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* [[Amplifier Artifact]]: The Kaiburr Crystal.

* [[Alien Arts Are Appreciated]]: Luke dislikes the Coway's "wailing rhythmic music", but enjoys their dancing, which shows off their leaping abilities. Leia, being more cosmopolitan, enjoys the performance without reservations.

** Pretty much any time they come in contact with a new set of social norms, Leia is the one who can interpret them and subtly guide Luke in not embarrassing himself. [[Justified]], since a diplomat like Leia would have extensive training in exactly this sort of thing, and a [[~~Everythings~~ Better With Princesses|princess]] would have to know basic relativism.

** Pretty much any time they come in contact with a new set of social norms, Leia is the one who can interpret them and subtly guide Luke in not embarrassing himself. [[Justified]], since a diplomat like Leia would have extensive training in exactly this sort of thing, and a [[Everything's Better With Princesses|princess]] would have to know basic relativism.

* [[As You Know]]: Used word for word when Luke in the guise of a miner asks a stormtrooper about the architecture on that world. Subverted, though - the stormtrooper believes Luke knows, but like the readers, he doesn't. That's why he asked.

* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Leia. From her harsh character to her {{spoiler|attempt to kill Vader}}, she spends ninety percent of the time very subtly getting Luke to be a hero... by playing the [[Anti Hero]]. The ''psychotic'' [[Anti Hero]]. This is at least partly because she's a [[Shell Shocked Veteran]] from what happened on the Death Star...when, after Luke says or does something to reassure her, she starts explaining herself, only to stop because she's ''too afraid of her own memories to talk about them''.

* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Leia. From her harsh character to her {{spoiler|attempt to kill Vader}}, she spends ninety percent of the time very subtly getting Luke to be a hero... by playing the [[Anti-Hero]]. The ''psychotic'' [[Anti-Hero]]. This is at least partly because she's a [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]] from what happened on the Death Star...when, after Luke says or does something to reassure her, she starts explaining herself, only to stop because she's ''too afraid of her own memories to talk about them''.

* [[Back From the Dead]]: According to Luke, he ''died'' {{spoiler|at the end}} and was brought back by the crystal's power. So did Leia, but she's far less worried about it.

* [[Badass]]: Leia, again. She can't even verbalize her multiple traumas, yet faces the [[Complete Monster]] who she associates with every single one...and just plain refuses to stop fighting.

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* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Watch [[A New Hope]], then read this. The mood switch, especially if you read the ghostwritten novel of [[A New Hope]], is dramatic.

* [[Disney Villain Death]]: First the wandrella, reaching into a Thrella well after Luke and Leia, overextends and falls in. Later {{spoiler|Vader}} falls into a sacrificial well during combat. However, almost immediately Luke is sure that he's still alive.

* [[Dude She's Like in A Coma]]: Luke considers kissing Leia while she sleeps. Fortunately he refrains.

* [[Dude, She's Like, in A Coma]]: Luke considers kissing Leia while she sleeps. Fortunately he refrains.

* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: Like most early [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]] works, several references are made to pieces of technology that were current at the time but are now obsolete. Mostly tapes as a data storage medium. Luke's "if I twist these two knobs, I can use my lightsaber to cut a locked door open without making it obvious" trick has never, to my knowledge, been seen since this book. And Chewbacca has a [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]. That's just the most obvious ones.

* [[Executive Meddling]]: Because of plans to adapt ''Splinter of the Mind's Eye'' as a made-for TV movie, Foster was told to write a story that could be filmed with a low budget. This resulted in the bulk of the story being set on a foggy swamp planet and the cutting of what Foster termed "a modestly extensive space battle." Han Solo and Chewbacca don't appear (but are indirectly referred to) due to Harrison Ford not being signed for a sequel at the time of the book's writing. The book also contained one scene where the faces of some stormtroopers were not covered by their helmet, but Lucasfilm prohibited this from being depicted in the comic.

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* [[Half the Man He Used To Be]]: Vader opts to [[You Have Failed Me|punish]] Grammel in this manner with his lightsaber, rather than strangling him to death with the Force.

* [[Incest Subtext]]: Not intentional. When it was written, it was assumed that our heroes were not related and would hook up after long [[Will They or Won't They]]. With that in mind, there is a ''lot'' of chemistry, informing virtually every interaction between them.

* [[Incest Subtext]]: Not intentional. When it was written, it was assumed that our heroes were not related and would hook up after long [[Will They or Won't They?]]. With that in mind, there is a ''lot'' of chemistry, informing virtually every interaction between them.

{{quote| The Princess grew aware of how tightly she was clinging to him. Their proximity engendered a wash of confused emotion. It would be proper to disengage, to move away a little. Proper, but not nearly so satisfying.}}

** This is probably due to Leia's [[Shell Shocked Veteran|many psychological issues]]. Victims of PTSD often find themselves caught between the natural urge to cry themselves out on someone's shoulder, since humans are very physical and social animals, and their own psychological reactions. Luke, being too young to realize what she's doing, just sees a hot chick; Leia is struggling to find comfort while being unable to even verbalize her memories. Add in the Force, which according to at least Fanon is trying to let Luke and Leia know they're twins, and it's not surprising she's 'confused'.

** This is probably due to Leia's [[Shell-Shocked Veteran|many psychological issues]]. Victims of PTSD often find themselves caught between the natural urge to cry themselves out on someone's shoulder, since humans are very physical and social animals, and their own psychological reactions. Luke, being too young to realize what she's doing, just sees a hot chick; Leia is struggling to find comfort while being unable to even verbalize her memories. Add in the Force, which according to at least Fanon is trying to let Luke and Leia know they're twins, and it's not surprising she's 'confused'.

* [[Intimate Healing]]: Sort of. Using hands, not mouth. Armed with the Kaiburr Crystal, Luke touches his fingers to all of Leia's wounds to make them close, then her forehead and heart to bring her back to consciousness.

* [[Jade Colored Glasses]]: Luke is upset at the callous treatment miners give to natives who debase themselves for alcohol. Leia shrugs.

* [[Jade-Colored Glasses]]: Luke is upset at the callous treatment miners give to natives who debase themselves for alcohol. Leia shrugs.

{{quote| "I saw my whole world, several million people, destroyed," she responded with chilling matter-of-factness. "Nothing mankind does surprises me anymore. [...] We have our devils and our angels, Luke. You have to be ready to handle both." Turns into [[Nightmare Fuel]] for Leia when Luke tries to get her to open up and talk about what happened...and then for the ''reader'', who realizes that in a movie where millions of people died on-screen, [[A Fate Worse Than Death|whatever happened to Leia while she was tortured was too horrible for her to even think about]].}}

* [[Kick the Dog]]: Luke. Leia may have a good excuse, but she's an unrepentant [[Jerkass]] in this novel, and doesn't get much better {{spoiler|even when she dies}}.

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* [[Self Made Orphan]]: Leia nearly does this by trying to {{spoiler|shoot Vader in the face, and later by fighting him with Luke's lightsaber.}}

* [[Shaggy Dog Story]]: The Kaiburr Crystal is real and does amplify the powers of Force-users, and Luke and Leia end up with it... {{spoiler|but it only works in the vicinity of a certain place on the planet. Elsewhere, it's useless. Well, not ''completely'' useless. Kaiburr crystals and crystal shards make plenty of appearances in games, usually as lightsaber crystals. They just don't amplify the Force ''directly'' when used that way, instead increasing a stat or two.}}

* [[Shell Shocked Veteran]]: Leia comes off as this for roughly the whole book, even asking Luke to kill her if she's captured at one point.

* [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]]: Leia comes off as this for roughly the whole book, even asking Luke to kill her if she's captured at one point.

* [[Single Biome Planet]]: Mimban is a Swamp Planet.

* [[Slap Slap Kiss]] : The scene where Leia and Luke wrestle in the mud, and later when they gleefully explore a cavern whose rocks make musical notes when struck, is the ''very'' G-rated version of this, as well as taking a breather from the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism|dark and dramatic text of the rest of the book]].

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* [[Technology Marches On]]: The above-mentioned tapes.

* [[Tempting Fate]]: Luke and Leia cross an underground lake after getting a good twelve hours of uninterrupted sleep. "If this keeps up, I might even begin to feel cautiously optimistic about this little journey..." Cue [[Blob Monster]].

* [[UST]]: ''Scads'' of it. Fortunately for their later peace of mind, whenever it comes to [[Will They or Won't They]], they won't.

* [[UST]]: ''Scads'' of it. Fortunately for their later peace of mind, whenever it comes to [[Will They or Won't They?]], they won't.

* [[Wicked Cultured]]: According to the narration Grammel's office hints at this, though he does tell Leia that he's no intellectual.

* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes]]: Deep water. Having lived in a desert all his life Luke hates crossing it, but {{spoiler|somehow, it's ''Leia'' who can't swim}}. This creates a kind of [[Continuity Snarl]] when you see [http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsetlgyNkW1qedqfdo1_400.jpg this] bit from early [[Marvel Star Wars]].

* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: Deep water. Having lived in a desert all his life Luke hates crossing it, but {{spoiler|somehow, it's ''Leia'' who can't swim}}. This creates a kind of [[Continuity Snarl]] when you see [http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsetlgyNkW1qedqfdo1_400.jpg this] bit from early [[Marvel Star Wars]].

* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: Grammel. And, surprisingly, Luke. Also, {{spoiler|Vader}}.

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