Star Wars/Characters/New Jedi Order and Legacy Eras

This page is for characters in the Star Wars Expanded Universe New Jedi Order, Dark Nest Trilogy, Legacy of the Force, and Fate of the Jedi book series, as well as the standalone novels Millennium Falcon, Crosscurrent, and Riptide. The comic series Star Wars Legacy has its own page.

Jaina Solo

 * Ace Pilot: Mandatory for being part of Rogue Squadron.
 * Action Girl: Fluctuates between this and Faux Action Girl in the later series.
 * Brother-Sister Team
 * Twin Telepathy
 * Cain and Abel
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Damsel in Distress: All too often. She manages to make it out of Fate of the Jedi without this happening to her.
 * Flat Character: Often accused of this.
 * Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: With Zekk.
 * The Lancer: Inheriting her father's position in Young Jedi Knights.
 * Love Triangle: With Zekk and Jagged.
 * Romantic Plot Tumor: Finally resolved in Apocalypse, when she marries Jag.
 * Master Swordswoman
 * Mentor Archetype: Much to Ben's surprise (and fans), she is this for Vestara in Ascension. Subverted in Apocalypse,.
 * Mentor Ship: With Kyp.
 * Strong Family Resemblance: She's basically Han, but a girl: amazing pilot, awesome mechanic, Deadpan Snarker, got her own Wookiee sidekick in Lowie.
 * Waif Fu: Noted as being even smaller than her mother, but is still one of the most powerful Jedi alive.
 * Wrench Wench

Kyp Durron

 * The Atoner
 * Badass Long Hair: Nearly everytime he is mentioned, his unkept longhair will be mentioned.
 * Bishonen: Remarked upon by everyone.
 * Cool Old Guy: Has become this.
 * Deal with the Devil: Exar Kun.
 * Mr. Fanservice
 * Expy: Of Magneto.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Until about half-way through the New Jedi Order. He's mellowed out a lot since then.
 * Karma Houdini: At least in the Jedi Academy Trilogy. He's harangued about this by everyone in non-Anderson works.
 * Mentor Ship: With Jaina: they end up good friends, and he leads the Jedi honor guard at her wedding.
 * Mind Rape: Does this to Qwi Xux.
 * Never Live It Down: Blowing up the Carida system.
 * Redemption Equals Death: Subverted, but it looked like he was going to die for a second at the end of the Jedi Academy Trilogy.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: At several points in his life on many issues.
 * Your Soul Is Mine: Does this to Luke while being influenced by Exar Kun.

Corran Horn

 * Ace Pilot
 * Ancestral Weapon: His first lightsaber, which was his grandfathers.
 * Badass Beard
 * Canon Sue: Often accused of this in works by Michael Stackpole.
 * Cold Sniper: He plays one very well in an undercover mission in Isard's Revenge, and also has a tendency to be depicted this way at least a little bit in the Allston novels.
 * Dating Catwoman: Or rather, dating the daughter of the man your father sent to Kessel.
 * Green Eyes: He's mentioned as having them several times.
 * Happily Married
 * Heroic BSOD: He spends most of Fate of the Jedi in this state after both his children go insane.
 * Papa Wolf

Kenth Hamner

 * Badass Grandpa
 * Colonel Badass: When he was in the military.
 * Honor Before Reason
 * Old Soldier
 * Honor Before Reason
 * Old Soldier
 * Old Soldier

Saba Sebatyne
A Barabel Jedi Master who was trained outside of the Order by Master Eelysa. She served with distinction during the Yuuzhan Vong War, and trained Leia following the Swarm War. She continued to serve as a major voice on the Jedi Council, often favoring more aggresive solutions to problems, which led her into direct conflict with acting Grand Master Kenth Hamner following Luke's exile by Chief of State Natasi Daala.


 * Ace Pilot
 * Action Girl
 * Action Mom
 * The Atoner: After arriving at her home planet and finding it destroyed by the Yuuzhan Vong, she began attacking the nearest Vong ship she could find. . Luke managed to convince her to join the hunt for Zonama Sekot as a way to make up for her mistake.
 * Badass
 * Determinator: She continued to fight even after taking force thrown rocks and a lightsaber blow to the head, as well as several other wounds, during her duel with Welk in the Dark Nest Trilogy.
 * Hates Being Touched: It's a Barabel thing: only those who have permission or are close friends can touch them. Anyone else will get bitten. Saba works hard to overcome this instinct, as it is not very Jedi-like.
 * The Hunter
 * Lightning Bruiser
 * Mama Barabel
 * Made of Iron
 * Prehensile Tail
 * Proud Warrior Race Girl
 * Scarily Competent Tracker
 * Sssssnaketalk

Cilghal
"Harfard: "Now get out of my way, fish-head."
 * Beware the Nice Ones
 * Deadpan Snarker: She has her moments, espically when dealing with a rude security officer:

Cilghal: "Two things. First, my name is not Fish-Head. It is Master Cilghal. Second, I am not in your way. That is a logistical impossibility. I am less than a meter wide. The entryway where we stand and the doorway behind me are several meters wide. I now leave it as an exercise of your alleged intelligence to find a way into the Temple. If you do a very good job, perhaps we will name the test after you.""


 * Hidden Badass: Before Backlash, we had never seen Cilghal in a fight. When she is confronted by Jedi Knight Sothias Saar, who had just succumbed to Force psychosis, she squashes him in about five seconds. Chief of State Daala is surprised when she sees the footage, but realizes that Cilghal is a Jedi Master for a reason.
 * The Medic

Kam Solusar
A former Dark Jedi who served Palpatine, he was redeemed by Luke and joined his Order. He met and married Tionne, a fellow Jedi, and together they run the Jedi Academy.


 * Happily Married
 * Heel Face Turn: He is a former Dark Jedi who served Emperor Palpatine, but Luke managed to redeem him.
 * Master Swordsman
 * Old Master

Tionne Solusar
The foremost scholar of the Jedi Order, and co-head of the Jedi Academy with her husband Kam.


 * Adventurer Archaeologist: Justified as many of the locations she explored while looking for Jedi artifacts were guarded by dangerous creatures or Dark Jedi.
 * Artificial Limbs: One of her legs and an arm were shot off by an insane Gallactic Alliance Security officer during Darth Caedus' siege of the Jedi Academy on Ossus.
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Happily Married
 * Monochromatic Eyes: Pearly white.
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl

Octa Ramis

 * Ace Pilot
 * Action Girl
 * Big Sister Mentor: To Seha Dorvald.

Tresina Lobi
A Chev Jedi Master who served on the Advisory Council during the Yuuzhan Vong War. Killed fighting Lumiya and Alema Rar after discovering the plot to turn Jacen Solo and Ben Skywalker to the Dark Side.


 * Action Girl
 * Killed Off for Real
 * Mauve Shirt
 * Minor Major Character: She was the least developed of any of the council members, which is likely why she got killed off in Legacy of the Force.

Barratk'l

 * Action Girl
 * Good Scars, Evil Scars: Has one across her throat. She had her vocal cords thinned while the wound was healing so other species could understand her better.

Anakin Solo

 * Badass: He kills more Yuuzhan Vong than any other Jedi during the first two years of the war. The first time he fights Yuuzhan Vong warriors, he kills two of them in two moves, when his aunt Mara had hard work to kill one.
 * Brother-Sister Team
 * Dead Guy, Junior
 * Dropped a Bridge on Him: Killed off because of George Lucas thinking fans wouldn't be able to tell the difference between him and his granddad. Unlike Jacen, he at least gets to go out with a…
 * Heroic RROD
 * Heroic Sacrifice
 * Technopath: As a child, his talents with the Force were for intuitively understanding machinery. Or accidentally melting it.
 * The Messiah: Before his heroic sacrifice.
 * The Stoic: Before the New Jedi Order.
 * What Could Have Been: See Jacen's entry. Also, Denning considered reviving Anakin.

Ben Skywalker
Only child of Luke and Mara, and the youngest Knight in the Order, having risen to the position at the age of 14.

Unfortunately not invulnerable to shipping debates, if this thread is anything to go by. We know he has descendants (see the Legacy entries below), but is it really necessary to start "the great debate" when he's only 16?

"Luke: And when someone asks you to talk to her among the Trees of Imminent Doom? Ben: I say yes, and close my eyes and pucker up for a big kiss. Luke: There, that's the Skywalker survival instinct at work."
 * According to a vision received by several Jedi in Apocalypse, it is his destiny
 * Bad Future: One interpretation of a recurring vision people have about future state of the galaxy, has him as the Big Bad.
 * Berserk Button: Likewise, insulting his parents, particularly Mara, will anger him greatly.
 * He really, really doesn't like to hear the word "embrace" in any context whatsoever, mostly because of the time he spent tortured in the Embrace of Pain.
 * Biggus Dickus: Tahiri's talk about "big, Strong Jedi Knights".
 * Black Cloak: His signature costume.
 * Blue Eyes: Skywalker sky blue, probably the only notable physical feature he inherited from Luke.
 * Career Killers: For one book, anyway; he has the skill, but not the temperament.
 * Chick Magnet: Is it a unspoken rule for all Skywalker males to be this at some point of their lives?

"Ben: How do you feel? Better than you look, I hope. Rhondi: That's nice. (turns to Luke) If you want grandchildren someday, you need to have a conversation with your son about how to talk to the ladies."
 * Dating Catwoman: With Vestara. They sit and exchange jokes.
 * Dead Guy, Junior
 * Deadpan Snarker


 * The Empath: Unlike his mother, he simply cannot shut himself off emotionally unless under extreme duress. Also part of the reason why he refused to touch the Force as a young child; the psychic backlash from the deaths during the Vong War was too painful. The other part? That would be Abeloth.
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Hair Color Dissonance: It's flame-red with golden highlights, not blond, strawberry blond or brown, artists!
 * Brown would have some Unfortunate Implications, since his father's a blonde and his mother's a redhead, both of which are recessive compared to brown.
 * Holy Hand Grenade: Uses an attack described like this,, in Apocalypse. Notable, in that he pulls this off very close to a Made of Evil Power Source.
 * Incorruptible Pure Pureness: In spades. Even after being trained in the dark side, tortured by Caedus, and molested by Tahiri, in addition to his mother's death, the worst thing he's done is snark about his father.
 * Until Ascension, even if the author forgot that what he did was wrong.
 * Inheritance Of Acquired Traits: he's inherited not only his mother's quick wit, but also her skill in just about everything related to combat and weapons-handling…
 * Jade-Colored Glasses
 * Kid Hero
 * Oedipus Complex: Several fans see shades of this, in his relationship with Vestara.
 * Out-of-Character Moment: The aforementioned act of Domestic Abuse.
 * Photographic Memory
 * Except when Jacen, you know…
 * Also, when putting up the facade of being angry at Vestara in Apocalypse, he can't figure out why she is actually angry at him.
 * Redheaded Hero
 * Screw Destiny: He has torn down at least one prophecy about his future.
 * Shotacon: At the very end of Legacy of the Force.
 * Strong Family Resemblance: Nearly all of his mannerisms and physical traits he inherited from Mara, and this is repeated several times throughout the novels, although official art is completely hellbent on throwing such similarities out the window…
 * Super Mode: Pulls this off in Ascension, similar to what Jacen did in The Unifying Force. He does this just long enough to launch a Kamehame Hadoken that is explicitly stated to be capable of destroying a capital ship. Except unlike what Jacen did, this form isn't described as 'impossible to achieve again'.

Ganner Rhysode
An arrogant young Jedi Knight who was part of Kyp Durron's aggressive faction very early in the Yuuzhan Vong war. His own failures and battles against the Vong humbled him, and he turned away from Durron and began supporting Luke's faction. After the Mission to Myrkr, he began investigating rumors that Jacen Solo was alive. He found him seemingly serving the Yuuzhan Vong and was captured, but discovered it was a trick so Jacen could convince the World Brain of the Vong shaped Coruscant to switch sides. Ganner held off the Yuuzhan Vong long enough for Jacen to do so and escape, in a Heroic Sacrifice that is regarded as one of the greatest moments in the Star Wars Expanded Universe.

"Nom Anor: "There are thousands of warriors out here. You are only one man!" Ganner: "I am only one Jedi." Nom Anor: "You're insane!"
 * Badass Boast: One that has yet to be equaled in the EU:

Ganner: "No. I am Ganner. This threshold is mine. I claim it for my own. Bring on your thousands, one at a time or all in a rush. I don't give a damn. None shall pass.""


 * Character Development: Goes from an arrogant glory seeker to a humble Jedi who sacrificed his life to save someone he didn't even like because he knew Jacen's survival would restore hope to the New Republic.
 * Dissonant Laughter: During his Heroic Sacrifice.
 * Dying Moment of Awesome: Regarded so by everyone in universe: the Yuuzhan Vong eventually elevate him to their pantheon of gods as the gatekeeper of the dead due to it, and the Jedi regard him as one of their greatest heroes.
 * Glory Seeker: He got over it following his failure on Garqi against one Yuuzhan Vong warrior.
 * Good Scars, Evil Scars: Recieves a nasty one on the left side of his face when fighting a Yuuzhan Vong for the first time. He kept it to remind himself what his arrogance could cost him.
 * Heroic Sacrifice
 * Heroic Wannabe: He struggles to resist this, but before his Heroic Sacrifice, he realizes that his need to play the hero could be one of his greatest strengths, and uses it against the Yuuzhan Vong by tempting them into coming at him one at a time in honorable combat.
 * Last Stand
 * Small Name, Big Ego
 * You Shall Not Pass

Lowbacca

 * Ace Pilot
 * The Artifact: Not much use for him in the New Jedi Order, and he sort of drops off the galactic plane after that.
 * Partly due to Executive Meddling from George Lucas, who does not think Wookiees should be Jedi.
 * Genius Bruiser: A Wookiee computer genius.
 * The Smart Guy: In the Five-Man Band of Young Jedi Knights.

Tahiri Veila

 * Aborted Arc: Anakin has a vision in Conquest of her as a half-Yuuzhan Vong Dark Messiah, and following the events of that book she pretty much has the "half-Yuuzhan Vong" part down, and it's pretty heavily hinted in The Final Prophecy that this is still a possible future. It never comes up again after that book, even when she goes dark, and her Yuuzhan Vong nature gets a few cursory mentions in Dark Nest before being dropped nearly altogether in Legacy of the Force and Fate of the Jedi, despite being a very prominent aspect of her personality before that.
 * The Atoner: She becomes this by Fate of the Jedi: Ascension.
 * Berserk Button: Meta: She kills a head of state and tortures a 14-year-old boy. She also molests that same 14-year-old boy. Guess which one fans complain about.
 * Does Not Like Shoes
 * The Dragon: To Darth Caedus
 * Enemy Within: Riina Kwaad during the late New Jedi Order.
 * Face Heel Turn
 * Heel Face Turn
 * "Get Out of Jail Free" Card:
 * Karma Houdini: See above.
 * Played With.
 * Love Makes You Evil: She joins Jacen because of Anakin's death. Specifically because he claims he can bring Anakin back or something stupid like that.
 * Necromantic: See Love Makes You Evil.
 * Raised by Natives: Well, Tusken Raiders.
 * Split Personality: After the failed brainwashing in Conquest, leading to:
 * Enemy Within: Riina Kwaad
 * Split Personality Takeover: Attempted by Riina
 * Split Personality Merge: What actually happens
 * Half-Human Hybrid: Mentally, anyway, she's half-human, half-Yuuzhan Vong. Sadly, this seems to have been largely forgotten since the New Jedi Order ended.
 * Waif Fu

Zekk

 * The Big Guy
 * Doomed by Canon: The Zekk/Jaina ship, as of Legacy.
 * Expy: See Sixth Ranger below.
 * Skin Color Dissonance: Described as pale in Young Jedi Knights, but looks vaguely Asian in the official art.
 * Heel Face Turn
 * Ho Yay / Stupid Sexy Flanders: A moment when he and Jaina are part of a hive mind.
 * Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: With Jaina.
 * The Quiet One
 * The Paragon Always Rebels: Against the Shadow Academy.
 * Sixth Ranger: In many ways, he's an Expy of Tommy Oliver. Orphan, check. The bad guys' champion, check. Heel Face Turn, check. He even looks like Tommy.
 * Star-Crossed Lovers: Implied with Jaina in Young Jedi Knights, actually do date later.
 * Tall, Dark and Handsome
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend: Though he does get to date Hapan royalty instead.

Raynar Thul

 * Brainwashed and Crazy: During the Dark Nest Trilogy.
 * Butt Monkey
 * Facial Horror: The burns he suffered after crashing during the Yuuzhan Vong War are eventully repaired by plastic surgery, but his face looks like it is now plastic.
 * Lonely Rich Kid
 * The White Prince: In the Young Jedi Knights series.

Tekli

 * Combat Medic: During the Yuuzhan Vong War.
 * The Medic

Tesar Sebatyne

 * The Big Guy
 * Hates Being Touched: Like his mom, it's a Barabel thing, but he has not gotten past it as much as she has.
 * The Hunter
 * I Am A Sithitarian: Barabels have some odd eating habits.
 * Papa Barabel
 * Prehensile Tail
 * Proud Warrior Race Guy
 * Scarily Competent Tracker
 * Sssssnaketalk

Valin Horn

 * Brainwashed and Crazy: By Abeloth from Outcast until Conviction.
 * Friend to All Living Things: He is extremely good at use the force to control and influence animals.
 * Sealed Good in a Can: He was frozen in carbonite after going insane, but freed in Conviction.

Jysella Horn

 * Brainwashed and Crazy: By Abeloth from Omen until Conviction.
 * Sealed Good in a Can: She was frozen in carbonite after going insane, but freed in Conviction.

Bazel Warv

 * The Big Guy
 * Brainwashed and Crazy: By Abeloth from Abyss until Vortex.
 * Determinator
 * Gentle Giant
 * Kindhearted Simpleton
 * Undying Loyalty: To his friends and the Jedi Order.
 * Undying Loyalty: To his friends and the Jedi Order.
 * Undying Loyalty: To his friends and the Jedi Order.

Seha Dorvald
A orphan who lived in Coruscant's Vongformed lower levels until Jacen Solo discovered her Force sensitivity and helped her enter the Jedi Order. In thanks, she supplied him information about things that happened in the Jedi Temple and carried out several tasks for him. When he fell to the Dark Side, Seha ceased assisting him and played a part in trying to bring about his downfall. After the war, she became the apprentice of Council Master Octa Ramis, and became a full Jedi Knight while participating in operations against the Lost Tribe of Sith.


 * The Apprentice: Until Conviction.
 * Dark and Troubled Past: She grew up in the Vongformed underworld of Coruscant as an orphan until Jacen rescued her.
 * The Mole: Served as Jacen's in the Jedi Order. Once she found out he had gone to the Dark Side, she stopped helping him and offered all the information she had to the Masters.
 * Parental Abandonment: Both of them are dead.
 * Significant Anagram: "Seha Dorvald" is an anagram for "Sad Hard Love", fitting with what she goes through.
 * Unwitting Pawn: To Jacen.

Jaden Korr
The main character of Jedi Academy, a youth full of talent from Coruscant who managed to build a lightsaber by himself. He's sent to Luke's Jedi Academy on Yavin 4 in order to learn the ways of the Force. The player could choose different races and genders for Jaden, but officially, he's a male human with a purple (later green) standard lightsaber. Jaden has since stared in two EU novels, Crosscurrent and Riptide, set nearly 30 years after the game.


 * Anti-Hero: Assailed by self-doubt and uncertainty, Jaden is solidly a Type I in Crosscurrent.
 * The Atoner: Following his actions during the Battle of Centerpoint, in which he ordered a deck be spaced to quickly clear his strike team a path even though there were civilians inside. He takes a leave of absence from the Jedi Order to sort everything out.
 * Bad Powers, Good People: In the game, the player can choose to use Dark Side powers, but still play a Lightsided character. In the novels, Force lightning comes to him unbidden when he gets angry or scared, much to his concern.
 * Deadpan Snarker: A little in the game. His snark is cut down a lot in the novels: justified since he is older and more than a little depressed.
 * Dual-Wielding: Averted: he has two lightsabers, but never uses them together.
 * Fingore: He loses three fingers in a lightsaber duel during Crosscurrent.
 * Sword and Gun: He uses both lightsabers and blasters in combat.
 * Fingore: He loses three fingers in a lightsaber duel during Crosscurrent.
 * Sword and Gun: He uses both lightsabers and blasters in combat.

Marr Idi-Shael
A Cerean math savant, which is linked to his Force sensitivity. He is a salvager who works with Kheydan Faal and is hired by Jaden Korr to help investigate a mysterious in Crosscurrent. He becomes Jaden's apprentice at the end of the novel, and their story is continued in Riptide.


 * The Apprentice
 * Good with Numbers: He is capable of calculating perfect hyperspace jumps with minimal aid form the nav-computer.
 * My Brain Is Big
 * Rubber Forehead Aliens

Jacen Solo/Darth Caedus

 * All Amazons Want Hercules
 * Antagonistic Offspring: To his mom and dad post-Face Heel Turn.
 * Anti-Villain
 * Badass: He defeats Kyle Katarn.
 * Being Tortured Makes You Evil: Of course.
 * Biggus Dickus: In art, anyway.
 * Body Horror: The Embrace of Pain is by now more associated with him than the Yuuzhan Vong.
 * Brother-Sister Team
 * Twin Telepathy
 * Big Bad: Of Legacy of the Force.
 * Cain and Abel
 * Dropped a Bridge on Him
 * Face Heel Turn
 * Fan Nickname: JINO (Jacen In Name Only) when he goes to the dark side.
 * Fallen Hero
 * Friend to All Living Things: At least when he was younger…
 * He Who Fights Monsters: Pretty much from the Dark Nest books on.
 * The Hero: In Young Jedi Knights
 * Idiot Ball: The only explanation for his Face Heel Turn.
 * Kick the Son of a Bitch: Does this to Ta'a Chume. Normally Mind Rape would be bad except Ta'a Chume was a total bitch who had a list of crimes a mile wide.
 * Knight Templar
 * Love Makes You Evil
 * The Messiah: Pre-Dark Side
 * Dark Messiah: Post-Dark Side
 * Mind Rape: Ta'a Chume, and later Ben
 * Papa Wolf: Jacen's reason for turning to the Dark Side dealt with this trope: He was trying to prevent a future where his daughter Allana would either be enslaved or act as the right-hand woman to the Dark Man (strongly implied to be Darth Krayt) in the event that he succeeded in gaining the Throne of Balance instead of Allana.
 * The Paragon Always Rebels
 * Pungeon Master: In Young Jedi Knights.
 * The Red Mage: Jacen thinks he can be this. It doesn't work.
 * Rogue Protagonist: By Legacy of the Force.
 * Star-Crossed Lovers
 * Thanatos Gambit / Zero-Approval Gambit: As Caedus.
 * Treacherous Advisor / Broken Pedestal: For Ben Skywalker in Legacy of the Force, and a little for Tahiri too.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist
 * What Could Have Been: Originally Jacen was supposed to die and Anakin was supposed to fall to the dark side.
 * Xanatos Roulette: Flow-walking is essentially a lampshading of this.

Lumiya
Considered by some to be the "proto-Mara Jade" (ie. redheaded/green-eyed Imperial assassin). Of course, her path didn't lead to as nearly a fulfilling life as Mara's…


 * Career Killers
 * Dark Action Girl
 * Dragon Ascendant: In the Marvel series, post-Return of the Jedi.
 * Evil Counterpart
 * Evil Redhead
 * Even Evil Has Standards: When Lumiya was getting Jacen Solo to become her Sith Apprentice, she explained that Palpatine was "nothing more than a Psychopath consumed with power," strongly implying that although she was a Sith, even she was disgusted with some of Palpatine's actions.
 * Green Eyes
 * Heroes Want Redheads: In the Marvel series.
 * Significant Anagram: "Brisha" = "Shira B"
 * Sixth Ranger Traitor: Again, in the Marvel series.
 * Woman Scorned: She claims to be an aversion, but it's never outright confirmed.

Vergere

 * Enigmatic Minion
 * Heroic Sacrifice
 * Mentor Occupational Hazard
 * Retcon: She was originally a loyal, if weird and unorthodox, Jedi of the Old Republic. But George Lucas, who is like a painter constantly running back to the museum every year to re-paint his pictures, now says that she's a Sith. Even though that doesn't jive at all with some of her actions, such as her final sacrifice.
 * May have been retconned again, as Wookiepedia states that she was a "failed Sith apprentice," which implies that while she may not be a Jedi anymore, she's not a Sith either.
 * Trickster Mentor: And how!
 * Wild Card

Lomi Plo

 * Big Bad: Of the Dark Nest Trilogy
 * Body Horror: Several of her body parts, including her jaw, have been replaced by Killik legs, arms, and mandibles.
 * Dark Action Girl
 * Enemy Mine: With the Myrkr strike team in Star by Star.
 * Killed Off for Real

Welk

 * Blond Guys Are Evil
 * Body Horror: Just like his master.
 * The Dragon: To Lomi Plo.
 * Enemy Mine: With the Myrkr strike team in Star by Star.
 * Killed Off for Real

Vestara Khai
"Luke: You want me to take a Sith who's trustworthiness seems to depend on the time of day, the season, and the phases of whatever moons happen to be nearby, on "
 * Affably Evil: She's really quite nice, for a Sith. She'd still gut you without a second thought if she thought it would advance her goals, but at least she'd have the decency to feel bad about it.
 * Bastard Understudy: She's a Sith apprentice- it goes with the territory.
 * Daddy's Little Villain: Again, considering she comes from a whole society of Sith, goes with the territory.
 * Dark Action Girl
 * Dating Catwoman: With Ben. Including sitting and exchanging jokes. Only, Vestara has a better sense of humor than Tenel Ka.
 * The Dog Bites Back: In Vortex
 * Enemy Mine: With Luke and Ben against Abeloth.
 * Foe Yay: She and Ben hadn't even met yet before fans started pairing them off, just because they're the same age but opposite genders. After they finally meet, Belligerent Sexual Tension and Dating Catwoman ensue.
 * Hannibal Lecture: Noted here, because it's practically her hobby. Extends to her Inner Monologue's.
 * Heel Face Revolving Door: Over the course of the Fate of the Jedi books, she betrays both Sith and Jedi, several times over. Discussed by Luke and Jaina:

""Yes, dear Papa." "No, dear Papa." "You are amazing, dear Papa.""
 * She ultimately settles on.
 * The Ishmael: She's the only Lost Tribe Sith whose POV we see with any regularity.
 * The Power of Love: How Ben (with Jaina's support) hopes to bring her to the Light side. Ben gets… mixed results.
 * Tragic Villain: Your Mileage May Vary, but she sees herself as this, after
 * At the end of Vortex,.
 * Well Done Daughter Girl: Ben mocks her for this:



Gavar Khai
Vestera's father, and a high ranking Sith Saber of the Lost Tribe.


 * Chronic Backstabbing Disorder
 * The Dragon: To High Lord Sarasu Taalon and.
 * Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Which surprises Luke. He married his wife because he loved her, despite her not having any ability with the Force..

Sarasu Taalon
One of the High Lords of the Lost Tribe, and the head of the fleet dispatched to deal with Abeloth and Luke Skywalker.


 * Affably Evil
 * Asskicking Equals Authority
 * Chronic Backstabbing Disorder

Darish Vol
The current Grand Lord of the Lost Tribe of Sith.


 * Asskicking Equals Authority
 * Badass Grandpa: He is in his 80's and still manages to hold onto the title of Grand Lord.
 * Big Bad Ensemble: With Abeloth..
 * Evil Counterpart: To Luke Skywalker..
 * Evil Old Folks
 * Oh Crap: When he realizes how powerful Abeloth is, and how much of a fool he was to think he could exploit her.
 * Sorcerous Overlord
 * Sorcerous Overlord

Alema Rar

 * Arch Enemy: Views Leia as hers, and seek Revenge for all of the "injustices" she inflicted on her. Jagged Fel views Alema as his, since she is the last survivor of the Dark Nest.
 * Ax Crazy
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Dark Action Girl
 * The Dragon: Serves as this to both Lomi Plo and Lumiya.
 * Face Heel Turn
 * Fallen Hero
 * Insane Troll Logic: She still thinks a lot like a Killik, so this comes into play a lot.
 * : By Jag.
 * Mutilation Conga: Played for Drama
 * Rasputinian Death: Appears to suffer one in the Dark Nest Trilogy, but survives.
 * Sanity Slippage
 * Sanity Slippage

Traest Kre'fey

 * Attack! Attack! Attack!: He has these tendencies late in the Yuuzhan Vong War, after the Bothan people decided to commit genocide against the Vong.
 * Four-Star Badass
 * Military Maverick
 * Put on a Bus
 * Reasonable Authority Figure: One of the few military commanders who fully supported the Jedi and realized the threat the Yuuzhan Vong posed in the begining of the New Jedi Order series.

Sien Sovv

 * Desk Jockey: It's noted this was his specialty: keeping the military organized and running smoothly. While he is a very competent commander, he was unprepared for the Yuuzhan Vong and relied on others like Kre'fey and Wedge to come up with the winning tactics.
 * Four-Star Badass
 * Reasonable Authority Figure
 * Reasonable Authority Figure

Nek Bwua'tu

 * Awesomness By Analysis
 * The Strategist

Cha Niathal

 * Karma Houdini: Disscused and averted. Daala wants to simply let her retire in peace, but Wynn Dorvan insists that putting others who were complicit in Jacen's rise on trial but not her seems like playing favorites. Daala eventully decides to go forth with the trial, but.
 * Karma Houdini: Disscused and averted. Daala wants to simply let her retire in peace, but Wynn Dorvan insists that putting others who were complicit in Jacen's rise on trial but not her seems like playing favorites. Daala eventully decides to go forth with the trial, but.

Gavin Darklighter
Related to Biggs Darklighter, Luke's Mauve Shirt friend from A New Hope. He debuted in the X Wing Series as a member of Rogue Squadron, and worked his way up to leader of Rogue squadron during the New Jedi Order. He became a fleet commander by the time of the Dark Nest Trilogy, and in Fate of the Jedi he became the leader of the Galactic Alliance Space Marines as an Admiral.


 * Ace Pilot
 * Asskicking Equals Authority
 * Farm Boy
 * Four-Star Badass: Becomes an Admiral by Legacy of the Force.
 * Interspecies Romance: With Asyr Sei'lar.
 * Naive Newcomer: At first.
 * Remember When You Blew Up a Sun?: He's a pilot from Tatooine. Recklessly good flying is practically the planet's hat.

Cal Omas

 * Reasonable Authority Figure: During the New Jedi Order. Afterwards, not so much, but he still had his moments.
 * Took a Level in Jerkass: Between the New Jedi Order and the Dark Nest Trilogy.
 * Took a Level in Jerkass: Between the New Jedi Order and the Dark Nest Trilogy.

Viqi Shesh
The New Repulbic Senator from Kuat during the Yuuzhan Vong war. She believed the invaders would win, and served as their spy.


 * Better to Die Than Be Killed
 * Chronic Backstabbing Disorder
 * Corrupt Politician
 * Disney Villain Death
 * Les Collaborateurs
 * The Mole
 * The Quisling
 * Rich Bitch

Wynn Dorvan

 * Badass Normal: He survived torture at the hands of a Sith Lord and for two months. He qualifies.
 * Badass Bureaucrat
 * The Consigliere: To Daala and . The latter was against his will.
 * Deadpan Snarker: To a slight degree.
 * Hidden Depths: Turns out he is a master sabbac player..
 * Punch Clock Villain: When working for Daala.
 * Reasonable Authority Figure:
 * The Stoic --> Not So Stoic
 * The Stoic --> Not So Stoic

Haydnat Treen

 * Corrupt Politician
 * Expy: Of Viqi Shesh, only older.

Tenel Ka
Tenel Ka Djo was the daughter of the man who almost married Leia in The Courtship of Princess Leia. A hot-headed princess, she was attending the Jedi Academy by the time of the Young Jedi Knights series and was friends with the Solo children. An accident during a lightsaber training session against Jacen cost her an arm, that she refused to replace with a prosthetic. She eventually grew up to inherit the throne her mother and grandmother had held before her. .


 * Action Mom
 * Action Girl
 * Badass Princess
 * The Big Guy
 * Catch Phrase: It's a fact.
 * Cool Sword: Her lightsaber's hilt is a rancor tooth.
 * Beauty Is Never Tarnished: Averted when she loses her arm.
 * Defrosting Ice Queen
 * Everything's Better with Princesses
 * Gray Eyes
 * Handicapped Badass: Do you really want to piss off the one-armed force-wielding amazon?
 * Heroes Want Redheads
 * No Sense of Humor: At first: develops one later.
 * Out of Focus: During the New Jedi Order series.
 * Rebellious Princess: In the Young Jedi Knights series.
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something
 * Star-Crossed Lovers: No matter how much she loves Jacen, she just can't stand aside and do nothing when he turns to the dark side.
 * The Woman Wearing the Queenly Mask

Allana Djo Solo

 * Badass Damsel: A few times.
 * Big Good: If the multitude of visions about her future are to be believed.
 * The Chosen One
 * Little Miss Badass: Is pressed into combat at the wizened age of nine.
 * Small Girl, Big Gun: For her first combat experience, in Apocalypse. She gets a smaller weapon later on.

Taryn Zel

 * Badass Normal

Drikl Lecersen

 * Affably Evil
 * Big Bad Wannabe: Unfortunately for him, he started making his moves when the Lost Tribe of Sith and Abeloth emerged. Once they entered the picture, he was out of his league.
 * Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: He's a Moff: it is a requirment for the job.
 * Corrupt Politician
 * Dirty Coward: Put him in any position in which his life is threatened, and he will immediately switch sides or cave to any demand.
 * Even Evil Has Standards: Unlike other Moffs, he has no problem with women in power, and respects several non-humans. When one member of the Imperial-Alliance conspiracy mocked Nek Bwua'tu after their assassination attempt put him in a coma, Lecersen was offended, since he thought Bwua'tu was a Worthy Opponent.

Vitor Reige

 * Four-Star Badass

Jagged Fel

 * Ace Pilot
 * Officer and a Gentleman
 * You Can't Go Home Again: He gets exiled from Chiss society following the events of the Dark Nest Trilogy.

Yuuzhan Vong in General

 * Blue and Orange Morality: Big time. The everyday actions of their lives make them seem horrifically Exclusively Evil to the eyes of the galaxy's inhabitants, and the feeling is mutual.
 * Body Horror: Ritual body modifications are big.
 * Combat Sadomasochist: The most fanatical warriors (particularly from Domain Shai) are like this, though pain gives them religious, rather than sexual, ecstasy. Even the less fanatical Vong are used enough to pain that they can take even massive amounts of it without dropping.
 * Elite Mooks: With their lightsaber-resistant armor and weapons and invisibility to the Force, Vong Warriors are far more formidable one-on-one than Imperial Stormtroopers.
 * Exclusively Evil: Subverted. They're explicitly no better or worse than humans would have been under the same circumstances.
 * Fantasy Counterpart Culture: Yuuzhan Vong culture and religion was heavily influenced by those of Meso-American cultures such as the Aztecs. Examples include having a polytheistic religion, the concept of gods sacrificing themselves in creation then requiring people be sacrificed to them, a strong emphasis on honor and a ritualistic approach to the wars necessary to sustain these sacrifices to name some things.  They also seem to take cues from the Ottoman Empire since both were theocratic empires with religions that extol martyrdom during war (also in the books written after 2001, some also made use of suicide attacks), they had a partial acceptance of fratricide, used stoning as a method of execution for sacrilege (in the Vong's case it was also used to destroy droids since the Vong religion considered manufactured technology an abomination), didn't practice primogeniture and both used slave-soldiers taken from peoples they'd subjugated.  Another possible inspiration is the Māori of New Zealand, whose tattoos (called Tā moko) signaled status and rank, and - similar to the Aztecs - they were also feared for their war-centered society and ritualistic approach towards it.
 * The Horde: At first, they're a spacefaring version. After taking Coruscant, they turn into The Empire.
 * Humanoid Aliens
 * Master Race
 * Organic Technology
 * Proud Scholar Race: Subverted with the Shapers. Although they're the Vong's scientists, they just keep and transmit pre-existing knowledge. Creating new knowledge is heresy of the highest order.
 * Proud Warrior Race: The Warrior Caste.
 * Religion of Evil: The Great Doctrine is... not a pretty religion. It's not as insidious as the Sith, but even more overtly brutal.
 * Scary Dogmatic Aliens: Of the "aliens as religious fanatics" flavor, with some elements of "aliens as Nazis" (though that's more The Empire's hat).
 * Space Elves: They're basically Space Dark Elves in culture meets Space Orcs in appearance and the Zerg in aesthetics.
 * Spikes of Villainy: A fair bit, mostly on the vonduun crab armor.
 * We Have Reserves: Since they have no qualms about dying themselves or sending subordinates to their deaths, it's unsurprising they rely on this tactic a fair bit. Ultimately deconstructed when they spend so many warriors' lives that they run out of reserves.

Nom Anor

 * Chronic Backstabbing Disorder
 * Dirty Coward: While he can fight, if there's a fight looming he prefers to flee or put others between himself and danger where possible.
 * Driven to Suicide: In his final scene, Nom stays behind on an exploding warship rather than escape with the heroes, for reasons detailed under Hoist by His Own Petard below. We don't see him die, but it's heavily implied he goes down with the ship which exploded shortly after the heroes evacuated.
 * Never Found the Body: Some fans don't believe he died because a corpse wasn't found.
 * Evilly Affable: While Nom is a total bastard with few redeeming features, his scheming plots and increasing status as the Only Sane Man among the Vong make him a very entertaining character.
 * Hazy Feel Turn: He winds up siding with the heroes at a few points, but for his own selfish purposes. He also helped evacuate the protagonists from the Supreme Overlord's deteriorating flagship in the last book, but they could've done it without him and he tried to betray them twice first.
 * Hiding Behind Religion: While Nom Anor was living among the Shamed Ones, Nom tried to co-opt their beliefs in his guise as a being called the Prophet. However, Nom didn't actually believe in the religion or its gods was only looking to gain power and influence.
 * Hoist by His Own Petard: In a roundabout way. By the end of the last book, Nom Anor's scheming and chronic backstabbing have made him enemies among every group - to the point that he tried to kill the protagonists twice after they'd just killed the Supreme Overlord and defeated the Yuuzhan Vong in war.  Nom's personal views also mean there's something he hates about every group as well.  So in the end, Nom burned all his bridges and wasn't willing to put aside his prejudices, so he chose to die rather than answer for his crimes or serve anyone else.
 * I Have Many Names: Uses a ton of aliases and pseudonyms.
 * It's All About Me: While he will pander to those with power over him, he will abandon them if he can benefit and get away with it at the drop of a hat. Ultimately, Nom Anor's only allegiance is to Nom Anor.
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Only Sane Man: How he often feels among his own people, which is even true some of the time.
 * Smug Snake
 * Villainous Breakdown: Experiences this twice in Traitor; the first when Jacen massacres most of the durhayam, and the second when Ganner does his badass final stand.

Supreme Overlord Shimrra

 * Asskicking Equals Authority: Overthrew Supreme Overlord Quoreal to become Supreme Overlord.
 * Big Bad:
 * The Caligula
 * Evil Overlord: His title is "Supreme Overlord of the Yuuzhan Vong".
 * Large and In Charge: Huge, even by Yuuzhan Vong standards.

Onimi

 * A God Am I: Inverted, since he believes the heroes are gods.
 * He actually fits the trope straight, too - he thinks that if he kills the "gods", he can become one himself.
 * Ax Crazy: He's completely batshit.
 * Expy: Of Kefka Palazzo, and to a lesser extent, the Mule.
 * The Jester: Somewhat subverted.
 * Monster Clown
 * Rage Against the Heavens
 * With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: His experiments reconnected him with the Force, but they also drove him a little crazy…
 * Monster Clown
 * Rage Against the Heavens
 * With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: His experiments reconnected him with the Force, but they also drove him a little crazy…
 * Rage Against the Heavens
 * With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: His experiments reconnected him with the Force, but they also drove him a little crazy…

Warmaster Tsavong Lah

 * Bad Boss: Though by Vong standards he's almost cuddly, even sparing the lives of subordinates he could have killed. Not that that says a whole lot, mind you…
 * Body Horror: His "uniform" is a suit of armor scales that has basically been grafted to his skin.
 * The Chessmaster: Sometimes. Authors varied a lot about how competent they made him- at his best he was about on level with Admiral Ackbar, Garm Bel Iblis, or Pellaeon; at his worst he's a raving animal. It's certainly difficult to see the canny Warmaster of Star by Star falling into the trap that kills him in Destiny's Way.
 * Combat Sadomasochist: It's a requirment for Yuuzhan Vong warriors.
 * The Dragon
 * Hoist by His Own Petard: He becomes obsessed with hunting Jedi, so of course this ends up getting him killed.
 * Knight Templar
 * Pet the Dog: His relationship with his father.
 * We Have Reserves: Standard Yuuzhan Vong combat doctrine. Except that after three years of war, he ends up running out of reserves, and is chewed out by Supreme Overlord Shimrra for it.
 * Worthy Opponent: Sometimes- it depends on the author. Denning in particular has said that Lah could have been a great hero if he hadn't been a Scary Dogmatic Alien.

Nen Yim

 * Anti-Villain: It sure tells you a lot about the Vong when their Josef Mengele counterpart is perhaps the most sympathetic of their recurring characters…
 * Heel Face Turn
 * For Science!: Her motivation in a nutshell, coupled with My Species Right Or Wrong.
 * Mad Scientist: Though she's not as mad as some shapers- just smarter.
 * My Species Doth Protest Too Much: She averts the usual Vong fanaticism by being a skeptic and agnostic- she's open to the possibility of the gods and won't go so far as to deny them outright, but isn't exactly a devout worshipper either.
 * Punch Clock Villain
 * Redemption Equals Death
 * Teen Genius: While her true age is unknown (and Vong live a lot longer than humans anyway), her youth is remarked on a lot, and she generally comes off as being in the equivalent of her late teens/early twenties.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist

Nas Choka

 * Proud Warrior Race Guy
 * The Strategist

Harrar

 * Heel Face Turn
 * Karma Houdini: He presided over the sacrifice of thousands of captives and instigated several plots to kill the Jedi, but once he has his change of heart, he is welcomed by the Jedi. Considering that he then was instrumental in ending the war and leading the reform of the Vong, this is probably Justified.

Mirta Gev

 * Action Girl
 * You Can't Go Home Again: Caedus has Mandalore seeded with a nano-virus that will kill any member of the Fett family who steps foot on the planet.
 * You Killed My Mother: Jacen killed her father.

Goran Beviin

 * Badass Gay
 * The Lancer: To Boba Fett.
 * Invisible to Gaydar

Mirax Terrik Horn
Corran Horn's wife, and a (former) smuggler who specialized in antiques.


 * Dating Catwoman: She's a smuggler dating, and later married, to an ex-cop.
 * Happily Married
 * Mama Bear: She manages to knock out a Yaka captain, who is several feet taller than her and much more physically imposing, after finding he had hung her children who had been frozen in carbonite on his office wall.

Danni Quee

 * Hot Scientist
 * Romantic False Lead: To Jacen.

Droma

 * Badass Mustache

Abeloth

 * A Beloved Queen of the Stars Am I
 * Assimilation Plot: She takes bodies as her own and absorbs minds in order to make herself stronger.
 * Big Bad: Of Fate of the Jedi.
 * Eldritch Abomination: She's this kind of entity, even if
 * Enemy to All Living Things: Death follows her everywhere.
 * Fighting a Shadow: The reason she's so hard to kill.
 * Foe Yandere: She seems awfully obsessed with Luke, and she is killing his ex-girlfriends.
 * Glamour Failure: Both Luke and Vestara can see through her illusions. As of yet, no one else can, and we don't know why.
 * More Than Mind Control: This is how she ends up controlling every person in the Maw.
 * Omnicidal Maniac:
 * Physical God: Although that seems like a bit of Informed Ability, since the heroes have been basically kicking her ass. Abeloth is just hard to kill.
 * Sealed Evil in a Can: She was sealed in the Maw, which was made to imprison her.
 * Yandere: She inherited her, ah, interest in Luke from assimilating Callista.
 * Physical God: Although that seems like a bit of Informed Ability, since the heroes have been basically kicking her ass. Abeloth is just hard to kill.
 * Sealed Evil in a Can: She was sealed in the Maw, which was made to imprison her.
 * Yandere: She inherited her, ah, interest in Luke from assimilating Callista.
 * Yandere: She inherited her, ah, interest in Luke from assimilating Callista.

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