Luke Skywalker

“Appearances: The Star Wars series (1977-2015)

Creator: George Lucas

Performer: Mark Hamill

Defining moment: “But I was going into Tosche station to pick up some power converters.” Luke Skywalker: cinema’s greatest whiner.

Fascinating fact: In the scene where Luke introduces himself to Leia on the Death Star, Hamill referred to himself as Luke Starkiller, the character’s original name. It was nixed by execs and reshot with the more aspirational Skywalker.

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