<Tr> <Th> Affiliation </Th> <Td> Jedi Order Galactic Republic </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Homeworld </Th> <Td> Haruun Kal </Td> </Tr> <P> Mace Windu is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise, portrayed by actor Samuel L. Jackson in the prequel films and voiced by voice - actor Terrence C. Carson in other projects . He appears as a human male, Master of the Jedi High Council and one of the last members of the order's upper echelons before the Galactic Republic's fall . He is the Council's primary liaison, although the Clone Wars caused him to question his most firmly held beliefs . </P> <P> Several early incarnations of the character who would become Mace Windu were developed in the original Star Wars drafts as the narrator, Princess Leia's brother and Luke Skywalker's friend . Through the process of redrafting and copyediting, his character was removed from the original trilogy (Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi) but was reintroduced in 1994 when series creator George Lucas began writing the prequel trilogy . </P>

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