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| 2 | ->"''You're wrong! You have made your own Order vulnerable. The [[TitleDrop fate of the Jedi]] now rests with leaders who are weaker and less experienced than you. That decline will continue until the Order is locked in a hopeless struggle with its government and all but helpless. Then it will die again.''" |
| 3 | -->--'''[[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Koro_Ziil The Hidden One]]''' |
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| 5 | ''Fate of the Jedi'' is a nine-book novel series in ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'', set about two years after ''Literature/LegacyOfTheForce''. Like that series, it was written by three rotating authors: Creator/AaronAllston, Christie Golden (who replaced Karen Traviss after she dropped out), and Creator/TroyDenning. |
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| 7 | ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway Jedi started suffering from the same [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capgras_delusion psychosis]], and lashing out with the Force. At the same time, rumors developed of a new breed of Sith emerging into the galaxy, poised to conquer (as usual) and generally cause problems. Our hero, Luke Skywalker, was basically unable to stop any of this, and public opinion swung against the Jedi in general, to the point where he was exiled from Coruscant; however, this dovetailed neatly with the fact that someone needed to investigate these new Sith. As he and his son Ben traveled, they experienced continued run-ins with Vestara Khai, a Sith apprentice with definite [[DatingCatwoman chemistry]] with Ben, and evidence that there was something deeper and darker than them--an EldritchAbomination that could spell doom for the entire galaxy... |
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| 9 | This is the final major story arc for the Expanded Universe before the Disney ContinuityReboot converted previous works into the ''Legends'' brand. It is followed by ''Literature/StarWarsCrucible''. |
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| 11 | [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Fate_of_the_Jedi To Wookieepedia!]] |
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| 13 | * ''Outcast'' (2009) -- Allston |
| 14 | * ''Omen'' (2009) -- Golden |
| 15 | * ''Abyss'' (2009) -- Denning |
| 16 | * ''Backlash'' (2010) -- Allston |
| 17 | * ''Allies'' (2010) -- Golden |
| 18 | * ''Vortex'' (2010) -- Denning |
| 19 | * ''Conviction'' (2011) -- Allston |
| 20 | * ''Ascension'' (2011) -- Golden |
| 21 | * ''Apocalypse'' (2012) -- Denning |
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| 23 | The series also includes two short stories by Golden, "Imprint" (2009) and "First Blood" (2011). |
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| 25 | Also contains a tie-in series, ''Lost Tribe of the Sith'', by John Jackson Miller: |
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| 27 | * ''Lost Tribe of the Sith: Precipice'' (2009) |
| 28 | * ''Lost Tribe of the Sith: Skyborn'' (2009) |
| 29 | * ''Lost Tribe of the Sith: Paragon'' (2010) |
| 30 | * ''Lost Tribe of the Sith: Savior'' (2010) |
| 31 | * ''Lost Tribe of the Sith: Purgatory'' (2010) |
| 32 | * ''Lost Tribe of the Sith: Sentinel'' (2011) |
| 33 | * ''Lost Tribe of the Sith: Pantheon'' (2011) |
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| 35 | !!Tropes used in the novels: |
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| 37 | * ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Daala starts out as a VillainWithGoodPublicity, but as the story progresses, the crisis worsens, and her increasingly goes mask off about having not really changed at all, her approval ratings drop like a stone. [[spoiler:To the point that nobody objects when the Jedi lead a coup against her.]] |
| 38 | * AbortedArc: The way that [[spoiler: Jaina breaks up with Jag]], only for the relationship to instantly get repaired the next book, makes it obvious that the authors back-tracked due to fan backlash. There are also quite a few more, due to this being the last series in the EU. |
| 39 | * AchievementsInIgnorance: By ''Abyss'' Raynar has recovered enough from his [[Literature/DarkNestTrilogy joining with the Killiks]] to the point that he doesn't need to stay in the Jedi Temple's asylum anymore. He just didn't realize it without a little prodding. |
| 40 | * AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Relatively minor example, but soon after Kenth Hamner is promoted to acting head of the Jedi Order, he starts calling himself ''Grand'' Master Hamner. He only meant it as an attempt to gently remind the other Jedi that he has been placed in charge (it is technically his rank, after all). He soon realizes why it fails to help him any; the Jedi being very individualistic, they hold more value in actions than titles, and when they start to disapprove of his recent actions, his emphasis on the title does more harm than good. |
| 41 | * AHandfulForAnEye: Done twice in ''Backlash'', once semi-successfully by a Dathomiri against Luke and once very successfully by Dyon. |
| 42 | * AirVentPassageway: Luke, Jaina, and Corran have to fight their way through one in ''Apocalypse'' with adjoining perpendicular shafts serving as the requisite BottomlessPit hazards. The mammoth proportions of the building they're in ([[spoiler:the Jedi Temple]]) justifies its size and even then it's still described as being a bit cramped for anyone of above-average height. |
| 43 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Due to his military background and attitude to life, Kenth Hamner has never really felt like he truly fit in with the rest of the Jedi Order. The crisis with Abeloth and Daala's worsening regime end up bringing these insecurities to the surface in a truly dangerous manner. |
| 44 | * [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs All Your Jedi Temple Are Belong To Us]]: Subverted. [[spoiler:The Jedi leave Coruscant, and the Sith move into their temple. But [[LizardFolk Barabels don't abandon their nests]].]] |
| 45 | * AmplifierArtifact: The Codex. |
| 46 | * AntiHero: Saba Sebatyne and Kenth Hamner are edging into this territory as the story begins — Saba wavering dangerously close to [[KnightTemplar Jedi fundamentalism]] and Kenth slipping back into his military mindset in the worst ways. [[spoiler:Kenth goes well and truly off the deep end because of it, but the trauma of his ensuing death gives Saba a nasty wake-up call and pulls her back from the edge.]] |
| 47 | * ApocalypseMaiden: Ben, in Jacen's vision. |
| 48 | * ApologeticAttacker: One of the Sith assassins sent after Allana apologizes to her as he attacks; he really doesn't want to kill her since she's just an innocent child, but is duty-bound to carry out his lordship's order that he eliminate the potential Jedi Queen. |
| 49 | * ArcWelding: ''Apocalypse'' ties in elements from ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', explaining that [[spoiler:the Father, the Son, and the Daughter, who may have been [[{{Precursors}} Celestials]], once lived on Abeloth's planet in the distant past. Abeloth herself started out as a mortal woman, known only as the Servant, who came to ingratiate herself with the family of Force-wielders and eventually joined them as the Mother. However, her mortality prevented her from staying with her beloved family forever and in a fit of madness, she drank from the Font of Power and bathed in the Pool of Knowledge, forever corrupting herself and transforming into the Dark Side entity known as Abeloth. The Father cursed her for her selfish deed and departed for Mortis with his family, leaving her alone to wallow in her misery and loneliness for millenia. The Son and Daughter later enlisted the help of the Killiks to create Centerpoint and Sinkhole Stations, as a means of keeping Abeloth sealed.]] |
| 50 | * ArmorPiercingQuestion: How Vestara got Rhea to realize that Abeloth had the Sith search team under her thrall. |
| 51 | * AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: It's believed that the Celestials were once physical beings that managed to find a way to ascend into pure Force entities, or maybe it was the other way around. |
| 52 | * ASimplePlan: Han and Leia just wanted to take their [[spoiler:grand]]daughter pet shopping. Instead, they wind up with a Jedi going insane and alien predators getting released and running amok. At least they do end up with a pet nexu for their troubles. |
| 53 | * BackToBackBadasses: The cover of ''Ascension''. In-universe, Jaina and Luke do it within the book. |
| 54 | * BadassNormal: Many. |
| 55 | ** Boba Fett, who's not afraid to pick a fight with Abeloth. |
| 56 | ** The Void Jumper space marines, who are capable of taking out Sith Warriors with superior tactics and firepower. |
| 57 | ** Dorvan, who manages to [[spoiler:resist repeated torture and MindRape by the Sith and Abeloth and ''stay sane'']]. |
| 58 | * BatmanGambit: Luke pulls a very effective one on the Lost Tribe, [[spoiler: giving them Coruscant]] so that they'll all gather there and take highly visible positions...allowing the Jedi to take them down. |
| 59 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Ben warns Vestara that drinking from the Pool of Knowledge is not a good idea, since there are things that are better left unknown. |
| 60 | * TheBeautifulElite: The Lost Tribe Sith tremendously prize physical perfection and beauty, to the point where even a small scar like Vestara's could potentially halt her advancement, and giving them an additional layer of elitism on top of the normal Sith beliefs in TheMagocracy and SocialDarwinist. A Sith group having such a cultural quirk — in total contrast to the EvilMakesYouUgly habits of the Darth Bane's Rule of Two cult — is one of the first major hints that the Lost Tribe are not much like the Dark Jedi/Sith that Luke and company are used to dealing with and hue much closer to the original Sith Empire (of which they are an offshoot of). |
| 61 | * BelligerentSexualTension: Between Ben and Vestara. |
| 62 | * BewareTheSuperman: Brought up a few times in regards to the Jedi, and one of the major factors of the public's growing distrust of them. Towards the end, even Luke can't deny that there's a point to be made for it. |
| 63 | * BigBad: Abeloth. |
| 64 | * BigBadDuumvirate: Subverted. In ''Ascension'', [[spoiler:Gavar Khai foolishly allies the LostTribe with Abeloth [[DealwiththeDevil despite the risks]] under the belief it will bring them power, but she quickly subsumes him into nothing more than a MouthOfSauron at best.]] |
| 65 | * BigBadWannabe: The Lecersen Conspiracy and Lost Tribe would both be strong contenders for the title of BigBad, if not for the fact that Abeloth is an infinitely bigger threat in every conceivable way. |
| 66 | * BigDamnHeroes: In ''Vortex'', Luke and Ben end up getting surrounded by an army of Sith. Then the Jedi reinforcements arrive to save the day. |
| 67 | ** Subverted in ''Conviction'', [[spoiler:Luke [[TheChessmaster tricks]] Vestara so that she'll lead the Sith into an ambush.]] |
| 68 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Daala, actually. By ''Conviction'', she has reverted back to her old self from the books ''Jedi Search'', ''Dark Apprentice'', and ''Champions of the Force''. |
| 69 | * BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Abeloth is defeated, the galaxy is saved, the other villains are all defeated, things are looking up for the Alliance and Remnant, the Force Psychosis is cured as is the nanovirus on Mandalore, Allana seems destined to become the Jedi Queen, and Jaina and Jag finally marry. But millions are dead at Abeloth's hands, the Lost Tribe have been decimated, Vestara descends into evil, public opinion of the Jedi is at an all-time low, Luke is near-crippled from his final battle with Abeloth, Darth Krayt is plotting to make his move ([[ComicBook/StarWarsLegacy though it takes him over eight decades to pull it off]]), the Force is in peril of falling out of Balance once more, and while Abeloth has been banished for now, she's still alive and is slowly reconstituting for a second attack. The galaxy is heading into potentially dark waters, but Luke has hope for the first time in a long time that they have a chance to push it in a better direction, as well as that the Jedi and Sith might finally make peace and unite as the new Ones to stop Abeloth for good when she returns.]] |
| 70 | * BlatantLies: Vestara makes up a story about how she got her scar involving AbusiveParents. In reality, she was born with it and her family is genuinely happy (for the Sith). |
| 71 | * BloodierAndGorier: Parts of ''Apocalypse'' read like something out of ''Franchise/FinalDestination''. Special mention goes to the "goo fountains". |
| 72 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: How the Aing-Tii view the Force compared to Jedi and Sith. They don't see a light side and a dark side. They see a whole rainbow. |
| 73 | * BodySurf: Abeloth gains the ability to control multiple bodies at once, but her presence tends to ruin the bodies of non-Force users. |
| 74 | * BrainBleach: {{Invoked}} in ''Conviction''. |
| 75 | -->'''Ben''': "Dad, if I never see another underground water pumping station or one more droch, I'll be happy." |
| 76 | -->'''Vestara''': "We still have plenty of cans of droch spray." |
| 77 | -->'''Ben''': "Yeah, but do we have any bottles of [[DiscussedTrope brain bleach]]?" |
| 78 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: Abeloth does it to pretty much anyone she can to turn them into her thralls. [[spoiler:Things really go to hell when she manages to do it to Gavar Khai and, in doing so, usurp control of the Sith.]] |
| 79 | * BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Besides the fact that the FinalBattle left [[spoiler:Luke near-death and comatose and Darth Krayt in little better shape, it is made clear that they have [[FromASingleCell only temporarily dealt with]] Abeloth.]] |
| 80 | * BruiserWithASoftCenter: Bazel Warv, a burly [[PigMan Ramoan]] Jedi who acts like a tough guy but is a big softy at heart. |
| 81 | * BusCrash: [[spoiler: Remember [[Literature/TheCallistaTrilogy Callista]]? It seems that Luke discovers her ''as'' Abeloth on Abeloth's planet, only to discover that Callista had gone to the planet years ago and wound up being utterly devoured by Abeloth.]] |
| 82 | * ButterflyOfDoom: On Nam Chorios, the fact that the planet is laced with sentient Force-sensitive crystals means that any active use of Force powers means a powerful and destructive Force storm will form somewhere on the planet.. |
| 83 | * CallBack: Han tells Leia that he's [[Film/ANewHope broken her out of prison before]] and will do it again, [[Funny/FateOfTheJedi but wants a better reward this time]]. |
| 84 | * CardboardPrison: Boba Fett, while breaking [[spoiler:Daala]] out of prison, lampshades this by pointing out all of the inherent security flaws in most modern prisons and takes advantage of all of them. |
| 85 | * CallBack: The very last scene is a call back to the final lines of the Creator/MattStover novelization of ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', with an old woman lighting a candle to ward off an all-encompassing darkness, alluding to both the "love as a candle" analogy from that book and it's "darkness looms but HopeSpringsEternal" ending. Fittingly, this series ends on similar a note of hope persisting in a time of imminent strife. |
| 86 | * TheCassandra: Since they were raised in an environment that encourages plotting and backstabbing and the New Jedi Order are the descendants of their ancestral enemies, the Sith are too paranoid to trust anything Luke says. |
| 87 | * ChekhovsGunman: The Barabels who set up shop under the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. [[spoiler:Barabels don't abandon their nests, giving our heroes a way back in when Abeloth and her thralls seize control of the Temple.]] |
| 88 | * TheChosenOne: Allana seems to be headed this way with the frequency of people having visions of her sitting on the Throne of Balance (i.e. having some big part to play in leading the galaxy). |
| 89 | ** Anakin Solo's ghost, however, deconstructs this idea in ''Abyss''. He feels it isn't fair for anybody to place all their hopes on one person and that it's moreover ''dangerous'' to the larger cause, effectively creating a KeystoneArmy. |
| 90 | -->'''Anakin''': Every Jedi Knight has to be his own light, because the light shouldn't go out when one Jedi dies. |
| 91 | ** In ''Vortex'', Taalon sees the vision of Allana and is scared out of his mind of the idea of the galaxy being ruled by a "Jedi Queen." Even Abeloth seems determined not to let this future come to pass. In ''Conviction'', [[spoiler:a Sith strike team attempts to assassinate Tenel Ka because they (correctly) fear that she is or will be the mother of the Jedi Queen]]. |
| 92 | ** By ''Ascension,'' Abeloth has decided to do everything to become this Queen, as a stepping stone to godhood. In ''Apocalypse'' it's further revealed that [[spoiler:the Throne of Balance is actually where the being in charge of the Force itself sits. It's not just stepping stone to get to godhood, it ''is'' godhood.]] |
| 93 | * ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: The Sith constantly suffer from this, since it's actively encouraged within their society. Deconstructed in that the constant paranoia it encourages make the Sith easy prey for Luke's manipulations (since they're utterly predicatable), and it also fuels Vestara's HeelFaceTurn, as she grows enamored of the trust and support that Ben and Luke show one another. |
| 94 | * CliffHanger: End of ''Omen'', ''Backlash'', ''Allies'', and ''Ascension''. |
| 95 | * ComatoseCanary: Played straight as a rail with Daala's conversation with a comatose Admiral Bwua'tu. |
| 96 | * ConflictingLoyalty: |
| 97 | ** Kenth Hamner is divided between his patriotism for the Alliance and his devotion to the Jedi Order. The conflict and his desperation to placate both sides in the face of their growing hostility to one another slowly drives him mad. |
| 98 | ** Vestara decides that the Jedi way appeals to her and tries to change sides, but [[spoiler:her self-loathing and doubt, coupled with her remaining loyalty to the Sith culture and people she grew up in, ends up putting a wrench in her efforts]]. By the end, [[spoiler:she's managed to alienate herself from ''both'' sides]]. |
| 99 | * ContagiousPowers: Each of the insane Jedi has exhibited powers that had been learned by Jacen Solo during his five-year sojourn after the Literature/NewJediOrder. However, it's stated that none of those Jedi ever had the opportunity to learn the power from him or the people who taught him. |
| 100 | ** ''Abyss'' reveals that [[spoiler:this is a RedHerring, with the latest insane Jedi displaying the power to alter the molecular composition of metals in order to penetrate them, something Jacen Solo never did. In reality, members of various Force groups were lured to the Maw enthralled by Abeloth, and when she drove certain Jedi insane, the link let them access an ability of the enthralled.]] |
| 101 | * ContinuityNod: In the ''Literature/JediAcademyTrilogy'', Lando bought the spice-mining operation on Kessel, and now he's trying to expand the operation by transporting the energy spiders that make the spice to other worlds, but the spiders keep dying. Han, who had a bad encounter with the spiders in the same trilogy, says "''Good!''" |
| 102 | ** When Lando needs pilots to fly through Kessel's caverns and deactivate mysterious devices causing groundquakes, the bulk of those who answer his call are old comrades from Wedge Antilles' [[ComicBook/XWingRogueSquadron many]] [[Literature/XWingSeries adventures]], including Wedge himself. Plus one oddball - a former ''Imperial'' pilot named [[VideoGame/TIEFighter Maarek Stele]]. |
| 103 | * ConvenientComa: Admiral Bwua'tu falls into a coma after being attacked by fake Jedi, just so he can't actually tell anybody said Jedi were fake. [[spoiler:Becomes an ExploitedTrope after he recovers, providing a good cover for meetings of the counter-conspiracy.]] |
| 104 | * CoolOldGuy: Han and Leia still have galaxy saving adventures whilst raising their granddaughter. |
| 105 | ** Grand Lord Vol is very old, very evil, and the most powerful member of the Lost Tribe of the Sith. He's so badass that he actually manages to MindRape ''Abeloth''. |
| 106 | ** Luke Skywalker is in his 60s, and a genuinely nice, friendly guy, as well as a great teacher. Also arguably the most dangerous character in the setting, with the ''possible'' exceptions of Vol, Krayt, and Abeloth herself (and given that he defeats the latter two, and that Krayt specifically avoids picking a fight with Luke or the Order until Luke is distracted with Abeloth, that says a lot). |
| 107 | * CopiedTheMoralsToo: [[spoiler:When Abeloth assimilates people into herself as her avatars, their personalities start blending into hers and affecting her behavior. This is the reason for her creepy obsession with Luke; Callista's love for him is causing her to develop similar feelings. When Luke subsequently manages to free Callista's spirit from Abeloth, she near-instantly loses all interest in him.]] |
| 108 | * CorruptChurch: Many have begun to see the Jedi Order as this. |
| 109 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive: A Kuat businesswoman is trying to manipulate the events of the series to oust Daala and revive the Empire. |
| 110 | * CorruptPolitician: A staple of the series, but Daala in particular has virtually no principles. |
| 111 | ** Utterly and totally [[AvertedTrope averted]] by Wynn Dorvan. Leia explains that he was once a minor bureaucrat who discovered his bosses were skimming funds. Rather than secure a cut of those ill-gotten gains, he risked his life to report the corruption to Leia, who was Chief of State of the New Republic at the time. And during the series proper, he repeatedly demonstrates that he's both a steady hand and a good man. [[spoiler:Thankfully, the series ends with him in charge.]] |
| 112 | * TheCoup: [[spoiler:Once Daala's regime goes that step too far while also actively interfering with the effort against Abeloth, the Jedi Coalition is pretty much forced to stage a coup and overthrow her. By this point, she's so thoroughly alienated or lost nearly all of her former allies that nobody objects.]] |
| 113 | * DarkActionGirl: Vestara. |
| 114 | * DarkHorseVictory: [[spoiler:Who gets elected to lead the galaxy? A nobody turned terrorist leader, though he doesn't stay Head of State for long.]] |
| 115 | * DeadpanSnarker: |
| 116 | ** Ben, though Vestara also has her moments. |
| 117 | ** C-3PO, after several decades of exposure to [[LovableRogue Han Solo]]. |
| 118 | --> During our association, Captain Solo's sanity has been questioned an average of three times per month. By the psychiatric care standards of many conformist societies, that fact alone would qualify him for a cell in the Asylum Block. (''Omen'') |
| 119 | ** Allana also seems to have picked up some of Han's snarking ability, and manages to combine it with Leia's wit. [[LikeFatherLikeSon She is their granddaughter, indeed]]. |
| 120 | ** Luke is very probably not only the most badass, but snarkiest character as well. |
| 121 | ** In general, it seems that pretty much ''every'' Jedi Master gets at least one or two snarky lines. Snarkiness Equals Authority, perhaps? |
| 122 | * DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:Abeloth manipulates Gavar Khai into becoming her servant and pledging the Lost Tribe's forces to her in exchange for power. She doesn't even bother with a pretense of holding up her end of the bargain once her hooks are in; she just [[MindRape mind rapes]] him until he's nothing more than a deranged MouthOfSauron gleefully sending his own people — even his own wife — into the metaphorical meat grinder at her orders.]] |
| 123 | * DeathWorld: |
| 124 | ** The world Abeloth was stranded on was populated with [[WhenTreesAttack aggressive]] [[ManEatingPlant flora]] and [[EverythingIsTryingToKillYou everything was trying to kill the Sith search team]]. This happens anywhere Abeloth stays for more than five ''seconds''. Her world even reverts back to "normal" once she departs. [[spoiler:It turns out this is how she feeds and grows stronger.]] |
| 125 | ** Nam Chorios is another one: on top of the freezing temperatures, winds, and droch bugs/plague, the heroes can't use the Force without causing devastating storms. |
| 126 | * DemocracyIsBad: The Galactic Alliance (once the New Republic) is a bad joke. Their head of state is a former Imperial admiral once tasked with protecting the R&D installation that built the prototype for the weapon that destroyed Alderaan, who later went to war against the New Republic and was basically installed in her position by the military, and the legislature somehow accepted all of this. This implies that there are not many sane politicians running things. By the end of the series things are looking a lot better, though. |
| 127 | * DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Vestara crosses it after she instinctively causes the death of another Jedi in the name of saving her love Ben, convincing her that she'll ''never'' break out of the Sith mentality and that her efforts to do a HeelFaceTurn are thus doomed to failure… [[ThenLetMeBeEvil so she may as well be the best Sith she can be]].]] |
| 128 | * DeusExMachina: This, being invoked in order to stop Abeloth in the ancient past, is discussed in ''Apocalypse''. In the time of the novels, [[spoiler:a Killik hive attempts to exploit this, beginning a massive rebuilding effort on an isolated planet, preparing to confront Abeloth some time in the future. Unfortunately, the heroes later discover that with the death of the Son and Daughter during the Clone Wars, this plan is doomed to failure, as the Killiks' plan relies on them coming back.]] |
| 129 | * DeusExitMachina: Luke and Ben are both unable to deal with Daala consolidating her power because they are elsewhere. [[spoiler:Of course, where they are may be more important.]] |
| 130 | * DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: Subverted: The Tribe ''think'' this mysterious woman is their friend, but she isn't. She ''really'', '''really''' isn't. [[spoiler:They even spend three days, preparing to celebrate Abeloth's visit (including a parade and a {{masquerade|Ball}})]]. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Abeloth: |
| 131 | -->'''Abeloth''': [[{{Irony}} A masquerade. How fitting]]. |
| 132 | * DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: |
| 133 | ** In ''Allies'', [[spoiler:Luke apparently manages to kill a literal EldritchAbomination with some Sith assistance.]] Unfortunately, it gets better. |
| 134 | ** In ''Conviction'', [[spoiler:Luke does more permanent damage to her, by removing Callista, and causing one of the other people she absorbed to kill himself.]] |
| 135 | ** In ''Apocalypse'', [[spoiler:Abeloth's three remaining avatars are killed and she is finally defeated, but isn't fully dead yet, just severely weakened.]] |
| 136 | * DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu: Abeloth has a thing for Luke. It is explained in ''Conviction'': [[spoiler:Callista was partially intact]], influencing Abeloth's actions in different ways. [[spoiler:After Luke helps Callista to die, this obsession ends.]] |
| 137 | * DistantPrologue: To the ''ComicBook/StarWarsLegacy'' comics. Sets up and hints at everything from the Galactic Empire becoming a major player again to the rise of the One Sith. |
| 138 | ** The ending of Apocalypse makes this very clear. [[spoiler: A Sith Lord who is obviously Darth Krayt arrives to aid in the final battle against Abeloth and it is explained that Jacen's actions were not done to prevent the rise of the "Dark Man", but to stop his daughter from standing by his side. With the Dark Man all but said to be Krayt and the text's discussion that the future may have only been slightly altered or postponed, the set up for ''Legacy'' is firmly established.]] |
| 139 | * DividedWeFall: A big part of the reason Abeloth gets as far as she does isn't just because of how monstrously powerful she is. It's also because, in the wake of ''Legacy of the Force'', the galaxy is extremely factionalized and divided, unable to put up a united front against her because they're busy fighting each other. This is lampshaded by Luke in the ending, who notes that [[spoiler:even if the Jedi Coalition does find the Dagger of Mortis, the only realistic chance they have of defeating Abeloth when the inevitable second round with her comes is by unifying the galaxy — and particularly the Jedi and Sith — under one banner.]] |
| 140 | * TheDogBitesBack: In ''Vortex'', [[spoiler: Taalon beats up Vestara several different times to advance the Sith agenda (as he sees it). After she sees that he's turning into an EldritchAbomination, she kills him.]] |
| 141 | * TheDreaded: Even Ship is afraid of Abeloth. ''Everyone'' who has even the slightest comprehension of [[EldritchAbomination what she really is]] are afraid of her. With good reason. |
| 142 | * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Cha Niathal]] kills herself after it becomes clear that she's going to be brought up on charges for assisting Darth Caedus and Lumiya during the events of ''Legacy of the Force''. |
| 143 | * [[AnimalWrongsGroup Droid Wrongs Group]] |
| 144 | * DyingAsYourself: Thanks to Luke's use of mnemotherapy, [[spoiler: Callista is freed from AFateWorseThanDeath within Abeloth, regains her connection with the Light Side, and passes smiling.]] |
| 145 | * DynamicEntry: Boba Fett makes an appearance in ''Conviction'' when he [[spoiler: breaks Daala out of prison]]. |
| 146 | * EldritchAbomination: Abeloth. |
| 147 | * EldritchLocation: Abeloth's home planet. Plants eat animals, animals photosynthesize, and it seems to be the location of Force purgatory. And it's in the middle of a black hole cluster. Can't forget that. |
| 148 | * ElectiveBrokenLanguage: In ''Backlash'', Ben Skywalker speculates that Yoda mangles his speech on purpose, both [[TricksterMentor to mess around with people]] and to get them to listen attentively to what he says. |
| 149 | * EmotionEater: |
| 150 | ** Abeloth gains her power by feeding off peoples' negative emotions. |
| 151 | ** The mutated Dream Singer feeds off of the terror created by the nightmares it causes. |
| 152 | * EnemyMine: Horribly and tragically subverted. The Jedi and Sith team up to try and take down Abeloth, but unfortunately, [[spoiler:Abeloth's manipulations, the death of Lord Vol, and the mutual distrust between the two parties all culminates in the team-up fracturing and the Sith being tricked into allying with Abeloth. This is, not coincidentally, around the point where everything really starts going to hell.]] |
| 153 | ** In ''Apocalypse'', [[spoiler:Tahiri and Boba Fett team up to kill one of Abeloth's avatars, while Luke and the Sith Stranger ([[ComicBook/StarWarsLegacy Darth Krayt]]) team up to kill Abeloth in the Mindwalker realm.]] |
| 154 | * {{Expy}}: |
| 155 | ** Freedom Flight is an analogue to the real life Underground Railroad. [[spoiler:Except not really.]] |
| 156 | ** Haydnat Treen is an expy of Viqi Shesh from NJO, except instead of collaborating with the Yuuzhan Vong, she is working for Imperial hardliners. |
| 157 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Gavar Khai is a scheming Sith Lord who is mostly concerned with power, but he genuinely loves both his wife and daughter. [[spoiler:The point where it becomes clear that Abeloth has subsumed him entirely is when this ''stops'' being the case.]] |
| 158 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: |
| 159 | ** Vol, the Grand High Lord of the Lost Tribe of the Sith. [[spoiler:In ''Ascension'', he comes face to face with Abeloth's true form, recognizing her for what she is and the evil that she represents. Far from trying to take control of it or enslave it like the Sith had planned up until that point, he roundly rejects any chance of alliance in horror at how evil she truly is, culminating in a mental duel that results in Abeloth being wounded almost as badly as she was in her encounters with Luke.]] |
| 160 | ** Once the Lost Tribe learns about the "[[TheChosenOne Jedi Queen]]" prophecy and that Allana may well be her, their leaders send Sith assassins to kill her to prevent it from coming to pass. Almost every single one of these Sith express deep reluctance to do it, and one even apologizes to Allana as he attacks, because they genuinely don't want to hurt an innocent child but are [[HonorBeforeReason honor-bound to carry out their lordship's will]]. |
| 161 | * EverythingsDeaderwithZombies: [[spoiler:The Sith Ghouls empowered by Abeloth in Apocalypse. Their attacks leave patches of dead skin and are especially deadly to a Stomper marine's armor.]] |
| 162 | * EvilIsNotAToy: The Sith, not understanding exactly what Abeloth is or how powerful she truly is, think they can enslave her as a superweapon to serve them through magic. [[spoiler:Than Darish Vol sees her true form and he ''immediately'' realizes that the Sith have vastly underestimated the sheer abhorrent, unnatural evil and existential threat she represents. Unfortunately for everyone, she proceeds to kill him, and Gavar Khai is not nearly as wise as Vol when Abeloth offers ''him'' power instead…]] |
| 163 | * EvilVsEvil: [[spoiler:The battle between the Sith and Nightsisters at the end of Backlash, as well as the Sith's battles against Abeloth.]] |
| 164 | * FailedASpotCheck: In ''Ascension'',[[spoiler:Luke, Ben and Jaina search Korriban for Sith and don't find them.]] Although, this is something of a ForegoneConclusion, and it's noted in-universe that finding a bunch of Sith on a world incredibly strong in the Dark Side is not exactly an easy job. |
| 165 | * FailsafeFailure: Subverted. While planning for a possible coup against Daala, the Jedi learn that they can lock down the entire Senate Hall on command by tricking the security system into thinking the Hall is under attack by the Yuuzhan Vong. Even though the Yuuzhan Vong are no longer a serious threat, nobody bothered to remove the program. Similarly, [[spoiler:Daala]] is broken out of prison thanks to exploiting several failsafes in the prison security system, such as vents not being sealed in the event of a gas attack so that the gas can be vented out. |
| 166 | * FaceStealer: How was Abeloth able to take [[spoiler: Callista]]'s form and mess with Luke? Because she devoured her several years ago. She also devours several other characters in the course of the story. |
| 167 | * FallenHero: The Hidden One was once the benevolent leader of the Baran Do Sages, but is now a virtual tyrant keeping many of them trapped underground with him [[ControlFreak so he can control them all]], [[spoiler:and he tries to forcibly trap Luke and Ben there with him to prevent his secrets from being learned by anyone else]]. |
| 168 | * FetchQuest: The Aing-Tii send Luke and Ben out to recover some of their holy relics that their religion prevents them from touching. Luke and Ben ponder as to how they collected the relics in the first place. |
| 169 | * FindTheCure: Boba Fett's subplot involves him seeking out a cure for the nanovirus targeting his bloodline that Darth Caedus unleashed on Mandalore in the previous series, so that he can return to the planet proper and continue his rule as Mand'alor. [[spoiler:He succeeds]]. |
| 170 | * FirstKiss: Ben and Vestara in ''Ascension''. |
| 171 | * ForegoneConclusion: A minor example. The end of this particular story arc, as well as the fate of most characters by the end of it, is all up for grabs. However, this happens to mark the first appearance of The One Sith in the novels, and ''they'' are going to triumph at some point in the future. |
| 172 | ** Since Luke has several direct descendants living by the time of ''ComicBook/StarWarsLegacy'', it's pretty much a given that Ben will live long enough to have at least one kid. |
| 173 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: As noted below, Jaina's line to Cilghal in the first book about the difference between Jedi and the military grimly foreshadows Kenth's ToBeLawfulOrGood struggle. |
| 174 | * FourIsDeath: Not ''Backlash'' itself, no. Nor do any villains come in fours. But chapter 4 of ''Ascension'' definitely qualifies. [[spoiler:Abeloth destroys the City of Glass.]] |
| 175 | * FromASingleCell: [[spoiler:Despite her two remaining physical manifestations being destroyed and her spirit being beaten up in the SpiritWorld, Abeloth is described as merely shrinking into a miniscule Force presence and it soon becomes apparent that she's still alive; the final battle wounded her, but no more, and she ''will'' reconstitute herself to make another attack eventually. In the epilogue, a group has been sent on a quest to retrieve the Dagger of Mortis in order to finish the job.]] |
| 176 | * FromBadToWorse: All of Ascension just seems to pile things getting worse on top of each other. First, [[spoiler:the Lost Tribe's capital city is wiped out by a vengeful Abeloth,]] then Abeloth and her Lost Tribe cronies vanish into the galaxy, leaving Luke and co. out of luck. ''Then'' the Jedi leave Coruscant, only for it to be revealed that [[spoiler:the Lost Tribe's already there, and starting to take over, but fortunately the Jedi know about it.]] What they ''don't'' know is that [[spoiler:Abeloth is also there, using taking over of the Galactic Alliance as a stepping stone to her [[TitleDrop ascension]] to godhood.]] |
| 177 | * FutureBadass: Between Jacen's vision of her as [[TheDragon Krayt's dragon]] and the Jedi Queen, it's clear that little Allana is going to grow up into someone very dangerous and very powerful. |
| 178 | * GambitPileup: This series may be the definitive example from the ''Star Wars'' canon. We've got [[PresidentEvil Daala]], [[LostTribe the Sith]], [[ComicBook/StarWarsLegacy Krayt's Sith]], [[EldritchAbomination Abeloth]], [[AristocratsAreEvil the Lecersen Conspiracy]], [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized Freedom Flight]], [[TheChessmaster Luke]], and the Force knows how many others working each other behind the scenes at the same time. |
| 179 | * GlasgowGrin: Vestara has a small scar at the edge of her mouth that serves as a compact one of these. |
| 180 | * GallowsHumor: This conversation: |
| 181 | -->'''Han:''' "Nobody move! This is a holdup!"\ |
| 182 | '''Leia:''' "Han!"\ |
| 183 | '''Han:''' "Oh, right. My mistake. Nobody move, this is a coup." |
| 184 | * GeneralRipper: The series points out why it's an ''extremely'' bad idea to put one (like Daala) into a position of power. It becomes extremely apparent when losing her position makes her revert to her former self. |
| 185 | * GlamourFailure: Abeloth can cast extremely potent illusions, but they're not infallible. |
| 186 | ** In ''Vortex'', the local populace has been made to think they're infected with a virulent plague through a Force illusion, which convinces even Ben and Vestara but Luke is knowledgeable enough to see right through it. |
| 187 | ** In ''Conviction'', some savvy smugglers Abeloth runs into don't take any of her crap, including turning on and locking up the people that she influences. |
| 188 | * GodhoodSeeker: It's hinted that Abeloth's main goal is to become a god. |
| 189 | * GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Daala, who is an absolutely horrible person and head of the GA. |
| 190 | ** The Beloved Queen of the Stars is...not very beloved, since she's [[spoiler: Abeloth]]. |
| 191 | * GoodbyeCruelWorld: [[spoiler:Cha Niathal]] commits suicide to avoid conviction for aiding and abetting Caedus and Lumiya's crimes, leaving behind a message that tries to gussy it up as some kind of heroic act and not one of cowardice. |
| 192 | -->This has been done with honor, without error, and by my own choosing. [[spoiler:Niathal]] out. |
| 193 | * GoodFeelsGood: In ''Ascension'', Vestara says this is one of the reasons she wants to [[spoiler:become a Jedi]]. |
| 194 | * GrandFinale: Serves as one for the Original Trilogy/Post-Imperial eras and cast, with the Jedi Coalition and their allies battling their greatest threat yet and a major theme of PassingTheTorch to the next generation. |
| 195 | * GreyAndGrayMorality: Neither the Alliance nor the Imperial Remnant are bad in any sense of the word, and both are mostly made up of good people trying to do the right thing, but they both also have a few evil ''members'' perverting their nice intentions and threatening to destroy everything they stand for from within, as well as both being willing to engage in {{Realpolitik}} against one another and other groups. The Lost Tribe of Sith are also ''not'' necessarily evil themselves (though many of their members certainly are), just a ProudWarriorRace with [[DeliberateValuesDissonance their own culture that just happens to clash badly with the larger galaxy]], mainly in their valuing of cunning and deception, and are trying to conquer the galaxy because they legitimately believe it to be right to do so, based off the fact that their ancestors once ruled much of the stars only to be destroyed by the Jedi and Old Republic. The Jedi are still heroic, but also struggling to grapple with a world that is increasingly drifting away from their black-and-white days of fighting Dark Jedi and Palpatine-wannabes; some are thus being forced to [[ShootTheDog make hard choices]] and some also edge towards the [[KnightTemplar fundamentalism]] of the old Jedi they had been growing beyond in response to the troubled times. Amid all this messy morality is the pitch-black evil [[EldritchAbomination Abeloth]] who is threatening to destroy everyone because they're divided against her. |
| 196 | * GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Luke and Ben tend to fight with their [[LaserBlade lightsabers]], while Vestara and Jaina tend to fight with [[ShockAndAwe force lightning]] and from [[OldSchoolDogfight a starfighter]], respectively. For example, in ''Vortex'', [[spoiler: Vestara throws her lightsaber to an unarmed Luke and then starts shocking Abeloth.]] However, averted sometimes when Jaina and Vestara use their lightsabers, such as the duel on Dromund Kaas. |
| 197 | ** Also inverted in the case of Han and Leia--Han usually deals with most problems with his blaster, while Leia the Saba Sebatyne-trained Jedi Knight is more likely to deal with a problem with her lightsaber (or even a solid kick). |
| 198 | * HeliumSpeech: Ben decides to annoy his father near the end of ''Outcast'' with this jaunty little piece: |
| 199 | -->Where fields once grew, a road runs through, and buildings hide the sun,\ |
| 200 | Where grass of green could once be seen, are only gray and brown.\ |
| 201 | My childhood home, while I did roam, became a place of sadness.\ |
| 202 | Now I return, my heart does yearn for times of light and gladness. |
| 203 | * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Vestara. [[spoiler:Deconstructed, as it ultimately ends with her alienated from ''both'' sides and left with no recourse but to throw her lot in with Darth Krayt]]. Discussed by Luke and Jaina: |
| 204 | -->'''Luke''': You want me to take a Sith who's trustworthiness seems to depend on the time of day, the season, and the phases of whatever moons happen to be nearby, on [[spoiler:a potentially dangerous mission to the Sith homeworld?]] |
| 205 | * HeKnowsTooMuch: The Hidden One [[spoiler:keeps the other Baran Do Sages trapped underground forever and tries to do the same with Luke and Ben, all to keep his secrets, well, hidden from the world.]] |
| 206 | * HeroWithBadPublicity: |
| 207 | ** A major plot point. Following the events of ''Legacy of the Force'' and Daala's policies against them, the New Jedi Order has taken a severe hit to their reputation in Alliance territory, much of which is being led to view them as a CorruptChurch little better than the Prequel Era Jedi at their worst. Luke himself has been exiled from Coruscant. [[spoiler:By the end of the series, their reputation has taken some even worse hits, as many blame them for Abeloth's devastation of Coruscant, resulting in the ''entire'' Order being exiled with Luke. But they're starting to climb back out of the hole.]] |
| 208 | ** Inverted and PlayedForLaughs when Han attempts to act menacing but his reputation gets in the way. Han would like people to think he is dead serious when he threatens them with a blaster. But as the person he is threatening reminds him, Han Solo has been a galactic hero and household name for several decades now, and ''nobody'' believes he will shoot unarmed bystanders. Naturally he is right, much to Han's annoyance. |
| 209 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Bazel throws himself on the metaphorical spears of an entire Sith strike team to rescue Allana from them.]] |
| 210 | * HiddenDepths: |
| 211 | ** Wynn Dorvan is shown to be an extremely skilled sabacc player after he wins a sabacc tournament against hundreds of the best players in the galaxy. |
| 212 | ** In ''Conviction'', Han proves that he actually knows how to manipulate people into doing what he wants without having to actually shoot them. Leia is extremely impressed. As he says, politics is basically the same as sabaac (poker), except the cards aren't showing. |
| 213 | *** Even before that, in ''Vortex'', he played Daala like a fiddle, and even had to hide his confidence so that he wouldn't give his plan away. |
| 214 | * HiddenElfVillage: Quite a few actually. The Sanctuary of the Baran Do Sages, the Aing-Tii world, Sinkhole Station for the Mind Walkers, the island community for the Fallanassi, and Kesh for the Lost Tribe of the Sith. |
| 215 | * HopeSpot: The middle of ''Ascension'': Luke is back on Coruscant and is leading the Jedi Order once again; Moff/Senatorial conspiracy is falling apart; all three villains (Abeloth, Daala and Lost Tribe) are on the run with few resources left; Vestara chooses to become a Jedi and [[OnlySaneMan Wynn Dorvan]] is about to be elected Chief of State. And then it all goes to hell. |
| 216 | * HumansAreUgly: Discussed. |
| 217 | -->'''Luke''': Tell you what, if you think it's wrong for you to think of them as ugly, just think of how you look to them. Short, squat, unlined skin, a nose that puffs up like a rodent, tiny little mouth with jagged white things in it, a horrible shrub-like growth on your head. |
| 218 | -->'''Ben''': This, from the man who's worn a bowl-cut hairstyle almost all his adult life. |
| 219 | * HurricaneOfPuns: In ''Conviction'', Threepio [[spoiler: has a bomb implanted into him by Sith assassins]]. After it's discovered and removed, R2 can't stop making puns at Threepio's expense. |
| 220 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Let's just say that there are a few. |
| 221 | * InsaneTrollLogic: A hallmark of Force Psychosis. |
| 222 | * InternalDeconstruction: There's ''a lot'' of critique of the Light/Dark binary view of the Force and the way Jedi operate, as well as ''many'' other hallmarks and tropes common to ''Star Wars''. [[spoiler:It starts [[DeconReconSwitch swinging]] towards {{Reconstruction}} by the end, though.]] |
| 223 | * InterspeciesRomance: Daala (Human) and Nek Bwu'atu (Bothan). |
| 224 | * ItsAllMyFault: Saba blames herself for [[spoiler: Kenth Hamner's death]]. |
| 225 | * JumpedAtTheCall: Vestara's reaction to a strange ship appearing in the sky promising to teach her how to be a Sith master. |
| 226 | ** The trope later gets taken up to eleven and combined with UndyingLoyalty, resulting in entire battalions of {{Space Marine}}s volunteering to help StormTheCastle. |
| 227 | * KarmicDeath: In ''Allies'', [[spoiler: Captain Faala is killed in the Mind Walker realm when the angry spirits of her old enemies drag her to her death]]. |
| 228 | * KarmaHoudini: |
| 229 | ** Haydnat Treen is a borderline example; she is never directly brought to justice within the series, but her crimes do come to light, and her political career is over. |
| 230 | ** Daala is also a borderline example, as [[spoiler:she escapes into the galactic underground, but has had all of her political ambitions and power crushed and her life utterly ruined, meaning she's really not much of a threat and is basically miserable.]] |
| 231 | * KillItWithFire: Han uses a flamethrower and really enjoys doing so. |
| 232 | * KlingonPromotion: [[spoiler: Saba to the title of Grand Master.]] |
| 233 | * LampshadeHanging: So Dorvan is [[spoiler:pro-Jedi ''and'' pro-Daala]]? This inherent contradiction is remarked upon by all his supporters. |
| 234 | * LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Javis Tyrr]] gets his comeuppance in ''Allies'' when [[spoiler: Dorvan finds and publically reveals evidence of him illegally spying]]. |
| 235 | * LesCollaborateurs: [[spoiler:Most of the Lost Tribe of Sith get unwillingly turned into this for Abeloth after she manages to get her hooks into Gavar.]] |
| 236 | * LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Ben and Vestara, Discussed in ''Conviction'', between Mayor Snaplaunce and Luke. |
| 237 | -->'''Snaplaunce''': He and the girl, are they a couple? |
| 238 | -->'''Luke''': No. |
| 239 | -->'''Snaplaunce''': They argue like one. |
| 240 | -->'''Luke''': So you are a couple with every one of your political opponents? |
| 241 | -->'''Snaplaunce''': Oh, well struck, Master Skywalker. |
| 242 | * LostTribe: The Lost Tribe of the Sith, obviously. |
| 243 | * LudicrousGibs: ''Apocalypse'' describes the results of being squashed by a piece of building, split in two lengthwise by a lightsaber, splattered on the floor due to a malfunctioning transport tube, and being caught in the fiery disintegration of a flying vehicle. |
| 244 | * MamaBear: |
| 245 | ** Mirax Horn gets her moment when she slaps Colonel Wruq Retk so hard, it knocks him unconscious. This is because he's got her carbonite-imprisoned children hanging on the wall like trophies. And, to add to this, Retk is a [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Yaka Yaka]]. |
| 246 | ** Leia, of course. Jag even Lampshades it when he comments on how he feels sorry for the poor bastard who attempted to assassinate them and put Allana in danger. [[spoiler:She even beheads a Sith who was threatening Allana without a second thought.]] |
| 247 | * MercyKill: Sarasu Taalon [[spoiler:falls into the Pool of Knowledge and begins being horrifically mutated by it into a HumanoidAbomination, practically a weaker Abeloth. Vestara doesn't hesitate at all to put him out of his misery.]] Later on, [[spoiler:she ends up doing the same for her father, Gavar, once it becomes clear he's nothing more than Abeloth's thrall now.]] |
| 248 | * MesACrowd: [[spoiler:Abeloth eventually turns out to be possessing multiple bodies at the same time, though they're never at the same place after the initial possession.]] |
| 249 | * MindRape: Abeloth's mental probing. When she attempts this on Vol, he counters with some MindRape of his own. |
| 250 | * MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Abeloth's true form. |
| 251 | * MotiveMisidentification: At the start of the series, Luke and Ben are walking the galaxy trying to piece together what caused Jacen to become evil in ''Legacy of the Force'', with Luke coming up with a number of different theories, such as him misinterpreting the Potentium teachings. [[spoiler:All of those theories turn out to be wrong, or rather, incomplete. Jacen's spirit in the finale provides the central piece — that he was trying to prevent a BadFuture he feared would come about where Allana became Darth Krayt's servant — but also spells out to Luke that this was really just the inciting incident that started him on the path and there truthfully wasn't any ''one'' thing that made him succumb to villainy. It was many different questionable actions, misunderstandings, and poor choices on his part that culminated in him becoming Darth Caedus.]] |
| 252 | * MouthOfSauron: [[spoiler:What Abeloth turns Gavar Khai into, mind-raping him until he's a deranged servant who gladly sends the Sith to their deaths on her orders, doesn't care when she kills his beloved wife, and even tries to murder his own daughter.]] |
| 253 | * MythologyGag: This isn't the first time where Luke and several other force-sensitives have to deal with [[ComicBook/DarkEmpire a dark side entity who inhabited various bodies in order to maintain their power.]] |
| 254 | * NegativeSpaceWedgie: The Kathol Rift and the Maw Cluster. |
| 255 | * NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Part of Force Psychosis involves the crazy Jedi knowing Force skills they never used before. |
| 256 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: It turns out that Centerpoint Station, which our heroes destroyed in ''Literature/LegacyOfTheForce'', was the thing [[SealedEvilInACan keeping the can Abeloth was trapped in sealed]]. The Kessel situation may have also been caused by Centerpoint's destruction. By extension [[spoiler:Jacen's trying to change the future were part of what freed Abeloth from her prison]]. |
| 257 | ** Retroactively compounds what was already a NiceJobBreakingItHero moment from ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''. [[spoiler:By getting The Son and The Daughter killed, The Father and Anakin Skywalker removed the [[{{Pun}} forces]] that were keeping Abeloth from becoming a major galaxy-threatening problem]]. Furthermore, since Anakin refused to take the Father's place, there's no one to stop her now. [[SarcasmMode Good job]]. |
| 258 | ** Adding to the above, the Jedi theorize that [[spoiler:the deaths of The Son and the Daughter has disrupted the Force and may be the reason why the galaxy has stuck in a state of near constant war since the Prequel era.]] |
| 259 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:When Daala escapes prison, so does Tahiri.]] |
| 260 | * OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Abeloth kills Vol by decapitating him and presents the head to Workan to signify that she's in charge now. Later in the finale, Saba avenges him by biting off the head of one of Abeloth's avatars.]] |
| 261 | * OhCrap: |
| 262 | ** When the Jedi Council starts tracking down Sith pirate attacks and realize they're building an entire ''fleet''. |
| 263 | ** The Killiks ''freak the fuck out'' when they are informed that Abeloth has been released. They have every reason to. |
| 264 | * OneWingedAngel: Abeloth has three or four forms. |
| 265 | * [[OncePerEpisode Once Per Book]]: Up until ''Vortex,'' each book has one or several Jedi develop Force Psychosis. |
| 266 | * OnlyOneName: ''Backlash'' seems to make a point of noting this in the case of Zekk. |
| 267 | * OnlySaneMan: Dorvan, who realizes what's at stake and tries to rein in Daala's excesses. When he realizes Daala has [[VillainousBreakdown gone beyond the breaking point]], he decides to resign rather than work for her. |
| 268 | ** The victims of Force Psychosis believe themselves to be the only real people in a galaxy of imposters. |
| 269 | * OpenSecret: [[spoiler:All of the Jedi Masters and quite a few Jedi Knights already know about the "secret" Barabel nest under the Temple.]] As they note, the characters in question disappeared suddenly, with Saba refusing to talk about where they are, and she's too moral to send them off on a secret mission without telling anyone. |
| 270 | * PapaWolf: Corran's children (Valin and Jysella) are imprisoned in carbonite thanks to their going crazy and Mr. Horn himself is ''not'' happy. In fact, after [[spoiler: Kenth dies]], Corran cites this as the reason he [[spoiler: can't lead the Jedi Order]], as he's so emotionally unbalanced. |
| 271 | ** Luke is also this: One of the very few things that gets him angry is Ben being threatened, and he's self-aware enough to realize that this trope is part of why he's skeptical of Vestara's HeelFaceTurn. |
| 272 | * {{Paparazzi}}: Javis Tyrr; all right, so he's only one guy, but he more than fits. Also plenty of unnamed ones in ''Outcast'', especially after Valin's rampage. |
| 273 | * PassingTheTorch: As the functional GrandFinale for the OT era and cast, there's a definite theme of the old guard giving way to the younger generation. [[spoiler:Highlighted at the end, with Luke — now in his late sixties, [[ShellShockedVeteran broken down emotionally]], and near-crippled from his battle with Abeloth — watching and fading a bit into the background as Jaina gets married and the Order braces for the inevitable rematch with Abeloth, reflecting that his time may be nearing it's end and younger Jedi and Sith will have to be the ones who stand against Abeloth when she returns.]] |
| 274 | * PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: Despite Leia arguing in ''Literature/LegacyOfTheForce'' that attaining the post of Chief of State of the GFFA through any means other than election (which is what her son [[GalacticConqueror Jacen]] did) is unconstitutional, Daala is basically installed in the position by military leaders. This is only emphasized by an aversion of the GoodRepublicEvilEmpire trope. The previous and current leaders of the Empire, Gilad Pellaeon and Jagged Fel, are often shown as being far more benevolent and trustworthy leaders of their authoritarian state than Daala is of the nominally democratic GFFA. |
| 275 | * PhilosophicalParable: For a while, each book had Luke and Ben visiting a different locale to learn about Jacen's fall, and the episodes tended to resemble this. ''Backlash'' downplayed this: while Jacen did train with the Witches of Dathomir, that plot point was not present in the novel. ''Allies'' averted this trope entirely, while ''Vortex'' and ''Conviction'' don't even mention Jacen's motivations. |
| 276 | * PointlessDoomsdayDevice: Subverted. It turns out Centerpoint Station wasn't [[EldritchAbomination so]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero pointless]] and it's destruction has caused big problems. |
| 277 | * PoweredArmor: Some of the Void Jumper SpaceMarines, called "Stompers", wear suits of these. It backfires [[spoiler:when the [[EverythingsDeaderwithZombies Sith ghouls]] get to them.]] |
| 278 | * ThePowerOfLove[=/=]LoveRedeems: Jaina [[InvokedTrope invokes]] this while vouching for Vestara: |
| 279 | -->I don't want to get too sentimental here, Uncle Luke, but don't underestimate [[ThePowerOfLove the power of love]]. It's [[LoveRedeems pulled two family members back]] from the Dark Side already. Ben's sixteen, but he's not a fool. |
| 280 | * {{Precursors}}: A ''lot'' of hints as to the Celestials. |
| 281 | * PraetorianGuard: |
| 282 | ** Daala's use of the [[ProudWarriorRace Mandalorians]] is surprisingly similar to how Roman Emperors used vikings, in what was known as the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varangian_Guard#Varangian_Guard Varangian Guard]]. |
| 283 | ** In ''Ascension'', [[spoiler:Tahiri becomes TheAtoner, and looks like she's going to be one of the first [[ComicBook/StarWarsLegacy Imperial Knights]]]]. |
| 284 | * PresidentEvil: |
| 285 | ** While not exactly ''evil'' (at first), Chief of State Daala certainly has her qualms about the Jedi and won't hesitate to use government resources to put them in line. There is, however, quite a bit of irony to her running the galaxy from a planet (Coruscant) that she once hatched a plot to destroy. Fortunately, she is not as brilliant of a strategist as her reputation makes her out to be. |
| 286 | ** [[spoiler:Head of State Abeloth plays this straighter than Daala, at one point threatening to decimate Coruscant's population because they didn't help keep the Jedi away from her. And she partly ''succeeds'' too.]] |
| 287 | * PrivateMilitaryContractors: Belok Rhal and his band of rogue Mandalorians that work for Daala are basically the Mando equivalent of [=PMCs=]; amoral and ruthless mercenaries who have gleefully cast aside the Resol'nare [[OnlyInItForTheMoney in favor of credits]] and sating their bloodlust. |
| 288 | * ProudWarriorRace: The Mandalorians as usual, but Belok Rhal's crew of mercenaries are a Deathwatch-esque rogue faction that exaggerates it into vicious brutality for any pay whatsoever. The Lost Tribe of Sith, being descended from the original Sith Empire, also have a lot of qualities like this. |
| 289 | * ProperlyParanoid: After the assassination attempt on [[spoiler: Admiral Bwua'tu]], Daala is (correctly) convinced that somebody is trying to frame the Jedi for it, because in her mind, if the Jedi ''really'' wanted to kill him, they would not have failed. Plus, they wouldn't be crazy enough to try and fake a failed assassination attempt. |
| 290 | * PsychicAssistedSuicide: In ''Vortex'', [[spoiler:Abeloth and the Fallanassi (who are under her control) drive dozens of Sith mad with illusions. This causes some of them to kill themselves.]] |
| 291 | * PuppetKing: [[spoiler:The Lecerson Conspiracy manipulates the post-Daala elections to get Padnel Ovin, a new senator who was a terrorist leader only months ago, installed as Chief of State. He's well-known for a lack of political skills, and they figure he'll be easy to manipulate. However, Ovin is just savvy enough to recognize what's going on, and asks [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Dorvan]] to stay on as his primary adviser. Unfortunately, when the Sith enter the picture, he gets taken out and replaced by an avatar of Abeloth.]] |
| 292 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Mayor Snaplaunce and Wynn Dorvan. The latter [[spoiler: eventually becomes Chief of State]]. |
| 293 | * ReassignedToAntarctica: Borleias, once one of the most strategically valuable planets in the galaxy due to its proximity to Coruscant, is now home to a small outpost where military careers are sent to die. |
| 294 | * RecycledInSpace: In ''Conviction'', the conspirators' plot to remove Daala is suspiciously parallel to that of the conspirators in Shakespeare's ''Julius Caesar''. |
| 295 | * TheRemnant: The Lost Tribe are descended from a faction of the original Sith Empire that got stranded on Kesh following [[ComicBook/TalesOfTheJedi the Great Hyperspace War]], making them pretty much the last of the true Pre-Bane Sith culture. |
| 296 | * ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Abeloth tries to force Ben and Vestara to drink from both the Font of Power and Pool of Knowledge so they'll turn into semi-divine eldritch creatures like her, intending to use them as replacements for her lost "children", the Daughter and the Son.]] |
| 297 | * TheReveal: |
| 298 | ** The Lost Tribe of the Sith had assumed that the Sith had long ago conquered the galaxy while they were stuck on Kesh. ''Ship'' sets em straight. Their reaction? Let's go out and set things right by conquering everything! |
| 299 | ** Some part of Abeloth is no one else but [[spoiler:Callista]]. |
| 300 | ** In ''Ascension'': [[spoiler: The slave revolts are secretly being caused by the political conspirators as part of their scheme.]] |
| 301 | * RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: |
| 302 | ** Following the events of ''Legacy of the Force'', Boba Fett is a still TheGoodKing of the Mandalorians as the current Mand'alor. He is just as likely to go into the field of battle himself as you'd expect from the ruler of a ProudWarriorRace, and even manages to take down one of Abeloth's avatars near-singlehandedly. |
| 303 | ** The Lost Tribe's leadership are powerful Sith Lords and thus fully capable of being devastating combatants. Special mention goes to Darish Vol who [[spoiler:almost saves the day by defeating Abeloth and only ''narrowly'' loses.]] |
| 304 | * RuleOfThree: In ''Conviction'', Lieutenant Jevon Thewles' apartment is being raided: |
| 305 | -->'''Jevon''': "Can I get up?" |
| 306 | -->'''Jevon''': "Can I get up?" |
| 307 | -->'''Jevon''': "Can I get up?" |
| 308 | -->'''Guard''': "Yes, sit up." |
| 309 | -->'''Jevon''': "Can I get dressed?" |
| 310 | * SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:Kani, who volunteers to go speak with the Mandalorians outside the Temple, reasoning that they won't feel threatened by an unarmed teenager and are honorable warriors besides. Unfortunately for her, Belok Rhal and his band are [[PrivateMilitaryContractors rogue Mandos on Daala's payroll who are anything BUT honorable]] and her being a mere unarmed teenager means that Rhal has no fears or qualms about unceremoniously shooting her dead in public.]] |
| 311 | * SanitySlippage: Kenth Hamner starts really losing it as he gets torn between his ConflictingLoyalty to both the Alliance and Jedi, until eventually [[spoiler:he's convinced himself that he would be totally justified in murdering Saba to make the rest of the Jedi Council fall in line.]] |
| 312 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers: Discussed between Luke and Daala. Of course, the Force can't really be a witness later... |
| 313 | * SealedEvilInACan: Abeloth, who was hidden away in the Maw by the Celestials in the ancient past using Centerpoint Station. With it's destruction and a few other unfortunate events, she begins to get free. |
| 314 | * SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou: The cover of ''Vortex'', where Han is seen aiming a blaster at the reader. |
| 315 | * SecretPolice: Daala starts using Belok Rhal and his band of rogue Mandalorians as a covert "peacekeeping" force by sending them to conflict zones on the payroll of GA front companies to put them under the guise of protecting corporate interests. Then in ''Conviction'', she dispenses with the pretenses and starts doing it openly, [[spoiler:which means that eventually no one of importance really protests when the Jedi remove her from power]]. |
| 316 | * SelfMadeOrphan: In ''Ascension'', [[spoiler:Vestara is forced to kill her father, though by this point he barely even qualifies as the same person as her father, given [[BrainwashedAndCrazy what Abeloth did to him]]. Her mother was already killed earlier when Abeloth destroyed the Sith capital.]] |
| 317 | * SequelHook: The final novel has Luke finding out that [[spoiler:there is a ''second'' major Sith faction separate from the Lost Tribe (the One Sith from ComicBook/StarWarsLegacy), and unbeknownst to the Jedi, Vestara is going to work for those Sith]]. Also, [[spoiler:Abeloth isn't truly dead, and [[DeaderThanDead the only way to truly kill her]] is to find the Dagger of Mortis]]. |
| 318 | * SexForSolace: It is heavily implied by some of Tahiri's dialogue that she and Jacen's relationship was a bit more than just master/apprentice. |
| 319 | * ShapedLikeItself: Boba Fett's disguise. He even changes his body language so people will think someone's impersonating him. |
| 320 | * ShoutOut: |
| 321 | ** In ''Allies'', Ackmena is an abolitionist, in honor of the late Bea Arthur. In the same book, Dyon knocks someone out by [[Franchise/StarTrek grabbing the neck and pinching]] (the author of ''Allies'', Christie Golden, has contributed some books to the Literature/StarTrekNovelVerse). |
| 322 | ** In ''Conviction'', when at a bar, Moff Lecersen orders a drink called the "[[Series/DoctorWho Sonic Screwdriver]]". |
| 323 | ** Ben's line: "What if you're Luke Skywalker today and Darth Starkiller tomorrow?" 'Starkiller' was the original last name assigned to Luke in early drafts of ''Star Wars''. It's been referenced in [[VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed various]] ways in much of the EU. |
| 324 | ** Luke and Ben's visit to the Hidden Ones' sanctuary is an intentional reference to the underworld of Greek mythology. |
| 325 | * ShipSinking: |
| 326 | ** While Zekk's [[TheBusCameBack bus came back]], we learn that he is working with a Hapan agent last seen in ''Literature/LegacyOfTheForce,'' and that he is involved with her. |
| 327 | ** Appeared to happen [[spoiler:to the Jaina/Jag ship. However, they made up one book later and the series ends with them finally getting married, founding the Fel Dynasty.]] |
| 328 | ** [[spoiler:Ben and Vestara,]] though it had a terribly promising start, falls apart after the latter believes herself to have gone past the MoralEventHorizon. |
| 329 | * SidetrackedByTheAnalogy: In ''Abyss'' Saba compares Daala and the Jedi to animals on her homeworld. Kyp gets confused as to what each animal is and they spend about a page clarifying. |
| 330 | * SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: More like slipping ''back'' into evil. The longer the crisis goes on and the more her powerbase crumbles, the more Daala falls back into her old villainous ways. |
| 331 | * SnarkToSnarkCombat: Luke and Ben, Ben and Vestara, Han and Leia...basically everyone involved in the Solo/Skywalker/Fel family enjoys doing this at any and every opportunity. |
| 332 | * SpaceMarine: The GFFA's troops. |
| 333 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: In ''Allies'', Dyon Stadd, Kyp Durron, and Gilad Pellaeon's last names are consistently misspelled Stad, Durran, and Pallaeon. Also, the plurals "Jedis" and "Siths" are used. |
| 334 | * SpiritWorld: Where the Mind Walkers go when they use their eponymous power (which seems to be some sort of astral projection), which may or may not be the [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Netherworld_of_the_Force netherworld of the Force]]. Evidence towards the former is the fact that [[spoiler:Mara appears to be in some sort of purgatory after the events of ''Sacrifice''.]] |
| 335 | * StabTheScorpion: Variation: [[spoiler:At one point in the final duel, Darth Krayt Force Drains Luke Skywalker and Abeloth, seemingly indicating that he turned against Luke. Luke, however, quickly realizes that the Force Drain was simply Krayt holding down Abeloth, and that he was only caught in it because he was in close proximity to Abeloth when it hit. He quickly pulls back and starts coordinating better with Krayt to avoid anymore friendly fire.]] |
| 336 | * StarCrossedLovers: Vestara and Ben's relationship. One's a Jedi, the other is a Sith, and their people are at war. [[spoiler:Tragically, Vestara's internal doubt in her own goodness and ensuing descent into villainy destroys any chance they could've had to be together.]] |
| 337 | * TheStarscream: |
| 338 | ** Yuvar Xal in true Sith fashion. |
| 339 | ** The Moffs. Even lampshaded by Jag in ''Apocalypse'' when he opens a public speech by mentioning that, when he accepted the job of Imperial Head of State, he didn't expect to survive as long as he did. |
| 340 | * StartOfDarkness: Luke and Ben's quest is to figure out just when Jacen had his. |
| 341 | * StatingTheSimpleSolution: Surprisingly enough, ''Taalon'' advocates just executing Luke when Abeloth manages to capture him, but is quicky overruled. |
| 342 | * StealthInSpace: Conversed for Stealth-X fighters, in ''Backlash''. |
| 343 | * StockholmSyndrome: PlayedForLaughs with a Bothan secretary in ''Conviction''. |
| 344 | -->(Han tries to get the secretary to help by threatening him.) |
| 345 | -->'''Secretary''': Forgive me, General. But I won't help you, and you won't sell me. You're a hero of the Alliance. |
| 346 | -->'''Han Solo''': Leia, I swear, I hate having a good reputation. I ''hate'' it! |
| 347 | * StormingTheCastle: [[spoiler: The Jedi built [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs their temple]]'s defenses a little too well.]] TheCavalry only [[spoiler: turn it into a battle of attrition.]] [[FromBadToWorse And that was before]] the [[spoiler: [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies Sith ghouls came out to play]].]] |
| 348 | * TakeMeToYourLeader: After blasting his way through a room's lock, and stunning the guards: |
| 349 | -->'''Han Solo''': Take me to your leader. {{We come in peace|Shoot To Kill}}. |
| 350 | -->'''Leia''': Han. |
| 351 | -->'''Han Solo''': Sorry, Leia. Sometimes I can't help myself. |
| 352 | * TakeThat: |
| 353 | ** There's specifically a Kyp Durron reality show. Kyp says, "There goes my social life." |
| 354 | ** Also, the series seems to be one huge plot thread pointing that in retrospect, making Daala the Galactic Alliance Head of State was pretty much a very ''bad'' idea. |
| 355 | -->'''Moff Getelles''': Natasi Daala has been an erratic officer, a laser cannon with a malfunctioning actuator if you will, since she was an ensign in the Imperial Navy, and her recent actions bear out this diagnosis. |
| 356 | ** There are some subtle (and some not-so-subtle) digs at news shows which prioritize sensationalism over facts, and at the people who believe everything the news tells them without bothering to think. |
| 357 | * TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:As the Jedi Coalition and their allies near her doors, Abeloth starts using her powers to unleash destruction across Coruscant, trying to take the entire planet down with her. She ends up killing thousands before the heroes are able to bring her down.]] |
| 358 | * TeamPet: The Jedi get one in the form of Anji. ''A nexu''. |
| 359 | * TeleportersAndTransporters: The Aing-Tii can use the Force to teleport themselves and objects. Mostly notably they use it and [[{{Seers}} Flow-walking]] to navigate the rift where they live. They end up teaching Luke how to do this. |
| 360 | * ThanatosGambit: [[spoiler: Kenth]] does one in ''Vortex''. |
| 361 | * ThatManIsDead: The philosophy of the Baran Do sages who retreat into their sanctuary. Their old life on the surface is over and dead, so they must take a new name. |
| 362 | * ThenLetMeBeEvil: A rather complicated case about [[spoiler:Vestara. She kills a Jedi to save an unconscious Ben from a monster, and no one suspects that it was a murder. She expects to feel crushing guilt once the combat numbness wears off, since she's trying to do a HeelFaceTurn at the time, but eventually realizes that she genuinely has no guilt or regret for the act, and that she would do the exact same thing again without hesitation if it meant saving Ben. That fact ends up driving Vestara past the DespairEventHorizon and into believing that she'll never stop thinking like a Sith, and therefore has no chance at becoming a Jedi. She thus resolves to start looking for the best opportunity to betray the Skywalkers.]] |
| 363 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Luke gives one to the Barran Do sages and the Hidden One about how hiding away in their caverns is not living in tune with the Force. He didn't do this to insult them, but to point out the problems in their philosophy. |
| 364 | * TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: To enter a temple, Ben has to defeat a Baran Do Sage because if Luke did so, that would imply Luke's inferiority to the leader of the Baran Do Sages (as they believe in AuthorityEqualsAsskicking, for the leader of a rival tradition to engage in combat with someone less than his rank, that implies that he's only equal to them). |
| 365 | * ThisIsGonnaSuck: The moment Raynar Thul tells the Killik Queen that Abeloth has escaped, the Queen goes crazy and begins ordering her drones to prepare for the coming apocalypse. |
| 366 | * ThoseWereOnlyTheirScouts: When the Lost Tribe first show up in the form of a meager handful of ships, the Jedi assume them to be mere pirates trying to emulate Sith. When they follow said ships to Kesh, they're horrified to discover they were mere scouting parties for what is actually the remnant of the original Pre-Bane Sith Empire. |
| 367 | * TitleDrop: See the Hidden One's rant at the top of the page. |
| 368 | * ToBeLawfulOrGood: Kenth Hamner is increasingly torn between his patriotism to his nation, the Alliance, and his loyalty to his friends, the New Jedi Order. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, he chooses Lawful, even as Daala's regime turns corrupt, and ends up going off the deep end and all but turning against the other Jedi.]] |
| 369 | * TooDumbToLive: During the [[spoiler:Jedi coup]], a cameraman breaches the security line around the Senate Hall and starts moving forward to get a better shot as the security officers, busy trying to hold off an angry mob, yell at him to stop since he's about to walk into range of the giant automated laser cannons designed to shoot intruders. A security officer is forced to shoot the cameraman with a stun bolt to keep him from getting vaporized. |
| 370 | * TragicVillain: Vestara sees herself as this after [[spoiler: she commits murder to save Ben from toxic fumes.]] |
| 371 | * TrashOfTheTitans: The Mind Walkers in Sinkhole station are so busy meditating that they don't clean up anything ever. |
| 372 | * TwoLinesNoWaiting. Luke and Ben try to find the truth about Jacen. Daala's not cut out for administration, to put it mildly. Then there's the Lost Tribe of the Sith. And Abeloth. And Force psychosis. And Jaina and Jag's engagement. And minor plots along the way, like Allana going to a petting zoo or the current slavery storyline. Lot of stuff going on. |
| 373 | * UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny: An in-universe example occurs [[spoiler: towards the end of Backlash--The Sith do battle with the Nightsisters]]. |
| 374 | ** Also in ''Backlash'', a card game is featured that's based around this concept. |
| 375 | * UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler:Nek Bwu'atu]] uses this to whip up TheCavalry, who JumpedAtTheCall. |
| 376 | * TheUriahGambit: Tahiri's prison warden was a close friend of Pellaeon, so in order to get revenge on her, he deliberately places her within the general prison population, which mostly consists of criminals that the Jedi have put away, some of them having been personally arrested by Tahiri herself. She's also warned by her attorney to watch out for security droids that might suddenly "malfunction" around her. |
| 377 | * UnreliableNarrator: The Killiks provide a lot of Abeloth's backstory, but since they can't distinguish between legend, myth, and fact, the Jedi take what they say with a pinch of salt. |
| 378 | * UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: [[spoiler: Saba as Chief of State?]] |
| 379 | * VillainHasAPoint: Acknowledged InUniverse. The discussion Luke has with Daala in ''Outcast'' has Luke realize that, while Daala's security measures are rather extreme, she's also doing it so that the galaxy does not need to rely on the Jedi as galactic police, which, given the constant Jedi/Sith wars ([[Literature/LegacyOfTheForce the galaxy is still reeling from the last one]]) is probably not that bad of an idea on its own. The same idea was earlier explored in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords''. |
| 380 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: Chief of State Daala certainly fits. |
| 381 | ** HeroWithBadPublicity: She's the one that pins the blame for Jacen's fall on Luke Skywalker and forcing him into a self-imposed exile from the Jedi Order. Subverted in that the Jedi Council wishes him luck with his quest to investigate Jacen's FaceHeelTurn, and his son Ben joins his father on the quest. |
| 382 | ** In ''Ascension'', the Sith try their hand at this, getting a hold of the media. |
| 383 | * VillainousLegacy: The Lecersen Conspiracy is a group of Alliance senators and Remnant moffs who secretly idolize the old Empire and want to bring it back… with themselves in charge, of course. |
| 384 | * ViolationOfCommonSense: See DarkHorseVictory above. |
| 385 | * TheVirus: Abeloth, made worse by the fact that she's sentient and sapient and thus more than capable of applying her "infection" in strategic ways. |
| 386 | * [[WalkingTheEarth Walking The Galaxy]]: Luke and Ben are doing this at the start of the story. |
| 387 | * WasOnceAMan: [[spoiler:If the Killik vision is to be believed, Abeloth was originally an ordinary human woman. Her efforts to become immortal so she wouldn't lose her family turned her into an EldritchAbomination.]] |
| 388 | * WeakButSkilled: Dyon, who lacks the Force powers necessary to become a Jedi, but makes up for it thanks to his skills with a blaster. |
| 389 | * WellDoneSonGuy: Ben and Vestara, both. |
| 390 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: Daala. Admiral Bwua'tu in ''Allies'' thinks that she's doing wrong things for the right reasons. [[spoiler: Five minutes later, he's attacked by false Jedi.]] |
| 391 | ** This is also the reason, alongside the PapaWolf trope, why Jacen Solo became Darth Caedus. |
| 392 | * WhamEpisode: In ''Ascension'', the Senate votes [[spoiler:a disguised Abeloth]] as the new GA Chief of State. |
| 393 | * WhatTheHellHero: |
| 394 | ** Daala forces Luke to accept exile by threatening to have Kyp Durron extradited to the Imperial Remnant to stand trial for war crimes, namely [[Literature/JediAcademyTrilogy blowing up Carida with the Sun Crusher]]. |
| 395 | ** Abeloth-possessed [[spoiler:Akanah]] just loves to point out how much the Jedi have screwed things up. |
| 396 | * WhyAmITicking: |
| 397 | ** [[spoiler: Threepio]] is unwittingly turned into a bomb by a Sith assassin in ''Conviction''. |
| 398 | ** [[spoiler:Abeloth supercharges Tolla Annax with pure Force energy far beyond what a mortal body can typically contain and then ''detonates it'' when the Jedi arrive on Upekzar, functionally using her as a living bomb.]] |
| 399 | * WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Abeloth isn't just one of the most powerful beings the Jedi ever faced. She's also ''batshit insane'' in truly horrifying ways. These things are linked. |
| 400 | * WomanScorned: [[spoiler: What Ship says will [[TookALevelInBadass make Vestara into a Sith Lord]].]] |
| 401 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Abeloth's primary motivation for her atrocities was desiring to be loved, as she feared losing her family (which was largely her own fault in the first place that she did lose The Ones as her family). However, by the time of the current time in the novels, she's ''long'' abandoned the Woobie aspect of her. |
| 402 | * WrongGenreSavvy: Kenth believes that by being elected the temporary Grand Master of the Jedi Order, it's like an ascension in military rank, and that therefore the other Jedi will fall in line behind him. What he fails to understand is [[{{Foreshadowing}} what Jaina noted in the first book:]] That soldiers are expected to follow orders, even at the cost of doing what's right; whereas Jedi are taught to prioritize what's right over following orders. |
| 403 | * YinYangBomb: Part of what makes Abeloth so dangerous. Due in part to her immense power and long-life, she's more than learned how to wield both the Light and Dark Side simultaneously, using all aspects of the Force with equal skill. |
| 404 | * YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: Abeloth, though it's speculated that she ''might'' be a Celestial [[spoiler:or a mortal imbued with similar power]]. The Aing-Tii Prophet's predictions corroborate this. |
| 405 | ** [[spoiler:Both Luke and Vestara can see her true form (from Wookieepedia): "...that of a woman with a large full lipped mouth so broad that it reached from ear to ear, stubby arms that protruded no more than ten centimeters from her shoulders, and hands that had [[CombatTentacles long, writhing tentacles for fingers]]."]] |
| 406 | ** According to Lost Tribe mythology, Abeloth might be a Destructor, a race of powerful beings that regularly exterminate all life in the galaxy. |
| 407 | ** The Killiks try to describe what Abeloth and the Celestials are, but aren't very good at it, citing that it's something mortals simply can't comprehend. |
| 408 | * YouNoTakeCandle: C-3PO's translation of Keshri. Justified, as the language had never been heard before by the galaxy. |
| 409 | * YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: Even said so. |
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