Author Chris Snellgrove
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If you were to ask the average Star Wars fan what was wrong with the Sequel Trilogy, they would have a longer answer than any creep in the franchise. If you asked them what the worst However, it could be argued that Luke Skywalker has been transformed into a grumpy old man who has given up his life to protect the galaxy from evil. It’s hard to explain how or why Luke could have strayed so far from heroism, but Disney could offer a simple explanation and right their wrongs with one bold move: officially adding Mara Jade to the canon.

Mara Jade Is The Key To All This

Mara Jade was, of course, the Hand of the Emperor, someone trained to do Palpatine’s bidding from a very young age. He lost his Imperial job and became a smuggler after the Emperor’s death, which he blamed. Luke Skywalker about. Eventually, she learns the truth, becoming Luke’s friend and later his wife, and the two have a child before being tragically killed by Jacen Solo, the son of a fallen Jedi. Han Solo and Leia Organa.

Now, all this Mara Jade is from the Star Wars Expanded Universe, and Disney has ordered that all such articles (now reprinted under the Myth banner) are no longer valid. However, Jade was introduced by the famous author of Timothy Zahn’s Thrawn Trilogy, and Grand Admiral Thrawn the owner has been re-entered into the canon thanks Star Wars Rebels and Ahsoka. Mara Jade can be reset, but how this can solve the problem is the image of Luke Skywalker in. The Last Jedi?

How Mara Jade Fixes Luke

In the previous EU stories, Mara Jade was the love of Luke Skywalker’s life, and it was understandable that he was devastated by her death… As with Luke Skywalker’s The Last Jedithese actions (especially the brutal hunting and killing) seemed normal to the Luke we know and love, but he was motivated by grief and loss. And if Disney was willing to bring Mara Jade into the modern books and show her EU stories, then her death would help explain why Luke became such a sad sack.

This requires a little finesse. Mara Jade should be featured in the post-Return of the Jedi time of The Mandalorian and other shows to make it clear how she would have time to meet Luke, fall in love, and die before it happened The Last Jedi. And Disney may need to recast a young Luke actor for action or animation Mark Hamill Luke’s words alone. Finally, they will need (like the EU writers before them) to accept that the Jedi of this new age can fall in love and marry without falling to the Dark Side.

Disney obviously has a lot to meet to do justice to Mara Jade’s story, but for now, the studio giant has nothing to lose. A Mara Jade-centric show might please old-school fans turned off by shows like The Acolyte even softening the much hated image of Luke Skywalker in the Sequel Trilogy. And considering that Disney is canceling projects left and right and dropping the ball with projects that are finally seeing the light of day, bringing in Mara Jade might be the only thing that brings back something else: our entire Star Wars obsession.