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	~~{{Claude-authored\|source=Star Wars: Rebellion manual, PDF pp. 13, 36, 37, 54, 89, 90}}~~
	'''Starting characters''' are the characters each side has at the beginning of a game of ''[[Star Wars: Rebellion]]''.<ref name="manual-p89" />		'''Starting characters''' are the characters each side has at the beginning of a game of ''[[Star Wars: Rebellion]]''.<ref name="manual-p89" />

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{{Claude-authored|source=Star Wars: Rebellion manual, PDF pp. 13, 36, 37, 54, 89, 90}}
'''Starting characters''' are the characters each side has at the beginning of a game of ''[[Star Wars: Rebellion]]''.<ref name="manual-p89" />

== Core characters ==
Each side starts with seven core characters.<ref name="manual-p36" /> On the Alliance side, [[Mon Mothma]] begins at the Alliance headquarters system, and six others begin together on Yavin: [[Han Solo]], [[Luke Skywalker]], [[Chewbacca]], [[Leia Organa]], Wedge Antilles and Jan Dodonna.<ref name="manual-p37" /> The manual's chart of beginning Alliance characters says the same, with the headquarters on a different outlying system each game.<ref name="manual-p90" />

The Empire's seven are [[Emperor Palpatine]], who is always on Coruscant, plus Jerjerrod, Ozzel, Piett, Veers, Needa and [[Darth Vader]], each of whom is placed at random on a system or fleet the Empire holds.<ref name="manual-p37" />

The manual gives the size of a starting force as about seven characters.<ref name="manual-p13" /> It also suggests, for the Empire, assigning Jerjerrod to command the starting fleet because of his leadership and combat skills.<ref name="manual-p54" />

== Alliance skill notes ==
The manual's chart summarizes the starting Alliance characters this way:<ref name="manual-p90" />
* Leia: strong in diplomacy and leadership.
* Luke: strong in combat, with some espionage and diplomacy skill; a Force user whose skills can grow (see [[The Force]]).
* Han Solo: strong in espionage, combat and leadership; the chart also mentions a bounty on him.
* Wedge Antilles: good in combat, espionage and leadership, and also able to research ship design.
* Chewbacca: good in combat and espionage.
* Jan Dodonna: a mix of combat, leadership and diplomacy.
* Mon Mothma: exceptional leadership and diplomacy.

== Extra characters ==
Beyond the core characters, each side also receives randomly chosen characters, placed at random. The manual gives the same counts under two sets of galaxy-size names. The characters chapter gives the counts as 1, 2 and 4 for standard, large and huge games respectively.<ref name="manual-p89" /> The tutorial chapter gives the same counts, 1, 2 and 4, but names the galaxy sizes small, medium and large.<ref name="manual-p37" />

== Recruiting more ==
Each side has 30 possible characters, 60 in all.<ref name="manual-p13" /><ref name="manual-p89" /> Further characters join through a [[Recruitment mission]].<ref name="manual-p89" /> The game data divides the 60 into six [[Major characters]] and 54 [[Minor characters]].<ref name="gdata-mjchar" /><ref name="gdata-mnchar" />

== References ==
<references>
<ref name="manual-p13">''Star Wars: Rebellion'' manual (LucasArts, 1998), PDF p. 13.</ref>
<ref name="manual-p37">''Star Wars: Rebellion'' manual (LucasArts, 1998), PDF p. 37.</ref>
<ref name="manual-p54">''Star Wars: Rebellion'' manual (LucasArts, 1998), PDF p. 54.</ref>
<ref name="manual-p89">''Star Wars: Rebellion'' manual (LucasArts, 1998), PDF p. 89.</ref>
<ref name="manual-p90">''Star Wars: Rebellion'' manual (LucasArts, 1998), PDF p. 90.</ref>
<ref name="gdata-mjchar">Game data file MJCHARSD.json (vanilla v1.02), header field MajorCharactersCount = 6.</ref>
<ref name="gdata-mnchar">Game data file MNCHARSD.json (vanilla v1.02), header field MinorCharactersCount = 54.</ref>
<ref name="manual-p36">''Star Wars: Rebellion'' manual (LucasArts, 1998), PDF p. 36.</ref>
</references>

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