#Dark Rendezvous

[incorrectstarwarslegendsquotes]

Count Dooku: You're violent. Yoda: Yes, but so short I am that it's adorable.

[bluntblade]

Dark Rendezvous has a few passages just turning over and over in my head right now. That beautiful moment when you see a writer cut right to the core of who a character is:

"But another way to solve the war there is. If you will not join with me, perhaps join with you I should. Tell me more," Yoda said testily. "If power over beings need I not, what else can your dark side do for me?"

"What do you want?" Dooku snapped. "Tell me what you want and I will show you how the dark side can help you achieve it. Do you want friends? The dark side can compel them for you. Lovers? The dark side understands passion in a way you never have. Do you ant riches--endless life--deep wisdom...?"

"I want..." Yoda held up the flower in his hand and took another sniff. "I want a rose."

"Be serious," Dooku said impatiently.

"Serious am I!" Yoda cried. He bounced to his feet. Standing on the desktop, he was almost as tall as Dooku. He held the flower imperiously toward his former pupil. "Another rose, make for me!"

"The dark side springs from the heart," Dooku said. "It isn't a handbook for cheap conjuror's tricks."

"But like this trick, do I!" Yoda said. "The trick that brings the flower from the ground. The trick that sets the sun on fire."

"The force is not magic. It can't create a flower out of thin air. Nobody can - not you, not the lord of the Sith."

Yoda blinked. "My Force does. Binds every living thing, the Force I understand."

"Master, these are games of words. The Force is as it has always been. The dark side is not a different energy.To use it is only to open yourself to new ways to command that energy, that have to do with the hearts of beings. Want something else. Want power."

[legobiwan]

Every time I read this book, it gets better and better.

[askjaelyn]

I really wish that we could have gotten adaptations of shatterpoint and dark rendezvous in some form because those are some of my favorite Star Wars books, and I know that it's far too late now, esp with how dark both books get and the death of Christopher Lee and all the changes made to the lore and canon, but it would have been so good to see them adapted in some form

[daxromana]

i love this wise & ancient tiny green chaos machine

[anakinsadwalker]

holy shit how do i get obsessed with the most obscure star wars novels. anyways anyone wanna talk about yoda dark rendezvous im starving

[amarcia]

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[lotusblue234]

There's definitely a story of generational trauma to be told about the Disaster Lineage, and I agree that a lot of it can be traced back to Yoda. The worst part is that I really think he was trying his best and doing what he thought his Padawans + students needed.

People pay a ton of attention to the things they teach on purpose, and ignore the things they teach by accident.

I've been on a Dooku kick lately, and one thing I've noticed in the extended universe stuff about him is that Yoda consistently pushed him too hard as a kid.

If you'll indulge me: Picture kid Dooku, who is by all accounts very gifted, excels for his age, and by one means or another has come to understand that he was abandoned (read: discarded) by his parents. Any savvy adult with eyeballs and half an ounce of empathy would look at this kid and see that "Oh. Shit. He must be really compensating hard for some deep seated lack of self worth." Healthy, balanced, secure kids don't throw themselves into their studies like their life depends on it, to the detriment of their social life and own mental health.

I read the young Dooku we're presented with in the EU as someone who believes that others only value him for his achievements. Between the bullying of kids his age and the positive reinforcement from adults, he's convinced that if it weren't for his exceptional talents, nobody would want him around. If he can't perform up to their standards, nobody will love him.

Now, enter Yoda, who is by all accounts a fantastic Jedi and a practiced teacher. But. He fails to see facade Dooku's facade. He doesn't realize it's an act. That the pomp and pride are covering for deep feelings of inadequacy (perhaps because the kid is by no means inadequate, and from the outside that's obvious) But Yoda takes one look at this prideful rising star of an initiate and says "This kid needs to get brought down a peg. Stat." (MILD SPOILERS FOR JEDI LOST AND DARK RENDEZVOUS AHEAD)

To be fair to Yoda, he's doing it out of concern for kid. Pride is an easy route to the dark side (as are fucking, most things in Yoda's eyes, but that aside) and if Dooku's gonna become a good Jedi one day then he needs to cut that boastful shit out. So what does the Grand Master of the Order do? Does he sit down and have a serious talk with the initiate? Tell him a parable over tea maybe, as he is wont to do?

No. He starts pushing all of Dooku's buttons. In Dark Rendezvous, we're regained with the story of how initiates were taught to play "push feather," which is a game where two people try to knock each other over using only the force. Dooku is really fucking good at it. Yoda plays with the initiates often, and is happy to sandbag so they can beat him, at least once in a while. But not Dooku. No, Dooku he roundly puts on his ass, every single time, usually instantly.

Now, honestly? Is that a big deal? With most kids maybe not. With a kid who's secure in their self worth, the message would probably get across quickly. "You're not always the best, so maybe you should chill out. There are more important things than winning." But Dooku is NOT secure in himself AT ALL and he is also HELLA STUBBORN. So he doesn't quit. He keeps trying desperately to beat Yoda, even though he knows it won't work, and as he gets stronger and more determined his defeats just keep getting more and more spectacular. Eventually he's so fed up with the fact that NO ONE IS ACKNOWLEDGING how Yoda has singled him out that he decides to sort of, throw a match. He's gonna make sure when he loses he gets hurt, bad- breaks his arm even. Everybody will have to acknowledge the situation then.

Yoda picks up on the kids intentions, and refuses to play, claiming he's already won. Which is when it finally hits Dooku what the Grand Master has been getting at all this time. He stutters a thank you, and then they have the cute little "When you fall, catch you I will" hug that everyone loves.

I love that moment too, don't get me wrong. I think it's super informative for their relationship. But I have some c o n c e r n s.

Namely that Yoda A) didn't make any attempts to verbalize his intentions and B) didn't stop, or even just TALK to the kid when it became apparent his plan wasn't really working. I feel like Yoda would be like "Work in the end it did! Better than platitudes, experience is!" To which I'd say, "Yea, as long as the harm the experience inflicts doesn't outweigh the lesson!" Yoda seems to think that the lesson of humility is more important than whatever reasons Dooku has for his behavior, or whatever feelings may be driving his actions. When it took WEEKS for Dooku to even start to catch on to the lesson, that should have been a sign that this kid isn't just a little cocky- something is WRONG here. People don't throw themselves against brick walls incessantly when everything is hunky dory in their heads. Yoda isn't just intent on teaching people lessons. He's intent on teaching that lesson his way, even when his way is obviously not working well for the person learning.

Now, my interpretation probably seems harsh. And for that example, it is. But there's context.

I've held off talking about Jedi Lost because the example from that book (play?) Is honestly so extreme it's kinda preposterous. And that book, in my opinion... Is not good. Not because of it's take on Dooku, I just don't think it's very well written. But hey, I'm a Dooku fan, we out here looking for scraps. So here I am.

In Jedi Lost, we're shown the beginning of Dooku and Yoda's apprenticeship. They're made Master and Padawan, and Dooku eagerly arrives at their first training session, ready to learn and do his best.

But... Yoda is just meditating under that one tree we see in TotJ and TCW. And he won't respond to a thing Dooku says.

And he CONTINUES meditating and COMPLETWLY IGNORING HIS PADAWAN FOR AN ENTIRE MONTH.

I can't write about this calmly. It gets me so riled up. Yoda gave his fucking apprentice THE SILENT TREATMENT FOR A WHOLE FUCKING MONTH!!! ?!?!?!

And Dooku is making it very clear that he's not cool with this and he's not handling it well emotionally. He's asking advice from other masters, openly asking Yoda what it is he's doing wrong, and at one point he even lifts like four stone pillars at the same time just to try and prove to Yoda that he's worthy of this apprenticeship. (Which is a neat parallel to him and Savage later but anyway)

And Yoda takes none of this as a red flag that, "Hmmm. Undue emotional distress, I may be subjecting my Padawan to." He just sits/floats there, cool as a cucumber, while Dooku is pulling his hair out wondering if all his worst nightmares have finally come true because he can't perform well enough and he really isn't worthy of praise or affection unless he's being The_Best.jpg.

(SPOILERS IN THIS PARAGRAPH) And keep in mind, in the Jedi Lost continuity Dooku has had multiple encounters with Sith artifacts at this point, and he doesn't just know that his parents called the Jedi to come take him, he's met Count Gora in person, and watched while Yoda got chewed out for etting this little "freak" ever set foot on Serenno again. He's got MAJOR daddy issues, and Yoda knows damn well how much it's gotten to the kid. He just thinks that ignoring it is the best way to fist it.

And Yoda decides it would be a good idea to fucking hit this kid with the SILENT TREATMENT for a MONTH. "Exacerbate his underlying self worth issues, I am sure this will not!" Like DAMN Yoda! Abusers do this shit on the regular SPECIFICALLY to fuck with their victims emotions. It's textbook TERRIBLE RELATIONSHIP ADVICE. If you wanna make someone resent you the silent treatment is one of THE fastest ways to do it.

So anyway, yea, I have not been okay since I read that passage, I just cannot get over it. And I haven't even touched on the way Yoda recklessly endangers Padawans in Dark Rendezvous, or any of the shit that happens later in Jedi Lost.

I also have some qualms with the way Yoda approaches his confrontation with Dooku in Dark Rendezvous. Without spoiling too much, I'll just say that I don't get the impression Yoda came into their encounter wanting to learn something about the other man. The charitable interpretation would be that he already does know his former student's mind, but the more I reread it and think on it the more I'm convinced that he just isn't interested in knowing the man Dooku has become. He showed up to save his Padawan, but that person doesn't exist anymore, and he would rather kill the man who stands before him than try to understand how the Padawan became the Sith Lord. I think that reading is supported by the text too, by some lines near the end of the book about how a mother was waiting for a baby to come home, but the baby just didn't exist anymore.

This really got away from me, but the Dooku brain rot has been strong with me lately, and it feels good to give voice to the many, many thoughts. So many thoughts.

TL;DR Yoda is very, very set on doing things Yoda's way. Even when Yoda way seems to be hurting more than it's helping. This is definitely a big factor in the generational trauma affecting the Disaster Lineage.

The fact that the disaster lineage produces multiple sith lords multiple hermits and multiple people who left the faith is kind of terrible and funny.

I think maybe we should blame Yoda. Like it was just generational fuckery so like it's Yoda's doing for reals. I mean thinking down the line there were a lot of mistakes made.

Like I love these stupid little space wizards but I think we should blame Yoda tbh

[charmwasjess]

just thinking about Christopher Lee's "loneliness of evil" thing again and how Sean Stewart gave Dooku the mantra "What are we, Dooku? Alone, alone, alone" throughout Yoda: Dark Rendezvous

[niaruschxl]

Check out my first music video Rendezvous!

[legobiwan]

So I just finished rereading Dark Rendezvous for the third or fourth time. Yes, it's a spectacular meditation on Dooku but something that I think gets overlooked is that it is also probably the most nuanced portrayal of Yoda found in any of the Star Wars media, Legends or Canon.

[ossidae-passeridae]

Might be some selection bias in your recollection of canon? Here's just a few examples off the top of my head of Jedi (members of the council) expressing love, mostly from central [George Lucas approved] canon. All emphasis mine.

Starting with Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith by Matthew Stover, the official Lucas approved novelization of the movie:

The man he faced was everything Obi-Wan had devoted his life to destroying: Murderer. Traitor. Fallen Jedi. Lord of the Sith. And here, and now, despite it all... Obi-Wan still loved him.

"The Jedi are your family-" "No." Anakin turned on his former Master. "No, the Jedi are your family. The only one you've ever known. But I'm not like you—"

(Interestingly enough, later on in the book Anakin calls the Jedi his family when talking to Palpatine.)

"The greatness in you is a greatness of spirit. Courage and generosity, compassion and commitment. These are your virtues," Obi-Wan said gently. "You have done great things, and I am very proud of you."

Anakin.” Obi-Wan’s voice had gone soft, and his hand was warm on Anakin’s arm. “There is no other Jedi I would rather have at my side right now. No other man.” Anakin turned, and found within Obi-Wan’s eyes a depth of feeling he had only rarely glimpsed in all their years together; and the pure uncomplicated love that rose up within him then felt like a promise from the Force itself. “I… I wouldn’t have it any other way, Master.”

(there are honestly so many examples in the RotS novel, I've just picked a couple.)

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Then there's Shatterpoint by Matthew Stover, which is all about Mace and his old Padawan Depa:

"She grew to girlhood in the Temple, and to womanhood as my Padawan. The proudest moment of my life was the day I stood and directed the Jedi Council to welcome its newest member."

Then later when fighting her:

These images burned in Mace's brain as he fought for his life against the woman who should have been his daughter.

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Finally in the list of "ebooks I have on my phone right now" there's Yoda: Dark Rendezvous by Sean Stewart:

“The Universe is large and cold and very dark: that is the truth. What I love, taken from me will be, late or soon: and no power is there, dark or light that can save me. Murdered Jai Maruk was when the looking after him I had; and Maks Leem; and all the many, many more Jedi I have lost. My family they were,” — Yoda on the Jedi

The Jedi show love and compassion all the time, at every level; from core canon all the way through to fully retconned works. When the "bad", "wrong" examples are the only ones fandom brings up 95% of the time, it's easy to forget the fullness of what canon entails. But it's still there :)

13 :)

Question from here

13. Were the Jedi right or wrong to ban attachments? What constitutes an attachment?

SO GLAD YOU ASKED

Attachment, as the word is used in Star Wars, is an attempt to translate the Buddhist idea of upadana. I… don't think it's a good one — I would have used rapacity personally — but uh, points for effort I guess. 

More than anything else, it's specifically and explicitly a cause of suffering. 

It's not love, not in any positive connotation of the word. It's coveting. It's greed. It's wanting to possess someone, not caring what their feelings are on the matter. Not letting them go, even if they beg. It's needing the next hit of a drug to function, even if you hate what the drug does to you, hate the person you become under the influence.

GFFA has an excellent post on attachment as we see it in the core lore (movies, TCW, word of god etc) if you want further explanation/examples.

So, back to the original question: are the Jedi right to ban attachments? (An aside: they don't ban it, they're not the church, but we'll ignore that for now.)

The Jedi are magical space wizards, with the power to cause mass destruction. They choose not to, because they've grown up understanding that they must be responsible, and live harmoniously with the world around them. This keeps both them and their society safe(r). 

Do I think people with built-in abilities to raze cities should be controlled by greed and fear? No, actually. I think that's a terrible idea. We had one darksider with Jedi-level powers completely destroy democracy in what was once the Republic after plunging the entire known universe into a years-long war. One. There are 10,000 trained Jedi Knights. 

I don't want to even imagine that universe. 

(All opinions expressed above are solely those of pass e. ridae and do not express the views or opinions of any affiliates or associates, passerine or otherwise)

[jewishcissiekj]

Since Asajj Ventress appeared in recent media and is set to appear in future shows and Star Wars content, I've seen a lot of people starting to read Dark Disciple. but besides that book, there are so many stories featuring Asajj over her 22 years of existence. So if you are looking for some recommendations and entry points to Asajj outside of the TV shows, here are some recommendations to get to know her a bit better, in both the Canon and Legends timelines:

(for anyone looking for a definitive list of everything she's ever been in, I also have that)

for anyone looking for just the list of recommendations without all my babbling, scroll down to the bottom, it'll be there.

Canon

Dooku: Jedi Lost Audiodrama - Script by Cavan Scott, preformed by full cast (also available in Script format) Starting off, this masterpiece. Telling the dual story of Asajj and Dooku, Jedi Lost is genuinely some of the best Star Wars content out there, in my opinion. Taking place early in The Clone Wars, it tells Asajj's journey battling her ghosts and uncovering her Master's history. It requires only the context of the prequels and The Clone Wars, and I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone who likes the Prequels, Dooku, or Asajj.

Brotherhood - by Mike Chen Continuing with the book that serves as an introduction to Asajj in canon (chronologically), Brotherhood presents an interesting take on her first meetings with Anakin and Obi-Wan. She's far from the main character here, only supporting the book's plot as the villain and the initiator behind some of the troubles Obi-Wan faces on Cato Neimodia. This Asajj is more calculated, working behind the scenes while still facing off face to face against Obi-Wan and Anakin, and it uniquely handles her character. The book is a Clone Wars adventure taking place before and it requires only the movies' and TCW's context, once again. *While technically taking place after Hyperspace Stories #5, it contradicts that issue's events and makes more sense if it takes place before, so I listed it first (for more info on the contradictions you can go here)*

Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories #5 - Written by Amanda Deibert, with art by Riccardo Faccini (Variant cover by Cary Nord) Taking place shortly after Anakin's knighting, before The Clone Wars show, this is a short and interesting comic story for Asajj. While tying into an over-arching plot of the series, this issue stands alone well. Simply put, Asajj is sent to retrieve a mysterious item by Count Dooku and encounters Anakin and Obi-Wan in the process. It has fun art, fun dynamics, and it's really good.

Worthless - a short story from Stories of Jedi and Sith - written by Delilah S. Dawson with an illustration by Jake Bartok This one is not as set on the timeline, but we do know it takes place while Asajj is still working for Dooku. In short, without too many spoilers, Asajj falls into a pit and has to trust on a Clone Trooper's help to get out. The story is a part of an anthology, but it completely stand-alone on its own. If you can read it on its own, I recommend it, but the rest of the book is also very much worth it if you want to buy it for the story. Dawson captures a version of Asajj that rarely gets attention, before the Nightsisters, and manages to show her identity and tell a wonderful story without that tool that's often overly used (in my opinion).

Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle #3 - Written by Cavan Scott with art by Francesco Francavilla & Nick Brokenshire Jumping forward in the Timeline, we have another Asajj story by Cavan Scott! It has Bounty Hunting, A baby Sarlacc, pretty art, fun coloring, and Asajj. So what's not to love? Like Hyperspace Stories, Return to Vader's Castle also has an over-arching plot, but that's 4 framing pages of Vaneé being a bitch and has no effect on the rest of it. Solid stuff. (it is also the source of the first picture in this post)

Sisters - a short comic story from the Age of Republic Special - written by Jody Houser with art by Carlos Gómez Next, we have a wonderful short story taking place just before The Clone Wars episode "To Catch a Jedi". In just a few pages, Jody Houser brings conflict and personality to Asajj's time on Coruscant. And there's gorgeous art.

Legends

While Legends, and especially the comics, have some of my favorite stories with Asajj, it's hard to recommend individual issues. They can be stand-alone but still connected and ingrained in the ongoing story of the comics. But I tried to hand-pick the best for introduction and knowledge of who Asajj is a character there. So I won't recommend the 12 issues she's in, I set myself the limit of sticking with the same number of recommendations I had for canon.

Star Wars: Republic: The New Face of War - 2-issue Comic arc - written by W. Haden Blackman with art by Tomás Giorello Although I'm assuming you all have at least a passing familiarity with Asajj's character, introductions are still important. And, yes, Asajj first appeared in a different comic and after a month or so in Clone Wars (2003), but chronologically, in-universe, this is her first appearance. The Face of War is comprised of issues #51 and #52 of the Star Wars: Republic comic series, and although Asajj is only in the last page of #51, it's necessary context. This one isn't a must for me, but it sets the ground for her. And it's good. Giorello's art brings a unique perspective to Asajj's character, and by that I mean it may not be to some people's taste. So take your pick with this one.

Star Wars: Republic #53 - written by W. Haden Blackman, with art by Brian Ching If the last one isn't a must, this one is. It is a stand-alone adventure, almost feeling like a (better) TCW episode. Obi-Wan is off to infiltrate a Techno Union base with a team of all-star legendary Jedi that are introduced, and everything goes wrong when they run into the Confederacy's best, Durge and Asajj Ventress. I say it's a must because it establishes the nature of the rivalry between Obi-Wan and Asajj, and gives us such a sense of who those people are. It also lays the foundations to my next comic recommendation.

Dark Heart - short story by August and Cynthia Hahn This one, a 1784-word story, originally published on Wizards.com as a part of The Living Force roleplaying campaign, is definitely not a must, but it's barely 2k words, just read it. In all seriousness though, it captures Asajj's essence and I just. love it. You can read it right now, that's the link in the name, it's up online for free legally. While it is a part of the RPG campaign, I read it individually and had no trouble at all.

The Cestus Deception - by Steven Barnes (The Japanese cover is prettier and has Asajj, ok?) Obi-Wan Kenobi and Kit Fisto head to the planet Ord Cestus to try and convince Ord Cestus's government to ally with The Republic. But under the surface, a mysterious scheme had developed and it gets messy. Never ask me to write a publisher's summary. Asajj is the villain of this one, and I don't have much to say about it, but it is good. Fair warning: it hasn't aged the best in my opinion, and not even in a politically correct sense, some of the descriptions and relationships were questionable at best. If you like Kit Fisto and political adventuring and Clone Wars fights and a mascarade ball, if I remember correctly, this one's for you. It's not much of a story for Asajj but it is a fun read.

Star Wars: Republic #60 - written by W. Haden Blackman with art by Tomás Giorello I have never ever not once said it but this right here is my favorite Asajj story of all time ever. It does require context, though, so here's it: after the battle of Jabiim, Alpha-17 (Legends Arc Trooper, you may have heard of him) and Obi-Wan (a staple in Asajj's stories, he needs to gtfo women's business) are blown up and declared dead. Turns out Asajj Ventress has been holding them in her castle on the planet Rattatak and this is the daring story of their escape. In this issue, Asajj's origin story is revealed, before the Nightsisters had anything to do with her. More than any other Legends issue, it differentiates greatly from anything you know about Asajj in TCW/Canon. She's a warlord, with armies at her beck and call, a military commander, And it's fun. Her origin story is told in this issue, and it's such a great story that shifted my understanding of her a lot. The art, once again, is by Giorello, keep it in mind.

Yoda: Dark Rendezvous - by Sean Stewart (Japanese cover, once again) Last but certainly not least, the Legends Clone Wars book I've heard the most positive reviews of, and was not disappointed in the slightest. It is as good as they say. The story doesn't focus on Asajj, and she isn't even the main antagonist, but she gets a meaningful role in it and has her place and her arc in the story. It's also my favorite approach to how Asajj would act when she has to deal with children. Worth the hype and an excellent book to read unrelated to Asajj.

Alright, that's all! I hope you check out at least one of these, they're all great. As said before, I also have a complete list of everything Asajj in chronological order. Feel free to ask me anything about the list and the things in it. I can also give a complete comic reading list for her, since it's a bit more than just the issues she appeared in. For anyone struggling with the accessibility of these recommendations, I have a hopefully comprehensive guide in the complete appearances post. And now just this list because I promised that:

Canon 1) Dooku: Jedi Lost Audiodrama - Script by Cavan Scott, preformed by full cast (also available in Script format) 2) Brotherhood - by Mike Chen 3) Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories #5 - Written by Amanda Deibert, with art by Riccardo Faccini (Variant cover by Cary Nord) 4) Worthless - a short story from Stories of Jedi and Sith - written by Delilah S. Dawson with an illustration by Jake Bartok 5) Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle #3 - Written by Cavan Scott with art by Francesco Francavilla & Nick Brokenshire 6) Sisters - a short comic story from the Age of Republic Special - written by Jody Houser with art by Carlos Gómez

Legends 1) Star Wars: Republic: The New Face of War - 2-issue Comic arc (Star Wars: Republic #51-52) - written by W. Haden Blackman with art by Tomás Giorello 2) Star Wars: Republic #53 - written by W. Haden Blackman, with art by Brian Ching 3) Dark Heart - short story by August and Cynthia Hahn 4) The Cestus Deception - by Steven Barnes 5) Star Wars: Republic #60 - written by W. Haden Blackman with art by Tomás Giorello 6) Yoda: Dark Rendezvous - by Sean Stewart

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[daxromana]

i hate "stimcaf" and "chrono" because they have no elegance. you expect me to believe that dooku has hidden himself away in an abandoned bloodstained mansion full of elegant chronos where he drinks stimcaf? it throws off the picture entirely!

[legends-expo]

Would you want to see Dark Side Yoda? Check out the full panel video from "A Clone Wars Novel" with Sean Stewart and Matthew Stover next week!

Transcript: "And Yoda takes a step towards the Dark and basically says 'How much do you want this to happen?' and Dooku goes 'Ohhhhhhhhhh... Dark Yoda would be annihilating. Let's totally not, I was sort of joking... let's let's... would you like that?' Because there's a moment, and it's, it's one of those things, it's very important to me in the book; (if you haven't read it, think about it) is the moment at which everybody gets a good long look at what Dark Yoda would be like and decides that maybe they don't want to see that."

[bg-11]

Vjun is such a cool setting. Constant acid rain, creepy castles and a population that was mostly driven mad when the locals started messing around with the Force. What’s not to love? And it’s where Vader’s (real) castle is during the Imperial Era.

Yoda: I want…I want a rose. Dooku: Be serious. Yoda: Serious am I! Another rose, make for me! Dooku: The dark side springs from the heart. It isn’t a handbook for cheap conjuror’s tricks. Yoda: But like this trick, do I! The trick that brings the flower from the ground. The trick that sets the sun on fire.