Most influential characters in the mythos

The brief discussion in the Eternal Empire thread made me wonder this.

Which characters in Legends most impacted the course of galactic history?

Contenders iMHO:

Luke
Anakin
Palpatine
Bane
Revan
Hero of Tython

The Ones and Abeloth

Darth Bane
Palpatine
Mace Windu
Luke Skywalker
Shaak Ti
Galen Marek
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Quinlan Vos
Darth Krayt
Cade Skywalker
Revan
Xesh
Darth Sion

Originally posted by The Ellimist
The brief discussion in the Eternal Empire thread made me wonder this.

Which characters in Legends most impacted the course of galactic history?

Contenders iMHO:

Luke
Anakin
Palpatine
Bane
Revan
Hero of Tython

Um...

Luke
Sheev
Valkorion
Revan
Ajunta Pall and his Jedi
That dude that lead the Legion of the first Dark Siders.

Palpatine.

Then Luke, Vader, Bane, Dooku, Valkoriate, Revan, Yoda.

Kenobi...

Shit, forgot HOT. He's up there, too.

Tbh it might be HoT for stopping Vitiate's ritual.

Luke probably comes next for the number of times he's essentially saved the galaxy, particularly from Abeloth.

If we're talking about defeating existential threats, it's definitely Luke for defeating Sheev and Abeloth. Or Empatajayos Brand. Or Anakin.

Oh shit, and the Exile too.

Characters like Brand come in below Luke and co. as having had roles that weren't irreplaceable. Luke and Anakin accomplished things that frankly no other character could have replicated.

Meanwhile, someone like Vitiate was influential in the sense that the existence of his empire for so many years constitutes an influence unto itself, but he really accomplished nothing in the long run.

Originally posted by The Ellimist
Oh shit, and the Exile too.

Restarting the order is rather huge, isn't it?

By that principle you can put Cade on the list too.

I was thinking more that she defeated Nihilus, and nobody else at the time sans Vitiate probably could have.

Kyle Katarn also saved a bunch of spirits from eternal torture -> infinite utility.

also forgot about Plagueis.

Zane Carrick also falls into this category (though he's probably just in the top 25).

Valkorion:-

01. Nathema event (creation of a permanent void in the Cosmic Force)
02. Reconstituting the ancient Sith Empire
03. Orchestrating the Mandalorian Wars
04. Orchestrating the Jedi Civil War (result: Republic on its knees and the Jedi 0Order almost extinguished)
05. Great Galactic War
06. Children
07. Establishing a new superpower (The Eternal Empire)
08. Reducing Ziost to a barren wasteland
09. The Eternal Empire brought both the Republic and the ancient Sith Empire to their knees
10. Forging the Outlander as a weapon against The Eternal Empire

In the nutshell, Valkorion affected countless and was responsible for the deaths of countless as well.

Originally posted by The_Tempest
also forgot about Plagueis.

Plagueis should definitely be up there with the obvious names like Sidious, Luke etc.

lmao