History ComicBook / TalesOfTheJedi

* WolfInSheepsClothing: In their first battle against the Jedi fleet, Sato takes advantage of the Jedi's detection of their illusions by having Aleema create another illusory fleet, and then positioning ''actual'' ships within it.

* 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]].

** 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.

''Tales of the Jedi'' is not to be confused with the 2022 Creator/DisneyPlus series of the same name, which is set before, during, and after the events of the Prequel Trilogy instead of in the distant past of the ''Star Wars'' galaxy.

** ''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 Uprising'': King Ommin
** ''Dark Lords of the Sith'': Satal and Aleema Keto
** ''Sith War'': Exar Kun and [[spoiler:Ulic Qel-Droma]].
** ''Redemption'': [[NoAntagonist none]].

* HopeSpot: Nomi and Cay think that they have a chance to get Ulic back when they sense him over Ossus. They really don't.

* 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]] ([[ThereIsAnother at least until]] ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' [[GenocideBackfire rolled around...]]).

** ''Redemption'': none.

* ''ComicBook/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic''

* KissingCousins: Implied to be going on between Satal Keto and Aleema.

* DarkActionGirl: Aleema Keto.

* ContinuitySnarl: With the ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' games, which feature a completely different aesthetic and prequel-era ethos for the Jedi.

** Sith used blue and green lightsabers. 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.

* MoreThanMindControl: Happens to Ulic when he infiltrates the Krath.

* TheAtoner: Ulic Qel-Droma, who goes into a self-imposed exile after helping the Jedi win the war.

* MedievalStasis: Averted. This takes place thousands of years before the main series and it shows (although it may have been retconned by the Videogame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic series).

* ReverseMole: Ulic Qel-Droma. He thinks he can infiltrate Cinnagar, gain the trust of the Krath and resist the dark side. TwoOutOfThreeAintBad.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Exar Kun's Sith converts, whom he poisons with shards of a broken holocron, and [[spoiler: Ulic]].

* ArtShift: Several times. It's often rather jarring.

A ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' 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 ''Legends''.

The importance of this series for ''Star Wars Legends'' 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''.

* ActionMom: Nomi Sunrider starts out as an ActionSurvivor, but gradually becomes a more proactive heroine in her own right.

* ActionMom: Nomi Sunrider.

* SorcerousOverlord: ''Very' common. Freedon Nadd became this on Onderon centuries in the past and his descendants continued the tradition until Princess Galia rebelled. Satal and Aleema Keto become this in the Empress Teta system after learning Sith magic. Exar Kun makes a serious play to become this for the entire ''galaxy,'' which is what causes the Great Sith War.

* BadassNormal: Captain Vanicus and Mandalore the Indomitable stand out in particular.

* 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.

* 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. [[spoiler: It's driven home especially hard when Ulic kills Cay in a duel.]]

* TheDarkArts: The dark side of the Force is portrayed like this.

* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Mandalore and the Mandalorians, who are pretty thrilled to have a new crusade. Also applies to Kun's Massassi warriors, who he genetically engineers to be deadlier.

* RebelliousPrincess: Galia is a positive example. She was opposed to her parents' evil ways and had secret dealings with the underground resistance movement, which is how she met and fell in love with Beast Rider noble Oron Kira. She conspired with him to have herself seemingly kidnapped from her palace chambers so that she could she could marry him. Together they would become the first rulers of Onderon in centuries who were not followers of the Dark Side.

* RichBoredom: Unlike most people who turn to the Dark Side, Satal and Aleema Keto did not start out with any great ambitions to fulfill, enemies to defeat or needs that had to be addressed. They were simply spoiled young members of of the royalty of the Empress Teta system with time on their hands who developed an interest in Sith lore while visiting a museum and decided that it would be interesting to learn more. Things went downhill from there.