Mara Jade WILL BE in Star Wars Canon Some Day | Star Wars Theory

Mara Jade will eventually become an important part of Star Wars Canon. It is inevitable. Does her connection to the Dark Side of the Force and her relationship with Emperor Palpatine as the Emperor's Hand cause her to cross paths with Luke? Will she be killed by Ben Solo? Will Mara and Luke have a child? Find out all of my theories about Mara Jade Skywalker's canonization in this video!
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[@starwarslads]

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[@ncard00]

Go check out Mara Jade’s theme here, It’s incredible: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWnMp3ShhpV7mK8si=WYogh9IcoUOvGxQC

[@aricaj.3006]

I have an observation about this that no one else seems to have noticed. The Ahsoka season 1 finale actually created the perfect opportunity to introduce Mara, and it's one that wouldn't require narrative gymnastics to pull off. Thrawn's back now and is presumably gathering allies and resources. Unfortunately for him, Ezra is also back, and Luke is out there somewhere as we saw in Mando and BOBF. We know Thrawn takes the threat of Jedi seriously, so it stands to reason that he'd want to eliminate them from the playing field. We also know that he hates wasting resources, so he might think that sending troopers after them would be an unnecessary expense. Morgan is dead and Baylan and Shin are stuck in the other galaxy, so they're out of the running. The bounty hunters we've seen established at this time are either chilling with Boba's crew (Fennec, Krrsantan) or dead (Cad Bane). The only option left is to hire an assassin, preferably one who has Imperial ties and experience with Force-sensitives. Mara is the only character from the HTTE timeline who fits that description. It would be very easy to introduce her to non-EU fans by first setting her up as an ex-Imperial agent hunting down the remaining Jedi nuisances on Thrawn's behalf. Then they could incorporate her vendetta against Luke Skywalker and her connection to Palpatine as her ulterior motives for taking the job. There's a possibility Thrawn could know something of this and use that knowledge to treat her as a pawn in his larger plan, since he did figure out who she was in the books. Obviously I could see her mission going haywire and her having to team up with her enemies for some reason, leading her to have to reconcile her conditioned hatred of Luke with her growing fondness for him. While I'd love to see her onscreen and wish Disney would get over their aversion to recasting (which would solve the OG trio problem), I do like your idea of a parallel book series. Zahn himself said at a con a couple of years ago that he would love to write for Mara and Karrde again, so this would be a great chance for him to do so.

[@starwarslads]

I completely agree! I was thinking the same thing! Although now it doesn’t seem like the underworld will play an important role in this adaptation of the story, Mara could still be very vital to it. They could tie her into Boba’s story a bit too since in Legends she infiltrates Jabba’s palace as a dancer. She could find a way to infiltrate Boba’s crew, use Boba’s connections to the Mandalorians to find Din Djarin and Grogu, and use Grogu to find Luke. I’d love to see her story brought to life

[@aijalonrex4345]

I also think it'd be nice to see her play a part in Palpatine’s eventual Return since we desperately need all the content we can get to explain it. And I think the recasting issue could be resolved more or less in an animated series similar to Clone Wars set maybe 15 years after RotJ. With your idea, Luke and Mara could be married by then and hopefully have a child. Perhaps before the sequels, Mara and the child disappear and they make a return in the Ray movie as the child would be around 30ish Side note: I always liked the idea of Anakin being the new mortis god. Ahsoka as the daughter and Ben solo as the son would be poetic

[@Jenneth]

Unless new comics or books contradict this, I think it’s totally possible that Luke sensed a future where Ben kills Mara-not just destroy the temple. Just like his father, he tries to find a way to stop the death of his wife, and in a moment of weakness, he considers killing Ben, prompting Ben to flee and actually kill Mara anyway.

[@starwarslads]

That could definitely work!

[@DreadfulUtopia]

I want this to happen now.

[@LeCrimsonEcho]

For Star Wars to be saved, OG Mara Jade must become canon.

[@starwarslads]

Mara Jade being Canon will dramatically improve the story of Luke.

[@northernbloke6787]

It won't make a difference when disney fuck it up

[@williamwright6457]

This video is full of some of the greatest ideas to save Star Wars than any other video I’ve ever seen. Awesome ideas and this must go viral!!!

[@jackbrodie7147]

I agree with you that she could play a part in Luke's tragedy but I think that would only work in live action. They perfected the Luke in Book of Boba I think they could AI Luke and make it happen. Then the sequels would be redeemed in many fans eyes even though it works for me on its own

[@starwarslads]

I’m gonna have to disagree with you there. TBoBF Luke was close to perfect visually, but I still have my doubts about a deepfake face being able to show the range of emotion that’s needed to show two characters in love. We could see their initial meeting (reminiscent of the Thrawn Trilogy) when they become friends, but not lovers. But once the romance starts, I’d prefer it in books or animation. At least until we reach the 10 years or so from TFA when we could bring back Mark Hamill to play the character.

[@MrWill9002]

All evidence to the contrary. True fans can easily tell you that's all bollocks

[@splashnskillz37]

@@MrWill9002 nah, true fans don't banther and bitch about things, we work on existing stuff and adapt like the chads we are

[@MrWill9002]

@@splashnskillz37 Spoken like a true idiot

[@whateverwhatever4476]

@@splashnskillz37amen brother

[@majesticmsfc]

Mara is so important to Luke as a character, not not have her makes Luke rather shallow as you explained here. People who've never read their journey from enemies, to friends to lovers really have done themselves a disservice. Probably another reason Lucas hates Mara so much, as Zhan had a better grasp on his character of Luke than anyone else including himself.

[@BeastMohan]

I hated the sequel trilogy but I imagined one of the ways they could potentially fix it was like… Ben Solo killing Mara Jade. Kinda like what happened in the comics, just change who killed Mara. But I have to say… this is also a very interesting angle as well. I hope Disney listens and somehow makes it that Mara’s death is what leads to his disillusionment. Anything else doesn’t make much sense.

[@starwarslads]

I hope they somehow find and listen to my video too haha. Thanks for watching!

[@stevenirizarry1304]

you can even pull a dave filoni and give ben solo 3 separate siblings no where is it stated that ben solo is an only child

[@starwarslads]

Even if it's not stated that would be a bit of a stretch haha (unless they were all killed and Ben is all that's left)

[@Kasey_Barkle]

If Mara becomes a character, I will eat my hat. It’s too late for her

[@starwarslads]

I completely disagree (as you can see in the video), but to each their own.

[@jackbrodie7147]

You have sold me

[@gerardkuiper601]

It would also be cool/nice if Luke and Mara has a child of there own as a big secret and no one knows about and this child is alive after the rise of the skywalker .. like Luke always kept on training his own child and kept his child a secret .

[@starwarslads]

That could be another reason why he disappears. You never know. It’d be awesome to see the new “Ben Skywalker” in the NJO movie.

[@1977rodi]

Interesting. Maybe when Daisy Ridley said that the plot of her movie is about something unexpected, she refers to a plot twist related to Luke's lost years. Mara Jade could be part of the Canon as well as her children.

[@starwarslads]

Here’s to hoping Mara joins the Canon soon!

[@ironinquisitor3656]

I'm not the biggest fan of cherry-picking out old EU characters and putting them in the new canon. They aren't really the same character. They're just taking a name and giving it to someone knew who didn't go through the same experiences as the original did that made them the characters they are and why they were loved in the first place. To me it's just key dangling.

[@starwarslads]

I understand what you mean, but to me personality, action, and core values makes the character rather than the specific stories they’re apart of. It might be my lifelong love of comics, but is Batman any less Batman in the animated series, The Dark Knight Trilogy, or The Batman than he is in the comics even though he goes through a different variation of the same events? It’s his actions and responses in trying moments, coupled with a consistent personality core, that makes the character the same.

[@schoolprojects1835]

Mara jade feels like the kind of connective tissue that could have almost made canon Luke work, and made his fall and characterisation seem way more plausible, a murdered wife maybe even dead son could have been reasonable fuel for how he ended up the way he did in canon

[@starwarslads]

Absolutely agree!

[@DreadfulUtopia]

I think the introduction and eventually subsequent death of Mara Jade would probably help bridge the Luke we knew from the original trilogy to the Luke he becomes in TLJ.

[@starwarslads]

Absolutely!

[@Iggywiggywoo]

Mara Jade doesn’t belong in Star Wars. It makes much more sense for Luke to stay single rather to fall in love as a Jedi. I’m glad she wasn’t in episodes 7, 8 or 9. I feel like Disney saved Star Wars, not ruined it.

[@jackbrodie7147]

Off topic but I need to know, Where was the knights of ren flashback in the rain in TFA when Rey touches Luke's saber? What does that all mean? You can speculate if there is no definitive answer I am curious though

[@jackbrodie7147]

@starwarslads

[@starwarslads]

I don’t think it’s ever stated where that is. My theory is that during the production of TFA they had intended us to believe that was how Kylo massacred Luke’s Jedi Order on Ossus. That shot appears right after the shot of Luke sitting by R2, and it starts to rain during the Luke shot too. There are bodies all around Kylo’s feet. However, in The Last Jedi and The Rise of Kylo Ren, the way Kylo leaves the Academy was changed from JJ’s original idea. That’s always been my theory anyway.

[@jackbrodie7147]

@@starwarslads Thanks.

[@alexandermildener7220]

Timothy Zahn would have to approve Filoni or Kathleen's plans for Mara. If they change her character too much or mitigate her storyline or impact, Zahn won't approve this. Also, AI is really expensive, so they can't incorporate a younger Luke for that many scenes and he is essential for Mara's character development. Sadly, I think it is too late for Mara. There is a slight chance she could appear in some canon novels, but never on-screen.

[@starwarslads]

The place I would like her to appear most is in a novel written by Zahn. If her story plays out in novels and/or animation she could easily be adapted into Canon.

[@alexandermildener7220]

I feel like she would be too important of a character to be introduced in the novels without being mentioned in the films. @@starwarslads

[@starwarslads]

@@alexandermildener7220 She has always been an almost exclusively novel character though. She for sure should get mentions or even the odd appearance in other material. But, 90% of Mara's story in Legends was from novels with the other 10% made up of the odd comic series or video game appearance. I personally would prefer the bulk of her story continue to be in novels. However, I would love her story to end in a Mark Hamill lead Luke Skywalker's Jedi Academy show set shortly prior to The Rise of Kylo Ren. Then we can get her live action debut too.

[@lonelysatoshi2482]

I mean, there's always animation, not everything has to be canon

[@maxinepricefield]

luke also has a mission in battlefront 2

[@starwarslads]

You’re right. It’s a fun part of that game too

[@maxinepricefield]

@@starwarslads battlefront 2 is a fun game what can i say man

[@mylesperhour3246]

100% agreed

[@starwarslads]

Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@jackbrodie7147]

Do you guys think Jorus could still show up at some point or is Baylan our Jorus (No spoilers or leaks please)

[@starwarslads]

I’m working on a video about this topic too, but yes, there’s no reason he can’t show up from what we know now. I’d just say it’s more likely he’s in the New Republic Film than in Ahsoka.

[@DaleESkywalker]

Morgan Elsbeth is Mara Jade. Luke will dabble in her majik, but Ben accidentally kills her. 😮

[@starwarslads]

That'd be really interesting if not a little strange. Morgan seems much older than Luke, but I guess anything is possible at this point. I kind of hope that theory isn’t true though haha

[@critical_thinker0668]

I feel like torturing and killing so many civilians for no reason in her episode of the Mandalorian would make her too evil to be the canon Mara Jade. Plus connecting her origin to Thrawn instead of Palpatine, and some kind of "massacre of her people during the Clone Wars" that seems more like it's referencing the Nightsisters if anything just seems way too different.

[@starwarslads]

Good point. She does seem much more reminiscent of Tamith Kai and the other 90s EU versions of the Nightsisters than Mara Jade.

[@aidanhogan-thomas1797]

Imagine we get the entire Canon story of Abeloth with a few names changed around before Ben is born. Abeloth ends up killing Mara and strips Luke's powers as he seals her away and he becomes the withered lump we see in the sequels.

[@starwarslads]

That would be insane haha

[@TheSidewindingCobra]

Or Kylo could be her killer which would possibly be a nod to how she died in legends at the hand of her nephew

[@starwarslads]

@@TheSidewindingCobra That's the theory I subscribe to most (as you can see in the video). However, I think Ben would have to kill her indirectly to line up with the rest of Canon. Maybe he leads her into a trap advertently (or possibly by accident), or makes a bad decision that results in her death, but Luke still blames him for it. Either way, Ben, Snoke, and the coming First Order/Sith Eternal threat will have a role in her death in Canon.

[@TheSidewindingCobra]

@@starwarslads yeah my theory is mara is killed in a training accident by Ben solo

[@lonelysatoshi2482]

@@TheSidewindingCobra That really would give a whole new spin to the sequels at the same level as Ahsoka's character did to the prequels, but in a way it could work, as it would probably justify more Luke's exile, since he failed everyone he loved, he failed to protect his nephew from the dark side, he failed his sister and best friend on trusting their son and he failed his wife by getting her killed, honestly that would really be depressing

[@danielwilliamson6180]

If Mara Jade does become canon again and if the sequel trilogy won't get retconned, it's highly likely she was killed by Ben Solo/Kylo Ren. No wonder Luke became a recluse on Ahch-To.

[@starwarslads]

Yeah exactly! Luke is broken in TLJ. Not just by his own actions, but he’s completely lost faith in the Jedi philosophy. He’s been burned by his arrogance and blind trust. It seems like a bit of an over reaction if all he was upset about was Ben turning Dark, but if there were more layers to it, more personal consequences, it could’ve broken his psyche completely until Rey and Yoda restore his belief.

[@Billy24Wiccan06]

@@starwarsladsim completely agree

[@JediHangout]

This all makes very much sense and could possibly happen. Canon characters have been returning, and there is no reason why Mara Jade won’t return. The timeline of the TV Series and the Legend Heir to the Empire is about right. Perhaps this is what they had in mind.

[@starwarslads]

Thanks! I hope it happens one day!

I hope she will be

[@starwarslads]

It would be great to have her back!

@@starwarslads And its the only way to save canon

[@user-yq9im9dk9z]

Dave Filoni literally shut down Mara Jade with Luke not allowing attachment. It's too late and it seems like Filoni is more interested in his own characters like rip-off Joruus (Baylan Skoll) and rip-off Mara (Shin Hati), which will be antagonists to Ahsoka and Sabine instead of Luke and friends.

[@starwarslads]

That’s not necessarily true. Luke follows the same path in Legends at the point in the timeline during 9 ABY (which is when Mando and TBoBF take place). He’s researching the Jedi, hunting down Jedi artifacts, learning about their customs and ways… We have to remember when the 90s books were written, George Lucas hadn’t invented the ideology of the Prequel Jedi yet so there’s naturally contradictions. Luke in Canon is closing himself off from attachments in 9 ABY similar to how he doesn’t seek out a relationship in Legends. But once he meets Mara Jade, that facade starts to shatter. Still, it takes him nearly 10 years before Luke proposes to her. We haven’t seen Luke in Canon at that time yet.

[@user-yq9im9dk9z]

@@starwarslads he's also against attachment in Shadow of the Sith, so no luck. Ezra and Ahsoka will mostly adapt some of Legends Luke stories while they'll keep ignoring Luke because they've been slowly retiring Lucas characters for a decade. Ezra is literally Filoni's version of Luke and Starkiller combined.

[@whateverwhatever4476]

I would have loved this route

[@starwarslads]

It can still happen!

[@garretlewis4103]

I like what you are saying here. It would be a good storyline and would explain much.

[@starwarslads]

Thanks!

[@jacobwalker3060]

Could a son or daughter of Luke and Mara become canon? ( not Ben obviously cus of the other Ben lol)

[@starwarslads]

I think it’s possible. I’m working on another video where that scenario could possibly play out. It’s far less likely than Mara being Canon, but it’s still possible.

[@jacobwalker3060]

@@starwarslads nice, and all speculation aside, Ben skywalker was pretty freakin awesome

[@nathanchun4880]

Maybe their son in the Legends will be named Anakin

[@jacobwalker3060]

@@nathanchun4880 that’d be pretty cool. Anakin was wasted in Legends continuity, so he should totally get a second life in Canon as Luke’s son.

[@williamwright6457]

Thanks! Just a spitball here, I hope you get this. Plz make a video of how Sebastian Stan and Scarlet Johansson could pull this off perfectly. They are under or were under contract. Disney did ScarJo bad with Black Widow being destroyed by the 2020 ‘Rona in theaters and it going straight to Disney+, where ScarJo made no money. This could be an olive branch from Disney and ScarJo could save Disney and Star Wars with billions over the next decade, making her the RDJ of Star Wars without ever having to stoop to DEI. Feel free to run with the idea cuz your platform is much larger than mine and this needs to be heard. This could bring the fan base of two different generations together and never have to go woke. This could be the rebranding Bob Iger is looking for, and who better to be the face for that rebrand than ScarJo! Have fun with the brainworm and I will be following for more great ideas. Awesome Sauce my friend!

[@starwarslads]

I have been interested in making fan-casting videos for Star Wars Book characters. I actually have a couple of videos written out from the past that I never released. Appreciate the suggestion and the support!

[@TheAmericanCrusader]

As much i would want this, i highly doubt this. Ive stopped having hope with Disney

[@starwarslads]

Don’t lose hope! We just need the right creative team and a passionate filmmaker to take the lead

[@williamwright6457]

Thanks!

[@starwarslads]

Thank you!

[@user-zl9sh9mz6h]

Give Luke a secret child! Ben Solo should not be the end of the Skywalker bloodline.

[@aaronfoo7691]

cade skywalker please.

[@starwarslads]

You want him to become Canon?

[@steve93pa]

I hope this doesn't happen. It's glaringly clear disney cannot handle legacy characters without knocking them down at all. I don't want Mara Jade to suffer that fate.

[@starwarslads]

So Timothy Zahn writing Mara in a Canon novel series wouldn’t be good because Disney is publishing it? Let’s stop thinking everything has to be handled in TV and Film. Books are in the Star Wars Canon timeline too, and Zahn has written 6 wonderful books in Canon starring Thrawn. I wholeheartedly believe he can do the same with Mara Jade.

[@yanyanzhang5813]

@@starwarsladsanything with Mara would completely change the way we view Luke and Ben. It would make Luke even more imperfect. I saw you make a comment agreeing with someone who talked about how it would be cool if Luke tried to kill Ben due to seeing a future of Ben killing Mara. However, this would only be a parallel to Anakin’s tragedy. The whole point of the original trilogy is that Luke surpassed the previous order, that he found the right path, one that is different from the sith or the old Jedi. He found the flaws in the system and changed it for the better. Even the sequels agree (but handles poorly) “we are what we grew beyond.” If the situation you agreed with does come to pass, then Luke’s journey would be destroyed even more.

[@starwarslads]

@@yanyanzhang5813 I think you misunderstood what I am saying. In the way I would introduce Mara into Canon, the thing that would change about the way we view Luke through the lens of The Last Jedi is that we more fully understand what pushes Luke to the point where he'd even, if only in a fleeting moment, consider raising his lightsaber against his unarmed nephew. Rian Johnson already sets up Luke's exile to parallel Anakin's own tragedy. However because of Anakin's fall, Luke is anxious, and in some ways, obsessed with preventing himself or his family from repeating the actions of Anakin. Luke still learns and grows beyond Anakin's, Ben's, and his own failings in The Last Jedi as we current see in. the film. However, with the death of Mara in Canon (possibly caused by Ben in an accidental display of dark power), we will see the burdens that Luke was once facing at the beginning of his journey rebuilding the Jedi Order in The New Republic Era post-RotJ resurface, bubbling up into a flurry of resentment and emotion directed at Ben for his possible (even if accidental) role in Mara's death. As I mentioned in the video, we see in Legends what Luke is capable of when he loses Mara. His raising his lightsaber against Ben only to realize the darkness of his actions actually speaks truer to the near-perfection in Luke's light-persona than his annihilation of Lumiya in Legends. Again, I never once abdecated for Luke to duel with, attack, or try to kill Ben. What I'm talking about is understanding that scene in The Last Jedi more fully, where in that moment we have a much more fully realized Luke. One that we can logically see would make a universe-altering decision/mistake. A Luke who would rather go into exile than deal with the world he feels he has failed.

[@yanyanzhang5813]

@@starwarslads there IS no way to make Luke give up on the galaxy without destroying his character. It doesn’t matter if Mara or Ben or anyone is involved. Luke’s character has been destroyed enough, just leave it where it is.

[@starwarslads]

@@yanyanzhang5813 I thought you said adding Mara would 'destroy his character'? Now he's already 'destroyed'? Seems like a pretty inconsistent arguement. Doesn't really sound like you read my thoughtful response though. Obviously, I completely disagree with you, but that's your opinion. You don't like the way something was done in the sequels? How about we take the approach of trying to make something better? Let's reclaim a bit of what we liked about the character and his arc in previous material. OR I guess we can all sit around, mope, and spit out hyperboles. Nothing changes unless we look at the past and strive for improvement.

[@brimstonewinpete9306]

Sorry they can't do it the sequels murdered that version of Luke, they murdered his children leias children the entire skywalker bloodline and replaced it all with the empty husk with no soul or character that is rey palpatine I will never call her a skywaker ever she is a crappy empty husk disney used as a arrow pointing at the next action scene where she gets another super power after they completely deconstructed and crapped on lukes head leaving in pieces before tossing his rotting corpse in the ocean for the fish to eat as far as I am concerned there is no canon any more the orig 6 the eu thats all thats Left disney sw is dead and doesn't exist in my world anymore

[@GagaCRoy00]

Shin is Mara Jade

[@starwarslads]

Maybe in the sense that she is a female Dark Side character who could turn to the light in the Canon Adaptation of HttE in Ahsoka, The Mandalorian, Skeleton Crew, and the New Republic film. Other than that, Shin has literally nothing in common with Mara, including Mara’s most important role as the foil to Luke Skywalker.

[@tgif1345]

Good video, but I must respectfully disagree with you Liam. The biggest reason being is that the Original Trilogy characters are different in Canon than they were in Legends. Luke isn't as overpowered in Canon as he was in Legends. And because he's no longer the big focus of the Star Wars Saga, especially in the post-Sequel Trilogy era we're in in real life, Mara's tie to Luke doesn't make sense, because we don't see him as much as we did in Legends. And right now, Star Wars needs to move away from Legends, and the Original Trilogy characters if it's to survive as a franchise, because Legends was hampered by not exploring other characters as much in the post-Return of the Jedi novels and comics and it's one of the reasons people dropped off of the Star Wars EU in the mid to late 2000s and into the early 2010s before Disney took over and rightfully put that continuity aside. But, now, we're once again facing that same scenario, and that's why I'm glad that new characters like Ahsoka, Hera, Sabine, Mando, Grogu, and others are able to stand on their own without needing Luke, Han, and Leia to come in and save the day all the time.

[@starwarslads]

I agree with you that new Star Wars characters should and are able to stand on their own without needing Skywalker Saga characters for support. Where I'm going to have to disagree with you is in regard to Star Wars needing to move away from Luke and the OT characters. I believe there is room for both. The story of Luke Skywalker has not been close to told yet. As I detail in the video, there is so much time between RotJ and the fall of Luke's Jedi Academy to make the story of Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade just as impactful as it was in Legends. If we did a book series that chronicled the events of the OT characters between RotJ and TFA, Luke Skywalker would once again be a central focus for the franchise. Again, I don't expect the story of Luke and Mara to play out in Ahsoka or The Mando-verse, but there is plenty of room for their story to be told in other mediums. Thanks for your comment.

[@tgif1345]

@@starwarslads Here's the thing though, we don't need to see everything that leads Luke from Return of the Jedi to The Force Awakens. As a fan I hate to say this, but Star Wars has stagnated because all it does is gap fill. And it's been stagnate since Revenge of the Sith. Yes, it got that brief resurgence when The Force Awakens came out in 2015, but by the time The Rise of Skywalker came out, people outside the fanbase didn't care anymore. We, the fans, keep the franchise on life support, but there's not enough people coming in and caring enough to read the novels and comics, or play the video games. The only way Star Wars is going to survive is if it evolves beyond just filling in the gaps between movies. And if that means leaving Luke's story where it is now, with his life between Episode VI and Episode VII a mystery then so be it.

[@maximusaurelius9906]

Do you think that there's any truth to rumor/story that George Lucas hates Mara Jade? Do you think that Filoni has brought George Lucas into helping to shape or alter Mara Jade's character and story in what is now cannon?

[@starwarslads]

I think there is a lot of truth to that. Not that he hates the character, but rather, he isn’t a fan of the idea of Luke being married. It obviously clashes with his vision for the Jedi (although they got married before George revealed that Jedi were not allowed to have attachments in TPM in ‘99 and more clearly in AotC in ‘02). George also doesn’t like the idea of The Old Republic or the Sith ever having a unified Empire and army. In fact, George didn’t like most of the stories told under his reign of Lucasfilm in Star Wars Legends. But despite all of that, George still let those stories and characters build and thrive all under the promise that if he wanted to retcon them, he could whenever he wanted to. For the most part, he took the approach of “if it makes the company money, I’ll let it exist.” So to circle back to your question, no I don’t think George Lucas’ feelings on a character or time period will influence what Dave Filoni does in Ahsoka and his film with Legends characters. Dave Filoni has been on record saying that if there’s a character from Canon or Legends that already exists and fills the same role in his story that a new character could, he’s in favor of using the old character because of its history with the fandom. If there was a need to introduce a Mara Jade type character, he’d use Mara. Though, I still think her story will be and belongs in books.

[@goffokfm6821]

People need to let’s legends go. It’s over. I’d rather it disappear than Disney make it more worse than they already have.

[@starwarslads]

Legends is a separate timeline. Nothing Disney uses from it changes that. We’ll always have the Legends stories and Canon stuff doesn’t make those stories better or worse. They’re just different

[@goffokfm6821]

@@starwarslads ​ Seeing has no more legends content is being produced, I’d say you were wrong. If it was truly a separate timeline, material would still be produced for it. But it’s not. It’s just a husk Disney falls back on when they have nothing.

[@starwarslads]

The Old Republic is Legends and is still being produced. I get what you mean, but I just feel differently. Legends is a complete timeline. It exists separately and will always be there. Since it is a separate timeline, whatever is done in Canon has no baring on the stories in Legends. But like Elseworlds with DC or Ultimates with Marvel, things from old timelines can inspire new variations of old stories and characters.

[@goffokfm6821]

@@starwarslads Fair enough. I just don’t get it. People want to see these characters in canon, because of what they are in legends. And they will never be that in canon. Just seems like a recipe for disappointment. But to each their own.

[@tremontefr5617]

She will not become cannon. George never liked the idea so Dave won’t go down that road and Disney hates Luke for some reason. This is a main reason why I fell out of love with SW

[@starwarslads]

In the video, I don’t say Dave Filoni will bring her back. I specifically recommend that Zahn brings her back when he tackles novels in the New Republic Era of Canon. Disney doesn’t hate Luke. They just haven’t explored his journey yet.

[@tremontefr5617]

@@starwarslads I wouldn't hold my breathe.

[@iwanttobelieve9496]

Disney doesn't have the talent OR the desire to do Mara anything even remotely resembling justice. All they give a shit about is pushing their stupid social agenda and making their "original" characters look strong at the utter expense of literally everything REAL Star Wars ever gave us. We already have Mara Jade (Skywalker), and nothing the Mouse shits out will ever, EVER replace that or take it away. Fuck Mouse Wars.