Top Ten Most Intelligent Star Wars Characters

This man almost single - handedly brought down a Government stable for 1,000 years. Manipulated everyone(including Yoda) and made the galaxy destroy itself through a war just to get rid if democracy. If this was who has the most wisdom I think Yoda would definitely be in the top 3, BUT this is a list on who is the smartest.

He took down the senate, made Anakin turn evil, cause order 66, and cause wars. Honestly there's no surprise that Palpatine is the smartest character

He is the Creator of all the Evenements from the first movie to the Last movie... and of course the Most intelligent Character, Our Emperor Palpatine is Back to Surprise Us another Time in the Conclusion of The Saga

Love him. Always have. Always will. He is intelligent beyond human possibility and much more sophisticated and aristocratic than any other character in the franchise. Sidious might be the only character more intelligent... but I'm not so sure. I mean he fooled everyone else, except the rebels and Grand Admiral Thrawn into believing that he was the good guy, but since Thrawn chose the "bad" side willingly and fully aware, it's possible that he's smarter than even Sidious. Its possible. NOT definite. Too me it is... but I don't handle criticism very well, so I'll just say that it's possible.

Dude snoke's an idiot! He couldn't even predict that Kylo wasn't going to kill him

Snoke isn't dead for he is the embodiment of evil, evil seeks bodies to fulfill destiny

Another brilliant commander.

He is smart enough to not fail and be killed by Darth Vader like pretty much everyone else

I hate Jar Jar. Yoda should be 2nd if not 1st.

Yoda is the smartest character who thinks before he does anything and teaches Luke

Yoda is the smartest but everyone had to go and ruin the list by voting Jar Jar

First one to become a force ghost and the only one who believed Anakin to be the Chosen One from the start! Should be 2nd in my opinion

Without him there was no Anakin and without Anakin nothing would happen

Maul was obviously a very smart person. One thing I think about a lot when people think about smart star wars character they seem to forget Maul. In his final battle with Obi Wan, from just a few minor details he was able to deduce that "Ben" was there to watch over a person. That just shows his attention to detail and just how smart he was before he then died.

He is clearly the most intelligent Character because of his ability to see that neither the sith nor the Jedi could have control. Plus he was struck down by both so many times but was still able to lead his own team (death watch). He also seems to be very persuasive as he teamed with the pirates, death watch, the Jedi, the sith and many more

Jedi master who somehow managed to survive 20 years after order 66, while living within the territory of galactic empire and seeing inquisitors every week, yet despite changing his first name only, he was not found of being Jedi. Everyone on the planet and in the sector of empire that hunts down Jedi is STUPED or he is too smart for imperials.

General is highest rank for Jedi in military. They don't exactly gifting that rank. Also him being lower than psychopathic Jedi killer is terribly wrong. (he literally outsmarted him in clone wars and in rebels)

Jar Jar Binks is above pretty much everybody when it comes to cunning if you believe in the "Darth Jar Jar" theory. He was able to trick even the most adept of tricksters, such as Palpatine, into doing what he wanted and ultimately removing themselves from his path towards whatever his goal may be. He has such knowledge of the force he can mind control powerful Jedi such as Qui-Gon, and even Palpatine himself. He plays the part of the fool skillfully, and in doing so allows himself to slowly eliminate his enemies and seize power from the shadows. He is the ultimate shadowy manipulator of Star Wars...and the REAL phantom menace.

His only dumb moment was when he stood there practically asking to be killed

Did Padme make plans and fix things? Thought so!

Vader should be higher he built C-3PO and can fly he also exploded the villains base at the age of 10!

Darth Vader is one of the smartest character that should be number 5

Jango Fett knows how and when to fire and can get out of any situation he's in besides his death. Jango also is one of the most respected beings and is the most respected bounty hunter along his is son, Bossk, and Bane.

Underrated, needs more credit for his intellect.

Jango survived all alone then formed a team of bounty hunters and he's very sneaky and sly

Was probably more gifted in intelligence and beauty than any other person maybe except her beautiful daughter but still she was an queen at 14, and an powerful politician who was loved by many simply due to her loving her people of all races which was the reason she made sure everyone had equal rights.

She became an queen as a young adult and helped end the clone wars politically.

Rex is super smart he is a great leader and he can fly well and he has great communication skills plus he has made many good battle plans.

Formulated many successful strategies for the republic with CT-1409 "Echo", strategies only predicted when echo was captured. A smart and caring leader

Despite Being programmed to merely follow and give orders, Rex was a quick and independent thinker

One of the smartest clones along with Wolfe and Echo who should be on the list

Darth Plagueis THE WISE. If you hear the story that Emperor Palpatine said then you know that he was the smartest sith

Luke was amazingly intelligent and wise; his intellect and wisdom rivaled that of even Yoda, Sheev Palpatine, Qui-Gon Jinn, and Anakin Skywalker. As a Jedi Commander and the leader of the New Jedi Order, Luke was a highly skilled tactician and a very capable leader.

Sure, Leia may be one of, if not the smartest Star Wars character. She was more intelligent than her friends which is why she was able to destroy Han easy in conversations. However, even though she was intelligent and especially stubborn at times, she still had great love for her husband Han Solo, and her brother Luke Skywalker and would do her best to help them.

She was the intelligent leader of the Rebels, who stole the Death Star plans. She also led the Resistance against the First Order.

Nope! She is stupid. And secretly an antagonist

IQ-wise he's probably not as intelligent as Palpatine but damn close, although when it comes to Battle IQ that's Revan all the way.

One of the most brilliant force users in the entire franchise. His teachings influenced decades of practices and institutions in both Jedi and Sith ideologies.

His fighting moves are amazing and uses both dark side and light side

He single-handedly led all military operations for the CIS and was known for his unpredictable battle strategies that even strategic geniuses such as Yularen and Obi-Wan had trouble with. Thrawn himself bought Grievous's facemask and put it in his private quarters, which he did only with artwork he respected and admired. He admitted that Grievous would have been a tough opponent even for him due to his seemingly random but well-thought-out battle plans. This is Legends Grievous I am talking about.

According to the animated series, Anakin was the most brilliant general in the Republic.

He killed two sith and wasn't bad at first. He only joined the dark side to protect padmé. And I also can't see why anakin and darth Vader are both on this list. They're the same person!

He was a child prodigy in the field of engineering.