Quote Originally Posted by War Machine Dawg View Post
I'm hoping like hell that IF Rey is Luke's daughter, they'll canonize Mara Jade as her mother. She was easily the most popular EU character and the only EU character to ever be listed in the Top 10 for favorite Star Wars characters. I also liked the suggestion that Rey's mother is killed when The Seven attack Luke's Jedi Academy. I could definitely see them taking it that direction to make everyone hate Kylo/Ben that much more.

Btw, since you mentioned it, I loved all the nods to the EU. Luke & Mara had a son named Ben, so they essentially used his name for Han & Leia's son in TFA.
I only recently saw the movie and haven't read the whole thread yet, but I gotta stop and comment here. I agree completely about Mara Jade and I hope that she has not been deep-sixed with the rest of the now so called "star wars legends." One thing that made her so intriguing was that iirc she started working for the Empire (Was it Admiral Thrawn?). If she's already dead for the new trilogy (7-9) I wonder if her backstory will be as interesting. Idk what they're gonna do but I hate to see that character erased. I also wonder if they're gonna leave Boba Fett in the Sarlac pit or get him out like the former EU did. There was some pretty interesting interaction between him and Han Solo about 20 years after ROTJ. But it could be that as that has already happened, there is room for it still be in the canon.