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* MythologyGag: When asked what sand feels like, Brendol Hux describes it as [[Film/AttackOfTheClones "Course. Rough. Irritating. Gets everywhere."
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* MythologyGag: When asked what sand feels like, Brendol Hux describes it as [[Film/AttackOfTheClones "Course."Coarse. Rough. Irritating. Gets everywhere." "]]
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* AIIsACrapshoot: Terpischore Station is manned entirely by droids who, in the absence of living beings, have devolved into what is essentially a cult.
* BreadAndCircuses: The people of Arratu are placated with bloodsports to distract them from their slowly starving population.
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* LanguageBarrier: As the people of Parnassos are "more primitive" as Brendol [[FantasticRacism puts it]], they have to use his translator droid to communicate with him and the First Order.
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* LanguageBarrier: As the people of Parnassos are "more primitive" as Brendol [[FantasticRacism puts it]], they have to use his translator droid to communicate with him and the First Order. An interesting example in that both sides speak the same language, just in drastically different dialects.
* MythologyGag: When asked what sand feels like, Brendol Hux describes it as [[Film/AttackOfTheClones "Course. Rough. Irritating. Gets everywhere."
* MythologyGag: When asked what sand feels like, Brendol Hux describes it as [[Film/AttackOfTheClones "Course. Rough. Irritating. Gets everywhere."
** Attempted by Siv, who offers her services as a storyteller to the Arratu. He seems interested at first, but dismisses the idea after he decides she's too boring.
* TranslationConvention: The Scyre folk's dialogue is presented in standard Basic, even when the LanguageBarrier between them and Brendol is a plot point. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] as the story is being recounted by Vi.
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* UnreliableNarrator: Vi's internal narration confirms that she "embellished" some parts of the story she told Cardinal. Exactly which parts are real and which aren't is never stated. [[spoiler: Going by Phasma's reaction, the bulk of the story was at least accurate.]]
* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: [[spoiler:Phasma is directly responsible for theClaw Scyre Clan's destruction along with just about every remaining piece of civilization on Parnassos]].
* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: [[spoiler:Phasma is directly responsible for the
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* AdaptationalHeroism: [[spoiler: When the Scyers are attacked pack of carnivorous "skinwolves," Brendol Hux's Stormtroopers rescue them by killing the wolves with their blasters.]] It's a rare moment to see a Stormtrooper do ''anything'' heroic.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: [[spoiler: When the Scyers are attacked by pack of carnivorous "skinwolves," Brendol Hux's Stormtroopers rescue them by killing the wolves with their blasters.]] It's a rare moment to see a Stormtrooper do ''anything'' heroic.
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* ScavengerWorld: Parnassos is a former Com Star Mining Corporation colony that was nuked and abandoned. An automated orbital defense system keeps most ships from landing. As a result, the world bears a lot more resemblance to ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' then to more pleasant locations in Star Wars like Tatooine.
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* HumanResources: Detraxors, one of the few bits of still functioning technology, are used to drain nutrients from corpses and convert it into a salve. It's treated as respectful last rites among the Scyre, as it allows the dead to continue to protect the living, and Siv being unable to administer it to their dead takes a toll on her.
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* BedtimeBrainwashing: First Order trainees are given subliminal messages as they sleep about how loyalty is everything and how the First Order is the only salvation in the galaxy. To make it creepier, the kids know it's happening and seem to think of it as comforting, with Cardinal remembering it as "a mother's voice".
* BloodKnight: Phasma loves killing. Loves it.
* BloodKnight: Phasma loves killing. Loves it.
* CallForward: Cardinal warns Hux that Phasma's ChronicBackstabbingDisorder would be a huge detriment to the First Order, which Hux mocks, believing that [[SocialDarwinist Phasma's ruthlessness is a sign of strength]] and Cardinal is weak for thinking otherwise. Come ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', and she quite happily sells out Starkiller Base to save herself, destroying Hux's prize project and dealing a crippling blow to the First Order.
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* KickTheDog: Phasma does this repeatedly throughout the book, especially were Siv and her brother Keldo are concerned.
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* HannibalLecture: A rare heroic version when Vi Moradi is captured and tortured but tries to turn her captor to her side by convincing him the First Order is evil. [[spoiler:She succeeds.]]
* ImperiledInPregnancy: Siv is pregnant throughout most of the book and terrified of losing her child to Parnassos' ecosystem.
* KickTheDog: Phasma does this repeatedly throughout the book, especiallywere where Siv and her brother Keldo are concerned.
* ImperiledInPregnancy: Siv is pregnant throughout most of the book and terrified of losing her child to Parnassos' ecosystem.
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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Phasma kills Frey because she was the last living person who knew of her past.]]
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* TheFaceless: Phasma has never revealed her face to '''anyone''' in the First Order, preferring to operate under her helmet at all times.
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* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:Keldo leads the Claw Clan in an attack on Phasma and Hux's party after they betray them]].
* GladiatorGames: A favorite past-time in Arratu and done partially as a form of population control. They simply don't have the food to feed everybody so the games keep the number of hungry mouths down and provide a spectacle to keep the people pacified.
* KickTheDog: Phasma does this repeatedly throughout the book, especially were Siv and her brother Keldo are concerned.
* GladiatorGames: A favorite past-time in Arratu and done partially as a form of population control. They simply don't have the food to feed everybody so the games keep the number of hungry mouths down and provide a spectacle to keep the people pacified.
* KickTheDog: Phasma does this repeatedly throughout the book, especially were Siv and her brother Keldo are concerned.
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* PoisonedWeapons: Phasma is quite fond of these and uses [[spoiler:one on Cardinal]].
* PostApunkalypticArmor: Worn by just about every warrior on Parnassos with the exception of Brendol Hux and his stormtroopers.
* PostApunkalypticArmor: Worn by just about every warrior on Parnassos with the exception of Brendol Hux and his stormtroopers.
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* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:The book ends with Cardinal poisoned and Vi trying to get him to a proper medical facility. We do not know currently whither he lived or died]].
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* AFatherToHisMen: Cardinal truly loves the children he trains, memorizing their numbers and nicknames and keeping track of their progress through the First Order. Part of the reason he despises Phasma is that she does not share the same care for their troopers as him.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: The Cardinal is the only one of the Hux crew that has pretty strong morals, idealism, and is actually concerned with the plight of the less fortunate.
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* WideEyedIdealist: The Cardinal, surprisingly. [[spoiler:Said idealism is shattered by the end of the book]].
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* WideEyedIdealist: The Cardinal, surprisingly. [[spoiler:Said idealism is shattered by the end of the book]].book]].
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Parnassos is full of these but special mention goes to the beetles that [[spoiler:Phasma uses to kill Brendol]].
* DeathFromAbove: The ''Finalizer'' [[spoiler:turbolasers Arratu and the Scyre on Brendol Hux's orders]].
* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:Brendol Hux, a brutal fascist who abused his own son, does not have a nice death courtesy of Armitage and Phasma]].
* KlingonPromotion: Both Phasma and Armitage Hux engage in it. [[spoiler:Phasma kills the Arratu and takes his place, along with other tribal and clan leaders. Armitage has Phasma kill his father so he can take his place]].
* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:Brendol Hux, a brutal fascist who abused his own son, does not have a nice death courtesy of Armitage and Phasma]].
* KlingonPromotion: Both Phasma and Armitage Hux engage in it. [[spoiler:Phasma kills the Arratu and takes his place, along with other tribal and clan leaders. Armitage has Phasma kill his father so he can take his place]].
* ScavengerWorld: Parnassos is a former Com Star Mining Corporation colony that was nuked and abandoned. An automated orbital defense system keeps most ships from landing. As a result, the world bears a lot more resemblance to ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' then to more pleasant locations in Star Wars like Tatooine.
* TokenGoodTeammate: The Cardinal is the only one of the Hux crew that has pretty strong morals, idealism, and is actually concerned with the plight of the less fortunate.
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* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: [[spoiler:Phasma is directly responsible for the Claw clans destruction along with just about every remaining piece of civilization on Parnassos]].
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* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: [[spoiler:Phasma is directly responsible for the Claw clans Clan's destruction along with just about every remaining piece of civilization on Parnassos]].Parnassos]].
* WideEyedIdealist: The Cardinal, surprisingly. [[spoiler:Said idealism is shattered by the end of the book]].
* WideEyedIdealist: The Cardinal, surprisingly. [[spoiler:Said idealism is shattered by the end of the book]].
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It is to be released on September 1, 2017.
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It is to be released on September 1, 2017.2017, along with ''Literature/LeiaPrincessOfAlderaan'' as a part of the second synchronized release of ''Star Wars'' merchandise known as Force Friday.
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** AllThereInTheManual mentioned that Phasma's chrome armor was forged from the ''Imperialis'', Palpatine's yacht from ''ComicBook/{{Lando}}''. Brendol arrives on Parnassos using the ''Imperialis'', and Phasma later uses it to forge her armor.
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** AllThereInTheManual mentioned that Phasma's chrome armor was forged from the ''Imperialis'', Palpatine's yacht from ''ComicBook/{{Lando}}''.''[[ComicBook/StarWarsLando Lando]]''. Brendol arrives on Parnassos using the ''Imperialis'', and Phasma later uses it to forge her armor.
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** AllThereInTheManual mentioned that Phasma's chrome armor was forged from the ''Imperialis'', Palpatine's yacht from ''ComicBook/{{Lando}}''. Brendol arrives on Parnassos using the ''Imperialis'', and Phasma later uses it to forge her armor.
** AllThereInTheManual mentioned that Phasma's chrome armor was forged from the ''Imperialis'', Palpatine's yacht from ''ComicBook/{{Lando}}''. Brendol arrives on Parnassos using the ''Imperialis'', and Phasma later uses it to forge her armor.
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* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler:Phasma is responsible for the deaths of her parents and her brother. General Hux also has Phasma kill his father Brendol]].
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* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler:Phasma is responsible for the deaths of her parents and her brother. General Hux also has Phasma kill his father father, Brendol]].
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* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: [[Spoiler:Phasma is directly responsible for the Claw clans destruction along with just about every remaining piece of civilization on Parnassos]].
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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Phasma is not the most loyal person in the universe. In the novel she betrays [[spoiler:her parents, her brother, her tribe and Brendol Hux]].
* DarkAndTroubledPast: The book is largely Phasma's backstory and most of it is not pretty.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: The book is largely Phasma's backstory and most of it is not pretty.
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* TheRival: Cardinal to Phasma.
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* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler:Phasma is responsible for the deaths of her parents and her brother. General Hux also has Phasma kill his father Brendol]].
* TheRival: Cardinal toPhasma.Phasma.
* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: [[Spoiler:Phasma is directly responsible for the Claw clans destruction along with just about every remaining piece of civilization on Parnassos]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:A real Stormtrooper has no room for sympathy.\\
A real Stormtrooper is the extension of the First Order... nothing less.]]
A real Stormtrooper is the extension of the First Order... nothing less.]]
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* LanguageBarrier: As the people of Parnassos are "more primitive" as Brendol [[FantasticRacism puts it]], they have to use his translator droid to communicate with him and the First Order.
* OneNameOnly: Phasma's name is revealed to be just "Phasma", though since she's from the Claw clan, her name could technically be "Phasma Claw".
* OneNameOnly: Phasma's name is revealed to be just "Phasma", though since she's from the Claw clan, her name could technically be "Phasma Claw".
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* {{Prequel}}: To ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', as it explains the backstory of Captain Phasma prior to the events of the film.
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* TheRival: Cardinal to Phasma.
* TheRival: Cardinal to Phasma.
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It is to be released on August 29, 2017.
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One of the most cunning and merciless officers of the First Order, Captain Phasma commands the favor of her superiors, the respect of her peers, and the terror of her enemies. But for all her renown, Phasma remains as virtually unknown as the impassive expression on her gleaming chrome helmet. Now, an adversary is bent on unearthing her mysterious origins—and exposing a secret she guards as zealously and ruthlessly as she serves her masters.
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One of the most cunning and merciless officers of the First Order, Captain Phasma commands the favor of her superiors, the respect of her peers, and the terror of her enemies. But for all her renown, Phasma remains as virtually unknown as the impassive expression on her gleaming chrome helmet. Now, an adversary is bent on unearthing her mysterious origins—and origins--and exposing a secret she guards as zealously and ruthlessly as she serves her masters.
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What the mysterious stormtrooper wants is Phasma’s past—-and with it whatever long-buried scandal, treachery, or private demons he can wield against the hated rival who threatens his own power and privilege in the ranks of the First Order. His prisoner has what Cardinal so desperately seeks, but she won’t surrender it easily. As she wages a painstaking war of wills with her captor, bargaining for her life in exchange for every precious revelation, the spellbinding chronicle of the inscrutable Phasma unfolds. But this knowledge may prove more than just dangerous once Cardinal possesses it—-and once his adversary unleashes the full measure of her fury.
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What the mysterious stormtrooper wants is Phasma’s past—-and past—and with it whatever long-buried scandal, treachery, or private demons he can wield against the hated rival who threatens his own power and privilege in the ranks of the First Order. His prisoner has what Cardinal so desperately seeks, but she won’t surrender it easily. As she wages a painstaking war of wills with her captor, bargaining for her life in exchange for every precious revelation, the spellbinding chronicle of the inscrutable Phasma unfolds. But this knowledge may prove more than just dangerous once Cardinal possesses it—-and it—and once his adversary unleashes the full measure of her fury.
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One of the most cunning and merciless officers of the First Order, Captain Phasma commands the favor of her superiors, the respect of her peers, and the terror of her enemies. But for all her renown, Phasma remains as virtually unknown as the impassive expression on her gleaming chrome helmet. Now, an adversary is bent on unearthing her mysterious origins—and exposing a secret she guards as zealously and ruthlessly as she serves her masters.
Deep inside the Battlecruiser ''Absolution'', a captured Resistance spy endures brutal interrogation at the hands of a crimson-armored stormtrooper—Cardinal. But the information he desires has nothing to do with the Resistance or its covert operations against the First Order.
What the mysterious stormtrooper wants is Phasma’s past—-and with it whatever long-buried scandal, treachery, or private demons he can wield against the hated rival who threatens his own power and privilege in the ranks of the First Order. His prisoner has what Cardinal so desperately seeks, but she won’t surrender it easily. As she wages a painstaking war of wills with her captor, bargaining for her life in exchange for every precious revelation, the spellbinding chronicle of the inscrutable Phasma unfolds. But this knowledge may prove more than just dangerous once Cardinal possesses it—-and once his adversary unleashes the full measure of her fury.
Deep inside the Battlecruiser ''Absolution'', a captured Resistance spy endures brutal interrogation at the hands of a crimson-armored stormtrooper—Cardinal. But the information he desires has nothing to do with the Resistance or its covert operations against the First Order.
What the mysterious stormtrooper wants is Phasma’s past—-and with it whatever long-buried scandal, treachery, or private demons he can wield against the hated rival who threatens his own power and privilege in the ranks of the First Order. His prisoner has what Cardinal so desperately seeks, but she won’t surrender it easily. As she wages a painstaking war of wills with her captor, bargaining for her life in exchange for every precious revelation, the spellbinding chronicle of the inscrutable Phasma unfolds. But this knowledge may prove more than just dangerous once Cardinal possesses it—-and once his adversary unleashes the full measure of her fury.
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''Phasma'' is a Franchise/StarWars [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]] novel by Delilah S. Dawson, who had previously written ''Star Wars'' short stories ''Scorched'' and ''The Perfect Weapon'', which both gave backstories for new characters Greer Sonnel and Bazine Netal respectively. Likewise, ''Phasma'' delves into the backstory of Captain Phasma, who debuted into the franchise in ''Film/TheForceAwakens''.
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''Phasma'' is a Franchise/StarWars [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]] novel by Delilah S. Dawson, who had previously written ''Star Wars'' short stories ''Scorched'' and ''The Perfect Weapon'', which both gave backstories for new characters Greer Sonnel and Bazine Netal respectively. Likewise, ''Phasma'' delves into the backstory of Captain Phasma, who debuted into the franchise in ''Film/TheForceAwakens''.
''Film/TheForceAwakens''. It is a part of the multimedia project, ''Journey to Star Wars: Film/TheLastJedi''.
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* {{Prequel}}: To ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', as it explains the backstory of Captain Phasma prior to the events of the film.
* {{Prequel}}: To ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', as it explains the backstory of Captain Phasma prior to the events of the film.
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''Phasma'' is a Franchise/StarWars [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]] novel by Delilah S. Dawson, who had previously written ''Star Wars'' short stories ''Scorched'' and ''The Perfect Weapon'', which both gave backstories for new characters Greer Sonnel and Bazine Netal respectively. Likewise, ''Phasma'' delves into the backstory of Captain Phasma, who debuted into the franchise in ''Film/TheForceAwakens''.
Not to be confused with ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsCaptainPhasma Captain Phasma]]'', which is a comic series that takes place during and between ''The Force Awakens'' and ''The Last Jedi'', also centering around Phasma.
It is to be released on August, 29, 2017.
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Not to be confused with ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsCaptainPhasma Captain Phasma]]'', which is a comic series that takes place during and between ''The Force Awakens'' and ''The Last Jedi'', also centering around Phasma.
It is to be released on August, 29, 2017.
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