He's the only character in the Star Wars universe whose fate matched his surname, and yet after Mace Windu (Samuel L. Jackson) died in Revenge of the Sith, fans were still desperate to see him return to the franchise in some way, even after getting chucked from Senator Palpatine's (Ian McDiarmid) office window. Back in 2022, it was revealed that Jackson himself pitched the idea to Bryce Dallas Howard, who, earlier this year, explained on the Happy, Sad, Confused podcast that she was on board with the idea. Unfortunately, following a recent interview with The Direct for her new film, Deep Cover, Howard confirmed that a new Mace Windu story hasn't made the cut among the many ideas she has run by Lucasfilm's CCO., Dave Filoni.
"Well, I mean, I want to work with Sam Jackson, just no matter what, in any circumstance. And I also love working in Star Wars," Howard explained. "And so, you know, I harass Dave Filoni a lot about a lot of things, and that's just one, but, yeah, no, that was a fun conversation, but didn't add up to anything."
