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CT Who is your favorite villain in the Original Trilogy?

Discussion in 'Classic Trilogy' started by SateleNovelist11, Mar 11, 2022.

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Who is your favorite villain?

  1. Darth Vader

    60.4%
  2. Darth Sidious Palpatine

    16.5%
  3. Grand Moff Tarkin

    5.5%
  4. Jabba the Hutt

    4.4%
  5. Admiral Piett

    5.5%
  6. General Veers

    2.2%
  7. Boba Fett

    5.5%
  8. Other

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  1. SateleNovelist11

    SateleNovelist11 Force Ghost star 6

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    Pretty straightforward. I listed all the major antagonists of the CT. I also added an "other" category for villains I couldn't fit into the list like Greedo and varying Imperial officers (a la the Death Star commanders, admirals, captains, and so on).

    Also, let's remember that Boba Fett is strictly a villain in the films. He and Jango are not seen as antiheroes like we see them in the EU. I'm gonna vote for Vader, but Sidious and Tarkin are tied for second for me. I voted for Vader due to the fact that there is quite a bit going on inside his head, and he later redeems himself.
     
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  2. cubman987

    cubman987 Friendly Neighborhood Saga/Music/Fun & Games Mod star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    Darth Vader is my favorite Star Wars character so far and away my favorite villain.
     
  3. christophero30

    christophero30 Chosen One star 10

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    Vader. Palpatine was a good villain but Vader is the GOAT.
     
  4. Sarge

    Sarge Chosen One star 10

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    Vader gets my vote for favorite villain, because he was a complex, nuanced character. Palps would get my vote for most villainous, in a cartoony mustache-twirling sort of way.
     
  5. HanSolo98

    HanSolo98 Jedi Knight star 2

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    Vader is my favorite villain. He's complex, he has good in him, he's not too predictable -- I almost was excited to see him come on screen. Palpatine is my most hated one, he just reminds of how the devil tries to lure us into sin. (Sorry if that's too religious for some).
     
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  6. CloneBlooper

    CloneBlooper Jedi Grand Master star 2

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    Lando. I like his fickleness. His redemption was much more swift and efficient than Vader’s. He goes from betraying the heroes to joining them in the blink of an eye.

    A mod in a downtown shootout would be proud of that 180.

    :lando:
     
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  7. themoth

    themoth Force Ghost star 5

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    Vader. He and Palpatine are still the best villain duo in cinema.
     
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  8. C.Roach

    C.Roach Jedi Knight star 2

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    Darth Vader - but only in STAR WARS and THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK.

    Salacious B. Crumb. That thing came out of its mother's ass.
     
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  9. The Quintessential Jedi

    The Quintessential Jedi Jedi Padawan star 1

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    Palpatine was a better villain than the soon to be redeemed Vader.
     
  10. Darth Dnej

    Darth Dnej Jedi Master star 4

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    Emperor Palpatine with ESB Vader pretty much tied with him.
     
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  11. Django Fett

    Django Fett Force Ghost star 5

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    Has to be Vader for the OT only, you don't really see Sidious' machinations until late in ROTJ, now if you were picking a villain in the whole saga then it would be Sidious.
     
  12. wobbits

    wobbits Force Ghost star 4

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  13. MidKnighT

    MidKnighT Force Ghost star 4

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    There is no contest for the OT. Vader is the man. Best villains in each trilogy IMO:

    PT: Sidious (although I do love Maul too)
    OT: Vader
    ST: None
     
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  14. Darth Chuck Norris

    Darth Chuck Norris Jedi Master star 4

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    For me it was Tarkin. Cold and calculating. Basically, the epitome and personification of evil.
     
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  15. themoth

    themoth Force Ghost star 5

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    Palpatine gets my vote for the prequel trilogy - his scheming is a masterclass.
     
  16. JediMasterSven

    JediMasterSven Jedi Master star 3

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    Not only that...the man was classy. Only he could make blowing up a planet sound as sophistcated as a high tea. You know he's doing terrible things, and yet he's very charming and erudite to the point you find yourself thinking, "You're a terrible person, but I can see your point!
     
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  17. Darth Boycs

    Darth Boycs Jedi Knight star 1

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    Well, you did specify "favourite", so my vote went to Admiral Piett. Not an evil man per se, just a career military man who rose to the top. What's not to like?

    Plus, I've always been a fan of Kenneth Colley. Do people realise he played Jesus in The Life of Brian?
     
  18. Dagobahsystem

    Dagobahsystem Chosen One star 10

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    Right. Just changed me vote from Vader to Piett.
    Although they're all good choices.
    Palpatine and Tarkin too.
    And Director Krennic but he was already dead. The Book of Boba Fett hurt his chances here lol.

    Darth Vader is the best, but I'll vote for Admiral Piett as favorite underrated OT villain and for LoB.
     
  19. SateleNovelist11

    SateleNovelist11 Force Ghost star 6

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    Si. Now, I want to watch that.
     
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  20. The Quintessential Jedi

    The Quintessential Jedi Jedi Padawan star 1

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    Darth Vader originally but i appreciate Palpatine more as i got older.
     
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  21. JEDI-RISING

    JEDI-RISING Chosen One star 6

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    i mean Vader i guess, he's in all 3. Tarkin was amazing in ANH, and The Emporer in ROTJ
    Dishonorable mention: Jabba the Hutt and Boba Fett
    and Sala[face_laugh]cious
     
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  22. SateleNovelist11

    SateleNovelist11 Force Ghost star 6

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    Fett is very skilled and dangerous in TESB. He looms ominously next to Jabba in ROTJ, but he went out like a deadbeat. Lol. I think that Jabba was plenty menacing in ROTJ. Don’t quote me on this, but I think that Jabba had become addicted to spice before ROTJ, and he’s not his usual self in that film. He’s shown to be extremely influential and powerful in Darth Plagueis and elsewhere in the EU. I mean, Leia apparently subconsciously had to use the Force to empower herself in order to choke him to death. Hutts are shown to be very strong in the EU.
     
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  23. CampOfSorgan

    CampOfSorgan Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Vader & Tarkin
     
  24. Binary_Sunset

    Binary_Sunset Force Ghost star 5

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    I voted for Boba Fett. He has the coolest voice (in the 1980 ESB, natch) of any Star Wars character, and he also looks the coolest. He totally belongs in the original movie, even though he didn't make his first appearance until 1978.
     
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  25. Bazinga'd

    Bazinga'd Saga / WNU Manager - Knights of LAJ star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    Vadar. At the time of watching ANH, his evilness was almost unique in the realm of films.