Today, we continue 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 last two regions of Round One today (you can still vote on yesterday’s regions, as well).
CORELLIA REGION
The 2024 Pop Culture References Tournament concludes round one! It's Star Wars characters this year! We begin today's two regions with the Corellia Region! #pcrstarwarspoll #starwars 1. Han Solo vs. 16. Fennec Shand (Ming-Na's character from The Book of Boba Fett)
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2. Chewbacca vs. 15. Cara Dune (Gina Carano's character from The Mandalorian) #pcrstarwarspoll #starwars
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3. Lando Calrissian vs. 14. Kit Fisto (the green amphibious Jedi Master) #pcrstarwarspoll #starwars
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4. Ahsoka Tano vs. 13. Count Dooku #pcrstarwarspoll #starwars
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5. Cassian Andor vs. 12. Nien Nunb (Lando's co-pilot on the Millennium Falcon in Return of the Jedi) #pcrstarwarspoll #starwars
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6. Poe Dameron vs. 11. Bail Organa #pcrstarwarspoll #starwars
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7. Admiral Ackbar vs. 10. Wicket (the main Ewok in Return of the Jedi) #pcrstarwarspoll #starwars
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8. Captain Rex (from The Clone Wars and Rebels cartoon series) vs. 9. Greef Karga (Carl Weather's character from The Mandalorian) #pcrstarwarspoll #starwars
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TATOOINE REGION
We're now in the Tatooine Region! 1. Luke Skywalker vs. 16. Fives (the Clone Trooper who heroically tried to prove the malicious intent of the Clone Troopers' brain chips) #pcrstarwarspoll #starwars
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2. R2-D2 vs. 15. Saw Gerrera (Forest Whitaker's character in Rogue One, but also an established Clone Wars character) #pcrstarwarspoll #starwars
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3. Din Djarin (the star of The Mandalorian) vs. 14. Captain Phasma (Gwendoline Christie's character in the Star Wars sequel films) #pcrstarwarspoll #StarWars
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4. BB-8 (the main droid in the Star Wars sequel films) vs. 13. Commander Cody (high-ranking commander in the Clone Army, as seen in The Clone Wars) #pcrstarwarspoll #StarWars
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5. Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious vs. 12. Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito's Mandalorian character) #pcrstarwarspoll #StarWars
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6. Padme Amidala vs. 11. Wedge Antilles #pcrstarwarspoll #StarWars
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7. Jabba the Hutt vs. 10. Hera Syndulla (the pilot on Star Wars: Rebels who eventually became a General) #pcrstarwarspoll #StarWars
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8. Grand Admiral Thrawn (the leader of the remnants of the Galactic Empire following the Emperor's seeming death) vs. 9. Ezra Bridger (the nascent Jedi from Star Wars: Rebels) #pcrstarwarspoll #StarWars
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Have fun, and go vote!
