Early Star Wars Original Female Characters

Tropes and genres
Synonym(s)	Original Female Character
Related tropes/genres	Original Male Character
See also	Original Fiction, Worldbuilding, Mary Sue, Self Insert, Wish Fulfillment, Persona
from Twin Suns #1 (1980), artist is Linda Stoops, one of the many original characters in the vest
Related articles on Fanlore.

from "Subterfuge" by Kathy Agel, in Hoth or Bust (1985), the artist is Suzy Sansome who portrays Cara Solo (Han's sister) having a discussion with Sylla and Reena High (Cara's marriage-sisters)

While creating original characters is a popular activity in many fandoms at many times, this page very specifically focuses on original female characters created by Star Wars fans between 1978-1988 (context: the original three movies) who were related or otherwise interacted with the main canon characters.

This page is by no means exhaustive nor meant to be exclusionary. It offers some examples to show popular tropes and trends in fiction, art, and fan reaction during that time period.

Sometimes these characters featured in standalone stories, and sometimes they starred in extensive fan-created universes that consisted of many fics.

Solo's sisters and love interests often dressed as he did, and were often described as "space pirates" and "half-Corellian." These women were sassy, brassy, and took no guff from Solo.

Leia, Luke, and Obi-Wan were represented.

Darth Vader's wife and girlfriends were also imagined, and there were a few that focused on original female characters and Lando Calrission.

Most female original characters were introduced, and revolved around, the male characters. Leia was rarely shown with sisters or other female relatives, nor friends (romantic or otherwise).

Some fans enjoyed these stories, while others found them to be self-indulgent.

A Lot of Overlap

The examples below naturally have a lot of overlap.

Sisters are mothers, sisters are both related to canon characters as well as love interests to other canon characters.

Why Such a Plethora of Original Female Characters?

The obvious reason: fans were interested in reading about and imagining female characters in the Star Wars universe. The first three movies had only three female characters who had speaking parts. Leia Organa, Beru (server of blue milk), and Mon Motha (who was on screen for twenty-six and a half seconds). Meager fare, indeed.

While she doesn't address the female element of creating characters and universe, a fan in 1978 wrote about the universal desire to imagine more:

STAR WARS, obviously, does not have the same wealth of background material that TREK has. Hence, several people have started “series' of their own to fill in the background and flesh out the mythology. One such team consists of Jan Lindner, Paula Block, and Judi L. Hendricks. Unlike the team of Nowakowska/Kirkland, these ladies stay more with the major characters of STAR WARS and less with the development of the “history” of the battles we were privileged to witness.

Relatives

Creating relatives for the canon characters is a venerable fannish activity.

Some times those relatives become love interests. One example is Jessami Kenobi (Obi-Wan Kenobi's grandaughter) from Catalyst! Universe by Jeanine Hennig who becomes the love interest for Luke Skywalker.

Sisters

Many early original characters were sisters for the main characters.

Han Solo has the most. Many of these sisters tended to be space pirates like himself, and dressed the part; black vest and white shirt. This cliche was one fans both embraced and derided.

In these early years, Leia Organa was the subject of a lot of fannish dislike. Because of this, fans were often much less interested in Leia's backstory, nor did they tend to make her the focus of fiction. The reveal that Leia and Luke were siblings didn't happen until 1983, and most fan stories with sisters for Leia were written before that date.

Pre-1983, the ever popular Luke Skywalker was portrayed with a sister, and they tended to end up in a romantic relationship with Han!

There is at least one 1983 story that portrayed Darth Vader's sister

Sisters for Obi-Wan Kenobi, Lando Calrission, and Chewbacca were thin on the ground.

Art Examples

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  from Crossed Sabers #2, artist is Lin Stack, portrays one of Han's many sisters, Ariel Solo (1981)

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  from The Princess Tapes #1, artist is J.A. Low (1981)

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  from The Princess Tapes #2, "Family Album: The Organa's Informal Scenes" -- "Sara at the Steam Pool" (Leia's big sister) by J.A. Low (1982)

Fiction Examples

• "Sapphire Memories," story by Debra Vorgias in Far Realms #4/5 is told from Vader's sister's point of view. (1983)

Fan Comments

Kathy Agel's "Her Brother's Keeper", another entry into her "Starbird" series, concerns Han's sister, Cara, and her efforts to help retrieve Han. Agel goes to great lengths to portray Cara as a female version of Han, but she largely comes across as a caricature of her brother, though occasionally a real human being does peep through.

[...]

Cara certainly has potential to grow in her own right. As it is, however, commitment from the reader is never fully elicited.

Mothers

One fan's complex original universe starred Maeve Solo, who was Han's mother. Another story, "High Stake" in Kessel Run #3 portrays Sybelle Solo who becomes 11-year-old orphaned Han's adoptive mother after winning him in a card game.

Fans imagined Luke's mother and Leia's mother; after 1983, this was the same mother!

Art Examples

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  Jenni Hennig portrays Darth, Rebekah Nightrider-Skywalker (Luke's mother), and Tamlin (Luke's father) (1983)

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  Ailaina (Luke's mother) and Donal (Luke's father) as portrayed in the story, "A Search for Truth," by Kathy Spivey in Kessel Run #3 (Darth attends this christening of Luke Skywalker and agrees to be his sponsor.)

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  Maeve Solo, from the story, "...it's the money!" in Crossed Sabers #3, the artist is Sharon M. Palmer -- Maeve appears to be the originator of the Han Vest! (1983)

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  Lucian and Vader's son, from "A Choice of Evils" in Far Realms #4/5 the author is Laurie Shanahan and artist is Laura Virgil (1983)

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  Maeve Solo and her partner, Nila, from Jedi Journal #3, for the story, "Vendetta" (1983)

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  Maeve Solo and her partner, Nila, from Jedi Journal #3, for the story, "Vendetta" (1983)

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  Maeve Solo and her partner, Nila, for "Alliances," from Contraband #2, artist is L.C. Wells (1984)

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  Maeve Solo and her partner, Nila, from Contraband #1, artist is L.C. Wells (1983)

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  Maeve Solo and her partner, Nila, from Contraband #1, artist is L.C. Wells (1983)

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  Luke and his mom, Rebekah Nightrider-Skywalker, artist is Jenni Hennig from Far Realms #6, for the story, Seeds of Destruction (1984)

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  Darth Vader (without the mask) and original character, Rebekah Nightrider-Skywalker (Luke's mother) from Seeds of Destruction, in the Catalyst! Universe, artist is Jenni Hennig (1984)

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  the artist is Sandi Hones, from A Close Circle of Friends #1, Obi-wan Kenobi and Lady Skywalker: she must decide which of her twins to take with her and which one to leave; she chooses to take her daughter (1986)

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  from "Blood-Right" by Jenni Hennig, in which Anora is Darth's mother (On a Clear Day You Can See Dagobah #3), a Catalyst! Collected story (1987)

Grandmothers

Art Examples

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  from Twin Suns #1, artist is Pam Kowalski -- Ama Epeel (sixty-year old rebel and grandmother) in "Ghost in Far Sector" by Susan Matthews, digs a "bullet" out of her own leg

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  from Jedi #1, Leia and her grandmother, Eveleia, Judith Low is the artist (1981)

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  from Contraband #2, portrays Val (Han Solo's twin sister), Aine (Han Solo's grandmother) and the character, Dyannis -- the artist is L.C. Wells (1984)

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  from Contraband #2, portrays Aine (Han Solo's grandmother) -- the artist is L.C. Wells (1984)

Fan Comments

Susan Matthews' Ama Epeel in "Ghost in Far Sector" (TS #1) is at the far end of the age spectrum covered here, a grandmother nearly sixty years old, acting as a spy and courier for the Alliance after years of freelancing. She is a pilot with her own ship, a fighter and a thoroughly competent individual who commands respect by her ability and performance. Escaping the Imperials with a vital tape, she was seriously injured and her ship was crippled to the extent that she now has power for either life support or a signal beam, but not both. She coolly chooses the beacon to ensure the tape's retrieval, and is nearly dead when Han almost accidentally locates her.

Children

Art Examples

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  from Fanfare, Katy Wolfe portrays Mela, Vader's daughter (1978)

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  Han and his Han-vested daughter, Astry, artist is Paulie, from Facets #9/10 (1983)

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  the artist is Judith Low, from Crossed Sabers #3, Leia and Han's two-month old daughter, Ellie (who has yet to wear a vest!) (1983)

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  artist is Nancie Renee Grove, from Legacy of the Emperor's Daughter, artist is -- ...a haunted Renee Palpatine discloses to her daughter, Ana Skywalker, their dark heritage. (1986)

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  Luke and Jessalyn Skywalker's (nee Valios) daughter, Jehan, from Sanctuary, artist is Mark Fisher (1988)

Fan Comments

As a rule, I object to stories saddling the Corellian with kin, especially younger female kin who follow him into space.

Vader's Romantic and Business Partners

Art Examples

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  from Dark Interlude, artist is Joni Wagner (1978)

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  from Mos Eisley Tribune #3, Beckey Aulenbach portrays Jahna Revers: -- "Han was staring at the young Sith. No Imperial should be that pretty, he thought. She was wearing a black uniform with a blaster and high boots under robes and a cloak like Vader's, but he could see enough of her figure to appreciate it. Soft, shoulder-length brown hair framed an elfin face that would have been entirely appropriate on a holo star. Her expression right now was solemn, but Han bet himself that given half the chance, she'd be smiling and even prettier."

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  from Equal Space #3, artist is Pam Kowalski, portrays the Dark Lord's lady, Raven (1980)

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  Darth Vader's wife is a droid named Mylan, cartoon by Susan Wyllie, from Mos Eisley Chronicle#2 (1981)

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  from "Recompense," artist is Charli Frank -- "Ahnn/Taaz the Damned I became Vader's traitorous bitch, the new darkness of my spirit reflected by the very blackness of my attire, the would-be rebel leader turned Imperial officer, the protege and constant companion of Darth Vader himself." (from Far Horizons (1981)

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  from Passage to Arms, artist is Daara (1982)

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  from Jedi Princess, artist is Renee Grove (1987)

Fiction Examples

• Reunion by Marsha Fraser ("Lyan dan Iro-ki enjoyed the lack of excitement in her life, however, for it was a welcome change from the dangerous existence she had lived before entering the Academy. Of course, when she entered the Academy as a navigator at the age of twenty-four, some two years ago, she had carefully avoided mentioning the fact that her piloting experience came from five years of her life spent as the mistress of a corellian pirate.") (Trackless Voids #1) (1981)

Professions: Lotsa Space Pirates, Lotsa Jedis

Female relatives, love interests, and other relationships and characters were often portrayed as space pirates (like Han Solo) or Jedi (like Luke Skywalker).

But not all characters had this role. Some were teachers, nurses, doctors, criminals, student, sex workers, spaceship pilots, and more.

"Jedi Girl," from Millennium, artist is Lin Stack (1980)

Art Examples: Space Pirates, Jedis, and Other Adventurers

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  from Millennium #1, Lin Stack portrays Ariel Solo (her persona) (1980)

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  from Children of the Sith #2, artist is Linda Yamashiro -- "Caitlin Macavoi is a member of a small, secret corps of Jedi knights, who maintain peace through clandestine interference in world politics. She is "an impetuous female chauvinist in her late 20's, who alarms and charms her male counterparts by her refusal to take a subordinate role in anything." (1980)

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  Vartheeni Razklan (Vader's prisoner, eventually Han Solo's girlfriend) is a general spacer worker, from Docking Bay #1, for the story "Vader's Gray Shadow," artist is Dot Sasscer (1981)

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  Sue Dawe portrays an original character named Jan D'Arwen in "Dark Lord, Dark Night" (A young smuggler is mistaken for Han & taken to Darth Vader.) (1981)

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  from the story, "Deception: Shadows in Smoke", Carol Salemi portrays Cass Darmik, a young woman who dresses as a boy and joins Luke Skywalker and Han Solo on an adventure (1983)

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  from Jean Coleman's story, "The Long Lost Time", in the zine, 'Noids n 'Droids #4 (1983)

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  from "All That Matters, story by Diana Piercy, art by Mary Elizabeth Overstreet ("Brianne Cassel has joined the Rebellion and begun her training as a Jedi. But her separation from Luke Skywalker drives her to desperation; maybe even to the dark side!") (from Far Realms #6) (1984)

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  M.R.O. Ludwig is the artist, portrays Lythen Rimwar in Chinese Fire Drill, a story in the Circle of Fire Universe by Anne Elizabeth Zeek -- "The woman was facing the door through which they had just come. She was casually leaning back with her elbows on the edge of the circular bar, and was half-seated on the tall stool. Her dark green dress, tightly sleeved and demurely high-collared, was slit to display a long and shapely length of leg in brilliant yellow thigh-high boots. Leia's eyes, unwillingly trapped by the vibrant color, travelled up the woman's very good figure to a pale, strongly boned face framed in fiery copper hair. Whatever Leia'd expected a notorious, high-priced thief to look like, this wasn't it."

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  artist is Karen River , from Sanctuary Jessalyn and Luke (1988)

Art Examples: Other Occupations

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  for the controversial story, Foreshadows, Joni Wagner portrays original character Kylie Metik, according some some reviews of the story, Metik is fan casted Sigourney Weaver -- "Kylie is a physically strong, talented woman, a longtime Alliance member who has spent most of her adult life guarding the Jedi clone bank, and raising and training young Chaylor, a clone of her long-dead brother." (1980)

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  Saibra Michea (Luke's love interest) in "No Guts, No Glory" by Pat Gonzales is a mechanic. (Pegasus #5) (1981)

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  from Wookiee Commode #3, artist is Sherry Charvat -- "I'm Nurse Turza, and I'll be taking care of you." She is described as "stout" and "burly, all-business, no-nonsense." (1986)

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  from The Wookiee Commode #4, Jaa'net a Jedi healer: "Luke noted she was middle-aged, her dark gold hair streaked with grey. Her skin was pale with the sallowness of the long-imprisoned. Her face was too bony to be pretty, but her steady eyes were calm and friendly.... "There are other uses for the Force than war," she finally responded. "The Jedi also once produced fine physicians who used their skills to save lives."" (1987)

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  from Pegasus #5, M.R.O. Ludwig portrays Leia and Lady Varvari Wenlow (a royal peer) -- "The taller woman smiled and brushed back a strand of Leia's hair. "Yes, I do. Because I've missed you just as much." She shook the princess by the shoulders. "And I've been worried sick about you..." (1981)

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  artist is L.C. Wells, for the story, "Net Worth," in the Maeve Solo Universe, portrays a pimp who sells young boys into prostitution: "Andahl was a cross-breed of Corellian and Flavein stock. A shrewd Corellian mind hid underneath a layer of fat, over-laced pick dress and heavy Astrian scent."

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  from Sanctuary, artist is Mark Fisher, portrays Lando Calrission and his wife, Meda (1988)

Fiction Examples

• Facades by Cindy Lewis (Han meets Lari, who is searching for her brother.) (A New Hope #1) (1986)

Fan Comments

Cori was great. She's the only woman in Star Wars created by a fan writer that I've liked. Besides, although I detest female Jedis, I like female pirates. Why do I like one and not the other? Perhaps because I see female Jedis as militant feminists (which I also detest), but female pirates are only fantasy and therefore fun.

The main character is Mari Sevenstars, a recurring character in Jeffords' 'Brightstar" series. She is an "Azaeli" with -— we are repeatedly told -- a fierce and sometimes dangerous temperament. Han is her "swordbrother" and she sets about to organize a galaxy-wide search for Han, who is still in Jabba's clutches.

Self Insertion, Wish Fulfillment, and Personas

A fan was not impressed with one of the first female original characters, Cori Beckett. In 1979, she wrote:

I started "Attack on Logaria, and got not too far into it. I was so bored that I started skimming, skipping paragraphs, etc. In this case, the author ...simply cloned Han Solo (and Chewie to boot). Rather she created herself into the story in the image of a certain Corellian (vest & all, no less). Now I have been guilty of this myself ~ I used to do it when I was 13 and writing "Man from UNCLE" stories — but I just can't forget that when I'm reading this Logaria epic. That the author is right there in front of me, and she's not even very interesting! ... She can't even hold her liquor ... So far, the only thing which has held my attention about this story was the two-page illustration, which was done in shadow and showed Han and Cori at the table together. Cori looks in the drawing much better than she comes across in print — independent, head strong, mature, even a trifle mysterious. I'm seriously considering taking out that picture and framing it. It is GOOD.

The focus of the Maeve Solo Universe was original character named Maeve Solo who is Han Solo's mother. Maeve, and her partner, Nila, work her freighter ship called "The Merlin." The character was Callahan's persona. Another character in this universe, "Dyannis Carmathan," was also a persona, but instead for the fan L.C. Wells.

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  from Crossed Sabers #3, Lin Stack for the story, "Death Dreams" - portrays two original characters, Raiah Areiana and Ariel Solo (Lin Stack's Corellian persona) -- both characters are students at The University of Koreenth (1983)

The Mary Sue Trap

Resolutions of a Star Wars Mary Sue: "This year in order to reduce the inevitable nausea suffered by my readers whenever they encounter me, I am making the following resolutions..." from Kessel Run #4, a list explaining to fans how NOT to make your original character a Mary Sue -- includes lots of women in Han Solo vests at the bottom (1984)

The enemy at the gate of fan-created love interests for canon characters is the specter of Mary Sue.

Han's sister, Cara Solo, from "Her Brother’s Keeper" by Kathy Agel in Docking Bay #5, artist is Nancy Stasulis, small pet animals on shoulders is a common Mary Sue trope; this illo also includes a Han Vest (1984)

Comments on a 1983 Catalyst! Universe story in Far Realms #4/5:

'All That Matters' had less of a positive impression on my interest. When all was said and done, this was another MarySue Jedi story which failed to sustain my interest less because of the concentration on Luke and exclusion of Han than due to the vapid characterization of the main character, Brianne. Piercy seemed to be attempting to create the perfect mate for Luke, but unlike your own Jessami in the 'Catalyst!' series, in the process concocted little more than a rather static female version of Luke without his spunk or resilience. The Adam and Eve bit in the woods, the swim and the instant sexual attraction between Luke and Brianne served little point to the story and seemed a bit gratuitous, slowing the narrative and embarrassing this reader almost as much as Luke.

Comments on a 1984 story from the First Steps Universe:

The longest piece is by Samia Martz, entitled "The Learner, or "Ord Mantell -- A Nice Place to Visit, But..." Unfortunately, this story is a difficult read because it offers yet another SW Mary-Sue type: a 15-year old girl Jedi, student of Luke's, whose parents were killed by the Empire, whose father was a Jedi, loved as a younger sister by Han, loved by Chewie, saves the day, etc., etc. Even her name — Jeni Petersen — bears the mark of the MS cliche. (Oh, Ben talks to her, too.) The story simply doesn't succeed. It is over-sentimental, gushy, repetitive, overdone in almost all respects. Everyone speaks in slangy dialogue ('somethin'," 'nothin'," "an") and the scenes with Han and Jeni are forced and unconvincing. With tighter editing, it could have succeeded at least as a good adventure story, but the overwhelming attempts to make the reader care and feel fall flat. Ultimately, you just don't feel like continuing.

In 1991, Kathy Agel wrote about her original character, Cara Solo" from her Starbird's Children Universe:

I agree, well-written original characters can be a wonderful addition to a story, but PLEASE don't refer to them as Mary Sues! A Mary Sue is a poorly-done original character, an exercise in self-indulgence for the author. I received a great deal of positive feedback for my own Cara Solo, and the original characters I've created for my Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea fiction have been even rare well-received, but they're not Mary Sues. Why? I've made them real people, with real feelings, real motivations, and real flaws. A Mary Sue has none of these.

The Cori Beckett Example

In 1978, the author, Judi Hendricks of one of the first Star Wars original female characters, Cori Beckett, introduced her story, Assault on Logaria:

I realize that AoL is a marysue story. I do not apologize for this; STAR WARS is probably the biggest marysue story in existence and nobody's groaning about that.

Fans replied:

...as for the Mary Sue syndrome, forget it! I'm sick of hearing about it!...I do hate the blatant Mary Sues, the perfect little misses who save the day without half trying, but your Logaria story ain't like that. She helps save the day, but at least she isn't absolutely wonderful. Yes, SW is Lucas' Mary Sue, but Luke isn't perfect — he has to grow up first.

Judi, Judi, Judi. You apologized in your editorial for it being a Mary Sue story. And you are right. You are also right about SW being a Mary Sue story. It's not perfect (who the hell am I to say) but it sure would have made a far better second book than Foster's infamous one. In my humble opinion, I think it is the best Mary Sue story I have read. Very well done.

New characters were very interesting. ...after much deliberation I decided I really like her the best of any of the multitude of lady Corellian pilots that have cruised the fanzines lately ... If she's a Mary Sue (which I'm not sure is true), then she's the best. Cori is pleasantly constructed physically and emotionally. I like her because she's no Amazon, or gorgeous vision, or ugly duckling. She's an all-woman girl whose short stature, femininity and emotional bent make her a sympathetic type suited to the rest of the Lucas crew.

I wouldn't worry too much about Cori being a Mary Sue. For one thing, as you said in your editorial, Luke Skywalker is certainly a "Mary Sue" (though have you noticed - that when a woman writes a heroic save-the-universe alter-ego, she's a Mary Sue, but if a man writes exactly the same kind of character— but male — he's a hero. The story is a heroic fantasy of sorts, and its perfectly acceptable) and therefore no one had better make nasty comments about SW Mary Sues. For another, Cori isn't really a Mary Sue ... she is legitimately competent (that is, her competence is backed up by a history to support it and a time before that when she wasn't competent) rather than magically able to do everything she puts her hands to, and everyone doesn't fall head-over-heels in love with her. She also doesn't save the day all by herself. I like her, she could use a few more weaknesses to be more believable — for instance, it might be nice to maintain the tension between her and Leia — but on the whole, she's a good character. And dammit, it's about time we got some good strong women into space opera as heroes, not heroes' sidekicks.

Granted, technically you can call "Assault on Logaria" a Mary Sue, but I kept saying, "It's too good to call a Mary Sue" when I read it.

The Han Solo Vest: Who Wore it Best?

Han Solos iconic white shirt and dark vest was a popular outfit for the early original female characters. In fact, it looks like he got it from his mom and her partner! In the Maeve Solo Universe, it's the outfit of choice.

Characters

Many original characters were portrayed dressed much like Han Solo.

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  art by Judi L. Hendricks for Assault on Logaria, from Pegasus #3 (1978)

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  from ...Scum & Villainy, for Stowaway, Cori Beckett and Han Solo, the artist is Martynn (1979)

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  from A Marketable Commodity, portrays Cori Beckett and Han Solo, artist is Martynn (1979)

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  from Millennium #1, portrays Ariel Solo in "To Kill a Solo": "Ariel Solo slipped into the control chair of her ship, the Dorian, and dropped her small black pet, Tiron into her lap. She reved up the thirteen engines of the small craft and sat still for a moment feeling the power of her tiny ship coursing through her body." (1980)

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  from Contraband #1, L.C. Wells portrays Maeve Solo (Han's mom) and Nila

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  Captain 'Niki Khimra in "Casablanca," art and story by Eluki bes Shahar, from Hydrospanner Zero (1981)

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  Maeve Solo, from The Nerfherder's Companion, L.C. Wells is the artist (1981)

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  original character, Selena, from Combining Forces #1, artist is Kim Gianna -- this is a somewhat unusual use of the Han Vest, as Selena is a romantic interest for Luke Skywalker

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  for the story, "Some Call You Rebel: Tales from the Contraverse" by Jani Hicks, from Twin Suns #2, artist is Paulie -- from a fan: "Keallani is an interesting character with a number of uniqueness -- for one, she refers to a daughter, Reenie, now living elsewhere with her old Captain -- and the glimpses into her background and training are vivid and fascinating."

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  "Spacer Lady" from Jean Coleman's story, "Smuggling Life", in the zine, 'Noids n 'Droids #2 (1982)

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  "Better let me handle this, Chewie," the artist is Anne Davenport, from Shadowdance (1983)

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  from the story, "High Stakes" in Kessel Run #3, artist is Bev Swan, in which a Corellian smuggler wins 11-year old Han in a card game, and becomes his adoptive mother (1983)

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  from the story, "High Stakes" in Kessel Run #3, artist is Bev Swan -- "Sitting on a barstool and nursing a drink, Sybelle Solo mused grouchily about her fellow patrons. Like all daughters of Clan Solo, Sybelle was short... and had a perpetually suspicious squint. Her squarish, compact body was encased in her best planetside outfit--black trousers stuffed into pit shined boots and a bright red smoothcloth vest laced tight over a ruffled white shirt....Sybelle wore her braid-tail on the left side to show she was unmarried. Tonight, however, she had not twined into the plaits the tiny bells that signified she was looking for company.... Tonight, Sybelle had the profit from her last salvage job in her belt pouch, to the left of her blaster. Tonight, Sybelle was looking for a high stakes card game." (1983)

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  for the story, Return in which Han's mom is constantly saving his butt, from Skywalker #6, Scott Rosema is the artist, portrays Maeve Solo, Han Solo, and Lando Calrissian (1983)

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  detail from a page in Kessel Run #4, the artist is Anne Davenport, various Mary Sues and their outfits (1984)

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  Maeve Solo, from Contraband #3, L.C. Wells is the artist (1984)

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  from Docking Bay #5, art by Nancy Stasulis for a story in Starbird's Children Universe -- "Nancy Stasulis' full illos for Agel's story are a joy to look at and her rendering of Han's sister makes the character stand out more than she does in the story." (1984)

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  "First Steps" by Samia Martz in Far Realms #7, Dani Lane is the artist, portrays Jeni Petersen in First Steps Universe (1985)

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  Suzy Sansome is the artist, portrays Cara Solo (Han's sister) and Han in the story, "Subterfuge" in Hoth or Bust (1985)

Zine Editors and Other Fans

While they are not "official characters" in fiction, Han Solo's outfit and persona was also a fun topic in portrayals of fan eds and writers.

This is not the same as cosplay and costuming.

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  portrays Kelley Harkin and Lin Stack (Lin's persona is Ariel Solo, a Corellian pirate), detail from a flyer for Crossed Sabers #1, artist is eluki bes shahar (1980)

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  Judi L. Hendricks as portrayed by Gordon Carleton, note the scrod in the background, printed in Pegasus #3 (1978)

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  from Twin Suns #1, the editor, Jani Hicks, bids good riddance to "that rotten lousy typer" -- the illustrator is Paulie Gilmore (1980)

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  from Kessel Run #3, "Ye Editor," (Michelle Malkin) as drawn by Eluki bes Shahar (1983)

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  from Crossed Sabers #3, artist is Sharon M. Palmer (1983)

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  from Circle of Light #4, S.C. Hall portrays herself (1987)

Further Reading

• Women In Star Wars: Two Trilogies Of Lightsaber Metaphors; archive link by blogtarkin (2014)