The Star Wars franchise has grown significantly over the last decade, with new movies and TV shows, but when your sandbox is an entire galaxy, there’s no shortage of stories that could be told.
We’ve already seen characters like Han Solo, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Boba Fett, Cassian Andor, and Ahsoka Tano get their moment in the spotlight. But the franchise is packed with supporting characters, fan favourites, and underused legends who could easily carry a movie or series of their own. So, which Star Wars characters deserve their own spinoffs?
Mace Windu
One of the greatest Jedi Masters of the prequel trilogy, Mace Windu didn’t get a huge amount of screentime in each film, but the commanding presence of Samuel L. Jackson — and his mother-f***ing purple lightsaber — made him an instant favourite.
Unfortunately, the Jedi Master seemingly met his end in Revenge of the Sith after Anakin sliced off his hand and Palpatine blasted him out of a window with Force lightning. That said, many fans, Jackson included, remain adamant that Windu survived the ordeal and is still out there somewhere.
“There’s a 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,” Jackson said. “I’m a Jedi! The second most powerful Jedi in the universe, next to Yoda. So, I can float! Yeah, he’s out there.” Temuera Morrison has also expressed hope that Windu is still among the living, though only so Boba Fett can finally take revenge.
A Mace Windu limited series could be something special. The Jedi Master awakens in the lower levels of Coruscant, barely clinging to life. Quickly discovering that the Republic has fallen and the Jedi have been exterminated, he must get off the planet by any means necessary while keeping his identity a secret. From there, the series could become a darker survival story, following a wounded, disillusioned Windu as he wrestles with the failure of the Jedi Order and decides whether there’s still a place for him in the galaxy.
Captain Rex
Captain Rex has appeared in plenty of stories centered on other characters, but it’s long past time for him to take center stage.
First introduced in The Clone Wars movie, Rex quickly became one of the most beloved clone troopers in the franchise, going on to play major roles in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, The Bad Batch, Tales of the Jedi, and even making the jump to live-action in Ahsoka. Across those appearances, fans watched him evolve from a loyal soldier of the Republic into someone who questioned orders, chose his own path, and eventually helped fight back against the very Empire that rose from the ashes of the Clone Wars.
That makes Rex one of the most fascinating surviving figures of that era. He was created to fight for a Republic that no longer exists, served alongside Jedi who were nearly wiped from the galaxy, and lived long enough to see the Rebellion rise in their place. By the time of Rebels, Rex is carrying the weight of years of battle, but he’s still ready to put himself on the line when the galaxy needs him.
The epilogue of Rebels showed that Rex even fought in the Battle of Endor, seemingly lending weight to the fan theory that he was the older Rebel commando — named Nik Sant — seen in Return of the Jedi.
An animated Captain Rex series could fill in the gaps of his adventures during the events of the original trilogy. What was he doing during the attack on the Death Star? Was he involved in the evacuation of Hoth? Beyond simply retelling familiar battles from a new angle, the series could show us the ground-level war effort through the eyes of a veteran who has already lived through one galaxy-defining conflict.
Quinlan Vos
What’s great about Star Wars is that the franchise can support all kinds of stories, and a detective series set in a galaxy far, far away is something I wouldn’t pass up.
Quinlan Vos is one of the best characters for that kind of spinoff. A Jedi Master with the rare ability of retrocognition, Vos can perceive echoes of a person’s memories by touching objects they had come into contact with. That makes him an expert tracker, and unlike many of his fellow Jedi, Vos is often at his best when operating in the shadows, working with criminals, bounty hunters, and other unsavoury figures most Jedi would rather avoid.
Following the downfall of the Republic, Vos was also one of the few Jedi who survived Order 66. As revealed in Obi-Wan Kenobi, he became involved with the Path, an underground network dedicated to helping Jedi and other Force-sensitive people escape the Empire. That alone feels like the foundation for a fantastic series: a haunted former Jedi moving through the criminal underworld, solving mysteries, hiding survivors, and staying one step ahead of the Inquisitors.
There’s also his complicated history with Asajj Ventress. Introduced as an apprentice of Count Dooku, Ventress began as one of the Clone Wars’ most dangerous villains, but after Dooku betrayed her, she returned to the Nightsisters and eventually carved out her own path. She and Vos fell in love, and although she sacrificed her life to save him, she was ultimately resurrected, leaving the door wide open for their story to continue.
A Quinlan Vos series could show how the Path came to be, while also leaning into the character’s noir-ish potential. Picture Vos smuggling Force-sensitives off Imperial worlds, making uneasy deals with crime syndicates, and following psychic traces left behind on weapons, ships, and relics. If Ventress were brought back into the fold as well, the series could become part detective story, part underground railroad thriller, and part romantic reunion.
Hondo Ohnaka
Although Hondo Ohnaka is usually interested in doing what’s best for Hondo Ohnaka, he’s still somehow managed to help the Jedi, the Rebellion, and even the Resistance over the course of his long, wildly self-serving career. Of course, that doesn’t mean he’s noble. Hondo has never been above betraying friends, enemies, business partners, or anyone else if it means a big payday or simply saving his own skin.
That’s exactly what makes him such a perfect candidate for a spinoff. First introduced in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Hondo quickly became a fan favourite thanks to his endless confidence, questionable morals, and bizarrely charming sense of honour. He later resurfaced in Star Wars Rebels and other corners of the franchise, even becoming a part of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge as an animatronic character. When a pirate is popular enough to become a theme park attraction, it’s probably time to give him his own show.
A Hondo Ohnaka series could be a pirate comedy-adventure, which would immediately set it apart from most modern Star Wars shows. We’ve seen elements of pirate culture in shows like The Mandalorian and Skeleton Crew, but anchoring an entire series around Hondo would allow Lucasfilm to fully embrace the side of the galaxy full of stolen treasure, double-crosses, angry crime bosses, and escape plans that barely qualify as plans.
The best part is that Hondo can work in almost any era of the franchise. During the Clone Wars, during the rise of the Empire, in the age of the Rebellion, or even closer to the sequel trilogy. More than anything, it would be a series that doesn’t need to be about the fate of the Jedi, the Sith, or the entire galaxy. Sometimes, it can just be about a pirate trying to get rich, stay alive, and accidentally do the right thing along the way… sometimes.
Tarre Vizsla
Although The Acolyte proved divisive among fans, I appreciated it for showcasing a time period that hadn’t been explored in live-action. With that in mind, I’d love to go back even further, to the time of Tarre Vizsla, the first Mandalorian ever inducted into the Jedi Order.
Set more than a thousand years before the Skywalker Saga, a Tarre Vizsla series would allow Star Wars to finally show the creation of the Darksaber, one of the franchise’s most iconic weapons. We’ve seen the blade passed down, fought over, stolen, claimed, and used as a symbol of leadership, but we’ve never seen the person who forged it or what it originally meant. Was it meant to unite two worlds? To prove that a Mandalorian could also follow the Jedi path? Or was it always destined to become a weapon people would fight over for centuries?
A Tarre Vizsla spinoff could be part Jedi origin tale, part Mandalorian political drama, and part ancient legend as it explores the tension between Jedi philosophy and Mandalorian warrior culture through someone caught between both worlds. Done right, it could expand the mythology of Mandalore while giving the Darksaber’s legacy the weight it deserves.
Which Star Wars characters would you like to see get their own spinoff?
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