Mary Jo Duffy is a comic book writer who worked on many of the Marvel Star Wars comics. Her first Star Wars issue was Silent Drifting. She would later go on to be the regular writer on the title beginning with Star Wars 70: The Stenax Shuffle and continue until the end of the series. She created several recurring characters in the series including Dani, Rik Duel, Kiro, and brought Shira Brie back as Lumiya.