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* DarthVaderClone: Enfys Nest is deliberately set up as this - dark armor with a mask, a cape, a deep, filtered voice, and an impressive weapon - which makes it all the more surprising when she turns out to be a [[GoodAllAlong good guy.]]
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* SedgewickSpeech: On Mimban, Han's commanding officer, Major Staz, pulls him to his feet and orders him to keep marching forward, insisting that their objective is "just over that last ridge" and shouting about the Empire's impending victory. He is KilledMidSentence by an artillery shell ''seconds'' later.

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* SedgewickSpeech: SedgwickSpeech: On Mimban, Han's commanding officer, Major Staz, pulls him to his feet and orders him to keep marching forward, insisting that their objective is "just over that last ridge" and shouting about the Empire's impending victory. He is KilledMidSentence by an artillery shell ''seconds'' later.
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* SedgewickSpeech: On Mimban, Han's commanding officer, Major Staz, pulls him to his feet and orders him to keep marching forward, insisting that their objective is "just over that last ridge" and shouting about the Empire's impending victory. He is KilledMidSentence by an artillery shell ''seconds'' later.
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* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: In this installment, greater focus is on the criminal element, showing how much it has thrived under the Empire.

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* MentorOccupationalHazard: Becket serves as a mentor to Han... and by the end of the film, Han is forced to shoot him.

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* MentorOccupationalHazard: Becket Beckett serves as a mentor to Han... and by the end of the film, Han is forced to shoot him. Beckett even congratulates him for it; he finally learned not to trust anyone.



* MuggedForDisguise: Han was planning to do so with a guard in the Kessel mine elevator, but Chewbacca spoiled the opportunity by ripping the guard's arms off.

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* MuggedForDisguise: Han was planning to do so with a guard in the Kessel mine elevator, but Chewbacca spoiled the opportunity by ripping the guard's arms off. Doubles as a MythologyGag, wherein we learn that Han wasn't lying that a Wookie might just rip your arms off.



** C3PO said that the Falcon navicomputer was the worst he'd ever met. Well, now we've met the navicomputer; it's L3, and there's a very good reason she'd never get along with [[HappinessInSlavery 3PO]].

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** C3PO [=C3PO=] said that the Falcon navicomputer was the worst he'd ever met. Well, now we've met the navicomputer; it's L3, and there's a very good reason she'd never get along with [[HappinessInSlavery 3PO]].3PO]].
** Han warned R2 and [=3PO=] that a wookie might "tear your arms off when he's upset". We finally get to see Chewie do exactly that.



* ResolvedNoodleIncident: We now get to see the storied Kessel Run speed record being broken (mentioned in ''A New Hope'') ''and'' the Sabacc game with the Millennium Falcon on the line (mentioned in ''Empire Strikes Back'').

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* RefusalOfTheCall: This is, confusingly, both the first time and not the first time, that Han has opted not to join the rebellion.
* ResolvedNoodleIncident: We now get to see the storied Kessel Run speed record being broken (mentioned in ''A New Hope'') ''and'' the Sabacc game with the Millennium Falcon on the line (mentioned in ''Empire Strikes Back''). Han did the stupidest thing possible and flew into a black hole storm for the former, and out-cheated the cheater for the second.



* TheReveal: For fans not familiar with the extended universe, the fact that Maul survived and is the head of the Crimson Dawn would come as a huge shock.



* SavedByCanon: Similar to ''Film/RogueOne'', characters from the Original Trilogy (Han, Chewie and Lando) are in zero danger during this movie.

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* SavedByCanon: Similar to ''Film/RogueOne'', characters from the Original Trilogy (Han, Chewie and Lando) are in zero danger during this movie. There relationships and personal histories are up for grabs, though.
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: When Qi'ira tells han that "You're the good guy", it clearly shakes him. He doesn't think of himself that way, and wants to join her in her criminal life.

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* ArmorPiercingResponse: When Qi'ira Qi'ra tells han that "You're the good guy", it clearly shakes him. He doesn't think of himself that way, and wants to join her in her criminal life.



* CorruptBureaucrat: Han and Qi'ira's plan to escape the Control Zone is to bribe their way past the checkpoint. It's incredibly easy. It would have worked, but Qi'ira got snagged by Proxima's goons just before she could get through and the bureaucrat, knowing the attention will get her caught, sounds the alarm, claiming Han broke through.

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* CorruptBureaucrat: Han and Qi'ira's Qi'ra's plan to escape the Control Zone is to bribe their way past the checkpoint. It's incredibly easy. It would have worked, but Qi'ira Qi'ra got snagged by Proxima's goons just before she could get through and the bureaucrat, knowing the attention will get her caught, sounds the alarm, claiming Han broke through.



'''Qi'ira:''' [nods]

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'''Qi'ira:''' '''Qi'ra:''' [nods]



** Han brags to Qi'ira that he's here on Dryden's yacht working on a "very big deal". Never forget the advice he gave Finn. "Listen up, Big Deal, women can always tell."

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** Han brags to Qi'ira Qi'ra that he's here on Dryden's yacht working on a "very big deal". Never forget the advice he gave Finn. "Listen up, Big Deal, women can always tell."



* SigilSpam: Crimson Dawn likes to mark everything with their symbol. Including their slaves, like Qi'ira.

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* SigilSpam: Crimson Dawn likes to mark everything with their symbol. Including their slaves, lackeys, like Qi'ira.Qi'ra.



* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Han has aspirations to be a glorious criminal. Qi'ira thinks otherwise. "You're the good guy." Han is shook.

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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Han has aspirations to be a glorious criminal. Qi'ira Qi'ra thinks otherwise. "You're the good guy." Han is shook.
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* RedEyesTakeWarning: Dryden's eyes and scars turn red as he gets angry.
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: When Qi'ira tells han that "You're the good guy", it clearly shakes him. He doesn't think of himself that way, and wants to join her in her criminal life.


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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Han has aspirations to be a glorious criminal. Qi'ira thinks otherwise. "You're the good guy." Han is shook.
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* GravitySucks: THE MAW. They fly as HARD as they can, and it keeps pulling them backward. Painfully slowly.
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** C3PO said that the Falcon navicomputer was the worst he'd ever met. Well, now we've met the navicomputer; it's L3, and there's a very good reason she'd never get along with [[HappinessInSlavery 3PO]].
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** The unrefined coaxium gets stored under the same panel that the heroes hid under in ''A New Hope''.
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* GroinAttack: During the heist in the Kessel mines, Han takes down a guard by faking the language and kicking him in the balls.
-->'''Beckett:''' That's... impressive, that's what that is.\\
'''Qi'ira:''' [nods]
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* TrashTheSet: We meet the Millennium Falcon as a pristine young beauty, a souped up ship that Lando has dumped a lot of time and money into. The movie turns her into the Falcon we met in ''A New Hope''.
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* MentorOccupationalHazard: Becket serves as a mentor to Han... and by the end of the film, Han is forced to shoot him.
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* CheatersNeverProsper: Lando won the initial card game by cheating. He loses the next one.

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* CheatersNeverProsper: Lando won the initial card game by cheating. He loses the next one. And his beloved ship.
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* CheatersNeverProsper: Lando won the initial card game by cheating. He loses the next one.
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* SigilSpam: Crimson Dawn likes to mark everything with their symbol. Including their slaves, like Qi'ira.
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** Han brags to Qi'ira that he's here on Dryden's yacht working on a "very big deal". Never forget the advice he gave Finn. "Listen up, Big Deal, women can always tell."
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* AnalogyBackfire: When the ''Millennium Falcon'' is under TIE Fighter pursuit, Beckett makes a few analogies that are lost on Han.

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* AnalogyBackfire: When the ''Millennium Falcon'' is under TIE Fighter pursuit, Beckett makes a few analogies that are lost on Han. A nice little TakeThatMe from a franchise that loves to make up weird versions of common analogies.

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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Han shocks Chewie into listening to him and working with him to escape the pit by speaking to him in Shyriiwook, the implication being that he's the first human to treat Chewie like a person who could be talked to in who knows how long.



* OutGambitted: Done at least twice. Han plans to betray Vos with a shipment of fake coaxium, only for Vos to spot the ruse thanks to Beckett informing on him. Then Han reveals that he ''[[BatmanGambit knew]]'' Beckett would betray him, and the coaxium in the shipment he's giving to Vos is actually ''real''.

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* OutGambitted: OutGambitted:
** Han tries to blackmail Becket to get a spot on his squad, threatening to expose his scam to the lieutenant, only for Beckett to call the lieutenant over and claim to have caught Han deserting.
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Done at least twice. Han plans to betray Vos with a shipment of fake coaxium, only for Vos to spot the ruse thanks to Beckett informing on him. Then Han reveals that he ''[[BatmanGambit knew]]'' Beckett would betray him, and the coaxium in the shipment he's giving to Vos is actually ''real''.
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* CorruptBureaucrat: Han and Qi'ira's plan to escape the Control Zone is to bribe their way past the checkpoint. It's incredibly easy. It would have worked, but Qi'ira got snagged by Proxima's goons just before she could get through and the bureaucrat, knowing the attention will get her caught, sounds the alarm, claiming Han broke through.
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* RefugeInAudacity: Han tries to pretend a rock is a thermal detonator, makes a clicking sound and says he's armed it. {{Subverted}}, because it completely fails in half a second.
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* WretchedHive: The Control Zone on Correllia is essentially space Detroit.
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** Teräs Käsi is reintegrated into the new canon when Qi'ra mentions having trained in it. "Teräs Käsi" is the Finnish translation for "steel hands", a reference to the FightingGame series ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'' ("Tekken" means "Iron Fist" in Japanese). Obviously, this carries over from [[VideoGame/StarWarsMastersOfTerasKasi the work]] that originally introduced it.

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* INeedAFreakingDrink:
** Enfys Nest declares such after realizing it is too late to steal the coaxium and that all her efforts have been in vain. Entering the cantina Han and his associates were just in with her gang.
** This is written all over Beckett's face when he heads for the bar while waiting to meet Dryden Voss.



* INeedAFreakingDrink: Enfys Nest declares such after realizing it is too late to steal the coaxium and that all her efforts have been in vain. Entering the cantina Han and his associates were just in with her gang.
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* ItHasBeenAnHonor: Val's last words to Beckett before she blows the bridge (that she's standing on): "It's been a ride, babe. And I wouldn't trade it for anything."
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* ChaseFight: Several TIE Fighters chase the ''Falcon'' through the Akkadese Maelstrom.
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** During the TrainJob, Rio gets shot in the shoulder. Many works of fiction pass this off as JustAFleshWound, which Rio himself does, but the truth is that such an injury can be fatal, and Beckett can tell by how much the AT-hauler is wobbling that Rio is ObviouslyNotFine. Sure enough, Rio dies just minutes later.

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** During the TrainJob, Rio gets shot in the shoulder. Many works of fiction pass this off as JustAFleshWound, which Rio himself does, but the truth is that such an injury can be fatal, and Beckett can tell by how much the AT-hauler is wobbling that Rio is ObviouslyNotFine. Sure enough, Rio dies just minutes later. Plus, being MultiArmedAndDangerous also means double the major arteries in that area.

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