Mara Jade

Mara Jade, also named Mara Jade Shan and later Mara Jade Skywalker, was a Force-sensitive human female who was born early in the reign of the Galactic Empire. As a toddler, she was targeted for kidnapping by Emperor Palpatine, who sent an Inquisitor to retrieve her. However, she was saved by Jedi Knight Jarik Shan, though not before her mother and father were both killed. With nowhere to go as a target of the Emperor, Jade was adopted by Shan and Ahsoka Tano, who raised her as their owned and trained her in the ways of the Force.
As a teenager, Jade would join the fight against the Empire alongside her adoptive parents and the group of rebels known as the Spectres, becoming one of the more prominent figures in the growing Rebellion. During the Galactic Civil War she would work closely alongside a team of rebels, including a rising young Jedi named Luke Skywalker, whom she would provide with some instruction throughout his training, and formed a strong friendship with him. Following the Battle of Endor and subsequent destruction of the Sith Order, Jade would become a leading figure alongside Skywalker and her adoptive parents in the establishment of the New Jedi Order. During that time, Jade would be married to Skywalker and gave birth to their son Ben Skywalker.
==History==
==Personality and traits==
Mara Jade was a human female who had green eyes, fair skin, and reddish-gold hair, which she either kept loose or in a braid running down her shoulder.
From a young age, Mara was always very eager in becoming a Jedi as well as going on missions with her adoptive parents, to the point of almost impatience. Throughout her adolescence, she adopted many qualities of her personality from Jarik and Ahsoka, such as the formers wit, flippancy, and playfulness, and the latter's cocky, stubborn, and impulsive behavior. Yet she was also loyal, brave, and kindhearted. She was a very proud person who was confident in her abilities, giving the best at everything that she did.
===Relationships===
====Jarik Shan====
====Ahsoka Tano====
====Luke Skywalker====
==Powers and abilities==
===Lightsaber training===
As the adoptive daughter of Jarik Shan and Ahsoka Tano, Mara's skill with a lightsaber was exceptional for her age. Under their training and guidance, Jade grew to be a skilled lightsaber duelist by the age of fourteen, capable of contending with the Inquisitors and even temporarily holding her ground against Darth Vader himself, although for a very short amount of time. She utilized the unorthodox reverse grip similarly to Tano when in combat as well as her quick and agile fighting style, while also performing lightsaber maneuvers favored by Shan.
===Force powers===
Jade possessed a strong connection to the Force, which led to the Emperor desiring her as one of his servants, had she been successfully captured. Under her training with Shan and Tano, Jade's Force abilities became much more refined. She was capable of utilizing the Force to enhance her reflexes, speed, and agility, and could also unleash it to great affect against enemy combatants. Under Tano she learned how to better utilize the Force to enhance her strengths, while Shan helped her in being able to better recognize the dark side and those who use it, such as when she sensed the presence of Darth Vader on the planet Lothal.
===Other abilities===
In addition to her Force and lightsaber combat skills, Jade was a good enough pilot to fly a ship on her own, and was also quite talented when it came to stealth. She also displayed great skill in hand-to-hand combat, which she became adept in under the training of Ahsoka Tano, who was a gifted hand-to-hand combatant herself. Jade's skill in martial arts was great enough that she was able to temporarily incapacitate Jarik Shan in a fight, though he was possessed by the spirit of a nightsister at the time.
==Appearances==
==Sources and copyrights==
For details of the official character see Mara Jade on Wookieepedia. The related topic of this article is the property of author Timothy Zahn and Lucasfilm Ltd.
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