[Boy Blunder]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

We only got Revan via a fan poll so sadly he's not a definitive indication of any more like him. Mara Jade was actually just in the latest 6" fan poll though, but (surprisingly to me) she ended up polling close to last place so Hasbro probably took that as a sign that she wouldn't sell even if they did make her. Maybe her popularity has drastically fallen since Disney's acquisition of the Star Wars license because when that poll started I imagined Mara Jade would be the easy winner based on her popularity prior to the new movies. I was quite wrong. Revan actually does have the potential to become canon again very easily and no longer just part of the Legends section. Since he predates all movie activity by thousands of years he could be reinstated with no major alterations to his character in a similar fashion to Darth Bane's appearance on the Clone Wars cartoon. Other things from KotOR have been pulled into canon already too (like the old republic hammerhead starships) so Revan wouldn't be an unbelievable push.

It wouldn't be shocking to see Mara Jade become canon 'again,' even if she's not popular right now. After all, Rebels has been more or less in the business of cherry-picking and re-canonizing stuff from the EU/Legends, the most significant being the introduction of Grand Admiral Thrawn in the current season (whose name I'd heard a lot less in SW fan circles, despite being a 'hot' character). The comics have been doing the same, to a lesser extent.

Either way, I'm hoping we see the occasional EU/Legends character pop up in the line - I'm not a huge fan of the EU, but there's characters I have a soft spot for that I'd love to get. Mostly ones from the games, both good and bad - I'd be plenty happy to add Dash Rendar, Prince Xizor, Arden Lyn, and Starkiller to my collection.