History Literature / FateOfTheJedi

* GlamorFailure:

* GlamourFailure:

* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler: The role Abeloth tries to recruit Ben and Vestara for would involve them fighting each-other for eternity, so they wouldn't be able to use their new powers for much. Between that and how WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity, Ben becoming "The Prince of Light", wouldn't have helped anyone.]]

* ShapedlikeItself: Boba Fett's disguise. He even changes his body language so people will think someone's impersonating him.

*** [[spoiler: [[The denizens of the galaxy prefer a ''terrorist'' over her.]]

* WeakButSkilled: Dyon, who lacks the Force powers necessary to become a Jedi but makes up for it thanks to his skills with a blaster.

** Explained quite well as an attempt to gently remind the other Jedi that he has been placed in charge (it is technically his rank, after all). He also realizes why it fails to help him any; The Jedi being very individualistic, they hold more value in actions then titles, and when they start to disapprove of his recint actions, his emphasis on the title does more harm then good.

* [[spoiler: BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Besides the fact that the FinalBattle left Luke near-death and comatose, it is repeatedly implied that they have [[FromaSingleCell only temporarily dealt with]] Abeloth.]]

** Played straight in ''Ascension''.[[spoiler: The Lost Tribe spend three days, preparing to celebrate Abeloth's visit (including a parade and a [[MasqueradeBall Masquerade)]]]]. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Abeloth:

** In ''Allies'', [[spoiler: Luke apparently manages to kill a literal EldritchAbomination, with some Sith assistance.]] Unfortunately, it gets better.

** In ''Apocalypse'', [[spoiler: Abeloth is finally defeated, but she's not fully dead, just severely weakened.]]

** ''Apocalypse'' reveals that [[spoiler:Jacen's previous actions in LegacyOfTheForce by trying to change the future were what freed Abeloth from her prison.]]

* SpaceMarine: The GFFA's troops are this trope incarnate. [[ShoutOut One of them even]] [[{{Alien}} falls asleep during a combat drop.]]

** Also in ''Backlash'', a card game is featured that is based around this concept.
* UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler: Nek Bwu'atu]] uses this to whip up TheCavalry, who JumpedAtTheCall [[ShoutOut and fell]] [[{{Alien}} asleep during the drop]].

* TheDogBitesBack: In ''Vortex'', [[spoiler: Taalon beats up Vestara and after she sees that he's turning into an EldritchAbomination, she kills him.]]

* DidNotDoTheResearch: Vestara points out that the biggest weakness the Lost Tribe suffers is their overall ignorance and lack of knowledge about the galaxy as a whole.

* AHandfulForAnEye: Done twice by non-villains in ''Backlash'', once semi-successfully by a Dathomiri against Luke and once very successfully by Dyon.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: While not a literal example (he survived), Aaron Allston's heart attack delayed Backlash's release for several months.

** Boba Fett, who is not afraid to pick a fight with Abeloth.

** Dorvan, who manages to [[spoiler:resist repeated torture and MindRape by the Sith and Abeloth and ''stay sane''.]]

* TheBeautifulElite: The Lost Tribe Sith tremendously prize physical perfection and therefore break Sith stereotypes by being, on the whole, stunningly attractive (and therefore overlaps with EvilIsSexy). Even a small scar like Vestara's is seen as disfiguring.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Daala, actually. By ''Conviction'', she has reverted back to her old self from the books ''Jedi Search'', ''Dark Apprentice'', and ''Champions of the Force'' (The same books where Kyp Durron appeared and committed mass murder). This qualifies as FridgeBrilliance, because her persona from LegacyOfTheForce and subsequent books was nothing more than a disguise she projected through conscious effort. Pressure and time simply caused her disguise to completely fall apart.

* BloodierAndGorier: Parts of ''Apocalypse'' read like something out of the ''FinalDestination'' series.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: How the Aing-Tii view the Force compared to Jedi and Sith. They don't see a light side and dark side. They see a whole rainbow.

-->'''Ben''': "Yeah, but do we have any bottles of [[DiscussedTrope brain bleach]]?"
* [[spoiler: BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Besides the fact that the FinalBattle left Luke near-death and comatose, it is repeatedly implied that they have [[FromaSingleCell only temporarily dealt with]] Abeloth. Ben receives an updated vision of a galaxy in chaos being attacked by EldritchAbomination tentacles, and in the three months between the climax and the ending, [[NoEnding she has already attacked some people despite being vanquished.]]]]

* TheCassandra: Since they were raised in an environment that encourages plotting and backstabbing, the Sith are too ridiculously paranoid to trust anything Luke says.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Kenth Hamner.]]

* PhilosophicalParable: For a while, each book had Luke and Ben visiting a different locale to learn about Jacen's fall, and the episodes tended to resemble this. ''Backlash'' slightly averted this: while Jacen did train with the Witches of Dathomir, that plot point was not present in the novel. ''Allies'' averted this trope entirely, while ''Vortex'' and ''Conviction'' don't even mention Jacen's motivations.

-->'''Ben''': "Yeah, but do we have any bottles of [[TitleDrop brain bleach]]?"

* ArcWelding: ''Apocalypse'' ties in elements from ''StarWarsTheCloneWars'', explaining that [[spoiler:the Father, the Son, and the Daughter, who may have been [[{{Precursors}} Celestials]], once lived on Abeloth's planet in the distant past. Abeloth herself started out as a mortal woman, known only as the Servant, who came to ingratiate herself with the family of Force-wielders and eventually joined them as the Mother. However, her mortality prevented her from staying with her beloved family forever, and in a fit of madness, she drank from the Font of Power and bathed in the Pool of Knowledge, forever corrupting herself and transforming into the Dark Side entity known as Abeloth. The Father cursed her for her selfish deed, and departed for Mortis with his family, leaving her alone to wallow in her misery and loneliness for millenia. The Son and Daughter later enlisted the help of the Killiks to create Centerpoint and Sinkhole Stations, as a means of keeping Abeloth sealed.]]

*** In ''Apocalypse'' it's revealed that [[spoiler: The Throne of Balance is actually where the being in charge of the Force itself sits. Its not just stepping stone to get to godhood, it ''is'' godhood.]]

** Ben Skywalker, though Vestara also has her moments.

-->'''Abeloth''': ''[[{{Irony}} A masquerade. How fitting.]]''

* TheDogBitesBack: In ''Vortex'', [[spoiler: Taalon beats Vestara, and after she sees that he's turning into an EldritchAbomination, she kills him.]]

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Kenth Hamner]]
* [[spoiler:DyingAsYourself]]: Thanks to Luke's use of mnemotherapy, Callista is freed from AFateWorseThanDeath within Abeloth, regains her connection with the Light Side, and passes smiling.]]

-->'''Han:''' "''Oh, right. My mistake. Nobody move, this is a coup."

* [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen God Save Us From Daala]]

-->''Where fields once grew, a road runs through, and buildings hide the sun,''\\
''Where grass of green could once be seen, are only gray and brown.''\\
''My childhood home, while I did roam, became a place of sadness.''\\
''Now I return, my heart does yearn for times of light and gladness.''

* {{Homage}}: Luke and Ben's visit to the Hidden Ones' sanctuary is an intentional reference to the underworld of Greek myth.

* InterspeciesRomance: Daala (human) and Nek Bwu'atu (bothan).

* [[spoiler:NoEnding[=/=]SequelHook]]

* ProperlyParanoid: After the assassination attempt on [[spoiler: Admiral Bwua'tu]], Daala is (correctly) convinced that somebody is trying to frame the Jedi for it, because in her mind, if the Jedi ''really'' wanted to kill him, they would not have failed. Plus they wouldn't be crazy enough to try and fake a failed assassination attempt.
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: In ''Vortex'', [[spoiler: Abeloth and the Fallanassi (who are under her control) drive dozens of Sith mad with Illusions. This causes some of them kill themselves. It also causes some of them to dismember each other with their lightsabers]].

* SequelHook: The final novel reveals that [[spoiler:there is a ''second'' major Sith faction separate from the Lost Tribe]]! Also, [[spoiler:Abeloth isn't truly dead, and [[DeaderThanDead the only way to truly kill her]] is to find the Dagger of Mortis]].

** Appeared to happen [[spoiler: to the Jaina\Jag ship. However, they made up pretty much one book later.]]

-->'''Han Solo''': Take me to your leader. [[WeComeinPeaceShootToKill We come in peace]].

* AchievementsInIgnorance: By ''Allies'' Raynar has recovered enough from his [[DarkNestTrilogy joining with the Killiks]] to the point that he doesn't need to stay in the Jedi Temple's asylum anymore. He just didn't realize it without a little prodding.

** Ben Skywalker, though Vestara also has her moment.

''Fate of the Jedi'' is a nine-book novel series in the StarWarsExpandedUniverse, set about two years after ''[[LegacyOfTheForce Legacy of the Force]]''. It's an attempt to make up for for Jacen Solo's CharacterDerailment[[invoked]] in that series, which was in turn tried to correct for issues from ''NewJediOrder''. The jury's still out on whether it will require an AuthorsSavingThrow[[invoked]] of its own.

* AbortedArc: The way that [[spoiler: Jaina breaks up with Jag]], only for the relationship to instantly get repaired the next book, makes it obvious that the authors back-tracked due to fan backlash. Not to mention that [[spoiler: Kyp/Jaina was [[ShipTease teased]] just before the break-up]], and how in ''Ascension'', [[spoiler: Tahiri and Jag spend a lot of time together]].
** This could be more a case of the authors [[TeasingCreator messing with the fans]] over the EpilepticTrees and {{Foregone Conclusion}}s due to the Force-sensitive [[StarWarsLegacy Emperor Fel]].
*** [[spoiler: The above ForegoneConclusion could be the BadFuture Jacen (hopefully) prevented, which in that case makes it not so forgone]]

* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Relatively minor example but soon after Kenth Hamner is promoted to acting head of the Jedi order he starts calling himself ''Grand'' Master Hamner.
** That's no more narcissism than a Commander that gets "frocked" (a Navy term, sort of a halfway promotion) calling himself "Captain." Grand Master is the title of the head of the Jedi Order. Kenth Hamner is currently holding that post.
*** ''Temporarily''; the point being that at the beginning, he was called Acting Grand Master and, at some point, he insisted they drop the "Acting," which is at best irritatingly narcissistic and, at worst, founded of the belief that Luke may not return from his journey.
*** But to him, Luke may ''not'' return. He's optimistic that he will, but with the conditions of Luke's exile, it could be years before he does. He can't be an effective leader if there is a large subset of Jedi wondering in the back of their Force-powered minds if his decisions are what Luke would have done. It's a symbolic gesture of reinforcing the idea that he's in charge and what he says goes. If there are things about his administration that Luke wouldn't approve of, well then they'll have to be cleared up when he gets back.
*** [[spoiler: Kenth Hamner ended up breaking under the pressure of his post. He ended up dueling Saba, which resulted in his death. He did realize that he and Daala made the mistake of thinking too much like soldiers (i.e. expecting everyone to just obey their orders and not even try to earn their respect).]]

* [[spoiler:[[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs All Your Jedi Temple Are Belong To Us]]]]: Subverted. [[spoiler: The Jedi leave Coruscant, and the Sith move into their temple. But [[LizardFolk Barabels don't abandon their nests]]]]…

* AntiHero: Luke Skywalker. From a… certain point of view.
** After he criticizes her actions, Vestara demonstrates that he's [[NotSoDifferent much more like the Sith than he'd like to admit]]. He [[ShutUpKirk acknowledges and shuts up.]]

** Ben also pulls an ArmorPiercingSlap on Vestara in Ascension. [[spoiler: In order to basically be able to read her diary, just after hacking into her room]]. [[NeverLiveItDown Yeah,]] it was an OutOfCharacterMoment…

* ASimplePlan: Han and Leia just wanted to take their [[spoiler:grand]]daughter pet shopping. Instead they wind up with a Jedi going insane and alien predators getting released and running amok.

* [[BadassGrandpa Badass]] [[NeverMessWithGranny Grandparents]]: Han and Leia still have galaxy saving adventures whilst raising their granddaughter.
** Grand Lord Vol is very old, very evil, and the most powerful member of the Lost Tribe of the Sith. He's so badass that he actually manages to ''MindRape Abeloth!!!''
* BadassNormal: Many in the series.
** Boba Fett, who is not afraid to pick a fight with freaking Abeloth!

** Dorvan, who manages to [[spoiler:resist repeated torture and MindRape by the Sith and Abeloth ''and stay sane''!]]
* BattleDiscretionShot: This is how Christie Golden's books treat combat, to the bane of [[http://fangirlblog.com/reviews/star-wars-fotj-ascension/ some reviewers]].
** Rather this is better or worse than the {{Gorn}} in ''Apocalypse'', which artfully describes what a human looks like when they undergo a rapid stop without dampeners as "goo fountains," along with many other vivid descriptions of battle wounds and mutilations.

* TheBeautifulElite: The Lost Tribe Sith tremendously prize physical perfection and therefore break Sith stereotypes by being, on the whole, stunningly attractive (and therefore overlaps with EvilIsSexy). Even a small scar like Vestara's is seen as disfiguring. This is odd, seeing as one of the Dark Side's more reliable and explicit traits is generally that it sort of rots you from the inside out (Palpatine looked like wet paper bag at the end there), and many Dark Siders are especially prone to horribly disfiguring accidents in a possible form of karmic backlash from the Force itself.
** This is a case were AuthorAppeal wins out over the Dark Side.
** Also noted by a number of non-Sith characters in ''Ascension'' whenever they encounter a Sith [[spoiler:on Coruscant.]]
* BelligerentSexualTension: Dear ''god'', Ben and Vestara.
** In ''Ascension'', this gets taken UpToEleven when [[spoiler: Ben decides to break into her quarters]]…
* BewareTheSuperman: Brought up a few times in regards to the Jedi. It'd be more convincing it wasn't, well, [[CardCarryingVillain Daala]] bringing it up.
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Abeloth]].
* [[spoiler: BigBadDuumvirate: In ''Ascension'', the LostTribe allies with Abeloth. [[DealwiththeDevil Despite the costs.]]]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Ben''': "''They’re planning something. And when Abeloth and the Lost Tribe drop out of sight to plan something--it’s going to be very big, and very bad.''"]]

** Subverted in ''Conviction'', [[spoiler: Luke [[TheChessmaster manipulates]] Vestara, so that she'll lead the Sith into a Big Damn Ambush!]]

* BlatantLies: Vestara's story about how she got her scar… (She was born with it.)

** Special mention goes to the "goo fountains"

-->'''Ben''': "''Dad, if I never see another underground water pumping station or one more droch, I'll be happy.''"\\
'''Vestara''': "''We still have plenty of cans of droch spray.''"\\
'''Ben''': "''Yeah, but do we have any bottles of brain bleach?''"

* ButterflyOfDoom: On Nam Chorios, the fact that the planet is laced with sentient Force-sensitive crystals means that any active use of Force powers means a powerful and destructive Force storm will form somewhere on the planet.
* {{Buttmonkey}}:
** Kenth Hamner.
** Vestara, in ''Conviction'' at least. She has to deal with being called a Jedi, jumping full speed into a wall, getting soiled on by an infant she's rescuing, etc.
** [[NiceGuy Dab Hantaq]], for his short appearance, suffers all kinds of abuse from Tahiri merely due to his resemblance to Anakin Solo.
* CardboardPrison: The mercenary [[spoiler:[[ShapedLikeItself (Boba Fett disguised as Boba Fett)]]]] who breaks [[spoiler:Daala]] out of prison {{Lampshade}}s this by pointing out all of the inherent security flaws in most modern prisons and takes advantage of all of them.

*** In ''Apocalypse'' the reader is told that [[spoiler: The Throne of Balance is actually where the being in charge of the FORCE ITSELF sits. Its not just stepping stone to get to godhood, it IS goodhood.]]
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: The Sith constantly suffer from this, since it's actively encouraged within their society. Unfortunately, [[spoiler:Vestara is never able to shake this off and eventually ends up backstabbing ''everybody'', destroying her relationship with Ben.]]

* ContrivedCoincidence: In ''Apocalypse'', [[spoiler: Vestara's final MoralEventHorizon moment depended on her being too exhausted to survive confronting the Sith, Allana being nearby (when she should have been off-world), and having someone witness her action. And even then, she probably wouldn't have crossed it if she didn't have a live grenade tossed at her.]]

* CorruptChurch: Many see the Jedi Order as this, though [[JesusWasWayCool Luke is cool]].

* DarkActionGirl: Vestara. She's an extremely good fighter, considering she hasn't been an apprentice for long, and ''she's only sixteen''.
* DarkHorseVictory: [[spoiler: Who gets elected to lead the galaxy? Some nobody, turned terrorist leader, that's who. The fact that this happened is a ViolationofCommonSense, although he doesn't stay Head of State for long…]]

** Ben Skywalker, though Vestara also gives him a run for his money.
** Jaina also programmed her ship's astromech droid to be this.
-->'''Jaina''': What is it doing?\\
'''Rowdy''': RUNNING AWAY BECAUSE IT IS SO OBVIOUSLY OUTMATCHED PERHAPS.

** The world Abeloth was stranded on was populated with [[WhenTreesAttack aggressive]] [[ManEatingPlant flora]] and [[EverythingIsTryingToKillYou everything was trying to kill the Sith search team]]. This happens anywhere Abeloth stays for more than five SECONDS. Her world even reverts back a more normal world once she departs. Animals eat plants instead of the other way around, turns out [[spoiler: this is how she feeds and grows stronger.]]
** Nam Chorios is another one: on top of the freezing temperatures, winds, and droch bugs/plague, the heroes can't use the force without causing devastating storms.
* DeusExMachina: This being {{Invoked}}, in order to stop Abeloth in the ancient past, is {{Discussed}} in ''Apocalypse''. In the time of the novels, [[spoiler: a Killik hive attempts to [[{{ExploitedTrope}} exploit this]], but turn out to be WrongGenreSavvy.]]

* DidNotDoTheResearch: Vestara points out that the biggest weakness the Lost Tribe suffers is their overall ignorance and lack of knowledge about the galaxy as a whole, making them easy to fool.

* DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu: Abeloth has a [[{{yandere}} thing]] for Luke. It is explained in ''Conviction'': [[spoiler: Callista was partially intact]], influencing Abeloth's actions in different ways… [[spoiler: After Luke helps Callista to die, this obsession ends.]]

** [[spoiler: Actually it may be averted, as Jacen saw the BadFuture where the One Sith rules, and attempted changed it. This of course released Abeloth causing what may be an even WORSE future, but at least the Sith don't appear to be running the show in that one.]]
* TheDogBitesBack: In ''Vortex'', [[spoiler: Taalon beats Vestara, and after she sees that he's turning into an EldritchAbomination, she stabs him InTheBack.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: Cha Niathal
* [[AnimalWrongsGroup Droid Wrongs Group]]: Made all the more embarrassing by the fact that an eight-year-old discredits them.

** Also, in ''Ascension'', [[spoiler:Grand High Lord Vol is killed by Abeloth behind the scenes, while Gavar Khai is killed early in the novels in a throwaway battle.]]
* [[spoiler: [[DyingasYourself Dying as Yourself]]: Thanks to Luke's use of mnemotherapy, Callista is freed from [[AFateworsethandeath A Fate worse than Death]] within Abeloth, regains her connection with the Light Side, and passes smiling.]]

* DynamicEntry: Boba Fett makes a sudden and ''awesome'' appearance in ''Conviction'' when he [[spoiler: breaks [[CardBoardPrison Daala out of prison]]]].
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: Abeloth]]

** In ''Ascension'', [[spoiler: this is reversed, with the Sith allying with Abeloth. OhCrap!]]

** Freedom Flight is a rather blatant analogue to the real life Underground Railroad.
** Haydnat Treen is basically an expy of Viqi Shesh from NJO, except instead of collaborating with Vong, she is working for Imperial hardliners. Kuat seems to be the new Bothawui.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Vol, the Grand High Lord of the Lost Tribe of the Sith. In ''Ascension'' [[spoiler:he comes face to face with Abeloth's true form, recognising her for what she is and the evil that she represents. Far from trying to take control of it or enslave it like the Sith had planned up until that point, he roundly rejects any chance of alliance in horror at how evil she truly is, culminating in a mental duel that results in Abeloth being wounded almost as badly as she was in her encounters with Luke Skywalker]].
* [[spoiler: EverythingsDeaderwithZombies: The so called "Sith Ghouls", empowered by Abeloth in Apocalypse. Their attacks leave patches of dead skin, and are especially deadly to a "Stomper" marine's PowerArmor.]]
* EvilVsEvil: [[spoiler: The battle between the Sith and Nightsisters at the end of Backlash. The Sith completely [[CurbStompBattle curbstomp]] the Nightsisters without having to kill any of them]].
* [[FailedaSpotCheck Failed a Spot Check]]:
** In ''Ascension'',[[spoiler: Luke, Ben and Jaina search Korriban for Sith and don't find them.]] Although, this is something of a ForegoneConclusion.
** Earlier on, despite [[spoiler: them believing in the legend, the Sith just ignored the fact that Abeloth was holed up [[ChekhovsGun in Destructor Ruins]]. They invite her to their planet, thus also making them TooDumbToLive.]]

* FaceStealer: How was Abeloth able to take [[spoiler: Callista]]'s form and mess with Luke? Because she ate her several years ago! She also eats several other characters in the course of the story.
* FanNickname: Ever since a certain [[http://www.theforce.net/latestnews/story/FOTJ_Ascension_Excerpt_On_SWcom_139020.asp excerpt from ''Ascension'']] was released, Gavar Khai has been called "[[RecycledinSpace Space]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=girv250p0jrqnjre7xo8ffqb Fabio]]."

* FirstKiss: For Ben and Vestara, in ''Ascension''.
* FoeYay:
** People paired Ben and Vestara together even before the two directly met. Now that they have, some DatingCatwoman at the very least seems to be in the works, as each ''does'' seem to find the other attractive… As of ''Ascension'' [[spoiler: Ben seems to have won Vestara around to the light side with ThePowerOfLove… but then ''Apocalypse'' revealed that Vestara had an incurable case of ChronicBackstabbingDisorder, making her and Ben StarCrossedLovers at best.]]
** Abeloth and Luke certainly qualify. He even confuses her with Mara. And they have Callista-style ghost sex. Eventually goes up to {{yandere}} levels, with her [[MurderTheHypotenuse killing (and becoming) all his ex-girlfriends who are still alive]]. [[spoiler: Once Luke delivers Callista from Abeloth, the obsession disappears altogether.]]

** Also, Abeloth obviously won't succeed since the galaxy still exists… [[spoiler: or maybe not, since the ''StarWarsLegacy'' future seems to be the one Jacen tried to prevent. His actions in turn released Abeloth, and everyone's force visions currently agree that the Sith won't be sitting on the Throne of Balance anytime soon. But, always in motion the future is…]]

* [[spoiler: FromaSingleCell: Despite her two remaining manifestations being destroyed, and being beaten up in the SpiritWorld, Abeloth is described as shrinking into a miniscule force presence. [[NoEnding In the epilogue, she has already attacked people, and a group has been sent]] on TheQuest to retrieve a SwordofPlotAdvancement to finish the job.]]
* GambitPileup: This series may be the definitive example from the ''StarWars'' canon. We've got [[PresidentEvil Daala]], [[LostTribe the Sith]], [[StarWarsLegacy the other Sith]], [[EldritchAbomination Abeloth]], [[AristocratsAreEvil Moffs]], [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized Freedom Flight]], and [[{{Precursors}} gods]] know how many others working each other behind the scenes at the same time.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: ''Lots.'' For instance, there's this one time in ''Allies'' when Ben says that he could go for the Star Wars equivalent of a shower, and Vestara says, "[[ShowerOfLove I was thinking the same thing]]." And don't get me started on Daala and her Bwua'tu's bits of interaction.

-->[[spoiler: '''Han:''' "''Nobody move! This is a holdup!''"]]\\
[[spoiler: '''Leia:''' "''Han!''"]]\\
[[spoiler: '''Han:''' "''Oh, right. My mistake. Nobody move, this is a coup.''"]]
* GeneralRipper: The series points out why it's an ''extremely'' bad idea to put one (like Daala) into a position of power. It becomes extremely apparent when losing her position makes her revert to her previous CompleteMonster personality.
* GetOutOfJailFreeCard: Tahiri avoided punishment for [[spoiler: murdering Pellaeon]] in ''LegacyOfTheForce''. The GA is now attempting to put her on trial for this, but the series has gone out of its way to make their ([[StrawmanHasAPoint pretty legitimate]]) accusations be linked with a general anti-Jedi witch-hunt, thereby turning Tahiri into a victim to be rescued. A lot of [[spoiler: Pellaeon]] fans were ''not'' happy. [[spoiler: She was later arrested and put on trial. After said trial seems to go well from her, perjury from a key witness lands her a death sentence… which she escapes when Daala herself escapes. After hiding on Coruscant for a while, Tahiri contacts her friends, and Jag Fel takes her under his wing.]].

** Some people can see through Abeloth's illusions, for as of yet unknown reasons.

* AGodAmI: Abeloth's long term goal. But, what's [[StepThreeProfit the step in-between?]]
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Daala, taken UpToEleven.

-->''This has been done with honor, without error, and by my own choosing. [[spoiler: Niathal]] out.''
* GoodFeelsGood: In ''Ascension'', Vestara says this [[spoiler:is one of the reasons she wants to become a Jedi]]. Granted, at least one of the others is [[DatingCatwoman her relationship with Ben]].
* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Luke and Ben tend to fight with their [[LaserBlade lightsabers]], while Vestara and Jaina tend to fight with [[ShockandAwe force lightning]] and from [[OldSchoolDogfighting a star-fighter]], respectively. For example, in ''Vortex'', [[spoiler: Vestara throws her lightsaber to an unarmed Luke and then starts shocking Abeloth.]]

* HandWave: When Zekk appears in ''Backlash'', how he was rescued from his predicament after the events of [[LegacyOfTheForce ''Invincible'']] is given this treatment. It was to be explained somewhat in depth in a book called ''Blood Oath'' which was cancelled, so there is no [[AllThereInTheManual manual]].
* HannibalLecture: Practically Vestara's ''hobby''. Most of her [[InnerMonologue Inner Monologues]] are this, even!

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Vestara. {{Discussed}} by Luke and Jaina:
-->'''Luke''': ''You want me to take a Sith who's trustworthiness seems to depend on the time of day, the season, and the phases of whatever moons happen to be nearby, on'' ''[[spoiler:a potentially dangerous mission to the Sith homeworld?]]''

** In ''Conviction'', Han proves that he actually knows how to manipulate people into doing what he wants without having to actually shoot them. Leia is extremely impressed:
--->"''Join me, and together we can rule the galaxy as husband and wife!''"

-->"''We're not just recycling Odysseus' adventures. Though we did make some jokes about it at our story conference. 'So we have this cave, see, and there's a blinded rancor in it, and he has a herd of banthas, and Luke and Ben have to escape strapped to the banthas' undersides…' Nothing like that.''"
---->--Aaron Allston, ''Star Wars Insider 109''
** Ironically, Allston wrote a scene exactly like that between Allana and the mechanic Monarg for ''Backlash''.
* HopeSpot: The middle of ''Ascension'': Luke is back on Coruscant and is leading the Jedi Order once again; Moff/Senatorial conspiracy is falling apart; all three villains (Abeloth, Daala and Lost Tribe) are on the run with few resources left; Vestara chooses to become a Jedi and [[OnlySaneMan Wynn Dorvan]] is about to be elected Chief of State. And then it all goes to Hell.

-->'''Luke''': "''Tell you what, if you think it's wrong for you to think of them as ugly, just think of how you look to them. Short, squat, unlined skin, a nose that puffs up like a rodent, tiny little mouth with jagged white things in it, a horrible shrub-like growth on your head.''" \\
'''Ben''': "''This, from the man who's worn a bowl-cut hairstyle almost all his adult life.''"

* {{Hypocrite}}:
** Saba Sebatyne in ''Vortex''. [[spoiler: She ([[LeeroyJenkins along with the other Masters]]) use Hamner's secret dealings with Nek Bwua'tu to remove him as Grand Master, while her son Tesar Sebatyne hides a Barabel nest within the Temple Catacombs and is willing to potentially kill those who come across it.]]
** [[spoiler: The entire Jedi Order itself has shades of this after enacting their coup on Daala when political pressure and negative public opinion had already started to force her to remove various sanctions she'd leveled against them. Considering their outrage at Jacen's coup of the Galactic Alliance in Legacy of the Force, this becomes particularly noteworthy.]]
** Daala is just as much a hypocrite as the others listed, if not more so. She thinks that it's not okay for Kyp Durron to commit mass murder, but she treats ''her'' mass murder as no big deal. Really, she should turn herself in and let herself be put on trial for what she had done. Also, she believes that Jedi are bad for peace in the galaxy, when she sends Mandalorians to violently suppress riots and slave protests. [[SarcasmMode Oh, yeah, that ought to be good for peace!]]
** [[spoiler: Not to mention Daala attempts to have Jag assassinated so she can take control of the Imperial Remnant believing doing so is what's best for the galaxy. Awfully similar to what someone she had put on trial did isn't it?]]
* InferredHolocaust: [[spoiler:In the aftermath of ''Apocalyse'', it's mentioned that due to the thousands of Sith rampaging all over the planet, combined with volcanic activity Abeloth triggered, the total bodycount on Coruscant is likely numbering in the '''BILLIONS'''.]]
* InSovietRussiaTropeMocksYou: On Abeloth's planet, plant eats you!
* InterspeciesRomance: Daala (human) and Nek Bwu'atu (bothan) don't quite hide their relationship.
* {{Irony}}: Yes, the crazy Jedi think everyone's an impostor. Yes, Boba Fett did just disguise himself [[ShapedlikeItself as… Boba Fett]].

* JerkAss: Jacen's ghost acts like this Abyss.

** Vestara's reaction to a strange ship appearing in the sky promising to teach her how to be a Sith master? Fuck yeah!
** The trope later gets taken UpToEleven and combined with UndyingLoyalty, resulting in entire battalions of [[SpaceMarine Space Marines]] volunteering to help StormTheCastle.
* KarmaHoudini: Averted ''hard''. Remember that Sith girl that assassinated Pellaeon and tortured and molested Ben? She's on the cover of a book titled ''Conviction''. [[CoverDrop I wonder what will happen…]] The trope gets PlayedWith later: the trial looks like it's going well for her… [[spoiler: but then she his convicted and sentence to death. ''Then'' she escapes.]]
* KarmicDeath: Not exactly a death, but [[spoiler: Javis Tyrr]] gets his comeuppance in ''Allies'' when [[spoiler: Dorvan finds and publically reveals evidence of him illegally spying]]. In the same book, [[spoiler: Captain Faala is killed in the Mind Walker realm when the angry spirits of her old enemies drag her to her death]].
* KillItWithFire:
** Han uses a flamethrower and really enjoys doing so.
** Allana has troubling visions of [[spoiler: her mother getting killed by a "Burning Man"]].
* [[KicktheDog Kick the Dog]]: In ''Ascension'', for no reason other than to clear his thoughts, [[spoiler: Gavar beheads Vestara's pet/mount, Tikk]].

* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Ben and Vestara, {{Discussed}} in ''Conviction'', between Mayor Snaplaunce and Luke.
-->'''Snaplaunce''': "''He and the girl, are they a couple?''"\\
'''Luke''': "''No.''"\\
'''Snaplaunce''': "''They argue like one.''"\\
'''Luke''': "''So you are a couple with every one of your political opponents?''"\\
'''Snaplaunce''': "''Oh, well struck, Master Skywalker.''"
* LostTribe: The Lost Tribe of the Sith.
* LudicrousGibs: ''Apocalypse'' revels in describing the results of being squashed by a piece of building, split in two lengthwise by a lightsaber, splattered on the floor due to a malfunctioning transport tube, caught in the fiery disintegration of a flying vehicle, …
* MadeOfExplodium: This is actually explained (in ''Conviction''): Apparently, everything in Star Wars has circuitry inside it, including ''guard rails''. Whenever a 'force storm' happens on Nam Chorios, all that circuitry…

** Leia, of course. Jag even Lampshades it when he comments how he feels sorry for the poor bastard who attempted to assassinate them and put Allana in danger. [[spoiler: She even beheads a Sith who was threatening Allana without a second thought.]]

* MindRape: In fact, Abeloth's mental probing is [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything treated like rape]].

* NaughtyTentacles: While on Abeloth's planet, Vestara is attacked by carnivorous vines that wrap around her body to immobilize her. Also, while fighting Abeloth, Luke is strangled into submission by her tentacles when she grapples him. Cue the FetishFuel.

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Part of Force Psychosis involves the crazy Jedi knowing Force skills they never used before. Luke also seems to pick up a new Force technique at least once per book during the first half of the series.

** ''Apocalypse'' reveals that [[spoiler:Jacen's previous actions in LegacyOfTheForce by trying to change the future were what freed Abeloth from her prison.]] Also, it's revealed that [[spoiler:Anakin Skywalker's [[StarWarsTheCloneWars mission to Mortis]], which resulted in the deaths of the three living embodiments of the Force, eliminated the only entities capable of fighting Abeloth.]]
*** [[spoiler: Not that the latter case was even remotely Anakin's fault. In this case the Hero Who Broke It is the Father for bringing Anakin to the planet in the first place, and only if you believe that Anakin's presence there is what killed the three of them given that the Father brought him there because he saw that his kids were ''already'' fighting each other. It was The Son who is actually responsible for the deaths of the other two, and as he was TheDarkSide incarnate he wouldn't really be any better than Abeloth if it came down to the two of them.]]

* [[spoiler:NoEnding: either that or SequelHook UpToEleven. There's a "Stranger" representing the Sith, there's at least one other Sith tribe out there, Vestara abandons Ben so that Ship can take her to it, and the reason Jacen became Darth Caedus is because said Stranger is TheChosenOne, not Allana the way Luke thought. Just about the ''only'' plot thread that resolves is that Jag and Jaina get married… After he flunks election and is no longer Imperial Head of State. And was Abeloth ''really'' defeated?]]
** [[spoiler: Actually the Sith Stranger was not the chosen one. Allana is, the stranger just uses her to take the throne for himself. Until Jacen changed the future that is.]]
*** [[spoiler: Then again, the Sith Stranger implies that Jacen's actions only delayed the inevitable future of the Sith gaining the Throne of Balance.]]
** [[spoiler: Regarding the "Sith Stranger" and the other Sith Tribe alluded to, it is strongly implied that the stranger was actually Darth Krayt from the StarWarsLegacy series, and that the other Sith Tribe was in fact the One Sith, the Sith faction that Krayt founded.]]
* OedipusComplex: Several fans see shades of this in Ben, in his relationship with Vestara.

* OnlySaneMan:
** Inverted in the case of Jedi suffering from Force Psychosis. It causes them to believe that their friends and family have been replaced by duplicates, and that they're the only ones who noticed.
** Dorvan plays this straighter. He realizes what's at stake and tries to rein in Daala's excesses. When he realizes Daala has [[VillainousBreakdown gone beyond the breaking point]], he decides to resign rather than work for her.

* [[OutofCharacterMoment Out of Character Moment:]] See Domestic Abuse above. One major complaint about Christie Golden's books is that they're ''filled'' with them.
* PapaWolf: Corran's children (Valin and Jysella) are imprisoned in carbonite thanks to their going completely batshit, and he's… not happy. At all. And that's putting it lightly.

* PlotArmor: An egregious instance of this shows up in ''Apocalypse'': Who will survive the first wave of a Jedi-only assault force? The ones who had been named in earlier books, of course! Compounded when one character has thoughts about how they were friends with some of the (never named) deceased, highlighting [[RedShirt this effect]].

* PoweredArmor: Some of the Void Jumper SpaceMarines, called "Stompers", wear suits of these. Having them back-fires [[spoiler: when the [[EverythingsDeaderwithZombies Sith ghouls]] get to them.]]
* ThePowerOfLove / LoveRedeems: Jaina [[InvokedTrope invokes]] this, while vouching for Vestara:
-->"''I don't want to get too sentimental here, uncle Luke, but don't underestimate [[ThePowerofLove the power of love]]. It's [[LoveRedeems pulled two family members back]] from the DarkSide already. Ben's sixteen, but he's not a fool.''"
* {{Precursors}}: A ''lot'' of hints as to the Celestials…
** Besides prophecies about the "[[RegularlyScheduledEvil Destructors]]" and "[[TheChosenOne Skyborn]]." Abeloth's lair [[ChekhovsGun had Destructor ruins inside]], and [[EpilepticTrees Ben Skywalker]] ''[[EpilepticTrees was]]'' [[EpilepticTrees born in space]].
** [[RevengeOfTheSith So was Luke.]] And they are ''Sky''walkers at that.
** In ''Ascension''[[spoiler: [[ApocalypseHow well, about Abeloth being related to the Destructors… yeah.]] [[IdiotBall They just had to]] [[FailedaSpotCheck ignore those ruins.]]]]
** ''Apocalypse'' seems to confirm that the Killiks have been around since the Celestials lived in the galaxy. In fact, the Killiks themselves helped build the devices that imprisoned Abeloth.

** While not exactly ''evil'' (at first), Chief of State Daala certainly has her qualms about the Jedi and won't hesitate to use government resources to put them in line. There is, however, quite a bit of irony to her running the galaxy from a planet (Coruscant) that she once hatched a plot to destroy. Fortunately, she is not as brilliant of a strategist as her [[GeneralFailure reputation makes her out to be]].

* PsychicAssistedSuicide: In ''Vortex'', [[spoiler: Abeloth and the Fallanassi (who are under her control) drive dozens of Sith mad with Illusions. This causes some of them kill themselves by falling off cliffs and drowning. It also causes some of them to dismember each other with their lightsabers]].
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler: The role Abeloth tries to recruit Ben and Vestara for, would involve them fighting each-other for eternity, so they wouldn't be able to use their new powers for much. Between that, and how WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity, Ben becoming "The Prince of Light", wouldn't have helped anyone.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Mayor Snaplaunce isn't [[SleazyPolitician your average fictional politician]].

* RecycledINSPACE: In ''Conviction'', the conspirators' plot to remove Daala is suspiciously parallel to that of the conspirators in Shakespeare's ''Julius Caesar''.
* RefugeInAudacity:
** Doctor Thalleus Tharn, to prove that Jedi Knights Sotharis Saar and Turi Altamik are no longer insane, ''[[GroinAttack knees Saar in the crotch]]''. The fact that he's still alive 30 seconds later convinces the majority of the crowd.
** Booster Terrik invites over a hundred of Coruscant's most powerful people to a sabacc tournament on the ''Errant Venture''. Then he goes and blows up several satellites to provide a distraction for the Jedi while the defense fleet can't retaliate due to the "hostages", ''all while the sabacc tournment is running'' since the participants are unaware of what is happening.

** We get one of these in ''Ascension''. [[spoiler: The slave revolts are being caused by Imperial conspirators? Well, there go the last bits of [[BlackandWhiteMorality Black and White Morality]] from this story!]]
* [[RuleofThree Rule of Three]]: In ''Conviction'', Lieutenant Jevon Thewles' apartment is being raided:
-->'''Jevon''': "''Can I get up?''"…\\
'''Jevon''': "''Can I get up?''"…\\
'''Jevon''': "''Can I get up?''"…\\
'''Guard''': "''Yes, sit up.''"\\
'''Jevon''': "''Can I get dressed?''"…
* SacrificialLamb: Kani, alias KP (Kenth's Pet). [[spoiler:She volunteers to go speak with the Mandalorians outside the Temple, reasoning that they won't feel threatened by an unarmed teenager. Unfortunately for her, this means that the Mando leader has no qualms about unceremoniously shooting her dead in public.]]
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers: Discussed between Luke and Daala. Of course, the Force can't really be a witness later, and the Force does have a dark side.
* SealedEvilInACan: The feminine creature called Abeloth, hidden in the Maw.

* SelfMadeOrphan:
** When one of the Baran Do Sages hears Luke's request to learn techniques picked up by Jacen Solo, she asks if it's safe - there is the possibility that these techniques, designed for and by Kel Dor, who are distinctly nonhuman, might have adverse effects on a human mind. If they do have such effects, and they turned someone like Jacen into what he became, how much worse off would the galaxy be if it happened to Luke Skywalker? Luke wants to learn anyway, believing that they now know how to pick up on any of the signs. When his son asks what if the effect is sudden and total, Luke gets Ben to ''agree to kill him''. And he does, with difficulty.
-->'''Ben''': "''I think I'd rather be tortured again than go through another conversation like that. You seemed to take it well enough. Making me promise to kill you.''"\\
'''Luke''': "''Only under certain circumstances. Not just because I insist you eat your vegetables.''"
** In ''Ascension'', [[spoiler: Vestara kills her father. Her mother was already killed earlier when Abeloth destroyed the Sith capital.]]
* SequelHook: The final novel reveals that [[spoiler:there is a ''second'' major Sith faction separate from the Lost Tribe]]! Also, [[spoiler:Abeloth isn't truly dead, and [[DeaderThanDead the only way to truly kill her]] is to find a fabled Force-infused dagger capable of killing Force entities like her]].
* ShapedlikeItself: Boba Fett's disguise. he even changes his body language so people will think someone's impersonating him.

** Ben's line: "What if you're Luke Skywalker today and Darth Starkiller tomorrow?" 'Starkiller' was the original last name assigned to Luke in early drafts of ''StarWars''. It's been referenced in various ways in much of the EU.

* ShipTease: This banter between [[MentorShip Jaina and Kyp]] in ''Allies'':
-->'''Jaina:''' "We have to stop seeing each other like this."\\
'''Kyp:''' "I know. It's just so wrong, but I can't help it."

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: In ''Allies'', Dyon Stadd, Kyp Durron, and Gilad Pellaeon's surnames are consistently misspelled Stad, Durran, and Pallaeon. Also, the plurals "Jedis" and "Siths" are used.
* SpiritWorld: Wherever it is the Mind Walkers go when they use their eponymous power (which seems to be some sort of astral projection), which may or may not be the [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Netherworld_of_the_Force netherworld of the Force]]. Evidence towards the former is the fact that [[spoiler:Mara appears to be in some sort of purgatory after the events of ''Sacrifice''.]]
** Interesting to note that Mara seems to be stuck along with Anakin and Jacen in the netherworld "lake", yet her Force Ghost, along with Vader's and others, appears to Cade Skywalker 100 years later in the Legacy comic (Ossus arc).
*** If it is, as has been noted, a purgatory-like location, then of course she gets out, as do her nephews.
*** Cade Skywalker was having a deathstick-induced hallucination, so Mara's appearance may not really count.
** Jacen Solo dwells there as well, and when questioned as to what his fate is, he unequivocally responds, "Damnation."
** It turns out they are visiting Abeloth's planet.

** The Moffs… ''[[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder again.]]'' Even lampshaded by Jag in ''Apocalypse'' when he opens a public speech by mentioning that, when he accepted the job of Imperial Head of State, he didn't expect to survive as long as he did.

* StealthInSpace: {{Conversed}} for Stealth-X fighters, in ''Backlash''.
-->'''Jaina''': "''They're the stealthiest vehicles in the galaxy.''"\\
'''Kyp''': "''[[InSpace In space]].''"
* StockholmSyndrome: [[PlayedforLaughs Played for Laughs]], with a Bothan secretary in ''Conviction''.
-->(Han tries to get the secretary to help by threatening him.)\\
'''Secretary''': "''Forgive me, General. But I won't help you, and you won't sell me. You're a hero of the Alliance.''"\\
'''Han Solo''': "''Leia, I swear, I hate having a good reputation. I HATE it!''"

-->'''Han Solo''': "''Take me to your leader. [[WeComeinPeaceShootToKill We come in peace]].''"\\
'''Leia''': "''Han.''"\\
'''Han Solo''': "''Sorry, Leia. Sometimes I can't help myself.''"

** The series' portrayal of Mandalorians may be a huge TakeThat against Karen Traviss' MarySue (and CreatorsPet) portrayal of them in ''LegacyOfTheForce'' and the ''RepublicCommandoSeries''. See the MoralEventHorizon entry above.
*** In ''Apocalypse'', Admiral Bwua'tu mentions that the reason why they didn't hire Mandalorians to help them fight the Sith was due to their previous failures in fighting the Jedi.
*** Another one I liked was the TakeThat to Kyp. (Daala threatens to send him to the Empire. Granted, Luke ''installed'' the Emperor, so Kyp might get life imprisonment if that happens.) And to the ''Ewoks'' cartoon. (Ben's HeliumSpeech.)
*** Callista. [[spoiler: And Akanah.]]
** ''Ship'' delivers a huge TakeThat to the One Sith.
** Also, the series seems to be one huge plot thread pointing that in retrospect, making Daala the Galactic Alliance Head of State was pretty much a ''very bad idea''.
-->'''Moff Getelles''': "''Natasi Daala has been an erratic officer, a laser cannon with a malfunctioning actuator if you will, since she was an ensign in the Imperial Navy, and her recent actions bear out this diagnosis…''"
*** [[spoiler: [[DarkHorseVictory The denizens of the galaxy prefer a ''terrorist'' over her…]]]]

* ThatManIsDead: The philosophy of the Baran Do sages who retreat into their sanctuary. Their old life on the surface is over and dead with so they must take a new name.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Luke gives one to the Barran Do sages and the Hidden One about how hiding away in their caverns is not living in tune with the Force. He didn't do this to insult them but to point out the problems in their philosophy.
** Luke tries this on Vestara, after what she does in ''Conviction'', but she interrupts, demonstrating that he is [[{{NotSoDifferent}} just as calculating and manipulative as the Sith]]. [[{{ShutUpKirk}} Luke gives up the argument.]]

* [[spoiler: TheyDo: it took them over fifteen years to get there, but Jaina and Jag finally get married.]]

** We get a second one in ''Vortex''.
---> "The Sith were coming ''now'', and Luke had only a single Jedi Knight--Ben--to stand at his side. With the fate of the Jedi and their own lives hanging by a thread, the Skywalkers had run out of time…"

** The Lost Tribe of the Sith [[spoiler: find a very powerful entity living in the ruins of a force that is prophesied to destroy their civilization, a prophecy that they have found evidence supporting. Then, they [[ApocalypseHow invite this entity to their planet.]]]]
* TragicVillain: Vestara sees herself as this, after [[spoiler: she commits murder to save Ben from toxic fumes.]]

* UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny: An in-universe example occurs [[spoiler: towards the end of Backlash--[[EvilVsEvil Sith vs. Nightsisters]]]]!

* UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler: Nek Bwu'atu]] uses this to whip up TheCavalry, who JumpedAtTheCall [[ShoutOut and]] fell [[{{Alien}} asleep during the drop]].

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: While not necessarily villainous, Chief of State Daala certainly fits.

** By ''Allies'', Daala is pretty clearly a main villain of the storyline. With her approval rating plummeting due to her gross mishandling of the Jedi situation, she decides to force the Jedi to bend to her will, by ordering a massive Mandalorian fleet to blockade the Temple. When she learns that the Mandalorian commander has amplified her orders to "massacre without warning anyone who exits the Temple who is not the specific individual we're trying to kidnap, and we'll burn the whole place to the ground tomorrow if our demands aren't met." she reacts with a "[[IncrediblyLamePun meh]]".
** In ''Ascension'', the Sith try their hand at this, getting a hold of the media. Apparently, the tough news service from earlier books just grabbed onto the IdiotBall.
* [[ViolationofCommonSense Violation of Common Sense]]: See DarkHorseVictory above.

* WeakButSkilled: Dyon, who lacks the Force powers necessary to become a Jedi but makes up for it [[GunsAkimbo Blasters Akimbo]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: Ben and Vestara, both. It doesn't keep Ben from mocking her about it, though.
--> '''Ben''': "'''Yes, dear Papa.' 'No, dear Papa.' 'You are amazing, dear Papa.'''"
** Of course, [[spoiler:"Papa" isn't the same as "Father". To understand, "Papa" is the fictional Jedi father who is [[FreudWasRight more like Luke than Gavar]], and "Father" is someone who starts out loving her, though he only doesn't beat her because she never needed to be beaten, and ultimately adopts a YouHaveFailedMe attitude.]]
** Funnily enough, Gavar is impressed by Ben's fighting skills, and Luke is impressed by Vestara's cunning. If only they could trade fathers…
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Daala. Admiral Bwua'tu in ''Allies'' thinks that she is doing wrong things for the right reasons. [[spoiler: Five minutes later he is attacked by false Jedi.]]

* [[WhamEpisode Wham Novel]]: In ''Ascension'', the Senate votes [[spoiler:a disguised Abeloth]] as the new GA Chief of State.
* WhatTheHellHero: Abeloth-possessed [[spoiler: Akanah]] just ''loves'' to point out how much the Jedi have screwed things up and made the galaxy a worse place.
* WhyAmITicking: [[spoiler: Threepio]] in ''Conviction''. R2-D2 responds to this with a HurricaneOfPuns.

* WomanScorned: [[spoiler: What Ship says will [[TookALevelInBadass make Vestara into a Sith Lord.]]]]

** [[spoiler: Both Luke and Vestara can see her true form (from Wookieepedia): "… that of a woman with a large full lipped mouth so broad that it reached from ear to ear, stubby arms that protruded no more than ten centimeters from her shoulders, and hands that had [[CombatTentacles long, writhing tentacles for fingers]]."]]
** According to Lost Tribe mythology, Abeloth might be a Destructor, a race of powerful beings that regularly exterminate all life in the galaxy. [[MassEffect Sounds familiar]]…

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Vestara is worried about Jedi genocide on the Sith because of a desire for revenge. Ben starts to think about how the Jedi's goal isn't genocide, just… to destroy the Sith. He wisely shuts up upon realizing how stupid that sounds.

-->'''Vestara''': "''How goes maternal parent?… I reach to make you pride.''"

* AntiHero: Luke Skywalker. From a… [[YourMileageMayVary certain point of view]].

* TragicVillain: YourMileageMayVary, but Vestara sees herself as this, after [[spoiler: she commits murder to save Ben from toxic fumes.]]

** In ''Allies'', Ackmena is an abolitionist, in honor of the late Bea Arthur. In the same book, Dyon knocks someone out by [[StarTrek grabbing the neck and pinching]] (the author of ''Allies'', Christie Golden, has contributed some books to the StarTrekNovelVerse).

** Nam Chorios is another one: on top of the freezing temperatures, winds, and [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel droch bugs/plague]], the heroes can't use the force without causing devastating storms.

** {{YMMV}} rather this is better or worse than the {{Gorn}} in ''Apocalypse'', which artfully describes what a human looks like when they undergo a rapid stop without dampeners as "goo fountains," along with many other vivid descriptions of battle wounds and mutilations.

* OedipusComplex: YMMV. Several fans see shades of this in Ben, in his relationship with Vestara.

* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler: The role Abeloth tries to recruit Ben and Vestara for, would involve them fighting each-other for eternity, so they wouldn't be able to use their new powers for much. Considering that and how WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity, Ben accepting and being "The Prince of Light", wouldn't have helped anyone.]]

* WeCanRuleTogether: PlayedWith. [[spoiler: The role Abeloth tries to recruit Ben and Vestara for, would involve them fighting each-other for eternity, so they wouldn't be able to use their new powers for much. Considering WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity, becoming "The Prince of Light" wouldn't have helped anyone.]]

* [[spoiler: BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Besides the fact that the FinalBattle left Luke near-death and comatose, it is repeatedly implied that they have [[FromaSingleCell only temporarily dealt with]] Abeloth. In the three months between the climax and the ending, [[NoEnding she has already attacked some people despite being vanquished.]]]]

** This could be more a case of the authors [[TeasingCreator messing with the fans]] over the EpilepticTrees and {{ForegoneConclusion}}s due to the Force-sensitive [[StarWarsLegacy Emperor Fel]].
*** [[spoiler: the above ForegoneConclusion could be the BadFuture Jacen (hopefully) prevented, which in that case makes it not so forgone]]

** Nam Chorios is another one: on top of the freezing temperatures, winds, and HighOctaneNightmareFuel droch bugs/plague, the heroes can't use the force without causing devastating storms.

** The Moffs… ''[[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder again.]]'' Even lampshaded by Jag in ''Apocalypse'' when he opens a public speech by mentioning that he's surprised he survived as long as he did as Imperial Head of State.

*** [[spoiler: the above {{ForegoneConclusion}} could be the {{BadFuture}} Jacen (hopefully) prevented, which in that case makes it not so forgone]]

* [[spoiler:[[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs All Your Jedi Temple Are Belong To Us:]]]] Subverted. [[spoiler: The Jedi leave Coruscant, and the Sith move into their temple. But [[LizardFolk Barabels don't abandon their nests]]]]…

** Grand Lord Vol is very old, very evil, and the most powerful member of the Lost Tribe of the Sith.
*** He's so badass that he actually manages to ''MindRape Abeloth!!!''

** The Void Jumper space marines, who are capable of taking out Sith with superior tactics and firepower.

** [[NiceGuy Dab Hantaq], for his short appearance, suffers all kinds of abuse from Tahiri merely due to his resemblance to Anakin Solo.
* CardboardPrison: The mercenary [[spoiler:[[ShapedLikeItself (Boba Fett disguised as Boba Fett)]]]] who breaks [[spoiler:Daala]] out of prison Lampshades this by pointing out all of the inherent security flaws in most modern prisons and takes advantage of all of them.

* ConvenientComa: Admiral Bwua'tu falls into a coma after being attacked by fake Jedi, just so he can't actually tell anybody said Jedi were fake.
** [[spoiler: Becomes an ExploitedTrope after he recovers, providing a good cover for meetings of the counter-conspiracy.]]

* DarkHorseVictory: [[spoiler: Who gets elected to lead the galaxy? Some no-body, turned terrorist leader, that's who. The fact that this happened is a ViolationofCommonSense, although he doesn't stay Head of State for long…]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Ben Skywalker, though Vestara also gives him a run for his money.
** Also, Jaina programmed her ship's astromech droid to be this.

* DeathWorld: The world Abeloth was stranded on was populated with [[WhenTreesAttack aggressive]] [[ManEatingPlant flora]] and [[EverythingIsTryingToKillYou everything was trying to kill the Sith search team]].
** Not to mention Nam Chorios! On top of the freezing temperatures, winds, and HighOctaneNightmareFuel droch bugs/plague, the heroes can't use the force without causing devastating storms.
*** This happens anywhere Abeloth stays for more than five SECONDS. Her world even reverts back a more normal world once she departs. Animals eat plants instead of the other way around, turns out [[spoiler: this is how she feeds and grows stronger.]]
* DeusExMachina: This being {{Invoked}}, in order to stop Abeloth in the ancient past, is {{Discussed}} in ''Apocalypse''. In the time of the novels, [[spoiler: a Killik hive attempts to [[{{ExploitedTrope}} Exploit this]], but turn out to be WrongGenreSavvy.]]

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler: In ''Allies'', Luke apparently manages to kill a literal EldritchAbomination, with some Sith assistance.]] Unfortunately, it gets better.

* DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu: Abeloth has a [[{{yandere}} thing]] for Luke.
** It is explained in ''Conviction''. [[spoiler: Callista was partially intact]], influencing Abeloth's actions in different ways… [[spoiler: And after Luke helps Callista to die, this obsession ends.]]

** [[spoiler: Actually it may be averted, as Jacen saw the {{BadFuture}} where the One Sith rules, and attempted changed it. This of course released Abeloth causing what may be an even WORSE future, but at least the Sith don't appear to be running the show in that one.]]

* EmotionEater: Abeloth gains her power by feeding off peoples' negative emotions.

* EnemyMine: [[spoiler: In ''Allies'', the Jedi and Sith team up to try and take down Abeloth.]]

* {{Expy}}: Freedom Flight is a rather blatant analogue to the real life Underground Railroad.

* [[FailedaSpotCheck Failed a Spot Check]]: In ''Ascension'',[[spoiler: Luke, Ben and Jaina search Korriban for Sith and don't find them.]] Although, this is something of a ForegoneConclusion.

** Also, Abeloth obviously won't succeed since the galaxy still exists.
*** [[spoiler: Maybe, maybe not since the ''StarWarsLegacy'' future seems to be the one Jacen tried to prevent, releasing Abeloth, and everyone's force visions currently agree that the Sith won't be sitting on the Throne of Balance anytime soon. But, always in motion the future is…]]

* GlamourFailure: Some people can see through Abeloth's illusions, for as of yet unknown reasons.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Saba Sebatyne in ''Vortex''. [[spoiler: She ([[LeeroyJenkins along with the other Masters]]) use Hamner's secret dealings with Nek Bwua'tu to remove him as Grand Master, while her son Tesar Sebatyne hides a Barabel nest within the Temple Catacombs and is willing to potentially kill those who come across it.]]

* JumpedAtTheCall: Vestara's reaction to a strange ship appearing in the sky promising to teach her how to be a Sith master? Fuck yeah!
** It gets taken UpToEleven and combined with UndyingLoyalty, resulting in entire battalions of [[SpaceMarine Space Marines]] volunteering to help StormTheCastle.

* KillItWithFire: Han uses a flamethrower and really enjoys doing so.

* [[ThePowerofLove The Power of Love]] / LoveRedeems: Jaina [[InvokedTrope invokes]] this, while vouching for Vestara:

* PresidentEvil: While not exactly ''evil'', Chief of State Daala certainly has her qualms about the Jedi and won't hesitate to use government resources to put them in line.
** There is, however, quite a bit of irony to her running the galaxy from a planet (Coruscant) that she once hatched a plot to destroy. Fortunately, she is not as brilliant of a strategist as her [[GeneralFailure reputation makes her out to be]].

* SacrificialLamb: Kani, alias KP (Kenth's Pet). [[spoiler:She volunteers to go speak with the Mandalorians outside the Temple, reasoning that they won't feel threatened by an unarmed teenager. Unfortunately for her, this means that the Mando leader unceremoniously shot her dead in public.]]

* SelfMadeOrphan: When one of the Baran Do Sages hears Luke's request to learn techniques picked up by Jacen Solo, she asks if it's safe - there is the possibility that these techniques, designed for and by Kel Dor, who are distinctly nonhuman, might have adverse effects on a human mind. If they do have such effects, and they turned someone like Jacen into what he became, how much worse off would the galaxy be if it happened to Luke Skywalker? Luke wants to learn anyway, believing that they now know how to pick up on any of the signs. When his son asks what if the effect is sudden and total, Luke gets Ben to ''agree to kill him''. And he does, with difficulty.

** Also, in ''Ascension'', [[spoiler: Vestara kills her father. Her mother was already killed in the earlier destruction of the Sith capital by Abeloth.]]

** The Moffs… ''[[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder again.]]''

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: Lets just say that in ''Allies'' we ''finally'' find out what happens to [[spoiler: Callista]].
** Not to mention [[spoiler: Akanah]].

* AbortedArc: The way that [[spoiler: Jaina breaks up with Jag]], only for the relationship to instantly [[IGotBetter get repaired the next book]], makes it obvious that the authors back-tracked due to fan backlash. Not to mention that [[spoiler: Kyp/Jaina was [[ShipTease teased]] just before the break-up]], and how in ''Ascension'', [[spoiler: Tahiri and Jag spend a lot of time together]].

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler: In ''Allies'', Luke apparently manages to kill a literal EldritchAbomination, with some Sith assistance.]] Unfortunately, [[IGotBetter It Got Better]].