Is Cade Skywalker doomed?

With Legacy set to end in 3 issues, it seems to me almost certain that Cade is about to meet his doom. The story, after all, is primarily about the Legacy of the Skywalkers and their awesome force power. Cade rejected his future as a Jedi, but he and the Skywalker line has now come full circle, after Skywalkers of the past having made both heroic Jedi and brutal Sith - he is now neither Jedi or Sith, but the one thing that all Skywalkers were meant to be - the worst nightmare of the Sith, and the balancing factor in the Force.

With a big finish to the series guaranteed, I am expecting one of the major Sith to take out another of the major Sith (probably Wyyrlok v Nihl), and then for Cade to fulfil his destiny and finish off most of the rest of the major Sith by sacrificing himself to finally become the hero rather than anti-hero.

It makes more sense after the last arc because it wouldn't have made sense to kill off Deliah just a few issues before Cade....instead Deliah survives, Cade finally finds peace with himself, and instead he will be the one to die. And the fact that Legacy is now probably not going to return in another form, this will give it a concrete ending rather than a 'To Be Continued' with everything set up for a follow up.

If Cade does die, I will be sad to see him and the Skywalker line reach their conclusion, as I am desperately sad to see Legacy go.

Although no doubt if 10 years from now somebody wants to write about another Skywalker 100 years further into the future, they will do some ret-con about Nat having had some kids at the age of 80 or something I am sure...

What do other Legacy fans think? And would you rather Cade survive to continue the Skywalker line as a great Grand Master in some future series?

 

Actually it wouldn't require much of a retcon. Kol's father, and his father, etc. could have had many offspring. There could easily be many more Skywalkers out there.

 

Technically there IS Bantha...

---Yun-Yuuzhan, Do-ro'ik Vong Pratte

 

I hate the idea of the Skywalker line being dead and I'm not really big on another Skywalker being retconned in, no matter how easy it could be done. I hope they wouldn't end the line, but I honestly see it happening.

Maybe they can find an equally epic scene to replace Cade sacrficing himself. Maybe he tries to, but Wold Sazen sacrifices himself to save Cade who was sacrificing himself. I don't know, just something to replace Cade's death, but if it happens so be it. I trust they'll do a good job with Cade's death if it happens.

 

1. Why is it probable that LEGACY won't return in another form?

2. Wasn't the EXTREMES arc written before they knew it was going to be cancelled? Issues are usually planned out 6 months to a year before it's released, and this fall John Ostrander didn't think it was ending with #50. Big events will happen, sure, but I don't think it was always planned as a possible finale.

 

AFA the general public is concerned, Skywalker = Star Wars. So one way or another, the bloodline will continue.

Even IF Cade meets his end in Legacy 50 - and I doubt he will - there'll be another. Now, whether Cade is publicly known to be alive after he wipes the floor with the Sith is another question ... I can see him and Deliah retiring to some quiet little Outer Rim world.

And there's still the question of Gunner Yage's paternity. It's claimed she's Rulf's, but ... well. We'll see.

 

I wouldn't necessarily count Rawk out. We know what he's not - a Leader- but that doesn't really say much else about his abilities. They've atrophied enough that he isn't certain he can do a mind trick, but not so much he can't beat Rae in combat starting off unarmed.


"Youth and skill, old timer?"
"Ain't got nothing on my experience."

What has he experienced? Just from being older or was it more than that?

 

No, to the general public, Anakin and Luke Skywalker = Star Wars

Cade is only known to fans of the EU. If he dies, so be it. Everyone eventually dies anyways.

 

That makes no sense why kill Cade? why deprive the company of another Character?

Just end the series with him Starting a new chapter of his life.

 

It's entirely possible that Cade could die, I'd agree - but the Skywalker genetics will very likely will continue forth somehow.

EU readership almost certainly isn't as numerous as purchasers of the movies, tie-in books, etc., but I can't see LFL jeopardizing the chance to hold up something (whether 140, 200, etc. ABY) and say, "See? Skywalkers are still around, if you want to read about them."

The only real answer, I suppose, is to wait and see what happens ...

 

bingo.

and on another note... I know that they don't respect us EU fans that much in terms of what we want but I really don't foresee them killing off the Skywalker line and then putting in some stupid retcon to keep the bloodline alive a year or 2 from now. Syn, Blue and Morrigan tho? At least one of them is toast

 

not to mention Im a big fan of Blue and Syn, their story was a fun read.

 

In my opinion: yes, he is very doomed.

 

The Skywalker Line is still going strong, though they're going by a different name, lest we forget that both Roan and Marasiah are most likely Skywalkers.

If Cade kicks the bucket, then I say we introduce the Queen of Hapes (possibly another Skywalker) and have her (or him) possibly take up the slack in Cade's place. In fact if this is going to be the last chapters of the Legacy era (no sequel), let's see Hapes pop up with an old (but not decrepit) Allana leading a battle group that tips the scales in the Alliances favor. Where before things are pretty even, the arrival of the Hapans starts a route of the Sith's forces (this will also lead Gunner to take her squad over to Fel's Empire when the Sith leading her squad presently tells them to run interference while she escapes).

I'm all for the Hapans to show up and the last panel being one big Skywalker family reunion.

 

Well let's not forget Jaina is a Skywalker, even if she is Jaina Solo. Jaina + Jag = Fel line. There's still Skywalker blood out there no matter what happens really.

 

there is also Allana
Jacen's line could still be going strong

and I imagine Jaina's line is running through the Fel's as well


for name recognition alone, yes, Cade dying seems to end the Skywalker name
But not really the bloodline, by any means


Perhaps this is a new start for things, as we can have a completely new charactor introduced who does not have the Skywalker name but has the Skywalker bloodline and power.

 

maybe we'll see a descendant of revan, bastila and sateele. we need another prodigal knight.

my guess is cade dies badly wounded after killing wyyrlock and bantha decides to rejoin the jedi order. and i believe the republic will be reformed. gunner will be revealed as a skywalker. and i also believe roan and sia are jaina's ancestors.

 

Cade will not die. He'll steal away and live a good simple life with Blue and Syn while the others start to re-organize the galaxy. He's stated more than once that he's got no place with the Jedi or the Sith, and there's nothing whatsoever to give him a place with the Alliance or the Empire. And he won't die, because him and Blue have just started being a lovey-dovey couple. Plus, if Vos (by Lucas' request, if I understood that right), Tholme and the tree all survived Order 66, I don't really see Cade being killed just to prove that it's the final issue.

Speaking of which... there hasn't been much actual killing of major characters in Legacy, has there? Krayt's death was a very bold move, but other than that, the next noteworthy death might be the Sullustan commander. Important Sith Lords didn't die, Jedi didn't die, Cade's friends didn't die, Imperials didn't die. Azlyn didn't die, and her confinement to a helmet was even taken back (yeah, she still needs that armour, but the helmet was far more important as a dehumanizing symbol). Not even sidestory-Sith Lords like the Dac Duo did die when they could have; I think the one that gets toasted by Fel would be the most noteworthy Sith casualty after Krayt. So, while I think they might start offing secondary characters soon (and even Fel's death might do some good for the story), I don't think that killing Cade is something this creative team would do.

*cough*cough*Solo-kids*cough*

Been there, done that. But somehow they decided that the Skywalker name - being the name that's important for all six movies, and now the Clone Wars TV show - is the one that has to carry the legacy. I seriously doubt that the franchise players would be happy to reverse that decision and tell the mainstream audience that they now have to root for people who are called Fel or Ka or something like that. "All-new Skywalker" was a tagline for a reason, and you could argue that it worked.

 

well yeah, i obviously meant the solo kids or solo's kids' kids(Allana and her potential offspring)


And i dont think its something that needs to be done, or will be done. I was speculating on if Cade dies and the Skywalker name ends.

Personally, I dont see them ever getting rid of the Skywalker name for that very reason. There will always be a possibility, to leave themselves an out to bring the name back


I am kind of amazed that they got rid of the Solo name though
Though i guess the possibility still exists of Amelia Solo becoming her official name if she does not go back to Hapes to rule? Though that would be a stretch

 

I don't really see the big deal if the Skywalker bloodline dies (by last name only). There are plenty of novels and comics that occur prior to EP1 and nobody complains that there isn't a Skywalker in those. As a matter of fact, the KotOR novels/comics and Darth Bane novels/comics seem to do just fine without the Skywalkers.

 

I don't know. I think it may depend partially on how angry J.O. is at the early wrap up of his universe. Maybe he'll pull a Trip from Enterprise and kill him in the dumbest way possible. Death Stick overdose on the way to fight Wyyrlok?

 

I have a feeling that Cade, Syn, and Blue will be fine and we will see them again.

 

I'd still prefer the whole Legacy comics ends up being nothing more than a very intense and detailed Force-vision by Ben Skywalker. A powerful glimpse into the near future. And since the future is always in motion....Ben now knows of the One Sith and begins a hunt for them.

 

And then after Ben destroys the One Sith, he wakes up... it was ALL just a dream.

I like Legacy. I wish it was set in a different time period, and I really wish the Sith were better rather than a bunch of what are effectively subpar tattooed wannabes ruled by a villain who gets killed by his own right-hand man in a totally non-epic way, but I don't mind it at all.