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3	[[caption-width-right:350:[[TagLine Find your hope. Find your courage.]] [[TitleDrop Find your destiny.]]]]
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5	->''"The choices you make, the actions you take, all shape us into forces of destiny."''
6	-->-- '''Maz Kanata'''
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8	''Star Wars: Forces of Destiny'' is a Creator/{{Lucasfilm}} animated web series with shorts focusing on the heroines of ''Franchise/StarWars''. It covers multiple eras of the saga and features Creator/DaisyRidley, Creator/LupitaNyongo, Creator/FelicityJones[[note]]Though later replaced by Helen Sadler for Volume 3 and beyond[[/note]], and Creator/KellyMarieTran reprising their roles as [[Film/TheForceAwakens Rey, Maz Kanata]], [[Film/RogueOne Jyn Erso]], and [[Film/TheLastJedi Rose Tico]] most notably. Also reprising their roles on the series are ''Star Wars'' animation veterans Creator/AshleyEckstein as [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Ahsoka Tano]], Creator/CatherineTaber as [[Characters/StarWarsGalacticRepublicSenate Padme Amidala]], Creator/MattLanter as [[Characters/StarWarsAnakinSkywalker Anakin Skywalker]], Tiya Sircar as [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Sabine Wren]], Creator/VanessaMarshall as [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Hera Syndulla]], and Creator/GinaTorres as [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Ketsu Onyo]], and even actors from the live-action films including Creator/JohnBoyega as Finn, Creator/AnthonyDaniels as (who else) C-3PO, and Creator/MarkHamill as Luke Skywalker [[note]]The first time he has actually voiced an animated version of his character since the [[Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial Holiday Special]][[/note]]. ''Star Wars'' newcomer Creator/ShelbyYoung voices [[Characters/StarWarsLeiaOrgana Leia Organa]].
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10	It debuted on the Creator/{{Disney}} WebSite/YouTube channel in July 2017. The preview can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MF2VFgCUSk here]].
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12	In 2018, it received an ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAdventures Adventures]]'' spin-off comic series under the subtitle of ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsForcesOfDestiny Adventures: Forces of Destiny]]''.
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14	!!Tropes in this series include:
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16	* ActionGirl: The series focuses on ''Star Wars'' heroines, who each incarnate the trope their own way. Though "The Path Ahead" stars Luke Skywalker instead.
17	* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Anakin gets this treatment with much more of a [[PrettyBoy pretty-boy]] look than he had in ''The Clone Wars''. His scar isn't there, either. Volume 3 gives him a more masculine appearance.
18	* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Jyn Erso is significantly more polite to strangers here than she is in ''Rogue One'' or its related tie-ins -- likely a result of this show targeting a young demographic.
19	* ArtEvolution: Ahsoka's [[BizarreAlienBiology montrals and lekku]] during the Republic era of the shorts are depicted as more rounder and wider, akin to her montrals and lekku as an adult as seen in ''Rebels'', making her appearance in this series a midpoint between her ''The Clone Wars'' appearance and her ''Rebels'' appearance.
20	* AscendedMeme: The common fan theory that the Ewoks ate the stormtroopers is referenced. They try, tying two of them in the same spits they were gonna roast Han and Luke on, but Leia insists on [[UsefulNotes/TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar treating the enemy fairly]].
21	* AssKickingPose: All of the heroines have one.
22	* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti:
23	** Leia runs into a wampa [[OhCrap while unarmed]]. She manages.
24	** The Gorax resembles a very large, horned Sasquatch. It even lives on Endor, which looks very similar to the Pacific Northwest, the region that is most associated with Sasquatch.
25	* BringIt: Jyn confronts a bunch of Stormtroopers while gesturing them forward with one finger.
26	-->'''Jyn:''' Why don't you pick on someone your own size?
27	* BrotherSisterTeam: In "Traps and Tribulations", Luke and Leia team up together to trap the Gorax and save the Ewoks.
28	* CanonImmigrant: Season Two adds characters and creatures who appeared in the [[Film/StarWarsEwokAdventures Ewok movies]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Ewoks}} animated series]].
29	* {{Narrator}}: Maz Kanata acts as the narrator, telling stories around a campfire.
30	* LighterAndSofter: While still action packed, the show definitely skews younger. Not that it's a bad thing though.
31	* LimitedAnimation: Since ''Forces of Destiny'' doesn't run on a high budget, it uses Flash animation, reuses sets (which is why there's multiple shorts on Garel, Endor, etc.), and only Ketsu, Leia, & Padmé [[LimitedWardrobe have more than one outfit]] (in Ketsu's case, it's only a minor change).
32	* LimitedWardrobe: Sabine and Hera only have [[LimitedWardrobe one outfit]] so far despite the two having various different appearances throughout the show and other media, [[AmbiguousTimePeriod which makes it hard to tell when their shorts happen]] and also serve as ContinuitySnarl. This is in spite of Leia having four different outfits here (her princess outfit, her Hoth outfit, her Endor camo outfit, and her Endor dress outfit) and Padmé having two (her white outfit and her Naboo pilot's uniform).
33	* PoliceBrutality: Stormtroopers love bullying nonhumans.
34	* ProductionForeshadowing: If you watch "Triplecross" before watching ''Film/{{Solo}}'', it will come as less of a surprise when [[spoiler: Qi'ra ends up [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder betraying both Dryden and Han]]]] in quick succession.
35	* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: [[CuteMachines Artoo, BB-8, Chopper]], the return of the Ewoks, the Porgs, the tooka....even the nightwatcher worm and baby sando aqua monster are [[UglyCute sorta cute]].
36	* TheRival: "An Imperial Feast" reveals that Han and Hera have a running rivalry over which is the best ship, the ''Millennium Falcon'' or the ''Ghost''.
37	* SavedByCanon: At the time the series was announced, ''Rebels'' had finished its third season, but the appearance of Hera, Sabine, Ketsu, and Chopper in events that have yet to pass in ''Rebels'' at least confirms they survive what is yet to come in ''Rebels'' until then. For Hera, one episode puts her on Endor shortly after the battle there, showing she makes it all the way through the Trilogy), while Sabine eventually returns to the main Rebellion (having left to help the Mandalorian Resistance) a little before the events of ''Film/ANewHope'' (at the time of this announcement, it was not revealed that she would rejoin the Rebellion in Season 4 yet). Though the episode with Hera on Endor managed not to spoil the reveal that [[spoiler: Hera had a son with Kanan]].
38	* TitleDrop: Maz's opening quote at the beginning of every episode.
39	* TokenEvilTeammate: Of all the show's protagonists, Qi'ra is the only one to be an AntiHero rather than a typical hero. There's even a scene where she captures Hondo (who, while being a [[SpacePirates space pirate]], is still a very funny and likable character) and stands over him gloating that she'll make a lot of money from his capture, which is quite unusual for a show like this. Of course, she's [[spoiler: also the only protagonist who'll [[Film/{{Solo}} eventually]] take on a [[FaceHeelTurn villainous role]], though you can interpret her actions as villainous here]].
40	* WhamEpisode: "Accidental Allies" reveals that Jyn and Sabine have met in the past.

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