# What non-DCU characters would be worthy of a Green Lantern power ring? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 9, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-dcu-characters-would-be-worthy-of-a-green-lantern-power-ring/360066 "2006-06-09T15:13:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-dcu-characters-would-be-worthy-of-a-green-lantern-power-ring/360066/101 "2006-06-12T15:10:29Z")
**i Pity Da Fool That Forgets That Mister T. Deserves A Power Ring! I Pity Da Fool! Fools Like Murdoch!** ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-dcu-characters-would-be-worthy-of-a-green-lantern-power-ring/360066/102 "2006-06-12T15:20:23Z")
Kambei Shimada from _The Seven Samurai_. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-dcu-characters-would-be-worthy-of-a-green-lantern-power-ring/360066/103 "2006-06-12T15:46:51Z")
What about Han Solo? He’d have his own little green Falcon. Or just give a ring to a Wookie. Or Ripley from the Aliens movies. The GL has already dealt with them, so why not just get the expert? ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-dcu-characters-would-be-worthy-of-a-green-lantern-power-ring/360066/104 "2006-06-12T16:45:30Z")
> [@ddgryphon](#): > > Folks, c’mon: > > Daredevil, the man without fear (now he’s got a power ring too!) Yes, but he’d have one wee disadvantage… “Whaddaya mean, it’s yellow?!?” Me, I’d go for Samuel L. Jackson. (I know, not fictitious. How about a composite of his best characters?) ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-dcu-characters-would-be-worthy-of-a-green-lantern-power-ring/360066/105 "2006-06-12T17:22:58Z")
G’Kar? I could see an argument for any of three from SG-1 - Samantha Carter, Teal’c, or Daniel Jackson. Anybody but Jack O’Neill… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-dcu-characters-would-be-worthy-of-a-green-lantern-power-ring/360066/106 "2006-06-12T17:32:55Z")
> [@](#): > > G’Kar? I don’t think that G’Kar would want to be an agent of interference by the First Ones (I think the Oans would count, in this category). I mean, remember that whole war thing to get rid of the last of the First Ones? And Han Solo would be a lousy choice (too concerned with his own skin), but Chewbacca would be good. As, come to think of it, would most Jedis (the Jedi order being just yet another iteration of the same archetype as the GL Corps). ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-dcu-characters-would-be-worthy-of-a-green-lantern-power-ring/360066/107 "2006-06-12T17:36:59Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Han Solo would be a lousy choice (too concerned with his own skin), but Chewbacca would be good. As, come to think of it, would most Jedis (the Jedi order being just yet another iteration of the same archetype as the GL Corps). With the Jedi, I think it depends on when they’re offered it. Before his training, for instance, I doubt Luke would impress Abin Sur or anybody else who wasn’t force-sensitive. But Mace Windu, as seen in Episode 3, with a ring = VERY short-lived empire. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-dcu-characters-would-be-worthy-of-a-green-lantern-power-ring/360066/108 "2006-06-13T09:22:42Z")
Carrot. Clear-thinking, strong-willed, honest to a fault, absurdly brave, has always refused to claim his kingship or let anyone else claim it on his behalf because he knows it is not the best thing for Ankh-Morpork. Has said “Personal isn’t the same as important” and lives accordingly, and wasn’t tempted even momentarily by the gonne in _Men At Arms_ that even had the power to corrupt Vimes. > [@Skald the Rhymer](#): > > But Mace Windu, as seen in Episode 3, with a ring = VERY short-lived empire. Now _there_’s a crossover just begging to be written! ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-dcu-characters-would-be-worthy-of-a-green-lantern-power-ring/360066/109 "2006-06-13T20:00:12Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Carrot. For some reason, I can imagine Carrot being offered the ring, but I can’t imagine him taking (or even using) it. ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-dcu-characters-would-be-worthy-of-a-green-lantern-power-ring/360066/110 "2006-06-13T22:34:53Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > For some reason, I can imagine Carrot being offered the ring, but I can’t imagine him taking (or even using) it. I dunno about that. He has a really nice sword that comes out of the scabbard upon occasion. He would certainly use the ring sparingly. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-dcu-characters-would-be-worthy-of-a-green-lantern-power-ring/360066/111 "2006-06-13T22:55:19Z")
Nobody’s said Dumbledore? Or in the real-world…Saladin? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-dcu-characters-would-be-worthy-of-a-green-lantern-power-ring/360066/112 "2006-06-13T23:37:37Z")
Dr. Samuel Beckett. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-dcu-characters-would-be-worthy-of-a-green-lantern-power-ring/360066/113 "2006-06-14T01:27:21Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > **i Pity Da Fool That Forgets That Mister T. Deserves A Power Ring! I Pity Da Fool! Fools Like Murdoch!** Mr T or B.A.? ---
**Author:** ![ululate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/59ef9b/32.png) [@ululate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ululate)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-dcu-characters-would-be-worthy-of-a-green-lantern-power-ring/360066/114 "2006-06-14T21:16:43Z")
> [@Fern Forest](#): > > Mr T or B.A.? Like it matters. Mister _ **Miyagi** _ is the '80s Green Lantern from heck. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-dcu-characters-would-be-worthy-of-a-green-lantern-power-ring/360066.md?page=5)