In the history of motion pictures, rarely has a single franchise established so many iconic and enduring characters as Star Wars. Han Solo, Indiana Jones, Rick Deckard, Bob Falfa and all the others became famous international screen stars off the back off this ground-breaking collection of films. And if youre willing to overlook the quite obvious fact that, aside from the first two movies, the entire franchise is basically a garish, nonsensical pile of toss then it just reaffirms how beloved and popular the Star Wars characters have turned out to be. Thats right: despite the majority of these movies being the visual equivalent of a mental breakdown, the familiar faces within this galaxy far, far away have endured with an almost reassuring popularity. Interestingly though, it shouldnt escape the more eagle-eyed of you that throughout this violent bunch of childrens films, some of our much-loved heroes are actually a little bit pointless. That is to say, theyve basically received an inexplicable amount of attention and exposure when in actuality their specific contribution to the plot of the franchise amounts to precisely nothing. Regardless of all the fancy action figures you obsessed over as a kid, the perpetual relevance to popular culture and the rise of delirious fanboy and fangirlism, there are a lot of major characters that are, in fact, completely irrelevant, shouldnt have warranted an action figure at all, and are thus undeserving of your potentially violent adoration. Ten of them are presented here. Please dont puke your liver out over the ones that youre still in love with or anything
Chris James Peet says hello. His interests include hoping for the best and sitting in chairs. He much prefers moaning to counting his blessings and suffers fools gladly. He also likes to look out of the window and check what's in the fridge but he hates standing up, dripping taps and reality.
