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The ''Knights of the Old Republic'' comic stars failed Padawan Zayne Carrick who is falsely accused of murdering his fellow Jedi students due to the efforts of his masters. Joining with Snivvian conman Marn "Gryph" Hierogryph and the beautiful Arkanian off-shoot Jarael, Zayne attempts to clear his name and unravel the truth of his friends' death.

 

The writer of the series, John Jackson Miller, is producing a continuation, or spin-off of the comics, ''Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: [[Colon Cancer|War]]'', [http://www.theforce.net/latestnews/story/NYCC_Dark_Horse_Announces_New_Title_141122.asp in which] Zayne Carric [[The Call Knows Where You Live|"has been drafted" into]] the Mandalorian Wars.

 

* [[The Ace]]: Carth Onasi

* [[Action Girl]]: Jarael.

** Chantique as well. She's all smiles when manipulating Zayne, and even goes so far as to put her arm around him and give him a drink

* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Subverted big time. Shel and Jarael both want Zayne, turning down Adasca and Alek for him.

** {{spoiler|Eventually subverted with Lucien, who makes a [[Heel Face Turn]] and ''survives'' his resulting [[Heroic Sacrifice]].}}

* [[Armor Is Useless]]: Pleasantly subverted. Mandalorian Neo-Crusader armour turns out to be surprisingly resilient against lightsaber blades. Zayne's nigh-indestructible phrik vambraces are even better; though they only cover his forearms, the advantage in a lightsaber duel is obvious.

* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: Not quite right because [[Not Blood Siblings]] but Lucien Draay and Q'Anilia seem to be lovers by the fact they share the same room with one bed. Also, they hold each other a great deal in times of duress.

** Arkoh Adasca also confirms it by mentioning that Lucien used to always show up at parties with Q'Anilia as his date.

{{quote|'''Zanye:''' My master says that my existence is proof that the Force has a sense of humor!}}

* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Del Momoo is an idiot, yet he is remarkably good at anything bomb related, showing an extremely intricate knowledge of how they work (There is one funny scene when he explains why a bomb failed to go off and Raana simply stares in shock.)

* [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]: Zayne Carrick telling Gryph that he's going to be a Jedi of the People and not let people who slip through the cracks suffer because of the Jedi Council's high handedness. Effectively choosing his friends over a Jedi Knighthood.

** Gryph telling the Jedi Covenant that they never knew Zayne at all if they ever believed he could hunt them down and murder them.

* [[Dark Lord]]: {{spoiler|The Revanchist and Alek are destined to be Darth Revan and Darth Malak.}}

** Subverted with {{spoiler|Haazen}} who looks like he's going to become one, even choosing the name {{spoiler|Darth Haze}} but ends up getting killed within minutes.

** Subverted even more with {{spoiler|Lucien Dray}}, for whom Hazen had even picked out a Sith-apprentice name. Made all the more surprising because {{spoiler|Dray's}} actions up to that point had clearly been leading him down the path of the dark side- and even worse, the name Hazen picked, {{spoiler|Darth Sion}}, was already known to be that of a future Sith Lord whose mutilated physical appearance ''could'' have been a match for {{spoiler|Dray}}. The role was prepared for him. He just [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|refused to play the part]].

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Gryph, Zayne, and practically everyone else at some point.

* [[Doomed Hometown]]: Taris.

* [[The Empire]]: The Mandalorians.

** The Mandalorians are only becoming [[The Empire]]. They were previously [[The Horde]]. The fact they're becoming one is actually something that at least one Mandalorian objects to.

* [[Fainting Seer]]: Krynda Draay takes this to the point of ''having a stroke''.

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: The treatment that pure blooded Arkanians show off-shoots.

* [[Fandom Nod]]: Lots to the KOTOR games and the Tales of the Jedi comics.

** Special mention goes to the editor's/author's notes at the end of issue 48, where Miller details the whole {{spoiler|Rholan/Demagol}} fan discussions, and giving a nod to TV Tropes itself for its role on the topic.

* [[Harsher in Hindsight]]: The Jedi Covenant see a vision of a Sith lord dressed in a red environmental suit. At first, and given the events later, they're considered to have interpreted the vision wrongly. {{spoiler|Alek wears one at the end of the flashpoint arc. The comic even calls attention to it.}}

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: {{spoiler|Lucien Draay betrays Haazen's plans and ultimately gets to live.}}

* [[Hero with Bad Publicity]]: Zayne Carrick is believed to be a multiple mass murderer of Jedi. {{spoiler|He gets better.}}

* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]: The Jedi Covenant. {{spoiler|Alek}} is destined to go this way.

** Assuming they're mutually exclusive.

* [[Mad Scientist]]: Demagol.

* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: Chantique crosses this during Destroyer, when she mindrapes Zayne, screws with his head, forces him to kill his friend, and causes him to drive Jarael away. Adding to the cruelty is the fact that Zayne fails to realize that he's been played until right after it's too late. Not even the fact that her father sold her into slavery, or the fact that Jarael doublecrossed her justifies the cruelty she shows Zayne during those two issues.

* [[Nice Guy]]: Zayne Carrick is almost unique amongst Star Wars EU protagonists in that he's just a swell person. Oddly, this makes him very popular in a genre dominated by [[Darker and Edgier]] protagonists.

** What's "odd" about that, considering the position of the original movies on the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]? If anything, the persistent attempts of EU authors to make ''[[Star Wars]]'' universe [[Darker and Edgier]] (even the original [[Knights of the Old Republic]] games slipped into it in the sequel), which seem to alienate alot of fans are odd.

* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: Demagol's experiments. The Exgorths. The way that the Crucible tries to break Zayne Carrick.

** Haazen's... "[[Squick|reconstruction]]". ''[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:HaazenRebuilt.jpg GAH.]''

* [[Of Corsets Sexy]]: The dress code for all the female Crucible members.

* [[Official Couple]]: {{spoiler|Zayne and Jarael}}

* [[Prequel]]: Not only is it before Star Wars Episode I, but it is also a Prequel to the Knights of the Old Republic video games.

* [[Prophetic Fallacy]]: The dream of the red space suited Sith is almost certainly about Darth Malak. The Jedi Covenant chasing Zayne wastes time, resources, and effectively destroys their organization.

* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: Rohlan Dyre.

** As well as any Mandalorian that makes an apperance, natch.

* [[Seers]]

* [[Redemption Earns Life]]: {{spoiler|Unlike the other Jedi Covenant member, Lucien Draay survives after he rejects the Sith and helps to kill Haazen and thwart his plans.}}

* [[Tear Jerker]]: Zayne has two of these in issue 6; the first when he sees his girlfriend's betrayed face in the crowd, and when he learns that his friends never really believed in him. Yeah, he get's better, but still.

** "The people! The people!"

* [[Too Good to Last]]: ''Knights of the Old Republic'' ended after fifty issues. Suspicion that this is due to a [[Viewers are Morons|Readers Are Morons]] brand of [[Executive Meddling]] is very high.

* [[2-D Space]]: Forming a ring of ships over the equator of Corruscant is supposed to prevent any ships from reaching the planet.

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Haazen and Arkoh Adasca both experience these as their evil plans collapse around their ears. They both die within minutes

** After he realizes how he's been played by Haazen and the (immediately afterward) death of his mother, Lucien has one of these. It's followed by [[Villainous BSOD]] and then {{spoiler|a [[Heel Face Turn]]}}.

** Raana Tey slowly becomes more insane to the point where she throws Zayne THROUGH A LARGE GLASS WINDOW. Both combatants are lacerated by the falling glass.

* [[Warrior Poet]]: Rohlan the Questioner.

* [[Word of God]]: John Jackson Miller's blog contains a lot of explanations that confirm or have [[Jossed]] fan speculation.

* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]: Jarael. And Chantique

* [[Whole-Episode Flashback]]: Haazen has one of these.

* [[The Woobie]]: Zayne Carrick's life continually goes from bad to worse.

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