History YMMV / GalaxyOfFear

* TheWoobie: Both Tash and Zak. They're twelve and thirteen and lost everything six months before the first book, when Alderaan was destroyed. Every time they pick up material possessions these end up getting lost along with whatever ship they currently have. [[OrphansOrdeal Their guardians are grudging]] at first, and keep dragging them across the galaxy into danger. Tash is weird and Force-Sensitive, which gets her blamed sometimes for things that aren't her fault, and has [[PleaseDontLeaveMe abandonment issues]]. She wants to withdraw and be away from everything but feels like she can't because [[PromotionToParent someone has to look out for Zak]]. Zak has BadDreams and misses their parents terribly.

** [[MadDoctor Dr. Cornelius Evazan]] brags [[Literature/TalesFromTheMosEisleyCantina to Luke Skywalker]] that his crimes have given him the death sentence in twelve systems ([[Film/ANewHope "He doesn’t like you…I don’t like you..."]]). A killer and thug with delusions of grandeur, Evazan claimed countless victims with his depraved experiments. When his Aqualish partner Ponda Baba lost an arm to Obi-Wan Kenobi after threatening a young Luke, Evazan kidnapped an Aqualish Senator to have Ponda's mind transferred into the Senator's body, obliterating the senator's consciousness. When this went wrong and Ponda was erased and replaced with the Senator's mind, Evazan had no remorse. Joining Project Starscream, Evazan moved to the world Necropolis where he tried experimenting to bring the dead back to life. For this end, Evazan even murdered and attempted to [[WouldHurtAChild murder children]] to reanimate and fuel his personal ZombieApocalypse.

** [[MadDoctor Dr. Cornelius Evazan]] brags [[Literature/TalesFromTheMosEisleyCantina to Luke Skywalker]] that his crimes have given him the death sentence in twelve systems ([[Film/ANewHope "He doesn’t like you…I don’t like you..."]]). A SerialKiller and thug with delusions of grandeur, Evazan claimed countless victims with his depraved experiments. When his Aqualish partner Ponda Baba lost an arm to Obi-Wan Kenobi after threatening a young Luke, Evazan kidnapped an Aqualish Senator to have Ponda's mind transferred into the Senator's body, obliterating the senator's consciousness. When this went wrong and Ponda was erased and replaced with the Senator's mind, Evazan had no remorse. Joining Project Starscream, Evazan moved to the world Necropolis where he tried experimenting to bring the dead back to life. For this end, Evazan even murdered and attempted to [[WouldHurtAChild murder children]] to reanimate and fuel his personal ZombieApocalypse.

** [[MadScientist Borborygmous Gog]] was the BigBad of the first half of the series. A Shi'ido changeling who once served the Empire, Gog and his partner Mammon Hoole worked on the world Kiva. When Gog realized their experiments would result in the extinction of all life on Kiva, he reported this to the Emperor and carried on with the experiments while concealing the truth from the more moral Hoole. He had no compunction letting Hoole [[TheScapegoat take the blame]], either. Gog would continue Project Starscream, creating bioweapons that included, among others, a living planet that devoured organic life; a machine to trap people in their worst nightmares; and an essence stealer that trapped the life force of sentients in a crystal matrix. To [[ForScience test them]], Gog regularly unleashed them on innocents while cataloging the results. When his "masterpiece," the living bioweapon Eppon, chose to side with [[TheAtoner Hoole's]] family against Gog, Gog simply killed him without remorse. He also funded Dr. Evazan’s research (see below). Combining his brilliance with an utter lack of morals, Gog sought to master the Force and achieve scientific perfection- even if the Galaxy had to burn behind him.
** [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Dr. Cornelius Evazan]] [[Literature/TalesFromTheMosEisleyCantina brags to Luke Skywalker]] that his crimes have given him the death sentence in twelve systems ([[Film/ANewHope "He doesn’t like you…I don’t like you..."]]). A SerialKiller and thug with delusions of grandeur, Evazan claimed countless victims with his depraved experiments. When his Aqualish partner Ponda Baba lost an arm to Obi-Wan Kenobi after threatening a young Luke, Evazan kidnapped an Aqualish Senator to have Ponda's mind transferred into the Senator's body, obliteraring the senator's consciousness. When this went wrong and Ponda was erased and replaced with the Senator's mind, Evazan had no remorse. Joining Project Starscream, Evazan moved to the world Necropolis where he tried experimenting to bring the dead back to life. For this end, Evazan even murdered and attempted to [[WouldHurtAChild murder children]] to reanimate and fuel his personal ZombieApocalypse.

** [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Dr.]] [[MadScientist Cornelius]] [[DeadlyDoctor Evazan]] [[Literature/TalesFromTheMosEisleyCantina brags to Luke Skywalker]] that his crimes have given him the death sentence in twelve systems ([[Film/ANewHope "He doesn’t like you…I don’t like you..."]]). A SerialKiller and thug with delusions of grandeur, Evazan claimed countless victims with his depraved experiments. When his Aqualish partner Ponda Baba lost an arm to Obi-Wan Kenobi after threatening a young Luke, Evazan kidnapped an Aqualish Senator to have Ponda's mind transferred into the Senator's body, obliteraring the senator's consciousness. When this went wrong and Ponda was erased and replaced with the Senator's mind, Evazan had no remorse. Joining Project Starscream, Evazan moved to the world Necropolis where he tried experimenting to bring the dead back to life. For this end, Evazan even murdered and attempted to [[WouldHurtAChild murder children]] to reanimate and fuel his personal ZombieApocalypse.

** FridgeLogic: Why didn't Yoda do anything about the Children? At the time it was written it was assumed that Yoda had been there for a very long time and would have seen the NoPartyLikeTheDonnerParty situation brewing and spilling over, it was happening within walking distance of where he lived and they ''saw him watching them''.

* TooCoolToLive: Captain Hajj.

** StoicWoobie: Hoole.

** StoicWoobie: Hoole.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids

** [[MadScientist Borborygmous Gog]] was the BigBad of the first half of the series. A Shi'ido changeling who once served the Empire, Gog and his partner Mammon Hoole worked on the world Kiva. When Gog realized their experiments would result in the extinction of all life on Kiva, he reported this to the Emperor and carried on with the experiments while concealing the truth from the more moral Hoole. He had no compunction letting Hoole [[TheScapegoat take the blame]], either. Gog would continue Project Starscream, creating bioweapons that included, among others, a living planet that devoured organic life; a machine to trap people in their worst nightmares; and an essence stealer that trapped the life force of sentients in a crystal matrix. To [[ForScience test them]], Gog regularly unleashed them on innocents while cataloging the results. When his “masterpiece,“ the living bioweapon Eppon, chose to side with [[TheAtoner Hoole's]] family against Gog, Gog simply killed him without remorse. He also funded Dr. Evazan’s research (see below). Combining his brilliance with an utter lack of morals, Gog sought to master the Force and achieve scientific perfection- even if the Galaxy had to burn behind him.
** [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Dr.]] Cornelius [[DeadlyDoctor Evazan]] is a psychotic MadScientist who [[Literature/TalesFromTheMosEisleyCantina brags to Luke Skywalker]] that his crimes have given him the death sentence in twelve systems ([[ANewHope “He doesn’t like you…I don’t like you..]]). A SerialKiller and thug with delusions of grandeur, Evazan claimed countless victims with his depraved experiments. When his Aqualish partner Ponda Baba lost an arm to Obi-Wan Kenobi after threatening a young Luke, Evazan kidnapped an Aqualish Senator to have Ponda's mind transferred into the Senator's body, obliteraring the senator's consciousness. When this went wrong and Ponda was erased and replaced with the Senator's mind, Evazan had no remorse. Joining Project Starscream, Evazan moved to the world Necropolis where he tried experimenting to bring the dead back to life. For this end, Evazan even murdered and attempted to [[WouldHurtAChild murder children]] to reanimate and fuel his personal ZombieApocalypse.

** The BigBad of the first six books, Borborygmus Gog. All of the threats in those books are because of him and his suboordinates. He had a planet become alive and [[QuicksandSucks hungry]], and deliberately stocked it with a species that would make people feel welcome so they could be eaten, and then left it out to be discovered. He hired Doctor Evazam. He injected Tash with TheVirus while on the way to try and kill her uncle. He tested the [[IKnowWhatYouFear Nightmare Machine]] on random young amusement park visitors. He spent months posting stories about Jedi to the Holonet, which is so censored by the Empire that his is virtually the only source, to draw in and befriend people interested in Jedi, with the intent of making them agree to meet him so he can have their LifeEnergy siphoned - all in the hopes that one of them will be Force Sensitive so he can study it. And then there's Kiva.

** [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Dr.]] Cornelius [[DeadlyDoctor Evazan]] is a psychotic MadScientist who [[Literature/TalesFromTheMosEisleyCantina brags to Luke Skywalker that his crimes have given him the death sentence in twelve systems ( [[Film/ANewHope “He doesn’t like you…I don’t like you..]] ). A SerialKiller and thug with delusions of grandeur, Evazan claimed countless victims with his depraved experiments. When his Aqualish partner Ponda Baba lost an arm to Obi-Wan Kenobi after threatening a young Luke, Evazan kidnapped an Aqualish Senator to have Ponda's mind transferred into the Senator's body, obliteraring the senator's consciousness. When this went wrong and Ponda was erased and replaced with the Senator's mind, Evazan had no remorse. Joining Project Starscream, Evazan moved to the world Necropolis where he tried experimenting to bring the dead back to life. For this end, Evazan even murdered and attempted to [[WouldHurtAChild murder children]] to reanimate and fuel his personal ZombieApocalypse.

** [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Dr.]] Cornelius [[DeadlyDoctor Evazan]] is a psychotic MadScientist who [[Literature/TalesFromTheMosEisleyCantina brags to Luke Skywalker that his crimes have given him the death sentence in twelve systems ( [[Film/ANewHope “He doesn’t like you…I don’t like you..]]). A SerialKiller and thug with delusions of grandeur, Evazan claimed countless victims with his depraved experiments. When his Aqualish partner Ponda Baba lost an arm to Obi-Wan Kenobi after threatening a young Luke, Evazan kidnapped an Aqualish Senator to have Ponda's mind transferred into the Senator's body, obliteraring the senator's consciousness. When this went wrong and Ponda was erased and replaced with the Senator's mind, Evazan had no remorse. Joining Project Starscream, Evazan moved to the world Necropolis where he tried experimenting to bring the dead back to life. For this end, Evazan even murdered and attempted to [[WouldHurtAChild murder children]] to reanimate and fuel his personal ZombieApocalypse.

** [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Dr.]] Cornelius [[DeadlyDoctor Evazan]] is a psychotic MadScientist who [[Literature/TalesFromTheMosEisleyCantina brags to Luke Skywalker that his crimes have given him the death sentence in twelve systems ([[Film/ANewHope “He doesn’t like you…I don’t like you..]]). A SerialKiller and thug with delusions of grandeur, Evazan claimed countless victims with his depraved experiments. When his Aqualish partner Ponda Baba lost an arm to Obi-Wan Kenobi after threatening a young Luke, Evazan kidnapped an Aqualish Senator to have Ponda's mind transferred into the Senator's body, obliteraring the senator's consciousness. When this went wrong and Ponda was erased and replaced with the Senator's mind, Evazan had no remorse. Joining Project Starscream, Evazan moved to the world Necropolis where he tried experimenting to bring the dead back to life. For this end, Evazan even murdered and attempted to [[WouldHurtAChild murder children]] to reanimate and fuel his personal ZombieApocalypse.

** [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Dr.]] Cornelius [[DeadlyDoctor Evazan]] is a psychotic MadScientist who [[Literature/TalesFromTheMosEisleyCantina brags to Luke Skywalker that his crimes have given him the death sentence in twelve systems [[(Film/ANewHope “He doesn’t like you…I don’t like you..)]]. A SerialKiller and thug with delusions of grandeur, Evazan claimed countless victims with his depraved experiments. When his Aqualish partner Ponda Baba lost an arm to Obi-Wan Kenobi after threatening a young Luke, Evazan kidnapped an Aqualish Senator to have Ponda's mind transferred into the Senator's body, obliteraring the senator's consciousness. When this went wrong and Ponda was erased and replaced with the Senator's mind, Evazan had no remorse. Joining Project Starscream, Evazan moved to the world Necropolis where he tried experimenting to bring the dead back to life. For this end, Evazan even murdered and attempted to [[WouldHurtAChild murder children]] to reanimate and fuel his personal ZombieApocalypse.

** [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Dr.]] Cornelius [[DeadlyDoctor Evazan]] is a psychotic MadScientist who [[Literature/TalesFromTheMosEisleyCantina brags to Luke Skywalker that his crimes have given him the death sentence in twelve systems ([[Film/ANewHope “He doesn’t like you…I don’t like you..]]). A SerialKiller and thug with delusions of grandeur, Evazan claimed countless victims with his depraved experiments. When his Aqualish partner Ponda Baba lost an arm to Obi-Wan Kenobi after threatening a young Luke, Evazan kidnapped an Aqualish Senator to have Ponda's mind transferred into the Senator's body, obliteraring the senator's consciousness. When this went wrong and Ponda was erased and replaced with the Senator's mind, Evazan had no remorse. Joining Project Starscream, Evazan moved to the world Necropolis where he tried experimenting to bring the dead back to life. For this end, Evazan even murdered and attempted to [[WouldHurtAChild murder children]] to reanimate and fuel his personal ZombieApocalypse.

** [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Doctor Evazan]] ''murdered one of Zak's friends'' because he'd found that fresher corpses made zombies who were smarter and more useful. He then arranged for the resulting UndeadChild to bring Zak to him and injected him with the zombie serum and a poison that would make him go into a coma so deep, he'd be mistaken for dead and BuriedAlive.

** Doctor Evazan ''murdered one of Zak's friends'' because he'd found that fresher corpses made zombies who were smarter and more useful. He then arranged for the resulting UndeadChild to bring Zak to him and injected him with the zombie serum and a poison that would make him go into a coma so deep, he'd be mistaken for dead and BuriedAlive.

* [[Monster/StarWars Complete Monster]]: [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Doctor Evazam]], who while [[NightOfTheLivingMooks raising corpses]] decides fresher is better and so kills a 12-year-old boy. Borborygmus Gog, the BigBad of 1-6 and the head of Project Starscream, is behind every terrible thing in those books. Among a ''long'' list, he's been [[spoiler: befriending people who were interested in Jedi and manipulating them so he can steal their LifeEnergy. Including Tash.]]

* [[Funny/GalaxyOfFear Funny Moments]]: Has its own page

* [[Heartwarming/GalaxyOfFear Heartwarming Moments]]: Has its own page
* NauseaFuel: Some of the books... ''The Planet Plague'''s BlobMonster [[spoiler: The Virus]] and Spore, especially.
* [[NightmareFuel/GalaxyOfFear Nightmare Fuel]]: [[RuleOfThree Has its own page]].

* [[Monster/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Complete Monster]]: [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Doctor Evazam]], who while [[NightOfTheLivingMooks raising corpses]] decides fresher is better and so kills a 12-year-old boy. Borborygmus Gog, the BigBad of 1-6 and the head of Project Starscream, is behind every terrible thing in those books. Among a ''long'' list, he's been [[spoiler: befriending people who were interested in Jedi and manipulating them so he can steal their LifeEnergy. Including Tash.]]

* DefangedHorrors: The zombies in ''City of the Dead" are [[OurZombiesAreDifferent different]]. Sure, they're mostly ugly and many of them are decayed, and they are super strong and able to shrug off injuries, but they're also not infectious, don't bite or scratch, follow their {{Necromancer}}'s commands completely, and some remain their own selves with intelligence.

* [[Monster/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Complete Monster]]: Oooh, let's count! There's the Enzeem, who lull people into feeling safe so they can get eaten. [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Doctor Evazam]], who while [[NightOfTheLivingMooks raising corpses]] decides fresher is better and so murders a twelve-year-old boy. Borborygmus Gog, the BigBad of 1-6 and the head of Project Starscream, is behind pretty much every terrible thing in those books. Among a ''long'' list, he's been [[spoiler: befriending people who were interested in Jedi and manipulating them so he can steal their LifeEnergy. Including Tash.]] There's Jabba the Hutt and Grimpen, who have the brains of monks removed so they can put criminal brains into their bodies, while the criminal bodies get turned in for reward - when the monk they wanted vanished, they just used Tash. There's [[AIIsACrapshoot SIM]]. And the DarthVaderClone.

* FridgeBrilliance: The DarthVaderClone thinks he's really Vader but is less scary and effective and more petulant than Darth Vader - ''like Anakin''. Which is another reason why Vader [[ThereCanBeOnlyOne hated him on sight]]!

* CompleteMonster: Oooh, let's count! There's the Enzeem, who lull people into feeling safe so they can get eaten. [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Doctor Evazam]], who while [[NightOfTheLivingMooks raising corpses]] decides fresher is better and so murders a twelve-year-old boy. Borborygmus Gog, the BigBad of 1-6 and the head of Project Starscream, is behind pretty much every terrible thing in those books. Among a ''long'' list, he's been [[spoiler: befriending people who were interested in Jedi and manipulating them so he can steal their LifeEnergy. Including Tash.]]

* [[Funny Moments Funny/GalaxyOfFear]]: Has its own page

* [[Heartwarming Moments Heartwarming/GalaxyOfFear]]: Has its own page

* [[Nightmare Fuel NightmareFuel/GalaxyOfFear]]: [[RuleOfThree Has its own page]].

* Funny/GalaxyOfFear: Has its own page

* Heartwarming/GalaxyOfFear: Has its own page

* NightmareFuel/GalaxyOfFear: Has its own page

* TheWoobie: Both Tash and Zak. They're twelve and thirteen and lost everything six months before the first book, when Alderaan was destroyed. Every time they pick up material possessions these end up getting lost along with whatever ship they currently have. [[OrphansOrdeal Their guardians are grudging]] at first, and keep dragging them across the galaxy into danger. Tash is weird and Force-Sensitive, which gets her blamed sometimes for things that aren't her fault, and has [[PleaseDontLeaveMe abandonment issues]]. She wants to withdraw and be away from everything but feels like she can't because [[PromotionToParent someone has to look out for Zak]]. Zak has BadDreams and misses their parents terribly.

* StarWars/TheWoobie: Both Tash and Zak. They're twelve and thirteen and lost everything six months before the first book, when Alderaan was destroyed. Every time they pick up material possessions these end up getting lost along with whatever ship they currently have. [[OrphansOrdeal Their guardians are grudging]] at first, and keep dragging them across the galaxy into danger. Tash is weird and Force-Sensitive, which gets her blamed sometimes for things that aren't her fault, and has [[PleaseDontLeaveMe abandonment issues]]. She wants to withdraw and be away from everything but feels like she can't because [[PromotionToParent someone has to look out for Zak]]. Zak has BadDreams and misses their parents terribly.

* GrowingTheBeard: For some, ''Army of Terror'', in which the series wrapped up the Project Starscream storyline and moved away from old formulas.