Forget Obi-Wan, We Need A Mace Windu Series
Mace Windu is a motherfuckin’ badass of a Jedi. This is a tribute to the ‘I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger’ energy Samuel L. Jackson brings to the Jedi Master in George Lucas’ prequel trilogy, but it is also recognition of a bare fact. Mace Windu is badass.
Just this week, it was reported that Jackson said his Star Wars character is still alive and that he’d be interested in reprising the role. Fans will know that Mace was last seen being electrocuted by Palpatine’s Force Lightning and zapped off a building after being de-armed by Anakin. Fans also know we never actually see him dying and many have wondered how this enormously powerful Jedi could succumb so easily. It’s not like losing limbs stopped Anakin… surely Windu would’ve woken up from being zapped and hitched a ride on a glider?
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Jackson is aware of the fan theories and seemed to nod to it when he said “there’s a huge history of people with one hand returning in Star Wars” on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, and the actor agreed with the host that Mace Windu is still out there “somewhere” albeit one-handed.
That Windu is alive wouldn’t be far-fetched since we’ve learned that Darth Maul somehow survived being cut in half and falling a long way down a weird chute thing. Boba Fett was eaten by a sarlacc – a monstrous carnivore – but simply escapes his predicament via the protection of his armour. Meanwhile, Palpatine just “somehow” returned. That Windu survived would be the least difficult return to explain, although any series or movie would have to come up with a reason for his absence in the original trilogy.
But what we really need is a prequel series, an entire
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