History ComicBook / TalesOfTheJedi

* UnwantedRescue: Galia protests when Ulic, Cay, and Tott crash into the beast-riders' hall, interrupting her wedding to Oron Kira. She and Oron staged the kidnapping in the first place.

** Sith used blue and green lightsabres. In the case of Jedi-turned-Sith, like Exar Kun, it was justified, since they simply continued used the same lightsabers they had as Jedi. However, Warb Null, who was always a darksider, used a green lightsaber. It wasn't until ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' where it was established that all Sith, not just Vader, use red lightsabers.

** As the earliest comics were made before the prequel trilogy films, there are many differences from later canon. For example, no Sith uses the "Darth" title (at that point in the franchise only Vader had ever canonically used it) or an alias, instead retaining their real names. The Jedi were not prohibited from marrying or having families. Force-sensitive children like Vima were not automatically recruited into the Jedi Order. Jedi Masters could, and often did, have multiple apprentices at the same time (the term "Padawan" had also not been introduced yet). Quite a bit of later expanded universe content would go into explaining how these differences came about.

* CallForward: Several to the ''Literature/JediAcademyTrilogy'' and ''ComicBook/DarkEmpire'', also written by Anderson.

* 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.

* PietaPlagiarism: A variant when [[spoiler:Arca Jeth is killed]]. Ulic is in the "Mary" pose, but what he's holding are empty robes. Happen's again with Vima in the "Mary" pose holding dying Ulic as he [[AscendToHigherPlaneOfExistence becomes one with the Force.]

A comic book series from 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 importance of this series for Franchise/StarWarsLegends is hard to understate, as it led directly to the critically acclaimed ''Videogame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' video game, which in turned paved the way for ''Videogame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' MMO. These games have spin-offs of their own, and they all owe that to the ''Tales of the Jedi.''

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.

* BadassGrandpa: Jedi Masters in general. Master Arca Jeth destroys Krath war droids with "a simple tug of the Force."

* PietaPlagiarism: A variant when [[spoiler:Arca Jeth is killed]]. Ulic is in the "Mary" pose, but what he's holding are empty robes.

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Empress Teta, military dictator of the [[{{Ruritania}} Koros system]] and anti-Sith crusader ''par excellence''. She's ''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. Not to mention conquering other planets in wars which must have killed millions to begin with. which are explicitly described as quite brutal. The heroes don't seem to care since she's on their side. Granted, her enemies are also bad, but even so.

* DisabilitySuperpower: Shoaneb Culu is blind, but sees with the Force. In fact, her entire people, the Miraluka, have this ability. This is the reason why they lost their eyes over time, since they're redundant.

* 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.

* TheCaptain: Captain Vanicus to be addressed as captain, even though he seems to be the overall commander of the Republic fleet.

* 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.

* UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks: One of several EU attempts at this style.

* {{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.

** In the Great Hyperspace War, the Sith were united under Naga Sadow in their war against the Republic, but halfway 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 weakened Sith Empire.

** 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.

** Averted by Aarba the Hutt, who has genuine sympathy for the Daragon twins so long as they don't endanger his business inerests.

* 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...]]
* 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.

* 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.

* 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 out of his depth with the Sith Empire.]]

The importance of this series for Franchise/StarWarsLegends is hard to understate, as it led directly to the critically acclaimed ''Videogame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' video game, which in turned paved the way for ''Videogame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' MMO. Each game has spin-offs of its own, and they all owe that to the ''Tales of the Jedi.''

* 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]].

* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Vima's search for Ulic and Sylvar's struggle with the Dark Side in "Redemption."

* 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.

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 paved the way for ''Videogame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' MMO. Each game has spin-offs of its own, and they all owe that to the ''Tales of the Jedi.''

* 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.]]

* 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.

* 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.

** Instead of the [[ShockAndAwe Force Lightning]] (which, oddly enough, had already been introduced before these comics were made), the Sith had another offensive power called [[starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Force_blast Force Blast]], which is [[KiManipulation the kind of attacks you'd see in a shonen anime/manga]].

* 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]]. Kun also turns on the spirit of Freedon Nadd once he has learned all he can from him (though to be fair this is also due to Nadd's continued attempts to manipulate him, including into making him a body so he can be restored to life).

* 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.

* PietaPlagiarism: A variant when [[spoiler:Arca Jeth is killed]]. Ulic is in the "Mary" pose, but what he's holding are empty robes.

* 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]].

** Instead of the [[ShockAndAwe Force Lightning]] (which, oddly enough, had already been introduced before these comics were made), the Sith had another offensive power called [[starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Force_blast Force Blast]], which is [[KiMnaipulation the kind of attacks you'd see in a shonen anime/manga]].

* 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.