Summary
The most powerful beings inStar Warsare usually masters of the Force. Whether they are Sith or Jedi, these Force users seem to have an advantage of non-Force users in battle due to their ability to manipulate or control the Force to their whim. But that’s not always the case.
Non-Force users inStar Warsmay have to be more adept at hand-to-hand combat to take down a Force user, but some have honed their abilities to do just that. Whether they are defeating Jedi or Sith, these non-Force users rose to the occasion in battle at the right time.
8Nihil
Duringthe High Republic, the Nihil was a group of marauders who mysteriously traveled through hyperspace. This led to “The Great Hyperspace Disaster.” This event is when a Nihil stormship collided with the Legacy Run in a hyperspace lane. Parts of the Legacy Run were sent as projectiles through hyperspace.
The projectiles destroyed planets and moons inhabited by various species including some that were Force users. The Jedi even sent teams out on rescue missions to save some of these planets and moons, but many Jedi were also killed by the debris.
7B1 Battle Droids
TheB1 battle droidswere introduced inThe Phantom Menaceas the army of the Trade Federation. Most of their on-screen appearances showed them to be clumsy and easy to defeat for anyone with a basic understanding of the Force, much less a mastery of it, however the battle droids found a way to defeat Force users inAttack of the Clones.
In the Battle of Geonosis, thousands of battle droids converged on the hundreds of Jedi who were battling in the gladiator arena. The droids overwhelmed the Jedi, killing 179 of them until Yoda arrived with the clone reinforcements.
6Clone Troopers
Much like the battle droids, the clone troopers were able to defeat Force users due to their sheer numbers advantage. Cloned from Jango Fett, who will be mentioned later, the clone troopers' greatest defeat of Force users came following theexecution of Order 66inRevenge of the Sith.
Millions of clone troopers across the galaxy turned on the Jedi eliminating thousands of Force users at the same time. While some Jedi were able to escape the clone troopers at the time, the clones continued hunting the Jedi on behalf of the new Galactic Empire.
5Garnac
Garnac was aTrandoshan big game hunterwho ran a hunting guild that kidnapped sentient beings and took them to a reserve where other Trandoshans would hunt these beings. DuringThe Clone Wars, two Jedi padawans, Ahsoka Tano and Kalifa were captured and taken to the reserve. During one of the hunts, Ahsoka killed Garnac’s son, Dar.
Grieving and angry, Garnac swore vengeance on the Jedi. He was able to track down Ahsoka and Kalifa, killing Kalifa in the process. His lust for hunting cost him his son, but he was able to defeat a Force user.
4Ochi
Ochi of Bestoon worked as a Jedi hunter and master assassin. He assisted the Sith during the events of the Clone Wars as he helped Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine hunt down Jedi who survived Order 66. Following the perceived demise of the Sith, he worked with the crime syndicate Crimson Dawn.
Ochi continued his Jedi hunting ways during the rise of the First Order and the Resistance. He was tasked with finding a young Rey. Not much is known about this time, but he was being tracked by Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian. InRise of Skywalker, it’s revealed that he died under the sands of Pasaana.
Cad Bane is a legendary bounty hunter who took Boba Fett under his wing duringThe Clone Wars. Hired by Darth Sidious himself, Cad Bane was sent on a mission to steal a holocron from the Jedi Temple. The bounty hunter succeeded, stealing the holocron that contained a list of Force sensitive children across the galaxy.
During the missionCad Bane manages to kill two Jediwhile trying to acquire the holocron. The Duros equipped himself with enough gadgets and weapons to even the playing field with the Force users. Cad Bane was also extremely resilient, fighting off Jedi mind tricks until the combined forces of Mace Windu, Obi-Wan and Anakin stopped him, but he lived to tell the tale.
2General Grievous
Introduced inRevenge of the Sith,General Grievous' backstorywould be fleshed out duringThe Clone Wars. Grievous was turned into a cyborg when the ship he was on was shot down, and he barely survived. Grievous was convinced the Republic and the Jedi were responsible sending the cyborg on a quest for vengeance.
It’s unclear exactly how many Jedi Grievous defeated, however he was shown to be able to wield four lightsabers at one time, and he claimed to have won all in battle. Eventually, he fell at the hands of Obi-Wan Kenobi and a blaster, ironic considering how much Grievous hated Jedi and how much Obi-Wan hated blasters.
1Jango Fett
The bounty hunter who served as the host for the clone army had a torrid history as a Mandalorian before becoming a bounty hunter. As the Jedi and Mandalorians were often at odds,Jango Fett’s biggest featagainst the Force users came at the Battle of Galidraan.
Despite being the only Mandalorian survivor of this battle, Jango managed to kill several Jedi including a few with his bare hands. This battle is what led to Count Dooku leaving the Jedi Order and both Dooku and Jango helping Darth Sidious.
