STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI Novel May Finally Introduce A Beloved Character From The Expanded Universe

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI Novel May Finally Introduce A Beloved Character From The Expanded Universe

An excerpt from the upcoming Star Wars: The Last Jedi novelisation has been released and it may confirm the introduction of a character from the EU! Bear in mind that Rian Johnson contributed to it...

By JoshWilding - Feb 25, 2018 07:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
The Star Wars: The Last Jedi novel has been a long time coming and it's since been confirmed that author Jason Fry worked with Rian Johnson to include scenes from alternate versions of his screenplay for the movie. Every piece of material which is now released by Lucasfilm is considered to canon but the same can't be said for the Expanded Universe, something which has upset a lot of Star Wars fans.

However, there may now be some good news for those of you who miss those stories as the first line of the novel seemingly reveals that Jedi Master Luke Skywalker may have married someone after the events of Return of the Jedi. "Luke Skywalker stood in the cooling sand of Tatooine," it reads, "his wife by his side." The question is, could this be simple misdirection or a dream sequence of some sort?

Probably but if not, this may be a reference to Mara Jade. She was introduced in Timothy Zahn's Heir to the Empire and later married Luke and had a child with him. It's possible the big screen version of the character was killed by Ben Solo and the Knights of Ren and this could lead to her being introduced in a future spinoff. Alternatively, Luke may just be thinking about the life he wishes he could have had.

What do you guys think? As always, be sure to let us know your thoughts in the comments section.
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MasterMix
MasterMix - 2/25/2018, 7:34 AM
Interesting
FrankieDedo
FrankieDedo - 2/25/2018, 7:41 AM
This is probably a set-up for the next animated series. It's a no-brainer to put 30 years of characters played by dead or old actors as "cartoons". And Luke and his wife would be a huge reason to watch it.

Rebels is coming to an end so an announcement could be behind the corner.
MasterMix
MasterMix - 2/25/2018, 7:47 AM
@FrankieDedo -
Prequel Trilogy - Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Original Trilogy - Star Wars: Rebels
Sequel Trilogy - ?
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 2/25/2018, 7:43 AM
I have had this feeling for a while that Disney May try to remake the Thawne trilogy to fit their canon for a while now

It’s said Thawne lives on post ROTJ

You could very well remake the trilogy to fit the Disney canon

Perhaps in an animated show
BloodyBed
BloodyBed - 2/25/2018, 7:48 AM
@LEVITIKUZ -



"one day, I will rule the entire galaxy. take THAT Barry."
MasterMix
MasterMix - 2/25/2018, 7:48 AM
SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!
This scene from Star Wars: Rebels is amazing
DetBullock
DetBullock - 2/25/2018, 7:51 AM
@MasterMix - I made the mistake of opening the youtube main page before watching the episode.
DetBullock
DetBullock - 2/25/2018, 7:50 AM
It's a dream sequence of an alternate timeline where Luke just gave the droids to the Empire and didn't leave Tatooine to join the rebellion, the guys working on the new canon were Lucas collaborators and one of the many things Lucas didn't like of the old EU was Luke getting married.
IronMandarin
IronMandarin - 2/25/2018, 7:56 AM
OH PLS YES

There's 30 years in between Return of the Jedi and Force Awakens in which they could squeeze in Mara Jade.

I'd feel a lot better about Luke in the Last Jedi knowing that he had a wife at some point and that he didn't die a lonely hermit who never got any action.
IronMandarin
IronMandarin - 2/25/2018, 8:05 AM
@LEVITIKUZ - lol

*any action other than his sister

MultiMedia996
MultiMedia996 - 2/25/2018, 8:04 AM
The Last Jedi made me realize what a mistake it was to go back to the status quo of the original trilogy of a small band of rebels fighting an oppressive military force. There are differences but I don't feel it's different enough. We should never have had storm troopers, TIE fighters, the villain being a fallen Skywalker/Solo, a shadowy overlord, it's been done. They should have just said the Imperials were no more with a line saying that without Palpatine they were beaten into the ground and demoralized over the course of several years after Return of the Jedi.



This gives you and idea of what could have been the villain. With the Red Skin it's possible they were intending him to be an actual Sith. Not the religion but the species that the religion got it's name from. Or maybe a Knights of Ren-like group led by a Kylo Ren-like figure who isn't a Skywalker/Solo that goes into conflict with Luke's New Jedi.

ElCidJedi
ElCidJedi - 2/25/2018, 8:10 AM
@MultiMedia996 - I really liked everything you said until I got to the picture of pirate Hellboy. : )
IronGenesis
IronGenesis - 2/25/2018, 8:12 AM
@MultiMedia996 - the knights of Ren should have been the small group led by Ben Solo.

And that would fit into Lucas Family Soap Opera of the new generation rebelling against the establishment. And the heroes of the original trilogy just happen to be the establishment.
GwenLantern
GwenLantern - 2/25/2018, 8:17 AM
@MultiMedia996 - I agree. Prequel trilogy is about the fall of the Jedi Order and the Republic and the rise of the Empire and the Middle Trilogy is about the rebellion that overcomes the Empire and takes the galaxy back.
The Final Trilogy should have been about history repeating itself with the rise of another threat to the Galaxy and another Dark Lord of the Sith (or even an actual Sith, like you say), but with the twist that they decide against repeating the mistakes of the past and actually bring balance to The Force.

Rule of three, something happens, something continues to happen in this fashion, something seems to happen in the same way again, but this time it's different.

That would've made a bit more sense to me.
Nerdman3000
Nerdman3000 - 2/25/2018, 8:06 AM
Sadly, this had already been confirmed by Rian Johnson to not be the case. It's a dream sequence Luke is imagining a world were Luke never left Tatooine and never found R2 and C-3P0, and he's married to Camie Loneozner (a girl from a deleted scene in A New Hope).
Nerdman3000
Nerdman3000 - 2/25/2018, 8:08 AM
@Nerdman3000 - Trust me, I wish it was Mara Jade. I've been wanting her to show up in the new continuity for a while.
StormXmen123
StormXmen123 - 2/25/2018, 9:14 AM
@Nerdman3000 - I think they will eventually introduce her to the series in some way or form, but altered form her legends storyline; like Thrawn.
Personally, I felt they could have made her an inqusitor.

They seem to be really avoiding anything to do with the period between ESB and ROTJ.
I think they will likley introduce her there. They could still make her a love interest to Luke but they don't need to marry him.
Origame
Origame - 2/26/2018, 6:08 AM
@StormXmen123 - There's certainly stuff going on in between that they seem to have ideas for. Like that locket thing Luke had in Battlefront 2 that never showed up in the movie or stuff about Luke's Jedi temple. I doubt there will be a new series of movies talking about this time since it would basically be the prequel trilogy all over again but I could see it as a tv show. They could even still use Hamill since he's a big voice actor.
GwenLantern
GwenLantern - 2/25/2018, 8:09 AM
Much as I love the character of Mara Jade, I like my Jedi Knights to be celebate.

Sex turns Jedi into Dark Lords. Fact.
IronGenesis
IronGenesis - 2/25/2018, 8:14 AM
Only way now to save the “Skywalker Saga” would be for Luke to have a child or Kylo to have a young son in EPISODE 9. Or maybe Rey can carry Bens child.

That is if K. Kennedy is willing to admit women do actively want to and have children.
GwenLantern
GwenLantern - 2/25/2018, 8:26 AM
@IronGenesis - "Or maybe Rey can carry Bens child."

I think they're headed in that direction, aren't they?

They really need to get back to the Prophecy of the One, though, if you ask me.

If they're not gonna bring back Vader, then they probably need to pick up on the line from the prequels "The Prophecy misread may have been."

Maybe Rey can be The One or the mother of The One and they can imply that the father is Ren, whilst also giving us the story of the virgin birth (much like the virgin birth of Vader, yet some fan theories suggest that the father is Palpatine).

Now that Rey has the sacred Jedi texts, maybe she can find the location of caves or something that depict different versions of the prophecy of The One.
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 2/25/2018, 8:21 AM
Now that I think about it, they probably should have just adapted the Thrawn Trilogy as the sequels.
Scarilian
Scarilian - 2/25/2018, 8:29 AM
Feels like further proof that they are unwilling to create new stories. They made the expanded universe, which while flawed, was a show of new ideas and created a lot of interesting characters that people wanted to see adapted into film. Then they scrapped the expanded universe and are now re-introducing these characters without any of the emotional weight or development they had before.
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