History Literature / JediApprentice

* TheRival: Bruck to Obi-Wan.

** Siri takes this role later on, which ends up as an OddCouple dynamic as they get to know each other.

Part of the deluge of new EU material resulting from the massive renewed interest in ''Franchise/StarWars'' after the release of Episode I, ''Jedi Apprentice'' is a series of StarWarsExpandedUniverse books written for young adults. Basically an extended prequel to ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' (yes, a prequel to the prequel), it follows the adventures of Qui-Gon Jinn and his young apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Part of the deluge of new EU material resulting from the massive renewed interest in ''StarWars'' after the release of Episode I, ''Jedi Apprentice'' is a series of StarWarsExpandedUniverse books written for young adults.

Basically an extended prequel to ''ThePhantomMenace'' (yes, a prequel to the prequel), it follows the adventures of Qui-Gon Jinn and his young apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi.

* AvengingTheVillain: Xanatos wants payback for his father, Crion's death. In ''JediQuest'', its SpiritualSuccessor, Granta Omega seeks vengeance for Xanatos' death.

* TheDragon: [[BountyHunter Ona Nobis]] to [[MadScientist Jenna Zan Arbor]]. Xanatos appears to be turning Bruck into one, but throws him away without batting an eye.

* SelfDisposingVillain: Xanatos, who commits suicide.

* TwoLinesNoWaiting: The point-of-view swaps between Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon at regular intervals. They usually separate (intentionally or not) early in the story to conduct a full investigation of what's going on.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Subverted in book 1. One of the first Star Wars works to portray the Hutts in a positive light.

* BullfightBoss: Qui-Gon versus a bunch of [[TankGoodness tanks]] in "Mark of the Crown."

* ForegoneConclusion: A plot-arc in the middle of the series has Obi-Wan leave the Jedi Order. Since he's a member in ''ThePhantomMenace'', we know he'll come back.

* JumpedAtTheCall: Obi-Wan.

* MythArc: Two in the form of Obi-Wan's growth as a Jedi and Xanatos's quest for revenge against the Jedi. In-between, Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon spend most of their time solving the problems of AdventureTowns.
** Xanatos is mentioned in book one and his company is the backer of the villain in book 4.

* TheObiWan: Qui-Gon is Obi-Wan's, well, Obi-Wan here.

* {{Prequel}}

* RoyalBrat: Beju of Gala, who is absolutely incensed at his mother's decision to end the monarchy. He responds by entering the race and plotting to throw the election with an engineered bacta shortage.

* TwoLinesNoWaiting: The point-of-view swaps between Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon at regular intervals.

* WhatTheHellHero: Obi-Wan gets this from nearly ''everyone'' after he decides he wants to rejoin the Jedi after Melida/Daan. Of note are Qui-Gon, who takes two entire books to accept him back, and Siri, who tells Obi-Wan that his actions have caused tension between almost all Master-Padawan pairs.

* WhipItGood: Ona Nobis.

* TheChessmaster: Xanatos throughout the series; Tyron in book 10, ''The Shattered Peace'', who ruthlessly manipulates events to make his father pick him as heir over his brother.

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Bruck Chun.

* TheDarkSide

* {{Expy}}: Xanatos could be seen as one of Darth Vader.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Our dragons are giant airborn fish.

* BaldOfEvil: Ona Nobis

* EvilRedhead: Jenna Zan Arbor

* AdventureTowns

** BadassLonghair: Qui-Gon Jinn

''This series provides examples of:''

* ArtifactOfEvil: The Sith holocron in the second special edition is so evil that it makes the Jedi feel physically ill.

* BlueEyes: Xanatos' are cold and frozen.

Part of the deluge of new EU material resulting from the massive renewed interest in ''StarWars'' after the release of Episode I, ''Jedi Apprentice'' is a series of StarWarsExpandedUniverse books written for "young adults" (ie. tweens).

Basically an extended prequel to ''ThePhantomMenace'' (yes, a prequel to the prequel), it follows the adventures of Qui-Gon Jinn and his young apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi. Don't be fooled, though; it's much better than it has to be.

* AcePilot: All Jedi are pretty capable, but Adi Galla is one of the best.

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Xanatos pulls this on Qui-Gon out of spite, ranting about how he is denying him the chance to kill him.

* BigBrotherIsWatching: On Kegan, there are records for ''everything'' the civilians do, say, meet with, write...

* CallForward (ContinuityNod): In the Fight for Truth, two people have been having prophetic visions. They say they see the Jedi surrounded by darkness that comes from within and engulfs them, they talk about masked soldiers bringing suffering, they predict a [[EarthShatteringKaboom planet-destroying]] explosive. Qui-Gon finds it far-fetched.

** Qui-Gon's brief vision of Obi-Wan as an old man in a desert, with nothing for company except memories

* CreateYourOwnVillain: So, the Jedi council has this problem kid, Xanatos. Too much anger and whatnot. And they decide that hey, we're not sure we can trust him, we need to put him to the test. So they send him and his master to intervene in a conflict where his ''dad'' is the ManBehindTheMan, and everyone knows it, in the hopes that he'll screw up and they can boot him out. Well as it turns out, the plan works a little too well. Xanatos {{Face Heel Turn}}s, his Master is forced to kill his father, and he swears bloody revenge on the Temple, going on to become a CorruptCorporateExecutive and ManipulativeBastard out for Jedi blood, who spreads slavery and death wherever he goes. {{Nice Job Breaking It Hero}}es.
* DarkActionGirl: [[BountyHunter Ona Nobis]]

* TheEvilPrince: Subverted. Taroon, in ''The Shattered Peace'' looks the part, and is a ruthless {{Chessmaster}} out to escape his status as TheUnfavourite by ruining his brother's reputation, even going so far as to kidnap his brother and risk war. However, his brother, Leed, does not want the job, a fact that Taroon is ''very'' aware of, and his manipulations ultimately prove that by local standards he will be the better king.

* {{Expy}}: Xanatos, the beloved padawan whose master doesn't foresee him falling to the Dark Side because attachment blinds him. Dunno about you, but that kinda reminds me of someone... Tall, Dark and Asthmatic.

* TheFettered: Jedi in general, to the frustration of a young Obi-Wan. When Obi-Wan becomes older and wiser, Siri starts having a role in the books so ''she'' can be frustrated by it.

* HotScientist: Jenna Zan Arbor would be quite attractive if she weren't a homicidal lunatic.

* ItsPersonal: Xanatos vs Qui-Gon is very personal for both of them, no matter what Qui-Gon says.

* KickTheDog: Xanatos tries to break Obi Wan during their final battle by playing on Obi Wan's guilt of accidentally killing Bruck. It fails but it was still extremely cruel.

* ManipulativeBastard: Xanatos, with shades of Magnificence. He utterly screws with Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon's heads during all of their encounters, turns Bruck to the Dark Side and manipulates public opinion with ease.

* TheObiWan: ...''not'' Obi-Wan himself in this series. Qui-Gon is Obi-Wan's Obi-Wan here.

* ThePlan: Xanatos [[NamesTheSame in here]]...did ''not'' [[TropeNamer name a suptrope of this]], but he is somewhat good at using this trope and others like it.

* AvengingTheVillain: Xanatos wants payback for his father, Crion's death. In ''JediQuest'', it's SpiritualSuccessor, Granta Omega seeks vengeance for Xanatos' death.

* {{Expy}}: Xanatos, the beloved padawan whose master doesn't foresee him falling to the Dark Side because attachment blinds him. Dunno about you, but that kinda reminds me of someone... Tall, Dark and Asthmatic

* LeanAndMean: Xanatos, Ona Nobis.

* TheObiWan: ...''not'' Obi-Wan himself in this series. Qui-Gon is Obi-Wan's Obi Wan here.

* BigBrotherIsWatchingYou: On Kegan, there are records for ''everything'' the civilians do, say, meet with, write...

* CallForward (ContinuityNod): In the Fight for Truth:
-->"There is no [[ThatsNoMoon explosive device]] powerful enough to [[ANewHope destroy a whole planet]]," Qui-Gon said.

* TheFettered: Jedi in general.

* TheObiWan: ....''not'' Obi-Wan himself in this series. Qui-Gon is Obi-Wan's Obi Wan here.

* {{Planetville}}: An attempt to subvert this trope is made, but the writers [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale having no sense of scale]] gets in the way. Gala has multiple towns and lots of farming country, plus multiple biomes, but manages to be occupied entirely by ''three tribes.'' Melida/Daan has lots of cities and towns, but this is irrelevant as all you apparently need to be considered ruler of the planet is the city of Zehava.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Followed by ''JediQuest'', which took place between ''ThePhantomMenace'' and ''AttackOfTheClones'' and featured similar adventures for Obi-Wan and Anakin Skywalker.

Part of the deluge of new EU material resulting from the massive renewed interest in ''StarWars'' after the release of Episode I, ''Jedi Apprentice'' is a series of StarWarsExpandedUniverse books written for "young adults" (ie. tweens).

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Qui-Gon shows severe GenreBlindness in choosing to trust a kid named "[[{{Gargoyles}} Xanatos]]".

* ThePlan: Xanatos [[NamesTheSame in here]]...did ''not'' [[TropeNamer name a suptrope of this]], but he is somewhat good at using this trope and others like it.

* XanatosGambit: Xanatos [[NamesTheSame in here]]...did ''not'' [[TropeNamer name this trope]], but he is somewhat good at using it.

* {{Expy}}: Xanatos, the beloved padawan whose master doesn't foresee falling to the Dark Side because his "attachment" blinds him. Dunno about you, but that kinda reminds me of someone... Tall, Dark and Asthmatic

* PaleSkinnedBrunette: Xanatos. He's basically described as sounding like a vampire.