History Heartwarming / StarWarsLegends

** Pretty much every time [[VitriolicBestBuds Anakin and Obi-Wan]] have an AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther moment. They tend to have one every few pages in Stealth and Siege, when they aren't seconds from biting eachother's head off.
--> '" 'Don't ever apologize for being extraordinary, Anakin."

* In SurvivorsQuest, the pilot Chak Fel, commanding the [[BadassCrew four Aurek Seven stormtroopers]] and fighting alongside General Drask, who doesn't like him but does have experience in ground fights, painfully gives command over to Drask, because his pride isn't as important as the need to fight effectively and preserve their objectives. Drask then tells him that since Fel knows the layout of Outbound Flight and Drask does not, it will be a joint command. Usually dueling egos and conflicting orders make those into disasters, but Fel knows that it won't this time, since he'll restrict himself to advising. And Drask knew he would do that. So it's not a joint command at all - it's a concession Drask is making to Fel, letting him preserve face and status, in a sign of respect.

* The biggest CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming (also a CrowningMomentOfAwesome) in that book and perhaps the entire ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' series would have to be Jacen channeling his father's BigDamnHeroes moment in the very first movie. Jacen, still in his straw pacifist stage, has threatened to leave the ''Falcon'' because he doesn't want to participate in his father's raids on collaborators' ships. Leia visits Jacen, telling him that Han still needs him, and is desperately afraid of losing his bond with Jacen because Jacen is a Jedi, dealing with so many things Han could never understand. This is how it breaks down:

** [[spoiler:Chewbacca]] giving Trig a hug after he experiences an unpleasant flashback.

* Complain about the rest of ''Literature/LegacyOfTheForce'' all you like, but I say you have no soul if you didn't feel mushy during the two heart-to-heart scenes between Ben and Mara in ''Sacrifice'', especially the second one. Not only do they demonstrate why Mara is such a MamaBear (scared of losing her closest family, the two who gave her renewed faith in life), but it also makes me feel much less guilty for reading {{WAFF}} fanfic. It's also partially why I (and a lot of other fangirls) raged so hard at [[spoiler:Mara's death near the end of the book]], because it meant there'd be no more such moments in later books. I'll let this brilliant quote speak for itself:

* How Mara Jade got Luke to say "I love you": [[spoiler:when he put her in a Jedi trance, she told him to wake her with that phrase, while wondering if he could actually do it]]. This is in ''[[Literature/HandOfThrawn Vision of the Future]]'', and comes right after a now or never moment.

** It becomes a standard trance wake-up phrase for them in future books. D'awwww.

* The biggest CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming (also a CrowningMomentOfAwesome) in that book and perhaps the entire ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' series would have to be Jacen [[spoiler:channeling his father's BigDamnHeroes moment in the very first movie]]. Jacen, still in his straw pacifist stage, has threatened to leave the ''Falcon'' because he doesn't want to participate in his father's raids on collaborators' ships. Leia visits Jacen, telling him that Han still needs him, and is desperately afraid of losing his bond with Jacen because Jacen is a Jedi, dealing with so many things Han could never understand. This is how it breaks down:
--> '''Jacen''': [[spoiler:This is one of the hardest things I've ever had to do.]]\\
'''Leia''': [[spoiler:You're still going?]]\\
'''Jacen''': [[spoiler:I decided to stay with you guys two days ago.]]

* A very subtle one in ''Betrayal'' in the form of a callback to the [[Literature/XWingSeries Wraith Squadron books]] - [[spoiler: even though they don't appear, knowing Donos and Lara end up together makes the whole ending brighter]].
** And ''Mercy Kill'' makes it even clearer: [[spoiler: Lara appears (as Kirney), and not only is she obviously still with Donos all those years later, she references [[BabiesEverAfter children]] ''plural'']].

** [[spoiler: When Etain sends her marriage vows to Darman. In the same scene, when Atin also becomes married to Laseema.]]
** [[spoiler: The first time that Darman, Etain, and Kad are together as a family.]]

* Also part of the StarWarsExpandedUniverse, in the ComicBook/XWingSeries, after Dia [[ShootYourMate shoots Castin]] and undergoes a HeroicBSOD, Face takes her in his arms and keeps her from killing herself. Later he asks about the last time she really enjoyed herself, and then the last time she felt safe in someone else's company.

* An issue of ''Franchise/StarWars Adventures'' goes into detail on Luke's training on Dagobah. In the [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack film]] Yoda doesn't seem to recognise R2-D2 at all - ''turns out [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse he did]].'' This little gem comes while Luke is off fighting dragonsnakes:

* Shatterpoint is basically one long CMoA for [[GeniusBruiser Mace Windu]]. Tough, stoic, MasterSwordsman, all that. At one point, he goes to save some children from being killed by a volcano, and the following conversation occurs.

* How Mara Jade got Luke to say "I love you": [[spoiler:when he put her in a Jedi trance, she told him to wake her with that phrase, while wondering if he could actually do it]]. This is in ''[[HandOfThrawn Vision of the Future]]'', and comes right after a now or never moment.

* A handful of ''Franchise/StarWars'' stories endeavored to show the men behind the masks in the Imperial ranks. In many cases, the stormtroopers and junior officers were good or at least decent men, [[PunchClockVillain just trying to do what they thought was right or make a life for themselves]]. One story in particular has a small contingent of soldiers in a small outpost under siege from hundreds of tribal natives, a la ''{{Zulu}}''. When it comes down to the [[LastStand final battle]], the men display a depth of camaraderie and brotherhood as they fight for their lives that is truly heartwarming, despite the grim setting.

* [[OutboundFlight Commander Thrawn]] telling Jorj Car'das not to tell [[WideEyedIdealist Ferasi]] [[KillEmAll what he did to Outbound Flight]], because there are too few true, honest idealists in the galaxy and he wouldn't want to be responsible for crushing even one of them. Followed by Thrawn using Car'das's [[FirstNameBasis first name]] for the first time. You'd think that causing the deaths of fifty thousand innocents would have put Thrawn well over the MoralEventHorizon, but--well, that was not his intention, and if C'baoth hadn't started choking him and Doriana hadn't hit the button, then probably none of that would have happened.

* A moment that became a bit HeartwarmingInHindsight, as well as a TearJerker; in one of the old ''ComicBook/MarvelStarWars'' annuals, Darth Vader finds a rebel wannabe that found his mother's dead body. Vader walks up to him and sympathizes, telling him that he himself was once in that position. What makes this unintentional is that we're meant to think Vader's lying to gain his trust...but after ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' came out, it looks more like he's reliving the horrible memories of his mother dying in his arms, and he really does feel his pain after all...

* ''Dark Rendezvous'' is roughly a fifty-fifty split between Moments of Awesome from Yoda the BadAss Jedi Warrior, and Moments of Heartwarming from Yoda the wise and gentle teacher. The crowner has to be Yoda's little speech to Scout, a Jedi student having a crisis of confidence:

* How Mara Jade got Luke to say "I love you": [[spoiler:when he put her in a Jedi trace, she told him to wake her with that phrase, while wondering if he could actually do it]]. This is in ''[[HandOfThrawn Vision of the Future]]'', and comes right after a now or never moment.

* A moment that became a bit HeartwarmingInHindsight, as well as a TearJerker; in one of the old ''ComicBook/MarvelStarWars'' annuals, Darth Vader finds a rebel wannabe that found his mother's dead body. Vader walks up to him and sympathizes, telling him that he himself was once in that position. What makes this unintentional is that we're meant to think Vader's lying to gain his trust...but after ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' came out, it sounds more like he's reminded of the horrible memories of his mother dying in his arms, and he really does feel his pain after all...

* Also part of the StarWarsExpandedUniverse, in the XWingSeries, after Dia [[ShootYourMate shoots Castin]] and undergoes a HeroicBSOD, Face takes her in his arms and keeps her from killing herself. Later he asks about the last time she really enjoyed herself, and then the last time she felt safe in someone else's company.

* A very subtle one in ''Betrayal'' in the form of a callback to the [[XWingSeries Wraith Squadron books]] - [[spoiler: even though they don't appear, knowing Donos and Lara end up together makes the whole ending brighter]].

* Anakin and Tahiri trapped in an oxygenated closet in an oxygen-less space station and just beginning to explore [[ThePowerOfLove their feelings for each other]] in the second book of the ''[[NewJediOrder Edge of Victory]]'' duology. Although a [[HeroicSacrifice certain event]] in the [[WhamEpisode very next book]] turns this more into a TearJerker in hindsight.

* The biggest CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming (also a CrowningMomentOfAwesome) in that book and perhaps the entire ''NewJediOrder'' series would have to be Jacen [[spoiler:channeling his father's BigDamnHeroes moment in the very first movie]]. Jacen, still in his straw pacifist stage, has threatened to leave the ''Falcon'' because he doesn't want to participate in his father's raids on collaborators' ships. Leia visits Jacen, telling him that Han still needs him, and is desperately afraid of losing his bond with Jacen because Jacen is a Jedi, dealing with so many things Han could never understand. This is how it breaks down:

---> '''Dia:''' "It was when I was at my worst. When I had shot Castin, when I'd desecrated the corpse of a brave man and pretended to do it with glee. When I tried to kill myself and you would not let me. Just before I fell asleep, I knew that you would not let anyone hurt me. You would not even let me hurt myself. And in that moment I knew myself safe, for the first time since I was a child. [...] That's what I wanted to say to you, what I didn't know how to say before. That I know you feel you failed Ton Phanan. But you did not fail me."

--->'''Luke''': "Mara...will you marry me?"
--->'''Mara''': "You mean [[IfWeSurviveThis if we get out of here alive?]]"
--->'''Luke''': "I mean regardless."
--->'''Mara''': "...Yes. I will."

---> '''Jacen''': [[spoiler:This is one of the hardest things I've ever had to do.]]\\

--->Too few Jedi I have already. But even had I a crop of thousands, small one, I would not let you go without a fight. Spirit and determination you have. Between the stars, so much darkness there is. ''Why would I throw away one who burns so bright?''

--->Tallisabeth, being a Jedi is about being resourceful, keeping your eyes open, and never, ever giving up. You taught me a lot about being a Jedi today.

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* A recent issue of ''Franchise/StarWars Adventures'' goes into detail on Luke's training on Dagobah. In the [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack film]] Yoda doesn't seem to recognise R2-D2 at all - ''turns out [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse he did]].'' This little gem comes while Luke is off fighting dragonsnakes:

* Complain about the rest of ''Literature/LegacyOfTheForce'' all you like, but [[TheStarscream}} I]] say you have no soul if you didn't feel mushy during the two heart-to-heart scenes between Ben and Mara in ''Sacrifice'', especially the second one. Not only do they demonstrate why Mara is such a MamaBear (scared of losing her closest family, the two who gave her renewed faith in life), but it also makes me feel much less guilty for reading {{WAFF}} fanfic. It's also partially why I (and a lot of other fangirls) raged so hard at [[spoiler:Mara's death near the end of the book]], because it meant there'd be no more such moments in later books. I'll let this brilliant quote speak for itself:

* ''ComicBook/StarWarsKnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' #24; Zayne shares a passionate hug with his former girlfriend; the same girlfriend who tried to murder him, who treated him with unabashed hostility, finally believes in him, meaning that Zayne has exonerated himself to one of the most important people to him; The preceding scene where she breaks down sobbing while simply saying "You didn't do it." also counts.

* ''ComicBook/StarWarsKnightsOfTheOldRepubic'' #24; Zayne shares a passionate hug with his former girlfriend; the same girlfriend who tried to murder him, who treated him with unabashed hostility, finally believes in him, meaning that Zayne has exonerated himself to one of the most important people to him; The preceding scene where she breaks down sobbing while simply saying "You didn't do it." also counts.

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