Star Wars: 5 Characters Who Could Return in Episode IX (And 5 Who Shouldn't)

Since the teaser dawdler forStar Wars Episode IX : The lift of Skywalkerdropped like a ton of Bantha Poodoo on an eagerly - awaiting internet , speculation has been at an all - time gamy . With the return of buff - preferred director , J.J. Abrams to correct went so wrong in Rian Johnson’sThe Last Jediand the intimate font of Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian ( as well as the foreboding offscreen laugh of Ian McDiarmid ’s Emperor Palpatine ) , fans are wondering if more well - roll in the hay characters may move around up for the last chapter in the Skywalker saga . Below , we name five characters we ’d be happy to see again , and five we ’d choose being marooned on Hoth alone over spending any more time with .

Want: Darth Vader (Sebastian Shaw)

The moment Ian McDiarmid ’s menacing laugh was heard in theEpisode IXteaser trailer , one question has echoed through the minds of rooter : If Palpatine is alive , is it too much to wonder if Vader , his prognostication , right - hand man , patriotic servant , and one of the swell scoundrel ever to decorate the silver screen could make a return ? It ’s not beyond the kingdom of possibility , but it ’s a bit sticky : should Abrams convey him back in full contraband helmet , wakeless - breathing mode for easy fan service ? Or do we get a Peter Cushing - flair recreation of Sebastian Shaw as a Force spirit and respect the reference ’s forfeiture to save his Logos at the conclusion ofReturn of The Jedi(1983 ) ? Only sentence will state , but either path , it must be handled finely .

Want: Yoda

Not only didThe Last Jediroyally messiness upLuke Skywalker ’s character development , but it made Yoda , perhaps the greatest Jedi who ever live , front like a mischievous addlehead . Showing up and causing chaos ( “ The sanctified textbook ! " ) rather than imparting any sort of wisdom , Johnson seemed to forget that the character onlyfeignedmadness before Luke proved himself worthy of his knowledge inThe Empire Strikes Back(1980 ) , he was n’t always wholly banana tree . In brusk : ifThe Last Jediis the last sentence we see the small gullible human being , it ’s a total pity . Hopefully , Abrams will give him a chance to retrieve some of the noblesse and gravitas that Johnson rob him of withEpisode IX .

Want: Wedge Antilles

Played by Dennis Lawson in the Original Trilogy , Wedge Antilles may not be easily placeable to fooling fans , but he ’s a valued supporting character to obsessives . As one of Luke ’s besties in the Rebel Alliance and the only pilot film to live both attack - run on the Death Star , Antilles is one of the great unappreciated hero of theStar Warsuniverse . Though , if the filmmakers were going to fetch him back for the new serial , they likely would have already . ( Lawson is animated and kicking , and he famously said a return would bore him ) . It would be a better - late - than - never scenario since intimate faces like Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher are dismiss like Womp Rats !

Want: Mon Mothma

Aside from the denizens of the Mos Eisley Cantina and IG-88 , it ’s arguable that no character with fewer screen time has been more well - regarded than Mon Mothma . Played by Caroline Blakiston as the Rebel Alliance ’s solitary female drawing card , Mothma was a welcome sight in the conspicuously manly - centric Original Trilogy . Interestingly , Genevieve O’Reilly was bring in to play a much younger translation of the character inRevenge of the Sith(2005 ) but her scenes were finally left on the cutting room floor . Luckily , she was land back to assume the role again inRogue One(2016 ) . Though it obviously takes spot far later , Mothma would surely be large-hearted to the cause of Sequel Trilogy ’s Resistance , and bring Blakiston back would be a nice tip of the chapeau to the yesteryear of a series in which the women are apace coming to command the tale .

Want: Obi-Wan

Though it would seem that the planned Obi - Wan standalone movie has been quarrel , it ’s not unlikely that the fictional character could make an appearance inEpisode IX . Though the purport frame of Force users have become wildly over - power ( let ’s not even get started on that whole Luke projecting himself across metre and blank matter ) , Obi - Wan has always been at his best appearing as his glowy , blue , immaterial self . Though Alec Guinness has long ago shuffled off his mortal gyre , Ewan McGregor ’s functioning in the Prequel Trilogy was notable for the way he both resemble Guinness and masterfully capture his neat melodic phrase . If a standalone feature article is no longer in the cards , why not give the previous boy a go with some smooth latex and a white wig ?

Don’t Want: Boba Fett

Before the Prequel Series , if you asked anyone who the most mysterious , oracular character inStar Warswas , they would all give one answer : Boba Fett . Nevermind that he should still be bath in the digestive juice of the Sarlacc Pit as we speak , if Palpatine is back , all bet are off . When Lucas feature the graphic symbol in 2002’sAttack of the Clones(as a dry pint - sized familial copy of his “ dad ” , Jango Fett ) it was everything fansdidn’twant . This is n’t to say that the original character lost something , but , as the Prequel Trilogy taught us over and over and over again , sometimes the mystery is more fun than the answer .

Darth Vader (Hayden Christensen)

On the paired conclusion of the double - edged sword that is Vader potentially returning is the most hated someone ( other than Lucas ) connected with theStar Warsuniverse : Hayden Christensen . In the Prequel films , the studly Canadian — all hairless chest and dead - eyed smolder — turned in a functioning of rare incompetency and made Lucas ’ famously wooden dialogue go specially empty . forged still : Lucas ' replaced Sebastian Shaw ’s Force specter in the conclusion of theReturn of The Jediwith Christensen , who , if you ask fans , is n’t fit to lick Yoda ’s stubby green talon . But Abrams has half a mentality , so it ’s improbable that he ’ll bring Christensen back to reprise the role , but stranger things have happened in that galaxy far , far away .

Supreme Leader Snoke

Abrams has blab about the temptation to retcon what happened inThe Last Jedi , but that should n’t think bringing back characters that were mishandle from the jump . surely , Supreme Leader Snoke was kind of intriguing upon first flush , and his lack of a backstory or interesting resolution has emerged as a point of contention across the entanglement , but trying to re - work out a quality that nobody was all that invested in in the first place would be the untimely move for a series that has spent far too much time with its eyes project backward instead of charting thematic courses of its own .

Wickett The Ewok

No one , not even JJ Abrams , is immune to misguided fanservice , and , love ‘ em or detest ‘ em , you could bet your bottom dollar that some Disney administrator want to see these little intergalactic teddy bears back on miniature store shelves . Though some fans would squeal with joy if Warwick Davis ’ heroic little fuzzball made a cameo ( Porgs have nothing on Ewoks , just saying ) the fanboys would call for for Abrams ' head on an Endorian spear if he allowedReturn of The Jedi ’s most controversial addition to “ yub nub ” into the twenty-first century .