10 Expanded Universe Creations That Star Wars 7 Could Incorporate

7. Mara Jade

Timothy Zahn's brilliant Thrawn trilogy will appear again on this list, but one of the greatest things to come out of it was the character of Mara Jade. A former "Hand" of the Emperor, Jade was tormented by his last command to kill Luke Skywalker. She finally met up with him on the planet Myrkr but is forced to help him escape from Imperials led by Grand Admiral Thrawn. She later goes on to save his life from the mad Jedi clone Joruus C'Boath and fulfills the "last command" by killing a crazed clone of Luke himself. Mara and Luke become close and eventually get married. Mara learns to be a full-fledged Jedi and is a vital member of several battles in the devastating Yuuzhan Vong War (more on that later). She and Luke have a son, who they name Ben in honor of Obi-Wan Kenobi. She is later the first to discover that her nephew Jacen Solo has fallen to the Dark Side and seeks him out to kill him, but is instead defeated by his raw power and killed. Luke Skywalker's child will almost definitely be a major player in the new trilogy, since the prequels focused on Anakin and the original trilogy on Luke himself. Therefore, the Luke of Episode VII will likely be married or have been married, and why ignore a character with such rich history as Mara Jade? As a former agent of the Empire, she is a perfect fiery foil to Luke's calm and collected former Rebel and Jedi grand master, and would be a great addition to the new series of films.