fellow, weve seen great pilots before, and great warriors, but his ability to lead and inspire feels pretty fresh to me, as is his somewhat snappy roguishness. Poe Dameron is the star pilot of General Leia Organas Resistance fleet. He is sent by Leia on a mission to the planet Jakku to retrieve part of a map that lead to the location of her brother. Before Poe can leave with the map, the First Order attacks, the pilot has entrusted the map to BB-8, who flees into the desert as Kylo Ren tortures Poe in search of the map
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Han Solo
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Han Solo is a character in the Star Wars franchise. In the original trilogy, Han and his co-pilot, Chewbacca. During the course of the Star Wars story, he becomes a figure in the Alliance. Star Wars creator George Lucas described the character as a loner who realizes the importance of being part of a group and helping for the common good. Han owes crime lord Jabba the Hutt a great deal of money and has a price on his head, Han and his passengers are attacked by Imperial stormtroopers, but escape by accelerating to light speed. When they arrive at Alderaan, however, they discover that the planet has been destroyed, the Falcon is then captured and held within the Death Star, a moon-sized battle station constructed by the Empire. Han and company hide from detection inside the Falcons smuggling bays and they discover that Princess Leia Organa is a prisoner on board, and Luke convinces Han to help rescue her by promising him a huge reward. They rescue Leia and escape, though Obi-Wan is killed by Sith Lord Darth Vader, after delivering Luke, Leia, C-3PO, and R2-D2 to the Rebel Alliance, Han and Chewbacca receive a payment for their services and prepare to leave. Luke asks Han to stay and help the Rebels attack the Death Star, Han has a change of heart and returns to save Lukes life during the films climactic battle scene, ultimately enabling Luke to destroy the Death Star. For his heroics, Han is presented with a medal of honor, Han helps Chewbacca join his family on the Wookiee homeworld Kashyyyk. He faces Imperial forces on Kashyyyk, and later joins Luke, Leia, R2-D2, C-3PO, Chewbacca, Han returns with the Rebel Alliance to Echo Base on the frozen planet of Hoth. While out on patrol with Luke, they witness a meteor strike the surface, Han returns to base while Luke decides to investigate. Han informs Leia and the General of Echo Base that he must leave in order to clear his debt with Jabba, before he can depart, it is discovered that Luke has not returned from his reconnaissance. Han rides out alone into the frozen Hoth wastelands, soon finding Luke badly injured, using his friends lightsaber, Han cuts open his tauntaun, providing Luke warmth while he builds a shelter until they can be rescued the next morning. Later, Han and Chewbacca are sent out to investigate another meteor strike and they discover that the meteor is actually an Imperial Probe Droid. The two succeed in destroying the probe, but not before the Empire is alerted to the location of Echo Base, when the Empire attacks Echo Base, Han, Chewie, Leia, and C-3PO narrowly escape on board the Millennium Falcon. Han evades a squad of Imperial TIE fighters by flying through an asteroid field, Han and Leia fall in love during the long journey. They manage to hide from the Imperial fleet long enough to escape, bounty hunter Boba Fett secretly follows the Falcon during this getaway
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The Guardian
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The Guardian is a British daily newspaper, known from 1821 until 1959 as the Manchester Guardian. Along with its sister papers The Observer and The Guardian Weekly, The Guardian is part of the Guardian Media Group, the Scott Trust became a limited company in 2008, with a constitution to maintain the same protections for The Guardian. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than to the benefit of an owner or shareholders, the Guardian is edited by Katharine Viner, who succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. In 2016, The Guardians print edition had a daily circulation of roughly 162,000 copies in the country, behind The Daily Telegraph. The newspaper has an online UK edition as well as two international websites, Guardian Australia and Guardian US, the newspapers online edition was the fifth most widely read in the world in October 2014, with over 42.6 million readers. Its combined print and online editions reach nearly 9 million British readers, notable scoops include the 2011 News International phone hacking scandal, in particular the hacking of murdered English teenager Milly Dowlers phone. The investigation led to the closure of the UKs biggest selling Sunday newspaper, and one of the highest circulation newspapers in the world, in 2016, it led the investigation into the Panama Papers, exposing the then British Prime Minister David Camerons links to offshore bank accounts. The Guardian has been named Newspaper of the Year four times at the annual British Press Awards, the paper is still occasionally referred to by its nickname of The Grauniad, given originally for the purported frequency of its typographical errors. The Manchester Guardian was founded in Manchester in 1821 by cotton merchant John Edward Taylor with backing from the Little Circle and they launched their paper after the police closure of the more radical Manchester Observer, a paper that had championed the cause of the Peterloo Massacre protesters. They do not toil, neither do they spin, but they better than those that do. When the government closed down the Manchester Observer, the champions had the upper hand. The influential journalist Jeremiah Garnett joined Taylor during the establishment of the paper, the prospectus announcing the new publication proclaimed that it would zealously enforce the principles of civil and religious Liberty. Warmly advocate the cause of Reform, endeavour to assist in the diffusion of just principles of Political Economy and. Support, without reference to the party from which they emanate, in 1825 the paper merged with the British Volunteer and was known as The Manchester Guardian and British Volunteer until 1828. The working-class Manchester and Salford Advertiser called the Manchester Guardian the foul prostitute, the Manchester Guardian was generally hostile to labours claims. The Manchester Guardian dismissed strikes as the work of outside agitators –, if an accommodation can be effected, the occupation of the agents of the Union is gone. CP Scott made the newspaper nationally recognised and he was editor for 57 years from 1872, and became its owner when he bought the paper from the estate of Taylors son in 1907. Under Scott, the moderate editorial line became more radical, supporting William Gladstone when the Liberals split in 1886
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Adam Driver
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Adam Douglas Driver is an American actor. He made his Broadway debut in Mrs. Warrens Profession, in 2011, he returned to Broadway in Man and Boy and made his feature film debut in J. Edgar. Driver has appeared in supporting roles in a range of films, including Lincoln, Frances Ha. He starred in While Were Young and won the Volpi Cup for his role in Hungry Hearts, as well as several best actor awards for his performance in Jim Jarmuschs Paterson. Driver gained worldwide attention and acclaim for playing the villain Kylo Ren in Star Wars, The Force Awakens and he is also the founder of Arts in the Armed Forces, a nonprofit that performs theater for all branches of the military, both in the US and abroad. Driver was born in Fontana, San Bernardino County, California, on November 19,1983, the son of Nancy Wright, a paralegal and his fathers family is from Arkansas and his mothers family is from Indiana. His stepfather, Rodney G. Wright, is a minister at a Baptist church, when Driver was seven years old, he moved with his mother and older sister April to her hometown of Mishawaka, Indiana, where he grew up. Driver had an upbringing, and sang in choir at church. Shortly after the September 11 attacks, Driver joined the United States Marine Corps and was assigned to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion and he served for two years and eight months with no deployments before breaking his sternum while mountain biking. He was medically discharged before his unit deployed to Iraq for the Iraq War, after leaving the Marine Corps, Driver attended the University of Indianapolis for a year, he transferred to the Juilliard School to study drama. Driver said that he was seen as an intimidating and volatile figure to his classmates and he was a member of the Drama Divisions Group 38, along with his future wife Joanne Tucker. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2009, following his graduation from Juilliard, Driver began acting in New York City, appearing in both Broadway and off-Broadway productions. Like many other aspiring actors, he worked as a busboy. Driver appeared in television shows and short films. He made his film debut in Clint Eastwoods J. Edgar. In 2012, Driver was cast in the current HBO hit comedy-drama series Girls, to date, he has received three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role. Apart from appearing in the short film Not Waving But Drowning and he played Samuel Beckwith in Steven Spielbergs Lincoln and played Lev Shapiro in Noah Baumbachs Frances Ha. Driver appeared in four films in 2013, Bluebird, The F Word, as musician Al Cody in the Coen Brothers Inside Llewyn Davis, for his role in Hungry Hearts, Driver won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the 71st Venice International Film Festival
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Wookieepedia
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The name Wookieepedia is a portmanteau of Wookiee and encyclopedia, a pun on the name of Wikipedia. The logo, too, is a visual pun showing the incomplete second Death Star as opposed to Wikipedias incomplete jigsaw logo and it is a fan-built version of the Holocron, a database maintained by Lucasfilm to track everything in the Star Wars universe and ensure continuity within it. Wookieepedia was conceived by Steven Greenwood and created at the request of hosting site Wikia by Chad Barbry, Barbry also conceived the name Wookiepedia, which was later respelled W-O-O-K-I-E-E-P-E-D-I-A. On March 4,2005, Wookieepedia was launched at Wikia, Wookieepedia is the most-visited wiki hosted by Wikia as of April 2005. On November 28,2005, Wookieepedia was selected as the Sci Fi Channels Sci Fi Site of the Week, in January 2006, the site was featured as the Wikia of the Month. Wikia hosts Star Wars wikis in many languages, and Wookieepedia also coordinates its efforts with the German language wiki called Jedipedia. net. A2014 April Fools joke was posted on the site involving alien breasts, fans have criticized the administrators and how the content is circulated. Some have even gone so far as to say it is a rather alienating wiki given its appeal being centered on only main Star Wars fans if nothing more. Criticism has also directed towards the choosing of bureaucrats as well as the growing amount of hostility and immaturity in their forums. In April 2014, Wookieepedia drew some controversy within the Star Wars fan community for posting a satirical article on breasts as its April Fools feature article. Critics regarded the article as misogynistic and in bad taste, some fans who havent cared for Wookiepedia have even defected to going to the Star Wars Uncyclopedia equivalent Darthipedia as well. Media related to Wookieepedia at Wikimedia Commons Official website on Wikia Wookieepedia on WikiIndex
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IMDb
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In 1998 it became a subsidiary of Amazon Inc, who were then able to use it as an advertising resource for selling DVDs and videotapes. As of January 2017, IMDb has approximately 4.1 million titles and 7.7 million personalities in its database, the site enables registered users to submit new material and edits to existing entries. Although all data is checked before going live, the system has open to abuse. The site also featured message boards which stimulate regular debates and dialogue among authenticated users, IMDb shutdown the message boards permanently on February 20,2017. Anyone with a connection can read the movie and talent pages of IMDb. A registration process is however, to contribute info to the site. A registered user chooses a name for themselves, and is given a profile page. These badges range from total contributions made, to independent categories such as photos, trivia, bios, if a registered user or visitor happens to be in the entertainment industry, and has an IMDb page, that user/visitor can add photos to that page by enrolling in IMDbPRO. Actors, crew, and industry executives can post their own resume and this fee enrolls them in a membership called IMDbPro. PRO can be accessed by anyone willing to pay the fee, which is $19.99 USD per month, or if paid annually, $149.99, which comes to approximately $12.50 per month USD. Membership enables a user to access the rank order of each industry personality, as well as agent contact information for any actor, producer, director etc. that has an IMDb page. Enrolling in PRO for industry personnel, enables those members the ability to upload a head shot to open their page, as well as the ability to upload hundreds of photos to accompany their page. Anyone can register as a user, and contribute to the site as well as enjoy its content, however those users enrolled in PRO have greater access and privileges. IMDb originated with a Usenet posting by British film fan and computer programmer Col Needham entitled Those Eyes, others with similar interests soon responded with additions or different lists of their own. Needham subsequently started an Actors List, while Dave Knight began a Directors List, and Andy Krieg took over THE LIST from Hank Driskill, which would later be renamed the Actress List. Both lists had been restricted to people who were alive and working, the goal of the participants now was to make the lists as inclusive as possible. By late 1990, the lists included almost 10,000 movies and television series correlated with actors and actresses appearing therein. On October 17,1990, Needham developed and posted a collection of Unix shell scripts which could be used to search the four lists, at the time, it was known as the rec. arts. movies movie database
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List of Star Wars characters
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This list of characters from the Star Wars franchise contains only those which are considered part of the official Star Wars canon. C-3PO and R2-D2 are the characters to appear in all films to date
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Admiral Ackbar
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Admiral Gial Ackbar is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. A member of the amphibious Mon Calamari species, Ackbar was the foremost military commander of the Rebel Alliance who led combat operations against the Galactic Empire. Ackbar played a role in the 1983 film Return of the Jedi. He was portrayed in the film by puppeteer Timothy D. Rose, Ackbar was voiced by Erik Bauersfeld, who made up the voice he believed matched the character after looking at a photo of Ackbar. The Ackbar character has been received positively by critics and fans, which he says during a scene in Return of the Jedi, has become a popular Internet meme. Ackbars first name, Gial, was not established until the April 2012 release of the Star Wars reference book The Essential Guide to Warfare, Admiral Ackbar was designed for the film Return of the Jedi, the final entry in the original Star Wars trilogy. However, before the May 1983 debut of film, the character made his first chronological appearance in a series of Star Wars newspaper comic strips by Archie Goodwin. There he was portrayed as the leader of the alien species Mon Calamari, the Mon Calamari are a species of fish-like, amphibious humanoids with salmon-colored skin, webbed hands, high-domed heads, and large fish-like eyes. Ackbars back story was not explained in Return of the Jedi, Ackbar was born on the planet Dac, a world almost entirely covered by water, where his species built giant floating cities. The peaceful Ackbar was the leader of his town, Coral Depths City. Despite the Mon Calamaris attempts to make peace, the Imperial forces destroyed several of their cities, stole their technology, Ackbar was one of the first to be enslaved, and was eventually presented as an interpreter and personal servant to Grand Moff Tarkin. Ackbar was freed from captivity during an attempt by Rebel forces to capture Tarkin. Starting with the rank of Rebel commander, Ackbar helped design the B-wing, a line of starfighters. His responsibilities kept growing until Mon Mothma promoted him to commander of the entire Rebel fleet and head of military operations, as well as one of her top two advisers. When Rebel spies discovered plans for a partially constructed second Death Star, Ackbar, Ackbar personally led the assault from his flagship, the Mon Calamari cruiser Home One. The attack did not go as planned, however, because the Imperial forces were expecting the assault and had in fact allowed the Death Star plans to fall into Rebel hands to lead them into a trap. The Imperials launched a counterattack against the Rebel fleet with TIE starfighters. Ackbar initially called for a retreat, but Calrissian convinced him to move forward with the attack
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Cad Bane
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Cad Bane is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise, created by George Lucas, Dave Filoni and Henry Gilroy as a recurring antagonist voiced by Corey Burton in Star Wars, The Clone Wars. The character is a cold and manipulative bounty hunter from the planet Duro, the character was created for the 2008 Star Wars, The Clone Wars television series set during the prequel trilogy. The season one finale Hostage Crisis director Giancarlo Volpe compared Cad Bane to another Star Wars bounty hunter Boba Fett stating, The crew loves Cad Bane and he brings a serious bad-ass sensibility to Star Wars. Hes a lethal and ruthless bounty hunter, and you see that right away in the episode, unlike Boba Fett, Cad doesnt take prisoners. Originally, supervising director Dave Filoni and series writer Henry Gilroy planned to create the Durge character that was introduced in the 2003 micro-series. Durge would instead be redesigned as a character but this exploration was short lived after the suggestion of series producer. These characters Western influences help to bring Bane to life while still containing the features of the Duros species in the Star Wars universe with his own original characterization, burtons voice would then be modified on the computer by the series sound production team. Something you notice about George Lucas after a while is that hell mention a name like Mace Windu in a version of Star Wars, and then it pops up in 1999. So, this, I guess might have been an idea George had for the character Cad Bane way back when, and now finally hes getting around to bringing him to the screen in The Clone Wars. Cad Bane first appears in the season one finale Hostage Crisis, in the second season, Cad Bane is contacted by Darth Sidious for a special assignment, the capture of a Holocron from inside the Jedi Temple. Bane finds himself in a struggle for the stolen Holocron as Skywalker. He is briefly captured before leading Obi-Wan Kenobi and Mace Windu into a trap in his headquarters, during the fourth season, Cad Bane is revealed to be in a Republic prison. He is then hired by fellow convict Moralo Eval for a job by Count Dooku to kidnap Chancellor Palpatine on Naboo, however, Kenobi poses as bounty hunter Rako Hardeen and manages to foil the plot even though Dooku escapes while Bane was arrested. Bane does not appear in the fifth season, Cad Bane has been featured in two Hasbro toys concerning himself, his blaster and his ship respectively, as well as one involving him merged with his ship in a crossover for Transformers. Both Cad Bane and his speeder were included as part of the Lego Star Wars toy line, in 2009, UGO Networks ran a feature on Cad Bane, noting his cool looks and calling him quintessentially cold, cruel and calculating. IGN listed him as the 31st top Star Wars character, praising his first impression and saying his creators succeeded in introducing an inarguably cool, IGN also noted he continued to be an excellent foil to the main protagonists in his later appearances. IGNs Eric Goldman said that Bane was an attempt at creating a new ongoing villain. Goldman also called Banes introduction and his torture of Bolla Ropal two of The Clone Warss most darkest moments, adding that Bane lived up to the hype that surrounded him in his introduction
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Darth Bane
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Darth Bane is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. Darth Banes only on-screen appearance happens when he appears as a vision to Jedi master Yoda, in the last episode of the animated series Star Wars, The Clone Wars, he was voiced by Mark Hamill. Sith and the novels Darth Bane, Path of Destruction, Darth Bane, Rule of Two and Darth Bane, Dynasty of Evil, all ceased to be canon. In the Star Wars universe, Darth Bane is an extremely powerful Sith Lord who lived a millennium before the events of Episode I, the Rule of Two is mentioned by Yoda, but the part were he mentioned Darth Bane was cut from the film. The Rule of Two, philosophy would aid Palpatine in taking over the galaxy a thousand years later in Episode III, Revenge of the Sith. In the television series Star Wars, The Clone Wars sixth and final season, on the episode of the series. Darth Banes backstory is established in Darth Bane, Path of Destruction by Drew Karpyshyn and he is born as Dessel on the planet Apatros, the son of a miner named Hurst. An abusive alcoholic, Hurst blames the boy for the death of his wife in childbirth, Banes father takes him into the mines at a young age, and the boy is bullied and abused well into adulthood. With his latent affinity in the side of the Force. After he kills a Republic Navy ensign in self-defense, Bane flees Apatros to evade arrest, and joins the armies of the Brotherhood of Darkness and his instinctive use of the Force brings him to the attention of the Sith Lord Kopecz. Dessel is sent to the Brotherhoods Academy on Korriban to be trained in the ways of the dark side, Dessel becomes a star pupil after killing another student in cold blood. In particular, he attracts the attention of Sirak, the top student at the Korriban Academy, after Bane realizes that he had indeed killed his father with the dark side, he subconsciously retreats from the Force, losing his power. Bane falls out of favor in the Academy, and is eventually refused any personalized training, months later, in a vain attempt to reestablish himself, Bane challenges Sirak to a fight and is seriously injured in the ensuing duel. Banes training in and ascension to the Sith is detailed in both Path of Destruction and Jedi vs. Sith, as a student, he meets a new apprentice named Githany, who secretly plans to use him to bring down Sirak. Githany reestablishes his connection to the side by showing him in secret what the Sith Lords are teaching her. Most importantly, Bane studies tomes from the Golden Age of the Sith, Githany tells Bane that she intends to challenge Sirak, assuming that Bane would offer to assassinate him to spare her. However, Bane surprises her by revealing his intentions to destroy Sirak personally in the ring. During the duel, he seriously wounds his opponent, but stops just short of killing him, qordis, the main Sith there, knows of his secret training with Githany
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BB-8
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BB-8 is a droid character in the Star Wars franchise, first appearing in the 2015 film Star Wars, The Force Awakens. Spherical with a domed head, BB-8 is portrayed by both a rod puppet and a remote-controlled robotic unit. To that end, the droid BB-8 was a physical prop developed by Disney Research, created by effects artist Neal Scanlan. For shooting, several BB-8 models were constructed, the most prominent was a rod puppet, controlled by puppeteers Dave Chapman and Brian Herring. In addition, there were radio controlled units and some static prop versions. A full functioning, self-contained robotic unit was not practical for shooting, so most of the scenes were achieved by the puppet. Later a self standing remote controlled unit was constructed and used at promotional events, Abrams also named the robot, telling Entertainment Weekly in August 2015, I named him BB-8 because it was almost onomatopoeia. It was sort of how he looked to me, with the 8, obviously, the name was conceived early on in the films production and was one of the few to remain unchanged. The voice of BB-8 was supplied by comedians Bill Hader and Ben Schwartz, the voice was created by Abrams manipulating their voices through a talkbox, attached to an iPad running a sound effects app. BB-8 is a robot with a free-moving domed head. He is white, with orange and silver accents and an optical lens on its headpiece. BB-8 also possesses multiple panels containing various tools or ports, Scanlan said of the robots personality, We always imagined BB-8 as being quite manipulative. I think he knows he’s cute and he knows that he can win people over. And he uses that like children do to get his own way, in this film, he has a very important mission that he has to accomplish and so he uses his personality, his coyness, and all of those things. Of BB-8s gender he said, Im still not sure, dare I say, BB-8 was female in our eyes. And then he or she became male, and thats all part of the evolution, not only visually, but in the way they move, how they hold themselves. If you only have one wheel, youre sort of stuck and if you dont have enough height, BB-8 was first seen in the 88-second The Force Awakens teaser trailer released by Lucasfilm on November 28,2014. Its name was revealed by Entertainment Weekly in a Lucasfilm-designed Topps-style trading card mockup in December 2014, in the film, the robot is the astromech droid of the Resistance X-wing fighter pilot Poe Dameron
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Jar Jar Binks
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Jar Jar Binks is a fictional character from the Star Wars saga created by George Lucas. He has a cameo in Star Wars, Return of the Jedi. The first lead computer generated character of the franchise, he has been portrayed by Ahmed Best in most of his appearances, Jar Jars primary role in Episode I was to provide comic relief for the audience. Upon the movies release, he was met with a negative reception from both critics and audiences. George Lucas was inspired to develop Jar Jar based on the Disney character Goofy, singer Michael Jackson was originally considered for the role, but he wanted to portray the character using prosthetics while Lucas wanted him to be all CGI. Best would later remark that after Lucas walked out of the audition he felt he had failed it, Jar Jar Binks first appears in Star Wars, Episode I – The Phantom Menace as a bumbling, foolish Gungan from the planet Naboo. He is nearly killed by a Federation transport, only to be saved at the last minute by Jedi Knight Qui-Gon Jinn, Qui-Gon and his padawan, Obi-Wan Kenobi, persuade Jar Jars tribe to release him to their custody as a guide. He later goes with the Jedi and Padmé Amidala to the planet Tatooine, Jar Jar later appears in the films climactic battle scene, where he leads his fellow Gungans, as a general in the Gungan army, in defeating the Trade Federation. After the battle he appears at the funeral of Qui-Gon Jinn, Jar Jars role in Attack of the Clones is much smaller, but his actions are significant. Later, on the behalf of the Naboo, he gives a speech to the assembled Senate in favor of granting Chancellor Palpatine vast emergency powers. These are granted, giving Palpatine the power he needs to subsequently overthrow the senate, Jar Jar appears in only a few scenes in Revenge of the Sith, and has no dialogue. He was originally given some dialogue in the beginning, but this was cut and he is most prominently featured in Padmé Amidalas funeral procession at the end of the film. Jar Jar Binks is a character in the animated series Star Wars, The Clone Wars, once again voiced by Best. In this series, he is a Senate representative who sometimes accompanies the main characters—Anakin, Ahsoka, Obi-Wan, and Padmé—on their adventures. He and master Mace Windu are the two characters of the two-part episode The Disappeared in which they had to search for missing elders and rescue a queen. Chris Taylor of Mashable wrote that the situation reflects real life in that adults disliked Jar Jar in the prequel films, but children were entertained by him. In an interview, director J. J. Abrams suggested that Jar Jars death might be referenced in Star Wars, The Force Awakens, but this did not happen. In the game Star Wars, The Force Unleashed, Jar Jar is shown to have frozen in carbonite by Darth Vader
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C-3PO
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C-3PO or See-Threepio is a humanoid robot character from the Star Wars franchise who appears in the original Star Wars films, the prequel trilogy and the sequel trilogy. Created by Anakin Skywalker, C-3PO was designed as a protocol droid intended to assist in etiquette, customs, along with his astromech droid counterpart and friend R2-D2, C-3PO provides comic relief within the narrative structure of the films, and serving as foils. C-3PO also appears frequently in the Star Wars Canon and Star Wars Legends continuities of novels, comic books, and video games, and was a major character in the ABC television show Droids. In Star Wars, C-3PO is introduced to the audience when he, when R2-D2 attempts to leave the ship to deliver a secret message to Obi-Wan Kenobi, C-3PO follows R2-D2 into an escape pod, which lands on the planet Tatooine. There, C-3PO and R2-D2 are captured by Jawas, and are taken to be sold, in the process of being sold to Owen Lars, C-3PO convinces his new owner to buy R2-D2 as well. The duo ultimately lead Lars nephew, Luke Skywalker, to Obi-Wan, when the ship is taken hostage on the Death Star, C-3PO helps R2-D2 shut down the space stations trash computer, saving their human companions lives, before escaping on board the Falcon. When R2-D2 is damaged during the Battle of Yavin, a grief-stricken C-3PO offers to donate his spare parts to repair his counterpart. C-3PO and a repaired R2-D2 are present at the celebration of the Death Stars destruction at the end of the film, throughout the film C-3PO is a foil to R2-D2s antics, even when C-3PO translates R2-D2s machine speech for the audience. When R2 is damaged in the Battle of Yavin, C-3PO offers to donate any mechanical parts helpful in his repair, C-3PO also displays the ability to deceive humans. In The Empire Strikes Back, C-3PO is responsible for identifying the Empires probe droid, C-3PO escapes with Han, Chewbacca, and Leia in the Millennium Falcon, while R2-D2 joins Luke in his search for Yoda. During this time C-3PO and Solo are often shown as foils, C-3PO quoting odds, after a chase through the Hoth asteroid field, the Falcon escapes to Cloud City on Bespin. While exploring a room in Cloud City, C-3PO is blasted by an off-camera stormtrooper, in search of R2-D2, Chewbacca heads to the Ugnaught recycling facility where he finds the dismembered parts of the droid. When Darth Vader reveals his presence to the group that day, Chewbacca is sent into a holding cell, but is permitted to rebuild the droid. Thereafter, Chewbacca carries the partially rebuilt C-3PO on his back during Hans encasement in carbonite, with the help of the citys administrator, Lando Calrissian, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, and C-3PO escape the city. Having C-3PO on Chewbaccas back proves to be beneficial, in that when Boba Fett escapes the city with Han Solo, while escaping Vaders flagship Executor, R2-D2 begins repairing C-3PO. After making their way to the Rebels rendezvous point, C-3PO is fully repaired, in Return of the Jedi, Luke commands C-3PO and R2-D2 to deliver a message to Jabba the Hutt, whereby C-3PO is used as Jabbas translator while R2-D2 serves on his flying sail barge. C-3POs first translation for the lord is of the bounty hunter Boushh — Leia in disguise — claiming the bounty for Chewbacca. When Luke attempts escape, R2-D2 tosses him his lightsaber, with which he attacks Jabbas guards, in the midst of the battle, C-3PO is attacked by Salacious Crumb, who pulls out his right photoreceptor before being driven off by R2-D2
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Lando Calrissian
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Lando Calrissian is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. He is portrayed by Billy Dee Williams in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi and he also appears frequently in the Star Wars expanded universe of novels, comic books and video games, including a series of novels in which he is the protagonist. The first draft of The Empire Strikes Back featured a character named Lando Kadar and his name and familiar aspects of his backstory materialized in the second draft. Lando Calrissian first appears in The Empire Strikes Back as the administrator of Cloud City, bounty hunter Boba Fett, working for Darth Vader, tracks Han Solo, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, and C-3PO, traveling in the damaged Millennium Falcon, to Bespin. Shortly before Solo and crew make it to Bespin, Darth Vader, Lando is strongarmed by Vader into betraying his old friend and turning him over to Boba Fett. In the ensuing evacuation of Cloud City, he helps Leia, Chewbacca, C-3PO and he then assists Leia in rescuing the maimed Luke Skywalker, who had fallen into Vaders trap and lost his right hand in a duel, from the underside of Cloud City. Afterwards, he joins the Rebel Alliance and promises Leia that they will find Han, in Return of the Jedi, Lando goes undercover to help Luke rescue Han from crime lord Jabba the Hutt. During a battle with Jabbas henchmen, Han saves Lando from being devoured by the Sarlacc, Lando then helps Han, for his heroics, he is made a general in the Rebel Alliance. Lando then takes the chair in his old ship, the Millennium Falcon. He helps the Rebels to victory by destroying the gigantic Imperial battle station, Lando did not appear in The Force Awakens, although Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Leia Organa and other members of the Rebel Alliance made appearances in the film. The fate of Calrissian, following the Battle of Endor, is unknown, during the early development of the film, Lando was supposed to make an appearance, with Williams reprising the role, but he was finally cut from the film. This action caused the displeasure of some fans, Donald Glover will portray a young Lando Calrissian in the upcoming Untitled Han Solo film, which will see a May 25,2018 release. Billy Dee Williams returned to the role in the Star Wars Rebels episodes Idiots Array and Star Wars Rebels, The Siege of Lothal. In Idiots Array, Lando wins Chopper, the repair droid of the crew of the Ghost, in a game of sabacc, the crew become reluctant business partners to Lando following the ordeal, leading to their first encounter with the crime boss Azmorigan. In The Siege of Lothal the crew of the Ghost reluctantly approach Lando for help in getting off of Lothal and he is also mentioned on occasion in various other episodes, becoming one of a couple of aliases employed by Ezra Bridger. Billy Dee Williams reprises his role as Lando Calrissian in various games, including Jedi Knight II, Jedi Outcast and Star Wars Battlefront, Lando Calrissian is the star of the Lando comic book series there are 5 comic in the series, published by Marvel Comics. The Star Wars comic book released by Marvel Comics featured Lando as a prominent character following The Empire Strikes Back. During The Corellian Trilogy, Calrissian goes on a hunt for a rich wife
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Chewbacca
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Chewbacca, nicknamed Chewie, is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. He is a Wookiee, a tall, hirsute biped and intelligent species from the planet Kashyyyk, Chewbacca is the loyal friend and associate of Han Solo, and serves as co-pilot on Solos spaceship, the Millennium Falcon. The character has appeared on television, in books, comics. To repay this debt, Chewbacca protected Han for the rest of his life, standing at 8 feet tall, Chewbacca is covered with long hair, and wears only a bandolier. His weapon of choice is the Wookiee bowcaster, Chewbacca was named one of the greatest sidekicks in film history by Entertainment Weekly. In Italy the name of Chewbacca was changed to Chewbecca and his nickname is Chewbe, Chewbaccas creation as a gentle, hairy, non-English-speaking co-pilot was inspired by George Lucas seeing his own dog sitting up on the passenger seat of his car. It is said that Chewbaccas name is derived from собака, the Russian word for dog, in all five screen appearances, Chewbacca was played by Peter Mayhew, who was chosen for his height of 73. Five identical costumes were made for Mayhew, in the three films and a holiday special, the suits were made of yak hair and mohair. In Revenge of the Sith, the suit was made of more comfortable materials, only Mayhews blue eyes could be seen in his costume, but fans easily recognize him by his gestures, and his co-workers claimed the ability to tell when a stand-in was taking his place. Chewbaccas voice was created by the films sound designer, Ben Burtt, from recordings of walruses, lions, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers. The individual recordings were mixed at different ratios for Chewbaccas different utterances, one of the most prominent elements in the voice was a black bear named Tarik, from Happy Hollow Zoo in San Jose, California. The original costume was created by Stuart Freeborn and his wife Kay Freeborn, First appearing in Star Wars, Chewbacca and Han Solo accept a charter to take Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 to the planet Alderaan. When they find the destroyed by the Death Star, the two smugglers are drawn into the Rebel Alliance. As part of a plan to rescue Leia, Luke tries to put handcuffs on Chewbacca to make it look like hes a prisoner. Chewbacca almost attacks Luke believing him to be selling him and Solo out, after rescuing Leia and taking her to the rebel base on Yavin IV, the two smugglers are given reward money in the value of a payload lost by him to which he owes Jabba The Hutt. Somehow, Chewbacca is able to convince Han to put his debt to Jabba aside for the time being and they manage to save Luke from being killed, also allowing him to be the one to destroy the space station. In The Empire Strikes Back, Chewbacca finds a dismantled C-3PO in a pile in Cloud City. He later tries to him, but does a terrible job at it
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Count Dooku
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Count Dooku is a fictional character from the Star Wars franchise, appearing in Star Wars, Episode II – Attack of the Clones and Star Wars, Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. As the founder of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, he is instrumental in the Clone Wars, Dooku was trained by Yoda as a Padawan learner. He says that the Republic is corrupt, and that its politicians are more interested in maintaining the bureaucracy and enriching themselves than in helping poor, Dooku recruits bounty hunter Jango Fett to assassinate Padmé Amidala on Coruscant, the attempt on her life fails, however. When a fight with Obi-Wan Kenobi forces Fett to flee from Kamino to Geonosis, after capturing Obi-Wan on Geonosis, Dooku tells him that hes attempting to save the Republic, explaining that thousands of senators are under the influence of a Sith Lord named Darth Sidious. When Obi-Wan refuses to him, Dooku promptly sentences him to death. After an army of Jedi and clone troopers rescue Obi-Wan, Anakin Skywalker and Padmé, Dooku tries to flee, but Anakin and Obi-Wan engage him in a lightsaber duel. Dooku subdues Anakin with a blast of Force lightning, and wounds Obi-Wan with his lightsaber, when Anakin comes to Obi-Wans defense, Dooku cuts off the young Padawans arm. Just as Dooku is about to escape, Yoda confronts him, unable to match Yodas speed and agility, Dooku distracts his former master by using the Force to dislodge a large pillar and send it hurtling toward Anakin and Obi-Wan. While Yoda is busy saving them, Dooku escapes, after he arrives on Coruscant, Dooku shows the Geonosian designs of the Death Star to Darth Sidious and informs his master that their plan is working, The war has begun. Anakin and Obi-Wan board Grievous ship and confront Dooku, who knocks Obi-Wan unconscious, Anakin gives in to his hatred of Dooku and taps into the dark side to overpower him, severing both of Dookus hands and leaving him helpless. Palpatine then tells Anakin to kill Dooku on the spot, after initial hesitation and this act sets off a chain of events that leads to Anakins fall to the dark side and transformation into Darth Vader. In the 2008 CGI film Star Wars, The Clone Wars, after Ziros agents deliver the Huttlet to the planet Teth, Dooku contacts Ziro again to arrange for his minion Asajj Ventress to take custody of Rotta. When Jabba requests Jedi assistance to rescue his son, Dooku plans to frame the Jedi for the crime, Dooku duels Anakin for the first time since their encounter in Attack of the Clones. The duel ends in a draw, and Anakin and his Padawan Ahsoka Tano eventually foil Dookus plan, in the 2008 animated series Star Wars, The Clone Wars, Dooku is the leader of the Separatists. The plan falls through when Duchess Satine Kryze of Mandalore urges the Galactic Senate to hold off a military force, in the third season, Dooku is forced to eliminate Ventress to prove his loyalty to Sidious. Ventress survives, however, and works with Mother Talzin to kill Dooku by giving him Savage Opress as a replacement apprentice, during a confrontation between Dooku and Ventress, Savage turns on both. In the fourth season, after defeating Anakin in three separate lightsaber duels, Dooku gets his revenge on Ventress by having Grievous order the systematic genocide of the Nightsisters. Believing both Ventress and Talzin have been killed, Dookus knows the only left to him is Savage while sensing his eventual meeting with Darth Maul
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Boba Fett
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Boba Fett is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. In The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, he is a bounty hunter hired by Darth Vader and he was also added briefly to the original film Star Wars when the film was digitally remastered. Star Wars, Episode II – Attack of the Clones establishes his origin as a clone of the bounty hunter Jango Fett raised as his son. His aura of danger and mystery has created a following for the character. Boba Fett first appeared at the September 20,1978, San Anselmo Country Fair parade and he also appears in Marvel Comics Star Wars newspaper strip. Bobas first canon appearance was in The Empire Strikes Back as the major villain behind Darth Vader. Fett tracks the Millennium Falcon to Cloud City, where Vader captures its passengers and tortures its captain, wanting to collect a bounty on Solo, Fett confronts Vader about whether Solo will survive carbon freeze. Vader promises that the Empire will compensate Fett if Solo dies, after Solo is determined to be alive, in the digitally remastered Special Edition version of the original Star Wars, Boba Fett briefly appears outside the Millennium Falcon while Jabba confronts Han Solo. The 2002 film Star Wars, Episode II – Attack of the Clones revealed that Boba Fett is an unaltered child clone whom Jango Fett raises as his son, Boba helps Jango escape from Obi-Wan Kenobi, but later witnesses Jangos decapitation by Mace Windu. Boba Fett also appears in the CGI animated series Star Wars, Boba is featured during the second-season finale, and later the fourth season. In the 2017 novel Star Wars, Aftermath, Empires End, in November 2016, Disney announced that the contract with Josh Trank was terminated due to Josh Tranks behavior on the set of Fantastic Four. It was reported that the film was still in stage of development at Lucasfilm with the film being filmed in London, Boba appears extensively in the non-Star Wars canonical Star Wars Legends expanded universe of novels, comic books, and video games. The young adult Fett book series released after Clones depicts Fett taking his fathers ship, some Expanded Universe stories released before Attack of the Clones depict other accounts of Fetts origins. These stories include him being a stormtrooper who killed his commanding officer, a leader of the fabled Mandalorian warriors, and Jaster Mereel, karen Traviss novel Bloodlines, published four years after Clones, states that Fett seeded some of these false backstories himself. Various video games and books depict Fetts work as a bounty hunter, for which he charges famously expensive fees and that he undertakes only when the mission meets his harsh sense of justice. K. W. Jeters Bounty Hunter Wars trilogy depicts Fett as more communicative than in the films because the books plots require Fett to show an ability to convince people as well as kill them. Works such as Dark Horse Comics Dark Empire series describe Fett escaping from the Sarlacc and he would have occasional run-ins with Han Solo and his family over the years, before fighting against the Yuuzhan Vong and becoming the leader of the Mandalorians. In the Legacy of the Force series, Jaina Solo asks Fett to train her to help her defeat her corrupted brother and ends up helping fight against Jacens troops
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Jango Fett
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Jango Fett is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise, created by George Lucas. He made his debut in the 2002 film Star Wars, Episode II – Attack of the Clones, in the context of the Star Wars universe, Jango Fett was regarded as the best bounty hunter in the galaxy during the final years of the Republic. A naturally skilled warrior, he was chosen to serve as the genetic template for the Clone Army of the Galactic Republic. These clone soldiers were genetically modified to be predisposed toward unquestioning obedience to the chain of command, Jango was also the father of unaltered clone Boba Fett, which he requested as part of his contract with the Kaminoans. In early drafts of Attack of the Clones, Fetts first name was Jmee and his name is a reference to the 1966 Corbucci film Django, featuring a hyper-violent drifter played by Franco Nero. Jango is covered in an armored suit that conceals his scarred face, largely based on Boba Fetts iconic outfit from the original trilogy. However, Jangos suit is distinguished by color differences, thigh shin and spat armor, Jango is later hired by Viceroy Nute Gunray of the Trade Federation to assassinate Senator Padmé Amidala in retaliation for her actions in the first prequel. Fett subcontracts the job to bounty hunter and shape-shifter Zam Wesell, two failed assassination attempts on the Senators life forces Fett to kill Wessell with a saber dart in order to eliminate the possibility of her leading the Jedi back to Kamino. Nevertheless, Obi-Wan Kenobi tracks the dart to the planet Kamino, the ensuing confrontation forces Fett to flee to Geonosis, rendezvousing with his benefactor Tyranus. Jango takes part in the Battle of Geonosis, where he first encounters a beast known as a Reek and he is then decapitated by Jedi Master Mace Windu in open combat, which his son Boba witnesses. His legacy is taken up in the form of the Clone Army of the Republic which was based on his material, and his son Boba. Boba Fett wears his fathers old red and green Mandalorian armor to honor him, in the CGI animated series Star Wars, The Clone Wars, Jango is mentioned a number of times. In the episode The Mandalore Plot, Obi-Wan mentions his encounter with Jango to the Mandalore Prime Minister Almec, in the episode Clone Cadets, Lama Su mentions how unfortunate Fetts death was to Shaak Ti in regards to his DNA having to be stretched. He also appears in hologram in the following episode ARC Troopers in Clone DNA Chamber, in the three-episode story arc consisting of Death Trap, R2 Come Home and Lethal Trackdown, Boba finds acquaintance with fellow bounty hunters Aurra Sing, Castas and Bossk. Boba desires revenge against Windu for killing his father, in one of his attempts to kill Windu, Boba hides an explosive inside his fathers helmet, which detonates upon inspection by Anakin Skywalker. At the last moment, Windu realizes it is a trap, Star Wars, Bounty Hunter features Jango Fett as the playable character. The game depicts Jango during his prime as a bounty hunter, Fett is entangled in an extensive death stick trafficking conspiracy, which ends with him defeating fallen Jedi Komari Vosa and outgunning his longtime rival Montross. The whole ordeal is actually a trial organized by Tyranus to find a candidate to be the genetic template of the Clone Army
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Greedo
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Greedo is a fictional character from the Star Wars franchise. He is portrayed by Paul Blake as well as Maria De Aragon in some pickup shots in Star Wars. Greedo is a Rodian bounty hunter working for Jabba the Hutt, Jabba hires him to capture Han Solo, who lost the Hutts cargo during a smuggling mission whilst evading pursuit from an Imperial Star Destroyer. Greedo tracks his target to the Mos Eisley Cantina on Tatooine, Greedo also appears in the 2010 Star Wars, The Clone Wars episode Sphere of Influence. In this series, set 20 years before A New Hope, Greedo is hired by the Trade Federation to kidnap Baron Papanoidas daughters, Che Amanwe and he and his accomplices are ultimately foiled by Ahsoka Tano as well as the Baron and his son. Paul Blake played Greedo during the shooting, while an articulated head was built afterward. Linguist Larry Ward voiced Greedo in Star Wars, with Tom Kenny providing the voice in the Star Wars, Star Wars, as a bounty hunter working for Jabba the Hutt. Star Wars, Episode I – The Phantom Menace, a young Greedo wrestles with a young Anakin Skywalker in a deleted scene, Star Wars, The Clone Wars, again as Jabbas bounty hunter. Marvel Comics Star Wars, in his Episode IV role, Star Wars Battlefront, Greedo is one of the seven featured villains in the game. On March 22,2016, he was added along with Nien Nunb as part of the Outer Rim downloadable content, Han shot first http, //scifi. about. com/od/starwarscharacters/a/Star-Wars-Profile_Greedo. htm Greedo in the StarWars. com Databank Greedo on Wookieepedia, a Star Wars wiki
