History Literature / TheGloveOfDarthVader

* AdaptationalBadass: In this series, it is strongly implied that Kadann, Jedgar and the other prophets are frauds who do not really see the future, but only pretend to in order to exploit the gullible. However, later books in the old Expanded Universe make clear that they were in fact extremely powerful Dark Side wizards.

* SmallReferencePools: When suggesting where to put the interim Imperial capital, the council only seem to have heard of planets that appear in the films.

* KarmaHoudini: Since the series was never finished, Zorba the Hutt goes unpunished and still controls Cloud City in the end. Later sources {{Retcon}}ned that he was forced to cede control of the city back to Lando and returned to Hutt Space, where he ended up a penniless social outcast due to his mismanagement of Jabba's fortune.

In 1996, omnibus editions were released that collected the whole series in two volumes. There was originally supposed to be a concluding seventh volume, relating the final fate of the Prophets of the Dark Side, [[CutShort but this was never written]], perhaps because of the backlash against previous installments and the release of other, more popular Expanded Universe works which followed a different timeline.

* AndThatsTerrible: "I bid you Dark Greetings", anyone? "I grant you my Dark Blessing"? They really wanted us to know that they knew the Empire was evil. And apparently even the Empire wanted the Empire to know that the Empire was evil. It makes ''some'' sense with the Prophets of the Dark Side, who are, after all, a regular ReligionOfEvil, but less so with the secular politicians and military men.

''The Glove of Darth Vader'' is the first installment of a series of ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' novellas for younger readers written by Paul and Hollace Davids and published in the early 1990s. Introducing a new hero named Ken, they also follow the continued adventures of the heroes of the movie trilogy as they fight the remnants of the Empire, now led by a sinister cult called the Prophets of the Dark Side and a man who claims to be Emperor Palpatine's son. The books are most remembered nowadays for their [[SoBadItsGood questionable quality]], but occasional references to them crop up in later ''Legends'' books, and they've been neatly fitted into the official ''Legends'' timeline (with a little bit of retconning to make them fit better). The title of the first book has been adopted for the (untitled) cycle as a whole, which is also known by the names of ''Jedi Prince'' and ''Son of Palpatine''.

''The Glove of Darth Vader'' is the first installment of a series of ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' novellas for younger readers written by Paul and Hollace Davids and published in the early 1990s. They are most remembered nowadays for their [[SoBadItsGood questionable quality]], but occasional references to them crop up in later ''Legends'' books, and they've been neatly fitted into the official ''Legends'' timeline (with a little bit of retconning to make them fit better). The title of the first book has been adopted for the (untitled) cycle as a whole, which is also known by the names of ''Jedi Prince'' and ''Son of Palpatine''.

In 1996, omnibus editions were released that collected the whole series in two volumes. There was supposed to be a concluding seventh volume, relating the final fate of the Prophets of the Dark Side, [[CutShort but this was never written]], perhaps because of the backlash against previous installments and the release of other, more popular Expanded Universe works which followed a different timeline.

In 1996, omnibus editions were released that collected the whole series in two volumes. There was supposed to be a concluding seventh volume, relating the final fate of the Prophets of the Dark Side, but this was never written, perhaps because of the backlash against previous installments and the release of other, more popular Expanded Universe works which followed a different timeline.

* MeaningfulName: "Trioculus", 'Tri'- meaning 'three', and 'oculus'- a form of the word ocular, 'of the eye'; so, three eyes.

** ''Aliens of the Empire'' reveals that Triclops is not really Palpatine's son (and thus [[spoiler:Ken is not Palpatine's grandson]]), but an experiment created under Palpatine's orders, similar to how Anakin Skywalker may have been "created" by manipulation of midichlorians.

* BodyHorror: What befalls Hissa on Duro.

* VileVillainSaccharineShow: The books are goofy light adventures for young readers, and it shows: Trioculus, Hissa and Zorba are buffoonish much of the time, and rarely genuinely threatening. However, the Prophets of the Dark Side (and specifically Supreme Prophet Kadann) are much more sinister in just about every way, to the point that they work quite well as ''serious'' villains. Especially with the upgrade they got in subsequent fluff.

* VileVillainSaccharineShow: The books are goofy light adventures for young leaders, and it shows: Trioculus, Hissa and Zorba are buffoonish much of the time, and rarely genuinely threatening. However, the Prophets of the Dark Side (and specifically Supreme Prophet Kadann) are much more sinister in just about every way, to the point that they work quite well as ''serious'' villains. Especially with the upgrade they got in subsequent fluff.

* BedTrick: Teased. When Trioculus was to marry Leia, the Rebels substituted a human-appearing robot doppelganger for her instead. However, she/it killed him before the marriage could be consummated.