When Did a Character Become Cool to You?

For me the character of Qui-Gon Jinn would be such an example. At first he was a boring looking and a non-stop talking Jedi to me. But this changed through time. Especially when I started to work on a screen play for an Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon movie. During this period I did a lot of research on Qui-Gon (non-canon and canon) and realized this character is pretty cool.

 

I grew up watching the original trilogy and prequels, and I always liked Luke. But it wasn't until getting back into Star Wars that I realized that I kinda disliked him in ANH and Empire- however, on rewatching ROTJ, I was hooked from the first frame he stepped on screen.
And that's cool, by the way. It shows that even if I wasn't a huge fan of whiny farmboy Luke, he truly grew as a character.

For another, I'll say Ahsoka. I used to hate her. Probably because I originally stopped watching The Clone Wars during the show's second season (She admittedly gets much better as time goes on). When she first appeared in Rebels, though, I was totally sold.

Finally, and this is probably heresy, but Vader. Again, I grew up with the prequels as well, so Anakin and Vader have always been pretty synonymous to me. He'd always been a fine villain, but I wasn't crazy about him. It wasn't until I heard the breathing in the infamous hallway scene of Rogue One that I realized how cool Vader is as a villain, and I appreciate him across the board now.

 

Palpatine, I think. He was lame on the OT. I mean, not awful, but he looked like a cliche. Some kind of a mad scientist.
In the prequels he becomes one of the best villains in the history of cinema. Suddenly he's that cunning brilliant tactician who fooled both his allies and foes. His plan is the perfection, and his cockiness and ability to serve his revenge cold deserve respect. I mean Anakin is cool and all, but NOBODY expected that Palpatine.

To make a good hero is not hard. It's all in the book. But villain? I can't remember the last good villain on the screen.

In terms of villains, Lucas was simply brilliant. Maul, Palpatine, Grievous, hell, even Dooku. So cool.

 

Ooh, that's another one.

I never really appreciated Dooku until recently and hearing his monologue to the captured Obi Wan. I think it's awesome that he truly saw himself as a force of good for the galaxy, rather than working out of a more obvious selfishness. And the interesting thing is, considering the corruption in the Republic and the way the Jedi Order had gone astray, he was almost right. It's really not hard to see how Dooku could be considered a hero.

 

Hey, same here.

But what I love about him (not mentioning the brilliant actor, of course) is that he's not your typical villain. The prequels are rich in that aspect. Maul is a grunt, albeit a cool-looking one. Palpatine is a plotter, wishing for a revenge, and Grievous is just a victim with nowhere to go. But Dooku is not eevvvil. He thinks he's doing the right thing. Ans he sees the truth. His ways are radical, but in his eyes, he does good things. That makes a great character. Wish there was more of him in the EU and movies.