Editing Mara Jade (section)

==Reception==
Mara Jade was chosen by ''[[IGN]]'' as the 19th top ''Star Wars'' character.<ref name="IGN Top 100">{{cite web |url=http://uk.ign.com/star-wars-characters/19.html |title=Top 100 Star Wars Characters |work=IGN |access-date=28 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817235550/http://uk.ign.com/star-wars-characters/19.html |archive-date=17 August 2010 }}</ref> ''IGN''{{'}}s Jesse Schedeen also listed the character as the top 10th ''Star Wars'' hero, noting she "entered the Expanded Universe early, and she stuck around for so long because she's just a great character".<ref name="TopHero">{{cite web |url=http://uk.stars.ign.com/articles/898/898949p1.html |title=Top 25 Star Wars Heroes: Day 4 |author=Jesse Schedeen |date=14 August 2008 |work=IGN |access-date=16 May 2011 |archive-date=23 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080823024224/http://uk.stars.ign.com/articles/898/898949p1.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[UGO Networks]] called the character the seventh top ''Star Wars'' Expanded Universe character, calling her complex.<ref name="TopEU">{{cite web |url=http://www.ugo.com/games/star-wars-expanded-universe-characters-top-50-mara-jade-skywalker |title=Top 50 Star Wars Expanded Universe Characters |author=Adam Rosenburg |date=1 July 2008 |work=[[UGO Networks]] |access-date=16 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827180421/http://www.ugo.com/games/star-wars-expanded-universe-characters-top-50-mara-jade-skywalker |archive-date=27 August 2010 }}</ref> In a 1998 ''[[Star Wars Insider]]'' poll of fans' favorite ''Star Wars'' characters, Mara was the only expanded universe character to break the top 20.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} In 2006, Zahn called Mara and [[Grand Admiral Thrawn]] his favorite characters out of those he created, saying "Mara, with her attitude and her [[Jedi]] skills, is just plain fun to write, especially in opposition—or in partnership—with Luke."<ref name="SW Outbound">{{cite web |url=https://www.starwars.com/eu/lit/novel/f20060131/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060204162725/http://www.starwars.com/eu/lit/novel/f20060131/index.html |date=January 31, 2006 |archive-date=February 4, 2006 |title=Timothy Zahn: ''Outbound Flight'' Arrival |publisher=StarWars.com |access-date=July 21, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>