History StarWarsTheOldRepublic / TropesHToP

** Overlapping big-time with ShootTheShaggyDog for KOTOR fans. Revan failed [[spoiler: (It seems just as likely that he's deluding himself over being able to "temper" the Emperor, judging from how batshit nuts he is in The Foundry)]], Exile failed and got herself StuffedIntoTheFridge, the Sith come back and curb stomp the Republic anyway, and Scourge gets to play KarmaHoudini on the Knight's boat.

-->'''Darth Baras:''' YouHaveFailedMe ''for the last time'', Lanklyn.

** Dark Council members who ascend and fall during classic: Zhorrid (killed by Agent, optional), Zash (killed by Inquisitor), Baras (killed by Warrior, optional), Arho (killed by Republic characters on Ilum), Malgus (quits and is then defeated by PCs)
** Dark Council members who ascend and fall during the expansions: Arkous (killed by PCs during the Rakata Prime FP), Soverus (killed by Republic characters during the Korriban FP), Malora (fired by Malgus on Dantooine), Acina (dies on Iokath, optional), Savik (kill order by Imperial character, optional), Shaar (kill order by Imperial character, optional), Anathel (Inquisitor, optional)

* NotSoDifferentRemark: If the Agent dismisses The Eagle as just a terrorist, he points out that how terrorists and undercover agents work are not so different. If he points out how he gave up his name to become the Eagle, the Agent can point out that they too gave up their name to become Cipher Nine.

* PunchClockVillain: Several minions and mercenaries will walk away if you just ''ask'' them to and abandon their now desperately alone former boss because they're just not ''paid enough'' to face the likes of you.
** It seems that a lot of Imperials are this. Many soldiers, Imperial Reclamation Service staff and agents aren't evil personalities, just people doing their jobs.
*** Some of the nicest Imperial characters work in either the Imperial Reclamation or Diplomatic Services.

* PyrrhicVictory: Imperial Taris. Congratulations! You have completely destroyed the Republic's efforts to reclaim and rehabilitate the planet and run them off the world. As a result, the Republic can stop throwing money away on the futile, expensive project (freeing up the funds for the war effort), and Governor Saresh becomes ''Supreme Chancellor Saresh'', newly elected and looking for any way she can to make the Empire ''pay.'' [[NiceJobFixingItVillain Good Job, Imperials!]]

** The customization options for a Togruta character include Ahsoka's montral and skin patterns from ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'', as well as an Akul-tooth headdress based on her own headdress from her ''The Clone Wars'' depiction.

** On Belsavis, A republic player can meet a Nautolan who wonders about how someone can smile in the middle of battle. An ironic echo to Kit Fisto, a Nautolan Jedi who often did just that.

** To a certain extent. As the Sith Warrior finds out before visiting the planet, while the visions are perfectly accurate, the interpretation [[ProphecyTwist sometimes suffers]]. Sith Warriors can also receive a Voss granted vision and then go on to prove it dead wrong when they [[spoiler: kill Darth Baras]]

* NotSoDifferent: Jedi and Sith.
** In broader terms, the Republic and the Empire are this. The space missions for each side are identical, both factions make heavy use of hired guns (smugglers and bounty hunters, respectively), and both are plagued with bureaucratic power struggles making it impossible to get anything done without the player character's help.
** The Shadow of Revan expansion demonstrates it very well. It involves sizable forces from both sides forced into an EnemyMine situation. The rank and file on both sides seem very sorry about the situation being temporary.

* HauledBeforeASenateSubcommittee: This happens to [[spoiler:the Republic Trooper]] in the third act. However, [[spoiler:it's a sham; the senator trying to "investigate" Havoc Squad is secretly an undercover agent for the Empire.]]

* MythologyGag: When chasing a fleeing imperial officer around a corner, the smuggler runs into a huge group of imperial soldiers and a Sith. [[Film/ANewHope He then promptly flees back the way he came, chased by the imperials]]. (Fittingly enough, both of these are references to Creator/HarrisonFord characters.)

* ParentalBonus/ SexyDiscretionShot: Unlike ''Franchise/MassEffect'', this Creator/BioWare product is a "T" rated game. Which means that while it can be ''quite'' violent, all the sex is strictly off-screen and the dialogue about it is pretty oblique.
** Goes into straight GettingCrapPastTheRadar territory in a Warrior companion quest where a character is a SexSlave but both the dialogue and the player choices are carefully drawn to not say those specific words.
** Very noticeable with the Imperial Agent, who can advance a significant portion of their quests by sleeping with people. One of the first things on the first planet is the Agent getting confronted by someone who might be able to blow their cover ID, the female Agent can defuse the situation via a fade-to-black. A later quest on Nar Shaddaa advances the plot in a prolonged session of pillow-talk after a female Agent seduces her target (this one, in particular, is less "GettingCrapPastTheRadar" and more "Just Blowing Straight Through It"). By the end of the Agent's story, they can have a lover (or "conquest") on [[ReallyGetsAround every single planet they've been to]].
** {{Optional Sexual Encounter}}s are sprinkled liberally though the other class and planet quests, as well, with the Smuggler having the potential to get almost as much action as the Agent.

* PlanetaryCoreManipulation: In the first expansion ''Rise of the Hutt Cartel'', the plot involves the titular criminal group harvests the planet Makeb's core, knowingly endangering it's population. [[spoiler:The Republic storyline ends with the planet crumbling.]] [[spoiler: the Imperial storyline, however, reveals Makeb was actually kept stable thanks to the Empire's efforts.]]

* MoralGuardians: A group of them are condemning the game for featuring homosexual relationships, claiming that they'll brainwash kids into pursuing homosexual lifestyles. The game didn't feature them until the ''Rise of the Hutt Cartel'' expansion. Since their actual introduction negative reactions have been fairly muted.

** [[spoiler:Luckily, you could actually minimize the civillian losses in the war as both a saboteur, and loyalist by choosing the lightside option in the meeting before Corellia, thus averting the last part of the trope. Do that, and your commander speaks out against murdering citizens purely as a diversion tactic, and Krovos focuses only on targeting buildings for greater strategic value instead. At the end of the storyline, Theron is happy that the empire minimized the damage in Corellia, despite being worried that they would not do so in the future.]]

*** [[spoiler:Luckily, you could actually minimize the civillian losses in the war as both a saboteur, and loyalist by choosing the lightside option in the meeting before Corellia, thus averting the last part of the trope. Do that, and your commander speaks out against murdering citizens purely as a diversion tactic, and Krovos focuses only on targeting buildings for greater strategic value instead. At the end of the storyline, Theron is happy that the empire minimized the damage in Corellia, despite being worried that they would not do so in the future.]]

*** [[spoiler:Luckily, you could actually minimize the civillian losses in the war as both a saboteur, and loyalist by choosing the lightside option in the meeting before Corellia, thus averting the last part of the trope. Do that, and your commander speaks out against murdering citizens purely as a diversion tactic, and Krovos focuses only on targeting buildings for greater strategic value instead. At the end of the storyline, Theron is happy that the empire minimized the damage in Corellia, despite being worried that they would not do so in the future.]]