Star Wars: Mara Jade Creator Would Block Random Cameo

IfStar Warsexpanded universe character Mara Jade appears in any of the new flick , the man who create her , Timothy Zahn , would not wish to see her in just a cameo theatrical role . His belief is that if Mara Jade should fit into the newStar Warscanon , she deserve to equip into the story in a means that induce sense .

Mara Jade is a character from theStar Warsexpanded universe ( now known asStar WarsLegends ) . That include any books , novel , video games and other medium Disney dismissed as non - canon when it took over theStar Warsfranchise . introduce in the bookHeir to the Empire , Mara turn out herself as a firm and independent , yet flawed , female eccentric . In that book , she was a smuggler with a history of working with Emperor Palpatine . Mara bear on to seem in several other novels , too . Although Mara swore to kill Luke Skywalker , he eventually show her that she has a way with the Force , lead her to become a Jedi Master . Luke and Mara finally lessen in love and have a shaver , Ben .

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In theStar Warsmovie franchise , though , none of this matters . Mara Jade is ultimately leave , with Luke remaining single to become cloistered and bitter after the events of the original trilogy . But Mara has her part of fan . Many would have a go at it to see her added to the newStar Warscanon in some mode . When ask about it , though , the man who created her inHeir to the Empire , author Zahn , commented on theTalking Bay 94podcast about the possibility of her appearing in the new movies .

" If there was a generic , or constitutive , spot for her to fit into a report … I promise multitude , Iwillpitch it to the Lucasfilm story radical , and then , it ’s their determination whether to admit it or not . "

Zahn stated , though , that he"just does n’t want to have her shoot someone , or walk in the ground , or something . “He would nix any appearance of the persona if it ’s just a mere cameo like that .

Disney has allowed some expand universe stories to mistake into its new canon . In one of the newfangled al-Qur’an , The Rebel Files , some antecedently non - canon details got a quotation , making them canon once more . The newStar Warsuniverse also added Grand Admiral Thrawn back into its canon . He played a large part in the animatedStar Wars Rebels , as well as another fresh canyon Zahn novel .

Bringing Mara back intoStar Wars , though , would imply a drastic change to much of her backstory . In the young canyon , Luke never splice , or so the new motion-picture show evoke . The two also would not have a child named Ben since that name belongs to Kylo Ren , the son of Han and Leia . Fans might hump to see Mara in the fresh world , but it ’s ill-defined if they would require to see her in such an neutered way of life .