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Think Emperor Palpatine is the most evil character in the galaxy? Think again. This video delves into the dark backstories of 10 Star Wars characters whose actions are truly disturbing, from sadistic droids to gleeful torturers.
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00:00So, we all know that Star Wars is a world full of black and white, good vs. evil, dark vs.
00:06light
00:06and so on and so forth, and if we're talking evil Star Wars characters, then there is no one
00:12more evil than the Emperor himself, right? Well yes, true, he is very, very evil from a
00:18traditional standpoint, but the question is, do we see him do anything really disturbing?
00:23I mean, sure, he kills Jedis, and he tortures Luke Skywalker a little bit on the Death Star,
00:28but that's not truly disturbing, especially when you compare it to some of the actions
00:32that others in the galaxy have gotten up to, which we're covering today, so brace yourself
00:37as things are going to get very dark very quickly.
00:39As I'm Jules, this is WhatCulture.com, and these are the 10 Most Disturbing Star Wars Characters.
00:4510. EV-99 EV-99 was a hard-working moisture vaporator mechanic, but like so many other characters
00:53on this list, 9-D9 developed a love for torture. Apparently, in the Star Wars galaxy,
00:58you'll never be in want of a good torturer. For 9-D9, this love stemmed from a programming
01:03malfunction. This malfunction manifested in 9-D9's desire to torment her fellow droids.
01:09After the malfunction, the Hutt crime syndicate bought 9-D9, and they made her the chief of
01:14cyborg operations. She converted the basement of the Hutt's palace into a dark and dank torture
01:19chamber, which is very medieval, and from there, with the help of her sadistic smelting droid,
01:249-D9 instilled terror in the Hutt's droid pool. 9-D9 was so enthralled with torturing droids that
01:31she had a speciality photoreceptor fitted so that she could read droids' pain levels. Yikes.
01:379. Vene
01:38You may not know this character by name, but rest assured that Vene is a snivelling little creep.
01:44Vene lived as Darth Vader's only attendant within the Dark Lord's palace on Mustapha.
01:49As one of the few people allowed into Vader's inner sanctum, Vene is witness to Vader's most
01:54disturbing acts, and Vene loves every minute of it. He worships the ground that his dark master
02:01walks on. Early in the construction of the Mustapha palace, a band of people living on the
02:06planet attacked Vader and his guests. This is obviously a terrible move on their behalf.
02:11With his mastery of the dark side, Vader gets the upper hand. From there,
02:15he forced all the attackers to drown themselves in a nearby river of lava. How you drown yourself
02:20with lava before burning to death is anyone's guess, but he managed it somehow. Vene rushed
02:25right out of the palace to witness this gruesome act. And as each member of the party burned alive,
02:31Vene cackled with delight. Other duties of Vene's included electrocuting captured rebels to ensure
02:36that his master's torture web was in order. And this was a deed that brought Vene a sadistic
02:41pleasure, and it definitely earned him a spot on this list.
02:458. Cardu Symaloc
02:47Now, you may not remember Cardu Symaloc's name, or even be able to say it. I probably
02:52have mispronounced it myself. But if you've seen A New Hope, you'll know his face. As he shows up
02:57in the background of the famous cantina scene, the camera briefly pans to a character who resembles
03:02the bloody devil with a fiendish smile on his face. And that is Maloc. And if you always thought
03:07that he was up to no good, well, you'd be right. While Disney has watered down his character's
03:12backstory, in Legends, he is quite the literal devil. In Legends, Maloc is known to the galaxy
03:18as the Butcher of the Montellian Sarat. He earned this nickname as an army captain on his home planet
03:23of Davaron. Maloc's unit was deployed to quell a rebellion, and he captured the city of Montellian
03:28Sarat, imprisoning 700 men, women, and children. When his commanding officer ordered him to move on
03:34without the prisoners, he interpreted this as an order of execution. So he shelled the
03:38entire city and killed all 700 inhabitants. Afterwards, he fled to Mos Eisley as a wanted
03:44war criminal. Eventually, he was captured and returned to Davaron by the infamous bounty hunter
03:49Boba Fett. There, he was thrown into a pit of starving animals to be eaten alive, much to the
03:54delight of the cheering crowds. 7. Darth Venomus
03:57Now, we've all heard the story of Darth Plagueis the Wise, right? Well, Darth Venomus definitely knows it,
04:03because he had the unfortunate pleasure of knowing the Sith Lord who trained Palpatine. In fact,
04:08they were rivals, and Venomus found himself on the losing end of that rivalry and becoming a victim
04:13of a rather disturbing fate. You see, Venomus was the secret apprentice of Darth Plagueis' master.
04:19That same master ordered him to hunt down and kill Plagueis. And so Venomus confronted him,
04:24but unfortunately for Venomus, he was bested in combat. But not content to just murder Venomus,
04:29the other Dark Lord forced this Sith Lord into a coma. Over the next several years,
04:34Venomus' body was experimented on in a quest to discover dark secrets of the Force. When Venomus'
04:40body was no longer useful, he was finally allowed to die. But he wasn't quite done with Venomus yet,
04:46as he was then resurrected over and over, killing him each time again and again, with the purpose being
04:52to kill Venomus until even his organs completely broke down. Yeah, pretty grim, right?
04:586. Bib Fortuna
05:00Bib Fortuna was a male Twi'lek who served as Jabba the Hutt's major domo, or chief of staff.
05:06Working for Jabba the Hutt is disturbing enough for most people, but Fortuna witnessed and even
05:10organised countless executions at the whim of his master. Fortuna, more than likely, had his chief
05:16rival for Jabba's favour eaten by Jabba's rancor. In fact, the skull that Luke Skywalker throws at the
05:21rancor is that of Fortuna's slain rival. So yeah, you can use that on your next trivia night next
05:26time. But the really disturbing aspects of Fortuna's life take place after his master dies
05:30at the hands of rebel scum. In canon, Fortuna is shot dead by Boba Fett at the end of Season
05:362
05:36of The Mandalorian, but in Legends, his story goes well beyond this untimely end. But truthfully,
05:42Fortuna may have been better off dead. You see, in Legends, Fortuna returns to Jabba's palace
05:46with the aim of taking over his former master's lucrative business. However, there are other
05:51inhabitants of the palace. These are the Bomar monks, and they had other plans for Fortuna.
05:56The monks are of a strange religious sect that lives in the cellars of Jabba's palace. Here,
06:01they capture Fortuna upon his return, and here's the disturbing part, the monks removed his brain
06:06from his skull and placed it into a spider droid. Cursed forever, Fortuna now roams the palace,
06:12a disembodied brain trapped in a mechanical spider. Now that really is disturbing.
06:17Number 5. Dr. Cornelius Evazan
06:20Would you believe that this guy was once a promising cosmetic surgeon? Obviously,
06:24things kind of went off the rails at some point in time, and it was probably when Cornelius here
06:27started practicing creative surgery on his patients. His work earned him the moniker
06:33The Mutilator of Milvain, a nickname that he more than deserved. And if his morbid surgical
06:38experiments weren't bad enough for you, there's the other matter of his slaves. At some point,
06:42he started transforming his victims into mindless cyborgs. He dubbed these creations the Decraniated.
06:48He planned to sell these zombified servants to the Crimson Dawn crime syndicate,
06:52and Cornelius made a bundle of money at the expense of his enslaved former patients.
06:57But justice finally came his way when he decided to hassle a naive farm boy on Tatooine,
07:02seeing as this particular moisture farmer was in the care of the legendary Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi.
07:07And if you've seen A New Hope, you know how this story ends. Cornelius' companion's arm is severed,
07:12and despite all of his years as a surgeon, he fails to reattach it.
07:164. Grand Moff Tarkin
07:18In the later years of the Galactic Empire, power had become concentrated in a small cadre of men.
07:24Vader and Palpatine were at the top of the food chain, and this was in no small part due to
07:28their dark knowledge of the Force. However, a man who commanded equal parts fear and power
07:32was that of Grand Moff Tarkin, and Tarkin achieved his infamy without any ability in the Force.
07:38He was just a really bad dude.
07:40Tarkin was so respected that he could order Darth Vader around like a lapdog,
07:44and you need to be pretty intimidating to bully a Sith Lord. So, how did he earn this respect?
07:49Well, Tarkin believed that the only way to achieve peace in the galaxy was through fear. People had
07:54to fear the Empire so much that they would never dare rebel, and for Tarkin, this was more than an
07:59idea, it was a practice. His ideology was on full display in the Gorman Massacre. Citizens of that
08:05planet gathered to protest Imperial taxation, and the protesters crowded onto a landing pad to prevent
08:11Tarkin's ship from landing on the planet. Tarkin ordered his pilot to land despite the crowd,
08:16meaning that his ship crushed a huge group of protesters, killing most of them and maiming the
08:20rest. There was also the small matter of Tarkin destroying the planet of Alderaan. No real reason
08:25to do this, he just did it because he could, and because it would send a message. And by the
08:29way,
08:29that single act, Tarkin likely killed more people than Vader and Palpatine combined.
08:34So much for Sith Lords, this guy really was the true baddie.
08:373. Triple Zero
08:39So if Star Wars had a mirror universe, then Triple Zero would be C-3PO's doppelganger. Like C-3PO,
08:45Triple Zero is a protocol droid. He's well-versed in the skills of translations, customs, etiquette.
08:50But unlike C-3PO, Triple Zero is also proficient in the art of torture. In fact, Triple Zero is so
08:57effective that Darth Vader employed him as a torturer. Vader tasked him with procuring
09:01information from Imperial officers and rebel scum alike. Triple Zero had many former masters,
09:07but he had a nasty habit of draining them of their blood. He was so dangerous that his
09:12personality matrix was stowed on a quarantine planet for hundreds of years. A minion of Vader
09:17discovered Triple Zero and placed his matrix in a protocol droid. From then on, he was probably
09:22the galaxy's most unassuming sadist. Triple Zero often declined payment for his work because he
09:27enjoyed it so bloody much. And he was also crucial in Vader's hunt for his son Luke Skywalker.
09:33The droid forced a Naboo official to admit that Padme Amidala had given birth before she died.
09:38Triple Zero then electro-shot the man to death, which wasn't actually part of the orders that he
09:42received, he just had fun doing it. But he did face some justice for his terrible deeds. In a failed
09:47attempt to kidnap Luke Skywalker, the droid had both his arms ripped off by Chewbacca. So, way to go,
09:53Chewie.
09:532. Darth Vader
09:55Unlike the Emperor, Darth Vader is a villain who we certainly see commit some pretty heinous acts.
10:00He routinely terrorizes, chokes, and murders his co-workers for a start. But during his rise to
10:05power within the Empire, Vader once organized a gathering of Imperial officials. Once they were
10:10all together, Vader murdered five of the officers just at random. And this wasn't an act of malice.
10:15The officers hadn't done anything wrong, he just wanted to demonstrate his power to them.
10:19Even before Vader donned his menacing cape and helmet, he proved to be a pretty messed up
10:24individual. Within hours of converting to the dark side, Vader stormed the Jedi Temple,
10:28and there he murdered dozens of Jedi who he probably knew very well. Hell, he was probably
10:32friends with most of them. And of course, he culminates this attack by cutting down a room full
10:37of children. Children who know him and look to him for protection. Vader just straight up murders
10:42them. Weirdly, a lot of people love Vader and believe that chucking Palpatine down an
10:46exhaust shaft was a redeeming act. But let's not forget that Darth Vader is a seriously disturbed
10:51individual. And killing his admittedly evil boss really doesn't make up for slicing up a bunch of
10:56preschoolers, now does it?
10:581. Ewoks
10:59Don't laugh, let me actually explain here. We all know that Ewoks were a cheap ploy on the part of
11:04George Lucas to sell a boatload of toys. But have you ever actually sat down and considered
11:08the Ewoks' actions throughout Return of the Jedi? I mean, take for instance how they dealt
11:13with Luke, Han and Chewie when they were first captured. The Ewoks hogtied the rebels and built
11:17a couple of bloody bonfires. It's clear that these little furry forest dwellers were planning to eat
11:22our favourite characters. That is pretty terrifying. Now also consider what happened to the hundreds of
11:28stormtroopers that the Ewoks capture after their destruction of the Death Star. Those poor bastards
11:33definitely got eaten.
11:35And then we go my friends, those were the 10 most disturbing Star Wars characters. I hope that you
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