10 Most Useless Star Wars Characters

When Game of Thrones actress Gwendoline Christie signed on to play a villain in the Sequel Trilogy, it rightly generated a lot of anticipation amongst Star Wars fans. Ultimately though, Captain Phasma had no more than a few minutes of screen time across The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, in which we learn nothing substantial about the character before she is quickly killed off.

In an interview with The Times in 2018, Christie revealed there were no solid plans to include Phasma in the last instalment of the Sequel Trilogy, much to her dismay. As she detailed, "In truth, I don't know. And that scares and upsets me because I really want to see this character explored. I'm actually very invested in the character now."

Since Phasma was excluded from The Rise of Skywalker, her arch enemy, Stormtrooper defector Finn, had no stake in the plot, with his character being also rendered virtually meaningless without having Phasma to go up against. Whether she was included in Episode IX or not, Gwendoline Christie deserved more than just standing around, snarling at Finn for brief amount of time, before being bested in a very quick fight with the Resistance hero.