History Literature / FateOfTheJedi

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

* ContagiousPowers: Each of the insane Jedi has exhibited powers that had been learned by Jacen Solo during his five-year sojourn after the Literature/NewJediOrder, however, it appears to have been stated that each Jedi never had the opportunity to learn the power from him or the people who taught him.
** [[spoiler: As of ''Abyss'', this is no longer true. The latest insane Jedi displayed the power to alter the molecular composition of metals in order to penetrate them, something Jacen Solo never did. The link with Jacen seems to have been a RedHerring.]]

* 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 exploit this, but it turns out to be a mistake.]]

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

* [[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.]]

* HumansAreUgly

* MythologyGag: This isn't the first time where Luke and several other force-sensitives have to deal with [[ComicBook/DarkEmpire a dark side entity who inhabited various bodies in order to maintain her power.]]

** Retroactively compounds what was already a NiceJobBreakingItHero moment from ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''. [[spoiler: By getting The Son and The Daughter killed, The Father and Anakin Skywalker removed the forces that were keeping Abeloth from becoming a major galaxy-threatening problem]].

* TeleportersAndTransporters: The Aing-Tii can use the force to teleport themselves and objects. Mostly notably they use it and [[{{Seers}} Flow-walking]] to navigate the rift where they live. They end up teaching Luke how to do this.

* VillainHasAPoint: Acknowledged InUniverse. The discussion Luke has with Daala in ''Outcast'' has Luke realize that, while Daala's security measures are rather extreme, she's also doing it so that the galaxy does not need to rely on the Jedi as galactic police, which, given the constant Jedi/Sith duels ([[Literature/LegacyOfTheForce the galaxy is still reeling from the last one]]) is probably not that bad of an idea on its own.

''Fate of the Jedi'' is a nine-book novel series in the StarWarsExpandedUniverse, set about two years after ''Literature/LegacyOfTheForce''. Like that series, it was written by three rotating authors: Creator/AaronAllston, Christie Golden (who replaced Karen Traviss after she dropped out), and Creator/TroyDenning.

This is the final major story arc for the Expanded Universe before it was [[CanonDiscontinuity decanonized]] by Disney and converted into the ''Legends'' brand.

''Fate of the Jedi'' is a nine-book novel series in the StarWarsExpandedUniverse, set about two years after ''Literature/LegacyOfTheForce''. Like that series, it's being written by three rotating authors: Creator/AaronAllston, Christie Golden (who replaced Karen Traviss after she dropped out), and Creator/TroyDenning.

Also contains a tie-in series, ''Lost Tribe of the Sith'':

* ''Outcast'' (2009)
* ''Omen'' (2009)
* ''Abyss'' (2009)
* ''Backlash'' (2010)
* ''Allies'' (2010)
* ''Vortex'' (2010)
* ''Conviction'' (2011)
* ''Ascension'' (2011)
* ''Apocalypse'' (2012)

Tropes used in the novels:

* 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.

* [[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]].]]

* BackToBackBadasses: The cover of ''Ascension''.

* [[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.]]

* [[spoiler: EverythingsDeaderwithZombies: The Sith Ghouls empowered by Abeloth in Apocalypse. Their attacks leave patches of dead skin and are especially deadly to a Stomper marine's armor.]]

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

* [[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. In the epilogue, a group has been sent on a quest to retrieve the Dagger of Mortis to finish the job.]]

* GambitPileup: This series may be the definitive example from the ''StarWars'' canon. We've got [[PresidentEvil Daala]], [[LostTribe the Sith]], [[ComicBook/{{Legacy}} the other Sith]], [[EldritchAbomination Abeloth]], [[AristocratsAreEvil Moffs]], [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized Freedom Flight]], and the Force knows how many others working each other behind the scenes at the same time.

* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Luke and Ben tend to fight with their [[LaserBlade lightsabers]], while Vestara and Jaina tend to fight with [[ShockAndAwe force lightning]] and from [[OldSchoolDogfight a starfighter]], respectively. For example, in ''Vortex'', [[spoiler: Vestara throws her lightsaber to an unarmed Luke and then starts shocking Abeloth.]]

* [[spoiler: MesACrowd: Abeloth]]

* [[spoiler:NiceJobFixingItVillain: When Daala escapes prison, so does Tahiri.]]

* PapaWolf: Corran's children (Valin and Jysella) are imprisoned in carbonite thanks to their going crazy and Mr. Horn himself is ''not'' happy.

* 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.]].

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers: Discussed between Luke and Daala. Of course, the Force can't really be a witness later..

* StormingTheCastle: [[spoiler: The Jedi built [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs their temple]]'s defenses a little too well.]] TheCavalry only [[spoiler: turn it into a battle of attrition.]] [[FromBadToWorse And that was before]] the [[spoiler: [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies sith ghouls came out to play]].]]

* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Ben defeats a Baran Do Sage because if Luke did so, that would imply the Jedi's inferiority to the Baran Do Sages.

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

* [[spoiler: UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Saba as Chief of State?]]

* 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.]]

* [[spoiler: LesCollaborateurs: Most of the Lost Tribe of Sith, for Abeloth.]]

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

** In ''Conviction'', some GenreSavvy smugglers Abeloth runs into don't take any of her crap, including turning on and locking up the people that she influences.

* TheBeautifulElite: The Lost Tribe Sith tremendously prize physical perfection, to the point where even a small scar like Vestara's could potentially halt her advancement, and giving them an additional layer of elitism on top of the normal sith beliefs in TheMagocracy and SocialDarwinist. A Sith culture behaving this way is a bit of a continuity problem since it has been well established that EvilMakesYouUgly with TheDarkSide, and this notion is explicitly reinforced in the [[DarthPlagueis Darth Plagueis]] novel.

* DistantPrologue: To the [[StarWarsLegacy Legacy]] comics. Sets up and hints at everything from the Empire becoming a major player again to the One Sith.

** Since Luke has several direct descendants living by the time of ''StarWarsLegacy'', it's pretty much a given that Ben will live long enough to have at least one kid.

* 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 the Force knows how many others working each other behind the scenes at the same time.

** In ''Ascension'', [[spoiler: Tahiri becomes TheAtoner, and looks like she's going to be one of the first [[StarWarsLegacy Imperial Knights]]]].

ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway Jedi started having delusional breaks from reality and lashing out with TheForce. At the same time, rumors developed of a new breed of Sith emerging into the galaxy, poised to conquer (as usual) and generally cause problems. Our hero, Luke Skywalker, was basically unable to stop any of this, and public opinion swung against the Jedi in general, to the point where he was exiled from Coruscant; however, this dovetailed with neatly with the fact that someone needed to investigate these new Sith. As he and his son Ben traveled, they experienced continued run-ins with Vestara Khai, a Sith apprentice with definite [[DatingCatwoman chemistry]] with Ben, and evidence that there something deeper and darker than them--an EldritchAbomination that could spell doom for the entire galaxy...

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

** 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 recent actions, his emphasis on the title does more harm then good.

** 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.]]

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

* NoEnding: Due to Disney's rebranding of the original Expanded Universe into ''Legends'', some SequelHooks set up in the series such as [[spoiler: the return of the True Sith, Allana's status as TheChosenOne, and the romantic development between Ben and Vestara]] will forever remain unresolved.

* MythologyGag: This isn't the first time where Luke and several other force-sensitives have to deal with [[DarkEmpire a dark side entity who inhabited various bodies in order to maintain her power.]]

* ContagiousPowers: Each of the insane Jedi has exhibited powers that had been learned by Jacen Solo during his five-year sojourn after the NewJediOrder, however, it appears to have been stated that each Jedi never had the opportunity to learn the power from him or the people who taught him.

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

* 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 "Space [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=girv250p0jrqnjre7xo8ffqb Fabio]]."

* WorkingTitle: ''Fate of the Jedi's'' working title was ''Star Wars Odyssey''.

* TheBeautifulElite: The Lost Tribe Sith tremendously prize physical perfection, to the point where even a small scar like Vestara's could potentially halt her advancement, and giving them an additional layer of elitism on top of the normal sith beliefs in TheMagocracy and SocialDarwinist. A Sith culture behaving this way is a bit of a continuity problem [[FridgeLogic when you think about it]]: It has been well established that EvilMakesYouUgly with TheDarkSide, and this notion is explicitly reinforced in the [[DarthPlagueis Darth Plagueis]] novel.

* 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''. This qualifies as FridgeBrilliance, because her persona from ''Literature/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.

* FetchQuest: The Aing-Ti send Luke and Ben out to recover some of their holy relics that their religion prevents them from touching. Luke and Ben ponder the FridgeLogic as to how they collected the relics in the first place.

* ComatoseCanary: Played straight as a rail with Daala's conversation with a comatose Admiral Bwua'tu.