There are two highly influential characters in the Star Wars universe that you may never have heard of. The characters are Tag Greenley and Bink Otauna, two rebels who disguise themselves as stormtroopers, and are present (but just out of frame) in virtually every significant event that happens in the Star Wars universe. Not only that, but they also inadvertently cause a number of these events.

Individuals who aren’t Star Wars superfans might be wondering why they’ve never heard of or even noticed these characters in any of the films. That is because Tag and Bink (depending on who's being asked) are not exactly canon within the universe. Tag and Bink were created by Kevin Rubio, a comic book artist who was inspired by the play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead was written by Tom Stoppard, and the play is a parody of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The play follows two minor characters, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, who have very few lines in the actual play. They bumble about the setting of Hamlet and accidentally cause the majority of the events that occur in the original play. The play was fairly well received and reasonably popular, and a film version was made in 1990. The film was written and directed by Stoppard himself, and this was the only film he ever directed.

Rubio, inspired by the play, created the characters Tag and Bink, and the title of the comic they initially appeared in was called Tag & Bink Are Dead. Initially, only two comics were released, called Tag & Bink Are Dead #1 and #2 respectively. These two were released at the same time that the prequel trilogy was coming out, and they take place primarily during the events of the first two films in the original trilogy. In 2006 Rubio made two more, The Return of Tag & Bink: Special Edition, which follows the events of the third film in the original trilogy, and Tag & Bink: Episode I – Revenge of the Clone Menace, which takes place during the events of the prequel trilogy.

In the comics, Tag and Bink are thrown into one ridiculous situation after another. The comics discuss questions like ‘why do the stormtroopers have such bad aim?’ And explain away various plot holes that occurred in the films. They are the ones piloting the TIE fighter inexplicably flying through debris that Han and Obi-Wan discover in the first movie as they search for Alderaan. The Millennium Falcon is inadvertently led back to the Death Star by this TIE fighter, and subsequently Tag and Bink. The two were also trying to reach Alderaan, having just escaped from the Death Star, but witnessed its destruction and have nowhere else to go but back to the Death Star.

Tag and Bink discover a medal meant for Chewbacca at the awards ceremony at the end of the original film, one of them impersonates Boba Fett, explaining why he is so easily killed by Han in the original trilogy despite his reputation. In the prequels, they were the ones feeding Anakin many of the more questionable lines he said to Padme. The theme is that they are always in the background of the main plot, influencing things both accidentally and purposefully. The comics lightheartedly address little plot holes and oversights in the film in a comedic way. They occasionally also feature other well-known characters like Alien and Predator and Mike and Sully from Monsters Inc.

The characters were actually supposed to be in Solo: A Star Wars Story. The director of the film, Ron Howard, posted a picture on twitter of himself, Jon Kasdan and Toby Hefferman, the writer and assistant director, dressed as imperial officers with the caption "#tagandbink?". Kasdan has said that he had included Tag and Bink even in early versions of the script. The scene was shot, but unfortunately, it was cut from the final film because it was thought that the scene made Han seem like he wasn’t a very good pilot.

Rubio has revealed that more Tag and Bink content is in development, this time taking place during the events of the sequel trilogy. Maybe eventually, as Disney seeks to create more Star Wars content, the adventures of Tag and Bink could become a television show or mini-series. Tag and Bink already are so well received amongst fans that it seems a show, as long as Rubio is involved, could be very popular. And it seems that Rubio has the capacity for the task, as he did create what is considered the best Star Wars fan film, Troops, which follows several stormtroopers on Tatooine in the style of the long-running television show, Cops.

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