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Ok in your very limited book store here down range they have the new clone war novel Yoda Dark Dendezvous. Was wondering if it is worth it to pick up.

It was in the "meh" catigory.

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It was interesting seeing some Jedi combat training in the temple.
I was also interesting seeing the Master/Pawdiwan(sp) interplay between the Count and Yoda. Basic synopsis Yoda goes to try and turn the Count back to the Light

I just finished it last night. I thought it was a pretty good read. Don't pick it up though if you're against anything that remotely undermines the Yoda = Buddha image some people have of him. Yoda does feature in a lot of comic relief but I didn't think it was at the expense of the character. You get a little of both kinds of Yoda we've seen, the not so serious Yoda in ESB before he reveals he's Yoda and the 900 year old Kung Fu master full of cryptic bits of wisdom.

The book works hard to humanize the Jedi characters and make them relateable. Dooku and even Ventress are made a little more 3 dimensional instead of, to steal someone else's line, Snidley Whiplash evil.

Dargos wrote:Pawdiwan(sp)

Padawan.

I enjoyed it.

I agree that the return of the impish Yoda from the start of ESB was welcome and enjoyable; Sean Stewart's writing style was quite nice as well. In addition, we get a better look at Dooku's inner conflict and the relationship with Ventress. This is good because we not only got an idea of what Ventress' ultimate fate will be, but also that she's right about Sidious' long-term plans regarding Dooku.

A good read indeed.

Edit -- When I spoke of Ventress, I meant in that we already knew she will not likely survive either the end of the Clone Wars or the Jedi Purge; it's how she'll die that we get the hint of.

Likewise, I enjoyed it. The part I didn't really care for was the padawan co-plot, since neither of the padawans really grabbed me as characters.

(Call it a co-plot because it takes up as much, if not more story room than the Yoda/Dooku portion of the story)

I thought that the portrayal of Yoda was good, though. There were moments when he felt genuinely alien and even slightly disturbing.

There's some possible canon clash, which suggest that the author came up with his idea of how Yoda should be and ran with it. A minor one would be Dooku.


I won't recommend buying it, as it doesn't illustrate the Clone Wars, the action is deplorable and it lacks rereadability. However, I would suggest borrowing it from the library or some pal, as its a good and humourous read.

The Dooku and Yoda philosophy clash at the back was IMO the highlight of the novel, and the way the author scripted the characters is much better than most of the one dimensional views in other fiction, and though short, Mace Windu was a very very interesting read.

A good filler for Episode 3.

PainRack wrote:There's some possible canon clash, which suggest that the author came up with his idea of how Yoda should be and ran with it. A minor one would be Dooku.

Not really different from how the movie characters are treated in nearly every book. As for Yoda, I don't see the clash myself.

SCVN 2812 wrote:

PainRack wrote:There's some possible canon clash, which suggest that the author came up with his idea of how Yoda should be and ran with it. A minor one would be Dooku.

Not really different from how the movie characters are treated in nearly every book. As for Yoda, I don't see the clash myself.

Its not the clash of Yoda per se. Its some minor bits and pieces strewn around that may interfere with what is seen on canon. For example, the book didn't have Yoda as Dooku "master".

Of course, we do have Obiwan "Yoda taught me" and "Qui Gon is my master" situation, so its just......... wondering I guess.

PainRack wrote:

SCVN 2812 wrote:

PainRack wrote:There's some possible canon clash, which suggest that the author came up with his idea of how Yoda should be and ran with it. A minor one would be Dooku.

Not really different from how the movie characters are treated in nearly every book. As for Yoda, I don't see the clash myself.

Its not the clash of Yoda per se. Its some minor bits and pieces strewn around that may interfere with what is seen on canon. For example, the book didn't have Yoda as Dooku "master".

Of course, we do have Obiwan "Yoda taught me" and "Qui Gon is my master" situation, so its just......... wondering I guess.

I think the whole Yoda/Qui-Gon training Obi-Wan issue can be explained from, as Obi-Wan put it, a certain point of view. Obi-Wan had barely become a Jedi Knight and he was already training a Padawan Learner, a very special one I might add. It stands to reason that he would seek out Yoda's advice on such matters as we saw in AOTC and in that regard, filled the void of father figure in Kenobi's life that had been left by Qui-Gon's death.

JME2 wrote: I think the whole Yoda/Qui-Gon training Obi-Wan issue can be explained from, as Obi-Wan put it, a certain point of view. Obi-Wan had barely become a Jedi Knight and he was already training a Padawan Learner, a very special one I might add. It stands to reason that he would seek out Yoda's advice on such matters as we saw in AOTC and in that regard, filled the void of father figure in Kenobi's life that had been left by Qui-Gon's death.

??? The quotes was "I thought I could instruct him as well as Yoda instructed me."

The most common explaination of that after TPM was that Obiwan served as an apprentice to Master Yoda in the Temple first, before he became a Padawan to Qui Gon.

PainRack wrote:

JME2 wrote: I think the whole Yoda/Qui-Gon training Obi-Wan issue can be explained from, as Obi-Wan put it, a certain point of view. Obi-Wan had barely become a Jedi Knight and he was already training a Padawan Learner, a very special one I might add. It stands to reason that he would seek out Yoda's advice on such matters as we saw in AOTC and in that regard, filled the void of father figure in Kenobi's life that had been left by Qui-Gon's death.

??? The quotes was "I thought I could instruct him as well as Yoda instructed me."

The most common explaination of that after TPM was that Obiwan served as an apprentice to Master Yoda in the Temple first, before he became a Padawan to Qui Gon.

Yeah. Eh, it was just a theory on my part.