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* NoEndorApocalypse: In "Apocalypse Endor", a former Storm Trooper who served on the forest moon and whose unit was decimated by Ewoks says that he comforts himself by imagining the furry little critters suffering the consequences of the Death Star exploding. We're then told that no such thing actually happened, because any pieces of the Death Star large enough to make it through the atmosphere were diverted by the Rebels before they hit the planet.

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* NoEndorApocalypse: NoEndorHolocaust: In "Apocalypse Endor", a former Storm Trooper who served on the forest moon and whose unit was decimated by Ewoks says that he comforts himself by imagining the furry little critters suffering the consequences of the Death Star exploding. We're then told that no such thing actually happened, because any pieces of the Death Star large enough to make it through the atmosphere were diverted by the Rebels before they hit the planet.

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* AerithAndBob: Exaggerated in "Lunch Break", which features two stormtroopers named Kjazhed-Uhl and Bob.
* AsideGlance: In "Fett Club", Fett turns and stares at the audience when he sees that one of the potential recruits lining up to become a Mandalorian is an Ewok.
* BadassBoast: Wedge has a bit of introspection at the start of "Lucky"; it's not proper boasting because the whole issue is sad in tone, but without context it certainly looks like this trope.
-->I survived the Battle of Yavin. I survived the Battle of Hoth. Hell... Just a couple of weeks ago I blew up the Death Star during the Battle of Endor. The reason I'm still breathing when a lot of other good Rebel pilots aren't? Maybe it's because I'm better. Or maybe I'm just lucky.



* BigBrotherInstinct: In "Nomad", mercenary Darca Nyl comes across a mentally handicapped giant of a man and his petite sister fleeing from pursuers. One night, while camping, the girl is set upon by a huge and vicious predator. Darca knows that he can't reach them in time to save her, when the man leaps at the beast with a large rock in his hands. Several minutes later, the creature has long since stopped moving and he keeps smashing at it with the rock.



* CruelTwistEnding: "Dark Journey" was the story of a Jedi Master who ignored her orders to return to Coruscant at the start of the Clone Wars, having become embroiled in the pursuit of a Dark Jedi named Kardem, a serial killer who targets Twi'lek women and also murdered her secret lover. Eventually she comes face to face with Kardem and engages him in a lightsaber duel. As it transpires, [[spoiler:''she'' is the real killer, having caught her lover in the arms of a Twi'lek woman and murdered them both in a rage. She created the Kardem personality to reconcile her actions with her breach of the Jedi code, but it takes control whenever she encounters a female Twi'lek. The "Dark Jedi" she encounters is actually a Jedi knight dispatched by the council to bring her in. As soon as she kills him, she regains consciousness, assuming that Kardem has struck again and killed a Jedi knight, and resolves never to stop until the killer is brought to justice]].
* CueTheFlyingPigs: In "Force Fiction", two Jedi Masters debate whether Anakin Skywalker should be allowed to become a Jedi. Just after one says it will happen "when banthas fly", their conversation is interrupted by the arrival of a group of robbers on a repulsorlift skiff designed in such a way that resembles a bantha.
* DeathByIrony: "Trooper" is told entirely from the perspective of a career storm trooper who's about to board the ''[[Film/ANewHope Tantive IV]]''. The man dreads being chosen to be sent in first, because the guy sent in first ''always'' dies--he's seen it dozens of times. [[TemptingFate Naturally, the sergeant chooses him.]] For once the boarding routine works the way it's supposed to, buying the man time to get into the hallway and start shooting. And right behind him, the sergeant that ordered him in first is shot in the face.



* DoppelgangerCrossover: "Into the Great Unknown", in which [[spoiler:Han Solo]] lands on a remote planet and crosses the path of [[spoiler:Indiana Jones]].



* EvilerThanThou: During their fight, Maul boasts that he can easily defeat Vader because his hate is stronger. When he loses, he demands to know what Vader could possibly hate enough to muster the strength to win. Vader's answer: [[spoiler: "Myself."]]

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* EvilerThanThou: During their fight, fight in "Resurrection", Maul boasts that he can easily defeat Vader because his hate is stronger. When he loses, he demands to know what Vader could possibly hate enough to muster the strength to win. Vader's answer: [[spoiler: "Myself."]]"]]
* EvilVersusEvil: The duel between Darth Vader and Darth Maul in "Resurrection".
* TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne: In "The Apprentice", the Sith Master Finn says this about the slave girl Marka who had just mind-tricked his apprentice into taking her with him. Finn wonders if the Force led them to the god-forsaken rock of a world they are on just so they could meet her.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: In "Trooper", the protagonist is a stormtrooper who's part of the ''Tantive IV'' boarding party at the start of ''A New Hope''. Thinking back on the atrocities he's seen, and been part of, he promises himself that if he survives this boarding action he'll desert from the Empire and turn over a new leaf. Then Leia shoots him and he dies.



* HopeSpringsEternal: "Storyteller" is in the far, far future of the galaxy. C-3PO has told a young boy named Remoh the story of Luke Skywalker's adventures. The story ends with him destroyed, and Remoh taking up Luke Skywalker's lightsaber and declaring a new hope, ready to stand against the new Empire.
* ImagineSpot: In "Apocalypse Endor", a former Storm Trooper who served on the forest moon and whose unit was decimated by Ewoks says that he comforts himself by imagining the furry little critters suffering the consequences of the Death Star exploding, accompanied by a panel showing an Ewok fleeing through a burning forest.



* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: In "Lucky", Wedge Antilles reflects on the fact that he's survived a lot but the people around him often haven't been as lucky. In particular, he remembers the first woman he loved, who was killed in an Imperial bombardment (which he was lucky enough to be away for); he did get to say goodbye, but he never got to tell her he loved her.



* NoEndorApocalypse: In "Apocalypse Endor", a former Storm Trooper who served on the forest moon and whose unit was decimated by Ewoks says that he comforts himself by imagining the furry little critters suffering the consequences of the Death Star exploding. We're then told that no such thing actually happened, because any pieces of the Death Star large enough to make it through the atmosphere were diverted by the Rebels before they hit the planet.



* ThreatBackfire: A sleazy little creep is cornered by Boba Fett and Fett's ex-wife Sintas and tries to use a hostage to save his life. It doesn't go quite as planned.
-->'''Pizztov:''' Drop your weapons, or I will be forced to kill this annoying female.
-->'''Fett:''' No, kill her.
-->'''Sintas:''' Yeah, I don't care.
* ThrownDownAWell: Yaddle's backstory in ''The One Below''.

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* RuleOfTwo: The Sith rule of two is illustrated in "The Apprentice". A Sith Master named Finn and his unnamed apprentice are concluding business on some backwater planet when they run into a slave owner Lod and his slave girl Marka. The apprentice ends up killing Lod and freeing Marka out of anger towards Lod (and sympathy towards Marka much to Finn's irritation). It turns out that Marka is powerful in the Force and even mind-tricked the apprentice into taking her with him -- Finn suspects that the Force led them to the planet in the first place to find her. When Marka begs him to take her with them so she can learn the ways of the Sith, Finn denies her. He explains that he doesn't need a slave and he already has an apprentice. [[spoiler:Marka takes the hint and promptly steals the apprentice's lightsaber and pushes him off the roof to his death. Finn immediately invites his new apprentice aboard his ship.]]
* SpitTake: "Force Fiction" has Yoda doing a spit-take when he learns that Mace Windu plans on giving Qui-Gon's lightsaber to Anakin Skywalker.
* TheStoryteller: In "Storyteller". Far in the distant future, two young boys named Remoh and Otalp find the battered body of C-3PO. The droid entertains them with the tale of a hero named Luke Skywalker, who redeemed a darkened soul (Darth Vader) and freed the galaxy from the ultimate evil (Emperor Palpatine).
* ThreatBackfire: A In "Outbid but Never Outgunned", a sleazy little creep is cornered by Boba Fett and Fett's ex-wife Sintas and tries to use a hostage to save his life. It doesn't go quite as planned.
-->'''Pizztov:''' Drop your weapons, or I will be forced to kill this annoying female.
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female.\\
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No, kill her.
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her.\\
'''Sintas:'''
Yeah, I don't care.
* ThrownDownAWell: Yaddle's backstory in ''The One Below''. She was imprisoned in a well as a potential bargaining chip by a tyrannical dictator after he killed her master. The wardens and villagers kept taking care of her and she was eventually freed by an earthquake.
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* NoNameGiven: The sharp-shooting rock miner protagonist of ''Incident at Horn Station'' (who turns out to be [[spoiler: a Jedi knight]]) is never named. Subsequent stories were meant to reveal his identity, but they never materialized.

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* NoNameGiven: The stuttering, sharp-shooting rock miner protagonist of ''Incident at Horn Station'' (who turns out to be [[spoiler: a an undercover Jedi knight]]) Knight]]) is never named. Subsequent stories were meant to reveal his identity, but they never materialized.
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* DistractedByTheSexy: In ''A Jedi's Weapon'' Anakin is distracted by the four wives of a king he and Obi-Wan are meeting, so much that he doesn't notice one of them stealing his lightsaber.

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* DistractedByTheSexy: In ''A Jedi's Weapon'' Anakin is distracted by the four wives of a king he and Obi-Wan are meeting, so much so that he doesn't notice one of them stealing his lightsaber.
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* EvilerThanThou: During their fight, Maul boasts that he can easily defeat Vader because his hate is stronger. When Maul defeats him, he demands to know what Vader could possibly hate enough to muster the strength to win. Vader's answer: [[spoiler: "Myself."]]

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* EvilerThanThou: During their fight, Maul boasts that he can easily defeat Vader because his hate is stronger. When Maul defeats him, he loses, he demands to know what Vader could possibly hate enough to muster the strength to win. Vader's answer: [[spoiler: "Myself."]]
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* DistractedByTheSexy: In ''A Jedi's Weapon'' Anakin is distracted by the four wives of a king he and Obi-Wan are meeting, so much that he doesn't notice one of them stealing his lightsaber.
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The canonicity of the series was disputed. The first twenty issues were officially classified as "Infinities" stories, meaning they were completely non-canonical, although some characters, concepts and stories appearing in these issues have been referenced in other EU works. The last five issues of the series, published after long-time editor Dave Land stepped down, are canonical so long as they don't conflict with established ideas. As of the Disney buyout and the old expanded universe being declared its own separate continuity from the current timeline, the stories are solely part of the ''Legends'' universe now.

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The canonicity of the series was disputed. The first twenty issues were officially classified as "Infinities" stories, meaning they were completely non-canonical, although some characters, concepts and stories appearing in these issues have been referenced in other EU works. The last five issues of the series, published after long-time editor Dave Land stepped down, are were canonical so long as they don't conflict with established ideas. As of the Disney buyout and the old expanded universe being declared its own separate continuity from the current timeline, the stories are solely part of the ''Legends'' universe now.
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* [[spoiler:Franchise/IndianaJones]] discovering the remains of Han Solo after his death in crash landing on [[spoiler: Earth]].

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* ThrownDownAWell: Yaddle's backstory in ''The One Below''

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* ThreatBackfire: A sleazy little creep is cornered by Boba Fett and Fett's ex-wife Sintas and tries to use a hostage to save his life. It doesn't go quite as planned.
-->'''Pizztov:''' Drop your weapons, or I will be forced to kill this annoying female.
-->'''Fett:''' No, kill her.
-->'''Sintas:''' Yeah, I don't care.
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* A multi-part story featuring BadassNormal mercenary Darca Nyl hunting down the Dark Jedi who murdered his son (Nyl later showed up in the ''[[StarWarsRebellion Rebellion]]'' comics).

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* A multi-part story featuring BadassNormal mercenary Darca Nyl hunting down the Dark Jedi who murdered his son (Nyl later showed up in the ''[[StarWarsRebellion ''[[VideoGame/StarWarsRebellion Rebellion]]'' comics).
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* [[VideoGame/DarkForcesSaga Kyle Katarn and Jan Ors]] explore their long-running relationship in the middle of fighting the [[Literature/NewJediOrder Yuuzhan Vong]]
* Darth Nihilus wiping out a multitude of the Jedi and taking Visas Marr as his apprentice in a prequel to VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicII.
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** Most of the non-silly stories were eventually referenced in other works. And one of the sillier ones (Skippy the Jedi Droid) was referenced as an in-universe legend that was dismissed immediately.
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An anthology comic book series in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]], ''Star Wars Tales'' was one of several series released to cash in on the release of ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''. It ran for about five years and told the stories of characters from the films, existing ExpandedUniverse material or completely new protagonists. Stories could focus on any number of ideas - some were serious and dramatic while others in the same issue could be straight-up comedies or parodies; some were action-oriented while others relied on mystery and suspense. In short, there was something for just about every ''Star Wars'' fan to enjoy.

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An anthology comic book series in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' ''Franchise/StarWars [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]], Legends]]'', ''Star Wars Tales'' was one of several series released to cash in on the release of ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''. It ran for about five years and told the stories of characters from the films, existing ExpandedUniverse material or completely new protagonists. Stories could focus on any number of ideas - some were serious and dramatic while others in the same issue could be straight-up comedies or parodies; some were action-oriented while others relied on mystery and suspense. In short, there was something for just about every ''Star Wars'' fan to enjoy.
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An anthology comic book series in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]], ''Star Wars Tales'' was one of several series released to cash in on the release of ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''. It ran for about five years and told the stories of characters from the films, existing ExpandedUniverse material or completely new protagonists. Stories could focus on any number of ideas - some were serious and dramatic while others in the same issue could be straight-up comedies or parodies; some were action-oriented while others relied on mystery and suspense. In short, there was something for just about every ''Star Wars'' fan to enjoy.

The canonicity of the series is disputed. The first twenty issues were officially classified as "Infinities" stories, meaning they were completely non-canonical, although some characters, concepts and stories appearing in these issues have been referenced in other EU works. The last five issues of the series, published after long-time editor Dave Land stepped down, are canonical so long as they don't conflict with established ideas.

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An anthology comic book series in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]], [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]], ''Star Wars Tales'' was one of several series released to cash in on the release of ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''. It ran for about five years and told the stories of characters from the films, existing ExpandedUniverse material or completely new protagonists. Stories could focus on any number of ideas - some were serious and dramatic while others in the same issue could be straight-up comedies or parodies; some were action-oriented while others relied on mystery and suspense. In short, there was something for just about every ''Star Wars'' fan to enjoy.

The canonicity of the series is was disputed. The first twenty issues were officially classified as "Infinities" stories, meaning they were completely non-canonical, although some characters, concepts and stories appearing in these issues have been referenced in other EU works. The last five issues of the series, published after long-time editor Dave Land stepped down, are canonical so long as they don't conflict with established ideas.
ideas. As of the Disney buyout and the old expanded universe being declared its own separate continuity from the current timeline, the stories are solely part of the ''Legends'' universe now.



* CanonDiscontinuity: Some elements of the series are this while others are considered canon so long as they don't directly contradict the films or other, higher-level canon stories.

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* CanonDiscontinuity: Some elements of the series are this while others are considered canon so long as they don't directly contradict the films or other, higher-level canon stories. As of 2014, they're only canon to the ''Legends'' timeline.
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* HeroicSacrifice: Skippy the Jedi Droid in a story written by PeterDavid.

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* HeroicSacrifice: Skippy the Jedi Droid in a story written by PeterDavid.Creator/PeterDavid.
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* ThrownDownAWell: Yaddle's backstory in ''The One Below''
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* EvilerThanThou: During their fight, Maul boasts that he can easily defeat Vader because his hate is stronger. When Vader defeats him, he demands to know what Vader could possibly hate enough to muster the strength to win. Vader's answer: [[spoiler: "Myself."]]

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* EvilerThanThou: During their fight, Maul boasts that he can easily defeat Vader because his hate is stronger. When Vader Maul defeats him, he demands to know what Vader could possibly hate enough to muster the strength to win. Vader's answer: [[spoiler: "Myself."]]
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An anthology comic book series in the ''StarWars'' [[StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]], ''Star Wars Tales'' was one of several series released to cash in on the release of ''ThePhantomMenace''. It ran for about five years and told the stories of characters from the films, existing ExpandedUniverse material or completely new protagonists. Stories could focus on any number of ideas - some were serious and dramatic while others in the same issue could be straight-up comedies or parodies; some were action-oriented while others relied on mystery and suspense. In short, there was something for just about every ''Star Wars'' fan to enjoy.

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An anthology comic book series in the ''StarWars'' [[StarWarsExpandedUniverse ''Franchise/StarWars'' [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]], ''Star Wars Tales'' was one of several series released to cash in on the release of ''ThePhantomMenace''.''Film/ThePhantomMenace''. It ran for about five years and told the stories of characters from the films, existing ExpandedUniverse material or completely new protagonists. Stories could focus on any number of ideas - some were serious and dramatic while others in the same issue could be straight-up comedies or parodies; some were action-oriented while others relied on mystery and suspense. In short, there was something for just about every ''Star Wars'' fan to enjoy.



* [[spoiler: Film/IndianaJones]] discovering the remains of Han Solo after his death in crash landing on [[spoiler: Earth]].

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* ActorAllusion: The famous [[spoiler: [[Creator/HarrisonFord Indiana Jones discovers Han Solo]]'s skeleton]] story.

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* EvilIsPetty: A story about Leia's childhood suggests that Tarkin was driven to destroy Alderaan [[spoiler: out of being a frequent victim of ''water ballon'' attacks by the young princess. "Soon, ''soon.''"]]

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* EvilIsPetty: A story about Leia's childhood suggests that Tarkin was driven to destroy Alderaan [[spoiler: out of being a frequent victim of ''water ballon'' balloon'' attacks by the young princess. "Soon, ''soon.''"]]
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* Darth Vader hunting and slaying [[StarWarsRepublic the Dark Woman]].

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* Darth Vader hunting and slaying [[StarWarsRepublic [[ComicBook/{{Republic}} the Dark Woman]].



* NeverMessWithGranny: [[StarWarsRepublic The Dark Woman]] manages to give Darth Vader a run for his money despite her advanced age.

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* [[spoiler: IndianaJones]] discovering the remains of Han Solo after his death in crash landing on [[spoiler: Earth]].
* Darth Vader and a resurrected Darth Maul fighting to the death to decide who is more worthy to be Palpatine's apprentice.

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* [[spoiler: IndianaJones]] Film/IndianaJones]] discovering the remains of Han Solo after his death in crash landing on [[spoiler: Earth]].
* Darth Vader and a resurrected Darth Maul fighting to the death to decide who is who's more worthy to be Palpatine's apprentice.



* ActorAllusion: The famous [[spoiler: Indiana Jones discovers Han Solo's skeleton]] story.
* BadassNormal: Darca Nyl. He has no sensitivity to the Force but he can wield a lightsabre convincingly enough to make people think he's an actual Jedi Knight.

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* ActorAllusion: The famous [[spoiler: [[Creator/HarrisonFord Indiana Jones discovers Han Solo's Solo]]'s skeleton]] story.
* BadassNormal: Darca Nyl. He has no sensitivity to the Force powers, but he can wield a lightsabre lightsaber convincingly enough to make people think he's an actual Jedi Knight.



* {{CanonDiscontinuity}}: Some elements of the series are CanonDiscontinuity while others are considered canon so long as they don't directly contradict the films or other, higher-level canon stories.

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* {{CanonDiscontinuity}}: CanonDiscontinuity: Some elements of the series are CanonDiscontinuity this while others are considered canon so long as they don't directly contradict the films or other, higher-level canon stories.stories.
* CoolVersusAwesome: Darth Vader vs. Darth Maul.



* EvilerThanThou: During their fight, Maul boasts that he can easily defeat Vader because his hate is stronger. When Vader defeats him he demands to know what Vader could possibly hate enough to muster the strength to win. Vader's answer: [[spoiler: "Myself."]]
* FanService: ''Vader vs. Maul'' is essentially this (of the non-sexual variety).

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* EvilerThanThou: During their fight, Maul boasts that he can easily defeat Vader because his hate is stronger. When Vader defeats him him, he demands to know what Vader could possibly hate enough to muster the strength to win. Vader's answer: [[spoiler: "Myself."]]
* FanService: ''Vader vs. Maul'' is essentially this (of the non-sexual variety).
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* HeyItsThatGuy



* NeverMessWithGranny: [[StarWarsRepublic the Dark Woman]] manages to give Darth Vader a run for his money despite her advanced age.
* NoNameGiven: The sharp-shooting rock miner protagonist of ''Incident at Horn Station'' (who turns out to be [[spoiler: a Jedi knight]]) is never named. Subsequent stories were meant to reveal his identity but they never materialised.

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* NeverMessWithGranny: [[StarWarsRepublic the The Dark Woman]] manages to give Darth Vader a run for his money despite her advanced age.
* NoNameGiven: The sharp-shooting rock miner protagonist of ''Incident at Horn Station'' (who turns out to be [[spoiler: a Jedi knight]]) is never named. Subsequent stories were meant to reveal his identity identity, but they never materialised.materialized.



* OnlySaneMan: George R. Binks, father of [[TheScrappy Jar Jar]], in the non-canon story that features them stranded on a desert island.
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* OnlySaneMan: George R. Binks, father of [[TheScrappy Jar Jar]], Jar, in the non-canon story that features them stranded on a desert island.
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* OnlySaneMan: George R. Binks, father of Jar Jar, in the non-canon story that features them stranded on a desert island.

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* OnlySaneMan: George R. Binks, father of [[TheScrappy Jar Jar, Jar]], in the non-canon story that features them stranded on a desert island.
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Between the humorous stories and the off-panel adventures of the comic staff, there are many to be had.



* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: ''Moment of Doubt'' qualifies for some fans.
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An anthology comic book series in the ''StarWars'' [[StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]], ''Star Wars Tales'' was one of several series released to cash in on the release of ''ThePhantomMenace''. It ran for about five years and told the stories of characters from the films, existing ExpandedUniverse material or completely new protagonists. Stories could focus on any number of ideas - some were serious and dramatic while others in the same issue could be straight-up comedies or parodies; some were action-oriented while others relied on mystery and suspense. In short, there was something for just about every ''Star Wars'' fan to enjoy.

The canonicity of the series is disputed. The first twenty issues were officially classified as "Infinities" stories, meaning they were completely non-canonical, although some characters, concepts and stories appearing in these issues have been referenced in other EU works. The last five issues of the series, published after long-time editor Dave Land stepped down, are canonical so long as they don't conflict with established ideas.

Notable stories include:
* [[spoiler: IndianaJones]] discovering the remains of Han Solo after his death in crash landing on [[spoiler: Earth]].
* Darth Vader and a resurrected Darth Maul fighting to the death to decide who is more worthy to be Palpatine's apprentice.
* Darth Vader hunting and slaying [[StarWarsRepublic the Dark Woman]].
* Darth Vader finding C-3PO's parts on Bespin.
* A multi-part story featuring BadassNormal mercenary Darca Nyl hunting down the Dark Jedi who murdered his son (Nyl later showed up in the ''[[StarWarsRebellion Rebellion]]'' comics).


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* ActorAllusion: The famous [[spoiler: Indiana Jones discovers Han Solo's skeleton]] story.
* BadassNormal: Darca Nyl. He has no sensitivity to the Force but he can wield a lightsabre convincingly enough to make people think he's an actual Jedi Knight.
* BodyHorror: The transformation of Awarru Tark/Stauz Czycz in the final stage of his duel with Darth Vader.
* ContemplateOurNavels: Very much the case in ''Life, Death and the Living Force'', an early story featuring Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Between the humorous stories and the off-panel adventures of the comic staff, there are many to be had.
* {{CanonDiscontinuity}}: Some elements of the series are CanonDiscontinuity while others are considered canon so long as they don't directly contradict the films or other, higher-level canon stories.
* EvilIsPetty: A story about Leia's childhood suggests that Tarkin was driven to destroy Alderaan [[spoiler: out of being a frequent victim of ''water ballon'' attacks by the young princess. "Soon, ''soon.''"]]
* EvilerThanThou: During their fight, Maul boasts that he can easily defeat Vader because his hate is stronger. When Vader defeats him he demands to know what Vader could possibly hate enough to muster the strength to win. Vader's answer: [[spoiler: "Myself."]]
* FanService: ''Vader vs. Maul'' is essentially this (of the non-sexual variety).
* HeroicSacrifice: Skippy the Jedi Droid in a story written by PeterDavid.
* HeyItsThatGuy
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: ''Moment of Doubt'' qualifies for some fans.
* KansasCityShuffle: In the story ''Routine'', Han Solo outsmarts an Imperial captain by misleading him into thinking he is smuggling contraband. [[spoiler: It turns out he's actually smuggling the ''spaceships'']].
* NeverMessWithGranny: [[StarWarsRepublic the Dark Woman]] manages to give Darth Vader a run for his money despite her advanced age.
* NoNameGiven: The sharp-shooting rock miner protagonist of ''Incident at Horn Station'' (who turns out to be [[spoiler: a Jedi knight]]) is never named. Subsequent stories were meant to reveal his identity but they never materialised.
* NotSoDifferent: After defeating an assassin who transformed himself into a monstrous killing machine for the sake of avenging himself against the Empire, Darth Vader wonders if they were that different after all.
* OnlySaneMan: George R. Binks, father of Jar Jar, in the non-canon story that features them stranded on a desert island.
* ShoutOut
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The heroes of ''Three Against the Galaxy'', who were later declared canonical but haven't been seen since that story. Then again, the ending suggests that this might be the point.
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