Star Wars is no doubt one of the most iconic film franchises in history
captivating audiences with an intergalactic battle that rages for
generations and it all started with the original trilogy possibly one of the
greatest sagas of good versus evil of all time today we'll be traveling to a
galaxy far far away to figure out who is one with the force
and it was going straight into the Sarlacc bed before we get started we
should mention this list will be confined to the original trilogy this
includes the characters themselves and their actions so there won't be any talk
of young Anakin and his pod racing stunts here but if you do want to see us
cover the newest trilogy the prequels the animated series or anything else let
us know and maybe we'll give those the good to evil treatment next all right
let's get to it I'm Brad with wicked veg and I'm probably not your father no but
this is Star Wars the original trilogy good to evil starting off with the most
good as usual we have the Jedi Master obi-wan Kenobi a hero and teacher in his
own right he's introduced in the films by rescuing Luke c-3po and r2d2 from a
ban of Tusken Raiders with his pure knowledge on the race now that's the
name Kenobi is trusted by Princess Leia and the rebels so much so that they
entrust him with the Death Star plans he teaches her chosen one the ways of the
force in trains him so he's lightsaber ready
the force is what gives a Jedi is obi-wan also saves Luke in the cantina a
tree catches the wandering eyes of wanted fugitives the first of many
badass lightsaber fights Kenobi is selfless especially when it comes to the
way of the Jedi nearly everything that he had ever done in his lifetime was to
continue the legacy of the Jedi even after its death he sacrificed himself
during the final fight against Darth Vader in order to serve as a distraction
for the others to escape the grips of the Empire
without obi-wan there would be no Jedi Master Luke Skywalker there would be no
chance for the Rebel Alliance and most importantly there'd be no hope with the
silver medal for most good we have the chosen one himself Luke Skywalker
without his knowledge he makes the decision to entrust c-3po words and
convincing his caregivers to buy the r2 unit alongside him this starting him off
on a journey of a lifetime he joins c-3po in the search for the missing
droid after r2d2 tries to continue on a search for obi-wan Kenobi despite the
fact that many droids are considered replaceable in the Star Wars universe
after meeting Kenobi and learning that his aunt and uncle have been killed by
the Empire he still makes a difficult decision to leave his home planet
beginning his journey to save the galaxy I want to learn to waste the force and
become a Jedi like my father showing that even during a time of tremendous
grief he still finds courage within himself
Skywalker having more than a few heroic acts up his sleeve helps rescue Princess
Leia from the Empire during the Battle of Yavin he's the pilot that ultimately
takes out the first Death Star and travels to both Bespin and Jabba's
palace to save his friends my head they're my friends I gotta help them
Luke Skywalker is truly courageous in a hero in every sense of the word he cares
deeply for his friends and family although the kiss was a little much and
it's truly essential to the Rebel Alliance in defeating the Empire falling
just behind her brother is Princess Leia an amazing Rebel Alliance leader placing
her life on the line multiple times in order to help defeat the Empire Leia is
witty smart and tactical she's the beginning of it all
ensuring that the Death Star plans are given to an r2 unit with a very
important message attached my own meow even after she's captured by
the Empire and threatened by grand moff tarkin sheep doesn't crack under the
pressure and never reveals the true location of the rebel base knowing that
revealing this will surely end in their demise in lying to the commander even
while in the literal clutches of Darth Vader she manages to super cool and even
gift them a few witty remarks as expected I recognized your foul stench
when I was brought on board after Leia saved she continues her actions as a
leader even leading the evacuation of Hoth during the Imperial attack and even
when her back is against the wall she refuses to give up without a fight she
attempts to go to Jabba's palace in the hope of rescuing Han Solo even though
this plan ultimately goes south and a bit fanservice II Princess Leia is
certainly one of the best rebel leaders with her genuine care for her people
and for the greater good of the galaxy like Luke she too is a hero in someone
dedicated to doing good now we had the Jedi Master Yoda although he played
integral roles in the Clone Wars his presence was more limited in the
original trilogy but the most important thing he does is
teach Luke a much more in-depth understanding of the force an incredibly
important gift that allows him to continuous fight against a dark side
with his last bit of time on earth he made shorts of a Phylis commitment to
pass on his Jedi training and in addition to teaching Luke very valuable
life lessons before passing on just as obi-wan did he also managed to help the
rebels after his death he's undeniably a good being just a bit too old to fight
this time around granted his advice can be a bit cryptic at times plus he's just
a bit crazy must be all that space moss on Dagobah next on our list is another
Rebel Alliance leader Admiral Ackbar he's level-headed and always willing to
fight alongside his team Akbar planned the surprise assault on the battle
station with Mon Mothma led an attack against the station to the Death Star
with Lando Calrissian it was an essential commander and destroying the
first Death Star not to mention he gave us one of our favorite memes from the
original movies following the Admiral is yet another Alliance leader
mothma she's one of the head forces in the background they continue to make
plans for the Rebel Alliance including approving multiple strikes at Princess
Leia's request she's an important political figure for the Alliance but is
never shown in the battlefield that's apid Lee as Admiral Ackbar considering
her significance to the rebels up next is a fan-favorite droid r2d2 r2
holds a lot of personality for being such a small droid and manages to have a
great deal of heroism r2d2 is destroyed and trusted by Princess Leia to deliver
the Death Star playing safely it saves our heroes from the trash compactor as
well as the wingman to Luke Skywalker while destroying the Death Star
r2 always manages to save the day with the little things that make it
overlooked in the movies while ultimately it's just a droid following
orders and always make sure to get the job done no matter the circumstance
following our favorite droid is aunt Beru caregiver to Luke and moisture
farmer alongside her husband Owen brew Lars is placed above her husband because
she always believed in Luke and often argue with Owen about him being able to
leave the farm and finally live his life oh and he can't stay here forever most
of his friends and gone but not far from her is uncle Owen an earnest moisture
farmer and father figure it was clear he always cared for Luke but he was always
a bit overprotective hey what are you trying to push on us he never won in our
hero to lead the farm attempting to keep him safe from the unknown although it
was clear he was protective out of his care for the boy Luke had to be able to
spread his wings and fly fly the x-wing that is but let's not forget the second
droid in the famous duo are tus companion c-3po
well he's a bit more vocal than r2 about things that doesn't necessarily make him
a better droid while he never directly harms anyone in the movies he doesn't
have a proper affinity to do things the rebel way c-3po tends to be a bit
skittish when doing anything that's dangerous whether it could save lives or
not he tends to follow orders to a tee without much thinking outside the box
plus you can come off as just a tad bit annoying but undeniably
he's one of the best forms of comic relief in the movie watching him haggle
with jabba the hutt priceless wit doom next
up is everyone's favorite wookie Chewbacca upon meeting the pair of
smugglers hunt and Chewie we quickly came to the conclusion that the two of
them are rather greedy with no real affinity for others during their travels
that's gonna cost you something extra they take jobs from levar they want
whenever they want no matter the cargo after all to a smuggler credits or
credits he has a bad temper although most of his outrages come from places of
genuine concern for him and honza's well-being you hear me but despite this
Chewie is definitely the more compassionate of the two often seen
scolding or bargaining with Han to do the right thing ultimately Chewbacca
becomes a notable rebel hero after rescuing Princess Leia assisting with
the destruction of the Death Star and fighting alongside the Alliance and the
Millennium Falcon Chewie is undeniably loyal and definitely the best copilot an
ex Mugler could ask for honestly you can't not love this big
furry teddy bear rightfully alongside his co-pilot we have han Solo a charming
narcissus at first with only regard for the money he's earned and the bouncy
just above his head Solo is certainly a complex character as we watch him
transform from movie to movie into a slightly more empathetic badass rebel
hero for the same reasons as Xu he has to to go hand in hand will have to mark
their time as smugglers as a bit towards the dark side Julian I'll take care of
this you stay here since it comes from a place of greed
disregard for other life-forms in just a bit of illegal activity that said Han
does evolve into a great character going from selfish to hero especially in the
later films working alongside the rebels for a good cause and hey with all that
charm he did manage to get the princess to fall in love with them I love you
no it's important to note that Han ends up as much of a hero as those we've
listed before him but it took him a good while to find his principles as a third
ex Mugler in a row we have Lando the administrator of Cloud City
Lando's meant to be salvation for the heroes as they arrived on Bespin looking
for refuge from the Empire hello what have we here unbeknownst to them Lando
is already hosting the Imperial forces in a city although for what it's worth
Lando was forced to do so as he was threatened by the destruction of his
planet and his people while Han gets taken away in carbonite
c-3po gets dismantled and Leia and Chewbacca get taken prisoner he does
manage to come to terms with his conscience and sets the prisoners free
after this he does help Luke attempt to rescue Han from Jabba the Hutt and even
helps the rebellion by working with them to destroy the imperial battle station
he's the guy with a bit of a spotted past the Lando has clearly redeemed
himself in the eyes of the force and all honesty morality takes a pretty steep
nosedive right about here next up we've got a bounty hunter with a short-lived
life but a long history of discourse Greedo I mean the guys got greed in his
name but seriously he's a hunter hired by Jabba the Hutt to kill Han Solo for
that sweet sweet bounty it seems like Greedo is just another amoral
bottom-feeding bounty hunter who went after the wrong guy and most importantly
Han shot first following our list we have one of the
Mandalorian the myth the legend Boba Fett hired by Darth Vader himself in
order to take the reward for capturing the crew of the Millennium Falcon Boba
Fett is shown as cold calculated and intricate in his work
you may take captain solo to Jabba the Hutt he's always warned the first on the
scene to reap the rewards from his hunts but if he doesn't survive a lot to me
after Solo in the rest of the crew are captured by Jabba
he follows to ensure their death which doesn't exactly go as planned for him
motivated by money and enthralled by the hunt
bobafet goes down as one of the most iconic bounty hunters of all time right
down into the Sarlacc pit how do we follow up one of the most feared bounty
hunters well by the very beings that hire him of course Jabba the Hutt he's a
glutton a gangster and just downright disgusting and his personality seems
about as revolting as his appearance he used Han Solo's Carbonite form as a
trophy for his throne room enslaved Princess Leia to be a form of
entertainment and attempted to feed Luke to his pet rancor and that's only one
delivery gone wrong for him Jabba only really cares about his money and making
sure his deliveries are finished even though he did attempt to throw our
heroes into the Sarlacc pit he does provide jobs to help out the space
economy like he might not provide life insurance but do you think he provides
dental now we're falling into the truly despicable territory for these guys
there's no money involved or insurance just pure unadulterated evil next up on
our list we have Darth Vader himself a fan favorite villain and ruthless leader
serving the Empire now here's the thing we ranking all these characters based on
their actions behaviors and motives in the original trilogy Anakin Skywalker's
revealed to be more complex but today we're judging exclusively based on the
original three films he's responsible for capturing and torturing Leia and
killing a few random empire soldiers just for inconveniencing him he kills
his former Jedi Master obi-wan Kenobi in a lightsaber duel I find your lack of
faith disturbing it forces Lando and the trapping the
Millennium Falcon's crew for him Darth Vader is cruel with no regard for other
life-forms including his family it also does a few other notable things such as
trapping han Solo in carbonite and severing his own son's hand you know
just just just Vader things on all he's succumbed to the dark side tragic very
tragic that said Vader does definitely still have a hint of good left within
him he does save Luke from our most evil character which results in his own death
which is exactly what holds him about the rest of the more evil
characters one could argue that this sacrifice and redemption should place
him in a more positive spot in our list but let's not forget the magnitude of
his evilness throughout the series and that he severed his own son's hand it
definitely weighs him down in the morality scale but the silver medal of
evil has to go to grand moff tarkin right when we first meet this guy he's
captured Leia and is ordering her to spill the beans on the secret location
of the rebel base and even when she gives him exactly what he wants
Tarkin destroys her home planet of Alderaan right in front of her what a an
entire planet sure Leia did lie about the location but she gave him the
information he wanted Oh destroyed it anyway not to mention the rebel base of
Yavin for ordering Leia to be executed along with being one of the most feared
Imperial leaders what a grand track record for Tarkin who never does
anything remotely good during the film's and says yeah the folio execution but
luckily for him there's one being who's much more evil than him and to no
surprise to the entire galaxy our most evil being is Emperor Palpatine the head
of the entire empire with thousands of disposable men at his beck and call he's
known as the true incarnation of evil that is a great disturbance
although we don't see him kill a single person in the films it's implied that he
always has someone else to do his dirty work even as Darth Vader attempts to get
a son to join their side the emperor has other plans which include replacing
Vader with Luke Skywalker going to show that there is no one he would not betray
in order to continue to rise in power he threatens to kill Luke's friends if he
does not sacrifice himself to the dark side it is unavoidable
it is young dis while his plans ultimately fail and he's killed by the
hands of his apprentice there's no mistaking that he's truly the most evil
character within the original trilogy but what do you guys think agree with
our ranking should we cover other Star Wars movies and shows do you really want
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