Board Thread:Star Wars Fanon Announcements/@comment-3528596-20160203175050/@comment-104549-20160204170658

I think this year is peculiarly suitable for a "Best Male/Female" approach, given the proliferation of non-Force-using characters (see the above clone trooper discussion). On that same note, I do think clone troopers should be ineligible for "Best Male Character", since they have a more specific category just for them. Although I can see why logically it might, I don't think that same logic should exclude Force users from the "Male/Female" categories; I think "Force User" is sufficiently broad that it sweeps a lot of categories under its umbrella, whereas "Clone Trooper" is a much more narrow category.

The other alternative, which I find more ungainly but also more logically consistent, would be to have an additional category for "Best Other Character"—i.e., not a Force user or a clone trooper—and then leave "Best Male/Female" open to everyone, Force users and clone troopers included.

If "Male/Female" is rejected altogether, I think eras is the wrong way to go. My next preference would be affiliation; something like: with "Other" encompassing both gray-ish Force users and non-Force-sensitives, and "Best Character" open to every character.
 * Best Character
 * Best Light Side Character
 * Best Dark Side Character
 * Best Clone Trooper
 * Best Other Character

I think the "Organization", "Miscellaneous", and "Fan Fiction" categories are fine.