Who Is Your Obscure Star Wars Obsession?

Star Wars is full of forgettable side characters that some people refuse to forget. From the man carrying an ice cream maker in Empire Strikes Back (who has a name, and it’s Willow Hood, for some reason) to my editor’s suggestions of Captain Fordo, Ooryl Qrygg, and Voort “Piggy” saBinring, there’s a lot to choose from. If there’s any franchise that has a larger, weirder, and over all stranger encyclopedia of obscure and nearly-anonymous characters, I’ve yet to see it.

I mean, we’re just halfway through Obi-Wan Kenobi and we’ve already got a Lola action figure. I’m not complaining, mind you, but it’s pretty apparent that there is a toy-first marketing strategy around some of these characters.

There’s a lot of reasons weird, nonsense characters stick around; odd imagery, excellent graphics, funny names, strange outfits, colorful descriptions in encyclopedias… it’s really impossible to tell which characters are going to be a hit with the audience and which ones are going to mysteriously disappear into the Star Wars ether. But if I’ve learned anything about Star Wars it’s that everyone has a character that they love, regardless of the fact that they only had two seconds of screen time, or an offhand mention in a book, or an appearance as an NPC in a video game.

So here we go, Star Wars nerds (said with affection): who is your obscure Star Wars fave from any era, edition, or media?

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