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Star Wars · Analysis · 410 movies and episodes, 1977–2026

Who's in the most Star Wars?

We counted every character seen or heard in every Star Wars movie and TV episode since 1977: 410 of them, 3,762 characters. The one in the most isn't the one on the posters.

Key findings

136of 410 movies and episodes have Anakin Skywalker in them, Darth Vader included
#113Luke Skywalker's rank, in 13
75 vs 69Chopper vs R2-D2
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01 · The ranking

Anakin Skywalker is in 136 of the 410. Luke is #113.

We counted who's seen or heard in every Star Wars movie and every episode of the main TV series, 1977 to 2026: 410 in all. All of the top 10 are mostly in TV episodes; Anakin's 136 include 106 episodes of The Clone Wars. Hover or tap a bar to see where each character shows up.

The top 25

Star Wars movies and TV episodes each character is seen or heard in

Anakin Skywalker #1 136
Obi-Wan Kenobi #2 110
Ahsoka Tano #3 105
Captain Rex #4 104
Yoda #5 81
Chopper #6 75
Hera Syndulla #7 72
Mace Windu #7 72
Ezra Bridger #9 71
R2-D2 #10 69
Sabine Wren #10 69
Palpatine #12 66
Zeb Orrelios #13 64
Kanan Jarrus #13 64
Count Dooku #15 57
Plo Koon #16 51
Mon Mothma #17 45
Padmé Amidala #17 45
Wrecker #17 45
Hunter #20 44
Omega #21 43
Echo #22 40
Bail Organa #23 38
Kaz Xiono #23 38
C-3PO #25 36

02 · The movie stars

Leia Organa, Luke Skywalker, Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian and Han Solo are each in fewer than 20.

Leia is in 19, Luke 13, Chewbacca 9, Lando 6 and Han 6. Han has never been in a TV episode; Luke has been in 6. The prequel cast went on to The Clone Wars, which ran for 133 episodes.

The movie stars

The same count for the saga's best-known faces

Anakin Skywalker #1 136
Obi-Wan Kenobi #2 110
Yoda #5 81
R2-D2 #10 69
Palpatine #12 66
C-3PO #25 36
Leia Organa #69 19
Luke Skywalker #113 13
Chewbacca #168 9
Lando Calrissian #253 6
Han Solo #253 6

03 · Who beat who

A droid, a clone and Jar Jar.

More than Luke

Jar Jar Binks

In 17: 3 movies, then 14 episodes of The Clone Wars. Luke is in 13.

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More than R2-D2

Chopper

In every Rebels episode (66), 6 of Ahsoka, 2 of The Bad Batch and 1 movie: 75. R2-D2 is in 69.

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More than Yoda

Captain Rex

68 episodes of The Clone Wars, 25 of Rebels and 7 of The Bad Batch: 104 in all. Yoda is in 81.

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More than Luke, too

R5-D4

The astromech whose motivator blows in A New Hope is in 14, 9 of them episodes of The Mandalorian.

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Every Star Wars movie (13) and every episode of 15 TV series, The Clone Wars, Rebels, Resistance, The Mandalorian, The Bad Batch, The Book of Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Andor, Tales of the Jedi, Ahsoka, Tales of the Empire, The Acolyte, Skeleton Crew, Tales of the Underworld and Maul: Shadow Lord, released by October 16, 2026. Kids' shorts, micro-series, LEGO and the unfinished Clone Wars story reels are left out. A two-part premiere or finale on one wiki page counts once.

A character counts when they're seen or heard: in person, as a hologram, in a flashback or vision, as a Force ghost or as a voice. Not when they're only mentioned, only on a poster or statue, only their starfighter, or only in a deleted scene. Darth Vader counts as Anakin and Darth Sidious as Palpatine, as on Wookieepedia.

Source: each movie's and episode's Appearances list on Wookieepedia (starwars.fandom.com, CC BY-SA), read through its API on October 16, 2026.