Funny / Fate of the Jedi

• When the Lost Trbe first encounter Ship, it announces that they're needed out in the galaxy. They assume that this is because they're the purest, the strongest, the greatest tribe of Sith, they can go out there and join all the other Sith, who no doubt rule the galaxy... Ship's response is a blunt "no."
• In Backlash, Ben starts to go off on an Inner Monologue about how Jacen, the Nightsisters, and the Sith only value their own needs, only to have Vestara interrupt him mid-thought to offer him water and exchange snark. When he confronts her about her "pack of lies," she tells him that everything she said was either literally true, or at least From a Certain Point of View.
  Vestara: So where, then, is my pack of lies?
  Ben: You just admitted they were a pack of lies.
  Vestara: Maybe I lied.
• At one point while she's explaining her evil plan, Luke says, "Ben, roll your eyes for me, will you? I'm out of practice." Ben dutifully rolls his eyes.
• Han Solo gains a flamethrower to use against the sparkflies in Backlash. To say that he has fun with it would be an understatement.
• In the Jedi Academy Trilogy, Han was briefly imprisoned in the spice-mines of Kessel, where he had a near-lethal encounter with the energy spiders that make the spice (as webbing). After he escaped, Lando bought out the spice-mining operation. In Fate of the Jedi: Outcast, Lando mentions he's been trying to expand, but is having difficulties...
  Lando: Efforts to transplant colonies of the energy spiders that produce the stuff haven't been very successful.
  Han: You're trying to get them to survive on other planets?!
  Lando: Yes, but they just stop feeding and die—
  Han: Good!
• Luke makes Ben promise to kill him if he falls to the Dark Side...but only if Luke does genuinely evil stuff, not just make him eat his vegetables.
• Ben and Luke are on Dorin, a helium-rich world. As they leave, Ben takes off his breath mask and inhales a deep breath. He then begins to sing an annoying song in a ridiculously high-pitched voice.
• ALL the Snark-to-Snark Combat between Luke and Ben deserves mention on this page. Particular examples include:
  Luke: What's one of the first things you learned in training to be a Jedi?
  Ben: Don't cut your own head off with your lightsaber.
  Luke: After that.
  Ben: Your eyes can deceive you. Be mindful of your feelings. Girls are fun but dangerous. Lando has extra cards up his sleeve.
  Luke: Well, the truth is in there somewhere…
  • Also:
  Luke: Ben, what is our purpose as Jedi?
  Ben: Well… to keep the Force in balance and to help people stay in balance with the Force. To detect wrongs and make them right. To serve as models for very attractive lines of boots.
  • That whole book is full of great snark between the two of them.
  Ben: "We're choosing new names?"
  Luke: "No."
  Ben: "Oh. That's sad. I was looking forward to being Sparky."
  Luke: "Sounds like a name for a monkey-lizard."
  Ben: "And you could be Grand Master Whango Mittphool."
  Luke: "Not in this lifetime."
• Luke notes that Ben and Vestara have plenty to deal with...life-shaking decisions, Vestara's killing her father and possibly pulling a Heel–Face Turn, and the galaxy being at risk.
  Jaina: And hormones.
  Luke: And hormones. They have more than enough to deal with.
• The Refuge in Audacity Luke, Ben, and Vestara pull off when pretending to be pirates:
  Ben: We're cleared to dock on spar three, module eleven. They're requesting our trade manifest.
  Luke: Transmit 'three occupants, combat and insurgency skills.'
  Ben: That's not even a lie.
  Luke: Sometimes a Jedi must deal with the disappointment of having to tell the truth.
• Though Ben and Vestara's relationship is mostly a mixture of heartwarming and tearjerker moments, there's plenty of humour as well:
  Vestara: Ben, I can see why Ship was drawn to you. There's the making of a fine Sith in you, you know that?
  Ben: Let us not devolve into insults.
  • Then she throws a fruit at him.
• At another point, they're snuggling together, and Vestara admits that she's nervous to meet the Jedi, having grown up as a Sith.
  Ben: You're about to meet a whole bunch of people who not long ago were your sworn enemies and say, Hi there, I used to be Sith but not anymore. It's okay because I'm dating the most amazing, best-looking, smartest Jedi in the—ow!
  • Cue Dope Slap
  Vestara: Don't get cocky.
• Ben lampshading his family's history...
  Ben: "Jedi Skywalkers. Practicing a fine family tradition of rescuing people from the dark side."
  Luke: "Hey, there are worse family traditions."
  Ben: "Like Aunt Leia's spiceloaf."
  Luke: "You think the dark side is scary, you say that to her."
  Ben: "I won't. I like my body intact, thank you very much."
• He can also win an argument without using verbs: "Dad. Jacen. Coruscant. Answers." Luke is mildly disturbed.
• It's not just his son Luke enjoys snarking at, either:
  Gaalan: "I am Lord Viun Gaalan, the last man you will ever meet. Much admiration will be accorded me for killing Luke Skywalker. Especially by the family of Lady Rhea, whom you slew."
  Luke: "No, you aren't, and no, it won't."
• Some things, though, are universal:
  Taalon: "I'm aware that you Jedi don't place the same value on discipline as we Sith do, but surely when a father gives a command, he expects his son to obey."
  Luke: "That works for you? With teenagers? I hope you don't expect me to believe that."
• Luke is a little worried about Vestara pulling a genuine Heel–Face Turn, seeing as she was born and raised Sith. Jaina points out that so was Mara Jade. And some people would say Anakin Skywalker was irredeemable. Or Kyp Durron. Or Luke himself. Or... Luke admits that she's right, leading to Jaina calling him crotchety.
• Han tells Leia that he's broken her out of prison before and will do so again if necessary. But he wants a better reward this time.
• Jagged Fel ends up appointing a technically-on-trial Tahiri as his personal agent.
  Jag: I hereby agree to take custody of you, Tahiri Veila. You will obey my orders to the letter, and not go haring off as if your last name were Solo.
  Han and Jaina: Hey.
  • Unlike her husband or daughter, Leia just chuckles.
• At one point, Jaina muses that her father would, given his choice, challenge Abeloth to a blaster duel at high noon. Our money's on Han.
• Just before the three-way debate between Vitor Reige, Jag Fel, and Daala, Jag and Vitor wish each other luck.
  Vitor: May the best man win.
• As an April Fools Day joke, once Apocalypse was finished, Timothy Zahn wrote a short story called "An Apology", in which it's revealed that Luke has actually been the clone Luuke Skywalker ever since the Thrawn Trilogy, and that Thrawn had been spending the past several decades replacing major characters with clones. It gets increasingly ridiculous from there, involving time travel and further clones (including Luuuke and Streeen). And of course there's the reveal that he's actually hated hot chocolate this entire time. It's such a Mind Screw that even Luuke isn't entirely sure what's going on, as he has long since lost track of how many times they've had Boba Fett cloned (he gets shot a lot) and wondering if the original Thrawn is even running the show anymore.