When Samuel L. Jackson did an IMDb Q&A a few days back, a curious fan wanted an answer to the question that we’ve all wondered at some point since 2005–who thought it was a good idea to kill off Mace Windu, Jedi Master Badass in Residence?
Jackson had his own ideas about Windu’s whereabouts.
While he did explain that (of course) George Lucas made the decision to kill Windu off as the last important demise before Vader’s rise, he also admitted that he never accepted the scenario–“In my mind, I’m not dead. Jedis can fall incredibly high distances and not die.”
When questioned further by Entertainment Weekly Radio, he suggested that Mace would have laid low like Yoda and Obi-Wan, and that he’s still out there somewhere. He admitted to telling this theory to George Lucas himself, and while Lucas is no longer in charge of the franchise, he was reportedly fine with that interpretation: “George is like, ‘I’m okay with that. You can be alive.’”
Sure, nothing about that is official, but I would never say no to Mace Windu popping up somewhere else in the Star Wars universe. Put him in the comics, or on Rebels, in Episode IX–maybe he’s hiding in a cave near the first Jedi temple where Luke is hanging out. Maybe they know each other and swap the best berry-picking places on that little island. Maybe Mace was in Maz Kanata’s cantina THE WHOLE TIME. Or maybe he’s a local hero on some backwater world, protecting the citizens from First Order encroachment.
One thing’s for sure, he’s just glad that he didn’t volunteer to deal with Anakin’s kids down the line. Yoda’s better with that detail anyhow, and it meant no more Skywalker whining for him.
via Entertainment Weekly and The Mary Sue
If Maul can be alive, certainly Mace can be alive. (“Watch Mace & Maul, Fridays on CBS this fall!”) What this actually means is he might be interested in reprising his role, should Mace be needed in a live-action film set around the Rebels era.
This could be perfect as the underlying plot of the Boba Fett one-off film. One of my greatest dislikes with EIII was that Boba Fett never got to confront Mace Windu. If Mace survived his fall and has been lurking about in the seedy underbelly of Coruscant (or in self-imposed exile in some backwater area of the Outer Rim), then it’d be a perfect opportunity for a young (but not Clone Wars young) Boba Fett to establish his frightening reputation by taking on one of the great Jedi Masters and winning.
Anybody other than me seeing the next Tarantino movie in this?
If he’s brought back, hopefully Mace will have more life in him, snort.
Really, what was with that character? Guess I’ll blame George Lucas because it’s the easy thing to do, but it was quite the accomplishment to make Samuel L. Jackson boring to watch. Forget the special effects. How did they do THAT?!!!
I’d love for this to be true. I saw a fan made image of what Mace would look like if he had lived, he had mech hands like Anakin did and had scars on his face. I would like to see him in Rebels, he could have been secretly helping Ashoka and now he could take over for her now that Vader killed her.
“Watch Mace & Maul, Fridays on CBS this fall!”
“One’s a Sith Lord who used to hunt Jedi. The other is a Jedi. Both are on the run. Together, they fight crime!”
@@.-@: Jackson was playing a character, in this case an old republic Jedi Master, meaning he was designed to be stoic and mostly unemotional, sticking to his duty and the Jedi code. If you want see Jackson to playing some Tarantino-esque version of himself, there are plenty of options outside of Star Wars.
Episode IX might be a bit of a stretch, although I guess I’m assuming Windu is human and maybe he’s not and could still be alive.
Though since the guy also wants Finn to be Windu’s son, I think we need to take Jackson with a couple grains of salt…)
@7: I’m not buying that. Leonard Nimoy played a stoic and mostly unemotional character who lived by a strict code and was never as flat and cardboard as Jackson was in those movies. I wasn’t looking for Pulp Fiction in Star Wars. Just the slightest bit of charisma would have been appreciated.
@5. Ahsoka isn’t dead.
He also thinks his character from Jurassic Park is alive. Probably Deep Blue Sea, too.
@@@@@ 5: so, he would look something like this?
@@@@@3 – jas195: I can see that… Mace “MOTHERF#@@@@@$ING” Windu: A Star Wars Story, directed by Quentin Tarantino.
@@@@@5, @@@@@10 is right.
No BIG hero dies falling out window!
Oh whille i’m here I like Yoda being good with a light saber but I hoped he was taller at the time.
@12
LUKE SKYWALKER: [arriving home] Evening, Artoo!
R2-D2: [beeps and whistles get cut off]
[Skywalker stops as he sees a figure in his living room]
MACE WINDU: “I am a Jedi, like my father before me”. You think you’re the only force-wielder in the galaxy? Mr. Skywalker, you’ve become part of a bigger universe. You just don’t know it yet.
LUKE SKYWALKER: Who the hell are you?
MACE WINDU: Mace Windu. Jedi Master.
LUKE SKYWALKER: Ah.
MACE WINDU: I’m here to talk to you about the Jedi Initiative…
@8 – *sigh* Jon Boyega isn’t badass enough to carry Samuel L’s Discover card, let alone his purple lightsaber…
Hah :)
Although I thought I remembered Sam Jackson specifically wanted a purple lightsaber and a good death scene to be in the movie. That might just be apocrypha though.
he arm chopped
he blast with lightning of force
hrld of senit bildeen
grunt faleen