by jim

1. JAWAS



Some people may argue that the scrappy little Jawas aren't bad guys. Well, let's see they're scavengers and...okay maybe they aren't exactly bad guys, but I think the Jawas are bad ass and had to put them some where. They certainly aren't good guys, you know.

2. DENGAR



So what, I seem to have a fixation on periphery characters. Dengar is tough looking guy and he lives through JEDI (as far as we know), unlike that phony Boba Fett. That's right, your books don't count for crap here, fanboy!.

3. EMPEROR PALPATINE



Okay, he looks like a sleazy old man in Episode I, but by the time JEDI roles around he's the nastiest old man in the universe. He fires lightning bolts and his very word can wipe out a species. That's power. Now mind you, I'm not talking about scary Hitler-type genocide. Just good old fashion innocent space movie genocide. Whoa, this just sounds bad. Instead of continuing to dig this hole, I'm just going to put down the shovel and movie on...

4. DARTH VADER



No one would suspect that whiny little kid from THE PHANTOM MENACE of becoming the most vile overlord the galaxy has ever known. That, my friends, is the genius behind the man who, it is now apparent, will be the focal point of the entire STAR WARS saga. Vader is a force wielding baddie not to be messed with. But he's still Palpatine's bitch.

5. THE SARLAAC



Four words: It ate Boba Fett. Have fun with your collectable card games, ya geek.

by pat

1. DARTH VADER



So what if he ultimately saves his son and kills the Emperor. Does that really redeem him for all of the years of death, destruction, and galactic tyranny? Overall, the guy is what one might call a real honkin' A-hole. He doesn't like your answer, your ten years in the Academy and five years following of faithful service mean nothing. You're getting a long distance choke slam. That's what evil is all about.



2. EMPEROR PALPATINE



So some of the biggest villains ever come from Star Wars. There's one guy who owns them all. Lucas. Intellectual property aside, the former Senator pulled all of the strings. He had people killed, staged wars (controlling both sides), and put his right-hand man in a fight to the death with the guy's son. Why? Why not? Add to that the ability to shoot lightning bolts from your hands.

3. JABBA THE HUTT



The big, fat, slimy thorn in Han Solo's side. He wasn't Imperial, but he was a self-serving slug who delighted in watching others suffer. How he went from such spectacles as the pod races down to Rancor boxing and Sarlaac Pit Plinko shows that he either may not have been a great business man, or he just grew more sadistic and insane as the years went on. Either way, he put Leia in that gold bikini, which gets him points in my book.

4. IG-88



He didn't do much. He was just a bounty hunter who didn't find Han Solo and crew, but he scared the crap out of me as a kid.

5. DARTH MAUL



Yeah, he looked cool, and didn't last long, much like Boba Fett, but man could this dude fight. He was like all crazy flip out, like a ninja and shit. Like, Siths are totally badass, and by badass I mean sweet. I saw Darth Maul go into a 7-11 and this lady yelled at his for wearing a robe, and he was all like "I wear what I want" and then he chopped her up into the chili cheese sauce and made some weird dude take over the register.

1. DARTH VADER



No contest.

2. ADMIRAL PIETT



The only Imperial officer to survive more than one film. This is true. For your ass-kissing tenacity, Admiral, I salute you.

3. BOBA FETT



"I'm Boba, the Fett/My backpack's got jets/I bounty hunt for Jabba Hutt to finance my 'Vette."

4. DARTH MAUL



I'll include him, my loathing for Phantom Menace aside, cause I guess he's kinda badassed.

5. THE PROBE DROID



Admit it, when you were a kid, that spider-legged, gibberish-spouting robotic freak of nature was pretty fuckin' scary. Or at least, it was for me.