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Chirrut Îmwe
This incomplete list of characters from the ''Star Wars'' franchise contains only those which are considered part of the official ''Star Wars'' canon, as of the changes made by Lucasfilm in April 2014. Following its acquisition by The Walt Disney Company in 2012, Lucasfilm rebranded most of the novels, comics, video games and other works produced since the originating 1977 film ''Star Wars'' as ''Star Wars Legends'' and declared them non-canon to the rest of the franchise. As such, the list contains only information from the Skywalker Saga films, the 2008 animated TV series '' Star Wars: The Clone Wars'', and other films, shows, or video games published or produced after April 2014. The list includes humans and various alien species. No droid characters are included; for those, see the list of ''Star Wars'' droid characters. Some of the characters featured in this list have additional or alternate plotlines in the non-canonical ''Legends'' continuity. To see those or chara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Wars
''Star Wars'' is an American epic film, epic space opera media franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the Star Wars (film), eponymous 1977 film and Cultural impact of Star Wars, quickly became a worldwide popular culture, pop culture phenomenon. The franchise has been expanded into List of Star Wars films, various films and Star Wars expanded to other media, other media, including List of Star Wars television series, television series, Star Wars video games, video games, List of Star Wars books, novels, List of Star Wars comic books, comic books, List of Star Wars theme parks attractions, theme park attractions, and Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, themed areas, comprising Universe of Star Wars, an all-encompassing fictional universe. ''Star Wars'' is one of the List of highest-grossing media franchises, highest-grossing media franchises of all time. The original 1977 film, retroactively subtitled ''Star Wars (film), Episode IV: A New Hope'', was followed by the sequels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Stanton
Stephen Walter Stanton (born August 22, 1961) is an American voice actor and visual effects artist. His roles include Sasha Nein in ''Psychonauts'' and '' Psychonauts 2'', Grand Moff Tarkin in the ''Star Wars'' franchise, Ben Kenobi in '' Star Wars Rebels'' (for the episode " Twin Suns"), Admiral Raddus in '' Rogue One'' and Griff Halloran on '' Star Wars Resistance''. Early life Stanton was born in Augsburg, Bavaria, West Germany on August 22, 1961. Career Stanton is well-known as a voice double for Tim Allen, Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Peter Cushing, Robert Downey Jr., Roger Ebert, Jeff Goldblum, Alec Guinness, Clive Owen, Vincent Schiavelli and Bruce Willis, among others. He also provides original voices for Disney television series and theme park attractions. He voiced Admiral Tarkin and Mas Amedda in '' Star Wars: The Bad Batch''. Filmography Film Television Video games Theme parks * Disney California Adventure Jessie's Critter Carousel – Stinky Pete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Geddis
Peter Geddis (1937–2018) was an English actor. He played Larry Wolstenhulme in ''Coronation Street'' (1960), first gangleader in '' BBC Play of the Month'' (1965), Beg-gar in the television miniseries ''Wessex Tales'' (1973), Mr. Gresty in '' The Last Vampyre'' (1992), directed by Tim Sullivan, and racist detective in ''New Tricks''. He performed several William Shakespeare's plays, including the messenger to Cordelia in ''King Lear'' (1962), by Peter Brook, Lancelot Gobbo in ''The Merchant of Venice'' (1971), directed by Terry Hands, and Michael in '' Arden of Faversham'' (1970), directed by Buzz Goodbody, for the Royal Shakespeare Company The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs over 1,000 staff and opens around 20 productions a year. The RSC plays regularly in London, Stratf .... On films he played Raymus Antilles in '' Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope'' (1977), But ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R2-D2
R2-D2 () or Artoo-Detoo is a fictional robot character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise created by George Lucas. He has appeared in ten of the eleven theatrical ''Star Wars'' films to date, including every film in the " Skywalker Saga", which includes the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy and the sequel trilogy. At various points throughout the course of the films, R2, an astromech droid, is a friend to C-3PO, Padmé Amidala, Anakin Skywalker, Leia Organa, Luke Skywalker, and Obi-Wan Kenobi. R2-D2 and his companion C-3PO are the only characters to appear in every theatrical ''Star Wars'' film, with the exception of '' Solo: A Star Wars Story'' (2018). English actor Kenny Baker played R2-D2 in all three original ''Star Wars'' films and received billing credit for the character in the prequel trilogy, where Baker's role was reduced as R2-D2 was portrayed mainly by radio controlled props and CGI models. In the sequel trilogy, Baker was credited as consultant for '' The F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
C-3PO
C-3PO () or See-Threepio is a humanoid robot character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise. He is a protocol droid (Star Wars), droid designed to assist in etiquette and translation, and is fluent in over six million forms of communication. The character appears in all nine films of the Skywalker Saga—which includes the Star Wars original trilogy, original trilogy, the Star Wars prequel trilogy, prequel trilogy and the Star Wars sequel trilogy, sequel trilogy. Anthony Daniels portrays in all the Skywalker Saga films and the standalone film ''Rogue One,'' and he voices the droid in the animated series ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series), The Clone Wars''. In addition to films, appears in television series, novels, comics, and video games. Creation and development Ralph McQuarrie, a concept artist for the original 1977 ''Star Wars (film), Star Wars'' film, based the initial design for on the Maschinenmensch, female robot from the Fritz Lang film ''Metropolis (1927 film), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tantive IV
The ''Tantive IV'' Alderaan Diplomatic Envoy (also referred to by its model as the CR90 Corellian corvette or simply as the Rebel Blockade Runner) is a fictional spaceship in the ''Star Wars'' film series. Designed by the Corellian Engineering Corporation (CEC), the highly modified CR90 corvette is designed to be utilitarian, durable, modular, similar to its predecessors like the CR70 with its simplistic interiors featuring subtle luxury for Alderaan officials. It was used by Leia Organa in the original ''Star Wars'' film and was the first vessel audiences saw when ''Star Wars'' premiered in 1977. Other CR90 Corellian corvettes, which share the ''Tantive IV'''s design, appear in ''Return of the Jedi'' and in the ''Star Wars'' Expanded Universe's books, comics, TV series, and games. A ship of similar design to the ''Tantive IV'' also appears in the sequel trilogy film '' Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker'' (2019). Origin and design The ship's design stems from initial co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amandla Stenberg
Amandla Stenberg (born October 23, 1998) is an American actress. She began her career as a child and received recognition for playing List of The Hunger Games characters#Rue, Rue in the action film ''The Hunger Games (film), The Hunger Games'' (2012). As she grew older, she appeared in the supernatural series Sleepy Hollow (TV series), ''Sleepy Hollow'' (2013–2014) and the romance film ''Everything, Everything (film), Everything, Everything'' (2017). She received praise for her performance as a teenager witnessing a police shooting in the drama film ''The Hate U Give (film), The Hate U Give'' (2018). She then starred in the comedy horror film ''Bodies Bodies Bodies'' (2022) and the ''Star Wars'' series ''The Acolyte (TV series), The Acolyte'' (2024). Outside of acting, Stenberg made her musical debut in 2015, performing as part of the folk rock duo Honeywater, and performed the song "Everything, Everything (film)#Music, Let My Baby Stay" for ''Everything, Everything''. She is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Force
The Force is a Metaphysics, metaphysical, mysterious, and Energy (esotericism), ubiquitous power in the ''Star Wars'' Universe of Star Wars, fictional universe. Characters refer to the Force as an energy that interconnects all things in the universe, maintaining cosmic balance. Particularly "Force-sensitive" characters, usually through rigorous self-discipline, training, and mindfulness, are able to connect to the Force and thus access and wield certain Superpower (ability), supernatural powers. Heroes like the Jedi, a peacekeeping group of warrior-monks, largely seek to "become one with the Force", matching their personal wills with the will of the Force. This is evidenced by their ability to channel its powers, which they do towards selfless goals. Meanwhile, the Sith and other villains try to bend the additional abilities gained through the Force toward their own selfish and destructive desires. Throughout the franchise, this distinction is referred as the light side versus the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jedi Order
Jedi (), Jedi Knights, or collectively the Jedi Order are fictional characters, and often protagonists, featured in many works within the ''Star Wars'' franchise. Working symbiotically alongside the Galactic Republic, the Jedi Order is depicted as a religious, academic, meritocratic, and military-auxiliary (peacekeeping) organization whose origin dates back thousands of years before the events of the ''Star Wars'' feature films. The fictional organization has inspired a minor real-world new religious movement and online community: Jediism. Within the ''Star Wars'' galaxy, the Jedi Order are powerful guardians of order and justice who, through intuition, rigorous training, and intensive self-discipline, are able to wield a supernatural power known as the Force, thus achieving the ability to move objects with the mind, perform incredible feats of strength, perceive events that are distant in time or space, and connect to certain people's thoughts. George Lucas, the creato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jodie Turner-Smith
Jodie Turner-Smith (born 7 September 1986) is a British actress. She made her feature film debut in '' The Neon Demon'' (2016) and has since acted in '' Queen & Slim'' (2019), ''After Yang'' (2022), and ''White Noise'' (2022). She is also known for her television roles in the TNT series '' The Last Ship'' (2017), 2024 Apple TV+ series '' Bad Monkey'', the Syfy series '' Nightflyers'' (2018), and for portraying the title role in the Channel 5 series ''Anne Boleyn'' (2021). Early life Turner-Smith was born on 7 September 1986 in Peterborough, England to Jamaican parents; she is the only one of her siblings who was not born in Jamaica. She resided in Peterborough until she was 10 years old. After her parents divorced, she immigrated to the United States with her mother, brother and half-sister, residing in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Turner-Smith studied finance at the University of Pittsburgh; she graduated in 2008 and subsequently worked at a bank. She has lived in Los Angeles sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Acolyte (TV Series)
''The Acolyte'', also known as ''Star Wars: The Acolyte'', is an American Science fiction on television, science fiction television series created by Leslye Headland for the streaming service Disney+. It is part of the ''Star Wars'' franchise, set at the end of the Star Wars: The High Republic, High Republic era before the events of the Skywalker Saga, and follows a Jedi investigation into a series of crimes. Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae, Charlie Barnett (actor), Charlie Barnett, Dafne Keen, Rebecca Henderson, Jodie Turner-Smith, Carrie-Anne Moss, Manny Jacinto, Dean-Charles Chapman, Joonas Suotamo, Margarita Levieva, Lauren Brady, Leah Brady, Harry Trevaldwyn, and David Harewood star in the series. Headland expressed interest in working on the ''Star Wars'' franchise by the end of 2019, and was developing a new series for Lucasfilm by April 2020. She wanted to explore the franchise from the perspective of the villains. The title was announced in December 2020. Filming took p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
