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* SpiritualSuccessor: The ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' games and comics, which are set in the same era and contain various references to events and characters from this series.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: The ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' games and comics, which are set in the same era and contain various references to events and characters from this series. They were oroginally intended as a straighter sequel: KOTOR's Bastila Shan was even supposed to be Nomi Sunrider at first, but this floundered due to murky copyright claims.
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The ''Tales of the Jedi'' series is split into two parts. The first (written by Anderson and Tom Veitch) deals with the fall to the dark side of the Jedi Knights Ulic Qel-Droma and Exar Kun and their subsequent war against the Old Republic, four thousand years before ''ANewHope''. A prequel series (written exclusively by Anderson) was later published, taking place a further thousand years earlier and showing the fall of the Sith Empire during the Great Hyperspace War, explaining and elaborating upon several important points which formed the background of the first series.
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The ''Tales of the Jedi'' series is split into two parts. The first (written by Anderson and Tom Veitch) deals with the fall to the dark side of the Jedi Knights Ulic Qel-Droma and Exar Kun and their subsequent war against the Old Republic, four thousand years before ''ANewHope''.''Film/ANewHope''. A prequel series (written exclusively by Anderson) was later published, taking place a further thousand years earlier and showing the fall of the Sith Empire during the Great Hyperspace War, explaining and elaborating upon several important points which formed the background of the first series.
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* CatsAreMean: Played with for the {{Beastfolk}} [[PantheraAwesome Cathar]]. Crado and Sylvar start off as loyal, good-hearted, brave Jedi (albeit arrogant in Crado's case and a bit of a BloodKnight in Sylvar's). Once Crado becomes corrupted by Exar Kun, both of their flaws worsen, but Crado ends up becoming a fawning sycophant and loses pretty much all his badassery (and never gains any real menace) while Sylvar's quite justified resentment causes her to become fanatical about both hunting down her former mate and making Kun pay for corrupting him. In the end Crado is so pathetic that [[spoiler:[[TheWoobie you can't help feeling sorry for him]] when Kun sends him on a suicide mission in Naga Sadow's ship]], while Sylvar is able to let go of her hatred and blood lust thanks to Nomi and Vima and thus forgive Ulic. The Cathar themselves, in the scenes in ''Redemption'' when Sylvar goes home to try and purge herself of her anger, only come across as strongly noble {{Proud Warrior Race Guy}}s in tune with the natural world but able to control their animal urges, quite in keeping with their appearance as saber-toothed [[KingOfBeasts Kings of the Beasts]].
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* DarkLordOnLifeSupport: King Ommin of ''Freddon Nadd Uprising'' is this, kept alive long past the time he should have died by being kept in a secret laboratory with a special armature; although it turns out the Dark Side is what sustains him, the armature itself allows him to stand, walk, move, and fight by supporting his aged flesh and softened bones. This, of course, makes him [[AchillesHeel extremely vulnerable]]...
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* HandicappedBadass: Shoaneb Culu is blind. Notably her entire people, the Miraluka, are like this, but since she has the Force and is an incredible warrior, she becomes this trope in a way the rest of them don't.
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* DependingOnTheWriter: After TomVeitch left, KevinJAnderson authored (roughly) the last two-thirds of the series. He had some input on previous material as well, so the shift isn't quite as jarring as with, say, {{Darksaber}}, but still detectable. All the main characters become noticeably [[IdiotBall stupider]] and more violent, there are a few subplots that go nowhere, and suddenly [[LostSuperweapon superweapons]] (which did not feature previously) are major plot devices.
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* DependingOnTheWriter: After TomVeitch Tom Veitch left, KevinJAnderson Creator/KevinJAnderson authored (roughly) the last two-thirds of the series. He had some input on previous material as well, so the shift isn't quite as jarring as with, say, {{Darksaber}}, ''Literature/{{Darksaber}}'', but still detectable. All the main characters become noticeably [[IdiotBall stupider]] and more violent, there are a few subplots that go nowhere, and suddenly [[LostSuperweapon superweapons]] (which did not feature previously) are major plot devices.
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* {{Prequel}}: ''The Golden Age of the Sith'' and ''The Fall of the Sith Empire''. Both arcs were written by Kevin J. Anderson, without input from Tom Veitch.
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The importance of this series for StarWarsExpandedUniverse is hard to understate, as it led directly to the critically acclaimed ''Videogame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' video game, which in turned pawed way to highly profiled ''Videogame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' MMO. Each game possessing spin-offs of its own, they all own directly to the ''Tales of the Jedi.''
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The importance of this series for StarWarsExpandedUniverse is hard to understate, as it led directly to the critically acclaimed ''Videogame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' video game, which in turned pawed paved the way to highly profiled for ''Videogame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' MMO. Each game possessing has spin-offs of its own, and they all own directly owe that to the ''Tales of the Jedi.''
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* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Nomi's mission to retrieve Ulic. Subverted, as by that point he's too far gone and the Jedi decide to cut their losses and return home.
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* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight:
** Nomi's mission to retrieveUlic. Subverted, Ulic quickly turns into this kind of fight. However, she calls a retreat before it gets too far, as by that point it's clear he's too far gone and won't willingly come back with them.
** Cay confronts Ulic on Ossus, ending up in a defensive lightsaber fight while he tries to remind him that he used to be a good man. [[spoiler:It has no effect and Ulic soon kills him. And ''then'' he awakens to theJedi decide to cut their losses horror he's inflicted and return home.returns to himself.]]
** Nomi's mission to retrieve
** Cay confronts Ulic on Ossus, ending up in a defensive lightsaber fight while he tries to remind him that he used to be a good man. [[spoiler:It has no effect and Ulic soon kills him. And ''then'' he awakens to the
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* FatBastard: Great Bogga the Hutt. Averted by Aarba the Hutt, who has genuine sympathy for the Daragon twins so long as they don't endanger his business inerests.
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* FatBastard: FatBastard:
** Great Bogga theHutt. Hutt, who causes all the problems in "The Saga of Nomi Sunrider". Starts by ordering her husband be mugged to death for the rare crystals he's carrying and continues trying to get them back until his minions are thoroughly whupped by Nomi and Thon.
** Averted by Aarba the Hutt, who has genuine sympathy for the Daragon twins so long as they don't endanger his business inerests.
** Great Bogga the
** Averted by Aarba the Hutt, who has genuine sympathy for the Daragon twins so long as they don't endanger his business inerests.
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: At the conclave of Deneba, Cay mentions that the servant droids are acting funny. A few pages later they start attacking everyone.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Every master that encounters Vima Sunrider says she'll become a great Jedi. Vima's actions in ''Redemption'' certainly put her on this path, although copyright nonsense prevented the EU from taking it further.
** Jedi in general do a lot of this consciously (what with being vaguely precognitive and all), such as when Cay tells Ulic he feels like they'll never see each other again.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Every master that encounters Vima Sunrider says she'll become a great Jedi. Vima's actions in ''Redemption'' certainly put her on this path, although copyright nonsense prevented the EU from taking it further.
** Jedi in general do a lot of this consciously (what with being vaguely precognitive and all), such as when Cay tells Ulic he feels like they'll never see each other again.
* PietaPlagiarism: A variant when [[spoiler:Arca Jeth is killed]]. Ulic is in the "Mary" pose, but what he's holding are empty robes.
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* OffModel: Sometimes. It depends on the artist. "The Freedon Nadd Uprising" is probably the worst offender, as it goes beyond simply a different art style. Cay and Oss Willum look the same age as Arca Jeth, Dace Diath has some kind of afro-topiary thing going on, and Ulic is given an olive complexion... no, not the Mediterranean kind, but actual ''olive green''.
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* EnemyCivilWar: In the Great Hyperspace War, the Sith were united under Naga Sadow in their war against the Republic, but half way in the war the Sith turn on Naga Sadow and civil war broke out while they were still fighting the Republic, by the time Naga Sadow had put down the usurpers, the Republic was able to finish off the weaken Sith Empire.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoomL Gav and Jori Daragon were partly responsible for the Great Hyperspace War, when Naga Sadow used them as pawns to make himself ruler of the Sith and wage war on the Republic.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoomL UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Gav and Jori Daragon were partly responsible for the Great Hyperspace War, when Naga Sadow used them as pawns to make himself ruler of the Sith and wage war on the Republic.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoomL Gav and Jori Daragon were partly responsible for the Great Hyperspace War, when Naga Sadow used them as pawns to make himself ruler of the Sith and wage war on the Republic.
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* MagicByAnyOtherName: Inverted. This is one of the few places in ''Star Wars'' where Force techniques and practitioners--mainly dark side ones--are referred to with terms like "Sith magic" and "sorcerer."
** However the terms would be used again occasionally in other works, usually in reference to Sith from this era or other ancient Sith.
** However the terms would be used again occasionally in other works, usually in reference to Sith from this era or other ancient Sith.
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* MagicByAnyOtherName: Inverted. This is one of the few places in ''Star Wars'' where Force techniques and practitioners--mainly dark side ones--are referred to with terms like "Sith magic" and "sorcerer."
** However the" The terms would be used again are occasionally used in other works, usually in reference works to Sith from refer to Force users of this era or other ancient Sith.era.
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* NoAntagonist: The final arc, "Redemption". It takes place during peacetime and the conflict is around personal struggles left over from the wars.
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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Even after becoming ruler of Onderon, Oron Kira is the first Beast Rider in the air when the Mandalorian attack begins.
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** Even after becoming ruler of Onderon, Oron Kira is the first Beast Rider in the air when the Mandalorian attack begins.
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* TongueTrauma: One of several unpleasant things inflicted by Aleema upon her tutor. [[spoiler: He ends up with his lips sewn shut to keep the writhing, fanged thing she changed his tongue into from getting out]].
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* TongueTrauma: One of several unpleasant things inflicted by Aleema upon her tutor. [[spoiler: He ends up [[MouthStitchedShut with his lips sewn shut shut]] to keep the writhing, fanged thing she changed his tongue into from getting out]].
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The importance of this series for StarWarsExpandedUniverse is hard to understate, as it led directly to the critically acclaimed ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' ''Videogame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' video game, which in turned pawed way to highly profiled ''TheOldRepublic'' ''Videogame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' MMO. Each game possessing spin-offs of its own, they all own directly to the ''Tales of the Jedi.''
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* MedievalStasis: Averted. This takes place thousands of years before the main series and it shows (although it may have been retconned by the KnightsOfTheOldRepublic series).
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* DarkAge: One of several EU attempts at this style.
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* DarkAge: UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks: One of several EU attempts at this style.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Ulic Qel-Droma upon [[spoiler: killing his own brother]] and Gav Daragon when [[spoiler: he realises that he's completely put of his depth with the Sith Empire.]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Exar Kun after killing the two men who helped him find Freedon Nadd's tomb in a furious rage. Ulic Qel-Droma upon [[spoiler: killing his own brother]] and Gav Daragon when [[spoiler: he realises that he's completely put of his depth with the Sith Empire.]]
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* ExiledFromContinuity: Because of copyright issues around the name "Sunrider," plans to include Vima Sunrider in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' were dropped and the character was rewritten as Bastila Shan. Nomi's full name did make it into dialogue through an oversight.
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* ConfusionFu: Very much Exar Kun's preferred fighting style; switching weapons and tactics almost on a dime. This is the primary reason he was to defeat his master, Vodo Siosk Baas.
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* DependingOnTheWriter: After TomVeitch left, KevinJAnderson authored (roughly) the last two-thirds of the series. He had some input on previous material as well, so the shift isn't quite as jarring as with, say, {{Darksaber}}, but still detectable. All the main characters become noticeably [[IdiotBall stupider]] and more violent, there are a few subplots that go nowhere, and suddenly [[LostSuperweapon superweapons]] (which did not feature previously) are major plot devices.
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* MagicByAnyOtherName: Inverted. This is one of the only places in ''Star Wars'' where Force techniques and practitioners--mainly dark side ones--are referred to with terms like "Sith magic" and "sorcerer."
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* MagicByAnyOtherName: Inverted. This is one of the only few places in ''Star Wars'' where Force techniques and practitioners--mainly dark side ones--are referred to with terms like "Sith magic" and "sorcerer.""
** However the terms would be used again occasionally in other works, usually in reference to Sith from this era or other ancient Sith.
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* ExiledFromContinuity: Because of copyright issues around the name "Sunrider," plans to include Vima Sunrider in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' were dropped and the character was rewritten as Bastila Shan. Nomi's full name did make it into dialogue through an oversight.
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* LukeNounverber: The Sunrider family.
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* InterruptedCooldownHug: At the end of ''Redemption'', the estranged Nomi and Ulic embrace after she accepts the sincerity of his regret and he [[spoiler:stops Sylvar from falling completely to the dark side]]. Then, Hoggan [[spoiler:shoots him in the back and kills him]]. Then he ''gloats'' about it. He's quite shocked when none of the Jedi in the vicinity are pleased with him.
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* ActionGirl: Sylvar, who is quite violent as Jedi go.
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* ActionGirl: Sylvar, who is quite violent as Jedi go.Numerous among the Jedi. Jori, Nomi, Shoaneb Culu, etcetera.
* AllThereInTheManual: Some details on backstory, like how some secondary Jedi joined the Order and the fact that the Qel-Dromas' mother was a Jedi herself, are included in a companion guide.
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* BadassGrandpa: Master Arca Jeth, who destroys Krath war droids with "a simple tug of the Force."
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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Vima, though it's largely due to getting little time from her mother.
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* JerkJock: Exar Kun was this even before his FaceHeelTurn.
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* OlderAndWiser: Nomi in ''Redemption'', who is now middle-aged and head of the Order.
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* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Mandalore the Indomitable, who willingly joins Ulic Qel-Droma because he believes it will give his warriors a new crusade. Also applies to Kun's Massassi warriors, who he genetically engineers to be deadlier.
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* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Mandalore and the Indomitable, Mandalorians, who willingly joins Ulic Qel-Droma because he believes it will give his warriors are pretty thrilled to have a new crusade. Also applies to Kun's Massassi warriors, who he genetically engineers to be deadlier.
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* SchizoTech: A lot of the technology looks like it's made from stone or crude metal. (This is in stark contrast with the ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' games, which take place not forty years from the end of the comics and basically look like the prequel movies).
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* SchizoTech: A lot of the technology looks like it's made from stone or crude metal. (This is in stark contrast with the ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' games, which take place not forty years from the end of the comics and basically look like the prequel movies).
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* [[HeWhoFightsMonsters She Who Fights Monsters]]: Sylvar and her quest to bring "[[{{Revenge}} justice]]" to Ulic for serving the Sith and (indirectly) killing her mate Crado.
* SheatheYourSword: Ulic does this to defeat Sylvar.
* SinkOrSwimMentor: Arca Jeth. He sends the Qel-Dromas to solve an ethnic conflict that has been going on for generations, which is pretty heavy for trainees ''anyway''. [[spoiler:But his real aim is to have them deal with the Onderon royal family's Dark Side ties... without even covering the existence of the Dark Side in their training]]. When they protest, his response is basically "Oh yeah, guess I should have mentioned that."
* SheatheYourSword: Ulic does this to defeat Sylvar.
* SinkOrSwimMentor: Arca Jeth. He sends the Qel-Dromas to solve an ethnic conflict that has been going on for generations, which is pretty heavy for trainees ''anyway''. [[spoiler:But his real aim is to have them deal with the Onderon royal family's Dark Side ties... without even covering the existence of the Dark Side in their training]]. When they protest, his response is basically "Oh yeah, guess I should have mentioned that."
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* SpiritualSuccessor: The ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' games and comics, which are set in the same era.
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* TakeAThirdOption: Vima can never hold her mother's attention long enough to get Jedi training, so she goes to the man condemned as a traitor by most of the Order.
* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Vima's search for Ulic and Sylvar's struggle with the Dark Side in "Redemption."
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* [[WhenYouComingHomeDad When Are You Going To Train Me As A Jedi, Mom?]]: Vima towards Nomi, once Vima is in her teen years.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Vima is the only one who thinks that Ulic is not the irredeemable monster that the Jedi (and he himself) believe him to be. Her [[GutFeeling trust in the Force]] has a lot to do with it.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Vima is the only one who thinks that Ulic is not the irredeemable monster that the Jedi (and he himself) believe him to be. Her [[GutFeeling trust in the Force]] has a lot to do with it.
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* YoungerThanTheyLook: Ulic is only about ten years older in ''Redemption'' than he was during the Sith Wars, but he looks more like fifty to sixty. Probably justified given his state of mind and exile.
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* PokeInTheThirdEye: Nomi does this to Aleema during their psychic fight, causing the latter's illusions to dispel.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite the above points regarding her somewhat questionable actions during and after the Unification Wars, Empress Teta not only believes the vision related to her by Odan-Urr and tries to warn the Senate of the impending invasion (even though this risks her own political credit she's earned thus far), she also believes Jori Daragon when she sneaks into her chamber in the palace of Cinnagar rather than having her summarily executed as a spy and assassin (or for the crimes she and her brother had committed against Aarrba. And in the end, in gratitude for what she had done for the Republic and the brother she had lost, Teta grants Jori's request to take over Aarbba's repair dock.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite the above points regarding her somewhat questionable actions during and after the Unification Wars, Empress Teta not only believes the vision related to her by Odan-Urr and tries to warn the Senate of the impending invasion (even though this risks her own political credit she's earned thus far), she also believes Jori Daragon when she sneaks into her chamber in the palace of Cinnagar rather than having her summarily executed as a spy and assassin (or for the crimes she and her brother had committed against Aarrba.Aarrba). And in the end, in gratitude for what she had done for the Republic and the brother she had lost, Teta grants Jori's request to take over Aarbba's repair dock.
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* KarmicDeath: While he isn't actually killed for another four thousand years, Exar Kun's fate at the end of the Sith War is fitting for a man who was obsessed with darkness.
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** While he isn't actually killed for another four thousand years, Exar Kun's fate at the end of the Sith War is fitting for a man who was obsessed withdarkness.darkness.
** Also Aleema, destroyed by [[HoistByHisOwnPetard the very Sith sorcery she was attempting to wield]], an act of betrayal done in revenge for her betrayal of Ulic.
** While he isn't actually killed for another four thousand years, Exar Kun's fate at the end of the Sith War is fitting for a man who was obsessed with
** Also Aleema, destroyed by [[HoistByHisOwnPetard the very Sith sorcery she was attempting to wield]], an act of betrayal done in revenge for her betrayal of Ulic.
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* [[KnightInShiningArmor Knights In Shining Armor]]: The Qel-Droma brothers are this for the Jedi, until Ulic's [[StartOfDarkness]]. Then things go downhill for them both.
* LadyOfWar: Nomi Sunrider [[CharacterDevelopment evolves into one]] as the series goes on, finishing as Head of the Jedi Order.
* LadyOfWar: Nomi Sunrider [[CharacterDevelopment evolves into one]] as the series goes on, finishing as Head of the Jedi Order.
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* [[KnightInShiningArmor Knights In Shining Armor]]: The Qel-Droma brothers are this for the Jedi, until Ulic's [[StartOfDarkness]].StartOfDarkness. Then things go downhill for them both.
* LadyOfWar: Nomi Sunrider [[CharacterDevelopment evolves into one]] as the series goes on, finishing as Head of the Jedi Order. Also, Empress Teta.
* LadyOfWar: Nomi Sunrider [[CharacterDevelopment evolves into one]] as the series goes on, finishing as Head of the Jedi Order. Also, Empress Teta.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite the above points regarding her somewhat questionable actions during and after the Unification Wars, Empress Teta not only believes the vision related to her by Odan-Urr and tries to warn the Senate of the impending invasion (even though this risks her own political credit she's earned thus far), she also believes Jori Daragon when she sneaks into her chamber in the palace of Cinnagar rather than having her summarily executed as a spy and assassin (or for the crimes she and her brother had committed against Aarrba. And in the end, in gratitude for what she had done for the Republic and the brother she had lost, Teta grants Jori's request to take over Aarbba's repair dock.
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* ReverseMole: Ulic Qel-Droma. He thinks he can infiltrate Cinnigar, gain the trust of the Krath and resist the dark side. TwoOutOfThreeAintBad.
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* ReverseMole: Ulic Qel-Droma. He thinks he can infiltrate Cinnigar, Cinnagar, gain the trust of the Krath and resist the dark side. TwoOutOfThreeAintBad.
** Also Empress Teta, LadyOfWar par excellence who a) unifies the seven worlds of the Koros system b) always fights on the front lines, willing to lay down her life for her cause and unwilling to order the deaths of her people without the same possibility befalling her c) believes Odan-Urr and Memit Nadill despite not being Force-sensitive herself, to the point of risking her political clout by telling the Senate of the impending Sith invasion and d) leading the battles which not only save Koros and the Republic but take out the Sith Empire at Korriban. No wonder she got [[{{Egopolis}} an entire system named after her]]!
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Exar Kun arranges the death of [[spoiler: Aleema]] because she betrayed Ulic Qel-Droma and left him to be arrested by the Jedi, and [[spoiler: Crado]] because [[EvilIsPetty he finds him annoying]].
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A comic book series from the TheNineties, this began as an attempt to explain the origins of the Sith Lord Exar Kun after his appearance in the Literature/JediAcademyTrilogy and subsequently expanded into a much larger story about the adventures of the Jedi Knights thousands of years before the ''Franchise/StarWars'' films. The series was mostly written by Creator/KevinJAnderson, and it is probably his most popular contribution to the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse.
The ''Tales of the Jedi'' series is split into two parts. The first (written by Anderson and Tom Veitch) deals with the fall to the dark side of the Jedi Knights Ulic Qel-Droma and Exar Kun and their subsequent war against the Old Republic, four thousand years before ''ANewHope''. A prequel series (written exclusively by Anderson) was later published, taking place a further thousand years earlier and showing the fall of the Sith Empire during the Great Hyperspace War, explaining and elaborating upon several important points which formed the background of the first series.
The main story arcs in chronological order are:
* ''The Golden Age of the Sith''
* ''The Fall of the Sith Empire''
* ''ComicBook/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic''
** ''Ulic Qel-Droma and the Beast Wars of Onderon''
** ''The Saga of Nomi Sunrider''
* ''Freedon Nadd Rising''
* ''Dark Lords of the Sith''
* ''The Sith War''
* ''Redemption''
!!Tropes
* ActionGirl: Sylvar, who is quite violent as Jedi go.
* ActionMom: Nomi Sunrider.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: The final fate of Exar Kun, who ends up trapped in his temple as a disembodied spirit for four thousand years]].
* ArtShift: Several times. It's often rather jarring.
* TheAtoner: Ulic Qel-Droma, who goes into a self-imposed exile after helping the Jedi win the war.
* BadassGrandpa: Master Arca Jeth, who destroys Krath war droids with "a simple tug of the Force."
* BadassNormal: Captain Vanicus and Mandalore the Indomitable stand out in particular.
* BareYourMidriff: Nomi favored a very small shirt while training with Thon. She swaps it for more usual Jedi gear later on.
* BigBad:
** ''The Golden Age of the Sith''/''The Fall of the Sith Empire'': Naga Sadow
** ''ComicBook/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'':
*** ''Ulic Qel-Droma and the Beast Wars of Onderon'': Queen Amanoa
*** ''The Saga of Nomi Sunrider'': Bogga the Hutt
** ''Freedon Nadd Rising'': King Ommin
** ''Dark Lords of the Sith'': Satal and Aleema Keto
** ''Sith War'': Exar Kun and [[spoiler:Ulic Qel-Droma]].
** ''Redemption'': none.
* BittersweetEnding: The Sith are defeated and Exar Kun is sealed away, but Ulic Qel-Droma, the greatest of the Jedi Knights, fell to the dark side and lost everything he had sworn to protect.
* BrainInAJar: In ''Golden Age of the Sith'' we are introduced to the Jedi Master Ooroo and the Sith Lord Simus. Whereas the former appears to be an actual alien brain living in a giant crystal, the latter was defeated in combat by another Sith Lord and developed a means of keeping his head alive in a jar.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Exar Kun's Sith converts, whom he poisons with shards of a broken holocron, and [[spoiler: Ulic]].
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Vima, though it's largely due to getting little time from her mother.
* CainAndAbel: Ulic Qel-Droma, who falls to the dark side, and Cay Qel-Droma, who stays with the Jedi. It matches with Cay's golden hair and Ulic's darker shade.
* CallForward: Several to the ''Literature/JediAcademyTrilogy'' and ''ComicBook/DarkEmpire, also written by Anderson.
* TheCaptain: Captain Vanicus to be addressed as captain, even though he seems to be the overall commander of the Republic fleet.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: Nomi's position as Grand Master of the Order leaves her little time to spend with her daughter.
* ChekhovsGun: Shortly before he is killed by Exar Kun, Master Odan Urr explains a technique to Nomi Sunrider that would allow her to defeat Dark Jedi without killing them by removing their connection to the Force. [[spoiler:She uses this on Ulic after he kills his brother]].
* ComingOfAgeStory: ''Redemption'', the final arc. It focuses largely on Vima Sunrider when she is old enough for Jedi training.
* ContinuitySnarl: With the ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' games, which feature a completely different aesthetic and prequel-era ethos for the Jedi.
* DarkActionGirl: Aleema Keto.
* DarkAge: One of several EU attempts at this style.
* TheDarkArts: The dark side of the Force is portrayed like this.
* DarkMessiah: How Exar Kun presents himself after becoming the Dark Lord of the Sith and returning to Ossus to round up Jedi converts.
* [[DoesNotLikeGuns Does Not Like Lightsabers]]: Nomi Sunrider initially refuses to become a Jedi because she dislikes the idea of having to kill her enemies.
* EarthShatteringKaboom: Naga Sadow's flagship was equipped with a device that allows the user to trigger a supernova with the Dark Side of the Force. The Sith use it to [[spoiler: destroy the surface of Ossus.]]
* {{Egopolis}}: The Empress Teta system. (Yes, the name of the system includes her imperial title.) A rare heroic instance of this.
* EliteMook: King Ommin's armoured apprentice, Warb Null, who leads the Naddist cult's soldiers.
* TheEmpire: There was a Sith Empire in the stories which take place first chronologically. By the time of the Sith War, Mandalore notes that the Empress Teta system has become an empire that's nonetheless "bloated and overstretched by it's many conquests".
* FantasticRacism:
** Kun believes that human Jedi are inherently superior to alien Jedi, although he has no problems with using alien Jedi as pawns he can control.
** There is a great deal of prejudice between the people of Iziz and the Beast-Riders (who, admittedly, are descended from exiled criminals). Naturally, the children of the ruling families fall in love.
* FatBastard: Great Bogga the Hutt. Averted by Aarba the Hutt, who has genuine sympathy for the Daragon twins so long as they don't endanger his business inerests.
* FateWorseThanDeath:
** [[spoiler: Ulic Qel-Droma's connection to the force is severed by Nomi Sunrider after he kills his brother in combat and he is left to [[WalkingTheEarth wander the galaxy]].]]
** Although [[spoiler: Exar Kun]] ''did die'', his spirit would be trapped inside the darkness of his own temple for thousand of years.
* GiantMook: Warb Null.
* GoodIsNotNice: A thousand years before the main story about Ulic and Exar Kun, the Jedi and Old Republic ''[[WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide exterminated]]'' the [[FantasticRacism Sith species]], who at the time were a thriving interstellar civilization. Yes, it was during a war (that the Sith had started), and they were your average [[AlwaysChaoticEvil typical space-opera villains]], but it's still a whole species of HumanAliens. And yes, it was said that they deliberately [[MoralDissonance hunted down every last one of them]].
** GenocideBackfire: [[ThereIsAnother At least until]] ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' [[GenocideBackfire rolled around...]]
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Nomi's mission to retrieve Ulic. Subverted, as by that point he's too far gone and the Jedi decide to cut their losses and return home.
* [[MilitaryBrat Jedi Brat]]: Vima Sunrider is the daughter of two Jedi and grows up surrounded by them (and their battles, once or twice).
* JerkJock: Exar Kun was this even before his FaceHeelTurn.
* KarmicDeath: While he isn't actually killed for another four thousand years, Exar Kun's fate at the end of the Sith War is fitting for a man who was obsessed with darkness.
* KissingCousins: Implied to be going on between Satal Keto and Aleema.
* [[KnightInShiningArmor Knights In Shining Armor]]: The Qel-Droma brothers are this for the Jedi, until Ulic's [[StartOfDarkness]]. Then things go downhill for them both.
* LadyOfWar: Nomi Sunrider [[CharacterDevelopment evolves into one]] as the series goes on, finishing as Head of the Jedi Order.
* LightIsNotGood: Empress Teta, military dictator of the [[{{Ruritania}} Koros system]] and anti-Sith crusader ''par excellence''. She's ''[[DesignatedHero supposed]]'' to be one of the good guys, but there are worrying little things in her portrayal. Like how the [=POW=]s from her victorious wars of unification for the greater good are still in hard labor camps a decade after the last war ended. Or how [[SmallNameBigEgo the system is renamed the Empress Teta System]] afterwards.
* MadScientist: Exar Kun, in his spare time.
* MagicByAnyOtherName: Inverted. This is one of the only places in ''Star Wars'' where Force techniques and practitioners--mainly dark side ones--are referred to with terms like "Sith magic" and "sorcerer."
* MamaBear: Nomi Sunrider, whose main motivation for becoming a Jedi Knight is a desire to protect her daughter.
* MasterOfIllusion: Aleema Keto.
* MauveShirt: The secondary Jedi trio of Shoaneb Culu, Dace Diath, and Qrrrl Toq. [[spoiler:They're killed in the final battle of the Sith Wars]].
* MedievalStasis: Averted. This takes place thousands of years before the main series and it shows (although it may have been retconned by the KnightsOfTheOldRepublic series).
* MoreThanMindControl: Happens to Ulic when he infiltrates the Krath.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Ulic Qel-Droma upon [[spoiler: killing his own brother]] and Gav Daragon when [[spoiler: he realises that he's completely put of his depth with the Sith Empire.]]
* NobleSavage: The Beast Riders of Onderon, who are more civilised than many denizens of the city.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Naga Sadow behaves a bit like a crazy old man to deceive the Daragons.
* OffModel: Sometimes. It depends on the artist.
* OlderAndWiser: Nomi in ''Redemption'', who is now middle-aged and head of the Order.
* PostScriptSeason: ''Redemption''.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Mandalore the Indomitable, who willingly joins Ulic Qel-Droma because he believes it will give his warriors a new crusade. Also applies to Kun's Massassi warriors, who he genetically engineers to be deadlier.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Somewhat of a subversion in [[spoiler:Ulic's case. He's been turned back for some time and at the end, none of the Jedi are interested in punishing him anymore]]. His death is a result of a Jedi-worshipping pilot wanting a place in history.
* ReligionOfEvil: The Dark Jedi Freedon Nadd left behind a cult devoted to his worship on Onderon, which serves as the main opponent for the Jedi until [[EvilOverlord Exar Kun]] shows up.
* ReverseMole: Ulic Qel-Droma. He thinks he can infiltrate Cinnigar, gain the trust of the Krath and resist the dark side. TwoOutOfThreeAintBad.
* RockBeatsLaser: Averted in ''The Sith War''. While not rocks, the weapons of the Krath soldiers are basically antiques and they're no match for the advanced technology of the Mandalorians.
* RoyalBlood: An important element of the power struggle among the lords of the Sith Empire. For example, Naga Sadow possesses minimal Sith blood and takes pride in the purity of his Jedi lineage, tracing his ancestry right back to the original Dark Jedi who fled the Republic and enslaved the Sith species.
* RoyallyScrewedUp: The royal family of Onderon, [[spoiler: who have been receiving training from the disembodied spirit of Freedon Nadd for hundreds of years]].
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Even after becoming ruler of Onderon, Oron Kira is the first Beast Rider in the air when the Mandalorian attack begins.
* SchizoTech: A lot of the technology looks like it's made from stone or crude metal. (This is in stark contrast with the ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' games, which take place not forty years from the end of the comics and basically look like the prequel movies).
* SealedEvilInACan: Lake Naath, used by Thon to seal a host of Sith spirits that threatened to overrun the sector. It's a rare example that actually works, barring some warped reptilian monsters that crawl out from time to time.
* [[HeWhoFightsMonsters She Who Fights Monsters]]: Sylvar and her quest to bring "[[{{Revenge}} justice]]" to Ulic for serving the Sith and (indirectly) killing her mate Crado.
* SheatheYourSword: Ulic does this to defeat Sylvar.
* SinkOrSwimMentor: Arca Jeth. He sends the Qel-Dromas to solve an ethnic conflict that has been going on for generations, which is pretty heavy for trainees ''anyway''. [[spoiler:But his real aim is to have them deal with the Onderon royal family's Dark Side ties... without even covering the existence of the Dark Side in their training]]. When they protest, his response is basically "Oh yeah, guess I should have mentioned that."
* SmugSnake: Satal Keto and Aleema behave as though they will brig the galaxy to its knees, but they're just spoiled brats who dabbled in Sith magic out of boredom.
* SpiritualSuccessor: The ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' games and comics, which are set in the same era.
* StartOfDarkness: For Exar Kun, it's his obsession with ancient Sith history and science. For Ulic, it's his failure to prevent the death of [[spoiler: Master Arca.]]
* SycophanticServant: Crado is slavishly devoted to Exar Kun in spite of Kun's FantasticRacism.
* TakeAThirdOption: Vima can never hold her mother's attention long enough to get Jedi training, so she goes to the man condemned as a traitor by most of the Order.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Aarrba the Hutt takes out two Massassi by crushing them under his own girth]].
* TongueTrauma: One of several unpleasant things inflicted by Aleema upon her tutor. [[spoiler: He ends up with his lips sewn shut to keep the writhing, fanged thing she changed his tongue into from getting out]].
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Exar Kun arranges the death of [[spoiler: Aleema]] because she betrayed Ulic Qel-Droma and left him to be arrested by the Jedi, and [[spoiler: Crado]] because he finds him annoying.
* WarForFunAndProfit: While they're still [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race Guys]], the Mandalorians are at least partially motivated by their desire to plunder military technology from the Republic.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In the middle of the ''Sith War'' story arc we see a montage of Exar Kun's Sith converts [[spoiler: killing their former Jedi masters]]. At the end of the story these Dark Jedi are still unaccounted for.
* [[WhenYouComingHomeDad When Are You Going To Train Me As A Jedi, Mom?]]: Vima towards Nomi, once Vima is in her teen years.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Vima is the only one who thinks that Ulic is not the irredeemable monster that the Jedi (and he himself) believe him to be. Her [[GutFeeling trust in the Force]] has a lot to do with it.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Ulic is only about ten years older in ''Redemption'' than he was during the Sith Wars, but he looks more like fifty to sixty. Probably justified given his state of mind and exile.
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The ''Tales of the Jedi'' series is split into two parts. The first (written by Anderson and Tom Veitch) deals with the fall to the dark side of the Jedi Knights Ulic Qel-Droma and Exar Kun and their subsequent war against the Old Republic, four thousand years before ''ANewHope''. A prequel series (written exclusively by Anderson) was later published, taking place a further thousand years earlier and showing the fall of the Sith Empire during the Great Hyperspace War, explaining and elaborating upon several important points which formed the background of the first series.
The main story arcs in chronological order are:
* ''The Golden Age of the Sith''
* ''The Fall of the Sith Empire''
* ''ComicBook/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic''
** ''Ulic Qel-Droma and the Beast Wars of Onderon''
** ''The Saga of Nomi Sunrider''
* ''Freedon Nadd Rising''
* ''Dark Lords of the Sith''
* ''The Sith War''
* ''Redemption''
!!Tropes
* ActionGirl: Sylvar, who is quite violent as Jedi go.
* ActionMom: Nomi Sunrider.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: The final fate of Exar Kun, who ends up trapped in his temple as a disembodied spirit for four thousand years]].
* ArtShift: Several times. It's often rather jarring.
* TheAtoner: Ulic Qel-Droma, who goes into a self-imposed exile after helping the Jedi win the war.
* BadassGrandpa: Master Arca Jeth, who destroys Krath war droids with "a simple tug of the Force."
* BadassNormal: Captain Vanicus and Mandalore the Indomitable stand out in particular.
* BareYourMidriff: Nomi favored a very small shirt while training with Thon. She swaps it for more usual Jedi gear later on.
* BigBad:
** ''The Golden Age of the Sith''/''The Fall of the Sith Empire'': Naga Sadow
** ''ComicBook/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'':
*** ''Ulic Qel-Droma and the Beast Wars of Onderon'': Queen Amanoa
*** ''The Saga of Nomi Sunrider'': Bogga the Hutt
** ''Freedon Nadd Rising'': King Ommin
** ''Dark Lords of the Sith'': Satal and Aleema Keto
** ''Sith War'': Exar Kun and [[spoiler:Ulic Qel-Droma]].
** ''Redemption'': none.
* BittersweetEnding: The Sith are defeated and Exar Kun is sealed away, but Ulic Qel-Droma, the greatest of the Jedi Knights, fell to the dark side and lost everything he had sworn to protect.
* BrainInAJar: In ''Golden Age of the Sith'' we are introduced to the Jedi Master Ooroo and the Sith Lord Simus. Whereas the former appears to be an actual alien brain living in a giant crystal, the latter was defeated in combat by another Sith Lord and developed a means of keeping his head alive in a jar.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Exar Kun's Sith converts, whom he poisons with shards of a broken holocron, and [[spoiler: Ulic]].
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Vima, though it's largely due to getting little time from her mother.
* CainAndAbel: Ulic Qel-Droma, who falls to the dark side, and Cay Qel-Droma, who stays with the Jedi. It matches with Cay's golden hair and Ulic's darker shade.
* CallForward: Several to the ''Literature/JediAcademyTrilogy'' and ''ComicBook/DarkEmpire, also written by Anderson.
* TheCaptain: Captain Vanicus to be addressed as captain, even though he seems to be the overall commander of the Republic fleet.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: Nomi's position as Grand Master of the Order leaves her little time to spend with her daughter.
* ChekhovsGun: Shortly before he is killed by Exar Kun, Master Odan Urr explains a technique to Nomi Sunrider that would allow her to defeat Dark Jedi without killing them by removing their connection to the Force. [[spoiler:She uses this on Ulic after he kills his brother]].
* ComingOfAgeStory: ''Redemption'', the final arc. It focuses largely on Vima Sunrider when she is old enough for Jedi training.
* ContinuitySnarl: With the ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' games, which feature a completely different aesthetic and prequel-era ethos for the Jedi.
* DarkActionGirl: Aleema Keto.
* DarkAge: One of several EU attempts at this style.
* TheDarkArts: The dark side of the Force is portrayed like this.
* DarkMessiah: How Exar Kun presents himself after becoming the Dark Lord of the Sith and returning to Ossus to round up Jedi converts.
* [[DoesNotLikeGuns Does Not Like Lightsabers]]: Nomi Sunrider initially refuses to become a Jedi because she dislikes the idea of having to kill her enemies.
* EarthShatteringKaboom: Naga Sadow's flagship was equipped with a device that allows the user to trigger a supernova with the Dark Side of the Force. The Sith use it to [[spoiler: destroy the surface of Ossus.]]
* {{Egopolis}}: The Empress Teta system. (Yes, the name of the system includes her imperial title.) A rare heroic instance of this.
* EliteMook: King Ommin's armoured apprentice, Warb Null, who leads the Naddist cult's soldiers.
* TheEmpire: There was a Sith Empire in the stories which take place first chronologically. By the time of the Sith War, Mandalore notes that the Empress Teta system has become an empire that's nonetheless "bloated and overstretched by it's many conquests".
* FantasticRacism:
** Kun believes that human Jedi are inherently superior to alien Jedi, although he has no problems with using alien Jedi as pawns he can control.
** There is a great deal of prejudice between the people of Iziz and the Beast-Riders (who, admittedly, are descended from exiled criminals). Naturally, the children of the ruling families fall in love.
* FatBastard: Great Bogga the Hutt. Averted by Aarba the Hutt, who has genuine sympathy for the Daragon twins so long as they don't endanger his business inerests.
* FateWorseThanDeath:
** [[spoiler: Ulic Qel-Droma's connection to the force is severed by Nomi Sunrider after he kills his brother in combat and he is left to [[WalkingTheEarth wander the galaxy]].]]
** Although [[spoiler: Exar Kun]] ''did die'', his spirit would be trapped inside the darkness of his own temple for thousand of years.
* GiantMook: Warb Null.
* GoodIsNotNice: A thousand years before the main story about Ulic and Exar Kun, the Jedi and Old Republic ''[[WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide exterminated]]'' the [[FantasticRacism Sith species]], who at the time were a thriving interstellar civilization. Yes, it was during a war (that the Sith had started), and they were your average [[AlwaysChaoticEvil typical space-opera villains]], but it's still a whole species of HumanAliens. And yes, it was said that they deliberately [[MoralDissonance hunted down every last one of them]].
** GenocideBackfire: [[ThereIsAnother At least until]] ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' [[GenocideBackfire rolled around...]]
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Nomi's mission to retrieve Ulic. Subverted, as by that point he's too far gone and the Jedi decide to cut their losses and return home.
* [[MilitaryBrat Jedi Brat]]: Vima Sunrider is the daughter of two Jedi and grows up surrounded by them (and their battles, once or twice).
* JerkJock: Exar Kun was this even before his FaceHeelTurn.
* KarmicDeath: While he isn't actually killed for another four thousand years, Exar Kun's fate at the end of the Sith War is fitting for a man who was obsessed with darkness.
* KissingCousins: Implied to be going on between Satal Keto and Aleema.
* [[KnightInShiningArmor Knights In Shining Armor]]: The Qel-Droma brothers are this for the Jedi, until Ulic's [[StartOfDarkness]]. Then things go downhill for them both.
* LadyOfWar: Nomi Sunrider [[CharacterDevelopment evolves into one]] as the series goes on, finishing as Head of the Jedi Order.
* LightIsNotGood: Empress Teta, military dictator of the [[{{Ruritania}} Koros system]] and anti-Sith crusader ''par excellence''. She's ''[[DesignatedHero supposed]]'' to be one of the good guys, but there are worrying little things in her portrayal. Like how the [=POW=]s from her victorious wars of unification for the greater good are still in hard labor camps a decade after the last war ended. Or how [[SmallNameBigEgo the system is renamed the Empress Teta System]] afterwards.
* MadScientist: Exar Kun, in his spare time.
* MagicByAnyOtherName: Inverted. This is one of the only places in ''Star Wars'' where Force techniques and practitioners--mainly dark side ones--are referred to with terms like "Sith magic" and "sorcerer."
* MamaBear: Nomi Sunrider, whose main motivation for becoming a Jedi Knight is a desire to protect her daughter.
* MasterOfIllusion: Aleema Keto.
* MauveShirt: The secondary Jedi trio of Shoaneb Culu, Dace Diath, and Qrrrl Toq. [[spoiler:They're killed in the final battle of the Sith Wars]].
* MedievalStasis: Averted. This takes place thousands of years before the main series and it shows (although it may have been retconned by the KnightsOfTheOldRepublic series).
* MoreThanMindControl: Happens to Ulic when he infiltrates the Krath.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Ulic Qel-Droma upon [[spoiler: killing his own brother]] and Gav Daragon when [[spoiler: he realises that he's completely put of his depth with the Sith Empire.]]
* NobleSavage: The Beast Riders of Onderon, who are more civilised than many denizens of the city.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Naga Sadow behaves a bit like a crazy old man to deceive the Daragons.
* OffModel: Sometimes. It depends on the artist.
* OlderAndWiser: Nomi in ''Redemption'', who is now middle-aged and head of the Order.
* PostScriptSeason: ''Redemption''.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Mandalore the Indomitable, who willingly joins Ulic Qel-Droma because he believes it will give his warriors a new crusade. Also applies to Kun's Massassi warriors, who he genetically engineers to be deadlier.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Somewhat of a subversion in [[spoiler:Ulic's case. He's been turned back for some time and at the end, none of the Jedi are interested in punishing him anymore]]. His death is a result of a Jedi-worshipping pilot wanting a place in history.
* ReligionOfEvil: The Dark Jedi Freedon Nadd left behind a cult devoted to his worship on Onderon, which serves as the main opponent for the Jedi until [[EvilOverlord Exar Kun]] shows up.
* ReverseMole: Ulic Qel-Droma. He thinks he can infiltrate Cinnigar, gain the trust of the Krath and resist the dark side. TwoOutOfThreeAintBad.
* RockBeatsLaser: Averted in ''The Sith War''. While not rocks, the weapons of the Krath soldiers are basically antiques and they're no match for the advanced technology of the Mandalorians.
* RoyalBlood: An important element of the power struggle among the lords of the Sith Empire. For example, Naga Sadow possesses minimal Sith blood and takes pride in the purity of his Jedi lineage, tracing his ancestry right back to the original Dark Jedi who fled the Republic and enslaved the Sith species.
* RoyallyScrewedUp: The royal family of Onderon, [[spoiler: who have been receiving training from the disembodied spirit of Freedon Nadd for hundreds of years]].
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Even after becoming ruler of Onderon, Oron Kira is the first Beast Rider in the air when the Mandalorian attack begins.
* SchizoTech: A lot of the technology looks like it's made from stone or crude metal. (This is in stark contrast with the ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' games, which take place not forty years from the end of the comics and basically look like the prequel movies).
* SealedEvilInACan: Lake Naath, used by Thon to seal a host of Sith spirits that threatened to overrun the sector. It's a rare example that actually works, barring some warped reptilian monsters that crawl out from time to time.
* [[HeWhoFightsMonsters She Who Fights Monsters]]: Sylvar and her quest to bring "[[{{Revenge}} justice]]" to Ulic for serving the Sith and (indirectly) killing her mate Crado.
* SheatheYourSword: Ulic does this to defeat Sylvar.
* SinkOrSwimMentor: Arca Jeth. He sends the Qel-Dromas to solve an ethnic conflict that has been going on for generations, which is pretty heavy for trainees ''anyway''. [[spoiler:But his real aim is to have them deal with the Onderon royal family's Dark Side ties... without even covering the existence of the Dark Side in their training]]. When they protest, his response is basically "Oh yeah, guess I should have mentioned that."
* SmugSnake: Satal Keto and Aleema behave as though they will brig the galaxy to its knees, but they're just spoiled brats who dabbled in Sith magic out of boredom.
* SpiritualSuccessor: The ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' games and comics, which are set in the same era.
* StartOfDarkness: For Exar Kun, it's his obsession with ancient Sith history and science. For Ulic, it's his failure to prevent the death of [[spoiler: Master Arca.]]
* SycophanticServant: Crado is slavishly devoted to Exar Kun in spite of Kun's FantasticRacism.
* TakeAThirdOption: Vima can never hold her mother's attention long enough to get Jedi training, so she goes to the man condemned as a traitor by most of the Order.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Aarrba the Hutt takes out two Massassi by crushing them under his own girth]].
* TongueTrauma: One of several unpleasant things inflicted by Aleema upon her tutor. [[spoiler: He ends up with his lips sewn shut to keep the writhing, fanged thing she changed his tongue into from getting out]].
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Exar Kun arranges the death of [[spoiler: Aleema]] because she betrayed Ulic Qel-Droma and left him to be arrested by the Jedi, and [[spoiler: Crado]] because he finds him annoying.
* WarForFunAndProfit: While they're still [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race Guys]], the Mandalorians are at least partially motivated by their desire to plunder military technology from the Republic.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In the middle of the ''Sith War'' story arc we see a montage of Exar Kun's Sith converts [[spoiler: killing their former Jedi masters]]. At the end of the story these Dark Jedi are still unaccounted for.
* [[WhenYouComingHomeDad When Are You Going To Train Me As A Jedi, Mom?]]: Vima towards Nomi, once Vima is in her teen years.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Vima is the only one who thinks that Ulic is not the irredeemable monster that the Jedi (and he himself) believe him to be. Her [[GutFeeling trust in the Force]] has a lot to do with it.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Ulic is only about ten years older in ''Redemption'' than he was during the Sith Wars, but he looks more like fifty to sixty. Probably justified given his state of mind and exile.
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