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TheStar Warsuniverse is illustrious for its beloved grapheme . Luke Skywalker , Han Solo , Yoda , Obi - Wan Kenobi , Darth Vader , Leia Organa , Boba Fett , Chewbacca , Ahsoka Tano , Lando Calrissian , Emperor Palpatine , Mace Windu — Star Warshas a higher quotient of iconic characters than the average blockbuster dealership . The backstories and personalities of these fan - favorite graphic symbol have been explored in countless stories .
But occasionally , the saga has fallen short on the character front , either because a fibre with a lot of promise was squandered with a tiny purpose in the story or because a character with nearly nothing to contribute to the plot of land was featured to a great extent .
Bigger: Finn
The continuation trilogy did n’t really know what to do with Finn after his introduction inThe Force Awakens . That motion picture gave him a engrossing setup as a stormtrooper train from an early eld to fight for the First Order , who desert to the Resistance and realise he ’s Force - sensitive .
Then , inThe Last Jedi , Finn was involved in the inane , bloated , unnecessary Canto Bight subplot and inThe Rise of Skywalker , his only purpose was shout out Rey ’s namein the hopes of telling her something he never even fetch to tell her .
Smaller: Jar Jar Binks
Although George Lucas and Ahmed Best have suggested thatthere ’s some merit to the “ Darth Jar Jar ” possibility , and that if fans had n’t reacted so negatively to Jar Jar inThe Phantom Menace , they might ’ve followed it up in the subsequent prequels .
However , as long as that theory was n’t confirmed canonically and Jar Jar survive purely as goofy funny ministration , he should ’ve had a much smaller function . gratefully , Lucas foreshorten his screentime inEpisodes IIandIII .
Bigger: Padmé Amidala
As a queen who fight down on the frontlines with her USA and is the mother of Luke and Leia , Padmé Amidala is a fantastic part . alas , after getting in on plenty of activeness in bothThe Phantom MenaceandAttack of the Clones , she was decoct to a sounding board for Anakin ’s grizzle inRevenge of the Sith .
Padmé ’s theatrical role was significantly expand inThe Clone Wars , but she deserved a much grownup arc and a more ceremonious end inRevenge of the Sith .
Smaller: Supreme Leader Snoke
J.J. Abrams think Supreme Leader Snoke asa pretty shallow rip - off of Emperor Palpatine . He was another super - strong Force substance abuser sitting atop a throne , manipulating a corrupted Skywalker . Rian Johnson featured Snoke conspicuously inThe Last Jedi , but he was n’t interested in explaining anything about the character . As a result , fan have no existent reasonableness to care what bechance to him . His destruction is admittedly shocking , but only for the couplet of irregular it need for the electric shock to wear off . It does n’t have any kind of lasting impact .
Snoke was eventually brush off as a Palpatine creation inThe Rise of Skywalker , but this clash - off should ’ve happened as early as possible , or well yet , the fictitious character should ’ve never subsist at all .
Bigger: Captain Phasma
Captain Phasma was compared to Boba Fett when she was preface asThe Force Awakens ’ cool villain . Those comparison turned out to be alas apt as she , too , was given an underwhelming death prospect one movie by and by .
When she turn back inThe Last Jedi , Phasma is embarrassingly easy to thrum . It ’s fitting that Finn stamp out her , but it ’s not meet that he does so with that lame “ chrome dome ” one - liner .
Smaller: Watto
The junkyard slaver who have Anakin and his mother is one of severalStar Warscharacters that ’s design as a reasonably clamorous racist caricature . When Anakin return to Tatooine inAttack of the Clones , he goes to see Watto and reflects lovingly on his fourth dimension influence for him .
This is strange , because Watto owned Anakin as a slave and sold off his mother after he left . Ideally , Watto would ’ve never exist , but at the very least he should ’ve only come out in one movie .
Bigger: Qui-Gon Jinn
Liam Neeson landed a starring role inThe Phantom Menaceas Qui - Gon Jinn , Obi - Wan Kenobi ’s master and the Jedi who name the prophesized “ Chosen One ” living on Tatooine .
Qui - Gon ’s death was an important footstep in Anakin ’s journey , but it also felt like his own arc was cut short just to feed into that . He ’s one of the bestStar Warscharacters ever created .
Smaller: General Hux
Domhnall Gleeson has proven withEx Machina , About Time , and theBlack Mirrorepisode “ Be Right Back ” that he ’s a all right actor with grand range , but he was shortchanged with hisStar Warsrole , General Hux .
Hux was yet another snarling , vex bureaucrat in the mold of Tarkin or Veers , but whereas those characters ’ screentime was modified , Hux was keep around for all three subsequence moving picture .
Bigger: Rose Tico
After Rian Johnson introduced Rose Tico as a relatable everywoman inThe Last Jedi , she was set up up to take on a major role inThe ascent of Skywalkeras Finn ’s love pursuit and a key bod in the Resistance . However , apparently in an attempt to appease fan who did n’t like her , J.J. Abramsgave Rose much nothing to do in the trilogy nigher .
rather , he give Finn a new love interest . Rose is basically a desktop character reference inThe Rise of Skywalker . What makes this all the more insulting is that Abrams claimed that the molding of Kelly Marie Tran was the thing he was most grateful to Johnson for .
Smaller: BB-8
Thanks to his unparalleled comic voice provided by Bill Hader and Ben Schwartz and the practical puppetry that go into bring him to life story , BB-8 was one of the most exciting characters added to theStar Warsensemble in the subsequence trilogy .
But whenever a scene called for a droid , BB-8 showed up . This meant that R2 - D2 and C-3PO , the two characters that this saga has been about from the beginning , got sideline .
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