Star Wars is an Americanepicspace operamedia franchise andshareduniverse originally created byGeorge Lucas. Following the release of theeponymous film in 1977, the franchise became a worldwide phenomenon that has expanded into various films, television series, video games, novels, comic books, and theme park attractions to become one of the highest grossing media franchises of all time. The franchise spans multiple fictional eras "a long time ago ina galaxy far, far away". Events are shaped by the interactions between human, alien, and droid characters, many of whom are considered among the most iconic characters of all time.
This incomplete list of characters from theStar Wars franchise contains only those which are considered part of the officialStar Wars canon, as of the changes made byLucasfilm in April 2014. Following its acquisition bythe Walt Disney Company in 2012, Lucasfilm rebranded most of the novels, comics, video games and other works asStar Wars Legends and declared them non-canon to the rest of the franchise.[1][2][3] As such, this list contains only information from the nineSkywalker Saga films, the 2008 animated TV seriesStar Wars: The Clone Wars, and other media published or produced after April 2014.
