Mara Jade Skywalker

Mom (by Ben Skywalker) Aunt Mara (by Jacen Solo, Jaina Solo, Anakin Solo, Winter Skywalker-Solo, and Padmé Skywalker-Solo)
Masters Skywalker (along with Luke Skywalker

### Family:

Leia Organa Solo and Mia SKywalker (sisters-in-law)
Han Solo (brother-in-law)
Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker (father-in-law)
Padme Amidala (mother-in-law)
Jacen and Anakin Solo (nephews), deceased)
Jaina Solo, Padme and Winter Skywalker-Solo (nieces)

### Status:

Killed by Darth Caedus during the Thrawn war.

**Mara Jade Skywalker** was a major character in the *Star wars legends.* She is the wife (Former enemy) of Luke **Skywalker**, the mother of Ben Skywalker, and the aunt of Jaina, Jacen and Anakin Solo and Winter and Padmé Skywalker-Solo.

"*You think…you've won, but Luke will crush you…and I refuse…to let you…destroy the future…for my Ben.*"
—―Mara Jade Skywalker's last words top her killer and nephew, Jacen Solo.

## Relationships

Padmé Skywalker-Solo

"*You all ways prove yourself time and time again, Padme and you make my son feel safe with your bravery and that's why you are my favorite niece*"
—Mara to Padme
Padme and Mara were very close during the Galactic Civil War. Due to the Jedi to having more than one child padawan, Mara trained Padme and Jaina simultaneously.

## Quotes

"*I am so glad I found you and didn't kill you.*"
—Mara Jade to Luke Skywalker

"*One of Luke's old girlfriends.*"
—Mara referring to Lumiya

"*Look after my apprentice, won't you? I know she's a Jedi Knight in her own right, but in some ways she's still very much a child – albeit a precocious one. I hope you can be a beneficial part of her education*"
—Mara asking Jagged Fel to look after her niece, Jaina Solo

"*Don't you people have a conscience?*"
—Mara Jade Skywalker to Ganet

"*When I first met Luke, I was under a compulsion to kill him. Generally not a good sign for a lasting relationship. Such was his courage that he did not run, and did not strike me. He accepted me, as no one else had done before*"
—Mara exchanging vows and the past of her relationship with Luke

"*There is a disturbance in the Force. Lord Vader pursues the Rebel Alliance to the remote world of Hoth. But does he truly hunt the Alliance, or is it something else that draws him there, something stronger? My Master has foreseen that Vader has an heir, a son, one who is strong in the Force, one who could destroy us all. Does Vader seek to turn him or join him? The coming battle may prove Vader's intent. I secretly hope he will betray us. I feel certain that should he waver, I will strike quickly to take his place at my Master's side.*"
—Mara Jade on Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker

"***Luke:** "Mara… will you marry me?"*
**Mara:** "You mean if we get out of here alive?"

**Luke:** "I mean regardless."*"*

—
―Luke Skywalker proposes to Mara Jade

"*During my training I have witnessed few who dared defy the Empire. My Master made certain they were always quickly... corrected. When a planet falls out of line, it too must be corrected. Sometimes this requires the unrelenting power of the entire Imperial Army. Sometimes it requires more than that. Sometimes it requires a Sith Lord.*"
—Mara Jade Skywalker

"*I'm a fighter. I've always been a fighter. The few times when I have been at leisure, I've been miserable. I want challenges, I crave them.*"
—Mara Jade on herself

"*Yeah, it's true. Now tell me who blabbed so I can go cut his head off.*"
—Mara Jade on her past during her jedi interview

"*She is, shall we say, an experiment*"
—Sheev Palpatine

"*You, uh… can call me Arica.*"
—Mara to her future friend, C-3PO