History Literature / IJedi

* GoodFeelsGood: There's a couple of moments in ''I, Jedi'' where characters describe the Light Side of TheForce as feeling like every positive feeling they've ever experienced.

* ActualPacifist: The Caamasi as a species seek to refrain from violence and were renowned as peacemakers in the past, which made them greatly revered across the galaxy. However, it turns out this wasn't solely due to any philosophical reason, but their psychology. Caamasi memories can be very strong, especially of momentous events, which would include killing someone (justified or not). It would be very burdensome for them doing this as a result. Elegos nonetheless uses a blaster in defense of Corran (who had just defended him), thinking the man he shot were dead before he realized he'd only stunned them. He considered a memory of killing them a necessary sacrifice given the circumstances. Later too he willingly uses a blaster once more when rescuing Mirax with Corran, though only stunning enemies. Ylenic, his uncle, also willingly served as a Jedi, including killing armed enemies in self-defense. The devastating Caamasi Genocide was viewed as even more heinous than most due to their general peacefulness.

''I, Jedi'', as a novel, had a lot of firsts. First novel to be entirely written in FirstPersonPerspective (and the only such story in the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' continuity). First novel to have as its hero a character who was never featured or even mentioned in the films. First novel to directly retcon events in a previously written book. The novel also has significant cross-pollination with Creator/TimothyZahn's ''Literature/TheHandOfThrawn'', which was written at the same time, and the three novels make up a sort of TwoPartTrilogy. There is also crossover with ''Literature/TheHanSoloTrilogy'' as Han used an alias while Corran's dad Inspector Hal Horn was after him years earlier, which Corran later uses too (they mention the elder Horn's pursuing Han in a brief conversation).

* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Corran is firebombed by one of the gangs he attacks as a VigilanteMan, and uses EnergyAbsorption to survive the heat. Much to his chagrin, he discovers afterwards that the Force didn't protect any of the clothes he was wearing: the only thing he had with him that survived was his lightsaber.

* OrbitalBombardment: Corran tells Tycho that if the Jedi apprentices are defeated, to convince Ackbar to order orbital bombardment of Exar Kun's temple, as that would be the only way to destroy it while staying far enough way to be safe from mental influence by Kun's spirit.

* SpacePirates: Leonia Tavira, an ex-Imperial Moff, leads an alliance of these based around her ''Star Destroyer'' Invidious. As a result, they're nickname the Invids, and have been raiding New Republic shipping. The New Republic has had no success when the book starts in stopping them, since they always seem to know when an ambush is coming. Corran's wife Mirax tried to find the gang, but vanished. After this he goes undercover the intent to find both her and them, sparking the book's plot.

* ActualPacifist: The Caamasi as a species seek to refrain from violence and were renowned as peacemakers in the past, which made them greatly revered across the galaxy. However, it turns out this wasn't solely due to any philosophical reason, but their psychology. Caamasi memories can be very strong, especially of momentous events, which would include killing someone (justified or not). It would be very burdensome for them doing this as a result. Elegos nonetheless uses a blaster in defense of Corran (who had just defended him), thinking the man he shot were dead before he realized he'd only stunned them. He considered a memory of killing them a necessary sacrifice given the circumstances. Later too he willingly uses a blaster once more when rescuing Mirax with Corran, though only stunning enemies. Ylenic, his uncle, also willingly served as a Jedi, including killing armed enemies in self-defense.

* DemotedToExtra: Mirax was a relatively important {{recurrer}} in the ''Literature/XWingSeries'' besides being Corran's LoveInterest, but her only real role in the plot of ''I, Jedi'' is to [[DisposableWoman provide motivation for Corran's adventure to find her]]: she's a HumanPopsicle when he finally finds her.

* CallForward: Brakiss argues using the dark side would be acceptable for a good goal, using destroying the Death Star as an example. Kam (a former dark Jedi who served the Emperor Reborn in ''ComicBook/DarkEmpire'') along with Corran reject this idea immediately and both try to make him see otherwise. Brakiss backs off, but he's still not entirely convinced. This ties in with him later falling and becoming evil himself, as in the previously published ''Literature/TheNewRebellion'' and ''Literature/YoungJediKnights''.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Brakiss argues using the dark side would be acceptable for a good goal, using destroying the Death Star as an example. Kam (who had fallen to the dark side himself) along with Corran reject this idea immediately and both try to make him see otherwise. Brakiss backs off, but he's still not entirely convinced. This foreshadows him falling and becoming evil himself, as shown in [[Literature/TheNewRebellion books that]] [[Literature/YoungJediKnights take place later]].

* DisappearedDad: Corran reflects on his father Hal, who died years book, often during the back largely because he begins his Jedi training and inherited Force sensitivity from his paternal line. After learning about how Luke lost his own father [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi in the moment he'd regained him]], Corran feels deep sympathy for him, knowing it's far worse than his experience, since at least he had many years with him and lots of happy memories.

* DisappearedDad: Corran reflects on his father Hal, who died years back, often during the back largely because he begins his Jedi training and inherited Force sensitivity from his paternal line. After learning about how Luke lost his own father [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi in the moment he'd regained him]], Corran feels deep sympathy for him, knowing it's far worse than his experience, since at least he had many years with him and many more happy memories.

''I, Jedi'', as a novel, had a lot of firsts. First novel to be entirely written in FirstPersonPerspective (and the only such story in the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' continuity). First novel to have as its hero a character who was never featured or even mentioned in the films. First novel to directly retcon events in a previously written book. The novel also has significant cross-pollination with Creator/TimothyZahn's ''Literature/HandOfThrawn'' duology, which was written at the same time, and the three novels make up a sort of TwoPartTrilogy. There is also crossover with ''Literature/TheHanSoloTrilogy'' as Han used an alias while Corran's dad Inspector Hal Horn was after him years earlier, which Corran later uses too (they mention the elder Horn's pursuing Han in a brief conversation).

** The romance between Mara and Lando in the Jedi Academy trilogy was retconned into being a cover story in ''Literature/HandOfThrawn'', and given the links between ''I, Jedi'' and that duology, it's unsurprising that there's a brief nod to this RetCon in ''I, Jedi''.

* TwoPartTrilogy: A nonstandard example: Stackpole wrote ''I, Jedi'' at the same time that Creator/TimothyZahn was writing ''The Literature/HandOfThrawn'', and the two authors collaborated to share characters and toss {{Call Forward}}s and {{Call Back}}s to each other, making ''Hand of Thrawn'' in effect a two-part DistantSequel to Stackpole's novel. In publication order, ''Specter of the Past'' came out first, then ''I, Jedi'', then ''Vision of the Future''.