History ComicBook / StarWarsLegacy

* VillainDecay: Siths in general, in a way. Since Darth Bane established the Rule of Two, there were always two Siths--the Master and the Apprentice, both exceptionally skilled, and also the unspecified number of Dark Side users outside the Order, mostly without Sith training. After Darth Krayt took over, he enforced his own rule (which, ironically, was truer to original Sith ideology, as it came from [=XoXaan=], who lived millennia before Bane). Results? There's peerless Krayt, his few powerful henchmen (Nihl, Wyyrlok, Stryfe, Talon) and plenty of wannabe Sith Lords, who get their asses kicked by non-Force sensitives, which was unthinkable during earlier eras. Granted, the entire reason that Bane created the Rule of Two in the first place was because the Dark Side's power was diluted when spread out among so many.

''Star Wars: Legacy'' is an American comic book series set in ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends''. The series, published by Creator/DarkHorseComics, is written by John Ostrander and Jan Duursema, and illustrated by Duursema and others, with inks by Dan Parsons and color by Brad Anderson. Issue #0, which cost 25 cents and introduced the setting and major characters, was released on 7 June 2006. Despite being Dark Horse's second best-selling title (after the ''Buffy'' comics) the series was canceled for unknown reasons in early 2010. The final issue, ''Star Wars Legacy 50: Extremes, Part 3'', was released July 28, 2010, with a follow-up miniseries, ''Star Wars: Legacy-War'', released in December and concluding the following May concluding the series.

''Star Wars: Legacy'' begins 133 years after ''Film/ANewHope'', then immediately does a TimeSkip to 137 years before transitioning to 138 before the ''War'' arc. The comics feature Cade Skywalker, a descendant of Luke Skywalker, who was trained as a Jedi but has abandoned the order. He apprenticed himself to the pirate Rav and lives among bounty hunters, smugglers and pirates. Cade has also dropped his last name. The series begins with an attack on the Jedi Temple and the overthrow of the Galactic Empire by a newly created Sith order.

* TangledFamilyTree: In all the series features three branches of the Skywalker-Solo clan. Cade Skywalker is a male-line descendant of Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade via their son Ben. The Imperial royal family (Emperor Roan and Princess/Empress Marasiah) are female-line descendants of Leia Organa and Han Solo via their daughter Jaina, who married Imperial fighter ace Soontir Fel's son Jagged. Ania Solo is a descendant of Jaina's twin brother Jacen via his lover Tenel Ka Djo (their daughter, raised as Allana Solo, was born in the ''Literature/DarkNestTrilogy'').

* TangledFamilyTree: In all the series features three branches of the Skywalker-Solo clan. Cade Skywalker is a male-line descendant of Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade via their son Ben. The Imperial royal family (Emperor Roan and Princess/Empress Marasiah) are female-line descendants of Leia Organa and Han Solo via their daughter Jaina, who married Imperial fighter ace Soontir Fel's son Jagged. Ania Solo is a descendant of Jaina's twin brother Jacen via his lover Tenel Ka Djo (their daughter, raised as Allana Solo, was born in the ''Literature/DarkNestTrilogy'').

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-->'''Cade Skywalker:''' Like it was over Ossus the night you died, dad. The night I should've died. Circle's complete. Everything's right. I'm all right. Maye this is what the vision meant. Just me at the end...Walkin' in the sky...

** And that's just one Sith, the other Sith are a lot "nicer" just insanely loyal to the cause, a lot of them even think [[spoiler:what Krayt did to the Mon Calamari is stupid and pointless]]

* TheConsigliere: Darth Wyyrlok to Darth Krayt [[spoiler:until he becomes TheStarscream.]] Nyna Calixte to Morlish Veed [[spoiler:until he finds out she's TheMole.]] Hogrum Chalk to Emperor Fel [[spoiler:also, another example of TheMole]]

* CoolOldGuy: "Bantha" Rawk [[spoiler:a.k.a. Nat Skywalker]]

* TheDragon: Darth Nihl, Darth Talon, and Darth Stryfe all fulfill this function for Darth Krayt. Interesting, a rare non-evil example is Antares Draco for Roan Fel.
** While Nihl, Talon, and Stryfe fill the "enforcer" role of TheDragon, Wyyrlok is a better fit for the "most powerful and loyal servant" part [[spoiler:until a little incident on Had Abaddon... in which Wyyrlok pulls a TheStarscream]]

* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Azlyn Rae becomes another Darth Vader, gets better when she's given new armour that leaves her head uncovered]].

** Vul Isen is the embodiment of this trope
* FourStarBadass: Admiral Stazi, General Jaeger

** For that matter, although they're definitely the most "good" faction in the series (save perhaps for the Jedi) it's hard to see many traces of a functional democracy left in Admiral Stazi's [[TheRemnant Galactic Alliance Remnant]] (by way of comparison, even in the days of the Rebellion, Admiral Ackbar was subordinate to civilian leaders such as Mon Mothma).

* ThePurge: The Jedi Order is killed off ''again'' at the start of Part I, and its survivors are scattered to the wind. This time, it's by an all-out attack by the One Sith, which was also preceded by one of their schemes to make [[HeroWithBadPublicity the Jedi look bad]] so that no one would care about them getting wiped out.

''Star Wars: Legacy'' is an American comic book series set in ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends''. The series, published by Dark Horse Comics, is written by John Ostrander and Jan Duursema, and illustrated by Duursema and others, with inks by Dan Parsons and color by Brad Anderson. Issue #0, which cost 25 cents and introduced the setting and major characters, was released on 7 June 2006. Despite being Dark Horse's second best-selling title (after the ''Buffy'' comics) the series was canceled for unknown reasons in early 2010. The final issue, ''Star Wars Legacy 50: Extremes, Part 3'', was released July 28, 2010, with a follow-up miniseries, ''Star Wars: Legacy-War'', released in December and concluding the following May concluding the series.

Interestingly, both volumes are considered to serve as the GrandFinale to the Expanded Universe - no stories chronologically took place in the EU after these stories. Given that Creator/{{Disney}} now owns the franchise, and that they have declared the old EU to be an AlternateContinuity in respect to the new films they had planned, it is unlikely that any story taking place after these events will be published - though, thankfully, [[EarnYourHappyEnding the story ends on a conclusive and victorious note]].

Not to be confused with ''Literature/LegacyOfTheForce''.

* UndyingLoyalty

Now with a [[Characters/StarWarsLegacy character sheet]] that NeedsWikiMagicLove.

* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead: Darth Krayt. Then when Cade kills him again, he makes ''sure'' Krayt won't come back again by sticking his body on a shuttle and sending it straight into Coruscant's sun!]]

!!!''Legacy'' volume one contains:

* ScrewDestiny: Ania does it much-much better than Cade.
* TheUnreveal: Ania is Leia and Han's great-great-granddaughter, but we never learn if she's descended from them through Jacen (A kid born out of wedlock when he went rogue? Allana's descendant?) or Jaina (a Jaina/Jagged kid or grandkid that moved away from the Fel dynasty?). How exactly she ended up as a scavenger while Luke & Ben's line became Jedi and Jaina's became the leaders of the Fel Empire is also a mystery that's never answered.

Its revival/sequel was announced on December 3, 2012, and its first issue was released March 20, 2013. Written by Gabriel Hardman and Corinna Bechko, ''Star Wars: Legacy'' Volume 2 shifts focus away from Cade and onto Ania Solo, the great-granddaughter of Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo (via the Jacen Solo-Tenel Ka branch).

Its revival/sequel was announced on December 3, 2012, and its first issue was released March 20, 2013. Written by Gabriel Hardman and Corinna Bechko, ''Star Wars: Legacy'' Volume 2 shifts focus away from Cade and onto Ania Solo, the great-granddaughter of Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo.

** Moff Nyna Calixte/[[spoiler:Morrigan Corde]] has helped and hindered just about every major faction in the series at one point or another. Her long-term goals remain a mystery. [[spoiler:Ultimately, she's not so much on any particular ''faction's'' side, as she is on the side of ''her children''--Cade Skywalker and Gunn Yage.]]

* ToBeLawfulOrBeGood: Imperial Knights are ordered to protect their sovereign. Should said sovereign fall to the Dark Side, they must turn them back or kill them if they cannot. [[spoiler:Antares Draco ultimately chooses to be good when Roan Fel attempts to wipe out Coruscant, killing his liege when Fel is too far gone.]]

* TrojanPrisoner: Cade Skywalker in the Sith Temple.

* VillainDecay: Siths in general, in a way. Since Darth Bane established the Rule of Two, there were always two Siths- the Master and the Apprentice, both exceptionally skilled, and also the unspecified number of Dark Side users outside the Order, mostly without Sith training. After Darth Krayt took over, he enforced his own rule (which, ironically, was truer to original Sith ideology, as it came from XoXann, who lived millenias before Bane). Results? There's peerless Krayt, his few powerful henchmen (Nihl, Wyyrlok, Stryfe, Talon) and plently of wannabe Sith Lords, who get their asses kicked by non-Force sensitives, which was unthinkable during earlier eras. Granted, the entire reason that Bane created the Rule of Two in the first place was because the Dark Side's power was diluted when spread out among so many.

* WildCard: Calixte/[[spoiler:Corde]] has helped and hindered just about every major faction in the series at one point or another. Her long-term goals remain a mystery.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The Sith are almost all tattooed red like Darth Maul.
** This is subverted twice in the series, when people use this to pass themselves off as Sith to the Sith themselves. One of them's not even Force sensitive.

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: The Triumvirate seems a touch large for its name. While it presumably refers to its three factions (Jedi, Alliance, and Imperial), the name itself implies only three leaders at a table that has many more.

* HypercompetentSidekick: Nyna Calixte is ''much'' smarter than her boyfriend and puppet, Morlish Veed. Wyyrlok is also one for Krayt- Krayt provides the vision and the charisma, but it is Wyyrlok's calm, careful planning that keeps the Sith Empire afloat.

* [[IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim If You Kill Me You Will Be Just Like The Sith]]: Moff Calixte uses this successfully on Roan Fel.
** Which is rather amusing, because if any non-Sith character justifiably deserves a blade to the gut, it's her.