Forget Grand Admiral Thrawn, the reference of the latest Star Wars legends is much bigger

Notice! This article contains SPOILERS for episode 3 of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew.An important character in Star Wars: Skeleton Crew was revealed to be a new version of an obscure pirate from Star Wars Continuity of legends. Although once the official Star Wars canon, Star Wars Legends has become not just an alternate timeline in Star Wars franchise since April 2014, but also a consistent source of inspiration for the modern canon, with characters and other elements of Legends lore getting reimagined iterations in the more recent timeline. Skeleton Crew has already included countless references to Legends continuity, but now it's given one of the former Legends-era antagonists his live-action debut.

Arguably the most famous characters to originate exclusively in Legends continuity properties are Grand Admiral Thrawn and Mara Jade, with both characters having debuted in Timothy Zahn's 1991 novel. Heir to the Empire. Zahn played The trilogy breathed new life into the Legends timeline, becoming one of several works that brought about a resurgence of Expanded Universe material in the years between the original and the prequel. Star Wars trilogies. However, the Legends continuity had many incredible works well before this trilogy, one of the best being the Marvel classic. Star Wars comics, which are among Legends' longest-running exclusive properties.

Crimson Jack is one of the oldest characters in legends

As revealed in the third episode of Skeleton Crew, Jude Law's character is Crimson Jackwhose original incarnation debuted in the Marvel film Star Wars comics. After the adapted comics A New Hope and began telling original stories in its seventh issue, Crimson Jack was one of the first new antagonists to challenge the heroes of the Battle of Yavin. Crimson Jack is a pirate captain and rival of Han Solo and, shortly after the events of A New Hopehe robbed Solo of his Rebellion-granted wealth, preventing him from repaying his debt to Jabba the Hutt.

Crimson Jack is loosely connected to the events of A New Hope itself, with the pirate captain's ship being a commandeered Star Destroyer that took part in the Battle of Toprawa – the original Rebel victory that saw them steal the amalgamated Death Star plans. From issues 11 to 15 of the Marvel classic Star Wars series, Crimson Jack became its main antagonist and notably fought Han Solo in deep space – a rarity in Star Wars franchise. Despite his relatively brief role in the comics, Crimson Jack is one of its most memorable villains.

I never imagined I'd see a live-action Crimson Jack

Grand Admiral Thrawn gaining a modern counterpart Star Wars Canon probably comes as no surprise to many considering its iconic status (and that of Zahn's own trilogy), but having Crimson Jack appear in a live-action Star Wars the production is undoubtedly surprising for long-time readers and viewers of Star Wars Expanded Universe. The wonder Star Wars comics are among the oldest and – despite their excellence – most niche Star Wars properties of the franchise, so that one of its characters becomes the protagonist in Star Wars: Skeleton Crew gives them their most popular exposure to date.

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