10 Movie Characters Who Were Only There To Die
8. Paige Tico - The Last Jedi
Rian Johnson's The Last Jedi split its audience in half like they were Darth Maul. If we get into why that is now, then we won't have any time left for the rest of the list, so let's just focus on a character who doesn't live past the opening thirty minutes instead.
Paige Tico (Veronica Ngo) is a Resistance soldier who is part of a doomed bombing run led by everyone's favourite flying idiot Poe Dameron. Poe decides to go against Leia's orders and attempt to destroy a First Order Dreadnought, only to get basically everyone involved in the raid killed.
At least Paige achieved something with her dying actions, releasing the bombs that would destroy the Dreadnought.
This death needed to happen for two reasons. Firstly, Paige needed to be sympathetic in order to drive home Poe's failure. Secondly, her death was required in order to motivate her sister Rose, one of the main protagonists of this film.
Although, considering what happens to Rose in Rise of Skywalker, maybe this was a needless sacrifice.