History Characters / StarWarsDrAphraAndCrew

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Though the artwork can be ambiguous at times, [[http://kierongillen.tumblr.com/post/151745896972/is-aphra-meant-to-be-asian Kieron Gillen has stated that Aphra is meant to be Asian]]. Further drilled in with art from ''Force Arena'' depicting what she may look like in real life.

->'''Appearances:''' ''Literature/FromACertainPointOfView'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsSanaStarros Sana Starros]]''[[note]]Flashback[[/note]] | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsDarthVader Darth Vader]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsVaderDown Vader Down]]'' | ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel2015'' | ''[[AudioPlay/StarWarsDoctorAphra Doctor Aphra (audiobook)]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsDoctorAphra Doctor Aphra (comic book)]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheScreamingCitadel The Screaming Citadel]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsWarOfTheBountyHunters War of the Bounty Hunters]]''

* Black Krrsantan on the [[Characters/StarWarsBountyHuntersAndMercenaries Bounty Hunters and Mercenaries]] page.

->'''Appearances:''' ''Literature/FromACertainPointOfView'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsDarthVader Darth Vader]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsVaderDown Vader Down]]'' | ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel2015'' | ''[[AudioPlay/StarWarsDoctorAphra Doctor Aphra (audiobook)]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsDoctorAphra Doctor Aphra (comic book)]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheScreamingCitadel The Screaming Citadel]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsWarOfTheBountyHunters War of the Bounty Hunters]]''

* BrokenPedestal: The destruction of Alderaan and then working closely with Darth Vader shattered a lot of her faith in the Empire as a force of might that stopped larger wars from breaking out and getting people killed.

* AmbiguousDisorder: More "Implied Disorder", but she apparently went to therapy for a short while in her youth, and "Might have some issues". She also checks for a few indicators of sociopathy (although far from all of them), such as pathological lying, little remorse, and lack of realistic life plans.

* CharacterDevelopment: After the ending of ''Darth Vader'', she doesn't really care all that much about the Empire anymore since [[spoiler:Vader trying to kill her [[BrokenPedestal sort of ruined it for her]] and she also probably doesn't want Vader knowing she's alive]]. Also, by the end of the first arc of her own series, her relationship with her father is mending and is on much better terms (though still some ways to go) than it was at the beginning. At the end of her first series, [[spoiler:she’s come around to supporting the Rebellion, taking a major risk to buy them time to prepare their defenses on Hoth.]]

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Her final appearance in ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsDarthVader Darth Vader]]'' has Vader shoot her out an air-lock in an attempt to kill her, but luckily Aphra had prepared for such an eventuality.]]

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* TraumaButton: Unsurprisingly, Vader is this to her, having nearly killed her by doing the very thing she repeatedly asked him no to do- she nearly loses all composure and flees from the auction she's in upon spotting him. AS it turns out, he's had a very lasting effect on her psyche, and she's absolutely ''terrified'' of him finding her, despite acknowledging they may cross paths again.

* BaldOfAwesome: Well, according to Chelli, he ''would'' be awesome if he cared about people as much as he cares about his work.

* FingerlessGloves: Wears gloves that go up to the first knuckle on her fingers. They look cool and work well with her occupation, since she needs some protection for her hands and her fingers free for typing and flexibility.

** She also uses adorable cloned tooka-cats as living grenades. She has tens of the things, all programmed to detonate violently if she says a specific cutesy code phrase.

* LovableRogue: A {{deconstruction}}. Aphra has all the halmarks of a Lovable Rogue. She's a badass AdventurerArcheologist who's always one step ahead of those who would try to catch and control her, whether it's Imperials, Rebels, or criminal syndicates. However, the constant law-breaking and backstabbing does real damage to her relationships and gives her a tortured conscience. Many of her antagonists are people she hurt in the past.

* PreachersKid: Her father is a preacher of some kind and determined to lead her down a more moral path.

* ShooTheDog: Aphra abandons Vulaada in a set of abandoned ruins on Ash Moon 1 after they were captured and conscripted by the Empire but arranges for her to be found by her father and Magna. Aphra later sending a message to them explaining that she knows how toxic she is and that being with her is too dangerous, but that she hopes by bringing all her loved ones together away from her they might look out for each other, knowing what it is like to be with Aphra.

After working with Darth Vader, Aphra retains possession of Triple-Zero and BT-1, who assist her on her dangerous and illegal archaeological work. Joined by the Wookiee bounty hunter Black Krrsantan, to whom she owes a rather large amount of credits, and by her father, to whom she owes a large amount of hatred, Aphra begins investigating the Ordu Aspectu while avoiding Imperial attention.

* NoodleIncident: She apparently knows Sana Starros and asks her for help breaking out of a Rebel prison for "old times' sake." The next issue reveals a little more about their shared past, which seems to imply they were in a relationship.

* {{Unperson}}: Vader has all records of her expunged from the Imperial database to help cover up his association with her and plans to overthrow the Emperor. Whenever an Imperial office encounters this curious gap in information and learns it was by Vader's hand, they quickly begin to panic.

->'''Appearances:''' ''Literature/FromACertainPointOfView'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsDarthVader Darth Vader]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsVaderDown Vader Down]]'' | ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel2015'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsDoctorAphra Doctor Aphra]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheScreamingCitadel The Screaming Citadel]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsWarOfTheBountyHunters War of the Bounty Hunters]]''

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Fully expected Vader to implement this trope, and is rather shocked to find out he has no plans that way. When he later does try to kill her, Aphra has a escape plan at the ready.

* MotorMouth: Darth Vader tells her she is this after a couple of pages of dialog. Aphra responds that she gets chatty when she's nervous and Vader really makes her nervous.

* CharacterDevelopment: After the ending of ''Darth Vader'', she doesn't really care all that much about the Empire anymore since [[spoiler:Vader trying to kill her [[BrokenPedestal sort of ruined it for her]] and she also probably doesn't want Vader knowing she's alive]]. Also, by the end of the first arc of her own series, her relationship with her father is mending and is on much better terms (though still some ways to go) than it was at the beginning. At the end her first series, [[spoiler:she’s come around to supporting the Rebellion, taking a major risk to buy them time to prepare their defenses on Hoth.]]

** After her mother died, Imperials found her and brought her back to her home. [[PetTheDog If these Imperials really did mean it out of genuine kindness]], then their impression was enough to help convince Aphra that the Empire was a force of good. [[spoiler: It is later revealed that her mother was killed in an Imperial FalseFlag operation meant to make the Empire look like saviors.]]

* KickTheDog: Repeatedly in the ''Remastered'' arc. She leaves at least two of her crew members to die, takes over a rebel ship nearly killing everyone onboard and injuring many, programs another crewmember to make a suicide run, and uses tookas as [[ActionBomb bombs]] because ItAmusedMe. Turns out to have been invoked by Triple-Zero, who gave her the mission so she'd realize she and him were NotSoDifferent. Aphra actually seems kind of [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone appalled by her own actions]] when she realizes it.

* NotSoDifferent:
** Both Luke and Aphra lived with loved one(s) in relative isolation with some degree of ParentalAbandonment, but said loved one(s) were/was killed. They also have DaddyIssues, though Luke doesn't have it until later. Aphra apologizes to Luke when he reveals his family died after she accuses him of not knowing any better than being a poster boy for the Rebellion... [[BaitAndSwitch but she's actually apologizing about a screw-up in the current situation]]. Triple-Zero is happy to point out Luke having a similar traumatic past but remaining a far better person morally shoots a big hole in Aphra's HadToBeSharp rationalizations for her actions.
** She's been compared to Han, as both of them don't really care about the war or what each side wants to do, [[SomebodyElsesProblem they just want to mind their own business]]. She could do without the comparison, though, thank you very much.
** Triple-Zero makes the case that, given her propensity for leaving a lot of death and destruction in her wake and backstabbing anyone nearby in pursuit of her goals, she's a lot more like him than she cares to admit. Her only counter is that she has just enough of a conscience to keep her from sleeping well after the things she's done.

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