JEDI

SITH LORD

REBEL ALLIANCE EPISODES I-VI

THE FIRST ORDEREPISODE VII

THE RESISTANCEEPISODE VII

SCOUNDREL

THE FIRST ORDER Inspired by the Galactic Empire, this army has a gazillion troopers including snow troopers, flame troopers and riot troopers. If it’s bad-@$$, it’s a

trooper.

CAPTAIN PHASMA She, yes, she is captain of the First Order. She wears chrome-plated armor and has a gun as big as a Great Dane.

KYLO REN Sith happens but not for this guy. The new bad man in black was a member of an order called the Knights of Ren. He’s got big shoes to fill but that wicked lightsabre is a good start.

GENERAL GRIEVOUS Robotic right-hand man to Count Dooku. His hatred for the Jedi is only surpassed by his need for better armor. #shottotheheart occabo.

OBI-WAN KENOBI The man, the Jedi, the legend. Obi-Wan was Anakin’s master and later Luke’s. He was later martyred by his former apprentice.

YODA Judge him by his size, do not. This once Grand Master of the Jedi High Council is one of oldest and wisest and made a mean green tea.

COUNT DOOKU Imagine having a filthy rich grandpa who’s off the charts with a lightsabre ... but uses it to cut the heads off of stray dogs that wander in his yard. That’s him.

EMPEROR PALPATINE The evil mastermind during all six movies, Emperor Palpatine met his end at the bottom of a reactor shaft by the hands of his own apprentice.

LUKE SKYWALKER Country boy, from a desert planet, who becomes a galactic hero. He shares a kiss with Leia, who turns out to be his sister. Eww.

HAN SOLO Hot shot pilot, smuggler and play boy, Han and BFF Chewbacca joined the Rebel Allliance after Han falls for a princess. It’s always about a girl.

PRINCESS AMIDALA A powerful political figure with a killer fashion sense. Falls in love with Anakin, and dies of a broken heart after giving birth to the future heroes of the galaxy: Luke and Leia.

PRINCESS LEIA ORGANA Like mother, like daughter; princess, politican, and thinking woman in the Rebel Alliance. Absolutely does NOT love a stuck-up, half-witted scruffy-looking smuggler.

QUI GON JINN No. That’s no Jedi Jesus. Jinn was a Jedi Master with a particular set of skills. He found Anakin Skywalker and convinced the Jedi Council to allow him to train him as a padawan.

ANAKIN SKYWALKER

A former slave on the desert planet Tatooine. Anakin

trains to become a Jedi under Obi-Wan

Kenobi. He loves podracing and

hates sand because it’s rough and

irritating and it gets everywhere.

DARTH VADER A merciless cyborg with a breathing problem. The former Jedi tried to invite his son (Luke) into the family business and rule the galaxy with him.

DARTH MAUL Hand-picked as a Sith assassin from birth, the guy with jacked-up tattoos revealed the Order of the Sith in Ep. I. He was cut short by Obi-Wan Kenobi. Literally.

GENERAL HUX Serving as a general in the First Order, he commands Starkiller Base, a planet made into a weapon, the primary base for the First Order.

SUPREME LEADER SNOKE Little is known about the man behind the curtain except he’s the leader of the First Order and everyone answers to him.

BOBA FETT Following his father’s footsteps, Boba became the best bounty hunter in the galaxy. Who else could encase Han Solo in carbonite?

ADMIRAL ACKBAR He’s not a frog but a military commander in the Rebel Alliance. Iconic for saying “It’s a trap!” when they tried to attack Death Star II.

POE DAMERON Serves as an ace pilot of the resistance and a leader of the X-Wing Black Squadron fighters. Looks quite nice on the resume.

FINN Former stormtrooper crash lands on a desert planet, sheds his sweaty armor and joins forces with the nomad Rey.

REY She was born to unknown parents and, at age 5, was left on the desert planet of Jakku and became a scavenger. Hmm? That sounds familiar.

MACE WINDU Samuel L. Jackson in Jedi form. Figuratively and literally, without the %$@#!, of course.

CHEWBACCA Han Solo’s best friend resembles an oversized teddy bear. Except he’s a teddy bear who could also rip your arms out of their sockets with his bare paws.

C-3P0 A droid with moderate anxiety who somehow always finds his way back to the Skywalker clan with every new generation.

LANDO CALRRISIAN He’s an old card-plying buddy of Han Solo and previous owner of the Millennium Falcon. Imagine if LeBron James had a perm and lived in a city in the sky.

R2-D2 For a little droid, R2 has a lot of attitude. The spunky droid has been involved in a few pivotal moments of galactic history.

MAZ KANATA She’s a 1,000-year old pirate and owns a castle that houses smugglers, riff raff and other ne’er-do-wells. It’s a friggin’ castle. How cool is that?

JABBA THE HUT He’s a 3,000-pound bag of funk and a ruthless crime lord. He employed many smugglers, including Han Solo. Whom he had to have hunted down

by Boba Fett.

JANGO FETT Mandalorian bounty hunter and assassin, Jango’s DNA was used to create the Clone Army and another clone he raised as his son...

BB-8 Imagine a puppy, soccer ball and robot all mixed together. Now multiply that cuteness by 100.

Source: www.starwars.wikia.com Illustrated and designed by SHELDON L. SNEED/GANNETT NEWSPAPERS, written by HANNAH BURKETT, J.J. ALCANTARA and SHELDON L. SNEED

STAR WARS?t’s been almost 40 years since “Star Wars” premiered in theaters

and took over the universe. Unless you’ve been frozen in carbo-

nite, born in the last year or in a 40-year coma, here’s a rundown

of characters from the first six episodes to familiarize yourself

with before watching the newest installment of the space saga.

This is excluding the expanded universe, you nerf herders.

Here’s what you need to know before the movie premier of

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’

WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU’VE NEVER SEEN