C-3PO or See-Threepio is a humanoid robot character from the Star Wars franchise who appears in the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy and the sequel trilogy. Built by Anakin Skywalker, C-3PO was designed as a protocol droid intended to assist in etiquette, customs, and translation, boasting that he is "fluent in over six million forms of communication". Along with his astromech droid counterpart and friend R2-D2, C-3PO provides comic relief within the narrative structure of the films, and serves as a foil. Anthony Daniels has portrayed the character in ten of eleven Star Wars cinematic films released to date, including Rogue One and the animated The Clone Wars. C-3PO and R2-D2 are the only characters to appear in all of the films except Solo: A Star Wars Story.
Senator Bail Organa of Alderaan, is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise, mentioned in the original film, and portrayed by actor Jimmy Smits in prequels Attack of the Clones (2002), Revenge of the Sith (2005), and the anthology prequel film Rogue One (2016). Bail is married to Breha Organa, queen of the planet Alderaan, and serves as a senator of his planet in the Galactic Senate, where he is shown to be a friend with senator and former Queen of Naboo, Padmé Amidala. He also secretly serves as a member of the Rebel Alliance, of which he is a founding member. After Padmé dies, Bail and Breha adopt her daughter Leia Organa, a main character in the franchise.
The Skywalker family is a fictional family in the Star Wars franchise. Within the series' fictional universe, the Skywalkers are a bloodline with strong inherent capabilities related to the Force. Luke Skywalker, his twin sister Princess Leia, and their father Darth Vader are central characters in the original Star Wars film trilogy. Vader, in his previous identity as Anakin Skywalker, is a lead character in the prequel film trilogy. Leia and Han Solo's son, and also Luke's nephew, Kylo Ren plays a crucial role in the sequel trilogy of films.
The Galactic Civil War is a fictional interstellar war from the Star Wars galaxy. It serves as the setting for the original trilogy of films entitled A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi, the 2016 anthology film Rogue One, as well as many novels, comics, and video games in the Star Wars expanded universe.
The Truce at Bakura is a 1993 science fiction novel by Kathy Tyers, set in the Star Wars universe. It takes place immediately after the events depicted in the 1983 film Return of the Jedi. It is followed by the novel The Glove of Darth Vader. The book was later turned into an audio version, narrated by Anthony Heald. Galoob also released models of the ships and characters from the novel as part of its Star WarsMicro Machines range.
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire is a multimedia project created by Lucasfilm in 1996. The original idea was to create a story set between the films The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, and to explore all commercial possibilities of a full motion picture release without actually making a film. The venture reinvigorated interest in the franchise ahead of the theatrical Special Editions of the Star Wars trilogy released in the following year.
The Solo family is a fictional family of characters in the Star Wars franchise, whose key member is smuggler Han Solo, one of the central protagonists of the franchise starting in the original film trilogy in which he is featured prominently throughout. Subsequent to these films' events, Han marries Princess Leia, hence connecting her family tree to his; their son Ben Solo is introduced in the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
The Jedi Prince series is a series of science fiction novels set in the Star Wars expanded universe, written by Paul and Hollace Davids. They were published by Bantam Skylark. The series went from 1992 to 1993. The series takes place between the books The Truce at Bakura and Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor—about two years after Return of the Jedi.
Star Wars: Heir to the Empire is a 1991 Star Wars novel by Timothy Zahn, and the first book in the Thrawn trilogy. It reached #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list.
Star Wars Infinities is a graphic novel trilogy published by Dark Horse Comics from 2002 to 2004. It tells a non-canon alternate version of each film in the original Star Wars trilogy in which a point of divergence occurs and changes the outcome of the story. Each individual Infinities story is unrelated to the others and is set within the timeline of their original film.
Dark Empire I is a 1995 trade paperback compilation of the first six-part comic book miniseries of the Dark Horse Comics metaseries Dark Empire. Written by Tom Veitch and illustrated by Cam Kennedy, the series was originally released bi-monthly by Dark Horse from December 1991 to October 1992. The subsequent sequel series were collected as Dark Empire II and Empire's End. All three comic series detail the resurrection of Emperor Palpatine in cloned bodies.
Vader's Quest is a four issue comic book miniseries set in the Star Wars expanded universe, written by Darko Macan and drawn by Dave Gibbons and Angus McKie. Published by Dark Horse Comics, the original four issues appeared in February through May 1999; a trade paperback reprinting all four was released in December of that same year.
Star Wars: Empire was a series of comics published by Dark Horse Comics. The first issue was released on 4 September 2002. It ran for 40 issues, and was continued in the Star Wars: Rebellion series.
The Sith are major antagonists in the space opera franchise Star Wars. They are depicted as an ancient monastic and kraterocratic organization of supernaturally gifted warriors driven by a machiavellian agenda of galactic domination and revenge against their arch-rivals, the Jedi knights. Prominent Sith Lords such as Darth Vader and Darth Sidious have become pop culture icons of tyranny and terror.
"Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II" is a 2008 episode of the television comedy series Robot Chicken, and the sequel to the Annie Award winning "Robot Chicken Star Wars", which aired as a one-off special during Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block on November 16, 2008. Like "Robot Chicken: Star Wars" it has been released on its own DVD, on July 21, 2009, and will not be part of a season box set. The DVD contains the original broadcast version, and the "Extended Version", which features an additional 15 minutes of footage cut from the broadcast version. It was nominated for a 2009 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program.
"It's a Trap!" is a direct-to-video special of the animated series Family Guy which later served as the double-episode season finale of the ninth season and is the final part of the series' Star Wars parody trilogy Laugh It Up, Fuzzball. It is named after the phrase uttered by Admiral Ackbar in the Star Wars film Return of the Jedi. The home video was first released on December 21, 2010 and later aired on Fox in the United States on May 22, 2011.
Star Wars: The Black Series (TBS) is an ongoing Star Wars toy line produced by the Hasbro company. The toy line includes action figures, vehicles, Force FX lightsabers, and collectable items.
