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Basically an extended prequel to ''[[The Phantom Menace]]'' (yes, a prequel to the prequel), it follows the adventures of Qui-Gon Jinn and his young apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi. Don't be fooled, though; it's much better than it has to be.
 
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''This series provides examples of:''
* [[Adventure Towns]]
* [[Always ChaoticExclusively Evil]]: Subverted in book 1. One of the first Star Wars works to portray the Hutts in a positive light.
* [[Arch Enemy]]: Xanatos to Qui-Gon.
* [[Arson, Murder, and Admiration]]/[[Arson, Murder, and Lifesaving]]: How King Frane reacts to the news that his son, Taroon, had staged an attack on his planet in hopes of becoming heir in ''The Shattered Peace''. He promptly appoints the boy heir.
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* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: Taroon and Drenna in ''The Shattered Peace'', Den and Andra in ''The Day of Reckoning''.
* [[Better to Die Than Be Killed]]: Xanatos pulls this on Qui-Gon out of spite, ranting about how he is denying him the chance to kill him.
{{quote| "I am your biggest failure. Live with that. And live with this!"}}
* [[Big Bad]]: [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Xanatos]] for Books 1-8 and [[Mad Scientist|Jenna Zan Arbor]] for 11-13. The last bit doesn't really have a clear villain.
* [[Blue Eyes]]: Xanatos' are cold and frozen.
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* [[Catch Phrase]]: Den: "Joke, right?" Guerra & Paxxi: "So/Just so/It is so."
* [[Call Forward]] ([[Continuity Nod]]): In the Fight for Truth:
{{quote| "There is no [[That's No Moon|explosive device]] powerful enough to [[A New Hope|destroy a whole planet]]," Qui-Gon said.}}
** Qui-Gon's brief vision of Obi-Wan as an old man in a desert, with nothing for company except memories
* [[The Chessmaster]]: Xanatos throughout the series; Tyron in book 10, ''The Shattered Peace'', who ruthlessly manipulates events to make his father pick him as heir over his brother.
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* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: In addition to being an ex-Jedi, Xanatos in the head of Offworld, a downright nasty mining corporation with its hands in slavery, environmental destruction, and illegal smuggling operations. And that's just before lunch.
* [[The Corrupter]]: Xanatos to Bruck Chun and the entire planet of Telos.
* [[Create Your Own Villain]]: So, the Jedi council has this problem kid, Xanatos. Too much anger and whatnot. And they decide that hey, we're not sure we can trust him, we need to put him to the test. So they send him and his master to intervene in a conflict where his ''dad'' is the [[Man Behind the Man]], and everyone knows it, in the hopes that he'll screw up and they can boot him out. Well as it turns out, the plan works a little too well. Xanatos [[Face Heel Turn|Face Heel Turns]]s, his Master is forced to kill his father, and he swears bloody revenge on the Temple, going on to become a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] and [[Manipulative Bastard]] out for Jedi blood, who spreads slavery and death wherever he goes. [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Nice Job Breaking It Heroes]].
* [[Dark Action Girl]]: [[Bounty Hunter|Ona Nobis]]
* [[The Dark Side]]
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* [[Disney Villain Death]]: Xanatos jumps into acid to avoid capture.
* [[The Dragon]]: [[Bounty Hunter|Ona Nobis]] to [[Mad Scientist|Jenna Zan Arbor]]. Xanatos appears to be turning Bruck into one, but throws him away without batting an eye.
* [[Dying Asas Yourself]]: Terra in ''The Hidden Past''.
* [[The Evil Prince]]: Subverted. Taroon, in ''The Shattered Peace'' looks the part, and is a ruthless [[Chessmaster]] out to escape his status as [[The Unfavourite]] by ruining his brother's reputation, even going so far as to kidnap his brother and risk war. However, his brother, Leed, does not want the job, a fact that Taroon is ''very'' aware of, and his manipulations ultimately prove that by local standards he will be the better king.
* [[Evil Redhead]]: Jenna Zan Arbor
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* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: A plot-arc in the middle of the series has Obi-Wan leave the Jedi Order. Since he's a member in ''[[The Phantom Menace]]'', we know he'll come back.
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Xanatos has a crescent scar that stands out on one of his cheeks. He burned it in with his dead father's signet ring, and a design based on it serves as the Offworld logo.
* [[Greed]]: Xanatos and his father, Crion, both suffered from it, starting a [[War for Fun Andand Profit]] in order to enrich themselves, and Xanatos' current objective seems to be to make as much money as he can or die in the attempt. In ''The Day of Reckoning'' this trope is discussed by Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan, who can feel the greed and lust for money that has infiltrated Telos since the Katharsis gambling event was created.
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: King Frane and Prince Taroon in ''The Shattered Peace''.
* [[Hot Scientist]]: Jenna Zan Arbor would be quite attractive if she weren't a homicidal lunatic.
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* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: Our dragons are giant airborn fish.
* [[The Plan]]: Xanatos [[Name's the Same|in here]]...did ''not'' [[Trope Namer|name a suptrope of this]], but he is somewhat good at using this trope and others like it.
* [[Planetville]]: An attempt to subvert this trope is made, but the writers [[Sci -Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale|having no sense of scale]] gets in the way. Gala has multiple towns and lots of farming country, plus multiple biomes, but manages to be occupied entirely by ''three tribes.'' Melida/Daan has lots of cities and towns, but this is irrelevant as all you apparently need to be considered ruler of the planet is the city of Zehava.
* [[Prequel]]
* [[A Pupil of Mine Until He Turned to Evil]]: Xanatos to Qui-Gon.
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* [[The Rival]]: Bruck to Obi-Wan.
** [[Rival Turned Evil]]: Bruck Chun to Obi-Wan. He lets his rage drive him to sabotage, attempted murder, and worse, all while trusting Xanatos.
* [[Self -Disposing Villain]]: Xanatos, who commits suicide.
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: Followed by ''[[Jedi Quest]]'', which took place between ''[[The Phantom Menace]]'' and ''[[Attack of the Clones]]'' and featured similar adventures for Obi-Wan and Anakin Skywalker.
* [[Sci -Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale]]: There are only three tribes on the entire planet of Gala.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections]]: Bruck Chun oh so very much. Xanatos is also this, though in his case, he established the connections specifically so he could screw the rules.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: Xanatos, via Offworld, his mining corporation.
* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: In ''The Shattered Peace''. On the one hand we have Leed: [[The Wise Prince]], [[The Ace]], and a pacifist who has gone native in captivity, and seeks peace between his birth world and his adopted one. On the other we have Taroon: a physically awkward [[Chessmaster]] who wants the power that Leed is so willing to throw away, has a [[Hair-Trigger Temper]] worthy of their [[Hot -Blooded]] father, and loathes the Senali as much as Leed loves them. Surprisingly, [[Cain and Abel]] is averted; the brothers love each other even if they can't see eye to eye.
* [[The Syndicate]]: "The Syndicat" which appears in ''The Hidden Past'' is a criminal organisation that has managed to seize control of the planet Phindar, controlling all supplies, and memory wiping those who oppose them.
* [[Tank Goodness]]: When the Galan Royal Guards have a problem, their initial reaction is to throw tanks at it until it dies.
* [[Two Lines, No Waiting]]: The point-of-view swaps between Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon at regular intervals.
* [[The Unfavourite]]: Taroon in ''The Shattered Peace''.
* [[Villain Withwith Good Publicity]]: Xanatos in ''Day Of Reckoning''.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Taroon in ''The Shattered Peace'', whose father prefers his older brother Leed to him.
* [[Whip It Good]]: Ona Nobis.
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