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** The books also feature Triclops, the emperor's crazy three-eyed son, versus Trioculus, the evil three-eyed impostor. And that's not even touching the mofference, or the line "I bid you Dark Greetings!" Or the [[Narm|unintentionally hilarious]] [[Written Sound Effect|comic-book sound effects]] used in lieu of description. Even the dullest read could be sent into laugh-out-loud territory with this. When a scene is set up to [[Kick the Dog|prove how cruel and ruthless the BBEG is]] by [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|shooting one of his lieutenants]], "ZAP!" kind of detracts.

* They've done some industrial-strength [[Retcon]] to fit it in. Notably the events don't take place over the five years the authors originally proposed, but over a single year, and are described as being of little importance. [[The Empire]] of ''Jedi Prince'', the Moffs having their Mofference on the Moffship and all, were just another faction of many trying to overthrow Isard.

* There are two major fan organizations of cosplayers - the [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/501st_Legion_(organization) 501st Legion], aka "Vader's Fist", is composed of people who make and wear the various "villain" costumes. They take [[You Are Number Six|letter-number designations]], the letters reflecting their costumes - someone who wore a stormtrooper costume would take the prefix "TK", for example. In reaction to the 501st, the [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Rebel_Legion Rebel Legion] was formed. There is significant overlap between the two, and they're the next thing to professional in keeping standards.

** The [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]] has reverse-[[Defictionalization|Defictionalized]] the [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/501st_Legion 501st]. [[Timothy Zahn]], whose Imperials are basically a [[Badass Army]], has used them in ''[[Survivors Quest|Survivor's Quest]]'' and ''[[Star Wars (Franchise)/Allegiance|Allegiance]]'', where they are Vader's personal legion, the best of the best, possibly the only suboordinates he values. [[Revenge of the Sith|The clones who invaded the Jedi Temple with pre-Mustafar Darth Vader]] were in the 501st. Perhaps most flattering of all, ''Star Wars Battlefront II'' reveals that almost every Clone Trooper and Stormtrooper in the Star Wars movies, from Geonosis to Hoth, is a member of the 501st.

* In ''[[Outbound Flight]]'', there is a female Chiss admiral in white whose name is [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Ar%27alani Ar'alani]. A few years before the book was written, Zahn [http://public.fotki.com/Kait/star_wars/tim_zahn_booksigning/thrawntim.html met] and eventually became friends with a fangirl named [[Promoted Fanboy|Ari Roselani]]. When they met, Roselani was cosplaying as Mitth'raw'nuruodo (better known as [[Magnificent Bastard|Thrawn]]), a male Chiss admiral in white.

* [[Noriyoshi Ohrai]]'s poster designs for the promotion of the movies in Japan are so popular that other countries have adopted the same design.

* [[Refitted for Sequel]]: Considering the immensity of the [[Star Wars]] universe, a lot of ideas get recycled. ''[[A New Hope]]'' was to feature a ground battle at the Rebel base on Yavin, which was later adapted to the Battle of Endor (a similar forested planetoid) in ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''.

* [[What Could Have Been]]: