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InStar WarsLegends , Luke Skywalker married Mara Jade , but this may have brokenGeorge Lucas ' original visual sensation for Luke and the Jedi Order . Mara Jade is one of the most popularStar WarsLegends character . Many the great unwashed were disquieted when she was removed from the canyon . However , there is one somebody who may be happy she was n’t in the subsequence trilogy : George Lucas .
Mara Jade was first introduce in Timothy Zahn’sHeir to the Empireas a force-out - sensitive assassin and the Hand of Emperor Palpatine . She initially hated Luke for drink down her master , but over time , the two break a adhesion . He turn her back to the low-cal side , and they go on to marry and have a son , Ben Skywalker . Mara even expire on to achieve theJedi Order rankof Master , and she served on the Jedi High Council during Legends’New Republic Era . For as marvelous a character as she is , however , she may not have equip into Lucas ' original sight .
Mara Jade was one of the greatest characters in Star Wars Legends ; how could Star Wars adapt more aspects of her story into the canyon timeline ?
George Lucas Never Intended For Jedi To Marry
George Lucas also didn’t want Luke’s story to continue after the original trilogy
It was not explicitly stated in the original trilogy that Jedi could n’t get tie , although it was implied by the way Obi - Wan Kenobi and Yoda spoke about bond . However , in a 2008 interview with Total Film , Lucas confirmed that he never designate for the Jedi to marry . When discussing this topic , Lucas had this to say :
I ’ve left moderately denotative instructions for there not to be any more features . There will definitely be no Episodes VII - IX . That ’s because there is n’t any story . I mean , I never thought of anything ! And now there have been novels about the event after Episode IV , which is n’t at all what I would have done with it . The Star Wars news report is really the tragedy of Darth Vader . That is the write up . Once Vader dies , he does n’t hail back to life , the Emperor does n’t get cloned and Luke does n’t get marry …
It ’s interesting that Lucas mentioned he did n’t desire there to be any moreStar Warsmovies . George Lucas had sequel trilogy plans as far back as the 1970s . These design were , of course , canceled , although he continued to come up with ideas all the way up until he sell Lucasfilm . This is potential why he did n’t require Disney to make a sequel trilogy ; he had spend X think about it and ultimately adjudicate against it becauseDarth Vader could n’t be in it .
This also seems to be why he did n’t like a lot of the old Expanded Universe ( now called Legends ) . As he tell in the interview , he never wanted Luke to get married . However , it seems that it was n’t just about uphold the Jedi Code . The fact that Lucas sawStar Warsas the calamity of Darth Vader mean thatVader is the heart ofStar Wars . He is the one the taradiddle is about . ContinuingStar Warswith a new coevals of type of necessity extend the fib and moves it aside from merely being the tragedy of Darth Vader .
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Despite his apparent lack of enthusiasm for the idea in 2008, George Lucas approved the novels in the 1990s
Mara Jade and Luke Skywalker were conjoin in the old canon before George Lucas sell Lucasfilm . This seems strange , given Lucas ' feelings about Luke getting splice . However , it seems thatTimothy Zahn , who begin the Romance language in his originalThrawntrilogy , had permission from Lucas to do so . In an audience with Star Wars Theory , Michael Stackpole , the source of the graphic novelUnionthat picture Luke ’s and Mara Jade ’s nuptials and who worked very nearly with Zahn , had this to say :
I know that Tim [ Zahn ] met George Lucas . They had a sit - down conversation before the first book was done . I know that , as with any of the novel , everything is cleared through Lucasfilm and a hundred percent for anything as major as a making love interest being developed for Luke — that ’s a decision George would ’ve given a yes or no on .
George Lucas Intended To Ignore Mara Jade For The Sequel Trilogy
George Lucas' abandoned sequel trilogy plans didn’t have Luke as a family man
Despite the evidence that he approved Mara Jade initially , Lucas never want to bring her into the subsequence trilogy . The ideas that Lucas come up with for his continuation trilogy were actually shockingly standardized to Disney ’s sequel trilogy . Like Disney , Lucas ' subsequence conception included Han Solo being killed by his only son ( another change from Legends , where Han and Leia had multiple children).Lucas ' sequel plans also made Luke a hermitrather than having him be married with children like in the books .
Mara Jade’s popularity hasn’t saved her from being pushed out of canon
Disney appears to have taken Lucas ' watchword to heart and honour his wish to keep Luke unmarried . Despite her extreme popularity , Mara Jade Skywalker has remained strictly in Legends . There has n’t been a single mention of Mara Jade or her and Luke ’s children in canyon . Not only that , butcanon has set Luke up to follow the onetime Jedi Order ’s proscription on bond . InThe Book of Boba Fett , Luke made Grogu pick out between accept a gift from his adoptive father and education as a Jedi . This implies that canon Luke does n’t believe in Jedi getting marry .
As such , it is unlikely that Mara Jade will be brought back into canon . Disney ’s canon appears to have taken an incompatible alternative route . Most notably , the sequel trilogy would n’t make common sense ifStar Warsmade Mara Jade canyon again . After all , if Luke Skywalker had a wife and fry during the subsequence era , realistically they should have been looking for him . At the very least , they should have made an appearance . Yet , there is not even a reference of Luke having a family .
One way thatStar Warscould make Mara Jade Skywalker and Ben Skywalker canon again is if it shows them dying with the sleep of Luke ’s student . After all , in Legends , they were a family of Jedi . IfStar Warswere to show them being down in a flashback , this would bring them back into canon again in a particularly tragic room . It would also excuse why Han and Leia never bring up Luke ’s family in theStar Warssequels , as it would be too painful to talk about .
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