10 Minor Character Deaths That Changed Star Wars FOREVER
8. Shaak Ti's Deleted Scenes Death Could Have Changed Starkiller's Future
Now, this is an interesting one.
Because this is a case of not one, but two deaths of a character resulting in one hell of a change to Star Wars history.
Within the Legends continuity, it's revealed that Jedi Master Shaak-Ti not only survived Order 66, but that she also went on to train Padawan Maris Brood and some Force-sensitive natives on Felucia. Then, during Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (a 2008 video game developed by LucasArts), Ti eventually collides with Darth Vader's apprentice, Starkiller, with the one-time Jedi Council member attempting to guide the dark side Force-wielder down a different path.
Had a number of scenes not been cut from Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, however, Shaak-Ti's interaction with Galen Marek would never have occurred.
Ti would be killed in two separate deleted scenes in that prequel, first by General Grievous at the start of the picture and then by a recently turned Anakin Skywalker during the Order 66 attack on the Jedi Temple.
That latter death is actually classed as part of the new canon, meaning Ti never ended up training more light siders in this version of Star Wars history.
So, had that death, or the Grievous one, been similarly made a part of the Expanded Universe continuity all those years ago, then Ti's important duel with Starkiller - who would kill her before eventually seeing the light - wouldn't have been possible, changing Legends history in the process.