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Star Wars: Rebels Voice Actress Vanessa Marshall Expresses Interest in Playing Live-Action Mara Jade

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    Vanessa Marshall, the voice actress behind Hera in Star Wars: Rebels, has expressed a desire to portray the beloved character Mara Jade in live-action. Courtesy of Collider, Marshall was asked during a panel at this year's Fan Expo in San Francisco whether she'd like to be part of one of Dave Filoni's ever-expanding projects. Marshall responded by bringing up the Legends character who has yet to make an appearance.



    While Marshall was the original voice actress for Hera in Star Wars: Rebels, the role was eventually passed on to Mary Elizabeth Winstead for Ahsoka. Marshall speaks about how she has experience in live-action, and that she eventually wants to make it into a future live-action Star Wars project:



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    Having actors who began in Star Wars animation transition to live-action is not uncommon. The most notable being Lars Mikkelsen for Grand Admiral Thrawn and Katee Sackhoff for Bo-Katan Kryze. There's been no word on whether or not Mara Jade will eventually come to Star Wars live-action.



    Bringing Mara Jade into live-action would be a challenge, however. With the character's background as an assassin working for the Emperor, and eventually becoming Luke Skywalker's wife, the character has a lot of ties to legacy characters and may be difficult to fit into the already established timeline created by the sequel trilogy. On the other hand, Dave Filoni and Lucasfilm have drawn a lot of inspiration from the Thrawn trilogy books, where Mara Jade is featured prominently. So perhaps the character is already on the table, being considered.



    Dave Filoni has been promoted to a higher leadership position as Chief Creative Officer at Lucasfilm. He is also currently working on a live-action film that's being promoted as the finale to the live-action universe that began with The Mandalorian. Only time will tell whether or not Mara Jade will make an appearance in live-action Star Wars.



    Would you like to see Marshall as Mara Jade or is there someone else that could fit her boots? If you were Filoni, how would you bring the character from Legends to canon, if at all? Let us know in the comments below!



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    I would go for a limited Disney+ series with Karen Gillian from GoTG/Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle/The Next Level. First 3 episodes would highlight her origins and dealings with the Emperor, and the last 3 episodes would deal with her later years played by Vanessa Marshall. I've got the Luke & Mara marriage comic book published by Dark Horse comics, several DH comic books featuring Mara, and the Legends Thrawn trilogy novels where Mara first appeared, also the Mara Jade Skywalker Jedi Knight Mysteries of the Sith video game which i have fond memories of playing; similar to the Ahsoka series, I would enjoy a live-action Mara Jade limited series. These characters resonate if you adore or care about them, if you don't, no matter what story is told you will not appreciate it, or find it interesting.

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    As the war escalated, Jade Skywalker was killed by her nephew, Jacen Solo, whom she had learned was a Sith and therefore saw as a threat to her family personally, to the Jedi Order, and to the galaxy at large.

    Mara married Luke Skywalker in 2010, at age 27. Luke was born in 1981, in birth place. They had one daughter: Jyn Eyle (born Skywalker). Mara passed away in 2028, at age 45 in death place.

    Ahsoka Theory Reveals Shin Hati Is Mara Jade's True Replacement In Star Wars Canon. While characters like Thrawn have returned to Star Wars, Mara Jade has yet to appear in canon, but a theory suggests that Shin Hati will replace her.
     
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