10 Star Wars characters who should appear in live-action
Thu Apr 15, 2021 at 3:48pm ET
Mara Jade in Star Wars Pic credit: Lucasfilm
Modern Star Wars fans don’t realize there was once a “dark ages” when there was almost no fresh material coming out after the original movies.
That changed in 1991 when Timothy Zahn’s novels created the Expanded Universe. This led to scores of books, comics, and video games, which fleshed out the post-movies era. It was added on by the Clone Wars animated series.
When the new trilogy began in 2015, the EU was transformed into the non-canon “Legends.” However, several of its characters have made the jump into live-action.
Star Wars: 10 essential Clone Wars episodes to watch before The Bad Batch
Mon Apr 05, 2021 at 11:03am ET
Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Pic credit: Lucasfilm
When Star Wars the Clone Wars debuted in theaters in 2008, the reaction was not good. Fans disliked the animation and flimsy story and sudden introduction of Anakin’s never-before mentioned Padawan Ahsoka Tano.
But as the first season of the series went on, the fandom slowly but surely came around to it. It was helped by the writers deepening the show, taking daring chances, and adding in great characters from clone troopers Cody and Rex to cunning crook Hondo.