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7->''"Jar Jar, you're a genius!"''
8-->-- '''Qui-Gon Jinn''' (a.k.a. '''Jim''')
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10{{What if}} ''Franchise/StarWars'' as we know it didn't exist, but instead the plot of the movies was being made up on the spot by players of a {{Tabletop Game|s}}?
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12Well, for one, the results might actually make a lot more sense, from an [[InAndOutOfCharacter out-of-story]] point of view...
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14''[[http://darthsanddroids.net Darths & Droids]]'' is a CampaignComic created by The Comic Irregulars ([[Tropers/{{Dmmaus}} David Morgan-Mar]] and seven of his friends from work), following the footsteps of ''Webcomic/DMOfTheRings'', which used a similar premise for ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''. However, while ''DOTR'' featured a {{railroading}} GM herding a bunch of bored {{Munchkin}} players with an iron fist, ''Darths & Droids'' has a more tolerant GM, who's willing to let the players get OffTheRails and contribute to the development of the setting, if that's what it takes to have a fun and interesting game. Indeed, the very plot of ''Franchise/StarWars'', with all its inconsistencies and bizarre leaps of logic, comes about because the players ''constantly'' force the GM to improvise.
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16And that's not all; the Irregulars seem to be taking perverse pleasure in actually changing things from how they happen in the movies as much as they can while still being constrained by actual screencaps. This ranges from introducing the "Lost Orb" side-quest, all the way to Darth Maul being a hired bounty hunter who's, at worst, a PunchClockVillain. Even Palpatine seems like a good guy.
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18In the blurb for each comic, there are often links to Website/ThisVeryWiki (one of its creators is [[Tropers/{{Dmmaus}} a known troper]]), and there are even comics named after tropes, as well.
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20The comic is being translated into a variety of languages, including German and French. Notably, some of the translations are pure GagDub, including [[ToArrIsPirate Pirate]], poetry, ''VideoGame/ZeroWing''-esque [[IntentionalEngrishForFunny mangled English]] and tlhIngan Hol ([[Franchise/StarTrek Klingon]]). Nearly all strips from ''[[Film/ThePhantomMenace Episode I]]'' are available in German.
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22''Darths and Droids'' has completed campaigns based on the six original movies, ''Film/RogueOne'', ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', ''Film/{{Solo}}'', and of all things, the ''Star Wars'' [[Recap/TheMuppetShowS4E17 episode]] of ''Series/TheMuppetShow''.
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24The first campaign, ''[[Film/ThePhantomMenace The Phantasmal Malevolence]]'', got a licensed stage adaptation, which you can view [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtLosxZijo here]]. A filmed adaptation of the stage adaptation is available to watch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSh2wjT_ATg here]].
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26The players from the original 3 movies correspond to the five basic RPG PlayerArchetypes, although Morgan-Mar claims it was unintentional.
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28[[folder:Characters]]
29All tropes related to a specific character can be found on the '''[[Characters/DarthsAndDroids character sheet]]'''.
30* [[TheRoleplayer The Brain]]: Ben, playing Obi-Wan Kenobi during the prequel trilogy, and once he dies in Episode IV he takes over Chewbacca from the GM. He starts the sequels as Lor San Tekka before moving on to General Hux and Rose Tico. He prefers to think rationally before acting, comes up with sane plans, but is quick to resort to fast-talking the GM if nothing else works. Also [[LampshadeHanging points out the unlikelihood]] of situations they run into. At some point since Episode III he stopped coming to game sessions, but he eventually returns for Episode IV (as a result, he winds up missing the ''Rogue One'' campaign).
31* TheRealMan (though arguably with a side-order of TheLoonie even stronger than Sally's): Jim, initially playing Qui-Gon Jinn, then, after the death of Qui-Gon, Padmé Amidala. In Episode IV, his early characters (including Captain Antilles) wound up being {{Mauve Shirt}}s, until he settled in as "Han Solo".[[note]]The Creator/HarrisonFord character, though in the strip his and Greedo's names were switched until Jim shot first and stole the Solo identity. [[BlatantLies This in no way came back to bite him eventually.]][[/note]] Those "early characters" were apparently all in ''Rogue One'', starting with "[[VideoGame/DarkForcesSaga Kyle Katarn]]" (Saw Gererra) before picking up "Bria Tharen" (Jyn Erso) and Bail Organa from the GM. In the sequels, he's Poe Dameron. He's a gung-ho, enthusiastic player, [[LeeroyJenkins often blindly rushing into danger]]. He's [[IdiotHero also prone to humorous misunderstandings of the setting, bizarre and obviously incorrect explanations,]] and creation of {{Plot Tumor}}s. His insane plan regarding the pod race must be [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0098.html seen]] to be believed (yet he's also pursuing a Ph.D. in geophysics; in Pete's words, he relaxes by doing things that let him turn his brain off and surprises the other players [[ObfuscatingStupidity when they realize that he's not as stupid as his play style suggests]]).
32* TheLoonie: Sally, playing Jar Jar Binks in Episode I. By the time the Episode II campaign started, she decided Jar Jar was stupid, and bounced around several characters before mainly settling on C-3PO and Yoda. She then played K-2SO in ''Rogue One'' and multiple characters in the sequels including Kylo Ren, Administrator Snoke, Maz Kanata, and Admiral Holdo. She's Ben's kid sister, who he once brought to a game session when their parents weren't home. As she's grown up, she's matured into a social activist. Many of the wacky elements of the setting, such as the Gungans (including her own character), Toydarians, and an elected 14-year-old queen, are products of her wild imagination; the GM seems to have largely left the task of designing settings and alien races to her, in acknowledgment of the fact that she is more creative with such things than he is. Sally is also pure awesome in a can, given that she was able to accomplish the flat-out impossible feat of making Jar Jar Binks ''likable''.
33* The {{Munchkin}}: Pete, playing R2-D2 in most campaigns, both Chirrut Îmwe and Baze Malbus in ''Rogue One'', and Rey in the sequels. He joined after Jim told him about the game and designed his character in advance using MinMaxing, resulting in a verbally-challenged non-humanoid robot with insane mechanic skills. He took the same approach for ''Rogue One'', creating a blind monk and his deaf and mute {{familiar}} that both have an array of combat perks. He has something of a soft spot for Sally, which makes a lot more sense once she sticks with C-3PO for Episode IV.
34* [[TheRoleplayer The Thespian]]: [[MeaningfulName Annie]], initially playing Shmi Skywalker but soon switched to Anakin rather than shoehorning Shmi into the adventuring party. As of Episode IV, she's Leia and Darth Vader. For ''Rogue One'', she played Cassian Andor; and in the sequels she's Finn. Ben told her about the game in drama class. Her unfamiliarity with typical RPG player behavior results in amusing misunderstandings, such as her mistaking Qui-Gon for a robber when he attempts to [[KleptomaniacHero search Shmi's house for loot]]. Her roleplaying tends to be filled with HiddenDepths and [[GreyAndGrayMorality moral ambiguity]], which sometimes screws with [[BlackAndWhiteMorality the more straightforward mindset]] of the other players. As a joke, she plays what is considered to be the worst acted character from the prequel trilogy.
35* The SixthRanger: Corey, joining the group in Episode IV and playing Luke (named Luke ''Amidala'' in this case; with the aliases "Adam Lars" and Luke "Starkiller"). With Luke's disappearance in the sequel campaigns, his new character is BB-8. He's Pete's nephew, being just a little older than Sally. He got interested in the group after hearing Pete talk about it, but was stunned to find it wasn't a role-playing ''video game''. Nonetheless, he seems to be getting the hang of things pretty quickly.
36* The GameMaster: NoNameGiven, playing everyone else; mostly [=NPCs=] but he also plays a part in the Episode IV adventuring party as Chewbacca until Ben takes over the role. He also plays major roles in ''Rogue One'' as Bodhi Rook and the original player for "Bria Tharen" (Jyn Erso). He too often sees his carefully written campaigns get shot to pieces by the players going OffTheRails, but knows better than to try {{Railroading}} and usually doesn't do any more than make a sarcastic comment in response. More often, he just rolls with whatever the players come up with. He also tends to differentiate [=NPCs=] with [[JustAStupidAccent Just Some Stupid Accents]], and he enjoys playing authority figures that get to call the [=PCs=] on their shenanigans.
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40!!''Darths & Droids'' provides examples of:
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43[[folder:Tropes # to E]]
44* ThirteenIsUnlucky: At one point, R2-D2 (Pete) and Chewbacca (GM) play a [[ShowWithinAShow game within a game]], and R2 backstabs Chewbacca's character to loot his corpse. He finds 13 gold coins, [[spoiler:and a cursed item which forces him to pay for the resurrection of Chewbacca's character.]]
45* AccidentalMisnaming:
46** About half the time Jim says anything, he gets its name wrong. Sio Bibble is "Bubble", Jedi knights are "Cheddar monks", Sebulba is "Sir Bulbar", etc. Taken to absurd lengths when Jim gets to name Padmé's entire family, then says the wrong names later.
47** Lampshaded with [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0889.html the TIE fighters]], which Jim misremembers as PIE Fighters, causing Sally to rush to an explanation that convinces everyone to ignore the original name.
48--->'''Corey:''' PIE fighters?\
49'''Sally:''' It stands for Plasma Ion Engines!\
50'''GM:''' No, no, they're called --\
51'''Pete:''' Too late, it's canon. They're PIE fighters now.
52*** The joke goes further when ''Rogue One'' reveals that the GM ''wanted'' to call them [[MythologyGag Sienar Fleet Systems]] Line Fighters, but [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1618.html the party kept comparing them to giant bow ties]].
53---->'''GM:''' Okay, fine, they're TIE fighters. [[CallForward Just don't change the name again!]]
54* TheAce: Wedge Antilles. He's a shapeshifter, ace pilot, managed to steal the plans for the second Peace Moon from utterly bogus coordinates, and blew up said second Peace Moon. In addition, he's one of the friendliest characters in the entire setting and is genuinely heroic. All of this, and he's an NPC. He's also been in four of the seven movies covered so far, even being retconned in during the Rogue One arc and taking the place of several alien side characters at points.
55* ActingInTheDark: In-universe. When Jim is telling Han's backstory, Pete reads the part for Tobias Beckett without knowing the twist that Beckett is [[spoiler:an undercover police officer, not an actual crime boss]], until the part when it's revealed to Han (then-Chi'ra).
56* ActingForTwo:
57** In-universe, whenever the GM plays multiple [=NPCs=]. It's lampshaded after [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0308.html a lengthy scene]] where the GM switches between multiple {{Funetik Aksent}}s:
58--->'''Ben:''' You know those improv classes Annie and I went to?\
59'''GM:''' Yes?\
60'''Ben:''' I just wish they could have seen this.
61** Annie (as Princess and Darth Vader) gives a master class in this trope, playing major characters who are also deadly enemies and playing it completely straight.
62** Jim does this occasionally, but inevitably winds up playing both characters as... well, as ''Jim''.
63* AdaptationalContextChange: A recurring source of humor; all the famous lines are in there, but almost never said by the original character or with the original significance.
64* AdaptationalHeroism:
65** Several villainous characters are re-imagined into being heroic characters who are going against the party due to their rampant insanity. Notable examples include Darth Maul and Jango Fett. Additionally the relationship between Anakin and Chancellor Palpatine is inverted. Anakin is the one corrupting ''him''.
66** Anyone with the title of "Darth" (who isn't Vader) gets this. In canon, "Darth" is the name of a Sith, a rank in their hierarchy. In this universe, it's just a way of saying "Retired Jedi," and is little different than the title "Sir" or "Doctor." Heck, Palpatine openly says that he's Darth Sideous in the end of the first playthrough, and ''Yoda'' is a Darth here (having retired from the Jedi after the Purge, Sally says that her title is Darth Sain.)
67* AdaptationalBadass: Nute Gunray was little more than a BigBadWannabe under the thumb of [[ChessMaster Darth Sidious]] in the original movies, here he's completely independent from him and ends up being the true mastermind of the separatists and is essentially the BigBad of the first three campaigns. [[spoiler:This even goes to the point where he ends up surviving, in a way, past the prequel era. In fact, he becomes the ''BigBad'' of the Sequel Era, with Snoke reporting directly to him.]]
68* AdaptationalJerkass:
69** R2-D2 is deliberately rewritten as a rude {{Jerkass}} who willingly leads his teammates (especially Ben, whom he dislikes) into danger, in a total inversion of his canon self.
70** This version of Anakin Skywalker is also ''much'' more evil, with most of his more sympathetic traits removed completely.
71* AdaptationalVillainy:
72** Han Solo when played by Jim turns out to be [[spoiler:TheMole for Darth Vader, and to have attempted to murder Luke, who only just managed to distract his attention in time]]. Also, the "Did Han shoot first or did Greedo shoot first" scene when we first meet him is much darker than in the film; Jim's character isn't defending himself against an enemy who is getting ready to shoot him, but just murdering someone in cold blood in order to steal his ship. Ironically, [[WMG/DarthsAndDroids fans speculated]] that it would be more likely that Annie would play Han and Jim would play Leia than the other way round, given that Jim with his BlackAndWhiteMorality wouldn't have the subtlety to play a mercenary. In fact, Jim actually makes Han ''more'' mercenary than the film version - and yet somehow we still feel for him when bad things happen to him, even when we know he deserves them.
73** Vader is mostly the same, except for the fact that [[spoiler:[[SamusIsAGirl she's actually Padme]], and Anakin died on Geonosis. Even worse is that she ordered the destruction of Naboo, her home planet, as an example of the Death Star's power, something even Tarkin disagreed to.]]
74** Galen Erso also seems to be genuinely working for the Empire, rather than being a mole for the Rebellion. Likewise, Bodhi Rook is also an Imperial loyalist, but is stuck with Rebels because they're his ride away from an exploding city and he hasn't been in a position to turn on them yet.
75** Finn is introduced as a ''really'' enthusiastic Stormtrooper, who thinks torching fleeing civilians is great. And then he ''pretends'' to defect to the Resistance to feed intel to Phasma instead of genuinely pulling a HeelFaceTurn as he did in Canon.
76* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: Inverted, with the webcomic taking pains to avoid plot holes in the films. Why didn't Luke and Leia's adoptive families give them false names to better hide them? Here, they did! Why does Han Solo mix up measurements of distance and time? Because he's not actually a captain and misheard the sales pitch of the guy he stole the ship from.
77* AdaptationNameChange:
78** "Princess" is no longer Leia's rank, it's a name that her adoptive parents called her to hide her true identity.
79** Luke's full name is "Luke Amidala", and grew up under the alias "Adam Lars". He switches to "Luke Starkiller" when he joins the adventuring party. The name Skywalker never shows up.
80** The names of Greedo and Han Solo [[spoiler:are switched up: the green alien at the Mos Eisley Cantina is actually a shapeshifter named Han Solo, and the human con artist Greedo shoots him and steals his identity.]]
81** In the ''Rogue One'' campaign, Saw Gerrera and Jyn Erso are renamed Kyle Katarn and Bria Tharen, two major characters from the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' continuity. This is because those names were dropped earlier by Jim years before ''Film/RogueOne'' was released, back before ''Legends'' was rendered non-canon (and Rogue One wasn't out yet), so they ''were'' canon at the time. Subverted when Jim takes over playing "Bria", as he changes her name to Jyn Erso on the grounds that "Bria Tharen" was an alias she used to distance herself from Galen Erso.
82** And, most notably, the Death Star is called "Peace Moon". [[spoiler:Or not; as of ''The Force Awakens'', Starkiller Base is the actual Peace Moon and the Death Star was just a defense platform.]]
83* AddedAlliterativeAppeal:
84** The GM's narration in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0692.html episode 692]].
85-->'''GM:''' Delivered to this dark, dank den of despair, you discern a disarray of disheartened, disfigured, and dismembered droids.\
86'''Pete:''' You've been practicing that sentence, haven't you?\
87'''GM:''' Definitely.
88*** Capped off by Pete's last line of the strip; "Darn."
89** The title of Episode 416: Flying Flank Flunkies Fight Floating Fleet
90** The title of this and all the other one-shot comics mentioned under AlternateHistory.
91* AffablyEvil: The clone troopers are Affably Amoral. To a man, they are friendly, helpful, and enthusiastic about their jobs -- to the point that when it comes time to execute Order 66, they are both surprisingly eager to do the deed (a fact Palpatine comments on), and unfailingly complimentary and sympathetic to the Jedi they're gunning down.
92* AffectionateParody: Both of ''Franchise/StarWars'' and tabletop game players
93* AggressiveNegotiations: As early as Episode 2, Jim (Qui-Gon) is already invoking this trope:
94--> '''Qui-Gon:''' I can't negotiate with a sword! I need a blaster!
95* AllForNothing: A repeated source of frustration for the GM is when they do things that take a long time to set up, only for it to get scrapped within ''minutes'' of the players encountering it. The painstakingly modeled ship they started Episode 4 on was abandoned almost immediately. At the very start, they had to stop a session once Jim and Ben got down to the planet so they could set up an actual map for the planet's surface "Instead of exploring a hundred million miles of blank paper," only for it to get thrown away once Sally comes up with the "Go through the core" plan. Zam Wessel and Grievous both had ''huge'' backstories that involved multiple pages, only for them both to get scrapped fairly quickly.
96* AllGirlsLikePonies: Sally enthusiastically declares that Jar-Jar "has a face like a pony!" and later decides that Gungans all ride on dinosaur ponies. In strip 24 they said they "had to resist very strongly the urge for Sally to say that Otoh Gunga was full of ponies", saying that "at some point in this wonderful fantasy world Sally is building, the GM has to step in with something that requires more response than the players just marvelling at stuff.
97* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: In Jim's backstory for Han, Qi'ra is still in love with Han three years after their doomed relationship in Correlia, even though Han is not only a criminal, but he [[AdaptationalJerkass intentionally abandoned Qi'ra in Correlia and stole her identity]], all because [[https://darthsanddroids.net/solo/solo202.html the criminal aspects of Han is what makes him so charming]].
98* AllPlanetsAreEarthLike: Firstly [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0014.html spoofed]], and then [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0050.html actively averted]] by the GM in response, resulting in the production of a SingleBiomePlanet. The GM was trying to get them back on the damn rails so they'd go to Coruscant, not stop off on a planet he hadn't thought up yet.
99* AllThereInTheManual: Episodes I, III & V have detailed notes describing the GM's initial story concept before the players massively derailed everything. Meanwhile, II and IV have the game played between I and II, and Jim's attempt at GM-ing.
100* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:
101** InUniverse -- one of the main purposes of the comic is to reinterpret the original characters: Palpatine may be a good guy, Dookû is a WellIntentionedExtremist, Darth Maul is a private detective and... Jar Jar is... a genius?
102--->'''Jar Jar:''' Dis meaning war, wesa needs to have a stronger leader! Mesa suggests Chancellor Palpatine gets [[EmergencyAuthority emergency powers]]!\
103'''[[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Palpatine:]]''' What?!
104** Especially in the case of Palpatine, when ''[[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0458.html he saves Obi-Wan Kenobi]]''. They turn the whole reasoning behind the eventual start of the Jedi/Empire conflict upside down; instead of Palpatine slowly corrupting Anakin until he's prepared to attack Windu in Palpatine's defense, [[spoiler:it's Anakin playing both sides, eventually convincing Windu that Palpatine is a sleeper agent before showing up when they fight and attacking Windu, ostensibly to defend Palpatine against his unjustified attack. They even manage to make Palpatine's killing of Windu into a fairly awesome moment for Palpatine.]]
105** When Anakin starts to tell Padme of his horrifying plans she not only already deduces it but is [[SociopathicHero totally on board with it]]. Of course the whole killing children thing [[EvenEvilHasStandards is a bit too much for her.]]
106** In the fourth session, the Empire as a whole seems to be AmbiguouslyEvil and the conflict is one of OrderVersusChaos rather than BlackAndWhiteMorality.
107* AlternateHistory:
108** In this world, ''Franchise/StarWars'' was never made, producing a few cultural changes. The biggest of these changes is that there was no upsurge of interest in science-fiction in Hollywood during the 70s and 80s, resulting in ''Franchise/StarTrek'' remaining an obscure 60s show instead of the massive movie and TV franchise it is in our world. Then there are alternate histories within alternate histories within alternate histories [[MindScrew within still more alternate histories]] in the other fictional comics that exist in the world of ''Darths & Droids'' and worlds within the worlds [[note]]So far: [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/wandsandwarts/episodes/0050.html Harry Potter]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/notesandnazis/episodes/0050.html The Sound of Music]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/mutantsandmiscreants/episodes/0050.html X-Men]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/emsandebes/episodes/0050.html Aliens]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/magiciansandmunchkins/episodes/0050.html The Wizard Of Oz]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/sandalsandspartans/0050.html 300]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/avatars/0050.html Avatar]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/terminators/0050.html Terminator]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/carcasses/0050.html Jaws]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/trenchcoats/0050.html Casablanca]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/amphibians/0050.html The Muppet Movie]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/heists/0050.html Inception]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/barnacles/0050.html Pirates of the Caribbean]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/docs/0050.html Back to the Future]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/hypnotoads/0050.html Futurama]], [[http://darthsanddroids.net/chocolates/0050.html Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]], [[http://darthsanddroids.net/ids/0050.html Forbidden Planet]], [[http://darthsanddroids.net/egons/0050.html Ghostbusters]], [[http://darthsanddroids.net/hellenes/0050.html Jason and the Argonauts]], [[http://darthsanddroids.net/misadventures/0050.html Thunderbirds]], [[http://darthsanddroids.net/arks/0050.html Raiders of the Lost Ark]], [[http://darthsanddroids.net/themeparks/0050.html Jurassic Park]], [[http://darthsanddroids.net/darcies/0050.html Bridget Jones's Diary]], [[http://darthsanddroids.net/marmosets/0050.html David Attenborough's The Life of Mammals]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/gags/0050.html National Lampoon's Vacation]],[[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/elliotts/0050.html E.T.]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/moonshots/0050.html Apollo 13]], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/pacmans/0050.html Pac-Man]], and [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/drivers/0050.html It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]].[[/note]]
109** Even more interestingly, one [[Webcomic/{{Mezzacotta}} Comments on a Postcard]] strip reveals what that universe is like without the webcomic ''Postcard'' existing, [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/postcard/?comic=121 which looks suspiciously like our own]]. And a Webcomic/SquareRootOfMinusGarfield strip [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1588 shows a universe without Garfield.]]
110* AlwaysABiggerFish: Of course. [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0033.html Summon Bigger Fish]]!
111* AmbiguouslyJewish: Darth Maul.
112* AnalogyBackfire: When [[https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1305.html Yoda explains the path to the Dark Side]]:
113-->'''Yoda:''' They're steps. One after the other, they come.\
114'''Luke:''' So, is it inevitable, then?\
115'''Yoda:''' No. If once you start down a Path, [[MythologyGag not necessarily forever will it dominate your destiny]]. Walk both directions on a Path, you can. That's why it's called a Path, not a river.\
116'''Luke:''' But salmon can swim upstream.\
117'''Yoda:''' A metaphor this is. Take it literally do not, little fishy.
118* AndThatsTerrible: Spoken by Jim as a part of BlatantLies.
119* AnimalStampede: In "[[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2063.html No Gnus Is Bad News]]", when Rey gets Kylo Ren trapped in a gorge, Corey jokes that they'd need [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 a stampede of wildebeests]] to kill him. Pete at least hopes the GM takes the joke seriously and rolls for a random herd of wildebeest.
120* AntiHero: Weirdly enough, Palpatine so far. Throughout most of the series, he's been portrayed as a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, and he even saves Obi Wan during the escape from Grievous' ship, but it turns out the Peace Moon really was a weapon. However, he only made the plans to act as a deterrent, like MAD in the Cold War.
121* AntiquatedLinguistics: Hilariously enough, this is Chewbacca's hat.
122* AntiVillain:
123** Darth Maul and Jango Fett are private detectives. They're really only antagonists because the players [[NiceJobBreakingItHero screwed up]], which is repeatedly lampshaded in TheRant.
124** Palpatine is slipping into this role as he's increasingly manipulated into [[ShootTheDog shooting dogs]] that may or not need shooting.
125* ApocalypseHow:
126** In a Class 4 example, how did Mustafar become a molten volcanic planet? [[spoiler:''It was originally Naboo''. The Trade Federation took over the planet and moved it into the orbit of a nearby gas giant, causing increased tidal activity and, in turn, volcanic activity, all so they can smelt it and build the Peace Moon. However, ultimately it turned out that [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0642.html most of the population survived, Theed was protected by a force field]], and the planet itself was liberated offscreen by Jar Jar, who then moved it back to its original orbit]].
127** And then in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0774.html #774]], the moment you've been waiting for for the entirety of Episode IV: [[spoiler:the Peace Moon blows up Naboo.]]
128* AprilFoolsDay:
129** For 2008, the strip was replaced with a [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0082.html self-made replica]] of the scenes, claiming Lucasfilm had issued a cease and desist about using screenshots.
130** 2010 [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0395.html had the strip get]] interrupted by the grandson and grandfather from ''Film/ThePrincessBride''.
131* ArbitrarySkepticism: Lampshaded [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0124.html here]], both by the GM and in the author's notes. Although the characters, particularly Ben, frequently question details, the one thing nobody in this version doubts is the existence of the Force itself. Given that Jim had been allowed to decide that the Force is generated by micro-organisms in your cells (and therefore that anyone can be made into a Jedi by giving them a blood transfusion), he and Ben are satisfied that [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0086.html this counts as science]], therefore all characters played by Jim will be willing to accept it.
132* ArcFatigue: Lampshaded InUniverse. While catching up on the plot during his two-year absence, Ben comments "Is this the Peace Moon plans? Still?" (Pete: "But the '''real''' ones this time!")
133* ArcWelding: Welded by the strip's writers. In the Gamemaster's campaign:
134** [[spoiler:General Grievous is Chancellor Valorum gone completely mad. Though he was loony even in his Chancellor days.]]
135** [[spoiler:[[LethalLavaLand Mustafar]] is a smelted down Naboo for use as the [[ThatsNoMoon Peace Moon]]. It's later welded together with Alderaan as well, as the Peace Moon's target. That being said, Alderaan still does exist as a world separate from Naboo, and still exists in this version of the Galaxy.]]
136** [[spoiler:Jedha City is relocated to Tatooine, and the color of the sky in the iconic sunset shot from A New Hope is caused by the city's destruction (said destruction threw debris into the atmosphere, and the reason it's harmful is the high level of crystals in the debris refracting the light). The GM also confirms that Jakku is also Tatooine.]]
137* ArcWords: For Anakin in Episode III: "Trust me." [[spoiler:The irony being that Anakin is deceiving almost everyone.]]
138* AreWeThereYet: Jar Jar in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0034.html this episode]].
139* ArmorPiercingQuestion:
140** While Obi-Wan and Yoda are discovering the Jedi Temple massacre:
141--->'''Ben:''' Sally, this is serious. You need to play it seriously.\
142'''Sally:''' Just because '''you''' do everything Dad tells you to!\
143'''Ben:''' What? No I don't!\
144'''Sally:''' '''Why are you studying medicine then?!'''
145** So armor-piercing that it facilitates his WalkingTheEarth, becoming [[TheObiWan the mentor]] in the process.
146** It's then later turned into an ArmorPiercingResponse.
147--->'''Sally:''' Why did you leave without telling me?\
148'''Ben:''' Someone dear to me made me question my life.\
149'''Sally:''' What stupid dorkhead was that?!?\
150'''Ben:''' She asked me why I was studying medicine.\
151''[beat]''\
152'''Sally:''' Oh.
153* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking:
154** Episode [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0329.html 329]]:
155--->'''Obi-Wan:''' Let's see. You stole the plans for a symbol of peace. You're allied with (a) a known megalomaniacal warlord and (b) a criminal sociopath. You have not one, but two, armies at your disposal. You've captured me -- unfairly -- and are holding me with no means of escape. And you're [[EvilGloating monologuing]].\
156'''Count Dookû:''' ''I'' [[HypocriticalHumor am monologuing?!]]
157** And in Episode [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0356.html 356]]:
158--->'''Poggle the Lesser:''' ... trespassing, destroying assembly line equipment, sabotaging factory computers, flatlining 6 droids, killing 15 Geonosian factory workers -- [gasp!] -- and parking illegally on a steam vent.\
159'''Padmé Amidala:''' [[Literature/ToKillAMockingbird To begin with, this case should never have come to trial]]. [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne The steam vent was inadequately signposted]].
160** And in Episode [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0558.html 558]]:
161--->'''Mace Windu:''' [[spoiler:Nute Gunray is behind everything... the Jedi Archives, the clone army, my apartment block....]]
162* ArtisticLicenseSpace: The strip comes up with [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2099.html an explanation]] for Episode VII's worst case of this (where the explosion of a sun is somehow visible in real time from another star system). The beam from the new Peace Moon (i.e. Starkiller Base) travels backwards in time, and actually destroyed the Hosnian system 50 years ago, as Galen Erso knew he'd be in trouble if his superiors didn't get to see a nice explosion when their weapon was being demonstrated.
163* AscendedExtra:
164** Anakin started as [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0061.html a random kid made up on the fly]] when the players went off the rails; the GM had not even thought up a name for him. Later, Annie took over the character for herself.
165--->'''Pete ''(upon meeting Anakin)'':''' Clearly a completely unimportant NPC.
166** Two items were granted this from their original versions.
167*** The orb that Boss Nass holds up while yelling "PEACE!" at the end of ''Phantom Menace'' is actually the Lost Orb of Phantastacoria, a near-limitless power supply that's been the driving force behind many adventures, and was the power source behind both Peace Moons. In fact, the name of the quest that the group have been in for years now- instead of being "Star Wars"- is the Lost Orb Quest.
168*** That Snippet of Japor necklace that 9-year-old Anakin gives to Padme in ''Phantom Menace,'' is in reality an [[spoiler:artifact that grants immortality and invincibility as long as it is on the person in question.]] In canon it was just a piece of jewelry that Padme wore as a gift from Anakin.
169* AscendedMeme: The question whether or not Annie was pregnant during the campaign corresponding to ''Revenge of the Sith'' was a topic of a hot debates on the Irregular Webcomic forum, and ultimately [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0516.html it was referenced in the comic itself]]. Ultimately, Annie wasn't, but the confusion over it among the players inspired Padme to become pregnant.
170* AsteroidThicket: Lampshaded- Jim (a geophysicist who has spent two years studying space geology) rightfully points out that the asteroid field in Episode V shouldn't actually exist, which prompts Annie to call it "A massive region of randomly moving, closely packed, enormous giant space rocks."
171* AvengingTheVillain: [[spoiler:Jango Fett]]'s reason for opposing the [=PCs=], though the person he is trying to avenge, [[spoiler:Darth Maul]], wasn't exactly evil.
172* AwesomeButImpractical: When going through Luke's character sheet, "Survival: Snow" is one of his skills, along with "Survival: Desert", "Survival: Forest", and "Survival: Swamp". Annie (playing Leia) questions how a character who spent his whole life ''in the desert'' ever learned to survive in a snowy climate, not to mention that he wouldn't need it there. It's justified in the story that Owen and Beru were crazy, paranoid, survivalists.
173* BackupTwin: Poe's twin brother Allan, who shows up after Poe dies in a PIE fighter crash. And then Allan dies in the big ship assault in ''Last Jedi'', leading to his ''other'' twin brother Edgar implausibly showing up to replace him in the same scene. [[spoiler:"Edgar" soon lets slip that he's really Poe and only pretended to die, twice.]]
174* BadassArmy: [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0581.html Yoda's assessment of the clone army]].
175* BadassBoast:
176** Anakin [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0626.html is the legend.]]
177** On a meta level, the Comic Irregulars' reaction to Disney announcing Episodes VII - IX[[note]]though, considering that they managed to redeem ''Jar-Jar'', it's probably entirely justified[[/note]].
178--> "The good news is: We should be finished with Episode VI around then, and will be able to move smoothly on to parodying Episode VII. If the new movie sucks, ''we will redeem it''. On the other hand, if the new movie is awesome, it will be '''awesome'''. You can't lose."
179* BadBoss:
180** Grievous, [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0530.html who kills his own minions]] just because one of them interrupted [[EvilGloating his monologue]].
181** Darth Vader, who kills any troops or officers that fail him even in the slightest. It even goes to the point that after capturing the Rebel Hoth base, he has his troops call in an orbital bombardment on themselves (because the heroes managed to escape).
182* BaitAndSwitch:
183** In the fourth campaign, Jim mentions that his next character would be named Greedo, leading to expectation that his Greedo would be killed by the NPC Han Solo. As it turns out, [[spoiler:"Greedo" murders "Han Solo" and takes his place.]]
184** The fifth campaign is building up to a LukeYouAreMyFather moment, where Luke reveals to Darth Vader that he's his son... [[spoiler:only for Vader to reveal that [[SamusIsAGirl it's not Anakin but Padmé wearing the Vader armor]], thus being Luke's mother rather than his father.]]
185** The improvised campaign following the ''Film/RogueOne'' flashback strips starts out as an adaptation of ''Film/StarWarsEwokAdventures'', only to switch it for, apparently, ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial''... but instead of that, it ends up as an adaptation of an episode of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' that has the Star Wars cast as guest stars.
186* BatheHerAndBringHerToMe: Inverted.
187-->'''R2-D2:''' [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0053.html For my reward, I wish to be cleaned and oiled by your most beautiful handmaiden.]]
188* BatmanGambit: How Pete gets Corey to save the party at the sarlaac pit- he launches a laser sword to NPC Lando, knowing that Corey will intercept it.
189-->'''C-3PO:''' So, do you really think Lando could have done all that with the sword?\
190'''R2-D2:''' No. But I knew Luke could do all that to protect him.\
191'''Leia:''' That was your entire plan ''all along?''\
192'''R2-D2:''' It was sub-branch gamma-IV all along.
193* BeardOfEvil:
194** Spoofed. Jim immediately assumes Sio Bubble is evil ''just'' because he has a goatee. Jim's suspicion of the GM pulling this trope continues into the second game, and has expanded to include [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Senator Organa]], of all people, in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0215.html this]] strip.
195-->'''Jim:''' Don't think I haven't noticed your goatee.
196** Made more hilarious due to Jim's original character, Qui-Gon, [[HypocriticalHumor sporting such a goatee.]]
197--->'''Qui-Gon:''' Fine. But we're not taking Bubble. That goatee is a death sentence.\
198'''Obi-Wan:''' Uh... don't you have a--\
199'''Qui-Gon:''' No.\
200'''Obi-Wan:''' Can I see your character sheet for a--\
201'''Qui-Gon:''' You may not.
202*** By injecting midi-chlorians into Anakin, he creates the main villain of the entire campaign. Qui-Gon really is evil.
203*** The entire Droid War was started because Jim started to ransack one of the meeting rooms when he was supposed to be negotiating.
204** Made even ''more'' hilarious when the [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0410.html GM's notes]] for the [[spoiler:Princess Bride]] campaign had a side note about [[spoiler:[[AristocratsAreEvil Count Rugen]]]]:
205--->''Has a goatee! Should be fun when others don't believe Jim that he's evil.''
206** When [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0676.html Darth Vader first appears]] in a campaign corresponding to ''A New Hope'', Jim isn't sure whether he is evil or not because he can't see whether he has a goatee.
207** When Ben finally shows up, Jim comments "Cool beard."
208** Humorously, the cast list for the ''Sandals and Spartans'' alternate reality comic notes that Jim/Leonidas "trusts [the evil Theron] implicitly due to his nifty goatee."
209* BeatPanel: Used very often:
210** Right [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0233.html here]].
211** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0242.html Double beat.]]
212** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0317.html Ladies and gentlemen, the ultimate beat panel.]] The [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0318.html next strip in the sequence]] takes it [[ExaggeratedTrope to a new level]] with shots of Anakin's face in-between panels of Padmé's player Jim awkwardly confessing to romantic interest in Annie.
213** [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1153.html This]] (warning: major spoilers!) is an entire Beat ''Strip'', meant to resemble how there was a three-year wait until ''Return of the Jedi'' explained the plot twist of ''Empire Strikes Back''.
214** Jim draws [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/solo/solo121.html 4 beats in a row]] when he asks the others whether they like his attempts at romantic dialogue. Doubles as a TakeThat to ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', since the dialogue is straight from that film.
215* BelligerentSexualTension: Annie is invoking this with her character Leia's relationship with Luke. Corey doesn't catch on right away.
216* BestServedCold: Jango Fett's ten-year plan to build an army and destroy the Jedi Order and the Republic just to get revenge against Obi-Wan.
217* BigBrotherInstinct: Pete for Sally, to the point that he [[WhatTheHellHero calls out]] Sally's actual brother Ben for being a poor role model.
218* BigNo: Done at various times throughout the comics. Some examples:
219** Annie/Anakin after being told that Cliegg Lars is his stepfather.
220** Anakin again when [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0556.html Mace Windu announces his decision]] [[JudgeJuryAndExecutioner to simply kill Palpatine rather than put him on trial]].
221** Jim does this after he's pushed out of the gunship into the desert as part of Ben and Annie's plans to protect the Senator from harm.
222** Boba Fett does this after Jango tells him that Obi Wan killed his father, [[spoiler:Darth Maul]].
223** Sally's reaction upon learning that all of the dinosaur ponies are gone.
224** [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0651.html Anakin's reaction]] to being told that Palpatine now controls ''him'', rather than vice versa.
225** [[spoiler:Leia does this twice in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0772.html episode 772]]: when the Peace Moon is about to destroy Naboo and when Vader reveals that [[LukeIAmYourFather she is his daughter]].]]
226** Vader gets a subdued one when he learns from Obi-Wan that [[spoiler:his son]] has allegedly been [[spoiler:killed]] then impersonated by Luke.
227** Corey (who plays Luke) gets one when Ben (Obi-Wan) [[spoiler:doesn't even roll the die]] and lets himself get killed by Vader.
228** Corey and Sally do it simultaneously upon the equally simultaneous realizations (a) by Luke that Vader is his father and (b) by Yoda that Anakin is still alive.
229** In a reversal of the original trilogy, Vader, upon being told that "Starkiller" actually is his son Luke... shortly after having cut his hand off.
230** Boba Fett does one when Han was about to reveal what happened to Obi-Wan, but was cut off by being frozen. And then again when Han was thawed out, only for [[spoiler:him to have amnesia and forget Obi-Wan completely.]]
231* BilingualBonus:
232** In the NerdsSpeakKlingon mentioned below, Pete's [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1019.html Quenya die]] rolls a neldë (three), which causes him to say that his periscope is rácina (broken). Especially awesome because that word is used only ''once'' in J.R.R. Tolkien's entire legendarium, which means the writers put some serious effort into this incredibly obscure joke.
233* BizarreAlienBiology: Ow, my squeedlyspooch… I mean, [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0312.html my]] [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1025.html splanch!]]
234* BizarreAndImprobableBallistics: Subverted; Qui-Gon cannot use blasters to shoot other blaster shots out of the air. Please note that this actually ''happens'' in ''Coruscant Nights'', one of the ''Star Wars'' novel series.
235* BizarroUniverse: A lot of characters from the Irregulars' take on ''Star Wars'' are 180-inversions of their more familiar selves. Qui-Gon is a moron, Jar Jar is well-liked and helpful, Palpatine is a WellIntentionedExtremist manipulated into making poor decision by Anakin, Chewbacca is articulate and sophisticated, Greedo and Han have swapped names, Grand Moff Tarkin is appalled by the Death Star, and Darth Vader is [[spoiler:actually Padmé]].
236* BlatantLies[=/=]SuspiciouslySpecificDenial:
237**
238--->'''Pete:''' I'm not {{Railroading}} you here.
239** "No, I'm ''fine'', Annie. I'm not annoyed ''at all''." [[LampshadeHanging See how good a roleplayer Sally is?]]
240* BlindIdiotTranslation: [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes_zerowing/0001_zerowing.html The translation]] into ''VideoGame/ZeroWing''-style Engrish. Probably a ShoutOut to the notorious [[http://winterson.com/2005/06/episode-iii-backstroke-of-west.html "Backstroke of the West".]]
241* BloodKnight:
242** Jim's first character, Qui-Gon Jinn, refuses to consider any diplomatic options and assumes all problems must be solved with smashing enemies with a laser sword. It helps that Jim has no idea players can get experience points for things other than murder until about halfway through the campaign.
243** Padmé, in an InUniverse case of CharacterDerailment, becomes obsessed with killing her opposition and blasting her trusted advisor, Sio Bibble, for having such a [[BeardOfEvil sinister-looking goatee]].
244** K2-SO, as played by Sally, is eager for combat, loves shooting stormtroopers, and basically shooting anything handy. [[JustifiedTrope It makes sense]] for a combat droid.
245* BorrowedCatchphrase: In [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0766.html episode 766]], Luke unknowingly borrows [[TheDarkSide Anakin's]] catchphrase while trying to convince Obi-Wan to train him. Obi-Wan is not amused.
246* BriarPatching: Pete convinces Corey to remove the restraining bolt keeping his character, R2-D2, from escaping by telling him to do anything but remove it in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0706.html episode 706]].
247* BrickJoke:
248** "You are enlightened."
249** When the group returns to the Gungans and the bongo is mentioned to Annie, Jim calls it a fishing lure. Remember the fish?
250** "[[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0072.html Bring on the]] [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0406.html space dreadnoughts]] [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0413.html bristling with atomic missiles!]]"
251** Another one has been [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0447.html set up]] for when Empire comes around...
252** And [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0622.html another one]] regarding Vader's future status as a BadBoss.
253** Early on, [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0141.html Yoda's reaction to Qui-Gon's podrace scheme]] was a deadpan "Remedial course on Jedi Ethics, you need." Much later during the ''Revenge of the Sith'' climax, [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0625.html Obi-Wan brings up Jedi Ethics again]] and sets up a pun.
254** In strip [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0633.html #633]], Jim suggests that Annie roll up a {{Pirate}} as her new character. Guess what Jim thought of making [[{{Ninja}} his new]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_versus_Ninjas character]] after the death of Qui-Gon in strip [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0198.html #198]]...
255*** Which of course is probably a setup for Jim playing a certain "Pirate" in the Fourth episode...
256** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0112.html Here's]] another [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0690.html one]].
257** [[MondegreenGag Tuna booze oil.]]
258** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0629.html Pete's]] [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0630.html special]] [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0631.html die]] apparently made a BIG impression in-universe, and [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0890.html not only on the players]].
259** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0447.html Pete taking -2 Reputation so R2 can get a periscope]] comes back to bite him in the ass [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0748.html when the Mos Eisley cantina puts him on their blacklist]].
260** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1110.html Hey Fetta! Guess where Obi-Wan is? He's-]] (One alcohol freezing-and-thawing later) [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1221.html -Dead!]]
261** In strip [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0771.html #771]], when the "Peace Moon" blows up [[spoiler:Naboo]], one of the technicians (identified in the transcript as "Frank") has the line, "Woo! Twelve years at this station and I finally get to press a button!" [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1595.html Almost five-and-a-half years later]], during the ''Rogue One'' arc, a technician identifed as "Earnest" says "Shame Frank is off sick today. He's been looking forward to pressing this button for 12 years."
262* BrotherSisterTeam: Ben and Sally, when their characters are on the same faction. It's more notable when they're respectively playing General Hux and Kylo Ren, who are CoDragons in the sequel trilogy, but it had a presence earlier in Episode III when they were playing Obi-Wan and Yoda trying to stop Anakin and Palpatine.
263* BrutalHonesty: In strip [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0578.html #578]].
264-->'''Padme:''' Say it with me now:\
265'''Anakin & Padme:''' "I made it all up..." "to turn Palpatine against the Jedi..." "and now I'm all powerful."
266* BumblingSidekick: Daine Jir [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0686.html starts to look like this]].
267* BunnyEarsLawyer: Despite all his in-game stupidity, Jim is doing a Ph.D. in geophysics. [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0143.html It doesn't escape Annie's notice when he points it out]].
268* ButHeSoundsHandsome:
269** Yoda (the character Sally mostly settles on playing) regularly talks about how smart and competent Jar-Jar (Sally's original character) is (despite her pretty much disowning him by the time the campaign gets to ''Attack of the Clones'').
270** Jim has nothing but praise for his characters [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0205.html both]] [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0679.html in-]] and [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0697.html out of character]].
271* CallASmeerpARabbit: Since this is an universe where ''Star Wars'' is just a tabletop campaign, the weapons only have normal names with, as Jim puts it, "techy words in front"; hence, lightsabers are only referred to as "[[LaserBlade laser swords]]".
272* CallBack:
273** "[[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0624.html Do you]] [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0137.html remember?]]" And if you start from [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0612.html here]], you can see that [[spoiler:Anakin went through ''every single step'' of the journey to the dark side. There are not enough Roleplaying XP points in the world.]]
274** A more humorous one shows up in episode 720: [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0720.html Chocolate]] [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0143.html dice]]!
275** An impressive 800-page callback joke occurred in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1058.html episode 1058]], where Han mentions the extremely implausible-but-canon destruction of [[spoiler:the Republic Library's memory orbs by dogs]] that came up in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0258.html episode 258]]. The joke started in 257, regarding the destruction of [[spoiler:the Republic Library's books by dogs]].
276** At the end of ''Empire Strikes Back'', [[spoiler:Nute Gunray's consciousness has taken over multiple Cloud City computer systems and are trying to take each other out]]. [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1175.html Pete remembers how]] ''he'' [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0296.html came up with that idea]] back in ''Attack of the Clones'', which the GM admits:
277--->Yes, and a great idea it was too. For a '''villain'''.
278** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1188.html So let me recap...]] [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0098.html ...This campaign is awesome.]]
279** A pretty funny one occurred near the beginning of Episode IV and concluded with the end of Episode V. As the other players are, in character, trying to explain to Corey the history of the campaign and the Orb of Phantasticora, he sarcastically asks if he can replay this cutscene later. Cue the end of V, where they start talking about the Orb, and he has no idea what they're talking about. They inform him that they've already explained it to him, and he asks if he can replay that cutscene now.
280** In the first strips of Episode VI, Sally tells Jim that she used to change her dream career quite often - which was indeed a running gag during Episode III.
281** [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1344.html ...Clear the intakes...]] [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0104.html ... and open the throttle...]]
282** At the end of ''[[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1518.html Jedi]]'', Corey still has the [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0709.html first quest Uncle Owen gave him]], 1200 pages earlier, written down on his character sheet.
283** [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2117.html Jabba]] apparently didn't take it too personally that the Empire tried to blow him up along with the city of [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1582.html Jedha]].
284** [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2124.html I don't suppose]] [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0479.html there's a control tower we can crash into?]]
285** [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2369.html We didn’t actually come here to free slaves.]] [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0118.html Look what happened last time we did that...]]
286* CallForward:
287** [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0655.html "He'll be able to bullseye womp rats in our T-16 by the time he's five."]]
288** In episode 538, General Grievous tells Obi-Wan that he sees his future, that his flesh will be divorced and his robes will fall empty. Exactly what happens when Vader kills him and he becomes a force ghost.
289** As of [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1336.html episode 1336]] they've already started making calls forward to [[Film/StarWarsTheForceAwakens the sequel trilogy]] when Chewbacca shoots down the speeder bike with his bowcaster. (And naturally, the actual sequel trilogy strips [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1970.html call back to the reference]] when appropriate.)
290--->'''Han:''' Hey, can I try that?
291--->'''Chewbacca:''' Never.
292** Obi-Wan fails a disarm roll, and accidentally takes the hand off of a would-be assailant in the Episode II campaign. A move that will surely be seen again...
293** In the ''A New Hope'' campaign, Corey is told that [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0710.html looking at Tattooine's sky for too long is dangerous.]] In the ''Rogue One'' prequel campaign, the destruction of Jedha City (located on Tattooine in this continuity) ejects enough data crystals into the atmosphere that [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1584.html "People probably shouldn't look at the sky for a few days — they could get radiation burns on their retinas."]]
294** Like the above, [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1635.html the prequel campaign]] was Vader's first try at choking someone [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0733.html only halfway to death]].
295** When the TIE Fighters show up in ''A New Hope'', [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0889.html Jim misremembers their name as PIE Fighters]], and the other players decide they like that name better, over the GM's protests. Then ''Rogue One'' shows [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1618.html the very first introduction of those starfighters]]: the GM initially calls them Sienar Fleet Systems Line Fighters, but the players decide that's too much of a mouthful, and note how the models resemble bowties.
296-->'''GM:''' Okay, fine, they're TIE fighters. [[TemptingFate Just don't change the name again!]]
297* {{Calvinball}}: The rules of the system are very unclear, but this is intentional, as they've said that they're not using any established system. Based on analysis from several strips, it appears to combine the following aspects:
298** The basic d20 mechanic from any d20 system (d20 + modifier versus target number to beat).
299** A Merit/Flaw system (Pete's Short and Mute flaws for extra skill points).
300** A reputation system, probably similar to the Wizards of the Coast ''TabletopGame/StarWarsD20'' system. For instance, Pete got a Periscope for -2 to Reputation.
301** Force Powers and other skills, including combat skills (Parry), appear to need investment with skill points, and it operates like any standard d20 mechanic (see above).
302** [[http://darthsanddroids.net/comics/darths0344_bonus.jpg A highly complicated grapple system]] (clearly a ShoutOut to grappling in D&D 3rd Edition).
303** A Class system that permits Multiclassing (Padme with a Rogue/Monarch).
304** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0967.html A "defense dice" mechanic.]]
305* CampaignComic: The TropeCodifier.
306* CanonSue: In-universe: When Pete's running the game, he tends to overplay the awesomeness of R2.
307* CantArgueWithElves: The concept is tossed around [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0137.html here]].
308* CaptainOblivious: Mace Windu.
309* CaptainObvious: Ric Olié as played by the GM.
310* CaptainsLog: Obi-Wan summarizes his subplot most succinctly in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0521.html #521]], with obligatory ShoutOut to ''Franchise/StarTrek'' -- more impressive since, [[AlternateHistory in this universe]], ''Star Trek'' only had a short run in the '60s and never became a well-known franchise.
311* CardCarryingVillain: Most of the villains from the films are actually anti-villains or even anti-''heroes''. In Episode III, however, this trope is played completely straight by General Grievous, in AxCrazy flavor.
312* Catch22Dilemma: While searching for the hidden planet of Toprawa and the secret Imperial data facility there, Jim suggests they scour shipping data (launch locations, dates, and cargo manifests) for clues. The GM points out that ''those'' will be stored in the secret facility on Toprawa, too. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Jim doesn't see the problem with this.]]
313* CelebrityParadox:
314** Explicitly acknowledged, and lampshaded the heck out of it; [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0050.html one annotation]] goes further on to imagine this hypothetical world without ''Star Wars,'' even including a strip, cast page, FAQ and episode list from a fake ''Literature/HarryPotter'' equivalent of the comic. Taken a level further when we learn that in the hypothetical world of the Harry Potter comic, the equivalent is a comic based on ''The Sound of Music''. That world in turn is shown to have ''its'' comic equivalent be based on the first ''X-Men'' movie, and more.
315** Taken further in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/hypnotoads/0050.html Hypnotoads and Hyperchickens]]. It is a RunningGag in the "alternative universe" strips that there's one actor that, due to the work that made them famous not existing, never rose to fame until their role in the first ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' movie - including Creator/BillyWest in the universe where ''Futurama'' doesn't exist.
316* CerebusSyndrome: The early strips mostly derived their humor from the absurdity of RPG tropes being applied to a setting meant to be serious, and players transforming it into the whimsical setting of ''The Phantom Menace'' just by being themselves. Later, the metaplot got more serious, focusing on interpersonal relationships between the players in more detail and noting how it affects the plot of the in-universe campaign.
317* ChandlersLaw: The GM quotes it directly in [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1914.html #1914]], sending in Stormtroopers to try and get Rey and Finn moving in the right direction. He soon after has something break and spew team on the Millennium Falcon to break up an argument; Corey comments that he thought it was Chandler's Law again, but the GM quips that he "just wanted to vent".
318* CharacterDevelopment: Both the [=PCs=] and the players. Ben becomes less [[AloofBigBrother aloof]] and more flexible to others' ideas, Jim stops obsessing over "winning" and becomes a skilled roleplayer with Annie's help, Sally grows out of being an AnnoyingYoungerSibling into a surprisingly mature political activist, Pete sheds his {{Jerkass}} and {{Munchkin}} tendencies, Annie becomes more transparent about her feelings and roleplaying intentions, and Corey stops comparing the campaign to a video game and becomes more of an active participant.
319* ChekhovsGag:
320** In Darth Maul's flashback, we see a droid on the trade federation star ship asking the hologram Palpatine if he wants a drink, which looks like a gag. In Jango Fett's flashback, it's revealed that that was actually [[spoiler:Jango giving a code phrase to Maul]].
321** Happens again to explain the reveal that [[spoiler:Vader is actually PADME]]. No. Really. [[spoiler:Not only that, turns out that "Out of Character" shouting done by a "dead" Padme wasn't so out of character after all]].
322** The running gag about [[spoiler:dogs eating books in the Republic Library]] has [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1087.html an explanation]], which in turn ties into [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0238.html another event]] seemingly forgotten from episode 238, answering questions about [[spoiler:the operation that Bobba's mother couldn't pay for, yet was never mentioned again after she died]] and why [[spoiler:Bobba looks like Jango despite not being his clone in this universe]].
323** During the fight against General Grievous and his cyborgs in ''Revenge of the Sith'', Pete quotes ''[[WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck Robin Hood Daffy]]'' once the electro-quarterstaves come out [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0470.html here]]. [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1557.html MUCH later]] during ''Rogue One'', he quotes the same scene amid dice rolls while fighting Stormtroopers as Chirrut.
324* ChekhovsGun:
325** The morale bonus Pete gives because watching R2 fly is just that cool. It later comes back to throw a wrench in his {{Killer G|amemaster}}Ming.
326** The [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0617.html reason]] why the Senate boxes are shaped like Frisbees.
327** This very page used to describe the Lost Orb sidequest as "ultimately minor". [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1172.html Oops.]]
328** The [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Japor_snippet Japor Snippet]] amulet which [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0125.html Anakin hands over to Padme]] early in the campaign is lampshaded in TheRant as one of many minor plot devices the prequel trilogy tended to gloss over. [[spoiler:It was ultimately the MacGuffin responsible for Padme's [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1154.html ridiculous]] [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1155.html survival]] [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1156.html rate]] during the Prequel campaign...which also led to her surviving her DeathByChildbirth and subsequently becoming Darth Vader.]]
329* ChekhovsGunman:
330** The butler droid on the Trade Federation ship, [[spoiler:who is actually Jango Fett in disguise. He is Darth Maul's partner.]]
331** Chancellor Valorum, [[spoiler:who later reappears as General Grievous.]]
332** Nute Gunray, [[spoiler:who later reappears to take control of R2-D2 and Cloud City.]]
333* ChekhovsSkill:
334** The impossibly awkward scene where Anakin gets thrown off the shaak on Naboo was him practicing his Riding skill. It comes in handy in the arena on Geonosis.
335** Luke has survival skills for all sorts of terrain on his character sheet -- even snow, which is noted as implausible on a desert planet. Luke visits planets with each of those terrains in the movies. Even better, they may have even been set up as such in-universe by the GM -- Corey obviously isn't acquainted enough with roleplaying to set up his own character sheet, so the GM may have given him things planned to be useful down the road and justified it with Luke being raised by {{Crazy Survivalist}}s.
336* ChewbaccaDefense:
337** What else would Jim use during [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0356.html the trial on Genosis]]?
338** Referenced in strips [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1296.html #1296]] and [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1304.html #1304]], where it is Chewbacca's eloquence as their defense lawyer which gets Han and him off their treason charges.
339--->'''Lando:''' Good call letting Chewbacca handle your defence.\
340'''Han:''' Hey, that wasn't ''my'' idea.\
341'''Chewbacca:''' He wanted to defend himself.\
342'''Lando:''' [[BeatPanel ...]]\
343'''Lando:''' Yeah. Good call letting Chewbacca handle your defence.
344** It comes up again in [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/solo/solo093.html Backstory #93]], after the reveal that [[spoiler:Dryden Vos is actually a ''cop'', and "Chi'ra" and Chewie are under arrest for the train job]]:
345--->'''Chewbacca:''' Isn’t there a legal process? Don’t I get to mount a defence?\
346'''[[spoiler:Dryden Vos]]:''' Haha! No, any defence you give would just confuse matters.\
347'''Chewbacca:''' That ''would'' be the point, yes.
348* TheChosenOne:
349** Anakin of course, as spoofed in a GenreSavvy manner [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0145.html here]]. Drink!
350** Later, Rey is revealed to be ''Another'' Chosen One. Apparently, [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2032.html someone chose again.]]
351* ClarkesThirdLaw: Invoked by the GM to explain how Boba Fett's angular-momentum-defying grappling line works in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1268.html the Sarlacc pit fight]].
352* ClickbaitGag: The comic parodied clickbait by titling one comic page in a common clickbait format: [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1151.html Page 1151]]: "All They Did Was Have a Chat Over a Bottomless Pit. You Won't Believe What Happens Next". They went even farther with it [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1673.html here.]]
353* {{Cliffhanger}}: The in-universe campaign of ''Return of the Jedi'' ends like the movie, with Anakin, Yoda, and Obi-Wan appearing as ghosts, but there's one change that makes it clear the heroes will have a lot to handle later on: [[spoiler:Anakin is evil, and ready to meddle with the galaxy from beyond the grave.]]
354* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}:
355** Pretty much any character played by Sally. And apparently, if Sally [=GMed=], the [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/amphibians/0050.html plot would be]] [[spoiler:''Film/TheMuppetMovie''.]]
356** Chancellor Valorum combines this with PresidentEvil. [[KneelBeforeZod Kneel before Valorum!]] [[spoiler:As General Grievous,]] he's (mostly) lost this trait and seems much more competent. And [[BadBoss angry]].
357** The clone troopers are basically an ''army'' of Cloudcuckoolanders.
358* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
359** Doubling as a CallBack to when he tried (and [[CaptainObvious obviously]] failed) to use the Force to literally SummonBiggerFish during the underwater sequence, Jim tries to attack the enemy droids at the Royal Palace with the same ability, much to the consternation of Ben and the GM. However, he relents and dials back on his action call--because he thought the resulting odor would be intolerable.
360---> '''Jim/Qui-Gon''': ''"It'd stink up the palace for a week! Then [Padme]'d never give us a new boat!"''
361** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0321.html "Right... I'm glad I'm a recording and didn't hear that."]]
362** When Jim has Han try to track Luke in the middle of a snowstorm at night and rolls a 6, [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0937.html he struggles to grasp that he didn't have a hope in hell of succeeding]].
363** Jim is [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0946.html completely incapable]] of recognising the canonical solution to "Luke is freezing to death next to a dead tauntaun", no matter how much the DM spells it out. Even when he gets it, he thinks it's a stopgap measure until he can set the tauntaun on fire [[spoiler:which turns out to be foreshadowing of his true allegiance]].
364** Jim also never seems to work out that "the Dagger Bar" and Dagobah are one and the same.
365** Jim (as Jyn Erso) [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1713.html climbs up the data tower]] "to get the high ground":
366-->'''Pete:''' Two words: King Kong.
367-->'''Jim:''' Yeah! Awesome!
368* ComingInHot: Aside from the crash of the ''Invisible Hand'' in Episode III, there is a parody of the trope [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0788.html here]].
369-->'''Han:''' Chewie! Hit the... uh... forward!\
370'''Chewbacca:''' "Forward" engaged.\
371'''Pete:''' Match the rotation! Match the rotation!\
372'''Chewbacca:''' Rotation zero radians per second: matched.\
373'''Han:''' We're coming in too hot!\
374''[''Millennium Falcon'' slowly lands on the Peace Moon]''\
375'''Clone Trooper:''' Wow. Slowest landing ever.
376* CompositeCharacter:
377** Some things from the movies get merged in this telling: [[spoiler:Chancellor Valorum, General Grievous, and Captain Phasma]] are the same character; and a number of planets are merged together as well, including [[spoiler:Naboo, Mustafar, and Alderaan]], [[spoiler:Tattooine, Jedha, and Jakku]], and [[spoiler:Endor and Starkiller Base]]. A lesser version is at the beginning of Episode IV, where random Rebel Troopers are used to represent Captain Antilles until the scene where the real Antilles appears, getting throttled by Vader.
378** The ''Rogue One'' campaign renames some of the characters after those in the ''Legends'' continuity, probably to preserve references made before ''Rogue One'' came out: Saw Garerra and Kyle Katarn become a single person, as do Jyn Erso and Bria Tharen. In addition, Bor Gullet (the telepathic octopus creature) is used as [[spoiler:Jabba the Hutt]]. And both Tivek and a random alien prisoner are [[spoiler:everyone's favourite shapeshifter, Wedge Antilles]].
379** The ''Muppet Show'' campaign makes Kermit a rejuvinated Yoda. It MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext. The other Muppets are poorly made clones of previous characters from the comic, including Angus [=McGonagle=] as Mace Windu, Animal as Salacious Crumb, Janice as Oola and Dr. Teeth as Jabba.
380* ConceptArtGallery: On the FanArt [[http://darthsanddroids.net/fanart/ page]].
381* ConLang: R2-D2's beeps look at first glance like random onomatopoeic syllables, until Ben figures out that Pete has constructed an actual language out of them.
382* ContagiousPowers: You can become force-sensitive just by being infected with an actual jedi's blood. The only reason this method isn't used to create Jedi en masse anymore is because those who weren't born with it go mad.
383* ContinuityNod: In and out of universe: [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0643.html Underwater oxygen extraction apparatus]] and [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0729.html grappling hook]].
384* ContrivedCoincidence: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by the GM when the rescue party tries to search the entirety of the Peace Moon for General Phasma. The first trooper they jump just happens to be exactly who they were looking for.
385* CosmeticAward: [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0624.html Your journey to the Dark Side is now complete! Achievement Unlocked!]]
386* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: During his duel with Yoda, Palpatine [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0621.html points out]] that if the Jedi had some ethical concerns with his leadership, they could have just talked to him about it. [[spoiler:And apparently Sally ended up agreeing with him, as she [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0623.html decided]] to sort everything out with him after saving Obi-Wan.]]
387* CranialProcessingUnit: Mentioned with reference to how strange it is that [=C3PO=] still works when his head is grafted onto a battledroid.
388* CrazySurvivalist: Beru and Owen in the campaign corresponding to ''A New Hope''.
389* CriticalFailure: Jim, twice in a row, with the second supposedly having 1 rolls pre-rolled out. This convinces Jim to just let his character pass, so [[GratuitousNinja he can roll up a ninja character]] (the GM vetoes that).
390** [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1109.html Comes again to Jim]].
391%% Crowning Moments all go in subpages, conveniently linked at the top of the page.
392* CrossPlayer: Sally (as several characters), Annie (as Anakin and Finn), Jim (as Padmé), Pete (as Rey), and Ben (as Rose). In other words, most of the cast. The only one that has yet to do this is Corey, who plays Luke and BB-8.
393* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Sally as Yoda accidentally reveals Annie's subterfuge in the [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0495.html opening stages]] of Ep. III, but naturally she doesn't realize it.
394-->'''Anakin:''' We must find the Sith Lord traitor.\
395'''Yoda:''' Oooh. Who do you think it is?\
396'''Anakin:''' I don't want to name anyone just yet.\
397'''Yoda:''' It's you!\
398'''Anakin:''' [[OhCrap What?]] Er... No. Of course not. Who told you that?\
399'''Yoda:''' Hee hee! Just testing. No, it's obviously Obi-Wan.
400* CulturalTranslation: Frequently a necessity when the fans translate the comics into various languages.
401* CursedItem:
402** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0778.html When Chewbacca and R2-D2 play a tabletop RPG]], Chewie anticipates that R2 might backstab him for loot. So he carries a cursed item in his own inventory, to punish R2 for such treachery.
403--->'''R2-D2:''' Heh heh heh. Let's see what loot I got from your corpse.\
404'''R2-D2:''' Only 13 gold coins? And what's this?\
405'''Chewbacca:''' You may find that your combat stats are no longer as impressive as you recall.\
406'''R2-D2:''' You put a cursed item in your own coin purse?! What sort of deviant would do that?!\
407'''Han Solo:''' I warned you.\
408'''Chewbacca:''' Let's discuss how you're going to pay for my resurrection, shall we?
409** The sequel trilogy features a cursed map to Ahch-To that is said to doom anyone who gives it away to another.
410* CutHimselfShaving: Invoked to explain the alien Tion Medon's [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0524.html ghastly facial features]].
411** Averted and lampshaded by Obi-Wan, who claims that some Jedi do this when they try shaving with their lightsabers. He doesn't, which is why he has a) a beard and b) a still-attached head.
412* DaddyDNATest: [[spoiler:Vader [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0772.html learns]] that Leia is his daughter by having her DNA analysed and by having her blood tested for midi-chlorian count.]]
413* DeadpanSnarker:
414** The GM.
415---> Boy, it must be really rough to have your campaign completely derailed...
416** R2-D2
417---> '''Pilot:''' General Glevious has gone mad! He'll kill us all!\
418'''R2:''' In other news, grass is green.\
419\
420'''Obi-Wan:''' Your path to the Dark Side is complete!\
421'''R2:''' Achievement Unlocked!
422* DeathByAdaptation:
423** General Veers, killed in Luke's RoaringRampageOfRevenge after Dak's death.
424** [[spoiler:Anakin actually dies on Mustafar. It's ''Padmé'' that becomes Darth Vader in this version.]]
425* DeceptionNoncompliance: When R2-D2 (as played by Pete) was secretly being controlled by Nute Gunray, Pete tried to let other people know it as much as possible. This involved [[JapaneseRanguage swapping the Ls and Rs]] of his beeping sounds (as is done to satirise the accent given to the character in the film) and acting out of character.
426--> '''Pete:''' I was subtly trying to indicate that something was wrong with me! I tried to abandon the party back on Hoth, remember? I was totally acting out of character! Don't tell me none of you noticed?
427%%* DeepImmersionGaming
428* DeletedScene: An unusual example: deleted scenes from the films are reincorporated when they can add to the comic's plot (or an extra joke). [[invoked]]
429* DetectEvil:
430** Jim wanted to know if he had this classic tabletop spell as his character [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0056.html first arrived on Tatooine]], so he could slaughter a village without losing points for hitting good guys.
431** At the end of the ''Return of the Jedi'' campaign, Jim proposes an end to the moral debate about whether the Emperor's good ends justified his evil means: use a spell on his corpse!
432* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Lampshaded in [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0685.html episode #685]].
433-->'''Leia''': I'm ready to die for the Rebellion, "Lord" Vader.\
434'''Darth Vader''': Did you just air-quote me?\
435'''Leia''': "No".
436* DifferentWorldDifferentMovies: TheRant to [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0050.html comic #50]]. ''Franchise/StarWars'' doesn't exist in the players' universe, because the comic wouldn't make sense if it did. So various other ''Star Wars''-influenced things are also different, including ''Darths and Droids'' itself, which has become ''[[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/wandsandwarts/episodes/0050.html Wands and Warts]]'', a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' comic. There's a link to a mockup of a ''Wands and Warts'' page, with a similar rant at the bottom, except that it links to a comic based on ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' (''Notes And Nazis''), and so on and so on.
437** Interestingly, in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/barnacles/0050.html one]] of these alternate realities ''Star Wars'' movies (or at least ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'') do exist (according to TheRant).
438* DistinctionWithoutADifference: In Han's backstory, Beckett, Qi’ra, Lando and L3-37 stays in Orron III for six months even though [[spoiler:they are police officers and]] only Han and Chewie are prisoners. Jim says that they are not stuck on the planet, they just don't have a ship to fly home.
439* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything:
440** [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0435.html This strip,]] where Pete's hacking attempts quickly become suggestive of. . . something else.
441--->'''Pete''': This shouldn't take more than 6.2 seconds.\
442'''Annie''': Not everything is about how fast you do it.\
443'''Pete''': Damn. Rolled a 3. Must be a bad connection.\
444'''Annie''': Take your time. Slow and steady.\
445'''Pete''': Don't interrupt the master at work. Sod. 5. ...This normally doesn't happen.
446** Annie's feelings after she and Jim roleplay [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0608.html Padme's death on Mustafar]] also have certain... overtones. Especially if one ignores the words "in character".
447--->'''Annie:''' It was amazing. I've never felt so comfortable letting myself go in character before. I never found anyone I could trust.
448* DontTryThisAtHome: Pete's [[NoodleImplements dice]] [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0909.html get this treatment]].
449* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0145.html This episode title]]; this strip also introduces a DrinkingGame.
450** [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1247.html Later,]] Sally sings "The Doom Song".
451* DramaticIrony: In-universe and out; because of Ben's commitment to the line between in-character and out-of-character actions and knowledge, he and the audience know that Anakin would have left Obi-Wan to die, but Obi-Wan does not. Ben doesn't hold it against Annie because it's in-character for Anakin, but notes that there might be trouble in-game if Obi-Wan found out.
452* DrinkingGame: Pete is playing one; drink every time a cliché shows up! [[invoked]]
453* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The majority of the ''Phantom Menace'' strips were focused mostly on satirizing both the film and classic Dungeons and Dragons tropes. A heavy emphasis was placed on the player characters attempting to fast-talk the GM, and derail his plans, and on several running gags (particularly Jim's tendency to come up with ridiculous definitions for the GM's made up words). Over time, the focus shifted towards the ongoing story of the campaign, and developing the personalities and relationships of the players.
454* EarthShatteringKaboom:
455** Done to [[spoiler:Naboo in place of Alderaan]] in Episode IV.
456** In [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0971.html #971]], Pete paraphrases the TropeNamer when an Imperial walker is blown up. (He had been hoping to steal it himself.)
457--->'''R2:''' Kaboom? There wasn't supposed to be a camel-shattering kaboom!
458* EasterEgg: Many readers may still be completely unaware that the Irregulars have already done a take on ''Film/{{Solo}}'', since the link to that adaptation is hidden in the transcript at the bottom of [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2191.html this page]] (when Jim presents the notes of his "awesome backstory"; the link is him saying "Here it is.") There was really no announcement that they were even doing this one.
459* EitherOrTitle: Episodes [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0131.html 131]] and [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0132.html 132]].
460* EpicFail:
461** Pete fires his laser cannons in the middle of a massive space battle. '''[[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0415.html He misses everything.]]'''
462-->'''R2-D2:''' ''[[BeatPanel ...]]Ramming speed.''
463** The party infiltrating Jabba's palace in Episode VI. The GM didn't even do much aside from designing the lair with typical defences and countermeasures for a minor boss, as well as a few other additions to keep the encounter from being a complete walk-over (the guards wore shock-proof suits, Jabba had immunity to Force Suggestion, the rancor was laser-proof and there was an alarm system on Han's defroster). ''Everyone still got captured.'' To top it off, the GM put a bog-standard pit trap in the throne room [[RuleOfCool just because there's always one]], and ''they fell right into it.''
464-->'''GM:''' Thank goodness I didn't put a rake on the floor.
465* EvenEvilHasStandards:
466--> ''Vader blows up Naboo with the Peace Moon.''\
467'''Leia, Luke, Han, Obi-wan, and [=C-3PO=]:''' ''(stunned silence)''\
468'''R2-D2:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis You. Utter. Frakking. Bastard.]]
469* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep:
470** The GM is always referred to as such, even though at least Jim and Ben presumably know his name. None of the players address the GM by name. Pete [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0333.html claims the job]] before Annie says the name on. Later, Pete just [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0718.html doesn't include him]] in the apology for arriving late.
471** Princess Organa's first name actually ''is'' Princess, rather than Leia. [[spoiler:And then [[SubvertedTrope the opposite]] [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0772.html turns out to be the case.]]]]
472* EveryoneHasStandards: Pete makes it clear that [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0630.html even if he's tricky he will always play by the rules]].
473* EveryoneKnowsMorse: In [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0293.html this strip]], Ben attempts to communicate with Jango by firing shots in Morse Code. Of course, his ship is unarmed.
474* EvilChancellor:
475** Subverted; Jim's suspicions of Sio Bibble have no basis in fact or reality.
476** Chancellor Palpatine (possibly). Bizarrely enough, if Sally's comments in [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0704.html Episode 704]] are anything to go by, the Imperial Senate may be taking this role towards Emperor Palpatine, basically flipping the situation in the movies on its head.
477* EvilPlan: Anakin's/Annie's [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0553.html grand scheme]] in Episode III is to play the Jedi Council, Palpatine, and Ben[=/=]Obi-Wan against each other, making each of them think the other is Sith, with the ultimate goal of standing atop the resulting chaos and gaining complete control of the galaxy as TheManBehindTheMan. Jim and Pete are left slack-jawed in admiration. The gambit ultimately fails after he is dismembered by Obi-Wan, then is found by Palpatine [[spoiler:and dies; Padme becomes Darth Vader]].
478* ExactWords:
479** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0461.html This strip]]
480--->'''Anakin''': You're pulling my leg.\
481'''Palpatine''': Well yes, but it's better than falling to my death.
482** On full display during Obi-Wan and Vader's fight, Vader refuses to be addressed as Anakin. [[spoiler:As it turns out, Vader isn't being metaphorical.]] Then Vader says Ben "killed the only one I'd ever loved". [[spoiler:Indeed he did, by chopping their limbs off.]]
483** Another in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1059.html #1059]] when, after being teased about his SingleBiomePlanet[=s=], the GM promises "there won't be one type of land" on Bespin (which is a gas giant, and thus has ''zero'' types of land).
484** Pete gets caught by this when he realises too late that R2 is ''not'' covered under ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy:
485--->'''Pete:''' I thought they couldn't hit live targets!
486--->'''Annie:''' They can't hit '''organic beings,''' you metal moron.
487** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1356.html Jim falls into this]] when it's suggested that Sally get a famous Ape scientist to speak in the defense of monkeys her university is testing. What is ''meant'' is "A scientist who specializes in apes," similar to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Goodall Doctor Jane Goodall.]] What he ''thinks'' they mean is "A scientist who is also an ape," and thus says that they should get [[Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes Doctor Zaius.]] Hilariously enough, a few comics later Ben reveals that he ''did'' dress up as Dr. Zaius.
488* ExcitedTitleTwoPartEpisodeName: "[[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1136.html Episode #1136]]: Corridor of Destiny! Old Friends Catch Up On Situations!"
489%%* ExplainExplainOhCrap: How Annie realizes it wasn't Jim's fault she lost her job.
490[[/folder]]
491
492[[folder:Tropes F to J]]
493* FacePalm: When Jim [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0573.html Strip 573]] realises that the restaurant where he had a row with Annie over dinner was the one that she worked in, and that he humiliated her in front of everyone. Okay, technically we don't see ''his'' face and palm, but Natalie Portman's body language perfectly captures Jim's feelings.
494* FakeIdentityBaggage:
495** "Han Solo" is reimagined as a serial identity thief who murders the real Han (represented by Greedo) in cold blood before stealing his ship. Han's outstanding gambling debt gets him in trouble with Jabba the Hutt. The fact that the original Han was a shapeshifter also draws the attention of Boba Fett (also a shapeshifter in this continuity) who wants to replace his damaged [[BizarreAlienBiology splanch]] with Han's.
496** By the start of the sequel trilogy, he's accumulated sixteen more identities' worth of baggage; he's wanted for at least two sets of gambling debt, a shotgun wedding, and the murder of [[spoiler:Kylo Ren's father]].
497-->'''Finn:''' You're Han Solo?\
498'''Han:''' I used to be. The name's Xasha now.
499* FalseReassurance: TheRant in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0463.html Strip 463]] points out that any GM wanting to scare the piss out of his players should word his declarations in a way that ''just'' leaves open the possibility of threats lurking around corners.
500* FantasticDrug: Obi-Wan hints that the "moisture" Uncle Owen farms isn't water. See also "blue milk", which is used to suppress a connection to the Force.
501* {{Fictionary}}: Pete came up with a whole language for Artoo's beeps. [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1180.html Ben managed to decipher it, which saved the entire adventuring party.]] None of the other players even realized that the beeps ''weren't'' just random sound effects.
502-->'''Sally:''' Why would you expect anyone to have gone to so much trouble to make a consistent language out of beeps?
503-->'''Ben:''' It's '''Pete'''!
504* FictionalSocialNetwork: #1165 "Forceful Takeover" has Darth Vader shut off his shuttle's computer while one of the clone troopers is browsing Clone Book.
505* FirstStepFixation: In the ''Rogue One'' Campaign, the players are trying to get vital information from the Empire's top-secret archives on planet Toprawa, but they have no idea where Toprawa is. Jim suggests using information from planet Kamino to calculate Toprawa's location... but they don't know where Kamino is, either, and the only records of Kamino's location are going to be stored [[TheKeyIsBehindTheLock in the top-secret archives on Toprawa]]. With the players stuck, the GM relents and outright gives them Toprawa's space-coordinates--but now it's too late and Jim is fixated on his Kamino plan. He keeps reiterating that they're going to Toprawa so they can find Kamino ''so they can find Toprawa'', even after they've landed on Toprawa.
506* FiveStagesOfGrief: Cassian goes through these in sequence when K-2SO dies in ''Rogue One''.
507* {{Flanderization}}:
508** Ric Olié was already a CaptainObvious in the movie, but the comic deliberately took it even further -- although it tries not to draw attention to it.
509** Flat characters are invoked for comedic effect when it comes to the [=NPCs=]. [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness General Dodonna]] also comes to mind.
510** General Rieekan is a deliberate, in-universe example. In his first session, he's just a {{Jerkass}} who's all around rude and abrasive to everyone but especially offends Pete and Sally when he calls Pete a "stupid droid" and rudely orders Sally to go make him a salad. In his next (and final) session, the GM plays up to the only two players who noticed and commented on Rieekan's rudeness by making Rieekan a total [[FantasticRacism "Droidist"]] where practically everything he says is a stereotypically bigoted phrase only directed at droids.
511-->'''C-3PO''':You got a problem with droids?
512-->'''Rieekan''': Hey, some of my best friends are droids.
513-->'''C-3PO''': Name one!
514-->'''Rieekan''': Well, uh...there was that one who, uh...made my salad.
515-->'''C-3PO''': That was me!
516-->'''Rieekan''': That was you? Sorry. You all look alike to me.
517%%* FlashbackEffects: Of the sepia-toned variety.
518* FleetingPassionateHobbies: Sally during Episode III; every session she has a new career interest that she pours her heart and soul into, but come next session she's decided that her former interest was stupid, and now she has a new and much better one. She realizes by the end that she can have multiple interests and, still being a kid, she doesn't have to devote herself to a single career yet.
519* FootnoteFever: The notes for [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0522.html episode 522]].
520* ForegoneConclusion:
521** The relationships between the players, reflected in-game by their characters, is slowly fracturing in much the same way as the original ''Franchise/StarWars'' characters did. And ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' didn't exactly end well. But it's completely, gloriously subverted in regards to Jim and Annie. They actually manage to reconcile their differences just as Anakin has started "his" FaceHeelTurn. Jim starts getting better at roleplaying, and for the scene of Padme's murder, is roleplaying so well, Annie actually has to ask Jim to stop roleplaying for a moment so she can tell him how much she loves him.
522* {{Foreshadowing}}:
523** [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0079.html When Pete asks what a pod is]], and Jim's response in the next panel. Guess what they end up encountering on [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0271.html Kamino]]?
524** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0072.html Pete goes on an extended rant]] as he demands something more science-fictiony, such as space dreadnoughts bristling with atomic missiles. [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0406.html Then]] at the end of Episode 2, Pete suggests "a massive battle involving space dreadnoughts bristling with atomic missiles" (Annie: "As long as ''we're'' the ones with the dreadnoughts") and the GM takes notes. [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0413.html Remember how the Episode 3 movie started?]]
525** You may consider [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0455.html this dialog]] to be a foreshadowing to ''Return of the Jedi'':
526--->'''Palpatine:''' And who shall judge who is wicked? Who else is to die?\
527'''Anakin:''' Anyone who disagrees with me, for starters.\
528'''Palpatine:''' I disagreed with you just now, Anakin.\
529'''Anakin:''' Well obviously not you, Chancellor.
530** And [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0460.html another one]] regarding ''Jedi'':
531--->'''Palpatine:''' This is fun; perhaps I should install a huge bottomless pit in my quarters for no apparent reason.
532** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0139.html This speech]] by [[spoiler:Valorum]] pretty much flat out tells you what [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0467.html his eventual fate]] will be, but you'd never realise it the first time through.
533** And then comes a piece of dialogue from Anakin/Annie about Padme/Jim. Considering how much development Annie plans out for her character and how involved she gets into them, this could be both, either, or neither foreshadowing or in-character anxiety.
534--->'''Anakin''' (describing an in-character dream): You die in childbirth.
535** "[[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0045.html You are NOT wearing the queen's dresses]]." Guess who Jim ended up playing as about a movie later?
536** Grievous to Kenobi: "I see your future. Divorced from your flesh, your moth-robes fall empty."
537** One of R2-D2's flaws to support Pete's MinMaxing (and suddenly gain rocket thrusters) is Tastes Good To Dragons. The DM (sarcastically) says he can keep them. Know what happens to R2 in the Dagobah swamp? [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1005.html He gets eaten, of course!]]
538--->'''SFX:''' Ptooey!
539--->'''SFX:''' < oooooooooooowwoooooooooooo >
540--->'''SFX:''' Kerassh!!
541--->'''GM:''' Lucky. That one almost came back to bite you.
542** In episode 186 Palpatine orders [[spoiler:Maul]] to team up with the Jedi:
543---> '''[[spoiler:Maul]]:''' IWorkAlone.\
544'''Palpatine:''' That's not what it says on your card.
545*** In episode 283, we learn about his partner.
546** In episode 30 Sally asks if she can be a Jedi. The GM and Ben say no. Eventually, she plays both Windu and then Yoda (as well as the librarian).
547** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0540.html Mace wondering who could be Gunray's sleeper agent]]. Also: "[[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0513.html With respect, Master Windu couldn't spot a Sith]] if he ''was'' one." [[spoiler:And this is almost literally the case - see ManchurianAgent below.]]
548** The notes for [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0524.html this strip]] has a table for losing parts of your body, including both legs and the left arm. [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Mou_kei Guess]] what happens to Anakin at the end of ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''.
549** [[spoiler:[[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0455.html Mah son is]] [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0391.html sometimes ze same way]].]]
550** Luke's character sheet has Survival: Desert, Forest, Snow, and Swamp. Desert makes a lot of sense on Tatooine, but the survival skills in Snow, Swamp, and Forest set up the fact that the settings of the group's next two campaigns.
551** The players point out that they shouldn't be told what the bad guys are saying when they are not around. [[spoiler:Annie is controlling Darth Vader by proxy, so it's perfectly justified.]]
552** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0495.html At one point]] Sally jokingly claims that Anakin is actually the Sith Lord. [[spoiler:Yeah [[DarkMessiah 'bout that]]...]] [[spoiler:Or not, given the RedHerring.]]
553** When [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0851.html talking about Naboo]], Annie (playing Leia) hesitates on mentioning Padmé's burial. [[spoiler:Turns out there's a reason for that.]]
554** As they approach Cloud City, R2-D2 calls it "Crowd City", in a context where he ''could'' just be making a pun. But it's soon revealed to be subtle foreshadowing of [[spoiler:Nute Gunray, whose "Japanese" accent consists of switching his Ls and Rs, taking control]].
555** The above is also foreshadowed in Episode IV, when [[spoiler:just after escaping the Peace Moon, R2 starts switching Rs and Ls around in discreet ways, as in [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0851.html "Let your hatred glow"]], and [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0856.html "The ship's on the blink!"]] Nute's virus infected him when he tried downloading the Peace Moon plans.]]
556** The first hint [[spoiler:that Nute lives in and controls the Peace Moon computers]] is the trouble R2 has shutting down the trash compactor. [[spoiler:[[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0821.html "It's like this Moon has a mind of its own."]]]]
557** And of course there's the dropped hint about [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0810.html phantom incidents]].
558** In a similar vein, [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1071.html Lando's aide]] answering as "Robot". [[spoiler:His name may actually ''be'' "Lobot", as in the film, but this is probably a hint that Nute Gunray has infected him and so, like Pete, he switches "L" and "R" around.]]
559** How does Chewbacca know [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0983.html Princess]] is [[spoiler:not a traitor? Simple; because he already knows Han ''is''.]]
560** Annie [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0809.html speculates]] "Maybe ghosts can use Force powers." [[spoiler:It will turn out, in Ep VI, that the ghosts of Jedi have considerable powers.]]
561** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0840.html Darth Vader accuses Obi-Wan of killing the only person he (Darth Vader) had ever loved]]. [[spoiler:Makes sense when you read [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1152.html this]].]]
562** In [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1097.html Episode 1097]], [=C-3PO=] [[spoiler:who is saying the opposite of what she means ever since her head was attached backwards, but the others haven't picked up on it]] directly says [[spoiler:that Han ''isn't'' the traitor]]. [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1108.html Eleven strips later]], we learn she was "right".
563** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0657.html The DM's plan]] for Episode III says that [[spoiler:Nute Gunray is unkillable in this game]]. Despite what [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0595.html the PCs]] think, [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1142.html he's right]].
564** [[ParodiedTrope Spoofed]] throughout Jim's explanation of Han's backstory where Jim keeps pointing out the foreshadowing he made, even though the GM tells him that it just makes the foreshadowing less interesting.
565* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Category 2. In Episode III, Annie as Anakin has been casting suspicion between the main characters, trying to turn them against each other at various times suggesting dark motives for Palpatine, Yoda, Obi-Wan, and Mace Windu. Upon TheReveal that [[spoiler:Mace Windu is a brainwashed sleeper agent for the Trade Federation]] she seems genuinely shocked that one of the people she was trying to cast suspicion on was actually ''guilty'' of something.
566* FrenchJerk: Dooku. But not regular French, he's Space French. And quite the unreasonable man.
567* FriendOrFoe: In the confusion of a firefight, Bria Tharen shoots K-2SO. It would have killed K-2, but the GM invokes SchrodingersGun and says the shot hit ''an identical robot in front of K-2'' instead.
568* FunetikAksent: Many {{Non Player Character}}s, but Dookû has the silliest one. Tarkin is given one in ''Episode IV''.
569* GamblersFallacy:
570** Pete scoffs at the superstition of "cursed" or "blessed" dice, and believes he is being scientific by [[EntertaininglyWrong completely]] misapplying [[ArtisticLicenseStatistics statistical probability]]. According to one of the editorial comments, he has a hugely time-consuming system for "pre-rolling the 1s out of" his dice. [[note]]He rolls all his assorted [=d20s=], selects those that rolled [=1s=], rerolls those, takes those that rolled [=1s=]] again and places them in custom padded containers that prevent them from rolling any further. Thus, the odds of those dice rolling a third 1 in a row are 8000 to 1 against.[[/note]]
571** In Episode III, he tries to weaponize this trope against Ben during the fight against Grievous, handing him his "special" dice, all of which have only ever rolled 1. And then Ben rolls critical hits with all of them.
572* [[ShowWithinAShow Game Within a Game]]: The players' and GM's characters play one in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0778.html episode 778]].
573* {{Gaslighting}}: This is another element in Annie/Anakin's deception plot in Episode III, twisting past events to put Anakin in a better light and manipulate the other Jedi.
574-->'''Obi-Wan:''' Do you know how many people died in that control tower? Thirty-eight. You caused those deaths.\
575'''Anakin:''' You're misremembering, Master. I tried to steer us away from the tower. You'd just been knocked on the head, remember?\
576'''Obi-Wan:''' Hmm. Are you sure? I thought—\
577'''Anakin:''' Trust me.
578* {{GASP}}: Collective ones from the Geonosians and the Republic Senate so far.
579* GeekyTurnon: Annie's rather [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0106.html cunning plan during the pod race]] prompted Pete to say "I'm in love".
580* GenderBlenderName: The commentary for the [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1633.html page he appears on]] points out that if the franchise' naming conventions are still being followed than Vader's servant Vaneé is a Naboo native whose parents really wanted a girl.
581* GenderFlip:
582** It's more due to being played by Sally, but in ''Darths & Droids'', C-3PO is referred to as female.
583** Later, when it turns out that [[spoiler:Darth Vader actually is ''Padme'']].
584** Darth Kanata is referred to as male in the comics, even though Sally is playing him.
585* GeniusDitz: Jim is a real ditz in RPG, genius otherwise. See [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0143.html here]] to see him put the GM in his place when the GM uses the word "vergence" wrong, because he's doing a Ph.D. in geophysics. And [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0150.html later]], he even works out the insane conditions that would make a planet like Naboo physically possible to patch up the GM's overlooking basic physics in the earlier strips. But lest we forget the second half of this trope:
586-->'''R2-D2:''' It's tough holding a grudge against someone who doesn't even notice.
587* GenreSavvy:
588** All the players, except Sally and Annie in the first movie, are very wary of the conventions of tabletop [=RPGs=]. Corey is WrongGenreSavvy -- he knows the conventions of ''video game'' [=RPGs=], which leads to some confusion when he first appears.
589** In-universe, Gunnery Captain Bolvan [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0683.html knows]] that just because an escape pod doesn't have any life forms in it doesn't mean it shouldn't be shot down. [[spoiler:Too bad for him that Pete disabled guns before leaving.]]
590* GeoEffects:
591** Done with Ben and Darth Maul, with quotes taken directly from ''Revenge of the Sith'' [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0194.html here.]]
592** Of course, also done in the usual place, final battle between Anakin and Obi-Wan in Revenge of the Sith. This time, the Higher Ground tactic gives Ben explicit battle modifier advantages.
593* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Leia tries this on Luke to snap him out of his HeroicBSOD after Obi-Wan's death, though it looks more like [[TeachHimAnger unhealthy manipulation]] than anything else. Luke [[WellExcuseMePrincess bluntly rebukes her]], exposing that he has every reason to be angsting.
594-->'''Luke:''' ''I've been fed lies my entire life! Every person I've known for more than two days is '''dead'''!''
595* GladYouThoughtOfIt: After the GM reveals that the rathar is four dimensional, [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/solo/solo173.html Pete questions]] how can it be stopped by three-dimensional walls and doors back in Xasha's ship. Jim quickly says that it obviously means that Xasha's ship is four-dimensial too and praises the GM for thinking of that, when he clearly didn't.
596* {{GMPC}}:
597** Temporary example with R2-D2, when the regular GM has a family emergency and lets [[{{Munchkin}} Pete]] fill in because he has the most GM experience.
598** Chewbacca was an example, joining the group as PC Jim's eloquent sidekick, specifically designed to excel at all his dump stats, like diplomacy. Later became an ordinary PC [[spoiler:due to the death of Obi-Wan aboard the Peace Moon.]])
599** Bria Tharen (this universe's version of Jyn Erso, the ''main character'' from ''Rogue One'') is initially played by the GM, then taken over by Jim, who promptly "renames" her to… Jyn Erso.
600* GoMadFromTheIsolation: In Episode V, Sally's Yoda has gone a bit bonkers from twenty years of isolation on Dagobah.
601* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Padmé, once Jim takes over playing her. [[spoiler:And it continues when Annie plays her as Darth Vader.]]
602* GogglesDoNothing: [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1753.html Bodhi]] runs through all the things his goggles ''could'' theoretically do, except that he wears them on top of his head throughout ''Rogue One''.
603* GoneHorriblyRight: So, [[spoiler:Anakin]], you want to corrupt Palpatine and become the power behind the throne? Sure, why not. Just be certain [[spoiler:that you've not corrupted him enough to consider you a loose cannon, drain your midichlorians, and kill you.]] Oops.
604* GoshDangItToHeck: During the earlier strips, "frakking" is the harshest the language ever gets. The only exception is in strip #11, when Jim exclaims, "No, we just kick ass!" which happens before [[MoralityPet Sally]] joins the group. No longer applies during the [[TimeSkip Episode IV campaign and onwards]], wherein Sally is a couple of years older and a bit more of a smart mouth, though they still refrain from using any of the harsher words in an effort to maintain the comic's PG rating.
605* GrapplingWithGrapplingRules: [[http://darthsanddroids.net/comics/darths0344_bonus.jpg Done here.]] The grappling rules are in their own supplement which is longer than the main rulebook.
606* GroinAttack: "I kick him where it hurts!"
607* GuiltByAssociationGag: Done by Sally in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0403.html this strip.]]
608* HadTheSillyThingInReverse: Palpatine says this word-for-word after [[spoiler:failing to kill Mace Windu with Force lightning.]]
609* HairTriggerTemper: Captain Needa of the ''Avenger'' appears to have one of these, going into a furious rant at the ''Falcon'' after they buzz his bridge and storming off [[TooDumbToLive "give Vader a piece of my mind!"]]
610* HeadsOrTails: In [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0991.html strip 991]], Leia and Han do a coin flip to determine whose flying the Falcon and who's manning the gun. The GM calls for a Dex roll. [[EpicFail Jim rolls a 1. The coin falls through a crack and sets something on the fritz]].
611* HeelRealization:
612** Subverted by Pete in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0454.html #454]]. "So we're the bad guys now? Cool!"
613** Played horribly straight by Anakin [[spoiler:when he mortally wounds Padme]].
614* HeroicComedicSociopath: [[{{Munchkin}} Pete]], and even Jim during the first movie.
615* HeyWait: An InvokedTrope coupled with a BavarianFireDrill, courtesy of a [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0804.html Bluff check]].
616* HiddenDepths: Jim may be an outstanding {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, but he's far from dumb, given that he's studying geophysics. (Which actually comes up a lot in the game.) Sally regularly demonstrates a profound creative streak - designing memorable (if outlandish) characters, describing settings and outfits, and world-building Kashyyyk (which blew the GM's own work on Utapau out of the water). She also came up with the whole idea of the Dark Side by accident.
617* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Pete's use of R2 as a MartyStu [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0351.html comes back to bite him]]. And then when the GM gets back, he makes R2 go back through his own DeathCourse, making him miss the big climactic battle.
618** Palpatine gets his face disfigured during his confrontation with Mace Windu because he accidentally reversed Force Drain [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0556.html and it ended up blasting him rather than Mace]].
619** "Greedo" stealing Han Solo's identity led Boba Fett to believe that he was a shapeshifter like himself. Now Boba wants his nonexistent splanch so that he can get back his shapeshifting abilities.
620** Pete, this time as Chirrut, probably would have survived [[spoiler:the fuel pump explosion]] if he hadn't been so min-maxed.
621* {{Homage}}: In between ''Star Wars''-based campaigns, the players do ones in other settings that are eventually revealed to be based on other films:
622** The fantasy game Jim, Ben, and Pete played between episodes one and two was [[spoiler:''Film/ThePrincessBride.'']] Pete was [[spoiler:Vizzini]], Ben and Jim were [[spoiler:Inigo Montoya and Fezzik]]. He has reason to be angry.
623** Annie's game is heavily implied to be a mix of ''Film/VanHelsing'' and ''Film/{{Twilight}}'', with a bit of TakeThat against the source materials to boot.
624--->'''Jim:''' And that stuff about Pete being the ArchangelGabriel, where did '''that''' come from?\
625'''Annie:''' Yeah by that stage I was just making up the stupidest things I could think of.\
626...\
627'''Jim:''' They were ''vampires''! You can't make vampires good! They're evil, they have to be killed, that's all there is to it! [...] And vampires ''do not sparkle in the daylight!!''
628** It's also slowly revealed that Jim's campaign was [[spoiler:derailed into the plot of ''Film/{{Airplane}}'']], with Pete playing [[spoiler:Creator/LeslieNielsen]].
629** Ben ran a campaign that was [[spoiler:supposed to be a version of ''Series/Batman1966'' with the players in the "villain" roles, only they ended up becoming actual villains and turned it into ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'']].
630** Sally's "Robot Utopia" campaign where the players were robots who TurnedAgainstTheirMasters was [[spoiler:''Film/JurassicPark'']].
631** Finally in the sequel trilogy it's revealed Corey got to host his own campaign, which started as [[spoiler:''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'']] but ended up becoming [[spoiler:''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'']] once Sally got involved with the worldbuilding.
632* HonorBeforeReason: Sally challenges Dookû to a contest of lifting things with the Force as a way of capturing him without needing to risk killing him, relying on the idea that Dookû will be honourable to agree to it.
633-->'''Yoda:''' I don't want to kill you. Settle this with a Force Arm-Wrestle we will!\
634'''Dookû:''' A... what?\
635'''Yoda:''' Whoever lifts the biggest thing wins!\
636'''Dookû:''' Zis is ridiculous. Raise your sword.\
637'''Yoda:''' But this is how honourable Jedi settle things. Are you honourable?\
638'''Dookû:''' Ah begin to regret zat Ah am...
639** Also the reason (in this universe) for the reason for the lightsaber duel between Anakin and Obi-Wan. The rest of the party is going evil (except Sally), but Ben refuses.
640--->'''Ben:''' I wrote "Good" on my character sheet and I jolly well meant it! Unlike ''some'' people!
641* HurricaneOfPuns:
642** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0437.html #437.]] It even spills over into the NewsPost.
643** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0374.html And this earlier hurricane.]] Hand puns AND sports puns.
644** Declaring the Empire's starships PIE fighters [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0889.html leads to some dessert puns]].
645** Happens in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1323.html #1323]] with monkey puns, some rather elaborate.
646** The tree puns in [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1348.html #1348]] get cut short when Ben gets [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness too high-brow]] with "pneumatophore" (aerial root of a swamp plant).
647* HypocriticalHumor:
648** This little gem from [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0042.html #42]]:
649--->'''Jim (as Qui-Gon Jinn):''' Fine. But we're not taking [[{{Malaproper}} Bubble]]. [[BeardOfEvil That goatee]] is a [[WrongGenreSavvy death sentence]].\
650'''Ben (as Obi-Wan):''' Uh... Don't you have a --\
651'''Jim:''' [[BlatantLies No.]]\
652'''Ben:''' Can I see your character sheet for a --\
653'''Jim:''' [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial You may not.]]
654** In [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1498.html #1489]], when Pete realises Annie has been running a complicated character arc ''again'', he tells her she's putting way too much effort into the game. Annie replies "Doop, deep", referring to the elaborate Droid language Pete invented and used ''without expecting anyone else to even notice''.
655** In [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/solo/solo109.html Backstory #109]], Han complains about his ship (which he just had won through gambling) being stolen, even though he himself is a serial thief.
656--->'''"Chi'ra":''' Why do these things always happen to me?\
657'''Qi’ra:''' You stole Proxima’s coaxium, a guy’s speeder, my identity, and almost a train.\
658'''"Chi’ra":''' See what I mean!
659* IAmSpartacus: Han, Chewbacca, and Leia all claim to be Obi-Wan, in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1105.html #1105]].
660* IAmTheNoun: Anakin says this twice in Episode 626.
661* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Anakin in Episode 108, after deliberately destroying Sebulba's pod (and possibly Sebulba).
662* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0242.html #242]], possibly, which gets funnier every time you read it.
663* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: Finn and BB-8's meeting in [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1910.html #1910]] among other examples:
664-->'''Finn:''' And Poe never mentioned a jumped-up, half-watted, rusty-looking Huttball to me, but here you are.\
665'''BB-8:''' Who's rusty-looking?
666* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: All the strips during Pete's tenure as the substitute GM have very long titles that describe the action of the strip using SesquipedalianLoquaciousness, some of which double as flimsy defenses for Pete's {{Ass Pull}}ing.
667* IdiotBall: A lot of the problems in the game could have been solved by someone going, "Jim, would you just shut up and ''listen'' for ten seconds in a row?"
668* IdiotHero: Qui Gon, as played by Jim. Three Words: [[RunningGag "Summon Bigger Fish."]]
669** Obi-Wan has his moment when he jumps off a window after a droid in the ''Attack of the Clones'' arc.
670* IdiotSavant: Jim may be as dumb as he can in the game, but he's a Geology student, and a very good one if his LampshadeHanging of the implausibility of the height of Coruscant's buildings is any indication.
671* IfYouDieICallYourStuff: [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0228.html #228]].
672-->'''Anakin:''' Can I have your ''(Obi-Wan's)'' laser sword if this ends badly? Try to toss it as you hit the lava.
673* ImAHumanitarian:
674** The Gungans, lampshaded by the title of [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0156.html this strip.]]
675** Humorously averted [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0238.html here.]]
676* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy:
677** Lampshaded by Jim and immediately after that defied by the Clone Troopers themselves in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0675.html episode 675]].
678** Lampshaded again later on. Obi-Wan states the movie line about blast points being too accurate for Sand People - but then adds "It can't be clone troopers either. They're rubbish."
679** And then demonstrated by [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0857.html Jim]], who decides to take the Ork method of marksmanship and hose down the pursuing [=TIEs=] with full-auto fire. Naturally, he misses despite having to roll a big bucket of dice. Corey, being [[ChekhovsSkill an experienced FPS player]], actually applies lead and smokes his targets with single well-aimed shots.
680%% * InAndOutOfCharacter
681* IncomingHam: [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0466.html General Grievous:]] [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Cyborgs. Under. MY. COMMAND!]]
682* IndyPloy: What is Luke/Corey going to do with a harpoon and tow cable against giant mecha walkers? [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0968.html Make it up as he goes, of course.]]
683* InMediasRes: The players' Episode IV campaign starts three sessions before we start seeing it - and Jim has had a character die in each one. The ''Rogue One'' campaign covers these sessions, and reveals that there was a TotalPartyKill at the end.
684* InsaneTrollLogic:
685** The solutions to the challenges [[KillerGM Pete]] set during his brief tenure filling in for the GM. Usually, as well as being completely out there, the players had to make punishingly precise rolls to actually succeed (as it stood, they managed to survive ''without'' figuring out Pete's solutions, on blind luck alone).
686** Pete's reasoning on "rolling out the ones". The odds of a twenty-sided die rolling three ones in a row is one to eight-thousand against. So, if you roll enough [=d20s=], you get a handful that have rolled two ones in a row. If you then place them in a specially padded container where they can't roll any more, then the next time you roll them, it's ''statistically unlikely'' they'll roll a third one.
687** Pete is really prone to this. His reasoning for having the Wookies charge the invading droids at the battle of Kashyyyk:
688--->'''Pete:''' This is just like D-Day. And the Wookies are the Germans.\
689'''Ben:''' The Germans didn't charge the Allies.\
690'''Pete:''' And they lost!
691* InsistentTerminology: Pete insists that "venom" and "poison" are completely different things to which different game rules should be applied to.
692* InsufferableGenius: Pete's pretty much the comic's version of [[Series/TheBigBangTheory Sheldon Cooper]], in every possible sense.
693* IntentionalEngrishForFunny:
694** One of the alternate languages the comic is available in is ''VideoGame/ZeroWing''.
695** Also the part where the players are assisted by a group of NPC pilots, speaking several languages while 3PO translates. The NPC lines are all {{Blind Idiot Translation}}s, because the GM ''isn't'' multilingual and is relying on machine translation.
696** The [=GM=]'s approach to a Japanese accent for the [[JapaneseRanguage Tlade Fedelation Viceloy]].
697* InterfaceScrew: For three strips, starting [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1273.html here.]] When Boba Fett wouldn't stop monologuing about how he'd find and kill Obi Wan, Han got fed up and spat out that Darth Vader killed him in episode 4. The realization sent Fett [[SanitySlippage over]] the [[DestinationDefenestration edge.]]
698* IntergenerationalFriendship: [[TagalongKid Sally]] develops this sort of a relationship with the other players fairly quickly over the course of the first episode. Particularly of note is her relationship with [[{{Munchkin}} Pete]], who takes her under his wing and mentors her in how to best use Jar Jar's (and later 3PO's) abilities to her strategic advantage.
699* {{Intermission}}: Between each of the films there is a three strip non-canon gag intermission. The one between Episode III and Episode IV is longer; "The Ballad of Jar Jar", using screencaps from ''The Clone Wars''.
700* IronicEcho:
701** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0052.html "You are]] [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0295.html enlightened."]]
702** There are several lines of dialogue taken straight from the movies -- with Character A saying Character B's lines, and Character B saying Character A's lines.
703* IronicName: While on Dagoba, Yoda takes the name Darth Sain. He's also [[GoMadFromTheIsolation a little loopy.]]
704* ItWasHisSled: An in-universe example of sorts: [[spoiler:the destruction of Naboo]] is supposed to be a shocking revelation to the players' characters, but the players themselves already know it happened. Jim even gets [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0782.html a bit sarcastic]] about it.
705* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Sort of, when Padmé asks how she's supposed to get information from Anakin:
706-->'''Qui-Gon:''' [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0061.html I don't know. Flirt with him or something.]]\
707'''Padmé:''' [[PaedoHunt He's nine years old! Do you know how creepy that is?]]
708* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: Annie plays it this way, blaming Watto and the Hutts, when explaining to Jim (in character) why Shmi isn't leaving with the party, but sending Anakin instead.
709* IWouldSayIfICouldSay: Jabba uses this trope ''constantly''.
710* {{Jerkass}}: Pete's stat-obsessed, railroading, and killer GM attitude is quickly turning him into this. And he can't even understand ''why'' the other players are starting to hate him. He does apologize afterward, and admits he genuinely enjoys playing with the team. On the other hand, he was apparently using a "contrition" app on his PDA.
711* JustAStupidAccent:
712** Many [=NPCs=], as well as Jim's Greedo until he dropped it as part of the "Han Solo" cover identity. [[spoiler:When Jim's character gets brain damage and reverts to being "Freddo", his identity before Greedo, the accent comes back.]]
713** Dooku's ridiculous French accent, which includes mangled versions of words which are ''already French''. The DM gets thrown when Sally starts replying in actual French, which he does not speak. Another character speaking the same "language" later on replaces "attention" with "attenzione", causing the players to speculate that "Space French" is Italian with the wrong accent.
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715
716[[folder:Tropes K to O]]
717* KarlMarxHatesYourGuts: A DiscussedTrope [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0762.html here]].
718-->'''Ben''': You buy stuff at full value, you sell at half.\
719'''[[{{Munchkin}} Pete]]''': First Law of Equipment Trading.\
720'''Corey''': So all these traders out there are making 100% profit on every transaction? You'd think they'd have [[LegionOfDoom banded together]] and [[TakeOverTheWorld taken over the galaxy]] by now.\
721'''Pete''': What, like some kind of... [[InJoke Trade Federation]]?
722* KickTheSonOfABitch: During the Rogue One arc, when Jim asks [[TokenEvilTeammate Pete]] (who has hacked the Peace Moon's targeting controls) if he can "kick Krennic's corpse" along with destroying the data tower. [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1739.html Pete finds a way]], complete with UnsoundEffect ("''Kick!''").
723* KillAndReplace: The human character Greedo shoots and kills the green Rodian named Han Solo in the Mos Eisley cantina, and takes over his identity (and ship).
724* KilledMidSentence:
725** [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0455.html Count Dookû]]: "Non! Wait! Anakin, [[LukeIAmYourFather Ah am your f—]]"
726** Well, frozen mid-sentence, but [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1110.html Han was about to tell Boba]] about his father's killer's fate before the fateful freezing. [[BrickJoke He finishes his sentence]] [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1221.html after being unfrozen by Leia at Jabba's place]].
727-->'''Han:''' Hey, Fetta! Guess where Obi-Wan is? He's—
728--> ''(111 strips later)''
729-->'''Han:''' —dead!
730* KillerGameMaster:
731** Pete, as substitute GM, is the one who comes up with the droid factory scene from ''Attack of the Clones''. He even laughs at Annie when she initially fails a roll.
732** Made even more evident when the original GM shows up and takes a look at the place, saying "Wow, I don't think anyone can get through this," making Annie and Jim's passage through the factory ''sheer luck'' -- for instance, the chance of Anakin getting through those blades was approximately 0.5% (admittedly, before Anakin increased his chances with Force Abilities).
733** We do get to hear Pete's explanation though; most of the hazards actually had ways to avoid them altogether, the players just missed them because he was harrying them so much to make their moves. The authors also point out that many of these exist in the original scene as well. R2 runs the gauntlet solo later on, which is his punishment; he misses the big climax.
734* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Jim, constantly interrupting the GM's explanations to provide one of his own that is always incorrect.
735* LamePunReaction: [[ReactionShot The final panel]] of [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1232.html strip #1232.]]
736* LampshadeHanging: All over the place. The webcomic lampshades so many illogical or improbable aspects of the Star Wars universe.
737* LargeHam: The GM has ''way'' too much fun playing the [=NPCs=]. In particular, General Grievous.
738* LaserGuidedKarma: The DM takes great glee in making the players' [[HeroicComedicSociopath Heroic Sociopathy]] come back to haunt them later.
739* LateArrivalSpoiler: Jim plays Padmé after Qui-Gon dies.
740* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1762.html Episode 1762]] takes this to its logical extreme, where Statler and Waldorf's dialogue consists entirely of lines taken from forum posts discussing the strip itself and its decision to adapt ''The Muppet Show''. Within the context of the comic, they are talking about the song and dance number performed by the cloned sheep.
741* LeeroyJenkins: Done by Padme in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0162.html This]] strip. Note that it actually works.
742** Much later done [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0518.html by Pete]].
743* LegacyCharacter: [[spoiler:Padmé takes up Anakin's mantle as Darth Vader after his death, into the IV-VI trilogy.]]
744* LetMeGetThisStraight: Parodied by [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0866.html General Willard]], who "summarizes" information the [=PCs=] just told him. Except his "summary" is longer and more detailed than the original report.
745* LetsSplitUpGang: Despite being one of the primary rules for roleplaying '''not''' to play this trope straight, the gang rarely stays together. A recurring saying in the group is that they've "split the party four ways", as sometimes they split so much that it feels less like one campaign and more like four solo campaigns being run at once.
746* LevelGrinding: R2-D2 just wants to kill another hundred droids in order to get Enhanced Environmental Sealing before infiltrating the Trade Federation HQ.
747* LikeIsLikeAComma: Mon Mothma talks like this.
748* LiteralMinded: Jim in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0723.html episode 723]], when commenting on Pete's statement that liquid metal is not cool.
749* TheLoonie: Sally.
750* LuckManipulationMechanic: There is a mention of the "Fate Manipulation Re-roll" Jedi power. Anakin used a Fate Manipulation re-roll during Pete's factory sequence. Hilariously, Jim as Qui-Gon missed the point, and assumed the power only worked when a character ''in-game'' rolled dice. He's stoked about how useful it is when Ben points out that they've been rolling dice the whole time, and he never thought to use it until Watto's chance cube.
751* LukeIAmYourFather: Done repeatedly, as parodies of the TropeNamer.
752** Cliegg Lars states [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0302.html "Anakin, I am your stepfather."]] And, as with the movie, followed by the BigNo.
753** Later on, [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0455.html Count Dooku tries to claim fatherhood before Anakin executes him]]. He's KilledMidSentence.
754** [[spoiler:"Boba, [[IAmNotYourFather I am your stepfather]]." Boba is apparently the son of Zam Wessel and Darth Maul.]] Again, followed by a BigNo.
755** [[spoiler:As early as ''Episode IV'' Vader reveals to Leia that [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0772.html she is his daughter]].]]
756** Somehow, even after [[spoiler:Luke discovers that Vader is his father before Vader does]], the comic still manages to take the original iconic scene and give it a WhamLine. [[spoiler:"Luke, I am your mother."]]
757** The cliffhanger to ''The Force Awakens'' is [[spoiler:''Luke'' saying the line to Rey, when she (and her player Pete) had believed that she was Han's child]].
758* LukeYouAreMyFather: [[spoiler:In a perfect mirror to the original scene, Luke reveals the truth to Vader in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1151.html 1151]]... [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1152.html and then it gets weird when Vader says he]] is Luke's ''mother''.]]
759* MadnessMantra: [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0546.html In the movie, why does Grievous still have internal organs?]]
760* MajorGeneralSong: The title and annotation of [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0218.html this strip]].
761* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: By [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0751.html Ponda Baba]].
762-->'''Ponda Baba''': What the hell are you doing? I was just messing with the kid! That arm's gonna take me ''hours'' to grow back!\
763'''Obi-Wan''': Uh... I'm sorry... but...\
764'''Ponda Baba''': Nah, just kidding. It's gone forever. And it hurts a lot.
765* {{Malaproper}}:
766** "Cheddar monks" and "Ratatouille", among [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0368.html other things]].
767--->'''Padmé:''' I swing on my chain and kick the [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon Nixon]] as it tries to attack.
768** And [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0313.html "passionfruit jelly"]] as part of the path to the dark side.
769* ManchurianAgent: [[spoiler:[[CaptainOblivious Mace Windu]], who apparently was brainwashed by Gunray and became his sleeper agent. Sadly, [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0558.html he only realized this moments before his death]].]]
770* MartyStu: InUniverse, R2-D2, Pete's character, during Pete's run as the temporary GM. Pete constructs the entire factory scene in ''Episode II'', making it particularly dangerous to the other [=PCs=], for the sole purpose of having R2 fly in and save the day. This is made most obvious in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0345.html this strip]].
771* MeaningfulEcho:
772-->"Are you calling me <something undesirable>?"\
773"'''Are''' you?"\
774"Are '''you'''?"\
775"Maybe."
776** Lampshaded a second later. "It also causes deja vu."
777* MeaningfulName:
778** Ben, Annie, and (until he takes over Padmé) Jim. In-universe, Annie's case is a coincidence because the GM named Anakin before she came aboard.
779** Pete is another, though far more subtle example. [[spoiler:It comes from the scene in A New Hope where a Jawa shoots Artoo. After he keels over, the Jawa calls for his friends with this line: "Utini... Umm PETE!"]]
780* MerlinSickness: The GM reveals that the rathar/Sarlacc is a four-dimensional creature who move backwards through time, so [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/solo/solo170.html the one in Han's backstory]] is older than the same one encountered years later in ''The Jedi Reloaded'' and ''The Forced-Away Kin''.
781* MinMaxing: Pete loves min-maxing. It's the reason R2 is so good at hacking and repair but crap at everything else and unable to speak.
782* MondegreenGag: As a RunningGag, Jim keeps making mincemeat out of the GM's phrasings. "To Naboo soil" becomes "Tuna booze oil".
783* MonochromePast: Flashback sequences are shown in sepia tones.
784* MoodDissonance:
785** The frequently stark contrast between what's happening in the game and what the characters are talking about outside the game. Taken to extremes [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0607.html here]].
786** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0641.html In-universe example]] for the game itself:
787---> So... anyone wanna shoot some space pool?
788* MoralEventHorizon: [[invoked]][[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0774.html Discussed with how to make players loathe a villain for an act]], make sure [[RuleOfPerception to destroy a place they've actually heard of]]. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Pete, of all people, is the one to call Darth Vader an "utter frakking bastard" for his personal one.]]
789* MoreDakka: Baze firing his machine-gun blaster in [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1670.html #1670]] gets the sound effect, "Dakka! Dakka! Dakka! Dakka! Dakka! Dakka! Dakka! Dakka!"
790* MostGamersAreMale: There are two girls out of five (later six) players, which is still a higher percentage than normal. Both Sally and Annie come to the campaign as newbies and Pete, at first, clearly thinks most gamers ''should'' be male.
791* {{Munchkin}}: Pete. Lampshaded in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0528.html Strip 528]].
792* MundaneMadeAwesome: Pete seems to view the rolling of his special custom die as [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0629.html the most]] [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0630.html epic thing]] in the history of gaming. He even asks Sally to film the roll because he's too excited to hold the camera steady. It seems like hyping up a mundane event at first, but it's later subverted: turns out it [[AwesomenessIsVolatile needs gloves and goggles to be handled]] and [[IncendiaryExponent catches fire]] when thrown, meaning it probably ''is'' awesome.
793* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Done by Sally in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0695.html episode 695]]:
794-->'''Sally:''' (''to Pete'') I love it here. A beautiful desert cruise with wonderful friends. And you.
795* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
796** Sally after [[spoiler:Mace decapitates Jango]], leading to a HeroicBSOD for [[spoiler:Mace]].
797** Palpatine after [[spoiler:killing Mace Windu]].
798** Anakin after [[spoiler:mortally wounding Padme]].
799* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: Pete refers to this trope by name in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0279.html strip 279]].
800* MythologyGag
801** There are a few scattered references to ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'', specially in Episode IV (prior gameplay sessions include the opening level of ''[[VideoGame/DarkForcesSaga Dark Forces]]'', and Jim also mentions [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Battle_of_Toprawa the incident]] on which the plans were retransmitted to Leia aboard the Tantive IV). These were later retconned into their adaptation of ''Rogue One''.
802** [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0035.html Episode 35]] and by association, intermission strip [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0207.html Episode 207]] use footage from the Episode I deleted scene that involved a waterfall.
803** In [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0741.html episode 741]], when the group tries to come up with a fake surname for Luke, Corey suggests "Starkiller," which was Luke Skywalker's name in early drafts of the original ''Star Wars'' script.
804** Ben's Chewbacca refuses to accept a medal until the war has been won. This is in reference to Chewbacca not getting a medal in the actual film because Creator/CarrieFisher wasn't tall enough to hang it on him.
805** Chewbacca being [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0971.html named after the dog]] is not only a shout-out to ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', but refers to the fact that the character of Chewie was inspired by George Lucas' Alaskan Malamute, Indiana.
806** [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2183.html "Join me, and together we can rule the Galaxy as father and son!!" and "Boring conversation anyway."]]
807* TheNameIsBondJamesBond: "Killer. Luke Starkiller."
808* {{Nepotism}}: A RunningGag in the sequel trilogy is that Kaydel Ko Connix[[note]]played in the films by Creator/CarrieFisher's [[{{Irony}} daughter]] Creator/BillieLourd[[/note]] firmly believes that Rey Solo gets special treatment because of who her parents are.
809* NerdsSpeakKlingon: In [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1019.html strip #1019]], [[{{Munchkin}} Pete]] (R2-D2) rolls a die with the numbers written in [[Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium Quenya]]. (He has a lot of custom dice.)
810--> '''DM:''' Okay, I can't read Quenya. What does it say?\
811'''Pete:''' ''(sigh)'' It says "your periscope is ''[[PardonMyKlingon (Quenya)]]''."
812* NeverMyFault: Darth Vader would rather blame Obi-Wan for everything than accept any responsibility for his actions.
813* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
814** In order to win the pod race, Jim (still playing Qui Gon Jin) injects Anakin with his blood, giving him midi-chlorians and thus Force abilities. That's right. To rig a race, Jim empowers a character who will later become a Sith.
815** In the pod race arc, Jim is also responsible for arming the Tusken Raiders and causing them to be hostile.
816** One for Ben (with an extra bit of help from Jim). Trying to conceal Luke's identity from Vader ends up making the latter chase Luke, but for ''revenge''.
817** By ignoring their original mission, they end up mistaking allies for enemies killing Darth Maul who was helping them obtain the Peace Orb. And Jango Fett was his partner, leading Fett to try to obtain vengeance against Ben a decade later in game.
818* NinjaLooting: Referenced [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0042.html here]].
819* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Jim's [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0927.html vampyrates]].
820* NoDialogueEpisode: [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0277.html here]].
821* NoJustNoReaction:
822** Windu's response about whether bringing balance to the force, in a galaxy currently void of the Sith, would be a good thing.
823** The GM occasionally does this when vetoing some of the players' ideas (usually Jim's).
824* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0185.html Here]], with a link to the trope page. Although Palpatine is a hologram, so he doesn't actually get to eat anything.
825* NonCombatEXP: Jim is actually surprised that XP can be gained from roleplaying, rather than just fighting.
826* NoodleImplements:
827** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0628.html Pete's custom die]]. It's dropped from an apparatus Pete brings in a briefcase with him to each session, and can only be rolled once because it bursts into flames afterwards. [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0890.html The police were involved.]]
828** Judging from the sound effects, the die may or may not be made of firecrackers that are set off by a computer with a booming voice inside it.
829** Then [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0909.html he makes another]]. This one needs to be kept ''cold'' before use.
830* NoodleIncident: Each Episode involves references to a Noodle Incident that happened in the interim since the last one, always involving a non-''Star Wars'' campaign that's eventually revealed to be based on another famous movie:
831** Episode II: Pete's mad about something that happened in a low-fantasy campaign. [[spoiler:It was ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', and Pete was Vizzini; meaning his character was poisoned and the other players left him for dead, and even resurrected the guy who poisoned him.]]
832** Episode III: Jim and Annie have had a fight, somehow connected with a paranormal campaign that Annie ran. [[spoiler:The campaign was a mix of ''Film/{{Twilight}}'' and ''Film/VanHelsing''; with the players wrongly assuming that the vampires were AlwaysChaoticEvil. It culminated in Jim and Annie [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0572.html having an embarrassingly public argument about it]], which Annie believed [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0573.html cost her her job]] [[ExplainExplainOhCrap until she really thought about it]].]]
833** Episode IV: The group played a dramatic campaign run by Jim, which went better than it sounds. [[spoiler:Or rather, he ''meant'' for it to be dramatic but the players found it ridiculous and ran with it. Jim's intended campaign was ''Film/ZeroHour1957'' but it became ''{{Film/Airplane}}'']]
834*** There were also three prior gameplay sessions of the episode itself where Jim's character died each time, [[VideoGame/DarkForcesSaga one of which]] resulted in him ''not'' being allowed to have a laser sword anymore. In this case it's eventually revealed that [[spoiler:the first thing his character did with a laser sword was [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0777.html cutting his own hand off with it]].]]
835** Episode V: A crime-fighting campaign, this time run by Ben, but the players made it a lot DarkerAndEdgier than he intended. The players were superheroes tracking down a dangerous vigilante, and decided to lure him out [[InsaneTrollLogic by committing crimes]]. [[spoiler:Ben intended it to be ''Series/Batman1966'', but the players went OffTheRails [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1124.html and turned it into]] ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'', with the players as "heroic" versions of the villains and Batman as the antagonist]].
836** Episode VI: A "Robot Utopia" campaign, which was apparently a TurnedAgainstTheirMasters plot with the players on the side of the robots. [[spoiler:The robot angle was a fakeout; the players were robot ''dinosaurs'' in ''Film/JurassicPark''.]]
837** ''Rogue One'' and Episode VII: A HumongousMecha campaign run by Corey. [[spoiler:It started as ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'', and eventually warped into ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.]]
838** Episode VII: Pete ran a WideOpenSandbox fantasy campaign. What it's based on is TBD.
839** Some other Noodle Incidents:
840*** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0149.html "The Sashimi Incident."]] We don't know anything about it beyond the name.
841*** For the two-year skip between Episodes III and IV, Ben walked out of his life to do some soul-searching due to his arguments with Sally during Ep. III; we're not sure what he did during that time.
842*** In [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0787.html #787]], Han and Chewie talk about a "raid on Orron III" where they were captured and held prisoner for six months, but eventually got out and made a tidy profit.
843*** In [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0849.html #849]], Ben says he told his parents he was no longer going into medicine and was looking at other career options. Pete is impressed that Ben stood up to his dad, and Sally remarks:
844----> '''Sally:''' And dad'll get over it soon.\
845'''Ben:''' You think?\
846'''Sally:''' We needed a new kitchen table anyway.
847* NoOSHACompliance:
848** Lampshaded and inverted. Ben observes that there are railings for 2 meter falls, but not for bottomless reactor shafts.
849** Speaking of bottomless reactor shafts, Palpatine decides he would like to get one [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0460.html here]]. [[CallForward A decision which he will in no way regret in the future]].
850** In [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1416.html #1416]], when Han/Jim manages to roll a natural 20 and knock a trooper over a railing to his death by throwing a box at him, what surprises Chewbacca/Ben the most about the whole thing is that there was a railing there at all.
851** Pete lampshades it with the Scarif (aka Toprawa in the comic) [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1721.html tower catwalk]]: "They went to all the trouble to put the controls in a dangerously inconvenient location, and then they went and put a railing around it?" (A few strips later, Jim asks if he gets a Dex save bonus for the railing; the GM has to admit it's never come up before.)
852** Averted in [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1735.html #1735]]; there's an elevator on the data tower so workers won't have to climb up through trap doors like Bria did. "It's part of Tarkin's OH&S (Occupational Health & Safety) drive."
853** A [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1752.html bonus strip]] explains that ''this'' was the weakness Galen Erso secretly designed in the Peace Moon; "No railings. '''Anywhere.''' Clone troopers will fall to their deaths by the thousands."
854** Lampshaded again in [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2174.html strip #2174]], as "No Name"[[note]] Han Solo, at least in the films[[/note]] heads out to confront Kylo Ren:
855--->'''No Name (Jim)''': I walk out onto the catwalk.\
856'''Chewbacca (Ben)''': Be careful.\
857'''No Name''': Relax. There are railings.\
858'''GM''': Actually, on this particular one, there aren’t.\
859'''Chewbacca''': There are railings everywhere except '''the most dangerous place to fall from?'''\
860'''GM''': I wouldn’t want to disappoint you.
861* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: As described in [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1155.html episode 1155]], concerning [[spoiler:Anakin's fate after his duel with Obi-Wan on the molten surface of Naboo]]:
862-->'''Darth Vader[[spoiler:/Padmé]]:''' [[spoiler:He was horribly mutilated and burnt by lava. What do you think happened? He died, obviously.]]
863** This is actually subverted- [[spoiler:Anakin actually survived there. Palpatine recovered him, took his midi-chlorians to give to Padme, then killed Anakin.]]
864* NoPaperFuture:
865** Lampshaded in character [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0159.html here]], and the Rant discusses it further.
866-->'''Obi-Wan:''' Astromech droids should be back in the ship, not out here in a swamp.\
867'''R2-D2:''' Do you see any '''paper''' in this universe? Someone has to project this stupid hologram for you!
868** It comes up again in the ''Muppet Show'' arc. [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1763.html Kermit explains]] that paper is outlawed because the production process affected its midi-chlorians and turned it evil.
869* NoSell: [[spoiler:The rubber suits worn by Jabba's palace guards allow them to tank a Lost Orb-powered zap from R2's shock probe.]]
870* NothingPersonal: [[spoiler:Used by the clones when they are ordered to carry out the ''Darths and Droids'' [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0568.html equivalent of the Order 66 scene]], along with a few more... ''[[HiddenDepths touching]]'' lines]].
871* NotHisSled: [[spoiler:Padmé, not Anakin, is Darth Vader after putting on the IconicOutfit.]]
872* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer:
873** Linking to that very trope page in [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0512.html this strip]] when describing what the ballet in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' was actually about [[AllThereInTheManual in the off screen canon]].
874** Comes up again in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0800.html this strip]] when discussing the then-recent announcement of the production of a sequel trilogy of Franchise/StarWars films through the combined efforts of Disney and Lucasfilm.
875** The GM gives one when Pete calls him out on the alliterative names of the Ewoks:
876-->'''GM''': They're perfectly normal names. Wunka is a wily and wiry warrior, and Widdle is Wicket's widdle brother.\
877'''Pete''': You're kidding me.\
878'''GM''': It's all written in my notes. I'm not just making this stuff up!\
879'''C-3PO''': You know, it's your job to just make this stuff up.
880* NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering: The rebel council prove themselves a government in waiting [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1644.html here]] by dithering over whether or not they need a recess before making a decision.
881* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: What we have here is that rare creature, the ZigZaggingTrope. One of the more elusive creatures of the trope-ic region, it makes its appearances [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0128.html here,]] [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0227.html here,]] and [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0228.html here.]] Count the TropeTropes: {{Justified|Trope}}, {{Invoked|Trope}}, {{Deconstructed|Trope}}, {{Reconstruct|ion}}ed, {{Subverted|Trope}}, {{Double Subver|sion}}ted, {{Inverted|Trope}}, and {{Lampshaded}} by name. That's one trope that has been thoroughly [[PlayingWithATrope played with]] in a relatively small number of strips.
882* ObfuscatingStupidity: While that's always been a part of his overall character (he's intelligent but roleplaying is his brain's off-time) Jim turns out to have been specifically doing this in with his character in Episode IV. The other players, after a whole lot of complaining about how dumb his ideas are, realize that he's coming up with dumb ideas intentionally because his character has a low intelligence rating, [[spoiler:and also because he's secretly a traitor, selling the rebellion out to the Empire.]]
883* ObligatoryJoke:
884** Defied; fans eagerly anticipated seeing what the "Han Shot First" scene would be, but the creators knew early on they didn't want to make that joke and instead turned the scene into a legitimate plot twist ([[spoiler:Greedo shot first, because Han was the green guy]]). They do, however, make the expected "shot first" jokes in other places, as a RunningGag about Han's [[TriggerHappy tendency to shoot first and not even bother asking questions later,]] often shooting anything the group ran into before bothering to figure out whether shooting that thing was a good idea or not. Similarly, Anakin as a child is on the run after killing a boy called Greedo in a fist-fight, but repeatedly insists that it was really Greedo's fault because, 'He punched first!'
885** There were, of course, many references to Admiral Ackbar declaring things to be traps (although he never actually does so), mostly in the form of Akbar saying a word that can be taken as a synonym for "trap" in nearly every line of dialogue he gets. When it got to the original scene, he actually ends up declaring that it's ''not'' a trap, "we're just prats!"
886* ObviouslyEvil: Spoofed in Darth Vader's introduction. The GM describes the imposing figure and especially [[GoodColorsEvilColors how much black he's wearing]], but Pete and Jim still aren't sure.
887-->'''Jim:''' If we could only see [[BeardOfEvil his facial hair]].
888* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Bail Organa's ambush on Polis Massa, which was apparently a major part of the campaign, happens entirely off-screen and is [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1711.html only told us via the players' dialogue]], due to ''Film/RogueOne'' lacking any corresponding scene to it.
889* OffTheRails:
890** The wacky plotting of the prequel trilogy is "explained" as the [=PCs=] wreaking havoc upon the [=GM's=] original story.
891*** The first film didn't have a plan to go down to Naboo. Jim threw things off when he decided to start looting the waiting room he was in, which triggered a violent response from the Trade Federation.
892*** The GM wanted the players to investigate Zam Wessel's kid, Boba. Sally and the players' insistance on investigating other leads led to Kamino.
893*** The GM's plan to get the players back to Naboo to fight an invasion never really works out due to a combination of Annie roleplaying Anakin into his increasingly dark role, and Ben following a lead to Utapau.
894*** In ''The Force Awakens'', Pete as Rey ends a fight too quickly, which leads to the GM [[ChandlersLaw invoking Stormtroopers]] and escalates to Ben as General Hux calling down an air strike on Niima Outpost. As a result, [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1930.html every storyline the GM had planned for the town is wiped out]] and Jim's latest character is killed before he could even be introduced.
895** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0552.html This comic]] references a campaign Annie ran between Episodes 2 and 3 which went off the rails when the guys decided to attack the vampire and werewolf [=NPCs=] who Annie insists were friendly. At that point she said "what the hell" and ran with it.
896* {{Omake}}: The aforementioned bonus "alternate universe" comics.
897* OnceForYesTwiceForNo: R2 is ''supposed'' to communicate this way (via Pete's PDA).
898* OneSteveLimit: Averted; the original Greedo showed up in Episode I (where Anakin killed him) before Jim used the name for [[spoiler:his new character]]. This was ''pre''-lampshaded when Jim was designing the character, as [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0690.html Pete jokingly suggested the name]] in a CallBack to the guy who got offed, but Jim was ComicallyMissingThePoint.
899* OnlySaneMan: Amazingly, ''Jar Jar Binks'' of all people is portrayed as this within the game. Yoda even lampshades it, noting that Jar Jar is the only one who isn't acting like a fool. Outside of the game, the GM is this.
900* OpeningACanOfClones: The comics and rants in Episode II note how the movies wasted the potential of having clones and shapeshifters. Later taken advantage of in Episode IV by making the original Han Solo a shapeshifter, allowing Jim's character to get away with impersonating him [[spoiler:until Episode V, where, after capturing Jim's character, Boba Fett decides to cut him up and have a transplant of his flesh to restore his own shapeshifting ability]].
901* OurMonstersAreDifferent: In Annie's supernatural campaign between Episodes 2 and 3. The other players didn't appreciate how she wound up messing with their expectations.
902-->'''Annie:''' For the last time, you weren't supposed to kill those [=NPCs=].\
903'''Pete:''' They were ''vampires'' and ''werewolves''! What ''else'' do you do with them?
904* OutGambitted: The GM masterfully out-gambits Pete during a [[ShowWithinAShow game within a game]] in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0778.html episode 778]].
905* OverDrive: In the pod race.
906* OverlyLongGag:
907** The alternate version of [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0344.html this strip,]] with the note that the alternate strip is how the scene would play out in an actual tabletop RPG.
908** "[[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0372.html Fight! fight!]]"
909** The "X leads to Y" gag in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0137.html 137]], which becomes relevant to the plot later (see CallBack).
910** The author's notes under [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0050.html 50]] describe how the players' universe differs from our own and how the lack of the Star Wars franchise affects its pop-culture. The last line says; "The Comic Irregulars exist and are making a screencap comic based on Harry Potter", and if you click on it, it will take you to a fake Comic Irregulars site with an one-shot comic about Literature/HarryPotter... and an author's note with a variation on the original and pointing at yet another fake site with an one-shot comic on Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic, which has yet another variation of the author's note with yet another link at the end, which points to another fake page and so on and so forth. What makes this truly fascinating is the dedication to details: every single fake page has its own logo, color scheme, and tweaked FAQ, Cast and Archives pages. Oh, and every one-shot gag comic is actually hilarious with its own RPG lesson to boot. It goes a level deeper for every 50 strips of the main comic, so at this point it is very long indeed.
911** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1434.html The comic's take on]] the brief sight gag in ''Return of the Jedi'' where Wicket the Ewok accidentally hits himself in the head while trying to throw a bola spins the shot of him falling over (a shot which in the movie lasted less than a second) into six panels of absurdly flowery LastWords (a mishmash of quotations, including ''Latin'').
912* OvertookTheManga: The comic hit this after finishing the Original Trilogy, as Disney had started making sequels but the Comic Irregulars didn't want to start to a new trilogy until it was finished and they could plot out the whole thing at once. They turned to adapting spinoffs, first with ''Rogue One'', and then rather than doing ''Film/{{Solo}}'' they went for ''The Muppet Show''. With the latter, they also cut their release schedule from three times a week to once to stretch things out.
913[[/folder]]
914
915[[folder:Tropes P to T]]
916* PaintingTheMedium:
917** Whenever an action scene occurs, the panel borders become angular and irregular, giving a sense that something frantic is happening.
918** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0340.html This one]] does a pretty good job of reflecting the sense that while there is a pattern, the characters are having trouble following it, much like the reader may have difficulty with the page layout.
919** And when Pete becomes a temporary GM, resulting in the entire droid factory sequence, the titles for strips 333 to 353 switch from short and punny to extremely long and formal, reflecting the change in [=GMing=] style and mood. At least a few of them double as attempted defenses of the contrived {{Ass Pull}}s Pete was pulling to try and kill everyone else and make R2-D2 seem cooler. [[invoked]]
920** The GM's descriptions of the surroundings were initially written into the comic, but eventually the writers settled on a convention where they'll occasionally just show the scenery and have you assume that the GM ([[MrImagination or Sally]]) is describing it. It works surprisingly well. (See TakeOurWordForIt below.)
921** In his usual fine form, General Grievous directs his hamminess at the audience in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0468.html this]] comic's title.
922* PardonMyKlingon: Seen [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0428.html here.]]
923-->'''Annie:''' Wow, I almost regret leaving the translator off for that.
924* ParanormalGamblingAdvantage: The Jedi have a "Force Manipulation Re-roll" ability, which they can use to re-roll one die per day (that is, the real-life dice they are playing the game with). When the Watto scene comes up (see the Film folder), Jim misunderstands the rule as referring to ''in-universe'' dice, and persuades the GM to go along with it.
925* ParodyRetcon: In-universe. [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0917.html Jim's plan]] for the game he ran between [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Revelation of the Sith]] and [[Film/ANewHope A New Generation]] was intended to be the "GREATEST DRAMATIC STORY EVER". The result was [[Film/{{Airplane}} so over-the-top]] that when the [=PCs=] [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0915.html reminisce about the campaign]] and called it hilarious, Jim claims, "I completely intended it to be hilarious." He ''intended'' it to be ''Film/ZeroHour1957''. The group's usual antics turned it ''into'' ''Airplane!''. This was also inverted when they tried to do a parody of superheroes; it was supposed to be ''Series/Batman1966'', and they turned it into ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy.''
926* PassThePopcorn: Pete's reaction when Jim and Annie decide to discuss their relationship.
927* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: {{Lampshaded}} in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0863.html #863]]:
928--> '''Leia:''' R2, decrypt the coordinates [to the Rebel base]. Authorization code 1-1-A.\
929'''R2-D2:''' That is a terrible, terrible code. I didn't even try any codes less than eight characters! ''({{beat panel}})'' Not that I seriously ''tried'' decrypting it.
930* PimpedOutDress: Mentioned in the context of what armor class they have, their street value, and thinking they are laundry for the trade federation armada to wash.
931* PlayingAgainstType: InUniverse. In ''Rogue One'', it might have been more natural to have the idealistic Sally playing Chirrut Imwe, and perhaps the more cynical Pete playing K2-SO, rather than the other way round. Complicated by the fact that Sally is (almost certainly deliberately) playing K2-SO like a stereotypical Jim character - but Jim is just about perfect for Jyn Erso ([[AdaptationalNameChange renamed Bria in this version]]).
932* PlotTumor: Anakin, created by Jim in his attempts to pull a GambitRoulette.
933* PointDefenseless: Princess' plan for the transports to escape Hoth revolves around flying directly at the Imperial ships; [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0962.html their guns are calibrated for long-range targets]], and coming right at them is [[RefugeInAudacity the last thing they'll expect]].
934* PreAsskickingOneLiner: [[spoiler:"Has that made you angry? [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0557.html I think it's made you angry]]."]]
935* PreBattleBanter: Luke runs into a fellow Tatooinian before the Death Star assault, resulting in this. Interestingly, the authors, who usually link to different tropes in their comments, couldn't find one for this scene, so PreBattleBanter [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0882.html was created in response]].
936* PromotedToScapegoat: A variant; after [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0961.html offing Admiral Ozzel]], Vader does ''not'' promote Captain Piett to replace him... until Piett [[TooDumbToLive trots out another piece of irritating random trivia about the life expectancy of Admirals who serve under Vader]].
937* PropRecycling: In-Universe, "''[[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0742.html Mos Eisley is made of dreadnought!]]''"
938* PunBasedTitle: Aside from the comic itself, using other words for ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', many of the strip titles employ puns. The ones for "alternate universe" strips take it even further!
939* PunctuatedForEmphasis:
940-->'''Obi-Wan/Ben''': [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0092.html What. Did. You. Do?]]\
941'''Jango Fett''': [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0283.html You. Killed. My. Partner.]]\
942'''Grievous''': [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0466.html Cyborgs. Under. My. Command!]]\
943'''The Rant''': [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0546.html WHY? DOES? GRIEVOUS? STILL? HAVE? A? BUNCH? OF? INTERNAL? ORGANS???]]\
944'''C3-PO/Sally:''' [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0720.html Where! The! Hell! Have! You! Been?!]]\
945'''R2-D2/Pete''': [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0774.html You. Utter. Frakking. Bastard.]]\
946'''Darth Vader''': '''[[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1139.html I! WILL! SHOW! YOU! THE! POWER! OF! THE! MIND!]]'''
947* PutOnABus: In-universe: Sally, bored with playing as Jar Jar, wants him to be hit ''by'' a bus. [[BusCrash She got her wish]] two episodes later, as he was on [[spoiler:Naboo]] when it was destroyed by the Peace Moon.
948* RageQuit: Pete accuses Ben of doing this when Annie gets a lucky roll and he opts to let Obi-Wan die. He comes back the next session as Chewbacca.
949* {{Railroading}}:
950** When Pete takes over the GM role, he very clearly aims for the [=PCs=] to flounder in the droid factory and be heroically rescued by R2, though he adamantly denies it.
951** The regular DM is fairly good at avoiding this, though his reactions to the [=PCs'=] decisions make it very obvious when they veer off the path he had hoped they would follow... which is more often than not.
952--->'''GM:''' Can I see your skill level in Not Taking a Hint? I think you must be cheating.
953* RakeTake: [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1244.html In this strip]], the GM mentioned being thankful for ''not'' adding this in Jabba the Hutt's palace.
954* RammingAlwaysWorks:
955** [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0415.html This strip]], which follows Pete missing ''everything'' in the entire battle.
956** Han mentions a NoodleIncident where he and Chewie [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0973.html rammed a space station]].
957* TheRant: Each page comes with some roleplaying or GM advice that's tied to what happens in the strip, though on some occasions they play the trope literal by having the Comic Irregulars' personal complaints about the films and the particular scenes the comic is covering. The campaigns based on Disney-made movies also have commentaries from two forum members who had never seen those movies (aurilee for ''Rogue One'', memnarch for ''The Force Awakens'', and Keybounce for both) in order to give a spoiler-free perspective.
958* ARareSentence: The sentence "Jar Jar, you're a genius!" had ''never appeared on the internet in any context whatsoever'' (at least not where Google could find it) until [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0122.html this strip]].
959* TheRashomon:
960** Punned in the [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0200.html title of a strip]] where Jim recounts his own version of events that the GM has already plotted out, wildly contradicting the GM's version.
961** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0441.html Palpatine's]] and [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0449.html Dookû's]] versions of their meeting.
962* ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud: At one point, the GM passes Jim a note containing exposition for his character to deliver. He reads it all, including the bit saying, "Read this in a dramatic voice".
963* RealLifeWritesThePlot: In-universe. At the start of ''Revelation of the Sith'', Annie is having relationship issues with Jim, which seems to be influencing the way she plays Anakin. Of course, since this is Annie, she has managed to stay completely in-character.
964* ReasonableAuthorityFigure:
965** Surprisingly, Palpatine is one of these, completely at odds with his role as the BigBad of the [[Franchise/StarWars source material.]] It's Anakin who manipulates him into becoming the evil Emperor we know from the movies.
966** Jar Jar as well, coming up with brilliant tactical plans in Episode I, giving Palpatine emergency powers with a brilliant political maneuver in Episode II, [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome single-handedly liberating Naboo]] in Episode III, and being the designated recipient for the Peace Moon plans in Episode IV [[spoiler:until the Peace Moon blows up Naboo with him on it.]]
967** Lando Calrissian is played as one of these, as opposed to his double dealing in the films.
968* RecapEpisode: For a new player, it covers the events of the [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0704.html first three campaigns]].
969-->'''Corey:''' Can I replay this {{Cutscene}} later?
970* RecursiveCanon: Narrowly {{averted|Trope}} ([[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0050.html and how!]])
971* RedPillBluePill: Obi-Wan gives this choice to Luke in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0726.html episode 726]]. Later, in [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1020.html episode 1020]], Yoda gives this choice to Luke, who lampshades that he keeps getting offered these choices.
972* RelatedInTheAdaptation:
973** In Episode VII Rey is actually Rey Solo, and Han Solo/"Greedo"/[[GenderBlenderName Xasha]] is her father. This contrasts the canon explanation in ''Rise of Skywalker'' where [[spoiler:she's related to Palpatine]], which the writers wouldn't have been aware of.
974** ZigZagged with Boba Fett. Here he's actually the ''step''son of Jango Fett by Zam Wessel and her first husband, Darth Maul, meaning he's also not biologically related to the Clone Troopers.
975** Inverted with Kylo Ren, who is the son of Han Solo in canon. [[spoiler:In the comics specifically, he's the son of Han Solo, who was killed by Greedo and his identity stolen]].
976* {{Retirony}}:
977** Maul's last words are, of course, "And to think... I was gonna retire after this case..."
978** Lampshaded on Jabba's barge after Vedain [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1265.html mentions he's a week from retirement and promptly becomes Sarlacc food.]]
979-->'''Vedain:''' Hey, Jabba, about that life insuraAAARGHHH!! ''[falls into Sarlacc pit]''\
980'''Sarlacc:''' Brain analysis commencing. Preliminary report: "Oh, the retirony..."
981* TheReveal:
982** A few happen. Besides the cases under LukeIAmYourFather (of course they had to include some), there's [[spoiler:Darth Maul being a private detective, Jango Fett being his partner seeking revenge, Mace Windu being manipulated by the Sith...]]
983** Subverted in the case of General Grievous - it's Ben who figures out, and states, [[spoiler:that he is actually ex-Chancellor Valorum in a cyborg body]].
984** Another big one at the climax of Episode VI: it turns out that Palpatine isn't completely mad, he really ''is'' hearing voices. In fact, [[spoiler:he's being haunted by the bitter and vengeful Force-ghost of Anakin]].
985* ReversePsychology: How Pete [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0706.html escapes his restraining bolt]]. Later, [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0963.html how he makes General Rieekan stay on Hoth.]]
986* ReverseThePolarity: Referenced by [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0636.html an awful pun]] in TheRant.
987* RewatchBonus:
988** When we learn [[spoiler:Palpatine is actually being haunted by Anakin]], his insane ramblings somewhat begin to make some sense.
989** The reveal of [[spoiler:Han being a mole for the Empire]] puts a lot of their speeches in a different light. For example:
990--->[[spoiler:'''Han ''(to Vader)'':''' Wait, what are you doing? You're not actually going to torture me, are you?... But that's not how this works!]]
991** Once we learn that Pete [[spoiler:was switching his Ls and Rs around, subtly imitating Nute Gunray's accent, to show he was infected with Nute's virus,]] it becomes very clear in retrospect when he was doing it.
992* RightForTheWrongReasons: Corey on occasion. As noted under WrongGenreSavvy, he's more familiar with video games and their tropes, but their roots in tabletop [=RPGs=] and the GM's flexibility put him in this trope from time to time.
993* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After having his wingman Dak killed and then stepped on, Corey/Luke goes on an offscreen rampage and supposedly [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome destroys all the [=AT-ATs=] singlehandedly.]]
994* RockBeatsLaser: {{Justified}} by flawed game mechanic rules. Hardwood sticks deal 1d12 damage (+3 from behind), while a poor quality blaster deals 1d10-1. Apparently the Stone Age rules expansion is not calibrated well against the space age rules.
995* RogueProtagonist: In Episode VII, a lot of the players start playing as villains. Sally plays Kylo Ren, Ben plays General Hux after Lor San Tekka bites the dust, and Annie's Finn and Jim's Poe Dameron undergo some AdaptationalVillainy and act as double agents. Only Pete's Rey and Corey's BB-8 remain heroically straight.
996* RomanceOnTheSet: InUniverse example. Jim and Annie start dating after Episode II.
997* RomanticPlotTumor: InUniverse -- the impossibly awkward love story between Anakin and Padmé in the films is replaced by an impossibly awkward relationship between Annie and Jim, which spills over into their characters.
998* RougeAnglesOfSatin: Parodied when they were doing ''Film/RogueOne'' during the scene where Jim comes up with the call sign for their party; Sally asks if they can use normal things like colours and numbers and Jim comes up with "Rouge One". The party then [[HurricaneOfPuns proceeds to crack every makeup joke they can]].
999* RousingSpeech:
1000** Sally seems to specialize in these: one with Jar Jar, and one with Yoda.
1001** Palpatine finishes his address to the Senate with a rousing speech in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0591.html episode 591]]
1002* RPGEpisode: Yes, an RPG Episode within a CampaignComic. The scene where the droids play a board game with Chewie is re-interpreted as [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0778.html the player characters playing an RPG in-game]]. It means we have a comic about people playing an RPG, in which they play characters that briefly play a different RPG.
1003* RunningGag: Several.
1004** Someone asking what a particular word means, and Jim giving a completely wrong answer.
1005** [[MondegreenGag Tuna booze oil]].
1006** Mace Windu has no idea what's going on.
1007--->'''Mace Windu:''' Why doesn't anyone ever tell me about stuff??
1008** Jim's constant suspicion of "Bubble".
1009*** Or, in fact, any character with a {{go|odHairEvilHair}}atee. [[HypocriticalHumor Except Qui-Gon, of course.]]
1010** SummonBiggerFish. A variation involves Jim deciding to cast Summon Bigger Fish, the GM giving some semi-logical reason for why he shouldn't do it, and Ben yelling "''That's'' your reason for not letting him do that?"
1011** A minor one involves the various ways the "Peace Moon" could be used for an attack.
1012** "Hey, ''[character]'', why don't y--" "They can't hear you." "'''HEY, ''[CHARACTER]''!'''"
1013** Sally being used by the GM to make elements of the setting. Seriously, most of Naboo, the cloning facilities on Kamino, the ''Dark Side of the Force,'' and more were all Sally inventions.
1014** Where oh ''where'' are the space dreadnoughts bristling with atomic missiles?
1015** The ten-foot ''laser'' pole.
1016** Pete's custom dice (including binary, a [[GamblersFallacy "one-proof die"]], and one that qualifies as NoodleImplements ''by itself''...)
1017** Side references to the mysterious "splanch" organ.
1018** The deep, backstory-rich [=NPCs=] the GM makes getting [[DroppedABridgeOnHim killed off anticlimactically]].
1019** Jim's characters have been subject to TheyKilledKenny - see entry below.
1020** Sally continually changing her mind about what she wants to be when she grows up, though this stops in the break between episodes 3 and 4.
1021** The GM constantly uses exaggerated accents to differentiate various [=NPCs=]. They seem to be getting more impenetrable all the time.
1022** Ben trying to "disarm" someone and then cutting their arm off by accident.
1023** In the notes below the strip, a mention of gamers making Creator/MontyPython references frequently pops up.
1024** "Help me, [character], you're my only hope" as a spoof of the original line from ''Film/ANewHope''.
1025** Jim announces that he has an idea, only for someone else to guess that the idea is something ludicrous and shoot it down, or simply suggest a different idea, leading Jim to say [[SureLetsGoWithThat "Ooh, that's even better."]]
1026** Jabba using an idiom mentioning a human body part, then following it by something along the lines of "not that I have one of those".
1027** Annie's consistent surprise whenever Pete says anything about his job (whatever it is)... until it's revealed that he's a criminal defense lawyer.
1028** Several times during Han's time as "Chi'ra" in his backstory, other characters would ask him why does he have a girl's name.[[note]]He stole the identity of his girlfriend Qi'ra and change the "Q" to "Ch" to make it sound less girlish (it didn't work).[[/note]] The first two times, it's in Jim's script; after that, the party are just messing with him.
1029** Also in Jim's backstory, characters repeatedly use a stock phrase [[note]](example: "Take that!")[[/note]], then add "By which I mean..." [[note]]("By which I mean 'take this punishment', not 'take my stick'")[[/note]].
1030** "Words to the effect of 'no'." (Usually said by the GM, but occasionally [[OnlySaneMan Ben]] as well.)
1031** Using quotes from the original films for entirely different scenes.
1032* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler:Darth Vader after putting on the IconicOutfit is not Anakin, but ''Padmé''.]]
1033* SanitySlippage:
1034** Boba Fett becomes increasingly erratic upon [[TheRival Obi Wan's]] death.
1035** Palpatine seems to have lost it good and proper come episode VI.
1036* SchrodingersGun: The {{GMPC}} Bria Tharen engages in a bit of accidental [[FriendOrFoe friendly fire]], then the GM realizes he rolled enough damage to instantly kill Sally's character. So he says there was another robot directly in front of Sally's character, and Bria totally shot him instead.
1037-->'''K-2SO:''' Hey guys! It's me!\
1038''[Bria Tharen shoots K-2SO]''\
1039'''GM:''' ''[roll]'' Hmmm. Critical. ''[roll]'' ... Um, Sally, what's your HP total again?\
1040'''K-2SO:''' 44. Way more than Threepio! That's a lot, right?\
1041'''GM:''' Uh... Wow. ...Looks like Bria totally took care of that Imperial combat droid that K-2SO was right behind!
1042* TheScottishTrope: The game referenced in the footer of [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0480.html this]] strip. [[spoiler:It's TabletopGame/{{FATAL}}.]]
1043* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0946.html Sally bails out]] when it becomes clear that [[NauseaFuel Han is going to have to stuff Luke inside a gutted Tauntaun corpse to keep him warm]].
1044* SelectiveObliviousness: The GM comes up with a quest (''Film/StarWarsEwokAdventures'') to rescue the missing parents of several children. None of the players are interested and choose to travel elsewhere, pretending that the quest doesn't exist.
1045* SelfMadeOrphan: [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0455.html Most likely Anakin]]. [[spoiler:Turns out that most likely he killed [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0606.html both his parents]].]]
1046* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness:
1047** General Dodonna's designated character trait, speaking entirely in overly verbose jargon.
1048** Ben, as Chewbacca, delivers some gems too.
1049--->''(After Jim causes yet another disaster)'' "Please allow me to extend my heartfelt exasperation at this almost entirely self-imposed mass suicide attempt by prefacing my blame-attribution with the request for the identity of the person who gave Han a bloody blaster."
1050* ShapeShifter: Zam Wessel was one like in canon. Shapeshifters are then never seen or mentioned again in the movies, so the comic expands on them. The original Han Solo was one, which causes problems since Jim's character is ''not'' but stole his identity. Wedge is also randomly revealed to be one as well, which has let Wedge pop up in places (and faces) you'd never expect.
1051* ShootOutTheLock: As in the film, Han shoots out the lock of his own ship to escape the Rathtars. The GM decides to put it down to a percentile roll to see if he succeeds, and somehow it does, much to his and Ben's utter bafflement.
1052* ShopliftAndDie: Referenced in the case of Watto, although Ben pays enough attention to acknowledge that stealing from a shopkeeper would go against character anyway.
1053* ShowDontTell: Used in episode [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0271.html #271]]. We get: 1) a description of the cloning facility on Kamino, which ''is'' pretty spectacular; 2) a demonstration of Sally's growing talent for setting the scene; 3) the GM's willingness to set her loose with a vague description and see what she comes up with. All from a largely dialogue-free strip. Most impressive.
1054* ShoutOut: [[ShoutOut/DarthsAndDroids Now has its own page.]]
1055* [[ShoutOut/ToShakespeare Shout-Out: To Shakespeare]]:
1056** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0843.html #843]] provides:
1057--->'''Darth Vader:''' I have discovered Force powers never [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} dreamt of in your philosophy]].
1058** In [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1325.html #1325]] Palpatine quotes from Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'s final soliloquy. This leads into a barrage of quotes in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1326.html the next strip]].
1059** [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2068.html Mortally wounded Stormtroopers]] quote the last words of [[Theatre/AntonyAndCleopatra Mark Antony]], [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Claudius]], Theatre/RichardII and Theatre/RichardIII.
1060* ShoutOutThemeNaming: When Jim creates a BackupTwin for Poe Dameron, he gives the name Allan. And then he does it again and names their third brother Edgar; together making Creator/EdgarAllanPoe.
1061* ShowWithinAShow: See AlternateHistory.
1062* ShownTheirWork: The creators occasionally show in the rant that they really know their ''Star Wars'' lore; explaining stuff like the existence of two Greedos (father and son), what exactly Palpatine is watching in that opera house, and the history of the "less than twelve parsecs" line.
1063* ShuttingUpNow: During [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0188.html Darth Maul's monologue to Obi-Wan.]]
1064-->'''Darth Maul/The GM:''': Look, you seem like a decent kid. Shame I had to off your hot-headed partner, but he wasn't listening to reason.\
1065'''Qui-Gon/Jim:''' [[ImStandingRightHere I'm ''right here'', you know!]] Me and my -8 hit points!\
1066'''The GM:''' ''(rolls)'' -9.\
1067'''Qui-Gon/Jim:''' I'll be quiet.
1068* SingleBiomePlanet: The GM's inability to [[AvertedTrope avert this trope]] gets [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0508.html mercilessly]] [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1002.html lampshaded]].
1069* SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness: As great as this webcomic is, it tends to go back and forth a lot on whether it's making fun of the ''Star Wars'' movies, or it's showcasing the strained friendships of a group of roleplayers who blur the line between fantasy and reality.
1070* SociopathicHero: Whichever side was in the right, during the campaigns corresponding to the prequel trilogy the most consistently vicious character was almost certainly Annie's Anakin. As the plot moved forward he was [[CharacterDevelopment slipping gradually into]] EvilGenius territory.
1071* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: How Ben figures out that [[spoiler:Grievous is Valorum]].
1072-->"Cyborgs under [[BrickJoke my command]]!"
1073* SomethingThatBeginsWithBoring: On the sandcrawler, R2 says "I spy with my little eye, something beginning with... D."... in a hold full of droids.
1074* SpaceIsCold: Subverted [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0124.html here]]. In the very next moment, Annie, [[IndyPloy rolling with the punches]], wonders, ''in character'', if (s)he has a fever.
1075* SpaceIsNoisy: Spoofed [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0417.html here]], and justified [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0171.html here]] in the notes.
1076* SpaceWhaleAesop: [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0196.html Lack of sleep]] can affect your judgement so much that you talk God ''out of'' letting you use Jedi fate-manipulation powers to save your life.
1077* SpaceX: In strip [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2416.html #2416]], Rose reads some of the products that can be purchased from the First Order, which include "Space [[Film/BackToTheFuturePartII Sports Almanac]]", "Space [[Film/NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation Jelly of the Month Club membership]]", and "Space [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment space]] blankets".
1078* SpannerInTheWorks: Performed by Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon on [[spoiler:Darth Maul]].
1079* SpeechBubbles: Convention inherited from ''Webcomic/DMOfTheRings'' where the [=PCs=]' text boxes are white, while the GM's boxes are yellowish. In the ''[[WholeEpisodeFlashback Rogue One]]'' campaign, commentary from the present-day players is represented by speech bubbles with blue outlines, whereas the flashback has the regular black outlines.
1080* SplitScreenReaction: [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0774.html We get one for]] [[spoiler:the destruction of Naboo.]]
1081* SpoofedWithTheirOwnWords: On occasion. For example, when Jim describes midichlorians, he quotes Episode I word-for-word, much to the GM's exasperation.
1082* StatingTheSimpleSolution:
1083** Boba Fett does this when his father goes on an evil gloat.
1084--->'''Boba:''' Why couldn't you just shoot him?\
1085'''Jango:''' What sort of criminal mastermind would I be if I did that?
1086** And [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0361.html here]], Nute Gunray says Ben, Jim, and Annie should be shot instead of eaten by beasts.
1087* StealthPun:
1088** In [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0699.html this strip]], the red astromech droid (R5-D4) is represented in-game by a red four-sided die.
1089** [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0894.html Here]], we have "''Two [=PIEs=] are squared'' away!" "The ''circle'' is now complete" (emphasis added).
1090* TheStationsOfTheCanon: They still happen, sort of. Just not in the way that they originally played out.
1091* StockScream: Referenced to in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0833.html this]] comic, (And for those familiar with the movies, that's an exact time it's used in film as well.) One of the Stormtroopers in the scene is even called Wilhelm, after another name for the scream.
1092* StopHavingFunGuys: In-universe; this is Sally's opinion of Ben's roleplaying style.
1093* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: In [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0697.html episode 697]] Corey wonders why droids aren't simply called robots, just like Jim did back in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0003.html episode 3]].
1094* StunnedSilence: Damn near ''everybody'' [[spoiler:when Naboo is destroyed]].
1095* SummonBiggerFish: The TropeNamer, although Jim only thinks it's that trope. After ''years'' of giving Jim grief, in both comic and rant, for trying this constantly, he actually (almost)succeeds when he tries to lure the space slug from ''Empire Strikes Back'' into attacking the Imperial Star Destroyers. [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1032.html The rant seems rather embarrassed about linking to the trope for what Jim's trying to do.]]
1096* SuperFunHappyThingOfDoom: The Death Star, a.k.a. the Peace Moon.
1097* SureLetsGoWithThat:
1098** Half the plot is based on this, thanks to the GM's free hand with his players' inventions. It's used verbatim when Qui-Gon comes up with a patently ridiculous explanation of the Force involving midi-chlorians, and when [[TheLoonie Sally]] invents, off the top of her head, ''TheDarkSide''. Conversely, it's used by Jim when the other players assume Padmé is pregnant after some very vague roleplaying.
1099** Many descriptions of creatures (mainly from Sally) and terrain (from Jim, who's a geologist) also happen this way.
1100--->'''Jim:''' Large ring objects imply a very young planet. Barren, with rugged topography. And volcanoes!\
1101'''GM:''' O-kay... ''[scribble scribble]''
1102** Jim, as Padmé, puts a hairpin in his mouth in-character. When Ben applauds his idea to pick the lock, Jim notes that's a better idea than his (which was faking a medical emergency, of course).
1103** When Annie compliments the [[Film/{{Airplane}} campaign Jim GMed]] as "hilarious" ([[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0917.html the game plans]] even say "If they get out of this alive it will be the GREATEST DRAMATIC STORY EVER."), Jim replies, "[[ParodyRetcon I completely intended it to be hilarious!]]"
1104** The GM meant for the [[GoGoEnslavement Slave Leia outfit]] to be [[{{Fanservice}} exactly what it is in canon]]. However, [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1228.html Annie assumes "dressed like a slave" to be what Shmi was wearing ("Shapeless sackcloth sort of thing?").]] The GM responds with this trope.
1105** [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2250.html Early]] in Episode VIII, the players manage to extrapolate an entire arms race out of a single offhand mention of a periscope. The GM's response is "Yeah. All that. Well done."
1106* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
1107** Played with. The players, and especially Jim, often tries to invoke this by pointing out the logical fallacies in the DM's setting (mostly when the more realistic alternative would work to their benefit. The GM usually shoots them down. In one example, the ''Falcon'' enters an asteroid field, with Jim arguing that the asteroids would be so far apart that you'd be hard pressed to hit them if you tried, and standing perfectly still (relatively speaking).
1108** For a specific case, see NoOneCouldSurviveThat.
1109* SurroundedByIdiots: Grievous.
1110-->'''Anakin:''' So, what are you up to?\
1111'''Grievous:''' My armpits in incompetence!
1112* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial:
1113** Anakin to Padmé
1114--->"I vow never to hurt you. Ever. I won't be jealous, or arrogant, or manipulative towards you." That's going to turn out well.
1115** Pete:
1116--->'''R2-D2:''' I'd be half-way to taking over the Republic by now: I'd add a backdoor control mechanism, outsource production to three independent contractors on Kamino, ensure the Senate are distracted by some meaningless invasion somewhere, and cover my tracks with fake blueprints.\
1117{{beat|Panel}}\
1118'''R2-D2:''' What?
1119** And from Jim:
1120--->'''Padmé:''' Yes. I will help you bring Anakin to justice. After all, you are the only thing standing between Anakin and complete domination of the galaxy. On his own, obviously, without me faithfully by his side. Seeing as I'm Good.\
1121'''Obi-Wan:''' Indeed.\
1122'''Padmé:''' I'll just go and talk to him in advance and make sure he's not ready for you.
1123** [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0679.html This]], which also has shades of CouldSayItBut and TrashTalk. (and GeniusBonus, as the above entry for MythologyGag shows)
1124** "I have indeed seen some rebels. [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1692.html They did not go into this vault that I am guarding.]]"
1125* TakeAThirdOption: Discussed in the commentary for [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1065.html episode 1065]], which notes that hiding is a viable alternative to "fight or flight".
1126* TakeOurWordForIt: When the GM is describing the Coruscant Sunset, we are treated to the picture, but we don't hear the words. Similarly, we never read the words Sally uses to describe the clone factory, just the pictures of it. But it's apparently enough to really impress Ben and the GM.
1127** Pete's 'perfect' die, which is rolled by Annie against Ben in ''Revenge of the Sith''. We can't see it, but it must be carried in a special case, it must be rolled on a steel tray while everyone watching wears safety goggles, and is too dangerous to roll indoors (apparently because it bursts into flames).
1128* TakeThat: Many, frequently directed at the original films.
1129** Especially when the GM suggests that Annie take over the role of Anakin when he enters the pod race:
1130--->'''Annie:''' Um, okay... Let me just get into the right mindset.\
1131'''Qui-Gon/Jim:''' With my [[AccidentalMisnaming mini-chlorines]] in your blood, you can't lose.\
1132'''Anakin/Annie:''' Yippeee!\
1133'''Annie:''' Sorry, wait. That line doesn't work at all for this character.
1134** "[[Franchise/{{Dune}} Giant worms in a desert]] is just silly."
1135** "[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga ...and vampires do not sparkle in the daylight!]]
1136** [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0916.html #916]] gives a pretty clear one to the Special Edition, DVD, and Blu-Ray reedits of the Original Trilogy.
1137--->'''Luke:''' What a great game! Let's replay it, but this time can I be Vader?\
1138'''DM:''' No, no, no!\
1139'''Leia:''' The original version is always the best. Let's not mess with it.
1140** [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1065.html #1065]]
1141--->'''Luke:''' ''[[Film/{{AVATAR}} (...) if you're counting on the trees and rocks for help, you're gonna be a pile of radioactive disappointment.]]''
1142** [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1749.html #1749]]:
1143--->'''Jim:''' I should tell you about Han's backstory sometime. \
1144'''Pete:''' Oh, come on. [[Film/SoloAStarWarsStory Nobody wants to hear about that.]]
1145** One to the official versions of both Padmé and Leia in [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1912.html #1912]]:
1146--->'''Corey: ''(to Pete)''''' You just wanted extreme sympathy and [[Characters/StarWarsPadmeAmidala nonsensical political power for one so young]].\
1147'''Sally:''' Pete played [[Characters/StarWarsLeiaOrgana a princess, whose entire planet got destroyed]].\
1148'''Annie:''' Hmm. To be fair, that ''is'' pretty far-fetched.
1149** [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2119.html #2119]] is a Take That to Anakin's story arc in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith": "Someone turned evil by trying to circumvent the death of their wife is a pretty bad story hook. I see that now."
1150** In Jim's backstory for Han, the romantic dialogue for "Chi'ra" and Qi'ra is lifted nearly word-for-word from Anakin and Padme's dialogue in ''Attack of the Clones''. None of the other players are impressed.
1151--->'''"Chi'ra":''' If you are suffering as much as I am, please tell me.\
1152'''Pete:''' Oh, we’re suffering all right.
1153** [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/solo/solo020.html The spaceport on Corellia]] is "big and gloomy and dirty and crowded with tired, frustrated people desperate to be anywhere but here. Like Los Angeles Airport."
1154** In [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/solo/solo132.html Backstory #132]], Han's then-latest identity makes a dig toward ''The Star Wars Holiday Special''.
1155--->'''Chewbacca:''' I could see my family again.\
1156'''"Dominico":''' That’ll never happen, except maybe in some fevered holiday season dream that makes no sense.
1157** [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2393.html #2393]] makes digs at all three sequel movies ''and'' (especially) the first prequel one in a single frame.
1158--->'''Luke''': I've never seen the Force like this. Something is [[Film/TheForceAwakens awakening]] within it. I was Film/{{the last Jedi}}, and now there's Film/{{the rise of|Skywalker}}... I don't know.\
1159'''Rey''': Some sort of [[Film/ThePhantomMenace phantom menace]]?\
1160'''Luke''': I don't even want to ''think'' about that.
1161* TalkingIsAFreeAction:
1162** And so is [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0532.html reciting poetry]].
1163** Averted for the C-3PO and the Rebel pilots in the Battle of Yavin.
1164** Likewise for [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1547.html tank fight in Jedha City]]. While Annie and Pete debate what to do next, all the GM-controlled characters just keep attacking.
1165* TastesLikeChicken: [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1232.html The Gamorrean eaten by the Rancor]], being in a rubber suit, tastes like a ''rubber'' chicken.
1166* TemptingFate:
1167** [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0357.html "Nobody's losing a hand while I'm in charge."]] [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0398.html Boy, that's gonna bite you in the ass, Jim.]]
1168** Annie does this in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0816.html episode 816]], which the GM immediately makes her realize:
1169--->'''Leia:''' Well, it could be worse.\
1170'''GM:''' Something slithers past your legs.\
1171'''Luke:''' Let me guess, giant rats.\
1172'''Leia:''' It's worse. So, so worse.
1173** Confident that the Stormtroopers' inability to hit [[ExactWords live targets]] means he's perfectly safe, Pete allows Han to take cover behind R2... seconds before a Stormtrooper blasts him.
1174* ThatManIsDead: Darth Vader says this about Anakin, naturally. [[SubvertedTrope Except]] [[spoiler:psych! Anakin really is dead. Darth Vader is actually Padmé]].
1175* ThatMysteriousThing: Pete's die for special occasions is this from audience's perspective. We don't know how exactly it looks like, but judging by the other players' reactions it's... [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0629.html unusual]].
1176* ThatsNoMoon: [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0786.html Inverted]].
1177* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The stormtroopers who stop the speeder in Mos Eisley are so [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0744.html stupid]] that Obi-Wan has no need to break out the JediMindTrick. It turns out that all the clones are like this; without their leader, they'll accept ''any'' suggestion without hesitation.
1178* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Vader gives a stone-cold one to Obi-Wan upon [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0839.html their reunion in Episode IV]].
1179-->'''Darth Vader:''' I've been waiting for you, Obi-Wan. We meet again, at last. The circle is now complete.\
1180'''Obi-Wan:''' Anakin--\
1181'''Darth Vader:''' You killed Anakin. My name is Darth Vader. You consider yourself a paragon of radiance. But when I emerged from your shadow I saw the damage you had wrought. Look, Obi-Wan. Everything your light touches is corrupted forever. But I have a different light for you now. When you left me, I was the lowest of the low. Now I am the master.
1182* TheyKilledKennyAgain: This has been happening to Jim's characters. First Qui-Gon, then Padmé (though she was able to last a full two campaigns before passing). In Episode IV he went four-for-four, including Kyle Katarn and Captain Antilles, and they teased a fifth when Jim decided to name his new character "Greedo" [[spoiler:until it was revealed that "Greedo" was Han Solo by a different name.]] It looked like another death was coming when Lando said Han didn't survive the carbon-freeze at the climax of ''Empire Strikes Back'', but he was lying. In ''The Force Awakens'', Poe Dameron is killed off pretty quickly and Jim's next character is killed ''before he even appears'' thanks to the players going OffTheRails and having Niima destroyed in an air strike, forcing him to resort to using Han again. Han then dies at the end of ''The Force Awakens'', and Jim introduces Poe's BackupTwin only for ''him'' to get killed early in ''The Last Jedi'' (and replaced with ''another'' BackupTwin). [[spoiler:Subverted when it turns out both twins are false identities; Poe had faked his death twice.]]
1183* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Almost any time the Grappling Rules are brought up, every veteran player at the table cringes.
1184-->'''Anakin/Annie:''' I try and grapple with the driver.\
1185'''R2-D2/Pete:''' Oh no...\
1186'''Padme/Jim:''' Oops.\
1187'''Obi-Wan/Ben:''' Um...\
1188'''Anakin/Annie:''' What? Aren't there rules for grappling in this game? ''[{{beat}}]'' Why are you all covering your dice?
1189* ThisMeansWar: Sally of all people says this when Palpatine first force lightnings Yoda (her character).
1190* ThrowAwayGuns: [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0549.html Lampshaded here]]
1191-->'''Padmé:''' ''[to Obi-Wan] Did you throw away a perfectly good blaster?''
1192* TimeSkip: In-universe, there's a "real time" time skip of two years between every episode.
1193* TimmyInAWell: Spoofed [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0171.html in this strip]].
1194* TitleDrop:
1195** Palpatine does one... sort of... in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0202.html this strip]]. Not quite done in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0407.html this strip]].
1196** An even better example [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0205.html is this strip]], where Jim, having forgotten [[MacGuffin the Orb]]'s [[AccidentalMisnaming name]] drops the episode's ''in-universe'' title.
1197** And done twice [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1533.html here]], right at the start of the flashback to the campaign based on ''Film/RogueOne''.
1198* TokenEvilTeammate: Pete plays R2-D2 as this.
1199* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:Possibly Mace Windu, who seemed shocked when Anakin stated that [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0557.html he's Gunray's sleeper agent]].]]
1200* TooCleverByHalf: Even after being filleted and sauteed by Obi-Wan, Anakin has convinced Palpatine that he's a loyal friend who can be trusted; but then he makes the mistake of [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0649.html asking for control of the entire military]], even in the aftermath of everything that's gone before, revealing just how power-hungry he is and leading Palpatine to instantly ''lose'' all trust.
1201* TooDumbToLive: Jim, always TheDitz, reaches the absolute ''nadir'' of stupidity in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1704.html this strip]] where he has to either drop his blaster or ''the data crystal that the party had come all this way to find'' to stop himself from falling to his death and ''can't decide-'' he even seems to be more inclined towards keeping the blaster. Eventually he can only be persuaded when Pete points out that the data crystal would do more damage [[ImprovisedWeapon if he threw it at someone]] than the blaster would, convincing Jim to keep it since it's "even '''better''' than a blaster!" In fact he seems to suffering mild {{Flanderization}} into a player who's more obsessed with making sure he has a weapon at all times than literally anything else ''including not dying,'' as seen [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1725.html a few strips later]] when he's considering taking his chances on an 828 meter drop to certain doom rather than dropping his (new) blaster. In-universe, this was an earlier campaign being recounted now for Corey's benefit, so Jim's characterization ''at that time'' might be justified, as he was midway through the [[CharacterizationmarchesOn character developement]] we've seen through the entire comic; a running joke is that he's gotten five characters killed in as many campaigns.
1202* TooManyHalves: In [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0509.html this]] strip, Jim improvisationally describes Wookiees as being "kind of half-ape, half-dog, half-yeti hybrids." Pete notes that this makes them one-and-a-half times as big as you'd expect.
1203* TotallyRadical: The [[LiteralMetaphor smart missiles]] in Episode III's opening.
1204* TotalPartyKill: Matching [[ForegoneConclusion the movie]], the adaptation of ''Rogue One'' ends with all of the [=PCs=] dying in one way or another.
1205* TribalCarry: Through recycling the ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' scene. With the difference that in this continuity, the "Ewocs" are capitalist cultists.
1206-->'''Chewbacca:''' Well this just isn't fair.\
1207'''Paploo:''' Don't worry. You will be invoiced for the cost of these sticks.\
1208'''Han:''' What?! That's even less fair!
1209* TrueCompanions: For all their bickering, it's clear that the GM and players really do love gaming together.
1210* TurnInYourBadge: While the actual phrase doesn't occur, the Jedi Council suspends Ben and Annie.
1211* TykeBomb: Boba seems to be becoming one.
1212[[/folder]]
1213
1214[[folder:Tropes U to Z]]
1215* {{Understatement}}: When [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0136.html Anakin is being tested for Jedi skills]], he says several disturbing things like "A cup, containing the blood of pointless sacrifice..." Mace Windu comments that they might need to talk to Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan about it, to which Yoda says, "A master of understatement, you are."
1216* UnfriendlyFire:
1217** It's heavily implied that Pete intentionally got the Death Star attack squadrons killed in order to try and force Corey into helping him take it over instead of destroying it.
1218** This is a running gag with Corey/Luke worrying about Wedge fragging him after Luke promoted himself to flight leader over Wedge. Learning that Wedge was a shapeshifter just made Corey even more paranoid.
1219--->'''Wedge:''' ''(chasing the PIE fighter that's chasing Luke)'' Hold still just a second, I have to aim really straight here.\
1220'''Luke:''' Allow me to gesticulate wildly exactly how much I will be dodging at this point.
1221* UnresolvedSexualTension: The UST between Annie/Anakin and Jim/Padmé is the webcomic's version of the unbelievably awkward dialog between the characters in the movies. It's subsequently resolved at the end of Episode III, at the same time Anakin's completed his FaceHeelTurn.
1222* TheUnreveal:
1223** [[NoNameGiven The GM's name]]. During his absence, the others tried to ask about him, but Pete quickly cut them off, saying that he has a family emergency, before they could say his name.
1224** Whatever Pete's job is, it involves a suit and a tie, but no one knows what exactly he works as. When Annie expresses surprise at this, he says "I'm a --" before demanding to know what ''she'' thought he's working as instead. Ultimately subverted in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1516.html Strip 1516]] with TheReveal that Pete is... a criminal defense lawyer. Which explains ''[[TheMunchkin so]], [[LoopholeAbuse so]] much!''
1225* UnsoundEffect:
1226** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0460.html Climb]].
1227** [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0627.html Somersault]]!
1228** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0988.html Door]].
1229** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1038.html Sliiice]]!!
1230** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1178.html Prug]]![[labelnote:*]]Yes, Nute Gunray's [[JustAStupidAccent silly accent]] carries over into his ''sound effects''.[[/labelnote]]
1231** [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1336.html Stick]]!
1232** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1479.html Hand]]!
1233** Happens throughout [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1261.html this strip]].
1234** And then again in [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1741.html this strip]].
1235* UnwantedAssistance: Pete's help was considered this by Annie on [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0443.html this page.]]
1236* UnwantedRescue: After being TheDragAlong for most of Episode II, Sally finally [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0370.html comes on as Mace Windu]] and [[TheCavalry kills Jango Fett]]. The other players are not at all grateful, especially [[AloofBigBrother Ben]], who felt that he should get to kill his own ArchEnemy. Meanwhile, Sally is in [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone shock over having killed a man]], and resolves to play someone nicer next time. (Though this didn't stop her doing a fair amount of fighting as Yoda in Episode III, and playing an AxCrazy battle droid in Rogue One. She just wanted her character to be the greatest possible contrast to [=C-3P0=] while still being a droid.)
1237* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom:
1238** ''Jim.'' Almost every single bad thing in the campaign is his fault, albeit unintentionally. Pete goes as far as to say everything in the campaign is the fault of Qui-Gon, even down to [[CreateYourOwnVillain creating Anakin]].
1239** Pete, in the ''Rogue One'' campaign, min-maxed his character so heavily that the GM ''radically'' upped the challenge of the Topwara battle later on, leading to a total party kill.
1240* UriahGambit: Corey ''meant'' to get Wedge out of the way by giving him the wrong rendezvous point so he wouldn't have to be paranoid about Wedge's shapeshifting again. However, the coordinates ends up lining up with the second "Peace Moon," the comic's version of the Death Star, so Wedge just assumes Corey gave him some incredible intel and is thankful.
1241* ValleyGirl: Mon Mothma's character has been inverted to the point where she sounds like a ditzy DumbBlonde.
1242* VetinariJobSecurity: Piett manages to survive episode V because, as Vader puts it, he strikes the perfect balance between competence and irreverence.
1243* VineSwing: Ben as Chewbacca attempts to do this to get on top of an Imperial Walker, but Sally's suggestion turns it into a ''snake'' swing instead.
1244* VoodooShark: Used by the GM whenever the players question some of his worldbuilding choices. [[invoked]]
1245* WarriorPoet: General Grievous.
1246* WaxingLyrical: When Padme and Anakin are on their way to their fate in the arena in 0358, they start slipping into a mix of "At the End of the Day" and "Do You Hear the People Sing" from ''Theatre/LesMiserables'' and Music/PeterGabriel's "Don't Give Up". The GM is suitably confused:
1247-->'''Anakin:''' Do we hear the people sing?\
1248'''Padmé:''' Is it the song of angry bugs?
1249* WebcomicTime: Every session takes approximately 25 strips, which equates to six weeks of real time for one week of story time, not counting the TimeSkip between episodes. This isn't a hard-and-fast rule, however; the first session took only 17 strips, and the session breaks are not always made explicit in the strip. Also, every film/campaign so far starts two years after the end of the previous one, and since every film/campaign so far has taken a year and a half to get through, the time difference ends up balancing out.
1250* WeCanRuleTogether:
1251** Darth Maul tries this to Obi-Wan. It might have worked if he hadn't just killed Qui-Gon.
1252** In episode IV [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0906.html R2-D2 suggests this to Luke]].
1253* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: Chewbacca shares his name with Sally's dog. It's implied Sally named the character after the pet.
1254* WhamEpisode:
1255** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1108.html The traitor is finally revealed.]] [[spoiler:It's Han.]] And then a few strips later [[spoiler:he's killed by the carbonite-freezing process. (He gets better.)]]
1256** The new take on the famous reveal: [[spoiler:Darth Vader is ''Padmé'', and Anakin died on Mustafar.]]
1257** The reason for Palpatine's SanitySlippage in Episode VI is because [[spoiler:he's been haunted by Anakin's Force ghost.]]
1258* WhamLine:
1259** When Obi-Wan finally confronts Jango Fett, Jango starts spelling out just how badly the party messed up during ''The Phantom Menace'': [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0283.html "Jango Fett, private investigator. Of Maul and Fett. You! Killed! My! Partner!"]]
1260** Greivous [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0466.html boasts about]] having "Cyborgs. Under. My. '''Command!'''" -- [[spoiler:[[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay the same thing that]] [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0139.html Chancellor Valorum had once ranted about]]]].
1261** The players get an out-of-game one: [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0719.html "I brought presents."]] Not so much the line itself, but that it's spoken by [[spoiler:Ben, who just showed up unannounced after going walkabout for a couple years]].
1262** The first WhamEpisode above, where the group's traitor is revealed, ends with one. Not the reveal itself, but Leia's reaction to it: "I know."
1263** The comic reverses the original LukeIAmYourFather...before completely turning it on its head:
1264---> '''Vader:''' No, Luke. [[spoiler:I am your ''mother''.]]
1265** At the end of ''Return of the Jedi'', Han and Leia become engaged. Then Annie drops the bomb on the group:
1266---> [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1507.html "This was easier when you asked me in real life earlier today."]]
1267** In ''The Force Awakens'', [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1867.html BB-8 finally meets up with Rey]] -- and Corey [[spoiler:addresses her as Rey ''Solo'']].
1268** From Captain Phasma: "Ask yourself: Why, if Nute Gunray had perfected the art of copying a brain into a digital mind, would he not create a backup of his most valuable general? The answer is: [[spoiler:''Of course'' he would]]. '''[[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2145.html Buzz]], [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0127.html buzz]].'''"
1269** When [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2230.html Rey meets Luke]] at the end of ''The Force Awakens'', she sadly reveals that Kylo Ren murdered her father (i.e. [[spoiler:[[IHaveManyNames Han/Greedo/No Name/etc]]]]) -- to which he replies, "[[spoiler:Rey. No... ''I'' am your father.]]" Even Rey's player Pete is stunned.
1270* WhatCouldHaveBeen: An in-universe example: The final comics of Episodes I, III, and V show the DM's campaign notes, which reveal where he planned to take the plot if it hadn't been thoroughly [[OffTheRails derailed by the players]].
1271* WhatIf: ''Franchise/StarWars'' were a P&P RPG campaign? It goes meta with the alternate comics that they would be doing if ''Star Wars'' didn't exist, including ''[[Literature/HarryPotter Wands & Warts]]'', ''[[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic Notes & Nazis]]'', ''[[ComicBook/XMen Mutants & Miscreants]]'', ''[[Franchise/{{Alien}} Enlisted Men & Extraterrestrial Biological Entities]]'', ''[[Film/TheWizardOfOz Magicians & Munchkins]]'', ''[[Film/ThreeHundred Sandals & Spartans]]'', ''[[Film/{{Avatar}} Avatars & Avifauna]]'', ''[[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Terminators & Temporal Paradoxes]]'', ''[[Film/{{Jaws}} Carcasses & Carcharadons]]'', ''[[Film/{{Casablanca}} Trenchcoats & Turncoats]]'', ''[[Franchise/TheMuppets Amphibians and Anthropomorphisms]]'', ''[[Film/{{Inception}} Heists & Hypnagogic Hallucinations]]'', ''[[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Barnacles & Bilgewater]]'', ''[[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Docs & DeLoreans]]'', ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Hypnotoads & Hyperchickens]]'', ''[[Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Chocolates & Chumps]]'', ''[[Film/ForbiddenPlanet Ids & Idiots]]'', ''[[Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}} Egons & Ectoplasms]]'', ''[[Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts Helens & Harryhausens]]'', ''[[Series/{{Thunderbirds}} Misadventures & Marionettes]]'', ''[[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Arks & Archaeologists]]'', ''[[Franchise/JurassicPark Theme Parks & Theropods]]'', ''[[Literature/BridgetJones Darcies & Diaries]]'', ''[[Creator/DavidAttenborough Marmosets & Meerkats]]'', ''[[Film/NationalLampoonsVacation Gags & Griswolds]]'', ''[[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial Elliotts & Extraterrestrials]]'', ''[[Film/{{Apollo13}} Moonshots & Mishaps]]'', ''[[VideoGame/PacMan Pac-Mans & Power Pellets]]'' and ''[[Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld Drivers & Dubble-yas]]''.
1272* WhatTheHellHero:
1273** In the commentary for episode 241, the Irregulars note that one of the joys of being a DM is using [=NPCs=] to call the players out on their mayhem.
1274--->'''Yoda:''' Remedial course in Jedi Ethics, you need.
1275** Done out of character to Annie by [[spoiler:Pete]].
1276** Also done [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0311.html out of character]] by [[spoiler:Pete and Jim]] to the GameMaster.
1277** Ben calls out the other players for playing along with Annie's plan for galactic conquest since they'll all benefit if she wins. He actually gets through to Sally.
1278--->''"I wrote 'good' on my character sheet and I jolly well meant it! Unlike '''some''' people!"''
1279* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: [[spoiler:Darth Vader destroying Naboo, although Vader's real identity - Padme - wasn't known to the readers at the time.]]
1280* WhileRomeBurns: When Palpatine complains about the Galaxy [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1462.html burning down around him]], Luke asks him if he has considered taking up the fiddle.
1281* WholeEpisodeFlashback: The ''Rogue One'' strips take place a few years after ''Return of the Jedi'', but involves the players describing a previous campaign to Corey and Ben, who weren't there.
1282* WhosOnFirst: Darth Vader's shuttle pilot is named [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Yorr Yorr]]. The GM [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1193.html takes it and runs with it]].
1283* WhyDontYouMarryIt: In [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0678.html episode 678]] C-3PO asks R2-D2 why he doesn't marry his beloved dreadnought. [[CargoShip Turns out R2-D2 thought about it.]]
1284* WikiWalk: Referenced in TheRant for [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0875.html strip #875]]. The Irregulars give us a list of tropes to figure out which trope is being used in the strip, then say:
1285--> [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife "Bonus points for not getting lost inside TV Tropes."]]
1286* WiperStart: At one point during "The Forced-Away Kin", Han (who in this comic is a much less competent pilot) tries to shut down a misbehaving hyperdrive by hitting controls and hoping, with the result that the Falcon's windscreen wipers start up.
1287* WomenAreWiser:
1288** Annie spends most of her time rather closer to Terra Firma than the rest of the group. It's later revealed that outside of the group, she's not quite as reasonable and completely together as it might seem. The fact that Ben is slightly more reliable than she is, both in character and out, helps balance it out as well.
1289** Sally also ends up being one of the more mature members of the group once she stops being an AnnoyingYoungerSibling, in particular when she helps Ben become less of a doormat to their father.
1290* WretchedHive
1291-->'''Pete''': [[LampshadeHanging Oh how I]] [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0059.html love stock descriptions]].
1292** [[BrickJoke Revisited]] in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0740.html Episode IV]]:
1293-->'''GM''': The hovercar arrives at an overlook giving you a magnificent panoramic view of the desert all around, and in the valley far below you the cosmopolitan bustle of... Mos Eisley Spaceport!\
1294'''Ben (as Obi-Wan)''': You will never find a more WretchedHive of scum and villainy.\
1295'''Pete''': I thought that place where Anakin lived was the hive of scum and villainy?\
1296'''GM''': All of the Mos'es are wretched hives of scum and villainy. It's just that Eisley is the most wretched.\
1297'''Sally''': Or that the ones that are even more wretched are so well-hidden that we'll never find them.\
1298'''GM''': [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It's the most scummy too. Also, villainous.]]
1299* WrongGenreSavvy:
1300** Jim's insistence that Sio Bibble is an EvilChancellor because of his [[BeardOfEvil goatee.]] As of Episode IV he ''still'' [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0697.html seems convinced]] that Bibble is the BigBad and Palpatine is just his evil sidekick.
1301** Corey's main defining trait, at least when he's introduced. He understands fantasy and sci-fi to an extent, but is heavily conditioned by tropes specific to video games. Thanks to an experienced flexible GameMaster and the relationship between video game [=RPGs=] and their tabletop roots, Corey ends up being right for the wrong reasons fairly often.
1302* YouAllMeetInAnInn: [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0745.html Lampshaded]] by Pete.
1303* YouFightLikeACow: [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0393.html Here,]] complete with ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' quotes and a link to the trope page.
1304* YouHaveFailedMe:
1305** But not for the definition of "failed me" [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0625.html that you would think...]]
1306** When it gets to the first force-choke scene, Motti is complaining that they've had to replace half the work-force over the past six years due to Vader killing anyone he doesn't like. Vader decides that he has a point...and from now on he'll just choke ''all'' the incompetents ''half'' to death.
1307* YouKilledMyFather: "You. Killed. My. '''[[spoiler:[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Partner.]]]]'''" ([[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0283.html Here.]])
1308** And then Boba Fett seeks vengeance on Obi-Wan for killing ''all three'' of his parents.
1309* YouTalkinToMe: Bail Organa to Yoda when he [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0623.html rescues him from the Senate showdown with Palpatine]]. And Ponda Baba to Luke in the [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0750.html Tatooine cantina scene]].
1310[[/folder]]
1311
1312And, of course, all ''Franchise/StarWars'' tropes apply whenever they spring up in the collaboratively developed story.
1313
1314----
1315--> ''[[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1652.html Mesa genius, and that gives mesa +5.]]''

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