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1* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Is it true that Kyp was only under Kun's influence and not control, as Corran argues, because Kyp didn't kill Luke when he had the chance? Was it actually impossible for Kun to kill Luke (who, by this point, had gone toe-to-toe with ''Darth Sidious'') flat-out and had to use indirect methods to kill him? Or was he just content to leave Luke as a comatose spirit separated from his body since it eliminated (what he thought was) the only serious threat to him? It could even be that Kun regarded Luke's fate as being payback for how the Jedi did basically the same thing to him. Corran and many fans think it's the first, but it's impossible to tell.
2* BrokenBase: There's a sharp divide amongst fans who think the Jedi Academy Trilogy was absolutely awful, those who find it merely OvershadowedByAwesome with ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'' as well as ''ComicBook/DarkEmpire'', those who actually like it, and those who ''love'' it. It seems to depend on how serious you like your ''Star Wars'' since Kevin J. Anderson took a somewhat over-the-top comical style to the series (albeit with plenty of moving or itense moments).
3* CanonFodder: Only six of Luke's original twelve apprentices[[note]]Tionne, Kam Solusar, Kirana Ti, Dorsk 81, Streen, and Gantoris[[/note]] are named in the trilogy, done intentionally on Anderson's part for later authors to add their creations. ''Literature/YoungJediKnights'' added Brakiss, ''Literature/IJedi'' added Corran Horn, and ''The New Essential Chronology'' confirmed [[VideoGame/DarkForcesSaga Kyle Katarn]] as the ninth student. [[WordOfGod Leland Chee]] declared that the Anx pictured in a picture of the students in ''The Essential Chronology'' was Madurrin (first featured in ''[[Literature/NewJediOrder Destiny's Way]]''). There are [[ContinuitySnarl at least four candidates for the other two slots]]: Havet Storm (''VideoGame/JediKnightIIJediOutcast''), Keyan Farlander (from a ''Magazine/StarWarsInsider'' #57 article), Nichos Marr (''[[Literature/TheCallistaTrilogy Children of the Jedi]]''), and Harlan (''[[TabletopGame/StarWarsD6 The Jedi Academy Sourcebook]]'').
4* CompleteMonster:
5** Exar Kun, see [[YMMV/TalesOfTheJedi this page]] for more details.
6** [[CorruptBureaucrat Moruth Doole]] is a Rybet who began his career on Kessel as an administrator of the spice mines. After Palpatine's death, he led a revolt against the remnants of the Empire, eventually taking over the planet. He was disappointed when he saw a dead rancor in a prison, as he planned to feed prisoners to said rancor. His worst crimes are his harem of female Rybets he had sent over; he would use the offspring produced as [[AbusiveParents slave labor]] in the spice mines before [[OffingTheOffspring killing them]].
7%%* EvilIsCool: Exar Kun comes off as this.
8* FridgeBrilliance: To the Christian reading the books, Kyp Durron's arc is a dramatic example of how inherently scandalous grace is.
9* HarsherInHindsight: Go [[HarsherInHindsight/StarWarsLegends here]].
10* HesJustHiding: Some fans like to imagine that the crew sections of the Death Star Protoype and its passengers survive being sucked through a black hole in the final battle due to the humorous dialogue and AllThereInTheManual JerkassWoobie or UnwittingPawn (given how some were probably like Qwi) statuses of many of Sivron's fellow scientists and the BeleagueredAssistant and HyperCompetentSidekick moments of the stormtrooper captain.
11* HoYay: About half a page in ''Dark Apprentice'' is dedicated to a man-hug between Luke and Wedge. Also, drinking game: Shot of Wyren's Reserve whenever anyone, both men and women, mentions how handsome Kyp is.
12* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Luke playing with young Jacen & Jaina in "Jedi Search". "Playing" meaning doing Yoda imitations and using the Force to levitate them.
13* JustHereForGodzilla: The scenes where the Jedi clash with Exar Kun and/or the MeleeATrois at the Maw Installation and Kessel in the third book are what really attract some fans.
14* OlderThanTheyThink:
15** In ''Jedi Search'', Lando uses an electronic gadget, previously used by the Empire, to tell if someone is strong in the Force. This indicates that there were measurable physical traits associated with Force sensitivity. And the book came out years before [[Film/ThePhantomMenace the whole flap over midichlorians]].
16** The series reveals that all three of Han and Leia's children were raised in isolation from nearly everyone (including their parents) in order to protect them from Dark Side influences. Again, this was years before [[Film/ThePhantomMenace the whole]] [[Film/AttackOfTheClones "no attachment"]] [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith part of the Jedi Code]] was established--but ''after'' ''ComicBook/DarkEmpire'' (which this series chronologically follows closely), in which the risen Emperor Palpatine tried to twist the unborn Anakin Solo in the womb.
17** Although Episode II was famous for including the first purple lightsaber as a result of Samuel L. Jackson's insistence, Gantoris already uses a violet blade in Dark Apprentice.
18* TheWoobie: Kyp Durron. Ok, so he killed over a million people, but he's also suffered horribly at the hands of the Empire all his life. When he was a kid, his parents were murdered for criticizing the Empire, and he was thrown in the [[HellholePrison mines of Kessel.]] When Han and he escape, they manage to steal the Sun Crusher, a nearly indestructible starship that can make suns go supernova. Durron first helps throw it into the heart of Yavin, but, [[TheCorrupter Exar Kun]] manages to tempt him into retrieving it and destroying the Imperial star-system of Carida in revenge for everything they did to him. [[spoiler: Fortunately, he has a HeelRealization after he realizes he killed his brother who was on Carida, and, after Exar Kun is banished for good, helps destroy the the Sun Crusher once and for all.]]

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