# Star Wars: which character has the highest INT? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 9, 2008, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-which-character-has-the-highest-int/436893 "2008-02-09T03:33:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-which-character-has-the-highest-int/436893/21 "2008-02-12T16:01:01Z")
[QUOTE=Windwalker] …Armor Class… Well, does Yoda ever get hit? [/QUOTE] And he wears no armor so that is all DEX bonus. Little dude must have modifiers out the ying yang. Kind of a Monk, with a small size bonuses. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-which-character-has-the-highest-int/436893/22 "2008-02-12T16:55:35Z")
[QUOTE=Brainiac4] What was causing us to call R2 the smart one is that he always seems to figure things out. 3PO may know lots of languages, but he’s utterly clueless. Even Vader can be deceived. But sneaking things past R2 is really hard. [/QUOTE] Are we talking about the same R2D2 who got sucker-shot by a freakin’ Jawa in the first 15 minutes of **A New Hope**? My money’s on Yoda. He’s the only character in any of the movies who made it long enough to die of old age. That takes serious cunning and survival skills. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-which-character-has-the-highest-int/436893/23 "2008-02-12T17:05:21Z")
[QUOTE=Max Torque] Are we talking about the same R2D2 who got sucker-shot by a freakin’ Jawa in the first 15 minutes of **A New Hope**? My money’s on Yoda. He’s the only character in any of the movies who made it long enough to die of old age. That takes serious cunning and survival skills. [/QUOTE] and he was what, roughly 900 years old? That’s pretty incredible. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-which-character-has-the-highest-int/436893/24 "2008-02-12T17:41:34Z")
[QUOTE=Max Torque] Are we talking about the same R2D2 who got sucker-shot by a freakin’ Jawa in the first 15 minutes of **A New Hope**? . . . [/QUOTE] Hey, that was because he had crappy DEX. He knew they were there, he just couldn’t avoid them. (In later movies, did they give him foot jets that he could have used then?) ---
**Author:** ![pilot141](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e0b2c6/32.png) [@pilot141](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pilot141)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-which-character-has-the-highest-int/436893/25 "2008-02-12T17:42:30Z")
Well we can officially scratch [Lando](http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080208/NEWS05/80208042) off the list! d & r ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-which-character-has-the-highest-int/436893/26 "2008-02-12T19:39:47Z")
I’m gonna put R2 on the list, but I’ll raise you one Wedge Antilles. The only pilot to survive TWO Death Star runs, (even though Wes and Hobbie still survive, they weren’t there for both) AND all three movies. And Piett. He somehow managed _not_ to piss off Vader and get himself strangled. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-which-character-has-the-highest-int/436893/27 "2008-02-12T19:52:48Z")
[QUOTE=pilot141] Well we can officially scratch [Lando](http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080208/NEWS05/80208042) off the list!.. [/QUOTE] Dear Og, who would name their kid “Landocalrissian”? That’s practically child abuse, as I was just telling my son Greedo. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-which-character-has-the-highest-int/436893/28 "2008-02-12T21:27:14Z")
[QUOTE=Brainiac4] Don’t forget the CHA bonus for the metal bikini. 😃 [/QUOTE] I have to disagree on the nuances here. Clothing and other accessories don’t modify Charisma, which is really Coolness; the Wearing Metal Bikini knack gives a bonus to Looks. (This is balanced by Leia’s messed-up Relationship With Parents stat.) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-which-character-has-the-highest-int/436893/29 "2008-02-13T14:21:32Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] And Piett. He somehow managed _not_ to piss off Vader and get himself strangled. [/QUOTE] Okay, total hijack, but this just floored me: I went to IMDb to verify that the same actor played Admiral Piett in both TESB and ROTJ, and indeed he ([Kenneth Colley](http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0171829/)) did. And right before his role in TESB, there’s this: > [@](#): > > Life of Brian (1979) … Jesus Man. That’s kinda funny. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-which-character-has-the-highest-int/436893/30 "2008-02-13T19:37:55Z")
Yoda. Aging modifiers, man. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-which-character-has-the-highest-int/436893.md?page=1)