For years, we Star Wars fans cried out that Boba Fett has survived his time in the Sarlaac Pit and not just because it was in the novel but because he was in our heads and our hearts.
And after Fett came back in first The Mandalorian season 2 and then his own series, we are now backing Samuel L Jackson’s Mace Windu as being the next dead character in the Star Wars universe that the fans refuse to believe is dead. And Jackson agrees.
Samuel L Jackson says we should ‘definitely’ hold out hope for Mace Windu return
Fans will recall that in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Windu had his arm severed, was hit with Force lightening and then flung out a very high-up window by Darth Sidious but he was a powerful Jedi and we’ve long believed that Windu could have survived and Jackson himself said that when he asked George Lucas if he’s still alive, Lucas agreed, saying: “George is like, ‘I’m okay with that. You can be alive.'”
Now, in a new interview on The Tonight Show, below, Jackso once more says he fully believes he’s still alive in the galaxy far, far away: “There’s a history alone, history of one-armed, one-handed people in the Star Wars Universe. So, just cause they cut my arm off and I fell out a window, doesn’t mean I’m dead. I’m a Jedi! The second-most powerful Jedi in the universe next to Yoda. So, I can float. Yeah, he’s out there.”
And it’s hard to argue.
There was even a lot of hope that, should The Book of Boba Fett get a second season, Boba would once again face off with Windu with Boba Fett actor Temeura Morrison saying that Boba is still full of rage at characters he wants revenge against, with Mace being top of his list.
Fans will recall that Mace killed Boba’s father, Jango Fett, at the Battle of Geonosis right in front of a young Boba and Boba tried to have revenge against Mace but failed during The Clone Wars, so a third confrontation is definitely long over due.
What say you all? Should Jackson return as Mace Windu? Let me know…
Watch the full interview:
Marc
Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….
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