Summary
There were dozens of major villains inStar Wars: The Clone Wars, but they didn’t all pose the same threat to the Jedi. Some of themost important groups inStar Warswere in conflict during the Clone Wars, and there were plenty of opportunities for them to go up against the Jedi. Throughoutthe timeline ofThe Clone Wars, various threats, enemies, and crises rose and fell. Some of those threats were rather small and personal, but others could have destroyed several Jedi or even the entire Order if they had the chance.
One of the many great thingsThe Clone Warsdid was highlight just how many enemies the Jedi had near their eventual fall duringOrder 66. From individual planets to monstrous creatures to the Separatists and their different members, the Jedi were being pulled in every direction for years. Facing that many threats at the same time was enough to wear the Order down, but not all of those threats were as dangerous as the rest.The Clone Wars' villains ranged from people who inspired jealousy all the way to the man who ruled the galaxy,
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29Rush Clovis
The Senator With An Eye For Padmé Amidala
The least physcially threatening villain inThe Clone Warswas Rush Clovis, a member of the Galactic Senate and a liason to the Banking Clan.The reason Rush gets put so low is that he was more threatening to Anakin Skywalker personally than any other Jedi in combat. Rush was romantically interested in Padmé Amidala, which made him a great way to expose Anakin’s darker, angry side, but it didn’t do much for him in terms of holding his own against a Jedi.
Padmé Amidala
The elected Queen of Naboo, Padmé Amidala won galactic acclaim for her heroism when she led her people against the Trade Federation. She became an influential member of the Republic Senate, but her life changed forever when she fell in love with Anakin Skywalker. Padmé Amidala found herself torn between her love for Anakin and her belief in the principles of the Republic, especially when Anakin became Darth Vader. She was brutally attacked by Anakin on Mustafar, and died in childbirth.
28Tal Merrik
The Would-Be Assassin Of Duchess Satine Kryze
Several different people tried to kill Duchess Satine Kryze through the timeline ofThe Clone Wars, and one of the least impressive attempts came from Tal Merrik. Tal tried to kill Satine so Death Watch could take her place as the rulers of Mandalore, but his plot was fairly easily thwarted by Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, even though they had to use less offensive means than normal at Satine’s behest. Essentially,Tal was quite like Rush: he only posed a threat to Obi-Wan specifically, as he took advantage of his past with Satine, but he was also more openly violent than Rush.
Obi-Wan Kenobi
The Padawan of Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi became a Jedi Knight after his master’s death. Obi-Wan trained Anakin Skywalker as a Jedi, with his own apprentice knighted after the Battle of Geonosis. The Jedi Master became a key player in the Jedi during the Clone Wars, and was heartbroken when Anakin turned to the dark side; Obi-Wan critically wounded Anakin before taking to the shadows, watching over the young Luke and Leia for years. He sacrificed himself for his two charges, becoming a Force Ghost and continuing to mentor them.
27Lok Durd
The Separatist Creator Of The Defoliator
The Clone Wars were essentially an arms race for the Separatists, and they tried several different ideas in search of a superweapon to defeat the Republic. One of the least effective attempts came from Lok Durd, a Neimoidian arms dealer. He created the Defoliator, a weapon that could destroy organic life while preserving machines like battle droids.It was a good weapon, and General Grievous eventually used it against the Nightsisters, but the problem was with Durd himself. His attempt to use the Defoliator was quickly stopped by an injured Anakin Skywalker and a handful of Jedi. Without the Defoliator, Durd was essentially useless.
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26Nute Gunray
A Trade Federation Figurehead
Nute Gunray is hard to give a definitive ranking as a threatening character. He was mostly used as a pawn throughout the Clone Wars, and most of the threat he posed was from his droid troops, not Gunray himself.Most of the big moves Gunray made also came inStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menaceinstead ofThe Clone Wars, and he wasn’t a significant challenge for the Jedi during the show. He was also a good strategist, though, and he proved to be very valuable to Palpatine, which made him a central figure in the war.
25Ziro The Hutt
A Disavowed Hutt Clan Member
The Hutt cartel and the other criminal families ofStar Warsplayed a rather passive role inThe Clone Wars, but one member made himself very prominent during the conflict.Ziro the Hutt had access to the Hutt’s resources for a while, and he became a bit of a problem when he hired a team of bounty hunters to hold Senators hostage and ransom him out of jail. Other than those simple plots, though, Ziro didn’t do much inThe Clone Wars. He also eventually lost favor with the Hutts, and he quickly met his end when he had to fend for himself.
24Garnac
The Trandoshan Big Game Hunter Who Nearly Killed Ahsoka Tano
Ahsoka Tano found herself a captive of her enemies quite a few times over the course ofThe Clone Wars, and one of the most dangerous situations she got into was at Garnac’s hands. Ahsoka was captured by Trandoshan big game hunters who then hunted her for sport.Garnac was the leader of that outfit, and he very nearly ended Ahsoka’s life. He was a skilled hunter, but he also failed to kill Padawans who didn’t have their lightsabers and had the cards stacked against them. Garnac was a coward who preyed on the weak, but he was a dangerous coward.
23Riff Tamson
Separatist Agent Sent To Foment Civil War On Mon Cala
Of all the Separatist agents that appeared inThe Clone Wars, Riff Tamson was one of the most memorable. As a Karkarodon, Tamson was essentially a humanoid shark, which made him incredibly deadly in water. That worked perfectly for his main mission, which was to start a civil war on Mon Cala and turn it over to Separatist control.Tamson was a major threat during his mission and in the waters of Mon Cala, but if he was on land or on his own, he would have been just a fairly good fighter with sharp teeth: easy for a Jedi to defeat.
22Nuvo Vindi
Evil Scientist Who Recreated The Blue Shadow Virus
Nuvo Vindi is quite like Lok Durd in that the biggest threat he posed over the course ofThe Clone Warswas not himself, but his creation. The reason Vindi is placed so much higher than Durd, however, is because his weapon was wildly more deadly.Vindi recreated the Blue Shadow Virus, a disease that could have wiped out all intelligent life in the galaxy if it had been dispersed. Vindi didn’t pose any threat on his own - he only had a small attachment of droids at his disposal - but the Blue Shadow Virus was a much more difficult weapon to destroy than the Defoliator.
21Almec
The Corrupt Prime Minister Of Mandalore
Mandalore played a major role inThe Clone Wars, and Prime Minister Almec was a key character to most of the planet’s story. That being said, he wasn’t terribly threatening to Jedi.Almec was more of an existential threat to Democracy, as he infected Mandalore with his own corruption and eventually supported Maul and Death Watch. He could hold his own for a while in a fight, but he was also easily defeated by Bo-Katan Kryze, and he would have fared even worse against Jedi.
20Hondo Ohnaka
Morally Ambiguous & Opportunistic Pirate
Hondo Ohnaka is a bit of an unorthodox villain inThe Clone Warsbecause he never really committed to being a villain.Hondo was more of an opportunist than an actual antagonist, and he helped the Jedi just as much as he fought them, which makes it hard to call him a massive threat to the Jedi. That being said, he did also command a crew of pirates and had a fairly strong hold over a large portion of the Outer Rim. If Hondo wanted to be a villain, he could have become quite a danger to the Jedi.
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