History YMMV / LegacyOfTheForce

* CriticalBacklash: The series is still very polarizing and many of the decisions [[spoiler: such as Mara and Pellaeon's deaths]] are still utterly reviled by the fanbase, as shown by IdiotPlot and FanonDiscontinuity. However, in the wake of the Sequel Trilogy's handling of similar plot points, many fans have come around to Jacen's fall to the Dark Side and consider it to have been better handled than Kylo Ren's, usually citing a [[IDidWhatIHadToDo stronger motivation]] and that at least Darth Caedus was the ultimate BigBad of the story instead of just being TheHeavy the entire time like Kylo Ren was.

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Jacen's transition into a Sith Lord is complete after he kills his Mara Jade Skywalker, his aunt. Despite killing his wife ''on accident'', even Darth Vader never wanted his family dead, nor was he ever willing to kill them.]]

* IdiotPlot: The heroes should have been able to catch on to and short circuit the villain's plot relatively quickly. It can also apply to Jacen himself, for thinking that listening to Lumiya in the first place was a good idea. He also thinks that he'll avoid the problems Vader faced, even though he falls prey to ''exactly the same problems.''

* {{Narm}}: Jacen's line: "My parents are terrorist scum, and ''that'' is why I have turned my back on them." The fact that he actually thinks Han and Leia might be terrorists shows just how twisted he's become by Lumiya.

%%* {{Narm}}: "My parents are terrorist scum, and ''that'' is why I have turned my back on them."

* {{Narm}}: "My parents are terrorist scum, and ''that'' is why I have turned my back on them."

* VindicatedByHistory: Not the books themselves, as they're still very polarizing and many of the decisions [[spoiler: such as Mara and Pellaeon's deaths]] are still utterly reviled by the fanbase, as shown by IdiotPlot and FanonDiscontinuity. However, in the wake of the Sequel Trilogy's handling of similar plot points, many fans have come around to Jacen's fall to the Dark Side and consider it to have been better handled than Kylo Ren's, usually citing a [[IDidWhatIHadToDo stronger motivation]] and that at least Darth Caedus was the ultimate BigBad of the story instead of just being TheHeavy the entire time like Kylo Ren did.

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Jacen killing Mara.]]

* VindicatedByHistory: Not the books themselves, as they're still very polarizing and many of the decisions [[spoiler: such as Mara and Pellaeon's deaths]] are still utterly reviled by the fanbase, as shown by IdiotPlot and FanonDiscontinuity. However, in the wake of the Sequel Trilogy's handling of similar plot points, many fans have come around to Jacen's fall to the Dark Side and consider it to have been better handled than Kylo Ren's, usually citing a [[IDidWhatIHadTo stronger motivation]] and that at least Darth Caedus was the ultimate BigBad of the story instead of just being TheHeavy the entire time like Kylo Ren did.

* VindicatedByHistory: Not the books themselves, as they're still very polarizing and many of the decisions [[spoiler: such as Mara and Pellaeon's deaths]] are still utterly reviled by the fanbase, as shown by IdiotPlot and FanonDiscontinuity. However, in the wake of the sequel trilogy's handling of similar plot points, many fans have come around to Jacen's fall to the Dark Side and consider it to have been better handled than Kylo Ren's. The cited reasons tend to be because there was actual motivations behind it and that at least Darth Caedus was the ultimate villain of the story instead of just being TheHeavy the entire time like Kylo Ren did.

* TrappedByMountainLions: The Boba Fett/Mandalorian subplots in ''Bloodlines'', ''Sacrifice'' and ''Revelation''.

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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: With Jacen Solo [[FallenHero falling to the Dark Side]], several characters becoming [[TookALevelInJerkass meaner]] and/or [[TookALevelInDumbass dumber]], the {{Karma Houdini}}s, both sides being [[EvilVersusEvil evil]], the blatant [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality self-centered morality]], and the [[AnyoneCanDie high body count]] of several likable characters, this trope is a perfectly valid reaction to these books.

* FridgeBrilliance: After Jacen kills Ailyn Vel, no one in the cast -- even Jacen -- remembers that she tried to kill him twice in ''Shards of Alderaan''.

%%* AlasPoorScrappy: Jacen.

%%* EndingFatigue: The last few chapters involving Mandalore in ''Revelation''.

%%* FoeYay: Ben and Tahiri.

%%* {{Squick}}: [[http://gabri-jade.livejournal.com/167587.html#cutid1 Here]].

* AlasPoorScrappy: Jacen.
* BrokenBase: Less so than ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' as far as reception goes - the majority of ''Star Wars'' fans have expressed distaste with the series, while a minority enjoy it.
* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: With Jacen Solo [[FallenHero falling to the Dark Side]], several characters becoming [[TookALevelInJerkass meaner]] and/or [[TookALevelInDumbass dumber]], the {{Karma Houdini}}s, both sides being [[EvilVersusEvil evil]], the blatant [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality self-centered morality]], and the [[AnyoneCanDie high body count]] of several likable characters, this trope is a perfectly valid reason to dislike these books.

* EndingFatigue: The last few chapters involving Mandalore in ''Revelation''.

* FoeYay: Ben and Tahiri.

* HarsherInHindsight: Back in the ''New Jedi Order'' series, Leia had a depressing vision of Jaina and herself telling Jaina’s kids about their heroic late aunt Mara. The vision seemed to have become irrelevant when Mara recovered from her illness, then 16 years later, Jacen became Darth Caedus.

* HilariousInHindsight: When she "left" Del Rey (rumors are that she was actually let go because of her being difficult to work with, as Troy Denning and Aaron Allston have mentioned), Karen Traviss claimed that if she came back, she'd reboot the universe in order to undo ''WesternAnimation/TheCloneWars'' interpretation of the Mandalorians, as if she actually would have had the authority to do so. Several years later, Disney officially rebooted the EU, and The Clone Wars along with its interpretation of the Mandalorians was one of the ''only'' things that stayed canon.