According to the Examiner.com, "Star Wars creator George Lucas used his expert opinion to compare some of his famous characters to famous politicians Tuesday morning."

This got the HHR staff's creative juices flowing, and we decided to follow suit and compare some of Lucas' famous characters to famous athletes Wednesday afternoon. See if you agree.

Character: Luke Skywalker
Athlete: Jim Abbott

Character: Yoda
Athlete: Yogi Berra

Character: 3CPO
Athlete: Mike Piazza

Is he or isn't he? -- Fat Willard

Characters: Ewoks
Athletes: 2002 Anaheim Angels

How about the 2002 Angels with David Eckstein being the cute little popular one. --CR Dunbar


Character: Emperor Palpatine
Athlete: Mark Martin

Character: Darth Vader
Athlete: George Steinbrenner

Character: Princess Leia
Athlete: Allison Stokke

C'mon . . . shouldn't it be the metal bikini shot? --Rusty

Not to sound lesbonic, but i don't think Carrie Fisher's bod does this chick justice. --Ariel

Plus Ren found like the only bad photo of her. --Assassin Ave


Character: Hans Solo
Athlete: Joe Namath

Joe Namath...swashbuckling, hard-living hero who helped lead his team to greatness...plus, Namath has a penchant for always trying to kiss the girl. --Rev. Shaw Moore

Character: Jabba the Hut
Athlete(?): Mark Mangino

Character: Wookie
Athlete: Scot Pollard

Scot Pollard often looks of Wookie descent. --Cadillac Mescalade



Character: Lando Calrissian
Athlete: Grant Hill

Who gets to be Lando (makes a deal w/ the devil but ends up being good in the end)? --Assassin Ave

Grant Hill? Left Detroit for big contract (evil) to Orlando, now playing with heart in Phoenix. --CR Dunbar

Got any more for us?