10 Most Useless Star Wars Characters

The Emperor's Advisors may be the only characters in Star Wars that if they were removed entirely from the franchise, absolutely nothing would be different.

Appearing alongside the Royal Guards in Return of the Jedi, the Emperor's Advisors offered nothing, other than following their Emperor around, and occasionally spoke with him off-screen. Oddly enough, these advisors only appear in a few throwaway scenes in Return of the Jedi, before they vanish from the story and are presumed dead when the Rebels destroy the Death Star.

Like every other minor Star Wars character, these advisors are given a proper story and explanation in the Expanded Universe. During the invasion of Naboo, a group of senators formed an inner circle around Senator Palpatine and were drawn closer to him during the last few years of the Republic. By the creation of the Empire, these senators, now Papatine's Advisors, were given bureaucratic responsibilities, such as overseeing the Empire's administration, with some even scouring the galaxy for Sith artefacts.

Still, none of these characteristics exist in the films, with the advisors instead being rendered as nothing more than creepy followers of the Emperor, wearing strange purple robes.