Today, it is our third annual Pop Culture References Tournament! This year, the tournament is Favorite Star Wars character!
Looking through all of the Star Wars TV shows and movies that are currently in continuity (so no book characters, no comic book characters, and no characters whose shows are no longer “in continuity”), I poured through way too many darn Top ___ Star Wars characters lists. Too many to count. So many lists. I then tried to balance all of the various lists and come up with a selection of 64 ranked choices that seemed fair enough to me. The good thing is that if you think a character is ranked too low, then, well, just vote for them! If they were too low, then they’ll win and it’ll all be good! And if they lose, well, you know.
And now, you all just vote! You can also use the hashtag #pcrstarwarspoll to get to the open polls.
We’ll start with the first two regions today and then the next two tomorrow.
Mustafar Region
The 2024 Pop Culture References Tournament begins! It's Star Wars characters this year! We begin with the Mustafar Region! #pcrstarwarspoll #StarWars 1. Anakin/Darth Vader vs. 16. Jar Jar Binks
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2. Yoda vs. 15. Baze Malbus (Jiang Wen's character from Rogue One). #pcrstarwarspoll #StarWars
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3. C-3P0 vs. 14. Greedo #pcrstarwarspoll #StarWars
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4. Darth Maul 4. 13. Jango Fett #pcrstarwarspoll #StarWars
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5. Mace Windu vs. 12. Cobb Vanth (Timothy Olyphant's character from The Mandalorian). #pcrstarwarspoll #StarWars
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6. Qui-Gonn Jinn vs. 11. Grand Moff Tarkin #pcrstarwarspoll #StarWars
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7. Jyn Erso vs. 10. Mon Mothma #pcrstarwarspoll #StarWars
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8. Sabine Wren vs. 9. K-2SO (Cassian's droid from Rogue One) #pcrstarwarspoll #StarWars
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Alderaan Region
1. Leia Organa vs. 16. Peli Motto (Amy Sedaris' character from The Mandalorian) #pcrstarwarspoll #StarWars
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2. Obi-Wan Kenobi vs. 15. Admiral Holdo (Laura Dern's character from The Last Jedi) #pcrstarwarspoll #StarWars
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3. Boba Fett vs. 14. Lobot #pcrstarwarspoll #StarWars
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4. Grogu ("Baby Yoda") vs. 13. Chirrut Imwe (Donnie Yen's character from Rogue One) #pcrstarwarspoll #StarWars
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5. Rey Skywalker vs. 12. Rose Tico #pcrstarwarspoll #StarWars
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6. General Grievous vs. 11. Bo-Katan Kryze #pcrstarwarspoll #starwars
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7. Finn vs. 10. Kanan Jarrus #pcrstarwarspoll #starwars
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8. Kylo Ren vs. 9. Cad Bane #pcrstarwarspoll #starwars
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Have fun, and check back tomorrow for the next two regions!
As much as I’d like to participate in your tournaments, to me, they’re not worth going back to the cesspool of X. (Though they do come closer to dragging me back there than anything else has.) I keep hoping you’ll switch to a different platform one of these days.
I truly would gladly use something else, Cory, as I don’t like forcing people to go to nuTwitter, either, but about five-six years ago, the online polling industry just stopped all of the good free options for polls. If anyone knows of a good free polling option that can handle bulk voting, I’m very open to changing!