Casting Mara Jade for her potential return to Star Wars canon is much easier said than done. Any actor can wear a red wig and carry a purple lightsaber, but very few can embody the Emperor's Hand.

He married Mara Jade, who was an “Emperor’s Hand,” a special agent of Emperor Palpatine. Mara Jade had sworn to kill Luke to avenge the Emperor’s death. This urge was reinforced by a ...