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The Jedi and Sith thread got me imagining and remembering a one-off adventure in 3rd edition that I ran at a convention many years ago. The player characters played the protagonists in Episode IV to rescue the princess from the prison of a floating island that was run by a evil necromancer clad in all black armor.
Converting Star Wars, I replaced blaster fire with melee combat. The Force was magic. Stormtroopers were white skeletons with low-level necromancer sergeants and lieutenants. I didn't include the droids.
Now I was thinking about preparing to run my tabletop group through Episode IV and give XP for quoting their character's lines. I've four players, so I was thinking about them playing Han, Chewie, Luke, and OB1/Leia. How would you build those five characters in Pathfinder?
Thematically:
Han: Rogue/Gunslinger
Han is the lancer of the group. He's the foil to Luke. He's "rougish" and uses a blaster. Grit fits him well.
Chewie: Barbarian
I don't see him rage ("Let the wookie win") but thematically he is the "uncivilized one" of the group. Thematically, that's the barbarians territory.
Luke (Jedi): Paladin w/ brilliant energy longsword
Luke is the hero. Paladin allows him to have some plot armor some supernatural abilities, the power to over come evil, etc. Perhaps start him out as a commoner (then sub in paladin levels)?
Obi Wan: See Luke
Leia: Rogue? Bard?
She's hard. She's got guts but I don't know how much skill. I'd honestly suggest looking at some of the 3rd party diplomatic classes.
Vader: Anti paladin w/ brilliant energy longsword
Hmm. I was leaning toward wizards for Force-Users, maybe sorcerers.
Yes, Han wants to be a rogue, but I was thinking about fighter (corsair). And then, Chewie would be a barbarian (sea reaver).
I was thinking Luke starts with two levels of ranger with that trait that bumps up your caster level by 2.
Leia probably would be a bard.
Hmm.
Although, I like the whole paladin and anti-paladin play. Plus, Han as a pistolero?
On the other hand, quiggong monks with brilliant energy temple swords replacing slow fall with hydraulic push feel very Jedi/Sith to me.
Hmm.
Reasons I wouldn't say sorcerer is because of the BAB.