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The Greatest Star Wars Villains, Ranked

By Lance Cartelli on June 1, 2018

The Most Evil Beings in a Galaxy Far, Far Away

The Most Evil Beings in a Galaxy Far, Far Away

There might not be more evil beings in a galaxy than in the Star Wars universe. Following the latest film in the saga, Solo: A Star Wars Story, we've got another villain to add to list of vile creatures.

Join us as we rank the best of the worst and share their most villainous moments.

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22. Captain Phasma

22. Captain Phasma

Commander of the First Order’s stormtroopers, Captain Phasma might look cool, but she’s been more of a punching bag than villain in her two Stars Wars appearances.

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Captain Phasma's Most Villainous Moment

Captain Phasma's Most Villainous Moment

Phasma has been a nuisance to FN-2187, aka Finn, in The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi. But the Captain's most evil act is when she snitches on Finn to General Hux that the former stormtrooper betrayed the First Order.

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21. Dryden Vos

21. Dryden Vos

The leader of the Crimson Dawn crime syndicate, Vos was a ruthless crime lord who, although he had manners, proved he wasn't above killing his enemies.

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Dryden Vos' Most Villainous Moment

Dryden Vos' Most Villainous Moment

Although he wasn't featured a lot in Solo, Vos' most evil act came at the end when the Crimson Dawn leader and Tobias Beckett betrayed Han Solo for the coaxium.

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20. Greedo

20. Greedo

He might only grace the screen for a short time, but Greedo plays a big part in A New Hope. While attempting to collect the bounty Jabba The Hutt put on Han Solo's head, Greedo got blasted in one of the most-discussed moments in any Star Wars film.

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Greedo's Most Villainous Moment

Greedo's Most Villainous Moment

The Rodian bounty hunter's screen time is short lived, but his most evil moment has to be threatening Solo and forcing the smuggler's hand.

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19. Director Orson Krennic

19. Director Orson Krennic

The Director of Advanced Weapons Research for the Imperial Military, Orson Krennic oversaw the construction of the Death Star in Rogue One. He later lost control to the malevolent Grand Moff Tarkin.

Krennic might be evil, sure, but all he’s trying to do is impress his boss. And we can’t really blame him for that.

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Director Orson Krennic's Most Villainous Moment

Krennic's most vile moment happens early in Rogue One when he kills Jyn Erso's mother and forces Jyn's father to build the Death Star.

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18. Count Dooku

18. Count Dooku

A former Jedi Master, Count Dooku was seduced to the dark side after Qui-Gon Jinn’s death in The Phantom Menace. Other than his battle with Yoda in Attack of the Clones, Dooku doesn't have many evil deeds on his resume.

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Count Dooku's Most Villainous Moment

Count Dooku's Most Villainous Moment

Since Dooku's voice can't be his most evil moment, we instead give the nod to his cutting off Anakin Skywalker's arm in the conclusion of Attack of the Clones.

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17. General Grievous

17. General Grievous

Grievous should be one of the most vicious villains in the saga. He’s got freakin’ robot arms equipped with lightsabers from fallen Jedi.

So why doesn't he rank higher? It's because the cyborg Sith could have done so much more evil with his nearly unlimited power.

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General Grievous's Most Villainous Moment

General Grievous's Most Villainous Moment

Although Grievous had the potential to rank higher, he was still pretty darn vile. The Sith's most evil moment came in the Star Wars: Clone Wars show where he ambushes multiple Jedi, including Daakman Barrek.

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16. Cad Bane

16. Cad Bane

After the death of Jango Fett, Cad Bane become the deadliest mercenary in the universe. The cunning bounty hunter doesn't have any Force powers, but he specialized in exterminating Jedi.

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Cad Bane's Most Villainous Moment

Cad Bane's Most Villainous Moment

If we had to pick only one evil moment from Bane, it has to be when he stole a holocron from the Jedi Temple and kidnapped Force-sensitive children. The conniving bounty hunter is pretty darn evil.

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15. Asajj Ventress

15. Asajj Ventress

After spending much of her life as a slave-turned-Jedi Padawan, Ventress eventually embraced the dark side after pirates killed her Jedi Master, Ky Narec.

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Asajj Ventress' Most Villainous Moment

Asajj Ventress' Most Villainous Moment

Under Count Dooku’s guidance, Ventress became one of the most feared assassins during the Clone Wars. Her most evil moment was when she turned to the dark side and killed multiple warlords before eventually joining Dooku and the Empire.

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14. The Grand Inquisitor

14. The Grand Inquisitor

A former Jedi Temple guard, the Grand Inquisitor was seduced to the dark side and served Darth Vader in Star Wars Rebels. Equipped with his signature double-bladed spinning red lightsaber, the Inquisitor hunted surviving Jedi and Force-sensitive children.

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The Grand Inquisitor's Most Villainous Moment

The Grand Inquisitor's Most Villainous Moment

The evil Inquisitor's most vile moment was when he used the remains of Jedi Master Luminara Unduli to lure other Jedi to their deaths.

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13. Stormtroopers

13. Stormtroopers

While stormtroopers do have troubling blaster accuracy, they’ve been an iconic symbol of evil for decades.

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Stormtroopers' Most Villainous Moment

Stormtroopers' Most Villainous Moment

Stormtroopers come in all shapes and sizes, too. Some are much more deadly than others. As a whole, the stormtroopers' most evil moment has to be when Palpatine used Order 66 to turn the army against the Jedi Order.

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12. Jabba the Hutt

12. Jabba the Hutt

The most powerful crime lord on Tatooine, Jabba the Hutt had some of the most evil creatures in the galaxy under his thumb. The gangster was in charge of the criminal underworld on Tattooine that included trafficking illegal goods and slavery.

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Jabba the Hutt's Most Villainous Moment

Jabba the Hutt's Most Villainous Moment

Crime lord Jabba has lots of villainous moments, from sending his personal dancer to her death in the rancor pit to putting Princess Leia in chains. His worst moment, however, is when he refuses to accept payment to spare Solo's life, instead ordering he and Luke be fed to his pet sarlacc.

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11. Darth Malak

11. Darth Malak

The genocidal Dark Lord of the Sith was the main antagonist in the Knights of the Old Republic game. Malak was on a mission to become the most powerful being in the universe by acquiring the Star Forge, which had the capability to destroy the Jedi Order and the Republic.

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Darth Malak's Most Villainous Moment

The power-hungry villain proved how sinister he really was by firing on his best friend, Revan, while he was battling the Jedi.

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10. Jango Fett

10. Jango Fett

Believed to be the best bounty hunter in the galaxy, Jango Fett — who donned some cool Mandalorian armor — was feared for his nearly unmatched killing prowess even though he wasn't Force sensitive.

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Jango Fett's Most Villainous Moment

Jango Fett's Most Villainous Moment

Fett was such a skilled fighter that the Republic chose him to use as their template for the Clone Army. And an entire army based on the assassin was pretty terrifying.

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9. Boba Fett

9. Boba Fett

The clone of Jango Fett, Boba Fett followed in his “father’s” footsteps by becoming a deadly bounty hunter after swearing vengeance against the Jedi.

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Boba Fett's Most Villainous Moment

Fett's most evil moment comes when he collects the bounty on Han Solo's head. The bounty hunter was enlisted by both Jabba the Hutt and Darth Vader in the original trilogy.

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8. General Armitage Hux

8. General Armitage Hux

General Hux is the former commander of the Starkiller Base, and he’s in charge of the First Order military. Hux, like Tarkin before him, is a cutthroat commander who will kill millions of people if his mission demands it.

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There's little doubt that Hux's most heinous act has to be using the Starkiller Base to weapon to destroy Hosnian Prime, the Republic’s capital world.

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7. Grand Moff Tarkin

7. Grand Moff Tarkin

The commander of the Death Star, Tarkin was the first ever Grand Moff in the Galactic Empire. He earned this role by being a ruthless villain who rules through fear.

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Grand Moff Tarkin's Most Villainous Moment

Grand Moff Tarkin's Most Villainous Moment

Tarkin's most vile moment has to be when he tried to trick Princess Leia into giving up the location of a rebel base only to blow up her home planet of Alderaan in A New Hope.

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6. Darth Maul

6. Darth Maul

Darth Sidious’ first apprentice, Darth Maul brought a flair and quiet viciousness to Star Wars villains that we hadn’t previously seen. Equipped with a double-bladed lightsaber, Maul made every battle more entertaining, but he didn’t really add much other than that.

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Darth Maul's Most Villainous Moment

The fact that Darth Maul sliced Qui-Gon Jinn in half was a jaw-dropping moment at the end of The Phantom Menace.

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5. Supreme Leader Snoke

5. Supreme Leader Snoke

We never learned much about the Supreme Leader in his appearances in The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi. But from what we did see, Snoke was a callous leader hellbent on domination. Before being assassinated, the Force-sensitive Snoke was on a galactic conquest to exterminate the Jedi and the Resistance.

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Supreme Leader Snoke's Most Evil Moment

Supreme Leader Snoke's Most Evil Moment

The Supreme Leader's most evil moment has to be seducing Kylo Ren to the dark side. And anybody who can turn a powerful being like Ren evil is a formidable villain.

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4. Darth Revan

4. Darth Revan

The main character in Knights of the Old Republic, Darth Revan is one of the more fascinating villains in any Star Wars medium. Revan was a former Jedi who was turned to the dark side during the Mandalorian War.

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Darth Revan's Most Villainous Moment

Depending how you played the game, Revan was one of the most powerful and evil villains ever. Revan ruthlessly betrayed and killed his allies, and ultimately became the Dark Sith Lord.

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3. Kylo Ren

3. Kylo Ren

Ren — aka Ben Swolo — might be pure evil following The Last Jedi, but the new Supreme Leader is already one of the most interesting and complex bad guys in any galaxy.

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Kylo Ren's Most Villainous Moment

Kylo Ren's Most Villainous Moment

Like his grandfather, Darth Vader, Ren struggled with the temptations of the dark and light side. Ren's most villainous moment is a no-brainer: The dark Jedi killed his father, Han Solo, by stabbing him with a lightsaber and then tossing him down a mine shaft.

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2. Emperor Palpatine

2. Emperor Palpatine

Palpatine was quite the mystery in the original Star Wars trilogy, until he flexed his Force muscles to show his true power. Despite appearing old and frail, Palpatine's understanding of the Force and his ability to manipulate even the most powerful beings in the galaxy made him one of the saga’s greatest bad guys.

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Emperor Palpatine's Most Villainous Moment's Most villainous Moment

While the cackling Sith lord was behind the deaths of countless Jedi — including Mace Windu — Palpatine's most evil moment was when he tortured Luke Skywalker with his devastating Force Lightning in Return of the Jedi.

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1. Darth Vader

1. Darth Vader

The baddest villain in a galaxy far, far away couldn’t be anybody other than Lord Vader. Once he turned to the dark side — and Anakin Skywalker was no more — Vader would stop at nothing for total domination.

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Darth Vader's Most Villainous Moment

Darth Vader's Most Villainous Moment

At his core, Vader is a horror-movie villain who does nothing but conquer, and that’s why it's so tough to pick only one moment where he's at his most evil.

The Sith lord's most villainous moment is probably when he first turned to the dark side and "killed not only the men, but the women and children too."

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