#anyway yeah it's either that or just going to a character's wookiepedia going to appearances and looking for everything there

[jewishcissiekj]

What Star Wars legends comics would you recommend for your favs.

I’m honestly bored and I wanna read about these hot bad bitches😭😭

I do! One thing I like about these Legends Prequel-era comics is that they're mostly divided into arcs that are readable outside of context so there's no real need to read 83+ issues of it all I've only gotten up to the 54th issue more or less so this will be kinda incomplete

So if you want to start with Aurra Sing there is (from what I've read): -Star Wars (1998) #7-12 (Outlander arc) -Star Wars (1998) #28-31 (The Hunt for Aurra Sing arc) -Jedi: Aayla Secura (tho that one requires further context) -Old Scores - short comic in Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Volume 8

For Aayla it's a bit more complicated given her story is very strongly tied to Quinlan Vos (the main protagonist of most Republic comics), but if you don't mind reading about 3 more issues that don't have Quinlan then my recs are: -Star Wars (1998) #19-22 (Twilight arc, mostly Quinlan, and Aayla doesn't have her memories when she appears) -Star Wars (1998) #32-35 (Darkness arc) -Optional: Star Wars (1998) #36-39 (The Stark Hyperspace War arc, a bunch of Jedi and a soldier telling Aayla the story of a war) -Star Wars (1998) #42-45 (Rite of Passage arc) -Star Wars: Republic #49 -Tides of Terror (short comic story from Star Wars Tales #14) -Star Wars: Republic #50 -Star Wars: Republic #54 (No Aayla, just for context) -Jedi: Aayla Secura

For Asajj you can start with the original 2D Clone Wars animated series (not necessary, it just technically takes place before and it's fun and good) and then: -Star Wars: Republic #51-52 -Jedi: Mace Windu -Star Wars: Republic #53 -Star Wars: Republic #60 (context is Obi-Wan and Alpha-17 being captured by Asajj) -Star Wars: Republic #69-71 (I read them without context but I'm not sure it was the best idea) -Obsession #1-5 (Asajj is in only two issue bit the rest are necessary to read)

So yeah there's not that much for each of them but I like what there is Also, some heads up for navigation and shit: -The Star Wars (1998) series started just a few months before The Phantom Menace's release and mostly ran between The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. So any weird things/inconsistencies that don't match up with Prequels canon, like Jedi with red Lightsabers, have a reason. -Star Wars (1998) ran until issue #45, and in issue #46 and onward the series' name was changed to Star Wars: Republic. -Again, I'm still not done reading Republic, so I've only recommended things that I've already read for Aayla lol

[nzvalley]

Rey’s Mother 2.0

For a long time before The Force Awakens came out I thought that Rey (known then as Kira) was Han & Leia’s.  I even thought she was the twin sister to Ben (known then only as Kylo), and I thought they were resurrecting Jaina & Jacen as Kira & Kylo. 

The theory took hits with the news that Kira wasn’t Kira and Kylo wasn’t Kylo, and when I saw all the Luke and Anakin parallels in the teasers/trailers I really started to waver.  Eventually, especially after reading the Original Rey Skywalker Conspiracy, I became a believer that Rey was Luke’s daughter.  That opened up the real mystery: who is her mother?

Before TFA was released I did a quick rundown of who I thought she could be, on the assumption that she would be introduced and set up years before the reveal.  This allows some fans to get to know her on her own, and for her character to be developed outside of being Rey’s mother or Luke’s love interest. Then when the revelation happens, there’s a plethora of canon material for new fans of the character to go buy.  This new list is an expanded version, with advancements in canon taken into account.

Just as a note of my own bias, basically I’m sticking to what Disney/LucasFilm has presented to us visually and not character from only the novels.  Starting with those that won’t be the mother, first I excluded aliens. Next I excluded characters based on their age or their canon fate.  Rey wasn’t born until a decade after Endor, so I excluded anyone above 35-ish at the time of Yavin.  Along the same lines, certain characters we know die before Rey was born.

Lastly, I excluded characters with blue eyes or blonde hair.  Some traits just don’t match up genetically, and two blue-eyed people resulting in a hazel-eyed daughter, or two blondes having a brunette, just don’t match up.  There’s no guarantee that Star Wars will follow real-world genetics, or that the writers won’t invoke some one-in-a-million mutation, but I’ll stick to them as guidelines.  

Characters excluded for species, age, or genetics: All aliens, Rae Sloane, Mon Mothma, Bo-Katan, Jora Astane, Ketsu Onyo, Brunson, Bixene, Evaan Verlaine, and Queen Trios.

After excluding those characters, there weren’t a ton that fit the bill.  None of them are exceptionally strong candidates, without any controversy. When I first made this list, there was a clear front runner (although not named yet) in Jyn Erso.  She fit all the requirements and she was the lead role in a huge project, but that has seemingly fallen apart.  Without her as the front runner, possibilities include controversial choices that are getting a lot of focus, minor characters who are technically possible but not satisfying, or that one of the minor characters will see a late jump in narrative focus.  

With this dearth of choices, I’m wondering if maybe there is a twist coming up.  Here are a couple of characters that are, according to the official word, impossible candidates, but could make a dramatic appearance:

Jyn Erso – Some of you may think I’m crazy, but I personally think the fandom bought into her death way too easily and that LucasFilm wanted the heat taken off the speculation.  Both the book and the movie play Jyn and Cassian’s deaths ambiguously, leaving a lot of room for their survival.  In the movie we never see their bodies or their actual deaths.  In the novel the scene ends with Jyn becoming one with the force, which is a metaphor used for death… but it’s also a metaphor used for connection to the Force.  Chirrut says “I am one with the Force” constantly throughout the film.  It’s possible that Jyn’s latent Force abilities could have come to life in the face of certain doom, like Emma Frost’s secondary mutation in Genosha.

Mara Jade – It’s the perfect time to introduce her.  If none of the new, living characters really fit then only Mara could be a revelation that requires no multi-year buildup.  Instead, it’s a multi-year cover up.  Years of downplaying the idea of her reintroduction, and then she appears in all her glory.  People that know her would love it, and for everyone else there’s a simple explanation. “She’s Luke’s wife from the old canon.”  It’s easy to understand, and there’s plenty of stuff for people to go out and buy to get a fuller picture.  With new stuff on the way, most likely.  So yeah, I’ve seen some bitterness about Mara Jade recently, but I actually think she’s in the best position for returning since the reboot.

With those out of the way…

Many of the remaining possibilities are minor characters, and most of them, especially the ones getting narrative focus, seem to be of a different race than Luke- which would upset a lot of people if Daisy Ridley’s Rey were to be put forward as mixed-race.  It remains possible genetically, but it would be a controversial choice.  Looking at the possibilities, there aren’t a lot of unambiguously white characters that have been introduced in new canon, and all of them are either minor, officially dead, or have blue eyes/blonde hair.  It was this realization that led me to consider the above twists.  It’s always possible too that Rey isn’t Luke’s daughter, but this post is all about the possibility that she is.

Anyway these characters are all technically possible, but are mostly one-offs: Wiley, Iden Versio, Sosha Soruna, Tula, Tace, Uwa Pareece, Tolvan, Ssaria, & Chanath Cha.

The ones that receive the most narrative focus and interact with the most central characters: 

Pash ‘Bash’ Davane – Co-lead of Star Wars Annual 2; only unambiguously white person in the top tier.  Red hair, green eyes (which we know Luke likes)… an intelligent, strong badass. She saved Leia and debated ethics and morality with her.  So far she has only had one appearance, but characters introduced in the Annual have returned before.

Zarro – Co-lead of the Chewbacca miniseries; she looked younger to me, but she’s described as a teenager… meaning she’s at most 7 years younger than the 19/20 year old Luke.  With Rey not being born until over a decade later that would put Zarro around her late twenties and Luke around his mid-thirties. 

Sana Starros – Supporting character in Marvel’s Star Wars; Sana has received a lot of media and fan attention since her introduction, and has become an essential part of the team within the Star Wars comic series.  Funny and badass.  She has a romantic past with Dr. Aphra, but she has also has one with Han and has had some flirtations with Luke. 

Sabine Wren – Main Cast of Star Wars Rebels; probably has received the most attention, being a TV character.  Around Luke’s age, a staunch believer in the Rebellion, wields the darksaber, but so far they have never canonically crossed paths and we have no idea how long she lives.

Chelli Aphra – Co-lead of Darth Vader and Screaming Citadel; Supporting character in Star Wars; Lead of Doctor Aphra; Easily the breakout character of the new canon. I mentioned her in my first list as my dark horse candidate, and her importance has only grown since.  Although her age is ambiguous, I wouldn’t put her beyond ten years older than Luke.  She has had numerous interactions with Darth Vader, Leia, Han, and Luke himself.  She is currently teamed up with Luke on an adventure.  She is also privy to who his mother is and she knows that Vader was obsessed with him. She has a romantic past with Sana, but she also has flirtations with Vader and Luke. So much of her development is tied up with the Skywalker family and with Luke in particular, that her being Rey’s mother would be a really great reveal at this point. 

ETA: There were originally images above the top tier, but “@senator-organa” expressed displeasure at the use of one of their images.  I removed the others just in case anyone out there was feeling the same.  Make sure to click on the Wookiepedia links and take a look at everyone I mention.