Mara Jade

The Emperor’s Hand

(Star Wars EU character)

Powers/ Abilities

• Expert fighter with a blaster or lightsaber

• Force sensitive

• Talented hacker and spy

Personality

• At first a fierce devotion to the Emperor and savage hate of Luke Skywalker

• Later came to feel differently about Luke in the years after Revenge of the Sith and eventually married him

• Calm, collected, and tough• Prideful• Compassionate underneath her

tough exterior

Origin/ History

• Trained by the Emperor/ Darth Sidious from a young age to be an assassin during the reign of the Galactic Empire

• Failed to kill Luke Skywalker on a mission, and later discovered Skywalker had been partly responsible for the Emperor’s death, swearing vengeance on him

• After being forced to work alongside him in several instances, she gradually became to respect him and eventually they became a couple

• Fought the Yuuzhan Vong when they invaded the galaxy

• Died at the hands of the Sith Lord Darth Caedus

Associates/ enemies

• Darth Sidious- (former teacher and employer)

• Talon Carrde (former employer)• Luke Skywalker (former enemy and

later husband)• Ben Skywalker (son) • Darth Caedus/ Jacen Solo (enemy

and eventual killer) • Gorb Drig (former employer and

close friend) • Han and Leia Solo (in-laws)

Quotes

• "As long as I'm fighting, I'm not dying. And I'm not done fighting just yet."

• "I get the proverbial bad feeling about this."

• "I'm a fighter. I've always been a fighter. The few times when I have been at leisure, I've been miserable. I want challenges, I crave them."

• "Yeah, it's true. Now tell me who blabbed so I can go cut his head off."

Recommended Reading:

• Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy

• Mara Jade: By The Emperor’s Hand

• Star Wars: Sacrifice

• Star Wars: Union