2. Jedi Knight (Star Wars)
Awesomeness Level: 10/10. Who
didn't want to be a Jedi Knight as a kid? Seriously; you get to fight the good fight for the Republic by fending off the bad guys with a light saber - possibly the most badass weapon in the history of the galaxy. Granted, you have to go through all manner of Padawan training, but when you're surrounded by super-cool robots and then a little green, eventually decrepit mentor, it doesn't really get much cooler. Oh, and you end up making out with your sister...if you're into that sort of thing...
Risk of Death: 8/10. Jedis don't exactly have a particularly long shelf-life in the Star Wars franchise, at least as soon as a threat looms; Obi-Wan Kenobi admittedly managed to last for a while before being light-sabered to death, Qui-Gon Jinn was made into mince-meat by Darth Maul, and Mace Windu was unceremoniously defenestrated by Darth Sidious/Palpatine. Apparently it's best not to accept a promotion to Jedi Master...
Risk of Grotesque Dismemberment: 9/10. Failing that, you're really damn likely to end up horribly disfigured in some form; Luke ends up losing his hand to Darth Vader, and Vader is a poster-boy for the fact that if you're on the Empire side, things aren't a whole lot better - he ended up being so horribly burned by Obi-Wan that he had to spend the rest of his life confined to a ridiculous(ly awesome) suit with the worst case of asthma in recorded history.