Who Is Mara Jade? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Mara Jade is a Company-Licensed comic book character, the alter ego of Mara Jade Skywalker, with over 55 comic issue appearances. Mara Jade used to be the Emperor's Hand for Emperor Palpatine and was ordered to kill Luke Skywalker. After many encounters and adventures, Luke and Mara fell in love, she later became a Jedi Master and married Luke.

Who is Mara Jade?

Origin Mara Jade was born during the rise of the Empire . She was taken from her parents in a early age by Emperor Palpatine and was trained on Coruscant as both an imperial dancer and in the ways of the Force . At age fourteen, she became The Emperor's Hand, the Emperor's personal assassin. She would become redeemed, turning from her dark ways and becoming a Jedi Master in Luke Skywalker's New Jedi Order under the New Republic . She and Luke would fall in love, eventually marrying during a time of peace for the Galaxy. Yuuzhan Vong War But the peace would not last as a new enemy, the Yuuzhan Vong , threatened to destroy the Jedi Order and the New Republic. The succeeded in the latter, but the Jedi Order survived and defeated the Vong. During the Yuuzhan Vong War, Mara gave birth to her's and Luke's son, Ben Skywalker , naming him after the alias used by Luke's first master, Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi.

Key facts

Mara Jade is of human origin. The character is published by Company-Licensed. With 55 recorded issue appearances, Mara Jade ranks among the most featured characters in comics.