History YMMV / StarWars

* NightmareFuel: Each movie gave us a new, different creature for our heroes to go up against.
** ''A New Hope'' had the dianoga, the monster in the trash compactor scene.
** ''Empire'' had the wampa, as well as a brief glimpse of some swamp creature, ''and'' the space slug on the asteroid. Deep-freezing Solo could also be considered unsettling.
** ''ROTJ'' had the rancor and the sarlacc.
** The Jedi faced three underwater beasts in ''The Phantom Menace''.
** The arena scene in ''Attack of the Clones'' also had three creatures, each trying to kill one of the heroes.
** ''Revenge of the Sith'', oddly, had no creature feature, unless you count the lizard-dog Obi rode during the attack on Grievous. However, WordOfGod says there was originally supposed to be something waiting for Obi-Wan after he fell into the canyon during Order 66. But the idea of interrupting the most heartbreaking and emotional scene in the whole movie with Obi-Wan sneaking past a Loch Ness monster probably came off as a bad idea.
** The way Anakin becomes Darth Vader (being mutilated and burnt almost to death while screaming to Obi-Wan "I hate you!") is definitely disturbing to watch.

* TheScrappy: In order of appearance (and hatred), C-3PO, the Ewoks and Jar-Jar.

** Grand Moff Tarkin, the only villain in the franchise without [[DracoInLeatherPants a fandom]].
*** Oh, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3haGng7ohc Tarkin has a fandom,]] all right. It's just not as noticeable as that of Vader or Palpatine.

* CanonDiscontinuity: ''[[CreatorBashlash Lucas himself]]'' has disavowed the ''StarWarsHolidaySpecial'', saying that he would smash every last existing copy with a sledgehammer if he could.

* AntiVillain: Darth Vader, at least in comparison to Tarkin or Palpatine.

* CanonDiscontinuity: ''Lucas himself'' has disavowed the ''StarWarsHolidaySpecial'', saying that he would smash every last existing copy with a sledgehammer if he had the means to do so.
* CanonFodder: Despite the ExpandedUniverse, or maybe because of it
* CompleteMonster: Palpatine - Indirectly led the invasion of his own home planet, started the Clone Wars, almost annihilated the Jedi Order - ''including the children'' - turned Anakin evil, killed his loyal Separatist allies, turned the Republic into a dictatorship, built the Death Star, blew up planets, tortured Luke, murdered billions of people - there's probably no low he wouldn't sink to to get what he wants. Even his own actor claims he's an "[[MadeOfEvil evil soul"]].

** Grand Moff Tarkin, the only villain in the franchise without [[DracoInLeatherPants a fandom]]

* ContinuityDrift: Concepts such as Luke's parentage, Obi-Wan's master and Leia's relations.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: With the amount of time Star Wars has been around, there have been many, but fewer so than Boba Fett, whose death in Return of the Jedi was eventually changed so that he survived falling into the Sarlacc Pit. Also, Wedge Antilles, who went from a single appearance in the first film to appearing in all three of the original trilogy ''and'' considerable [[ExpandedUniverse EU]] following. The [[XWingSeries X-Wing series]], anyone?
** Kit Fisto also seems to be quite popular with fans of the prequels, even though he only appeared a couple of times briefly in Episode II, and once in Episode III. [[GoOutWithASmile His grin]] seems to be what does it for most people.

* FanNickname: For Luke, Farmboy or Wormie. For Palpatine, Sid, Palpy, Palps, or Palpidious. "Vaderkin" to refer to Vader between taking the name Darth Vader and Mustafar incident. AT-STs are commonly referred to as Chicken Walkers.

** RevengeOfTheSith gives him the excuse of [[spoiler:being so desperate to save Padme that he decides to learn from Palpatine, who in turn brainwashes him to think of the sith as a force for peace and the Jedi as trying to take over.]]
** ANewHope, though portraying Vader as considerably vicious, also portrays him as a voice for humility during discussions with Imperial officers.

-->'''Vader''': Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to blow up a planet is insignificant next to the power of the force.

** And of course, ReturnOfTheJedi has Vader [[spoiler:show genuine concern for his son Luke, eventually killing Palpatine to save him, [[RedemptionEqualsDeath at the cost of his own life]] for that matter.]]

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The Sarlacc from ''ReturnOfTheJedi.'' Let's just start with the idea of being ''digested over a thousand years''.

** Though you would die long before the digestion was barely begining by starving to death.
*** You wouldn't. It keeps you alive, because it's sentient and wants to be entertained.

* MemeticMutation: Just about everything. The original trilogy alone has easily the highest degree of quotes per movie ''ever''; for example, doing a google search for virtually ANY line from Episode IV will result in an auto-fill. The prequels slightly less so. Just as general concepts, "TheDarkSide" and "TheForce" have entered mainstream culture.

** During the filming of the prequels, they had to keep reminding Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen to ''stop making lightsaber sounds with their mouths''. Because you could see their lips move when they did it.

** ''Empire'' had the wampa, as well as a brief glimpse of some swamp creature. AND the space slug on the asteroid. Deep-freezing Solo could also be considered unsettling.

** ''Revenge of the Sith'', oddly, had no creature feature, unless you count the lizard-dog Obi rode during the attack on Grievous. However, WordOfGod says there was originally supposed to be something waiting for Obi-Wan after he fell into the canyon during Order 66. But the idea of interrupting the most heartbreaking and emotional scene in the whole movie with Obi-Wan sneaking past a Loch Ness probably came off as a bad idea.
** The way Anakin became Darth Vader (being mutilated and burnt almost to death while screaming to Obi-Wan "I hate you!") is definitely disturbing to watch.

* TheScrappy: In order of appearance, C-3PO, the Ewoks and Jar-Jar.

** [[http://www.jivemagazine.com/column.php?pid=25600 Here's the non-tongue in cheek, serious version of the above article, which was intended as a StealthParody.]]

** ANewHope, though portraying Vader as considerably vicious, also portrays him as voice of humility in comparison to other major minions of the emperor.

-->'''General Tagge''': If the Rebels have obtained a complete technical reading of this station, it is possible, however unlikely, they might find a weakness and exploit it.
-->'''Vader''': The plans you refer to will soon be back in our hands.

** ANewHope, though portraying Vader as considerably vicious, also portrays him as voice of humility in comparison to [[SmugSnake other major servants of the empire]].

-->'''[[SmugSnake Admiral Motti]]''': [[NoOneCanStopUsNow Any attack made by the Rebels against this station would be a useless gesture, no matter what technical data they have obtained!]] [[TemptingFate This station is now the ultimate power in the universe!]] [[CaptainObvious I suggest we use it.]]

* MemeticMutation: Just about everything. The original trilogy alone has easily the highest degree of quotes per movie ''ever''; for example, doing a google search for virtually ANY line from Episode IV will result in an auto-fill. The prequels slightly less so. Just as general concepts, "TheDarkSide" and "The Force" have entered mainstream culture.

* FirstInstallmentWins: Elements from the first four films are known among the general public, but ''ANewHope'' is by far the most parodied and referenced.

* FanonDiscontinuity: There is a small, but vocal, segment of fans that consider the prequels non-canon. There is also a substantial segment of the fan base that would like to pretend that all of Lucas's entries in the series after ''Return of the Jedi'' never existed. ''Lucas himself'' has disavowed the ''StarWarsHolidaySpecial'', saying that he would smash every last existing copy with a sledgehammer if he had the means to do so.

* [[FirstInstallmentWins First]] [[strike:[[FirstInstallmentWins Installment]]]] [[FirstInstallmentWins Trilogy Wins]]: For almost three decades there were no prequels.

* TheScrappy: In order of appearance, C-3PO, the Ewoks, Jar-Jar, and the midichlorians.

* MoralEventHorizon: Palpatine crosses this [[spoiler:when he tells his troops to execute Order 66]]. As for Anakin, it is a bit more disputable whether or not he even crossed this at all, [[spoiler:given his RedemptionEqualsDeath plot in ReturnOfTheJedi]] but differing moments are potential candidates for this, such as [[spoiler:slaughtering Tusken Raiders in AttackOfTheClones]], or [[spoiler:massacring Jedi children in RevengeOfTheSith]].

* CompleteMonster: Palpatine - Indirectly led the invasion of his own home planet, started the Clone Wars, almost annihilated the Jedi Order - ''including the children'' - turned Anakin evil, killed his loyal Separatist allies, turned the Republic into a dictatorship, built the Death Star, blew up planets, tortured Luke, murdered billions of people - there's probably no low he wouldn't sink to to get what he wants. Even his own actor claims he's an "evil soul".