The best member of the Skywalker family, Cade Skywalker, should make the jump from Star Wars Legends continuity to the current canon, though not without some changes. Not every hero can be savior of the galaxy, and it might be time to move beyond Skywalkers as the be all end all of the archetype. Cade himself has so much more to offer beyond a grand destiny, so maybe he doesn’t need one.
Created by John Ostrander and Jan Duursema in 2006 for the comics series Star Wars: Legacy, Cade is a descendant of Luke Skywalker born 130 years after the Battle of Yavin. He is a former Jedi who leaves the order to become a smuggler and pirate, making him the ultimate expression of multiple hero archetypes that Star Wars loves. Self-loathing and self-medicating, Cade isn’t the image of the heroic Jedi, but he’s not exactly a rogue like Han Solo either; in fact, he’s both. Haunted by the loss of his father to the newly resurgent Sith, Cade’s journey is one of him learning to accept his destiny as a Skywalker in destroying the new iteration of the Sith led by the tyrannical Darth Krayt. Despite still existing further along the timeline than the current canon has shown, Star Wars: Legacy exists only in the pre-Disney acquisition Legends canon.
In this new age of Star Wars, Cade Skywalker should return, but changed to be a supporting character. This would allow the franchise to have a great character that fans of Legends would recognize, while also showing that a Skywalker doesn’t have to be a prophesied savior of the galaxy. Since the stories of the Second Galactic Civil War that Cade appeared in are no longer canon, he would not have the weight of destroying the Sith on his shoulders. This could create room for new heroes without a famous bloodline to have their time to shine. Not every Skywalker needs to be the hero of the galaxy, and the universe is large enough for someone without a famous name to save it.
Changing him to supporting character status would allow the franchise could both have the recognizable name of Skywalker attached to its stories, while still having room to tell stories focused on other aspects of the universe now that the Skywalker Saga has concluded. This wouldn’t diminish Cade’s own potential popularity. There’s nothing Star Wars loves more than a rogue with a heart of gold, except maybe a Jedi. Either way, Cade Skywalker’s return would cover all the bases. Cade’s return would also signal an appreciation of the oft-disregarded Legends comics canon. While characters such as Grand Admiral Thrawn have been reintroduced into the newer canon, older comics characters have been less fortunate. A reintroduction of Cade would not only ingratiate Disney with fans of the pre-acquisition comics, but would also lend import to whatever piece of media Cade appeared in, due to his name and prior history.
Cade's arc of confronting the Sith and growing beyond his own trauma to live up to his heritage doesn’t require him to be the main character. Sometimes, living up to your family’s legacy means accepting that you’re not your parents, or grandparents, and that you don’t have to be to have worth. In Star Wars: Legacy, the Sith are vast in number, and so maybe a singular famous hero isn’t what is needed to defeat them. Sometimes, the hero really does have a thousand faces, and only one of them needs to be a Skywalker. If that Skywalker happens to be Cade Skywalker, then Star Wars can only be better off for it.