Newest codename for a character in SW Episode 9 is “MARA”
- Female
- 40s/50s
Exhibit A:
We know Sloane would be in her 60s, but Hollywood would only show an actress who could still fight in her 40s/50s.
Sloane trains to be a hand-to-hand combat fighter on par with Admiral Thrawn.
She’s Beauty, she’s Grace, she will def kick you in your face.
Exhibit B:
“Mara” calls back to the Empire, someone loyal to the Emperor. Someone who bridged the past and the future.
Sloane was loyal to the Empire, that much is made known of her character in the Aftermath Series. So much so, rather than allowing it to cease to exist, she recruited other loyalists and they fled to the Unknown Territories beyond Jakku. She founded the First Order.
Let me repeat,
SLOANE FOUNDED THE FIRST ORDER
That’s right everyone, the real badass villain of the First Order all along was Grand Admiral Sloane.
Exhibit C:
How Iconic would it be to introduce the founder of the First Order vs the founder of the Resistance? Sloane vs Leia.
Two queens on opposing sides of the chessboard.
Their sons fighting eachother for supremacy to a majestic legacy.
That’s right, sons
Exhibit D:
Sloane saw potential in Hux and took him under her wing. Taught him everything to make him an exemplary leader. In essence, he is her son.
Betcha he’s going to whine to dear old mum that some Force user Kylo usurped the authority of the First Order.
Sloane would be the military and political support Hux would need to lead the coup against Kylo Ren.
Exhibit E:
Having Sloane would be the final piece needed to push Kylo to make a choice, because ultimately the fate of the galaxy rests on his shoulders.
Will he be the Dark Side Supreme Leader to take full control of the galaxy under the flag of the First Order or will he choose the Light and return to help the Resistance defeat the First order as the prodigal son at the side of his mother, Leia?
In conclusion…
Having two women, Queens of their factions, born from the Empire battle eachother one more time for ultimate supremacy or peace would make for the most iconic movie and you know it. Whether they fight physically or with their chess players, these two women will make history.
WARNING SPOILER FOR THE “STAR WARS: LAST SHOT” NOVEL AHEAD.
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Let’s talk about how the droid (BX) that was briefly about to kill him saw a very bright light right when Ben Solo turned around to look at it, right in front of him.
I don’t know much about Star Wars droids and their sensors but if there is one (1) thing I know is that it SAW NOTHING BUT BRIGHT WHITE LIGHT just as BEN SOLO LOOKED AT HIM WHILE CRYING, AS A CHILD, TO PROTECT HIMSELF.
Ben Solo, at 2 years old, protected himself from a droid that was going to kill him with the purest, most light side of the force that he could control without even knowing it. And the droid saw it!!!
I’m just saying one thing here, he is VERY strong in the light-side of the force even at such a young age. Kylo Ren may be strong in the dark side but Ben Solo is just as powerful in the light side.
AND HE IS GETTING A REDEMPTION ARC because nobody in the history of storytelling makes such a huge effort to make the antagonistic anti-hero/villain in a trilogy sympathetic to multiple audiences in multiple mediums unless they’re going to redeem him. And by him I mean KYLO REN.
Last one, BEN SOLO WASN’T VERY CLOSE TO DEATH AS A TWO YEAR OLD AND AS A TWENTY THREE YEAR OLD FOR HIM TO DIE YOUNG. KYLO REN/BEN SOLO WILL BE REDEEMED AND LIVE A LONG HEALTHY LIFE.
I am honestly very much here for Daisy Ridley being a feminist icon that believes in empathy, hope and redemption as much as us Reylos do. If there is one (1) person that believes that Kylo Ren is redeemable other than Adam, it’s Daisy herself.
