Top 75 StarWars.com Databank entries - 50 to 26
In the list from 75 to 51 we saw some real Star Wars classics like the AT-AT, battle droids, and C-3PO. I think it will be interesting to see what makes the Homing Beacon’s top 50 list of Starwars.com’s Databank.
Remember, this is based on popularity over the last year.
50. Aalya Secura. A skilled Jedi warrior, she rivals Smurfette as a blue beauty most fantasized about.
49. Kit Fisto. The tentacle-locks, bug eyes and pearly whites make him one of the most memorable background Jedi in the Republic.
48. Imperial Star Destroyer. When that almost endless ship lumbered overhead back in ‘77, audiences knew they were in for something very different.
47. Ask Aak. The mush-mouthed three-eyed politician from Malastare knows what he wants. He wants a clone army.
46. Stass Allie. It’s hard to say which of the Order 66 deaths was the cruelest, but there’s something particularly heartbreaking about Stass’s riderless speeder bike crashing into the gloomy Saleucami landscape while buzzards chew apart clone trooper bodies in the background.
45. Naboo. The fanciest of the Star Wars planets, where everything feels like a museum piece, and you wouldn’t dare request service without shirt or shoes. You know, like Jar Jar.
44. Twi’lek. Heads or tails? You get both rolled into one with the Twi’leks.
43. Super Star Destroyer. Mathematically more popular than a Star Destroyer, and we’re not just eyeballing here — we have solid stats to back that.
42. Millennium Falcon. She may not look like much, but she’s got it where it counts.
41. Anakin Solo. The Solo kid whose legend grew exponentially after being killed off at a young age, there are those that still hold out hope, six years later, that this Anakin will somehow return.
40. Ewoks. Yub nub!
39. Qui-Gon Jinn. Quite possibly the most intriguing character introduced in the prequel trilogy, Qui-Gon manages to follow both the path of the Jedi and his own ways.
38. Death Star. The Empire’s moon-sized weapon with a two-meter wide Achilles heel.
37. R2-D2. The galaxy’s coolest toy and most reliable friend, R2-D2 has any tool you need to get you out of a jam.
36. Tatooine. It may not rank high on galactic lists of places-to-visit, but as the cradle of the Skywalker clan and focal point of the entire Star Wars saga, Tatooine earns its slot in the top 100.
35. Jek Porkins. Proof that you don’t need to be able to do sit-ups to be a fighter ace.
34. Mace Windu. You really have to appreciate a fellow Star Wars fan who parleyed his love of the original saga into a dream role of a Jedi Master in the new trilogy.
33. Jacen Solo. He’s come a long way down from a likable tree-hugging jokester in the young reader books. Jacen, or Darth Caedus, has been stirring Sith up as a Jerk Lord-you-love-to-hate in the Legacy of the Force books.
32. Chewbacca. The hardest working Wookiee in the galaxy, even getting flattened by a moon back in ‘99 hasn’t hurt Chewie’s popularity.
31. Republic attack cruiser. The first ship that lumbers into view in Episode III, signifying that the shipbuilders in the galaxy have been busy during the Clone Wars.
30. Count Dooku. Christopher Lee brought his stately elegance and trademark macabre polish to this role as the renegade Jedi swordmaster.
29. Jango Fett. Seen one Fett, you’ve seen them all.
28. The 501st Legion. From fan organization to official place in Star Wars canon, there’s almost nothing the 501st can’t do. Except defeat #40.
27. Han Solo. He’s the one Star Wars character every guy, at some point in their lives, wanted to be.
26. Darth Sidious. Future generations will puzzle over the fact that Sidious’ double-identity as Palpatine could ever have been a point of contention, and will giggle as stratified layers of message board arguments are unearthed to that effect.
There are a few surprises in this list, at least for me. I thought that Darth Sidious, Han Solo, and a few others would rank a bit higher - but you can definitely tell we’re working our way to number one.
What is your prediction for who/what will get the top spot? I have my guesses.
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