Empire magazine celebrate their greatest Star Wars characters poll 6 new covers

August 6, 2018

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This month, the new Empire magazine reveals the results of their recent Star Wars poll, asking readers to choose their 50 favourite characters. It’s commonly known that Han Solo won the poll – and he is featured on the subscriber exclusive cover, showing both Harrison Ford and Alden Ehrenreich in the role – but you may be surprised / intrigued / outraged / etc by the following 49.

To mark the occasion, Empire have released 6 shiny newsstand versions featuring Han, Luke, Kylo, Vader, Leia and Rey, and most impressive they are too.

SourceEmpire magazine

Mark Newbold

Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.

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To mark the occasion, Empire have released 6 shiny newsstand versions featuring Han, Luke, Kylo, Vader, Leia and Rey, and most impressive they are too.