10 Star Wars Characters We Can't Wait To See In Live-Action

1. Mara Jade

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There's no escaping that Mara Jade is an icon of the Legends era. The red-headed beauty who became Luke Skywalker's wife and the mother of his children is long due a live-action appearance.

While she's sadly been cast into the depths of history with the Legends timeline and became a casualty of Disney's "New canon," it seems like we might see her in some capacity at some point.

Mara's story was an interesting one which, like many in the Star Wars universe, twisted and turned down a path that crossed both good and evil. She was an assassin for the Emperor, a smuggler and eventually a Jedi Knight.

Mara's story is one that could still potentially be woven into the fabric of Disney's canon so fans hope that we might be seeing her soon. If the current rumours are anything to go by, we might not have long to wait.

Her story might change a little for the current universe but it will be amazing to see her at long last. Karen Gillan has already been rumoured to be cast in the part for an upcoming project. We'll just have to wait and see.

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