Lit Should Mara Jade exist in the nu Continuity?

What is your view on this matter?

If she did return to the field of star wars, what changes should happen to her character/backstory?

The relationship she had with Luke in the old EU, how different do you want it to be in this new world?

So far their isn't a group of force sensitives working for the Empire called the "Emperor's Hand". Should that change?

There are alternate paths a nu Mara could take. Instead she could be a former Inquisitor. An even bigger change is not being force sensitive at all. Someone who is still heavily trained in the art of combat/spying, and even owns an old jedi blade. Join the ranks of the non-force users who are not horrible at using a lightsaber.

Or is it better to simply let her go? Her place being kept in the old world and not creating another version of her like they did with thrawn.

 

All those suggestions would basically be a redhead female character using the name 'Mara Jade'. Thrawn still 'kinda' fits, just barely, because his personality of a Sherlock-style Imperial Grand Admiral is still there. His personality is who he is, he wasn't changed much by the story. On the other hand Mara Jade without the events of Heir to the Empire isn't really Mara Jade.

 

This blog might be to your liking http://clubjade.net/?p=72811

 

Yes, if she's going to be Mara Jade.

A female assassin who works for the Emperor and will have some kind or relationship with Luke Skywalker.

It's kind of like how they reboot comics.

If they reboot Superman, I wouldn't mind if Lois Lane is suddenly African American or if she now runs an internet news blog, but she better be a investigative reporter who is destined to be Superman's love interest.

 

Depends, I guess we can only tell when Episodes 8 & 9 are finished so we can tell if Luke had any relationships in the 30 years after Endor or if he kept to the old Jedi tradition of no attachments. I wouldn't want her to be a former inquisitor, especially with how easily picked off those characters were, she's better than that. I think her character and origin should remain the same to the comic 'By the Emperor's Hand' if she ever returns. In a way she's like Doctor Aphra, a flawed character who doesn't see it and keeps pushing forward so, I guess that's a sign they're experimenting with the idea of how to handle Mara Jade. Just, keep her a red head.

 

Yes she should but as a proper Assassin not Judge Dredd who only goes after Bad people and who helps the Rebellion all the time who humilates Vader, whose is jealous off her

 

Not really. The best you can do is to bring her back during Rebels but since the show is pretty tame it would be a waste. If she's back after Rotj then she'll play second fiddle to Rey and I don't want that either. And her death was stolen by Han. Just leave her in the EU.

Besides, Mara would have slapped Luke for running away for ''enlightenment'' and get him back on track.

 

At this time I do not believe Mara Jade should be brought into the Nu Continuity because as others have stated her story wouldn't translate well without a complete character overhaul and different backstory. Yes, her backstory would need some tweaking to help it fit better in the Nu Canon but I think in the end we would have a character that isn't recognizable as Mara Jade.

Also from a few comments Luke isn't/wasn't married so her relationship with Luke would have to be changed from wife to maybe friend or former flame.

 

I have to agree with those saying Mara Jade would be very difficult to bring into the new Canon. Her story was heavily tied with Luke's from the start and there's not a lot you can change before she becomes unrecognizable.

 

I don't see how Mara Jade's story needs to change until after Endor. So, including her in OT-era stories shouldn't be a problem.

 

Thawn also doesn't have a relationship to the main characters that's on the same level as the one Mara Jade has with Luke Skywalker.

Nah, I don't want her. Loved her in the original EU, let's leave her there.

 

It'd be nice if she did, but I don't think they would include her at this point.

 

I'd love to see all the NJO members from the EU come back... But what is the marketing potential if they are recanonized just to meet their end from Kylo and the Knights of Ren? Unless Disney is planning on introducing a whole group of Kylo purge survivors (Kyle Katarn, Mara Jade, Jaden Korr, Tionne, Mander Zuma, etc), it's not clear what the point of recanonizing any NJO member would be.

I do however, favor Kyle Katarn being recanonized and having him be the sole survivor of Kylo's purge, just so we can get more Dark Forces/Jedi Knight games...

 

If she's back after ROTJ, she's probably in her early fifties.

A good choice for her since Disney can afford her.

 

Live action Mara Jade shouldn't be played by anyone but Shannon McRandle!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

That implies she should solely defined by her role in TTT and what came after chronologically? Frankly how would it not be her if she is introduced as an agent of the Emperor in the Rebels era or as a former Emperor's Hand working as a smuggler under Karrde in the post-ROTJ era and eventually siding with the Rebellion turned Republic. Or if they got Zahn to write her and he was able to maybe create a new niche for her character in NuEU.

 

I don't think Mara Jade needs to be Luke's WIFE in the new canon but a romance would be good.

 

No leave her character in peace.

 

If that is what you call what Traviss and Del Rey did to her...

I would be fine with a broad strokes recanonization- Emperor's Hand, sent to kill luke, overcomes, relationship with Luke. If she was killed by the Knights of Ren, taking some of them down, it would fit well, Luke having lost his students and wife and going into exile.

 

I want her in, I liked her character.

 

Probably too much baggage would keep her out of canon for a while. But I don't see why they could not reinterpret the character. I think the baggage of Luke's wife would still creep up and cause a headache to Lucasfilm and fandom. Zahn created Mara for a specific purpose way back when, and being that things are different today, the character may no longer be warranted. Still, I don't see why they couldn't make her a Sith assassin or Inquisitor and just curb the direct romance much like they did between Kenobi and Ventress on TCW while still pastiching (or homaging) the established Dark Horse storyline.

 

I don't think you need to start big. Just imagine her as a Imperial assassin Luke meets in a comic series.

If she's popular, she'll show up more.

 

There's too much baggage what with the whole becoming the wife of Luke Skywalker thing. If they want to introduce an assassin type character who turns good, they can easily do so using a new inquisitor character.

 

I think it would be a good thing to bring her back once we've established where Luke's life has gone, specifically did he end up with a partner, did they have kids. They can easily bring Mara back without making her Luke's wife and it would be easier to do so once that's established because we'd know from the beginning that similarities aside this time things are different. If they did decide to go with her and Luke again then once Episode VIII is out they would be in a position to do so I'd imagine. She'd be another great female character to add to an already growing number in the new canon and just her background with the Empire would allow so many stories to be told. As for leaving the character 'in peace' I'd much rather they bring her back and tell new stories than leave her story's conclusion as the awful waste we ended up with in legends.