Star Wars has an interesting history around the franchise’s female villains. Most of the ones who appear onscreen in the nine-film saga are minor characters with little development, like Attack of the Clones’ Zam Wesell and Captain Phasma from the sequel trilogy.

Legends, which is Star Wars content that falls outside of Disney’s established canon, features some of the most varied and well-developed female villains in the entire franchise. For this list, I wanted to highlight the female villains who aren’t Dark Jedi or Sith (that will be a list for another time) who instead rely on their military strength, political strategy, other strange powers, and their desire to achieve their goals and dominate the galaxy.