History HilariousInHindsight / StarWarsParanormalitiesTrilogy

* Episode II - Chapter 16 featured an older fleet admiral in command of the largest ship in his faction's fleet [[spoiler: who then carried out a HeroicSacrifice against an even larger enemy target by using an unorthodox [[RammingAlwaysWorks ramming tactic]] with successful results. Are we talking about Admiral Marx Gravlek or [[Film/TheLastJedi Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo]]?]]

* Machinus's real name is Cid Geero, who was introduced in 2013, being a ShoutOut to the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games, which had at least one character named "Cid" per installment. Eight years later, ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch'' would introduce a character also named Cid, albeit without a surname (which is a hilarious inverse of the Valkor-Valkorion situation before, where Valkor was given a surname after the latter character was introduced to make them easier to distinguish).

* Episode II - Chapter 10 - published in December 2013 - revealed that [[spoiler: Grein, a Chiss, is a distant ancestor to Zolph, a human]]. Little more than half a year later, ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' featured a human protagonist that had a blue-skinned RubberForeheadAlien for a surrogate father.

* The RunningGag of Gahmah Raan wearing his helmet almost all the time and his contempt towards Mandalorians becomes even more hilarious after the debut of ''Series/TheMandalorian'', where the titular character (who also happens to be a bounty hunter trying to make ends meet like Gahmah) refuses to take off his helmet in front of others. However, the comparison combined with Gahmah's reason for always wearing a helmet (frequently suffering head or face injuries when he doesn't) becomes HarsherInHindsight when the Mandalorian himself suffers a head injury during the first season finale and would have died from it [[spoiler:had it not been for a loophole in the Mandalorian code that allowed IG-11 to remove his helmet and treat the inury]], because unlike Gahmah (whose injuries are usually PlayedForLaughs due to his HealingFactor), [[spoiler:Din Djarin]] is human and cannot naturally regenerate rapidly.

* In Chapter 11 of Episode II, [[UnknownRival Gahmah Raan]] tries to one-up Boba Fett's claim-to-fame of escaping the Sarlacc's stomach by claiming he killed one. ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' (which takes place in Canon whereas ''Paranormalities'' is a ''Legends''-set fanfic) shows in flashbacks that Boba presumably [[DeathByAdaptation killed the Sarlacc]] when he escaped from it by burning it from the inside and making a hole in its stomach. [[spoiler:However, it's later revealed that the Sarlacc survived that, only for Boba to kill it for good years later.]]
* Just a few hours before the first episode of ''The Book of Boba Fett'' released on Creator/DisneyPlus, the fourth chapter of ''Paranormalities: Episode III'' was posted online. On the [=DeviantArt=] post version (and on social media), Author!Gahmah (who has long since become aware of how his work keep getting subject to this trope) musefully wonders just how different his depiction of a Sarlacc's stomach would be from ''The Book of Boba Fett'' (which is a lot given the Sarlacc's size and genre difference), which would go on to show Boba's escape. [[spoiler:Even more amusing, both stories would feature their respective Sarlaccs (both which had a previous basis in both Canon and ''Legends'') being killed from the inside by their respective protagonists.]]

* The RunningGag of Gahmah Raan wearing his helmet almost all the time and his contempt towards Mandalorians becomes even more hilarious after the debut of ''Series/TheMandalorian'', where the titular character (who also happens to be a bounty hunter trying to make ends meet like Gahmah) refuses to take off his helmet in front of others. However, the comparison combined with Gahmah's reason for always wearing a helmet (frequently suffering head or face injuries when he doesn't) becomes a FunnyAneurysmMoment when the Mandalorian himself suffers a head injury during the first season finale and would have died from it [[spoiler:had it not been for a loophole in the Mandalorian code that allowed IG-11 to remove his helmet and treat the inury]], because unlike Gahmah (whose injuries are usually PlayedForLaughs due to his HealingFactor), [[spoiler:Din Djarin]] is human and cannot naturally regenerate rapidly.

For a fanfic that was started in 2012, ''Paranormalities'' shares a few things in common with official works (both Canon and Legends) that came out after certain chapters.

* Just a few hours before the first episode of ''The Book of Boba Fett'' released on Creator/DisneyPlus, the fourth chapter of ''Paranormalities: Episode III'' was posted online. On the [=DeviantArt=] post version (and on social media), Author!Gahmah ([[JustForFun/OneOfUs who has long since become aware of how his works keep getting subject to this trope]]) musefully wonders just how different his depiction of a Sarlacc's stomach would be from ''The Book of Boba Fett'' (which is a lot given the Sarlacc's size and genre difference), which would go on to show Boba's escape. [[spoiler:Even more amusing, both stories would feature their respective Sarlaccs (both which had a previous basis in both Canon and ''Legends'') being killed from the inside by their respective protagonists.]]

* Just a few hours before the first episode of ''The Book of Boba Fett'' released on Creator/DisneyPlus, the fourth chapter of ''Paranormalities: Episode III'' was posted online. On the [=DeviantArt=] post version (and on social media), Gahmah ([[JustForFun/OneOfUs who has long since become aware of how his works keep getting subject to this trope]]) musefully wonders just how different his depiction of a Sarlacc's stomach would be from ''The Book of Boba Fett'', which would go on to show Boba's escape. [[spoiler:Even more amusing, both stories would feature their respective Sarlaccs (both which had a previous basis in both Canon and ''Legends'') being killed from the inside by their respective protagonists.]]

* In Chapter 11 of Episode II, [[UnknownRival Gahmah Raan]] tries to one-up Boba Fett's claim-to-fame of escaping the Sarlacc's stomach by claiming he killed one. ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' (which takes place in Canon whereas ''Paranormalities'' is a ''Legends''-set fanfic) shows in flashbacks that Boba Fett presumably [[DeathByAdaptation killed the Sarlacc]] when he escaped from it by burning it from the inside and making a hole in its stomach.

* In Chapter 11 of Episode II, [[UnknownRival Gahmah Raan]] tries to one-up Boba Fett's claim-to-fame of escaping the Sarlacc's stomach by claiming he killed one. ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' shows in flashbacks that Boba Fett presumably killed the Sarlacc when he escaped from it by burning it from the inside and making a hole in its stomach.

* In Chapter 11 of Episode II, [[UnknownRival Gahmah Raan]] tries to one-up Boba Fett's claim-to-fame of escaping the Sarlacc's stomach by claiming he killed one. ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' reveals in flashbacks that Boba Fett killed the Sarlacc when he escaped from it.

* Machinus's real name is Cid Geero, who was introduced in 2013, being a ShoutOut to the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games, which had at least one character named "Cid" per installment. Eight years later, ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch'' would introduce a character also named Cid, albeit without a surname (which is a hilarious inverse of the Valkor-Valkorion situation before, where Valkor was given a surname after the latter character was introduced to make them easier to distinguish).

* In Chapter 8 of Episode I, Grein takes a bit of amusement from being reminded that humans don't tolerate cold temperatures as well as Chiss when she sees Zolph freezing in Polus's weather, and Zolph complains his species didn't adapt to it like hers did. Come Episode II, and it is revealed that [[spoiler:Zolph is descended from Grein, meaning he is part Chiss himself]].

* In Chapter 2 of Episode III, it's discussed that one of the things that makes the Forceless Collective a dangerous and unpredictable enemy is that they can ignore the established rules of hyperspace travel by not using hyperspace to travel, which allows them to do things such as jumping out of places outside hyperspace routes or warping their forces inside gravity wells. Three years later, ''Franchise/StarWarsTheHighRepublic'' introduced the Nihil, whose threat comes from the fact that they can travel through hyperspace in ways that straight up break the established rules of hyperspace travel in similar applications to the Collective's wormhole traveling.
* Machinus's real name is Cid Geero, who was introduced in 2013, being a ShoutOut to the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games, which had at least one character named "Cid" per installment. Eight years later, ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch'' would introduce a character also named Cid, albeit without a surname (which is hilarious inverse of the Valkor-Valkorion situation before, where Valkor was given a surname after the latter character was introduced to make them easier to distinguish).

* Machinus's real name is Cid Geero, who was introduced in 2013, being a ShoutOut to the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games, which had at least one character named "Cid" per installment. Eight years later, ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch'' would introduce a character also named Cid, albeit without a surname.

* In Chapter 2 of Episode III, it's discussed that one of the things that makes the Forceless Collective a dangerous and unpredictable enemy is that they can ignore the established rules of hyperspace travel by not using hyperspace to travel, which allows them to do things such as jumping out of places outside hyperspace routes or warping their forces inside gravity wells. Three years later, ''Franchise/StarWarsTheHighRepublic'' introduced the Nihil, whose threat comes from the fact that they can travel through hyperspace in ways that straight up break the established rules of hyperspace travel in similar applications to the Collective's wormhole traveling.

* The RunningGag of Gahmah Raan wearing his helmet almost all the time and his contempt towards Mandalorians becomes even more hilarious after the debut of ''Series/TheMandalorian'', where the titular character (who also happens to be a bounty hunter trying to make ends meet like Gahmah) refuses to take off his helmet in front of others. However, the comparison combined with Gahmah's reason for always wearing a helmet (frequently suffering head or face injuries when he doesn't) becomes a FunnyAneurysmMoment when the Mandalorian himself suffers a head injury during the first season finale and would have died from it [[spoiler:had it not been for a loophole in the Mandalorian code that allowed IG-11 to remove his helmet and treat the inury]], because unlike Gahmah (whose injuries are usually PlayedForLaughs due to his HealingFactor), [[spoiler:Din Djarin]] is human and cannot naturally regenerate rapidly.

* Episode II - Chapter 12 had Zolph encounter Rakan the Devourer, a cannibalistic Karkarodon serial killer who claimed that [[CannibalismSuperpower if he ate Zolph and his midichlorians, he'd become a Force user]]. Zolph, knowing [[InsaneTrollLogic how stupid that sounds]], responds "For the love of.... the Force does not work that way!" In ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', when Finn comes up with [[IndyPloy an obviously half-assed plan]] to destroy Starkiller Base by "using the Force" to figure it out, a world-weary Han Solo replies "That's not how the Force works!" That line became a MemeticMutation in regards to common misconceptions out-of-universe not long after the film came out.

For a fanfic that was started in 2012, ''Paranormalities'' shares a few things in common with official works (both Canon and Legends) that came out after certain chapters:

** Emperor Valkor and the Valkoran Empire have become this after the announcement of ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' expansion "Knights of the Fallen Empire" at E3 2015. Said expansion features an Emperor named Valkor''ion'', a so-called immortal emperor who leads a long-hidden empire operating in the Unknown Regions and supposedly using the Empire of Zakuul for a greater purpose, not unlike Valkor and his empire. However, one of the major differences - aside from their focus stories taking place in different eras - is that while Valkorion seems to be a human AbusiveParent, Valkor doesn't have any known children (unless you count other Forceless symbiotes spawned from him) and he's [[HumanoidAbomination most certainly not human]]. In the end, it turned out Valkorion isn't quite human himself - [[spoiler:he is another avatar of the Sith Emperor, who used to be a human or near so about a thousand years ago, but now is an EldritchAbomination with OmnicidalManiac goals. Even further, both characters use avatars to present themselves and operate in multiple places at once while keeping their true selves in the shadows. Two more differences come in that Valkor is a dead spot in the Force while Valkorion is a Dark Force user (although one sometimes called a ''hole'' in the Force), and then their goals differ: Valkorion is an OmnicidalManiac whereas Valkor wants to [[AssimilationPlot assimilate people]] [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill to maintain order]].]] Similar to Valkorion for [[spoiler: Vitiate]], Episode III's prologue reveals that [[spoiler: Valkor is also just an alias for Yalbdalaoth, albeit one stolen from the real Valkor Vangeli while - according Admon Onae - having his body used as a puppet leader for the Forceless Collective]].