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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Black Krrsantan, BT-1, and Triple Zero abandon the Aphras at the Ordu Aspectu temple when they run into Imperials. Chelli Aphra doesn't hold a grudge as she probably would have done the same thing and takes them back as her crewmates.

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* LastNameBasis: Everyone but her own father calls Chelli Lona Aphra by her last name, "Aphra."



* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Aphra's father is so focused on his work to the exclusion of all else that he didn't hear about [[Film/RogueOne the destruction of Jedha]] (beyond the cover story) or [[Film/ANewHope Alderaan, or the Battle of Yavin]].

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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Aphra's father is so focused on his work to the exclusion of all else that he didn't hear about [[Film/RogueOne the destruction of Jedha]] (beyond the cover story) or [[Film/ANewHope Alderaan, or the Battle of Yavin]]. Judging from Aphra's reaction, she feels he's TooDumbToLive.

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* ClassClown: She hacks Toob-Nix's holoprojector during class, causing it to show a romantic holovid.

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* ClassClown: She Aphra hacks Toob-Nix's holoprojector during class, causing it to show a romantic holovid.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the [[Comicbook/StarWarsDarthVader Darth Vader comic]], Inspector Thanoth expresses doubts over the legitimacy of her doctorate. This becomes a major plot point in this series.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the [[Comicbook/StarWarsDarthVader Darth Vader comic]], Inspector Thanoth expresses doubts over the legitimacy of her Aphra's doctorate. This becomes a major plot point in this series.



* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Aphra's father is so focused on his work to the exclusion of all else that he didn't hear about [[Film/RogueOne the destruction of Jedha]] (beyond the cover story) or [[Film/ANewHope Alderaan, or the Battle of Yavin]].



* OneManArmy: Krrsantan takes on a number of Imperial troops [[spoiler:in the jungles of Yavin 4]]. The heavy casualties, combined with never actually glimpsing him, leads the Imperials to believe there's and ''actual'' army out there.

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* OneManArmy: Krrsantan takes on a number of Imperial troops [[spoiler:in the jungles of Yavin 4]]. The heavy casualties, combined with never actually glimpsing him, leads the Imperials to believe there's and an ''actual'' army out there.



* PhonyDegree: Aphra's doctorate was from a legitimate school but she cheated to get it. Though to be fair to her, Sava had made it very clear that he was never going to give her a doctorate simply because he didn't like Aphra.

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* PhonyDegree: Aphra's doctorate was from a legitimate school but she cheated to get it. Though to be fair to her, her Sava had made it very clear that he was never going to give her a doctorate simply because he didn't like Aphra.
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* LostInTranslation: One of Aphra's theories about the Ordu Aspectu was that they weren't a sect of warriors but a group of "Jedi grammarians" arguing over the translation of ancient texts.
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* ArtifactTitle: Aphra's doctorate is revoked in the first issue, so she can't actually call herself "Doctor Aphra" anymore.


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* OneManArmy: Krrsantan takes on a number of Imperial troops [[spoiler:in the jungles of Yavin 4]]. The heavy casualties, combined with never actually glimpsing him, leads the Imperials to believe there's and ''actual'' army out there.
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* PreachersKid: Aphra's father is a priest of some kind and determined to lead his daughter down a more moral path. He exposed her cheating and got her doctorate suspended, hoping it would force her to change her ways.

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* PreachersKid: Aphra's father is a priest of some kind devoutly spiritual and determined to lead his daughter down a more moral path. He exposed her cheating and got her doctorate suspended, hoping it would force her to change her ways.
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* ClassClown: She hacks Toob-Nix's holoprojector during class, causing it to show a romantic holovid.
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[[center:[[AC:It is a period of opportunity. In a\\
galaxy oppressed by the cruelty of\\
Imperial forces, there is little hope\\
for the future. But for those used to\\
operating on the fringes, there\\
is much potential for profit.\\
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Having successfully faked her own death at\\
Darth Vader's hands, rogue archaeologist\\
DOCTOR APHRA is back to doing what she does best:\\
locating and liberating rare artifacts. By\\
her side are a pair of homicidal droids and\\
Wookiee bounty hunter Black Krrsantan,\\
looking to collect on Aphra's debts.\\
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A valuable find has Aphra feeling pretty good.\\
With her archaeology accreditation, she'll be\\
able to sell the relic for its true value -- but soon\\
finds that her doctorate has been temporarily\\
revoked. Even worse, the man behind Aphra's\\
suspension is her own father....]]]]
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* HeadDesk: Aphra's reaction to her doctorate being suspended in Issue #1.

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* HeadDesk: Aphra's reaction to her doctorate being suspended in Issue #1. Against a wall, that is. She's more upset that she can't use her degree to sell artifacts than because she isn't a doctor anymore, though.
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* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: What Aphra's father believes happened to the Ordu Aspectu. He hopes that if he can find them, it will lead to a new religious awakening across the galaxy.
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* ThePsychoRangers: Her crew is made up of evil versions of main characters. She's Han, Black Krrsantan is Chewbacca, Triple Zero is C-3PO, and BT-1 and R2-D2.

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* ThePsychoRangers: Her crew is made up of evil versions of main characters. She's Han, Black Krrsantan is Chewbacca, Triple Zero is C-3PO, and BT-1 and R2-D2.R2-D2.
* TemptingFate: Krrsantan [[YouJustHadToSayIt growls]] at Aphra's father for doing this when he claims the first part of his plan will be "[[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong easy]]." Sure enough, his plan takes them to [[spoiler:the former Rebel base on Yavin IV, which is crawling with Imperial soldiers.]]
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* LegendFadesToMyth: Aphra's father is interested in the Ordu Aspectu who, depending on who you ask, were either a benevolent sect of MartialPacifists or an evil cult willing to use HumanSacrifice. However, in both versions, they are a sect of Jedi seeking eternal life.

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* LegendFadesToMyth: Aphra's father is interested in the Ordu Aspectu who, depending on who you ask, were either a benevolent sect of MartialPacifists MartialPacifist order or an evil cult willing to use HumanSacrifice. However, in both versions, they are a sect of Jedi seeking eternal life.
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* DeathByOriginStory: Aphra's mother was killed by raiders during the Clone Wars. She blames her father for driving her mother away, which led to her going to the planet where she was killed.


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* PyroManiac: In a flashback, a young Aphra sets fire to one of her father's artifacts.

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* LifesWorkRuined: After a college-age Aphra "discovers" several hibernating [[PuppeteerParasite Abersyn symbiotes]] on Boothi XII, her friend Susina devotes her whole career to studying them, not realizing that Aphra's discovery was a fake. Issue #1 ends with the revelation that Aphra's deception has been revealed, rendering all Susina's years of work useless.

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* LegendFadesToMyth: Aphra's father is interested in the Ordu Aspectu who, depending on who you ask, were either a benevolent sect of MartialPacifists or an evil cult willing to use HumanSacrifice. However, in both versions, they are a sect of Jedi seeking eternal life.
* LifesWorkRuined: After a college-age Aphra "discovers" several hibernating [[PuppeteerParasite Abersyn symbiotes]] on Boothi XII, her friend Susina devotes her whole career to studying them, not realizing that Aphra's discovery was a fake. Issue #1 ends with the revelation that Aphra's deception has been revealed, rendering all Susina's years of work useless. Issue #2 reveals that there were hundreds of academics on the planet studying the same thing.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Aphra may be for the most part a terrible person but she draws the line at actually torturing her father, even if she doesn't like him.
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* DeanBitterman: The Sava, or teacher, who accepted Aphra into his doctoral program. He says he did it merely to give her hope and take it away all because he hates her.

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* DeanBitterman: The Sava, or teacher, who accepted Aphra into his doctoral program. He says he did it merely to give her hope and take it away - all because he hates her.



* PhonyDegree: Aphra's doctorate was from a legitimate school but she cheated to get it. Though to be fair her Sava had made it very clear that he was never going to give her a doctorate simply because he didn't like Aphra.

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* PhonyDegree: Aphra's doctorate was from a legitimate school but she cheated to get it. Though to be fair her to her, Sava had made it very clear that he was never going to give her a doctorate simply because he didn't like Aphra.



* PsychoRangers: Her crew is made up of evil versions of main characters. She's Han, Black Krrsantan is Chewbacca, Triple Zero is C-3PO, and BT-1 and R2-D2.

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* PsychoRangers: ThePsychoRangers: Her crew is made up of evil versions of main characters. She's Han, Black Krrsantan is Chewbacca, Triple Zero is C-3PO, and BT-1 and R2-D2.

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* GoodShepherd: Aphra's father is a priest of some kind and determined to lead his daughter down a more moral path. He exposed her cheating and got her doctorate suspended.


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* PreachersKid: Aphra's father is a priest of some kind and determined to lead his daughter down a more moral path. He exposed her cheating and got her doctorate suspended, hoping it would force her to change her ways.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the [[Comicbook/StarWarsDarthVader Darth Vader comic]], Inspector Thanoth expresses doubts over the legitimacy of her doctorate. This becomes a major plot point in this series.
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* PoisonousFriend: Triple Zero and BT-1 murder a gangster who was after Aphra without her knowledge.

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* PoisonousFriend: Triple Zero and BT-1 murder a gangster who was after Aphra without her knowledge.knowledge.
* PsychoRangers: Her crew is made up of evil versions of main characters. She's Han, Black Krrsantan is Chewbacca, Triple Zero is C-3PO, and BT-1 and R2-D2.
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* PhonyDegree: Aphra's doctorate was from a legitimate school but she cheated to get it.

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* PhonyDegree: Aphra's doctorate was from a legitimate school but she cheated to get it. Though to be fair her Sava had made it very clear that he was never going to give her a doctorate simply because he didn't like Aphra.
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* HeadDesk: Aphra's reaction to her doctorate being suspended in Issue #1.

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* LifesWorkRuined: After Aphra "discovers" several hibernating [[PuppeteerParasite Abersyn symbiotes]] on Boothi XII, her friend Susina devotes her whole career to studying them, not realizing that Aphra's discovery was a fake. Issue #1 ends with the revelation that Aphra's deception has been revealed, rendering all Susina's years of work useless.

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* LifesWorkRuined: After a college-age Aphra "discovers" several hibernating [[PuppeteerParasite Abersyn symbiotes]] on Boothi XII, her friend Susina devotes her whole career to studying them, not realizing that Aphra's discovery was a fake. Issue #1 ends with the revelation that Aphra's deception has been revealed, rendering all Susina's years of work useless.


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* PhonyDegree: Aphra's doctorate was from a legitimate school but she cheated to get it.

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* DeanBitterman: The Sava, or teacher, who accepted Aphra into his doctoral program. He says he did it merely to give her hope and take it away all because he hates her.



* {{Jerkass}}: The Sava, or teacher, who accepted Aphra into his doctoral program. He says he did it merely to give her hope and take it away all because he hates her.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Aphra is willing to lie, steal, and kill to get artifacts to sell. But in the first issue, her doctorate is suspended as it was discovered that she cheated in school. This leaves her unable to sell any archaeological artifacts she discovers.

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* {{Jerkass}}: The Sava, or teacher, who accepted LifesWorkRuined: After Aphra into his doctoral program. He says he did it merely to give "discovers" several hibernating [[PuppeteerParasite Abersyn symbiotes]] on Boothi XII, her hope and take it away friend Susina devotes her whole career to studying them, not realizing that Aphra's discovery was a fake. Issue #1 ends with the revelation that Aphra's deception has been revealed, rendering all because he hates her.
Susina's years of work useless.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Aphra is willing to lie, steal, and kill to get artifacts to sell. But in At the end of the first issue, her doctorate is suspended as it was discovered that she cheated in school. This leaves her unable to sell any archaeological artifacts she discovers.discovers.
* OriginsEpisode: The epilogue of Issue #1 shows how Aphra got her doctorate. She discovered that Toob-Nix, her Sava, was illegally keeping Abersyn symbiotes to study. After realizing that Toob-Nix hated her and planned to never give her a doctorate, she steals the symbiotes, passes them off as her own discovery on Boothi XII, and hands them over to the Empire for incineration.
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* GogglesDoNothing: Aphra is rarely, if ever, seen using her goggles.



* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Aphra is willing to lie, steal, and kill to get artifacts to sell. But in the first issue, her doctorate is suspended as it was discovered that she cheated in school. This leaves her unable to sell any archaeological artifacts she discovers.

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* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Aphra is willing to lie, steal, and kill to get artifacts to sell. But in the first issue, her doctorate is suspended as it was discovered that she cheated in school. This leaves her unable to sell any archaeological artifacts she discovers.discovers.
* PoisonousFriend: Triple Zero and BT-1 murder a gangster who was after Aphra without her knowledge.
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* GoodShepherd: Aphra's father is a priest of some kind and determined to lead his daughter down a more moral path.

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* GoodShepherd: Aphra's father is a priest of some kind and determined to lead his daughter down a more moral path. He exposed her cheating and got her doctorate suspended.

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* {{Jerkass}}: The Sava, or teacher, who accepted Aphra into his doctoral program. He says he did it merely to give her hope and take it away all because he hates her.

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* GoodShepherd: Aphra's father is a priest of some kind and determined to lead his daughter down a more moral path.
* {{Jerkass}}: The Sava, or teacher, who accepted Aphra into his doctoral program. He says he did it merely to give her hope and take it away all because he hates her.her.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Aphra is willing to lie, steal, and kill to get artifacts to sell. But in the first issue, her doctorate is suspended as it was discovered that she cheated in school. This leaves her unable to sell any archaeological artifacts she discovers.
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Safety away from the clutches of Darth Vader, Doctor Aphra is ready to resume her life of adventure and archaeology, but that won't be so easy with a pair of homicidal droids and the evillest Wookiee in the Galaxy as her traveling companions. Not to mention all the people after her for the money she owes them, including said Wookiee. And the cherry to top it all off, our good Doctor is no longer, in fact, a doctor.

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Safety Safely away from the clutches of Darth Vader, Doctor Aphra is ready to resume her life of adventure and archaeology, but that won't be so easy with a pair of homicidal droids and the evillest Wookiee in the Galaxy as her traveling companions. Not to mention all the people after her for the money she owes them, including said Wookiee. And the cherry to top it all off, our good Doctor is no longer, in fact, a doctor.
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Safety away from the clutches of Darth Vader, Doctor Aphra is ready to resume her life of Adventure and Archaeology, but that wont be so easy with a pair of homicidal droids and the evillest wookiee in the universe as her traveling companions. Not to mention all the people after her for the money she owes them, including said wookiee. Then on top of it all the good Doctor is no longer in fact a doctor.

Doctor Aphra is a spin-off comic based on the popular character from ''[[Comicbook/StarWarsDarthVader Darth Vader]]''. The first issue hit shelves December 7th, 2016.

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Safety away from the clutches of Darth Vader, Doctor Aphra is ready to resume her life of Adventure adventure and Archaeology, archaeology, but that wont won't be so easy with a pair of homicidal droids and the evillest wookiee Wookiee in the universe Galaxy as her traveling companions. Not to mention all the people after her for the money she owes them, including said wookiee. Then on Wookiee. And the cherry to top of it all the off, our good Doctor is no longer longer, in fact fact, a doctor.

Doctor Aphra is a spin-off comic based on the [[EnsembleDarkhorse popular character character]] from ''[[Comicbook/StarWarsDarthVader Darth Vader]]''. The first issue hit shelves December 7th, 2016.



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* AscendedExtra: Aphra herself, right out of ''Darth Vader (2015)''.
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Safetly away from the clutches of Darth Vader, Doctor Aphra is ready to resume her life of Adventure and Archaeology, but that wont be so easy with a pair of homicidal droids and the evillest wookiee in the universe as her traveling companions. Not to mention all the people after her for the money she owes them.

Doctor Aphra is a spin-off comic based on the popular character from Comicbook/StarWarsDarthVader. The first issue hit shelves December 7th, 2016.

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Safetly Safety away from the clutches of Darth Vader, Doctor Aphra is ready to resume her life of Adventure and Archaeology, but that wont be so easy with a pair of homicidal droids and the evillest wookiee in the universe as her traveling companions. Not to mention all the people after her for the money she owes them.

them, including said wookiee. Then on top of it all the good Doctor is no longer in fact a doctor.

Doctor Aphra is a spin-off comic based on the popular character from Comicbook/StarWarsDarthVader.''[[Comicbook/StarWarsDarthVader Darth Vader]]''. The first issue hit shelves December 7th, 2016.
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Safetly away from the clutches of Darth Vader, Doctor Aphra is ready to resume her life of Adventure and Archaeology, but that wont be so easy with a pair of homicidal droids and the evillest wookiee in the universe as her traveling companions. Not to mention all the people after her for the money she owes them.

Doctor Aphra is a spin-off comic based on the popular character from Comicbook/StarWarsDarthVader. The first issue hit shelves December 7th, 2016.

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* {{Jerkass}}: The Sava, or teacher, who accepted Aphra into his doctoral program. He says he did it merely to give her hope and take it away all because he hates her.

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