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* [[An Officer and |
* [[An Officer and a Gentleman]]: Commander Thanas. |
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* [[Author Appeal]]: Kathy Tyers was raised in a fundamentalist background, so she knows about religious conflicts, such as the one between Luke and Gaeriel. |
* [[Author Appeal]]: Kathy Tyers was raised in a fundamentalist background, so she knows about religious conflicts, such as the one between Luke and Gaeriel. |
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* [[Balance Between Good and Evil]]: Gaeri's religion deals with this primarily. They believe that Force-users are evil because they aggregate too much power. (With Palpatine and Vader as examples, the [[Straw Man Has a Point]].) |
* [[Balance Between Good and Evil]]: Gaeri's religion deals with this primarily. They believe that Force-users are evil because they aggregate too much power. (With Palpatine and Vader as examples, the [[Straw Man Has a Point]].) |
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* [[Distressed Damsel|Distressed Pilot]]: ...Wedge has to be saved by Luke a lot, doesn't he? |
* [[Distressed Damsel|Distressed Pilot]]: ...Wedge has to be saved by Luke a lot, doesn't he? |
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* [[Dropped a Bridge |
* [[Dropped a Bridge on Him]]: Dev Sibwarra, Luke's first almost-padawan. |
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* [[Enemy Mine]]: the whole point of the [[Title Drop|Truce at Bakura]] is an Imperial world being threatened by alien invaders. |
* [[Enemy Mine]]: the whole point of the [[Title Drop|Truce at Bakura]] is an Imperial world being threatened by alien invaders. |
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* [[Everything's Better |
* [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs]]: The Ssi-ruuk are an [[Expy]] of raptors. |
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* [[Fantastic Racism]]: |
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: |
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** Bakurans hate all nonhumans, mistaking Mon Calamari for Ssi-ruuk infiltrators. |
** Bakurans hate all nonhumans, mistaking Mon Calamari for Ssi-ruuk infiltrators. |
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* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]: From hating the Rebels to mistrusting them but working together to betraying them. |
* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]: From hating the Rebels to mistrusting them but working together to betraying them. |
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* [[Mismatched Eyes]]: Gaeriel has one green eye and one brown eye. |
* [[Mismatched Eyes]]: Gaeriel has one green eye and one brown eye. |
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* [[New Powers |
* [[New Powers as the Plot Demands]]: Luke is able to communicate with parasitic lung worms and get them to crawl out of him. |
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* [[Powered |
* [[Powered by a Forsaken Child]]: most Ssi-ruuvi tech uses [[Life Energy]] as a [[Power Source]], which needs to be extracted from sentient creatures via the "entechment" process. ([[Humans Are Special|Humans provide more energy]].) |
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* [[Raised |
* [[Raised by Wolves|Raised By Ssi-ruuk]]: Dev Sibwarra. |
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* [[Reality Ensues]]: as this novel starts about 24 hours after ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'' ends, it's the first story to deal with Han and Leia's [[Relationship Upgrade]]. The road is bumpy. |
* [[Reality Ensues]]: as this novel starts about 24 hours after ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'' ends, it's the first story to deal with Han and Leia's [[Relationship Upgrade]]. The road is bumpy. |
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* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]: The Ssi-ruuk. |
* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]: The Ssi-ruuk. |
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* [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens]]: The Ssi-ruuk are the first major example of this in the EU- but what's ''really'' scary is that horrible as they are, they ''aren't'' the [[New Jedi Order|scariest or most dogmatic...]] |
* [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens]]: The Ssi-ruuk are the first major example of this in the EU- but what's ''really'' scary is that horrible as they are, they ''aren't'' the [[New Jedi Order|scariest or most dogmatic...]] |
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* [[Space Is Cold]]: When Wedge is hanging in space with his hand crushed, he's suffering from both blood loss and advancing hypothermia/frostbite. Of course, he ''was'' out there for some time. Long enough for Luke to dress, jump in his X-Wing, and get into orbit, at least. |
* [[Space Is Cold]]: When Wedge is hanging in space with his hand crushed, he's suffering from both blood loss and advancing hypothermia/frostbite. Of course, he ''was'' out there for some time. Long enough for Luke to dress, jump in his X-Wing, and get into orbit, at least. |
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* [[Spell My Name |
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Singular: Ssi-ruu. Plural: Ssi-ruuk. Genitive: Ssi-ruuvi. Different authors get it wrong. |
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* [["Well Done, Son" Guy|Well Done Daughter Girl]]: Inverted. Leia is visited by her father's spirit. She's horrified. He wants her forgiveness. She won't give it. |
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy|Well Done Daughter Girl]]: Inverted. Leia is visited by her father's spirit. She's horrified. He wants her forgiveness. She won't give it. |
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* [[Your Approval Fills Me |
* [[Your Approval Fills Me with Shame]]: Leia's attitude toward her father's ghost. |
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