Disney’s Next Legacy Lightsaber Sends Mara Jade to Galaxy’s Edge

AlthoughMara Jade herselfhas pull off to drop the best part of the last X not making the leap fromStar Wars ‘ former expanded universe and into current continuity , it ’s not cease her from beinga prime quantity opportunityfor a in full armed and operational merchandizing platform like Disney . And the latest addition to that is quite the prize .

Revealed byComicbook.comthis morning , the latest addition to Disney ’s “ Legacy Lightsaber ” line – the in high spirits - end series ofcollectible saber hiltssold online and throughout various areas the parks , but most notably within Dok - Ondar ’s Emporium inStar Wars : Galaxy ’s Edge – is none other than the hilt of the former Emperor ’s Hand . As well as the lightsaber itself , the collectable come in a case reflect Mara ’s side - swap history , featuring half of the allegory of the Galactic Empire and half of the crest of the New Jedi Order , as well as a unexampled variant covering fire release of the first issue of the 1998 mirthful miniseriesMara Jade – By the Emperor’sHand , by Timothy Zahn , Michael A. Stackpole , Carlos Ezquerra , Michael Taylor , and James Sinclair .

It mark off the first pregnant entry in the legacy saber serial publication to explicitly depict on an Expanded Universe character . Up to this point , Disney has drawn on hilts from the movies , idiot box appearance , animated series , tie-in - in fabrication likeThe High Republicand other canonical comics , and even video recording secret plan like theStar Wars : Jediseries , but Mara Jade ’s addition to the line make for an interesting choice .

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Since its first step in 2019,Galaxy ’s Edgehas somewhat softenedmuch of its approaching to its place within the broaderStar Warscontinuity – as much as a tangible human beings theme ballpark can remaincanonically in tandemwith the widerStar Warsuniverse . Originally set within the timeframe betweenThe Last JediandThe Rise of Skywalker , the park has relax those limitation todraw in more charactersfrom across multiple periods ofStar Wars , and integrate more elements from the prequel and original trilogies . Even if Mara ’s addition here is purely in that most potentStar Warsform of all – an expensive toy dog you may buy – rather than anything like having the character walk around Batuu , it ’s still a very challenging one to conceive , that potentially open up more element of the EU to make there way into the parks .

Before all that , you ’ll have to act tight if you want your hands on Mara ’s weapon of choice though . The vent is limited to just 3,500 social unit , and will go on sales event across both the Disneyland and Disney World versions ofGalaxy ’s Edge , as well asonline at the Disney Store , from tomorrow , March 8 , at 11 am ET . It ’ll set you back $ 325 for the pleasure , too , if you manage to snag on .

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