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* AdvantageBall: Any practitioner of Battle Meditation. Bastilla Shan, Nomi Sunrider and Darth Sidious are notable examples.

** Finally, between Creator/KarenTraviss and approximately everybody else over the Mandalorians, whom she tended to write as better than the Jedi in every possible way, and Denning responding in such ways as dropping biological weapons keyed to the Fett genome on Mandaloria just to kill off her Fett clones and their descendants. The Disney EU ultimately kept Traviss's worldbuilding intact but ignored the fights with Denning and preference of the Mandalorians to the Jedi.

"Here's the deal. [[IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer You break her heart, I break your legs]]." ―Boba Fett to Ghes Orade, on Orade's relationship with Fett's granddaughter, Mirta Gev.

* ''[[VideoGame/StarWarsEpisodeIRacer Episode I: Racer]]''

* ''VideoGame/SuperStarWars''

* ''VideoGame/LEGOStarWars''

* ''VideoGame/AngryBirdsStarWars''

Creator/GeorgeLucas had an interesting relationship with the Expanded Universe. While he generally regarded it as glorified [[{{Fanfic}} fan fiction]] that he could utilize to market future movies and shows, he looked at it from time to time [[ApprovalOfGod and found works that he liked]], some of which he drew inspiration from. For instance, he initially named the unseen planet that served as the Imperial Capitol "[[AirstripOne Imperial Center]]", but he was advised to rename it "Coruscant" after that name was established in ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy''. Likewise, Aayla Secura first appeared in ''ComicBook/StarWarsRepublic'', a tie-in to the Prequel Trilogy, but she appeared as a supporting character in the last two films of that series due to Lucas liking her character design. Conversely, several stories in Lucas's movies and ''The Clone Wars'' brazenly contradicted established lore in this iteration of the setting, leading Lucasfilm's authors to have to create elaborate explanations for every inconsistency to help everything make sense. Lucas also held [[ExecutiveVeto veto power]] over certain concepts; he rejected the original pitch for ''ComicBook/DarkEmpire'' to have a villain use the likeness of Darth Vader, but was supportive of the concept of Emperor Palpatine creating clones of himself.

''Star Wars Legends'', alternatively branded as ''Star Wars Vintage'' on Creator/DisneyPlus and formerly known as the ''Star Wars Expanded Universe'', was a collection of non-canonical stories meant to complement and build upon the worlds of [[Franchise/StarWars the Galaxy Far, Far Away]] in ways that the Original Trilogy, the Prequel Trilogy, and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' would not. While it technically began with the novelization of ''Film/ANewHope'', which was actually released just over half a year before the 1977 film, it didn't properly get started until the likes of ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel1977 Marvel's Star Wars]]'', ''Literature/SplinterOfTheMindsEye'', and ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'' really got the ball rolling. From there, the continuity expanded in multiple, sometimes contradictory directions covering nearly every imaginable angle to the universe.

* ContinuitySnarl: Several novels set after ''Return of the Jedi'' but released before ''Attack Of The Clones'' and the ''Clone Wars'' tv show present the clone army as the villains (''The Thrawn Trilogy'', for example, mentions Jedi fighting against insane clone soldiers when they attacked the Outbound Flight Project).

Word of warning: ''Legends'' is ''[[ArchivePanic vast]]''. Therefore, please only add works that have their own pages on this wiki. The books listed are each part of their own series. They are heavily outnumbered by standalones and two-part series. A list of all ''Star Wars'' media is [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_all_Star_Wars_media here.]] Warning: [[ArchivePanic Huge]]. To give you an idea, pretty much [[AscendedExtra every background character seen in the films, even that alien guy just passing by the screen]], has not only a name and a species listed, but ''[[ExpansionPackPast a fully fleshed-]][ResolvedNoodleIncident out biography]]''. Typically no more than that, but still. Oh, [[SerialEscalation and even the movie's]] ''background props'' have received their own stories. As of mid-2012, the list shows [[ArchivePanic 2,337 items]]. Thankfully, [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/The_Essential_Reader%27s_Companion a book has been published]] that ties everything published up to its release date into a neat timeline and has summaries of most of it. Conversely, the new Expanded Universe established by Disney is easier to catch up on... [[ItHasOnlyJustBegun for the time being]].

Word of warning: ''Legends'' is ''[[ArchivePanic vast]]''. Therefore, please only add works that have their own pages on this wiki. The books listed are each part of their own series. They are heavily outnumbered by standalones and two-part series. A list of all ''Star Wars'' media is [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_all_Star_Wars_media here.]] Warning: [[ArchivePanic Huge]]. To give you an idea, pretty much [[AscendedExtra every background character seen in the films, even that alien guy just passing by the screen]], has not only a name and a species listed, but ''[[ExpansionPackPast a fully fleshed-]][[SidenoteFullStory out biography]]''. Typically no more than that, but still. Oh, [[SerialEscalation and even the movie's]] ''background props'' have received their own stories. As of mid-2012, the list shows [[ArchivePanic 2,337 items]]. Thankfully, [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/The_Essential_Reader%27s_Companion a book has been published]] that ties everything published up to its release date into a neat timeline and has summaries of most of it. Conversely, the new Expanded Universe established by Disney is easier to catch up on... [[ItHasOnlyJustBegun for the time being]].

* SidenoteFullStory: For literally everything in the movies. Not only is a backstory provided for every character who appeared onscreen in the movies (and even some of the FacelessGoons), but you also get stories that explain exactly what a "nerf herder" is.
** For an example: Remember that brief blink-and-you'll-miss-it glimpse of the ''Millennium Falcon'' in ''Revenge of the Sith''? Well, there's [[Literature/MillenniumFalcon an entire book]] out about why it's there.

** Finally, between Creator/KarenTraviss and approximately everybody else over the Mandalorians, whom she tended to write as a MarySuetopia better than the Jedi in every possible way, and Denning responding in such ways as dropping biological weapons keyed to the Fett genome on Mandaloria just to kill off her Fett clones and their descendants. The Disney EU ultimately kept Traviss's worldbuilding intact but ignored the fights with Denning and preference of the Mandalorians to the Jedi.

* MainliningTheMonster: One of the novels has a spider monster that produces a spice called glitterstim, which needs to be harvested in complete darkness, as it's photoreactive. The spider uses it to make its webs, while other creatures use it for some kind of mind reading.

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** Also, the Grand Admirals. In order to be promoted to Grand Admiral status, you have to be the best of the best of the best. Acquiring this rank carries with it legendary status, a warrior to be feared beyond all others. Grand Admiral Thrawn, of course, takes this UpToEleven by being so amazingly good that even the Emperor, [[FantasticRacism a human supremacist]], is willing to promote him. In-universe and out, MemeticBadass.

* TabletopGames: UpToEleven

* ''Literature/JediAcademyTrilogy'' and ''I, Jedi''

** Darth Baras' EvilPlan is to deceive the entire Sith Empire into believing that he is the Voice of the Emperor, whose job is to speak on the [[ShadowDictator The Emperor's]] behalf. If he were to succeed, he would become the defacto ruler of the Sith Empire, and everyone would worship and obey him just as they would The Emperor.

* ShapeshifterLongevity: The Shi'ido are a powerful shapeshifting species that - according to the ''The Essential Guide to Alien Species'' - can live for up to five hundred years; their members aren't considered fully mature until they turn ''sixty'', and can't mimic non-humanoid species until the age of a hundred and fifty. Senior Anthropologist Mammon Hoole - AKA Uncle Hoole of the ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'' series - has been a scientist for decades prior to the events of the original trilogy, and is skilled enough to have taken on truly massive forms like Hutts and Whaladons.

* VowOfCelibacy: ''Legends'' works sometimes deal with Jedi rules about relationships in more detail. [[DependingOnTheWriter Different writers seem to have taken different approaches]] (some of them pre-''[[Film/ThePhantomMenace Phantom Menace]]'' {{backstory}} decisions that ended up getting [[OutdatedByCanon disproved]] by the prequel trilogy, with associated {{retcon}}s to make them fit), with the result that whatever rules the Jedi are said to have had, they must have changed over time or had lots of exceptions. Some characters seem to be married without repercussion, while others are told it isn't allowed. Specific examples:

* CorruptPolitician: This is the hat of the Bothan race. They genuinely hate the Empire, but they're [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder backstabby]] jerks who are detrimental to the New Republic war effort, except as far as intelligence gathering goes. They're fantastically effective spies, and willing to take casualties. Even when they want to do good, they tend to assume that ''everyone else'' is scheming for political power, to the point where one Borsk Fey'lya routinely ignores warnings of genuine danger to the New Republic because he thinks the good guys are lying to screw him over.

* DangerInTheGalacticCore: The Deep Core is an enormous and extremely dangerous black hole cluster, even deadlier than the Maw outside the Kessel system. In the ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' series the Jedi build a base there after the Yuuzhan Vong [[spoiler:capture Yavin IV]], on grounds that it's next to impossible to reach the location alive without a Force-sensitive at the helm.