There are a LOT of really great aspects of Star Wars. George Lucas and company started up a whole universe of concepts and characters that has only grown with the comics and books and other Expanded Universe media tie-ins. That being said, many would agree that Star Wars has (especially from the movie prequels) had its share of clunkers. There are characters like those who don’t belong at the Disney theme parks, and others that wouldn’t fit in for a number of other reasons. Here are eight characters I believe would be particularly misplaced.
1. Anakin Skywalker
Darth Vader is great. Everyone can agree on that, right? We want to see a lot of Darth Vader at the Disney parks. But Anakin Skywalker as played by Jake Lloyd and Hayden Christensen? Not so much. The prequels (save for MAYBE Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, and even that’s debatable) leave a bad taste in most people’s mouths, and the protagonist of those films should be avoided at all costs by the Walt Disney Imagineers. A lot of Star Wars fans believe that the story of how Luke Skywalker’s father became Darth Vader was one that would have best been left untold. Hopefully Disney rectifies some of the damage LucasFilm did telling it by not adding Anakin pre-Episode IV to Disney World, Disneyland and the rest of the Disney parks.
2. Padmé Amidala
Just like young Anakin Skywalker isn’t a good addition to the Star Wars areas of the Disney parks, his love interest would feel similarly out of place. She wasn’t the biggest problem with the prequel films, but her romance with Anakin is up there with the series’ most significant flaws. The Star Wars universe is, sadly, pretty short on great female characters (excluding Princess Leia), but there have to be better options out there than Padmé Amidala.
3. Greedo
Image: Lucasfilm
I mostly include Greedo on this list for the sake of the cast member who would be putting on the costume. I can totally see diehard Star Wars fans bugging or even harassing the people wearing the Greedo outfit by continually insisting to them that Han Solo shot first. Even if it was only done as a prank, someone hounding Greedo about the subject is a joke that would grow old fast.
Comments
This is such a dumb take. You put two of my favorite characters off all time in the saga at the top of the list. I would LOVE to see Anakin and Padmé. Anakin is so cool and he is my favorite character of all time. I will not deny the flaws of the prequels, but nonetheless I loved seeing Darth Vaders complicated backstory unfold and it made the prequel trilogy my favorite. Also I really admire Padmé, she's a GREAT female character, so I have no idea what you're talking about. If you're going to insult the character, I beg of you to at least make it constructive. She was in politics at the young age of 14 making her a child prodigy and as a young girl myself, I looked up to that and I strive to be like her and to have her intelligence and determination. She can also obviously fight, she was great in the battle of Geonosis. Finally, Jar Jar would be great in parks; he's just so silly and light hearted which is perfect for the children. The only thing about that would be the unnecessary hate the actor in the suit would receive. Anyways, don't make such ignorant claims with incorrect reasoning and people have different opinions.