History Literature / CoruscantNights

* ContinuityNod: The non-sexual kind. The books are loaded with little-used Star Wars tidbits like the ISB and Inquisition. Jax Pavan is the son of Lorn Pavan from ''Literature/DarthMaulShadowHunter'', and many characters previously appeared in the ''Literature/MedStarDuology''.

* TheChessmaster: Prince Vigo, shown making his ascent through the ranks of Black Sun.

* TheDreaded, TheJuggernaut: How Darth Vader is depicted.

* RememberTheNewGuy: Jax Pavan is Darth Vader's best friend in the Jedi Order who we never saw interact with him before he became Darth Vader.

* [[spoiler: TheButlerDidIt: To be exact, the butler ''droid'' committed the murder Jax investigates in the second book.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:No, not [[Film/TheLastJedi THAT ONE]].]]

Several characters from Reaves' and Steve Perry's [=MedStar=] books re-appear in this series, which follows Jax Pavan (Lorn Pavan's son), the droid I-5YQ, Den Dhur, Laranth Tarak, and Haninum Tyk Rhinann. The three novels have been released by the Science Fiction Book Club as a hardback three-in-one omnibus edition.

* AscendedFanon: Jax Pavan recalls Anakin Skywalker being prone to wild mood swings, which lines up with some fan theories that Anakin had some form of mood and/or personality disorder ([[https://www.wired.com/2007/05/anakin-skywalker-borderline-personality-bipolar-or-narcissist/ a group of French psychiatrists wrote a paper suggesting borderline personality disorder]]).

* BroadStrokes: Where the books sit in continuity.

* ContinuityNod: Jax Pavan is the son of Lorn Pavan from ''Literature/DarthMaulShadowHunter'', and many characters previously appeared in the ''Literature/MedStarDuology''.
* ContinuitySnarl: Even Piell, Nick Rostu [[spoiler: dying]], Barriss Offee, and other now-impossible elements show up in this book series.

* {{Fanservice}}: The non-sexual kind. The books are loaded with little-used Star Wars tidbits like the ISB and Inquisition.

* ForgottenFriendNewFoe: A curious example. Jax Pavan is Darth Vader's best friend in the Jedi Order who we never saw interact with him before he became Darth Vader.

** Appearance of a policaman called Pol Haus might be a reference to detective Polhaus ‘’from Literature/TheMalteseFalcon’’.

* StuffedInAFridge: [[spoiler: Laranth.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:No, not [[Film/TheLastJedi THAT ONE]]]]

* ShoutOut: Appearance of a policaman called Pol Haus might be a reference to detective Polhaus from Literature/TheMalteseFalcon.

* ContinuityPorn: This book resolves many of WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars continuity issues, makes use of the Dathomir witches, stars Inquisitors, and also includes Mandalorians.

''The Last Jedi'' contains the following tropes:

''The Coruscant Nights'' trilogy is a series of three books in Franchise/StarWarsLegends, written by Michael Reaves that follow the same core group of characters in the inter-trilogy era.

''The Coruscant Nights'' trilogy is a series of three books written by Michael Reaves that follow the same core group of characters in the inter-trilogy era.

The first book, ''Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight'', is set two months after ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. Two books were released in 2008, and the third was released in late January 2009. A standalone followup novel called ''The Last Jedi'', a collaboration between Reaves and Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, was released in February 2013. The Coruscant Nights name was originally attached to it but has since been removed.

The first trilogy contains the following tropes:

The first book, ''Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight'', is set two months after Revenge of the Sith. Two books were released in 2008, and the third was released in late January 2009. A standalone followup novel called ''The Last Jedi'', a collaboration between Reaves and Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, was released in February 2013. The Coruscant Nights name was originally attached to it but has since been removed.

* AddictiveMagic: An unusual variant - Dejah Duare, an empath, is attracted to Jax because of his strength in the Force. [[spoiler: When she can't have him, she settles for his rival, who's strong in TheDarkSide.]]

* ContinuityPorn: This book resolves many of TheCloneWars continuity issues, makes use of the Dathomir witches, stars Inquisitors, and also includes Mandalorians.

* AddictiveMagic: An unusual variant - Dejah Duare, an empath, is attracted to Jax because of his strength in the Force. [[Spoiler: When she can't have him, she settles for his rival, who's strong in TheDarkSide.]]

* [[spoiler: TheButlerDidIt: To be exact, the butler ''droid'' committed the murder Jax investigates in the second book.]]
* TheDreaded/TheJuggernaut: How Darth Vader is depicted.

** At one point, Haus gives the order to "[[Film/Casablanca Round up the usual species]]". Really, the trilogy makes a lot of shout-outs to FilmNoir and detective movies in general.

* BigBad: Darth Vader serves as this for the series. who as Anakin Skywalker was a padawan alongside Jax Pavan, and who'd rather that link to his former life was as dead as the rest of the Jedi Order. Emperor Palpatine is the Bigger Bad - but it's explicitly pointed out that he's too big to be a target for the small band of proto-Rebels.

* TheJuggernaut: How Darth Vader is depicted.

* AmplifierArtefact: Both the bota and the pyronium qualify as this, and serious effort goes into keeping them out of the hands of Vader.

Several characters from Reaves' and Steve Perry's MedStar books re-appear in this series, which follows Jax Pavan (Lorn Pavan's son), the droid I-5YQ, Den Dhur, Laranth Tarak, and Haninum Tyk Rhinann. The three novels have been released by the Science Fiction Book Club as a hardback three-in-one omnibus edition.

* VillainDecay: Averted HARD with Darth Vader. He's depicted as utterly unstoppable.

* {{Discontinuity}}: Some elements have been declared non-canon while the rest remains true.

* ContinuitySnarl: Even Piell, Nick Rostu [[spoiler: dying]], Barriss Offee, and other now-impossible elements show up in this book.

* StuffedIntoAFridge: [[spoiler: Laranth.]]