I was looking through some older threads today, and thought I'd bump this one up now that the movies are all done and new television/EU stuff is on the way. With the hype now gone from the prequel movies, have any of your lists changed at all? I like a lot of the characters in SW, but if I listed the top few, it goes like this with me:
1. Han Solo (Just my favorite overall, and I couldn't picture anyone but Harrison Ford in this role)
2. Chewbacca (Han's sidekick, and I think the character has always appealed to me growing up because I always had a faithful dog at my side - kind of like Chewie)
3. Luke Skywalker (Scott made a good point early in this thread about him being under-appreciated. To be honest, when I was a kid, I think I "pretended" to be Luke more than anyone else)
4. Yoda (as cool as the concept of seeing him "in action" in AOTC/ROTS, the OT incarnation of Yoda is my favorite overall I think)
5. Obi-Wan Kenobi (another under-rated character in some ways. I like both portrayals - Ewan McGregor/PT and Sir Alec Guiness/OT)
Those are my favorite of the fleshed out characters, although I really like them all. The droids, Leia, Vader, Lando, etc. could easily be on this list as well. Plus, some of the lesser-used characters like Qui-Gon, Maul, Fett(s), Jedi, etc. are very cool.