History Literature / TheNewRebellion

--> In the space of a conversation, Brakiss nearly had abandoned everything. For Skywalker. [...] [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything His feelings got too confused around Skywalker]]. It was almost as if Skywalker could turn him with a few words, a glance, an idea.\\

* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil

--> In the space of a conversation, Brakiss nearly had abandoned everything. For Skywalker. [...] [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything His feelings got too confused around Skywalker]]. It was almost as if Skywalker could turn him with a few words, a glance, an idea.
** ''Literature/TheNewRebellion'' was published in December of 1996, while ''Jedi Under Siege'', from the ''Literature/YoungJediKnights'' series, had already been released in September of the same year and is the story that featured Brakiss' death.

* CommanderContrarian: [[ComicBook/XWingSeries General Antilles]] has one.
--> "What? Sir, have you gone mad?"
--> "Whether I'm mad or not is none of your concern. I'm your commander. You do as I say."
--> "But, sir, the new rules established by Admiral Ackbar state-"
--> "That you can force me to step down if you can prove I'm unfit. They also state that simply because the commander gives orders you disagree with does not mean the commander is unfit. Fire now, or I'll have you all relieved."

* EarlyBirdCameo: Brakiss, the BigBad of the chronologically later but published earlier ''Literature/YoungJediKnights'' series has a supporting role.

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Luke's able to redirect heat and make acidic balloon monsters explode by heating the air within them.
** Though this ability actually does reappear occasionally.
* NoHonorAmongThieves: Lando and Han were actually seen as aberrant for defying this trope.
* NostalgiaFilter: On returning to Smuggler's Run and coming into contact with many of his old associates Han Solo realizes that he might have been suffering from this to some extent, idealizing or romanticizing how great his old smuggling days really were.
* ParanoiaFuel: In-universe, Kueller plans to bring down the New Republic by propogating this. [[spoiler: He manufactures droids, ubiquitous in the 'verse to the point where they go unnoticed, rigged with bombs that make them liable to explode simultaneously without warning]] He also buys Imperial surplus weapons and ships to take advantage of the Republic's fear of a resurgent Empire.

* RememberTheNewGuy: 'Kueller' (real name Dolph) was allegedly a former student of Luke's but this is his first appearance.
** Though Luke does try to justify it by not remembering him at first, and saying that except for the ones who immediately go to the Dark Side, he tends not to remember all of his former students who didn't complete their training.

* StarfishAliens: Rusch ''really'' likes weird aliens and introduces dozens of new species here ([[WhatHappenedToTheMouse very few of which are ever heard of in subsequent stories.]])

* TragicVillain: Kueller's motivation is anger that the Republic did nothing to prevent his people's slaughter; in the process of trying to prevent it from happening he becomes every bit as monstrous as the regime that took everything away from him

A former student of Luke Skywalker now fallen to the Dark Side and seemingly able to mysteriously kill thousands at will from great distances sets in motion a plot to destroy Luke and Leia and topple the New Republic. Meanwhile Han and Lando run into a few 'friends' from their smuggling days.

* MeaningfulName: Dolph, which is a variation of UsefulNotes/{{Adolf|Hitler}}....

* ContinuityNod: Quite a few to Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy, which Creator/TimothyZahn returned by this book being one of the few referenced without a snarky tone in his FixFic ''Literature/HandOfThrawn''.

** TheNewRebellion was published in December of 1996, while ''Jedi Under Siege'', from the YoungJediKnights series, had already been released in September of the same year and is the story that featured Brakiss' death.

* MeaningfulName: Dolph, which is a variation of [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Adolf....]]

* SenseLossSadness: In Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy, Luke and Mara are able to function around ysalamiri with hardly a pang. Here, they find it crippling and debilitating, and Han thinks nasty thoughts about how Mara deserves it. It's common for characters in non-Zahn works to be suspicious of Mara, despite her turning away from the Empire like half of the people they trust unconditionally.

* ContinuityNod: Quite a few to Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy, which Creator/TimothyZahn returned by this book being one of the few referenced without a snarky tone in his FixFic ''HandOfThrawn''.

Tropes used in this work include:

* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil

* {{Two-D Space}}: Wedge lampshades this.

* SenseLossSadness: In TheThrawnTrilogy, Luke and Mara are able to function around ysalamiri with hardly a pang. Here, they find it crippling and debilitating, and Han thinks nasty thoughts about how Mara deserves it. It's common for characters in non-Zahn works to be suspicious of Mara, despite her turning away from the Empire like half of the people they trust unconditionally.

* ContinuityNod: Quite a few to TheThrawnTrilogy, which TimothyZahn returned by this book being one of the few referenced without a snarky tone in his FixFic ''HandOfThrawn''.

* CommanderContrarian: [[XWingSeries General Antilles]] has one.

''The New Rebellion'' is a Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse novel written by Creator/KristineKathrynRusch.

* MeaningfulName: Dolph, which is a variation of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler....

* MeaningfulName: Dolph, which is a variation of AdolfHitler....