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* TheDreaded: A neat effect in ''Order 66': Jedi General Arligan Zey is found hiding under a desk, having barely survived his own personal Order 66'ing and flat fucking terrified of what [[Big Bad Palpatine]] will do to him. Maze and Ordo mostly tell him where to stick it.
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* TheDreaded: A neat effect in ''Order 66': Jedi General Arligan Zey is found hiding under a desk, having barely survived his own personal Order 66'ing and flat fucking terrified of what [[Big Bad [[BigBad Palpatine]] will do to him. Maze and Ordo mostly tell him where to stick it.
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* TheDreaded: A neat effect in ''Order 66': Jedi General Arligan Zey is found hiding under a desk, having barely survived his own personal Order 66'ing and flat fucking terrified of what [[Big Bad Palpatine]] will do to him. Maze and Ordo mostly tell him where to stick it.
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* GoodLookingPrivates: subjective, but if you agree, pretty much the ''entire Republic army.''
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*** And Corr is a HandicappedBadass having had both arms blown off near the elbow. His weapon of choice? A [[GatlingGood Rotary Blaster Cannon]], a freaking minigun in blaster form, that enjoys plying about a little ''too'' much.
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*** It needs to be noted that Vau is ''not'' jealous of Skirata. He finds the notion absurd. He is, however, jealous of ''Skirata's'' boys.
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** A saying Skirata taught his boys is 'Soldiers don't always wear uniforms'.
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** The notion is somewhat toyed with. None of the killers in question look down on people who don't do killing, so much as look down on people who don't do their ''own killing personally'', but rather via indirect methods.
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* HairOfGold: Besany
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* CombatPragmatist: Skirata, full stop.
** KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter: The ratio of praise that verpine rifles get to blasters is ''suspiciously'' lopsided.
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* ManBitesMan: Sull when Darman and Atin go after him. Played for laughs later on.
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* NicknamingTheEnemy: Seppies, bug-boys, wets, tinnies ... and that's not even going into mando'a swears.
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* ShockingDefeatLegacy: Galidraan to all the members of the Cuy'Val Dar.
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* DemolitionsExpert: Quite a few of the clones are this; Darman, Ordo, Scorch and Corr are the ones that stand out though.
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* HeadInTheSandManagement: General Zey is portrayed with shades of this. He gets better.
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* PuttingOnTheReich: most obvious in ''Imperial'' Commando, and lampshaded by the clones when they get their Stormtroper plates.
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* TheRemnant: The Death Watch, down to the same reasons of wanting to rebuild the old Mandalorian empire.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Increasingly played with as the series goes on. It's a world of a difference to see Darman's personality at the beginning and end of the series. Shab, all of the clones.
** Scorch gets a moment of this too, in the Harguab incident.
** While Skirata handles it better due to his experience, he's noticeably strung out after ''Order 66''.
** Scorch gets a moment of this too, in the Harguab incident.
** While Skirata handles it better due to his experience, he's noticeably strung out after ''Order 66''.
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* HonorAmongThieves: pretty much all of the Mandalorians have an unsaid mentality of 'us vs the auretii' when they're threatened as a group.
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** Vau has perfected this to an ''art''.
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* DualWielding: Etain after Hard Contact. The lady is fierce with her and her old Master's lightsabers.
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* DualWielding: Etain after Hard Contact. The lady is fierce ''fierce'' with her and her old Master's lightsabers.
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** Excluding Niner, some of the Nulls, and all of Delta.
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** Excluding Niner, some of the Nulls, and all of Delta. \n So really, there's an even mix.
* AntiHero: Lots. Skirata himself bounces from a Type III to a Type V throughout the course of the books.
** Vau is a solid Type V, with shades of IV.
* AscendedExtra:Ny.Ny and Corr.
* AntiHero: Lots. Skirata himself bounces from a Type III to a Type V throughout the course of the books.
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* MalevolentMaskedMan: Hokan to Etain; she gets over it after getting used to the similarities between the clones' helmets, and the Mandalorians.
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* PsychoForHire: Hokan
** Argubly Isabet Reau and Dred Priest
** Argubly Isabet Reau and Dred Priest
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**Laseema had a rather glorious moment with using her knife to threaten a sleezy patron.
** Excluding Niner, some of the Nulls, and all of Delta.
** Ordo borrows a grey one from Vau in Triple Zero.
** Fenn Shysa also sports a long 'do.
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* CoolOldGuy: Kal Skirata. And Walon Vau. And Mij Gilamar. And Arligan Zey.
* CoolOldLady: Ny.
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* CoolOldGuy: Kal Skirata. And Walon Vau. And Mij Gilamar. And Arligan Zey.
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* HonorAmongThieves: the Mandalorians, except the evil ones. Goes along with Traviss' Mandalorian MarySueTopia.
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**Subverted by Hokan and the Death Watch.
**Subverted by Hokan and the Death Watch.
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* KnifeNut: Skirata's three-sided blade keeps coming up over and over and over again. It is his close-ranged weapon of choice and he keeps it on him at all times. We discover in ''Order 66'' that it used to belong to his biological father.
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* KnifeNut: Skirata's three-sided blade keeps coming up over and over and over again. It is mentioned quite often, as it is his close-ranged weapon of choice and he keeps it on him at all times. We discover in ''Order 66'' that it used to belong to his biological father.
** Jango Fett himself is to have mentioned Skirata as ""the dirtiest fighter I've ever known"".
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* MarySueTopia: How many view Karen Traviss' Mandalorians
** Somewhat justified. Sadly Traviss rage-quit when she was just about to subject her own creation to some very well deserved scrutiny. There was much foreshadowing in ''501st'' that even the "safe harbor" on Mandalore (the planet) may not come free and without attachments. Mand'alore (the ruler) is just as political as the rest of the galaxy and would use the clones for his own "patriotic" purposes.
*** This would, however, have contradicted LukeSkywalkerAndTheShadowsOfMindor, as that book depicted the same ruler, decades later, as an optimistic idealist.
* MagneticHero: Kal Skirata. He's a MartyStu on this scale.
** Somewhat justified. Sadly Traviss rage-quit when she was just about to subject her own creation to some very well deserved scrutiny. There was much foreshadowing in ''501st'' that even the "safe harbor" on Mandalore (the planet) may not come free and without attachments. Mand'alore (the ruler) is just as political as the rest of the galaxy and would use the clones for his own "patriotic" purposes.
*** This would, however, have contradicted LukeSkywalkerAndTheShadowsOfMindor, as that book depicted the same ruler, decades later, as an optimistic idealist.
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** Somewhat justified. Sadly Traviss rage-quit when she was just about to subject her own creation to some very well deserved scrutiny. There was much foreshadowing in ''501st'' that even the "safe harbor" on Mandalore (the planet) may not come free and without attachments. Mand'alore (the ruler) is just as political as the rest of the galaxy and would use the clones for his own "patriotic" purposes.
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* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Dr. Uthan's clone-killing virusvirus. Being a geneticist, she really should've known better.
** Not being there for the Battle of Galidraan is hinted to be this for Vau in ""Order 66"".
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* ScrewYouElves: Traviss's irrational hate of Jedi is astounding. It gets to the point that if your a Jedi and aren't openly critical of using the clones as a slave army then your a fool and not worth the time of the 'oh so proud' Mandalorians
** ...not so irrational to others. The Jedi order did some *very* questionable things in the name of doing the *right* thing and Traviss is the first author to truly ponder these. The savage treatment of FanFavorite, DesignatedHero Jedi has lead to a BrokenBase.
*** Untrue, The Cestus Deception by Steven Barnes came out almost four months prior covering many of the same bases as the Republic Commando series (including Clone humanity and the morality of the GAR) without being anywhere near as divisive despite the fact Alpha-98/Nate was as much a protagonist as Obi-Wan.
** It all depends on point of view. To the Mandalorians themselves, who have strong familial bonds, the nature of the Jedi taking children away from their families, and raising them to live without strong emotional attachments would be abhorrent to the Mandalorians. To be perfectly honest, Traviss' writing could easily be depicted as simply the Mandalorian viewpoint of the Jedi Order.
*** There is also Pong Krell from Star Wars: the Clone Wars. Retroactively, he is EVERYTHING that Karen Traviss depicted Jedi as being from the Mandalorian viewpoint: an arrogant individual that [[GeneralRipper treated Clone troopers as]] CannonFodder, and no better than droids... Only for us to find that he was EvilAllAlong, sabotaging the battle on purpose. The (non-mandalorian) clone troopers get praised for mutinying against him in ''The Carnage of Krell'' by the ''real'' Jedi. The Krell arc of TheCloneWars seems to have been written as a response to these criticisms.
** ...not so irrational to others. The Jedi order did some *very* questionable things in the name of doing the *right* thing and Traviss is the first author to truly ponder these. The savage treatment of FanFavorite, DesignatedHero Jedi has lead to a BrokenBase.
*** Untrue, The Cestus Deception by Steven Barnes came out almost four months prior covering many of the same bases as the Republic Commando series (including Clone humanity and the morality of the GAR) without being anywhere near as divisive despite the fact Alpha-98/Nate was as much a protagonist as Obi-Wan.
** It all depends on point of view. To the Mandalorians themselves, who have strong familial bonds, the nature of the Jedi taking children away from their families, and raising them to live without strong emotional attachments would be abhorrent to the Mandalorians. To be perfectly honest, Traviss' writing could easily be depicted as simply the Mandalorian viewpoint of the Jedi Order.
*** There is also Pong Krell from Star Wars: the Clone Wars. Retroactively, he is EVERYTHING that Karen Traviss depicted Jedi as being from the Mandalorian viewpoint: an arrogant individual that [[GeneralRipper treated Clone troopers as]] CannonFodder, and no better than droids... Only for us to find that he was EvilAllAlong, sabotaging the battle on purpose. The (non-mandalorian) clone troopers get praised for mutinying against him in ''The Carnage of Krell'' by the ''real'' Jedi. The Krell arc of TheCloneWars seems to have been written as a response to these criticisms.
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** Interestingly enough, the Mandalorians can be seen as this as well.
** Justified, with how the GAR is structured.
** Corr, oh so much. Was just a standard trooper before being picked up by Skirata's gang, and ended up being trained as an actual Commando.
** Vau himself, ironically. To say the man has daddy issues is an understatement.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Mostly an out of universe version. The storyline takes place during the same time period as the Mandalorian Protectors are supposed to be rampaging through the galaxy, even launching an attack on the clone's homeworld of Kamino. Do we get to see some more Mandalorian versus clone action? Nope. Do we even get a cursory run-through of the campaign? Nope. And by the last books, our protagonists are regularly teaming up with the last survivors of the Protectors without any tension about the whole "attacking our little brothers," or "wiping out almost everyone we fought alongside."
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* BadAss: Every ''single'' Mandalorian in the series, and most of the other named characters, too.
* BadassAdorable: Kad Skirata. He's a baby, but he's [[spoiler: the son of an elite solider and a Jedi and is Force-sensitive.]] In the ''LegacyOfTheForce'' series, he's grown up to be an awesome Mandalorian wearing a hodgepodge of armor from all of the others.
* BadassAdorable: Kad Skirata. He's a baby, but he's [[spoiler: the son of an elite solider and a Jedi and is Force-sensitive.]] In the ''LegacyOfTheForce'' series, he's grown up to be an awesome Mandalorian wearing a hodgepodge of armor from all of the others.
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* BadAss: {{Badass}}: Every ''single'' Mandalorian in the series, and most of the other named characters, too.
* BadassAdorable: Kad Skirata. He's a baby, but he's [[spoiler: the son of an elite solider and a Jedi and is Force-sensitive.]] In the''LegacyOfTheForce'' ''Literature/LegacyOfTheForce'' series, he's grown up to be an awesome Mandalorian wearing a hodgepodge of armor from all of the others.
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There have been several spinoff novels and short stories from the computer game ''Star Wars: RepublicCommando'', ''VideoGame/StarWarsRepublicCommando'', known as the ''Republic Commando Series''. Although there is a degree of intertextuality between these stories, they can be split into several defined story arcs that can be read individually from each other. While clone commandos appear in many stories, such as ''Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader'' and ''Jedi Trial'', this list only deals with direct spinoffs from the Republic Commando franchise.
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*** There is also Pong Krell from Star Wars: the Clone Wars. Retroactively, he is EVERYTHING that Karen Traviss depicted Jedi as being from the Mandalorian viewpoint: an arrogant individual that [[GeneralRipper treated Clone troopers as]] CannonFodder, and no better than droids... [[DidNotDoTheResearch Only for us to find]] find that he was EvilAllAlong, sabotaging the battle on purpose. The (non-mandalorian) clone troopers get praised for mutinying against him in ''The Carnage of Krell'' by the ''real'' Jedi. The Krell arc of TheCloneWars seems to have been written as a response to these criticisms.
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** Somewhat justified. Sadly Traviss rage-quit when she was just about to subject her own creation to some very well deserved scrutiny. There was much foreshadowing in ''501st'' that even the "safe harbor" on Mandalore (the planet) may not come free and without attachments. Mand'alore (the ruler) is just as political as the rest of the galaxy and would use the clones for his own "patriotic" purposes.
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** Somewhat justified. Sadly Traviss rage-quit when she was just about to subject her own creation to some very well deserved scrutiny. There was much foreshadowing in ''501st'' that even the "safe harbor" on Mandalore (the planet) may not come free and without attachments. Mand'alore (the ruler) is just as political as the rest of the galaxy and would use the clones for his own "patriotic" purposes.purposes.
*** This would, however, have created DisContinuity with LukeSkywalkerAndTheShadowsOfMindor, as that book depicted the same ruler, decades later, as an optimistic idealist.
*** This would, however, have created DisContinuity with LukeSkywalkerAndTheShadowsOfMindor, as that book depicted the same ruler, decades later, as an optimistic idealist.
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* CloningBlues: Surprisingly averted. The clones don't care. They're even ''proud'' of their heritage, because they were bred to be whupass on every other "randomely conceived being" in the galaxy.
* ColdSniper: played straight with Sev, subverted hard with [[TheHeart Fi]] .
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* CloningBlues: Surprisingly averted. The clones don't care. They're even ''proud'' of their heritage, because they were bred to be whupass on every other "randomely "randomly conceived being" in the galaxy.
* ColdSniper: played straight with Sev, subvertedhard with [[TheHeart Fi]] .
* ColdSniper: played straight with Sev, subverted
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* YourMileageMayVary: On just about every book after the first one, Hard Contact. The series is beloved by some, loathed by others. It's that kind of series.
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** The Nulls also qualify.
** The Nulls also qualify.
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* [[spoiler: BolivianArmyEnding: ''Order 66'', with Etain dead, Darman catatonic, and Niner a broken spine, not to mention the unbeatable Delta Squad finally separated.]]
** ''501st'' ends with another BAE, and it won't be resolved due to Karen Traviss going outside of canon by keeping Scout with the Mandalorians instead of having her go off into the galaxy.
** ''501st'' ends with another BAE, and it won't be resolved due to Karen Traviss going outside of canon by keeping Scout with the Mandalorians instead of having her go off into the galaxy.
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* HistoricalInJoke: Gilamar pulls one on Nenilin when he compares the scientist to Demagol. Nenilin thinks he's being flattered .... but Gilamar and Skirata both know that Demagol was a crazy Mandalorian scientist who did horrific experiments on children.
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* HistoricalInJoke: Gilamar pulls one on Nenilin when he compares the scientist to Demagol. Nenilin thinks he's being flattered .... but Gilamar and Skirata both know that Demagol was a crazy psychopathic monster of a Mandalorian scientist who did horrific experiments on children.
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* Retcon: This series does a number on the then-recent "History of the Mandalorians" article by Abel G. Pena. Instead of Spar being an insane, fanatical, and charasmatic Mandalore who becomes a ShellShockedVeteran, he's a cynical puppet warlord who's in it for the MoneyDearBoy , the Mandalorian Civil War was a minor affair that most Mandalorians ignored, and instead of only around 212 highly dangerous Mandalorians, we have an entire planet of them. Also, that totally awesome City of Bone from the Marvel Comics? Now a failed tourist trap.
** And now, this series itself is a victim of Retcon through TheCloneWars.
** And now, this series itself is a victim of Retcon through TheCloneWars.
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**And now, this series itself is a victim Of course, with the 3rd-person character POV the reader's provided with, we never do get the entire picture of Retcon through TheCloneWars.just what was going on with Spar. For all we really know—or at the ease of another writer to elaborate upon in the future—it's not so much an out-and-out retcon as an expansion, with Spar muddying the water with his snarky jerkass personality.
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There have been several spinoff novels and short stories from the computer game ''Star Wars: RepublicCommando'', known as the ''Republic Commando Series''. Although there is a degree of intertextuality between these stories, they can be split into several defined story arcs that can be read individually from each other. While clone commandos appear in many stories, such as ''Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader'' and ''Jedi Trial'', this list only deals with direct spinoffs from the Republic Commando franchise.
The Science Fiction book club released an edition of the first two ''Republic Commando'' books in an omnibus hardcover. There are five books total:
* ''Hard Contact''
* ''Triple Zero''
* ''True Colors''
* ''Order 66''
* ''501st''
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These novels contain the following tropes:
* ArcWords: ''Vode an'' -- Mandalorian for ''Brothers All.''
* ArmorIsUseless: Averted heavily. In one short story, Fi fires a Verpine shattergun -- the EU version of armor-piercing rounds -- at Atin purposely and the armor deflects it. The commandos are appreciative of their armor's durability and it helps them survive many a firefight. In the same short story, Fi is able to jump on a grenade and come out badly rattled, but alive.
** When things are looking bad on Haurgab, Darman considers taking off his armor so he can die quickly.
* TheAtoner: Skirata. He sees raising the clones as his redemption for all the foul things he has done in his past.
* ARealManIsAKiller: The Mandalorians look down on politicians especially for not killing face-to-face, mano-a-mano. Hokan goes on about how he doesn't respect Dr. Uthan because she kills with germs, not with guns.
* AFatherToHisMen: ''Skirata,'' full stop. Eventually he becomes this in more than sentiment, formally adopting many of his clones.
* ActionGirl: Etain. Rav Bralor is implied to be one. Also, Ny.
* AdrenalineMakeover: Etain in ''Hard Contact.'' She goes from a poorly-focused Padawan with a dead Master to a badass (albeit scrawny) Jedi.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Etain and the Jedi Knights.
* AManIsNotAVirgin: Played straight with the clones. All of them end up with girlfriends.
* AscendedExtra: Ny.
* {{Asexual}}: Vau, possibly.
* BadAss: Every ''single'' Mandalorian in the series, and most of the other named characters, too.
* BadassAdorable: Kad Skirata. He's a baby, but he's [[spoiler: the son of an elite solider and a Jedi and is Force-sensitive.]] In the ''LegacyOfTheForce'' series, he's grown up to be an awesome Mandalorian wearing a hodgepodge of armor from all of the others.
* BadassArmy: The GAR (Grand Army of the Republic). Or Skirata's clan.
* BadassAngster: Skirata
** The Nulls also qualify.
* [[spoiler: BadassAndChildDuo: Skirata and his grandson, Kad. Woe betide anyone who ruffles a hair on the kid's curly head.]]
* BadassBookworm: Jusik, and, surprisingly [[spoiler: Maze]]
* BadassCreed: Mandalorian Tenants. Even their marriage vows sound {{badass}}.
* BadassDriver: Bardan Jusik. He makes Ordo worry.
* BadassFamily: the Skiratas. You do not mess with them. They will pwn your ''shebs'' any day of the week. Even the [[{{BadassAdorable}} baby]].
* BadassGrandpa: Skirata [[spoiler: quite literally, from ''True Colors'' onwards]]
* BadassLongcoat: Skirata's bantha hide jacket
* BadassLonghair: Jusik
* BadassNative: the Mandalorians are the ''Star Wars EU'' equivalent of this
* BadassNormal: Rede
** To clarify, Rede is a clone trooper who was flash trained, meaning he was trained in only one year and is technically still a year old when he becomes a commando. Yet during the second mission he goes on with Darmand and Niner, he single handedly takes out a Jedi Master in close combat. He rushes in, punches the Jedi, then when the Jedi is down, he executes him, all in one move. And let me remind you, this guy is a year old, not even as well trained as a regular mook, yet he goes hand to hand with a badass who has been learning for decades and is a master in close quarters combat.
* BadassTeacher: Skirata, Vau, Gilamar, Bralor, Jango Fett, etc.
* BerserkButton: Do '''''NOT''''' insult any clones in front of Kal Skirata '''''EVER!!!!!!!'''''
** Likewise, do '''''NOT''''' insult ''Kal'buir'' in front of Ordo '''''EVER!!!!!!!''''' .... As Ensign Luszgoti found out in a CrowningMomentOfFunny.
** Don't refer to any commando as "clone", either, especially one that's been all but trained to buck any authority they don't like, such as Skirata and Vau's pods.
* BetaCouple: Quite a few if [[spoiler: Darman and Etain]] are the official couple:
** [[spoiler: Ny and Skirata]]
** [[spoiler: Fi and Parja]]
** [[spoiler: Atin and Laseema]]
** [[spoiler: Corr and Jilka]]
** [[spoiler: Ordo and Besany]]
** [[spoiler: Cov and Ruu]]
** [[spoiler: Gilamar and Uthan]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Both Etain and Bardan get this treatment. All of the commandos are surprised at how they're able to handle themselves, and Skirata is caught off guard after Vau and Atin start fighting, causing Bardan to burst into the room, push them apart with the Force, then hold them against the walls while yelling at them that the hating will stop ''now.''
** Scorch as well, when he went temporarily insane following a base attack on Haurgab.
* {{BFG}}: Etain has one.
* BigEater: All of the clones. They especially like candy or other sweets.
* BloodKnight: The Nulls. Kal Skirata. In fact, virtually every Mandalorian in the series.
* BloodlessCarnage: sharply subverted.
* [[spoiler: BolivianArmyEnding: ''Order 66'', with Etain dead, Darman catatonic, and Niner a broken spine, not to mention the unbeatable Delta Squad finally separated.]]
** ''501st'' ends with another BAE, and it won't be resolved due to Karen Traviss going outside of canon by keeping Scout with the Mandalorians instead of having her go off into the galaxy.
* BoisterousBruiser: Skirata, Gilamar, Mereel, and Jaing are shining examples of this trope.
* BondVillainStupidity: Really, Hokan? ''Really?'' [[spoiler: Did you ''need'' to go finish off your enemy with a [[strike: knife]] vibroblade?]]
* BountyHunter: If a male protagonist does not begin as a bounty hunter, he soon will be.
* BrownEyes: The clones all have them.
* CaptainSmoothAndSergeantRough: While they don't outrank each other, Vau and Skirata are very much this trope.
* CasualDangerDialogue: All the clones before battle, especially Fi and Corr.
* TheCavalry: The LAAT/i "larty" gunships that Maze sends in on Haurgab.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Played to the hilt and then subverted on the same page when [[spoiler: Kal Skirata first meets the Null Arcs. At the time they appeared four year old innocent and helpless children in desperate need of Kal's protection from the diabolical Kaminoans...until they stole Kal's holdout blaster to defend themselves.]]
** Early in the series, all clones qualified for this. [[spoiler: Etain first sensed Darman as a 'child' through the Force, rather than a soldier.]] As the series progresses, this becomes less true as the clones grow up mentally.
* TheClan: the Skiratas.
* CloningBlues: Surprisingly averted. The clones don't care. They're even ''proud'' of their heritage, because they were bred to be whupass on every other "randomely conceived being" in the galaxy.
* ColdSniper: played straight with Sev, subverted hard with [[TheHeart Fi]] .
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Used with their armor colors -- Skirata and Gilimar are gold, while Atin is purply, Sev and Ordo are red, Boss is orange, Fixer is green, Scorch is yellow, Fi is grey/red, Mereel is blue, Jaing is grey, and Vau is black.
* CombatMedic: Gilamar. He claims he's only a simple country doctor, but his dialogue suggests something far more involved, maybe even formal training. Granted, being ''Mando'ad'', he's also a badass killer. Also, Fi is the designated medic for Omega Squad, and he's far from sitting back and letting his brothers do the dirty work.
* CoolOldGuy: Kal Skirata. And Walon Vau. And Mij Gilamar. And Arligan Zey.
* CoolOldLady: Ny.
* ContractOnTheHitman: the Nulls, Skirata, Vau, and other defectors after Order 66.
** Any clones that defect, actually. Look at what almost happened to [[spoiler: Sull]].
* CrazyPrepared: [[spoiler: Skirata when planning his escape (and his sons' defection) from the GAR.]]
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Etain in ''Hard Contact''
* CulturedBadass: Vau. He's a disinherited Irmenu aristocrat, so he was raised with the manners, but then he joined the Mandalorians, making him an instant {{badass}}.
* CurbStompBattle: Implied between Atin and Vau.
* [[strike:Dare To]] [[DareToBeBadass You WILL Be Badass]]: Walon Vau, patron saint of tough love:
--> '''Vau''': You have to know the limits of your physical and mental endurance, so you can recognize them and pass beyond them. This is why I will push you [[TrainingFromHell beyond any suffering you can imagine]]. You will ''not'' give up and die like lesser men; you will ''not'' crack up like lesser men; you will ''not'' lose heart in the direst circumstances like lesser men. You will carry on beyond your imagined limits. And you will be the last men standing, when the weaklings have opted to do the easy thing and die.
* DarkenedBuildingShootout: The end of ''Triple Zero.''
* TheDeadHaveNames: The entire first chapter of ''Order 66.''
* [[spoiler: DeadlyDoctor: Gilamar. Just read about his total takedown of Dred Priest!]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Fi, mostly, but all clones do it as well. Corr especially in ''Order 66.''
** General Zey also has a moment in ''True Colors''.
-->'''Sev''': ''(After dropping a box containing [[spoiler:Ko Sai's head]] onto his desk and Zey looks inside)'' [[CaptainObvious I think she's dead, sir.]]
-->'''Zey''': Do you now? You should take up medicine, my boy.
* DeathCourse: Commando training on Kamino consisted partially of this.
* [[spoiler: DecemberDecemberRomance: Ny and Skirata]]
* DefectorFromDecadence: Barden Jusik. It's just he defected from the ''Jedi Order.''
** Vau. [[spoiler: It is revealed in the beginning of ''True Colors'' that his father is a rich man. Vau hated him so much he ran off and joined the Mandalorians.]]
* DenOfIniquity: [[{{IncrediblyLamePun}} Qibbu's Hut]]
* DidNotDoTheResearch: The series author is infamous for this on many occasions.
* DontExplainTheJoke: Notice how many times Jaing's '''''grey, leathery gloves''''' have been mentioned after [[spoiler: Ko Sai hangs herself/the Nulls butcher her afterwards?]] If still you don't get it, this is why it's called DontExplainTheJoke.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Bardan. One of his unfortunate clone passengers says that he's insane after they have a car chase through Coruscant traffic while being pursued.
* EasyLogistics: subverted repeatedly. One of the main problems the GAR faces is the area over which the clones are spread. Naturally, this makes for snarled supply transports and difficulty getting materials to the planet they need to be on.
* EducationThroughPyrotechnics: Something else used on Kamino to make the clones more badass.
** As if they need it.
* EvilMeScaresMe: Darman after he beats the ''osik'' out of Skirata.
* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: Darman on Skirata when he finds out that [[spoiler: Kad is his son.]]
* FacelessGoons: Inverted. Oh, ''shab.'' Another one of Kal Skirata's [[{{BerserkButton}} berserk buttons]] is when people think that the clones are automatons under the armor. In ''Triple Zero,'' Skirata has Ordo take off his helmet in public so that the civilians can see that their protectors are young men.
* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: the Skiratas. All of them are mercenaries, and more than half of them are elite troops, bred and trained to be the best.
** Also, Dr. Uthan wanted a family before she became TheEvilGenius, and using that knowledge [[spoiler: Fi and Skirata manage to sway her to their side.]]
** Of course, for Mandalorians [[JustifiedTrope male success is family, too]]. Their society is based around clans and families, with both fatherhood and motherhood being highly prized.
* TheForce: Must I explain? ''Star Wars EU,'' hellooo ..
* FiveBadBand: (in ''Hard Contact''):
** TheBigBad: Ghez Hokan
** TheDragon: Lieutenant Hurati
** TheEvilGenius: Dr. Uthan
** TheBrute / TheStarscream: Guta Nay
** TheDarkChick: Lik Ankkit
* FiveManBand: (only in ''Hard Contact''):
** TheHero: Darman
** TheLancer: Atin
** TheSmartGuy: Fi
** TheBigGuy: Niner
** TheChick: Etain
* {{Foil}} : Sev (the ColdSniper) to Fi (TheHeart)
* GallowsHumor: Corr.
* GoodLookingPrivates: subjective, but if you agree, pretty much the ''entire Republic army.''
* GreasySpoon: The diner that Skirata likes to frequent. Numerous times, attention is drawn to the fact that the food is excessively greasy and unhealthy, but that's apparently what makes it good.
* GreatEscape: subverted in [[spoiler: freeing Ruu Skirata and Dr. Uthan. The breakouts are done quick, fast, and (from the characters' POV) easily.]]
** Maybe to prove how badass Skirata's private army is and how rotten the Republic is simultaneously?
* GroinAttack: Implied to happen to an official in the hostage situation short story. Skirata does ''something'', but Darman isn't exactly clear of what it is. Etain also tries it on Darman in ''Hard Contact'', but since he's wearing groin protection on his armor it only hurts her leg.
* HairOfGold: Besany
* HandicappedBadass: Skirata with his shattered ankle.
* HandsomeLech: Mereel
* [[spoiler: HideYourPregnancy: Etain does this on Qiilura, but savvy Commander Levett isn't fooled for an instant.]]
* HeartbrokenBadass: [[spoiler: Skirata and the gang after Etain's death]]
* [[spoiler: HeroicBSOD: Darman after Etain's death.]]
* HelloNurse: Besany
* HeroicSociopath: The Nulls, who learned from the best, who is Kal Skirata.
** Also, Vau and his trainees, who are tough even by fellow commando standards.
* HighlyConspicuousUniform: The whitish-grey armor that Omega Squad had while fighting on the forest world of Qiilura. This is later repeated, when the black armor Omega Squad asks for is what they get ... while fighting on a snowy world.
* HistoricalInJoke: Gilamar pulls one on Nenilin when he compares the scientist to Demagol. Nenilin thinks he's being flattered .... but Gilamar and Skirata both know that Demagol was a crazy Mandalorian scientist who did horrific experiments on children.
* HollywoodHealing: subverted. After Atin's fight with Vau he still has scars all over his body.
* HonorAmongThieves: the Mandalorians, except the evil ones. Goes along with Traviss' Mandalorian MarySueTopia.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Laseema. [[spoiler: If she didn't have that heart of gold she wouldn't be Atin's wife.]]
* ImpossibleMissionCollapse: The end of ''Hard Contact.''
* ImpressivePyrotechnics: Also at the end of ''Hard Contact.''
* InstrumentOfMurder: Wad'e Tay'haai's ''beskar'' flute.
* InvulnerableKnuckles: Inverted after [[spoiler: Darman's NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on Skirata. His knuckles are scratched, bleeding, and generally wrecked.]]
* JurisdictionFriction: Between the GAR and Coruscant law enforcement during ''Triple Zero''
* JustAKid: subverted with Kal Skirata's beginnings.
* KnifeNut: Skirata's three-sided blade keeps coming up over and over and over again. It is his close-ranged weapon of choice and he keeps it on him at all times. We discover in ''Order 66'' that it used to belong to his biological father.
* LargeHam: Skirata has his moments
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: subverted ''every time.''
* LoveableRogue: Mereel, Corr, Skirata, and Fi, but Jaing has shades of it as well.
* MarySueTopia: How many view Karen Traviss' Mandalorians
** Somewhat justified. Sadly Traviss rage-quit when she was just about to subject her own creation to some very well deserved scrutiny. There was much foreshadowing in ''501st'' that even the "safe harbor" on Mandalore (the planet) may not come free and without attachments. Mand'alore (the ruler) is just as political as the rest of the galaxy and would use the clones for his own "patriotic" purposes.
* MagneticHero: Kal Skirata. He's a MartyStu on this scale.
* {{Mangst}}: Kal Skirata again. Ordo to a lesser extent. Darman ''all the way'' [[spoiler: especially during ''501st'']]
* ManOnFire: Darman [[spoiler: he survives with little damage but plenty of nightmares.]]
* MayDecemberRomance: rare gender-flipped example in which Ruu is much older than her clone companion Cov.
* MeaningfulName:
** Lord Mirdalan literally means Lord Smarts/Intelligence in ''Mando'a''
** Ordo means "order" in Latin
* [[spoiler: TheMeddlingKidsAreUseless: The whole arc so far.]]
* MilitaryMaverick: Skirata, after he is recommissioned into the GAR.
** And the Nulls, who are more or less under Skirata's control.
* MissionBriefing: Used frequently.
* MoralityPet: Aww, Lord Mirdalan .... But be warned. That MoralityPet can chew you into ''gihaal.''
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: Mandalorians in general. Subverted in Bardan's case, where he left the Jedi because he couldn't stand the fact that clones aren't treated with any respect, even when the Jedi are supposed to value all life.
* MyDadCanBeatUpYourDad: Boba Fett says this to Ordo (Ordo's father being Kal Skirata). It does not end well ....
** [-'''Fi:''' "Ordo shoved his head down a fresher for bragging his dad could wipe the floor with ''Kal'buir.''"-]
* NitroExpress: Used in ''Hard Contact'' but nothing bad happens.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Atin on Vau in ''Triple Zero.'' Jusik breaks them up before they can actually kill each other.
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Atin frequently tries to talk Niner out of this in ''Hard Contact.'' It is later [[spoiler: tragically subverted with Delta Squad leaving Sev behind on Kashyyyk.]]
* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Dr. Uthan's clone-killing virus
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Skirata. He holds a rank in the Army of the Rublic but he's in it for his sons, not the glory or money.
* NotSoStoic: For a {{badass}} Mando, Skirata really wears his heart on his sleeve, crying multiple times.
* [[spoiler: PregnantBadass: Etain]]
* ThePurge: After Order 66.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: None when Kal Skirata is motivated.
* [[{{OhCrap}} OhShab]]: ''Plenty'' of times, especially during the scene on Haurgab and the fight on Coruscant.
* OldShame: Skirata, on being formally disowned by his sons.
* OneRiotOneRanger: Niner [[{{mangst}} mangsts]] about this during ''Hard Contact.''
* OpenSaysMe: With ''EXPLOSIVES!''
* PapaWolf: [+'''''YOU DO NOT MESS WITH KAL SKIRATA'S SONS!!'''''+]
*** {{Lampshaded}} by Scorch: "if any barve so much as looked the wrong way at his precious little boys, Skirata would have his guts for garters."
** Vau to a ''much'' lesser degree. He beats the ''osik'' out of his boys, but does care for them, enough so that [[spoiler: he goes looking for Sev when he turns up missing.]] His trainees look up to him with a kind of respect, claiming that he made them stronger than any other commando group.
* PatrioticFervor: All Mandalorians, even the evil ones. Since Mandalore is a MarySueTopia, all of them fall under Type One.
* PowerTrio:
** {{The Kirk}}/Ego: Ordo
** {{The McCoy}}/Id: Skirata
** {{The Spock}}/Superego: Vau
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Every Mandalorian in the group.
* TheQuietOne: Fixer, in Delta Squad; Atin in ''Hard Contact''
* TheRadioDiesFirst: Kind of. In ''Hard Contact,'' Omega Squad can't contact Darman because if they used long-distance communication, then their signals will be intercepted, and the enemy will know they are on Qiilura.
* RatedMforManly: There is so much badassery, violence, and bromance if you're a female you will go through a sex change.
* RedemptionDemotion: Arguably Vau.
* Retcon: This series does a number on the then-recent "History of the Mandalorians" article by Abel G. Pena. Instead of Spar being an insane, fanatical, and charasmatic Mandalore who becomes a ShellShockedVeteran, he's a cynical puppet warlord who's in it for the MoneyDearBoy , the Mandalorian Civil War was a minor affair that most Mandalorians ignored, and instead of only around 212 highly dangerous Mandalorians, we have an entire planet of them. Also, that totally awesome City of Bone from the Marvel Comics? Now a failed tourist trap.
** And now, this series itself is a victim of Retcon through TheCloneWars.
* SergeantRock: Skirata ''is'' this trope to a T.
* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Both averted and played straight. The short story ''Odds'' is all about how the Clone Wars have allegedly vastly inflated numbers. Many fans argue that the 1,000,000 clones from ''Attack of the Clones'' could never fight a war across the entire galaxy. They, for some reason, picked a bone with her over this, even though the whole unit=clone concept was first established in the ''AttackOfTheClones'' movie novelization, a G-canon (read: higher tier than her works) source that predated her by over two years.
** Karen Traviss eventually introduces non-Kaminoan clones to compensate.
* ScrewYouElves: Traviss's irrational hate of Jedi is astounding. It gets to the point that if your a Jedi and aren't openly critical of using the clones as a slave army then your a fool and not worth the time of the 'oh so proud' Mandalorians
** ...not so irrational to others. The Jedi order did some *very* questionable things in the name of doing the *right* thing and Traviss is the first author to truly ponder these. The savage treatment of FanFavorite, DesignatedHero Jedi has lead to a BrokenBase.
*** Untrue, The Cestus Deception by Steven Barnes came out almost four months prior covering many of the same bases as the Republic Commando series (including Clone humanity and the morality of the GAR) without being anywhere near as divisive despite the fact Alpha-98/Nate was as much a protagonist as Obi-Wan.
** It all depends on point of view. To the Mandalorians themselves, who have strong familial bonds, the nature of the Jedi taking children away from their families, and raising them to live without strong emotional attachments would be abhorrent to the Mandalorians. To be perfectly honest, Traviss' writing could easily be depicted as simply the Mandalorian viewpoint of the Jedi Order.
* SecretPolice: Palpatine's secret hit squad that hunts down AWOL clones.
* ShipTease: Between Darman and Etain in ''Hard Contact'' [[spoiler: before their relationship became canon in ''Triple Zero.'']] There is also plenty of subtext between Ny and Skirata.
* ShoutOut: ''True Colors'' and ''501st'' contain appearances by "data bounty hunters" [[PennyArcade Gaib and TK-0]].
** Also, "So easy a [[strike: caveman]] Weequay could do it."
* ShootTheFuelTank
* SmallGirlBigGun: Etain's LJ-50 is mentioned several times to be at least her height.
* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Poor Besany Wennen. So blonde and beautiful not even Ordo knows what to do with her when they first meet. [[spoiler: They must have figured something out, because they marry in ''Order 66.'' Aww ...]]
* StupidSacrifice: [[spoiler:Etain sacrifices herself to save a clone from a Jedi padawan during Order 66.]]
* SuperSoldier: The commandos.
* SoleSurvivor: Atin
* SoProudOfYou: Skirata to his boys, on multiple occasions. Usually before he starts crying ... ''again.''
* SpaceMarine: The commandos
* TheSquad: The commandos again. They are even referred to as this: Omega Squad, Delta Squad, Yayax Squad, etc.
* SwordAndGun: Etain with her lightsaber and LJ-50.
* TeamPet: Mird fulfils this function, despite being strictly Vau's pet. Mird is actually quite useful, seeing as it is an intelligent killing machine that can ''fly.''
* {{Tearjerker}}: [[spoiler: Etain's death and the scenes that immediately follow at Kyrimorut. Also, Delta Squad leaving Sev behind.]]
* ThickerThanWater: Skirata, always, but he really proves this when [[spoiler: he aids his sons (who have [[{{OldShame}} formally disowned him]] in finding his missing daughter/their missing sister, Ruusaan, who he hasn't talked to in over thirty years.]]
** Also subverted: [[spoiler: When Skirate also adopts Bardan Jusik. Family is family and you just never turn your back on them, blood is the least of it, since Mando frequently adopt orphans... or stray Jedi with daddy issues.]]
* ThreeFacesofEve: In order ...
** Etain
** Besany
** Laseema
* TookALevelInBadass: Laseema, Besany, Etain, Uthan ...
** Notice, all ''women''
*** Don't be such a feminist. Their men are already so {{badass}} just speaking of them merits TestosteronePoisoning.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Apparently something that happens often with Skirata. Who knew the [[{{BadassGrandpa}} old guy]] with [[{{HandicappedBadass}} a limp]] could be such a {{badass}} PapaWolf?
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: Oh, ''HELL YES IT IS!''
* WellDoneSonGuy: All Vau's men want this out of him. [[{{JerkAss}} Vau, of course, never says a thing.]]
* WhyDontYaJustShootHim?: Hokan, you moron.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Mostly an out of universe version. The storyline takes place during the same time period as the Mandalorian Protectors are supposed to be rampaging through the galaxy, even launching an attack on the clone's homeworld of Kamino. Do we get to see some more Mandalorian versus clone action? Nope. Do we even get a cursory run-through of the campaign? Nope. And by the last books, our protagonists are regularly teaming up with the last survivors of the Protectors without any tension about the whole "attacking our little brothers," or "wiping out almost everyone we fought alongside."
* WorldOfBadass: '''''Mandalore.''''' That is all.
* WouldntHitAGirl: Subverted, seeing as the commandos have no trouble shooting anyone at all.
* WrenchWench: Parja
* YourMileageMayVary: On just about every book after the first one, Hard Contact. The series is beloved by some, loathed by others. It's that kind of series.
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There have been several spinoff novels and short stories from the computer game ''Star Wars: RepublicCommando'', known as the ''Republic Commando Series''. Although there is a degree of intertextuality between these stories, they can be split into several defined story arcs that can be read individually from each other. While clone commandos appear in many stories, such as ''Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader'' and ''Jedi Trial'', this list only deals with direct spinoffs from the Republic Commando franchise.
The Science Fiction book club released an edition of the first two ''Republic Commando'' books in an omnibus hardcover. There are five books total:
* ''Hard Contact''
* ''Triple Zero''
* ''True Colors''
* ''Order 66''
* ''501st''
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These novels contain the following tropes:
* ArcWords: ''Vode an'' -- Mandalorian for ''Brothers All.''
* ArmorIsUseless: Averted heavily. In one short story, Fi fires a Verpine shattergun -- the EU version of armor-piercing rounds -- at Atin purposely and the armor deflects it. The commandos are appreciative of their armor's durability and it helps them survive many a firefight. In the same short story, Fi is able to jump on a grenade and come out badly rattled, but alive.
** When things are looking bad on Haurgab, Darman considers taking off his armor so he can die quickly.
* TheAtoner: Skirata. He sees raising the clones as his redemption for all the foul things he has done in his past.
* ARealManIsAKiller: The Mandalorians look down on politicians especially for not killing face-to-face, mano-a-mano. Hokan goes on about how he doesn't respect Dr. Uthan because she kills with germs, not with guns.
* AFatherToHisMen: ''Skirata,'' full stop. Eventually he becomes this in more than sentiment, formally adopting many of his clones.
* ActionGirl: Etain. Rav Bralor is implied to be one. Also, Ny.
* AdrenalineMakeover: Etain in ''Hard Contact.'' She goes from a poorly-focused Padawan with a dead Master to a badass (albeit scrawny) Jedi.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Etain and the Jedi Knights.
* AManIsNotAVirgin: Played straight with the clones. All of them end up with girlfriends.
* AscendedExtra: Ny.
* {{Asexual}}: Vau, possibly.
* BadAss: Every ''single'' Mandalorian in the series, and most of the other named characters, too.
* BadassAdorable: Kad Skirata. He's a baby, but he's [[spoiler: the son of an elite solider and a Jedi and is Force-sensitive.]] In the ''LegacyOfTheForce'' series, he's grown up to be an awesome Mandalorian wearing a hodgepodge of armor from all of the others.
* BadassArmy: The GAR (Grand Army of the Republic). Or Skirata's clan.
* BadassAngster: Skirata
** The Nulls also qualify.
* [[spoiler: BadassAndChildDuo: Skirata and his grandson, Kad. Woe betide anyone who ruffles a hair on the kid's curly head.]]
* BadassBookworm: Jusik, and, surprisingly [[spoiler: Maze]]
* BadassCreed: Mandalorian Tenants. Even their marriage vows sound {{badass}}.
* BadassDriver: Bardan Jusik. He makes Ordo worry.
* BadassFamily: the Skiratas. You do not mess with them. They will pwn your ''shebs'' any day of the week. Even the [[{{BadassAdorable}} baby]].
* BadassGrandpa: Skirata [[spoiler: quite literally, from ''True Colors'' onwards]]
* BadassLongcoat: Skirata's bantha hide jacket
* BadassLonghair: Jusik
* BadassNative: the Mandalorians are the ''Star Wars EU'' equivalent of this
* BadassNormal: Rede
** To clarify, Rede is a clone trooper who was flash trained, meaning he was trained in only one year and is technically still a year old when he becomes a commando. Yet during the second mission he goes on with Darmand and Niner, he single handedly takes out a Jedi Master in close combat. He rushes in, punches the Jedi, then when the Jedi is down, he executes him, all in one move. And let me remind you, this guy is a year old, not even as well trained as a regular mook, yet he goes hand to hand with a badass who has been learning for decades and is a master in close quarters combat.
* BadassTeacher: Skirata, Vau, Gilamar, Bralor, Jango Fett, etc.
* BerserkButton: Do '''''NOT''''' insult any clones in front of Kal Skirata '''''EVER!!!!!!!'''''
** Likewise, do '''''NOT''''' insult ''Kal'buir'' in front of Ordo '''''EVER!!!!!!!''''' .... As Ensign Luszgoti found out in a CrowningMomentOfFunny.
** Don't refer to any commando as "clone", either, especially one that's been all but trained to buck any authority they don't like, such as Skirata and Vau's pods.
* BetaCouple: Quite a few if [[spoiler: Darman and Etain]] are the official couple:
** [[spoiler: Ny and Skirata]]
** [[spoiler: Fi and Parja]]
** [[spoiler: Atin and Laseema]]
** [[spoiler: Corr and Jilka]]
** [[spoiler: Ordo and Besany]]
** [[spoiler: Cov and Ruu]]
** [[spoiler: Gilamar and Uthan]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Both Etain and Bardan get this treatment. All of the commandos are surprised at how they're able to handle themselves, and Skirata is caught off guard after Vau and Atin start fighting, causing Bardan to burst into the room, push them apart with the Force, then hold them against the walls while yelling at them that the hating will stop ''now.''
** Scorch as well, when he went temporarily insane following a base attack on Haurgab.
* {{BFG}}: Etain has one.
* BigEater: All of the clones. They especially like candy or other sweets.
* BloodKnight: The Nulls. Kal Skirata. In fact, virtually every Mandalorian in the series.
* BloodlessCarnage: sharply subverted.
* [[spoiler: BolivianArmyEnding: ''Order 66'', with Etain dead, Darman catatonic, and Niner a broken spine, not to mention the unbeatable Delta Squad finally separated.]]
** ''501st'' ends with another BAE, and it won't be resolved due to Karen Traviss going outside of canon by keeping Scout with the Mandalorians instead of having her go off into the galaxy.
* BoisterousBruiser: Skirata, Gilamar, Mereel, and Jaing are shining examples of this trope.
* BondVillainStupidity: Really, Hokan? ''Really?'' [[spoiler: Did you ''need'' to go finish off your enemy with a [[strike: knife]] vibroblade?]]
* BountyHunter: If a male protagonist does not begin as a bounty hunter, he soon will be.
* BrownEyes: The clones all have them.
* CaptainSmoothAndSergeantRough: While they don't outrank each other, Vau and Skirata are very much this trope.
* CasualDangerDialogue: All the clones before battle, especially Fi and Corr.
* TheCavalry: The LAAT/i "larty" gunships that Maze sends in on Haurgab.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Played to the hilt and then subverted on the same page when [[spoiler: Kal Skirata first meets the Null Arcs. At the time they appeared four year old innocent and helpless children in desperate need of Kal's protection from the diabolical Kaminoans...until they stole Kal's holdout blaster to defend themselves.]]
** Early in the series, all clones qualified for this. [[spoiler: Etain first sensed Darman as a 'child' through the Force, rather than a soldier.]] As the series progresses, this becomes less true as the clones grow up mentally.
* TheClan: the Skiratas.
* CloningBlues: Surprisingly averted. The clones don't care. They're even ''proud'' of their heritage, because they were bred to be whupass on every other "randomely conceived being" in the galaxy.
* ColdSniper: played straight with Sev, subverted hard with [[TheHeart Fi]] .
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Used with their armor colors -- Skirata and Gilimar are gold, while Atin is purply, Sev and Ordo are red, Boss is orange, Fixer is green, Scorch is yellow, Fi is grey/red, Mereel is blue, Jaing is grey, and Vau is black.
* CombatMedic: Gilamar. He claims he's only a simple country doctor, but his dialogue suggests something far more involved, maybe even formal training. Granted, being ''Mando'ad'', he's also a badass killer. Also, Fi is the designated medic for Omega Squad, and he's far from sitting back and letting his brothers do the dirty work.
* CoolOldGuy: Kal Skirata. And Walon Vau. And Mij Gilamar. And Arligan Zey.
* CoolOldLady: Ny.
* ContractOnTheHitman: the Nulls, Skirata, Vau, and other defectors after Order 66.
** Any clones that defect, actually. Look at what almost happened to [[spoiler: Sull]].
* CrazyPrepared: [[spoiler: Skirata when planning his escape (and his sons' defection) from the GAR.]]
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Etain in ''Hard Contact''
* CulturedBadass: Vau. He's a disinherited Irmenu aristocrat, so he was raised with the manners, but then he joined the Mandalorians, making him an instant {{badass}}.
* CurbStompBattle: Implied between Atin and Vau.
* [[strike:Dare To]] [[DareToBeBadass You WILL Be Badass]]: Walon Vau, patron saint of tough love:
--> '''Vau''': You have to know the limits of your physical and mental endurance, so you can recognize them and pass beyond them. This is why I will push you [[TrainingFromHell beyond any suffering you can imagine]]. You will ''not'' give up and die like lesser men; you will ''not'' crack up like lesser men; you will ''not'' lose heart in the direst circumstances like lesser men. You will carry on beyond your imagined limits. And you will be the last men standing, when the weaklings have opted to do the easy thing and die.
* DarkenedBuildingShootout: The end of ''Triple Zero.''
* TheDeadHaveNames: The entire first chapter of ''Order 66.''
* [[spoiler: DeadlyDoctor: Gilamar. Just read about his total takedown of Dred Priest!]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Fi, mostly, but all clones do it as well. Corr especially in ''Order 66.''
** General Zey also has a moment in ''True Colors''.
-->'''Sev''': ''(After dropping a box containing [[spoiler:Ko Sai's head]] onto his desk and Zey looks inside)'' [[CaptainObvious I think she's dead, sir.]]
-->'''Zey''': Do you now? You should take up medicine, my boy.
* DeathCourse: Commando training on Kamino consisted partially of this.
* [[spoiler: DecemberDecemberRomance: Ny and Skirata]]
* DefectorFromDecadence: Barden Jusik. It's just he defected from the ''Jedi Order.''
** Vau. [[spoiler: It is revealed in the beginning of ''True Colors'' that his father is a rich man. Vau hated him so much he ran off and joined the Mandalorians.]]
* DenOfIniquity: [[{{IncrediblyLamePun}} Qibbu's Hut]]
* DidNotDoTheResearch: The series author is infamous for this on many occasions.
* DontExplainTheJoke: Notice how many times Jaing's '''''grey, leathery gloves''''' have been mentioned after [[spoiler: Ko Sai hangs herself/the Nulls butcher her afterwards?]] If still you don't get it, this is why it's called DontExplainTheJoke.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Bardan. One of his unfortunate clone passengers says that he's insane after they have a car chase through Coruscant traffic while being pursued.
* EasyLogistics: subverted repeatedly. One of the main problems the GAR faces is the area over which the clones are spread. Naturally, this makes for snarled supply transports and difficulty getting materials to the planet they need to be on.
* EducationThroughPyrotechnics: Something else used on Kamino to make the clones more badass.
** As if they need it.
* EvilMeScaresMe: Darman after he beats the ''osik'' out of Skirata.
* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: Darman on Skirata when he finds out that [[spoiler: Kad is his son.]]
* FacelessGoons: Inverted. Oh, ''shab.'' Another one of Kal Skirata's [[{{BerserkButton}} berserk buttons]] is when people think that the clones are automatons under the armor. In ''Triple Zero,'' Skirata has Ordo take off his helmet in public so that the civilians can see that their protectors are young men.
* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: the Skiratas. All of them are mercenaries, and more than half of them are elite troops, bred and trained to be the best.
** Also, Dr. Uthan wanted a family before she became TheEvilGenius, and using that knowledge [[spoiler: Fi and Skirata manage to sway her to their side.]]
** Of course, for Mandalorians [[JustifiedTrope male success is family, too]]. Their society is based around clans and families, with both fatherhood and motherhood being highly prized.
* TheForce: Must I explain? ''Star Wars EU,'' hellooo ..
* FiveBadBand: (in ''Hard Contact''):
** TheBigBad: Ghez Hokan
** TheDragon: Lieutenant Hurati
** TheEvilGenius: Dr. Uthan
** TheBrute / TheStarscream: Guta Nay
** TheDarkChick: Lik Ankkit
* FiveManBand: (only in ''Hard Contact''):
** TheHero: Darman
** TheLancer: Atin
** TheSmartGuy: Fi
** TheBigGuy: Niner
** TheChick: Etain
* {{Foil}} : Sev (the ColdSniper) to Fi (TheHeart)
* GallowsHumor: Corr.
* GoodLookingPrivates: subjective, but if you agree, pretty much the ''entire Republic army.''
* GreasySpoon: The diner that Skirata likes to frequent. Numerous times, attention is drawn to the fact that the food is excessively greasy and unhealthy, but that's apparently what makes it good.
* GreatEscape: subverted in [[spoiler: freeing Ruu Skirata and Dr. Uthan. The breakouts are done quick, fast, and (from the characters' POV) easily.]]
** Maybe to prove how badass Skirata's private army is and how rotten the Republic is simultaneously?
* GroinAttack: Implied to happen to an official in the hostage situation short story. Skirata does ''something'', but Darman isn't exactly clear of what it is. Etain also tries it on Darman in ''Hard Contact'', but since he's wearing groin protection on his armor it only hurts her leg.
* HairOfGold: Besany
* HandicappedBadass: Skirata with his shattered ankle.
* HandsomeLech: Mereel
* [[spoiler: HideYourPregnancy: Etain does this on Qiilura, but savvy Commander Levett isn't fooled for an instant.]]
* HeartbrokenBadass: [[spoiler: Skirata and the gang after Etain's death]]
* [[spoiler: HeroicBSOD: Darman after Etain's death.]]
* HelloNurse: Besany
* HeroicSociopath: The Nulls, who learned from the best, who is Kal Skirata.
** Also, Vau and his trainees, who are tough even by fellow commando standards.
* HighlyConspicuousUniform: The whitish-grey armor that Omega Squad had while fighting on the forest world of Qiilura. This is later repeated, when the black armor Omega Squad asks for is what they get ... while fighting on a snowy world.
* HistoricalInJoke: Gilamar pulls one on Nenilin when he compares the scientist to Demagol. Nenilin thinks he's being flattered .... but Gilamar and Skirata both know that Demagol was a crazy Mandalorian scientist who did horrific experiments on children.
* HollywoodHealing: subverted. After Atin's fight with Vau he still has scars all over his body.
* HonorAmongThieves: the Mandalorians, except the evil ones. Goes along with Traviss' Mandalorian MarySueTopia.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Laseema. [[spoiler: If she didn't have that heart of gold she wouldn't be Atin's wife.]]
* ImpossibleMissionCollapse: The end of ''Hard Contact.''
* ImpressivePyrotechnics: Also at the end of ''Hard Contact.''
* InstrumentOfMurder: Wad'e Tay'haai's ''beskar'' flute.
* InvulnerableKnuckles: Inverted after [[spoiler: Darman's NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on Skirata. His knuckles are scratched, bleeding, and generally wrecked.]]
* JurisdictionFriction: Between the GAR and Coruscant law enforcement during ''Triple Zero''
* JustAKid: subverted with Kal Skirata's beginnings.
* KnifeNut: Skirata's three-sided blade keeps coming up over and over and over again. It is his close-ranged weapon of choice and he keeps it on him at all times. We discover in ''Order 66'' that it used to belong to his biological father.
* LargeHam: Skirata has his moments
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: subverted ''every time.''
* LoveableRogue: Mereel, Corr, Skirata, and Fi, but Jaing has shades of it as well.
* MarySueTopia: How many view Karen Traviss' Mandalorians
** Somewhat justified. Sadly Traviss rage-quit when she was just about to subject her own creation to some very well deserved scrutiny. There was much foreshadowing in ''501st'' that even the "safe harbor" on Mandalore (the planet) may not come free and without attachments. Mand'alore (the ruler) is just as political as the rest of the galaxy and would use the clones for his own "patriotic" purposes.
* MagneticHero: Kal Skirata. He's a MartyStu on this scale.
* {{Mangst}}: Kal Skirata again. Ordo to a lesser extent. Darman ''all the way'' [[spoiler: especially during ''501st'']]
* ManOnFire: Darman [[spoiler: he survives with little damage but plenty of nightmares.]]
* MayDecemberRomance: rare gender-flipped example in which Ruu is much older than her clone companion Cov.
* MeaningfulName:
** Lord Mirdalan literally means Lord Smarts/Intelligence in ''Mando'a''
** Ordo means "order" in Latin
* [[spoiler: TheMeddlingKidsAreUseless: The whole arc so far.]]
* MilitaryMaverick: Skirata, after he is recommissioned into the GAR.
** And the Nulls, who are more or less under Skirata's control.
* MissionBriefing: Used frequently.
* MoralityPet: Aww, Lord Mirdalan .... But be warned. That MoralityPet can chew you into ''gihaal.''
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: Mandalorians in general. Subverted in Bardan's case, where he left the Jedi because he couldn't stand the fact that clones aren't treated with any respect, even when the Jedi are supposed to value all life.
* MyDadCanBeatUpYourDad: Boba Fett says this to Ordo (Ordo's father being Kal Skirata). It does not end well ....
** [-'''Fi:''' "Ordo shoved his head down a fresher for bragging his dad could wipe the floor with ''Kal'buir.''"-]
* NitroExpress: Used in ''Hard Contact'' but nothing bad happens.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Atin on Vau in ''Triple Zero.'' Jusik breaks them up before they can actually kill each other.
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Atin frequently tries to talk Niner out of this in ''Hard Contact.'' It is later [[spoiler: tragically subverted with Delta Squad leaving Sev behind on Kashyyyk.]]
* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Dr. Uthan's clone-killing virus
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Skirata. He holds a rank in the Army of the Rublic but he's in it for his sons, not the glory or money.
* NotSoStoic: For a {{badass}} Mando, Skirata really wears his heart on his sleeve, crying multiple times.
* [[spoiler: PregnantBadass: Etain]]
* ThePurge: After Order 66.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: None when Kal Skirata is motivated.
* [[{{OhCrap}} OhShab]]: ''Plenty'' of times, especially during the scene on Haurgab and the fight on Coruscant.
* OldShame: Skirata, on being formally disowned by his sons.
* OneRiotOneRanger: Niner [[{{mangst}} mangsts]] about this during ''Hard Contact.''
* OpenSaysMe: With ''EXPLOSIVES!''
* PapaWolf: [+'''''YOU DO NOT MESS WITH KAL SKIRATA'S SONS!!'''''+]
*** {{Lampshaded}} by Scorch: "if any barve so much as looked the wrong way at his precious little boys, Skirata would have his guts for garters."
** Vau to a ''much'' lesser degree. He beats the ''osik'' out of his boys, but does care for them, enough so that [[spoiler: he goes looking for Sev when he turns up missing.]] His trainees look up to him with a kind of respect, claiming that he made them stronger than any other commando group.
* PatrioticFervor: All Mandalorians, even the evil ones. Since Mandalore is a MarySueTopia, all of them fall under Type One.
* PowerTrio:
** {{The Kirk}}/Ego: Ordo
** {{The McCoy}}/Id: Skirata
** {{The Spock}}/Superego: Vau
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Every Mandalorian in the group.
* TheQuietOne: Fixer, in Delta Squad; Atin in ''Hard Contact''
* TheRadioDiesFirst: Kind of. In ''Hard Contact,'' Omega Squad can't contact Darman because if they used long-distance communication, then their signals will be intercepted, and the enemy will know they are on Qiilura.
* RatedMforManly: There is so much badassery, violence, and bromance if you're a female you will go through a sex change.
* RedemptionDemotion: Arguably Vau.
* Retcon: This series does a number on the then-recent "History of the Mandalorians" article by Abel G. Pena. Instead of Spar being an insane, fanatical, and charasmatic Mandalore who becomes a ShellShockedVeteran, he's a cynical puppet warlord who's in it for the MoneyDearBoy , the Mandalorian Civil War was a minor affair that most Mandalorians ignored, and instead of only around 212 highly dangerous Mandalorians, we have an entire planet of them. Also, that totally awesome City of Bone from the Marvel Comics? Now a failed tourist trap.
** And now, this series itself is a victim of Retcon through TheCloneWars.
* SergeantRock: Skirata ''is'' this trope to a T.
* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Both averted and played straight. The short story ''Odds'' is all about how the Clone Wars have allegedly vastly inflated numbers. Many fans argue that the 1,000,000 clones from ''Attack of the Clones'' could never fight a war across the entire galaxy. They, for some reason, picked a bone with her over this, even though the whole unit=clone concept was first established in the ''AttackOfTheClones'' movie novelization, a G-canon (read: higher tier than her works) source that predated her by over two years.
** Karen Traviss eventually introduces non-Kaminoan clones to compensate.
* ScrewYouElves: Traviss's irrational hate of Jedi is astounding. It gets to the point that if your a Jedi and aren't openly critical of using the clones as a slave army then your a fool and not worth the time of the 'oh so proud' Mandalorians
** ...not so irrational to others. The Jedi order did some *very* questionable things in the name of doing the *right* thing and Traviss is the first author to truly ponder these. The savage treatment of FanFavorite, DesignatedHero Jedi has lead to a BrokenBase.
*** Untrue, The Cestus Deception by Steven Barnes came out almost four months prior covering many of the same bases as the Republic Commando series (including Clone humanity and the morality of the GAR) without being anywhere near as divisive despite the fact Alpha-98/Nate was as much a protagonist as Obi-Wan.
** It all depends on point of view. To the Mandalorians themselves, who have strong familial bonds, the nature of the Jedi taking children away from their families, and raising them to live without strong emotional attachments would be abhorrent to the Mandalorians. To be perfectly honest, Traviss' writing could easily be depicted as simply the Mandalorian viewpoint of the Jedi Order.
* SecretPolice: Palpatine's secret hit squad that hunts down AWOL clones.
* ShipTease: Between Darman and Etain in ''Hard Contact'' [[spoiler: before their relationship became canon in ''Triple Zero.'']] There is also plenty of subtext between Ny and Skirata.
* ShoutOut: ''True Colors'' and ''501st'' contain appearances by "data bounty hunters" [[PennyArcade Gaib and TK-0]].
** Also, "So easy a [[strike: caveman]] Weequay could do it."
* ShootTheFuelTank
* SmallGirlBigGun: Etain's LJ-50 is mentioned several times to be at least her height.
* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Poor Besany Wennen. So blonde and beautiful not even Ordo knows what to do with her when they first meet. [[spoiler: They must have figured something out, because they marry in ''Order 66.'' Aww ...]]
* StupidSacrifice: [[spoiler:Etain sacrifices herself to save a clone from a Jedi padawan during Order 66.]]
* SuperSoldier: The commandos.
* SoleSurvivor: Atin
* SoProudOfYou: Skirata to his boys, on multiple occasions. Usually before he starts crying ... ''again.''
* SpaceMarine: The commandos
* TheSquad: The commandos again. They are even referred to as this: Omega Squad, Delta Squad, Yayax Squad, etc.
* SwordAndGun: Etain with her lightsaber and LJ-50.
* TeamPet: Mird fulfils this function, despite being strictly Vau's pet. Mird is actually quite useful, seeing as it is an intelligent killing machine that can ''fly.''
* {{Tearjerker}}: [[spoiler: Etain's death and the scenes that immediately follow at Kyrimorut. Also, Delta Squad leaving Sev behind.]]
* ThickerThanWater: Skirata, always, but he really proves this when [[spoiler: he aids his sons (who have [[{{OldShame}} formally disowned him]] in finding his missing daughter/their missing sister, Ruusaan, who he hasn't talked to in over thirty years.]]
** Also subverted: [[spoiler: When Skirate also adopts Bardan Jusik. Family is family and you just never turn your back on them, blood is the least of it, since Mando frequently adopt orphans... or stray Jedi with daddy issues.]]
* ThreeFacesofEve: In order ...
** Etain
** Besany
** Laseema
* TookALevelInBadass: Laseema, Besany, Etain, Uthan ...
** Notice, all ''women''
*** Don't be such a feminist. Their men are already so {{badass}} just speaking of them merits TestosteronePoisoning.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Apparently something that happens often with Skirata. Who knew the [[{{BadassGrandpa}} old guy]] with [[{{HandicappedBadass}} a limp]] could be such a {{badass}} PapaWolf?
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: Oh, ''HELL YES IT IS!''
* WellDoneSonGuy: All Vau's men want this out of him. [[{{JerkAss}} Vau, of course, never says a thing.]]
* WhyDontYaJustShootHim?: Hokan, you moron.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Mostly an out of universe version. The storyline takes place during the same time period as the Mandalorian Protectors are supposed to be rampaging through the galaxy, even launching an attack on the clone's homeworld of Kamino. Do we get to see some more Mandalorian versus clone action? Nope. Do we even get a cursory run-through of the campaign? Nope. And by the last books, our protagonists are regularly teaming up with the last survivors of the Protectors without any tension about the whole "attacking our little brothers," or "wiping out almost everyone we fought alongside."
* WorldOfBadass: '''''Mandalore.''''' That is all.
* WouldntHitAGirl: Subverted, seeing as the commandos have no trouble shooting anyone at all.
* WrenchWench: Parja
* YourMileageMayVary: On just about every book after the first one, Hard Contact. The series is beloved by some, loathed by others. It's that kind of series.
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