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A gripping Clone Wars–era adventure featuring a showdown between Grand Master Yoda and his former apprentice, the sinister Count Dooku.
The savage Clone Wars have forced the Republic to the edge of collapse. During the height of the battle, one Jedi Knight escapes the carnage to deliver a message to Yoda on Coruscant. It appears that Dooku wants peace and demands a rendezvous. Chances are slim that the treacherous Count is sincere but, with a million lives at stake, Yoda has no choice.
The meeting will take place on Vjun, a planet steeped in evil. The challenge could not be more difficult. Can Yoda win back his once promising pupil from the dark side or will Count Dooku unleash his sinister forces against his former mentor? Either way, Yoda is sure of one thing: this battle will be one of the fiercest he’ll ever face.
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333 released booksStar Wars Legends is a 333-book series with 333 released primary works first released in 1976 with contributions by George Lucas, Alan Dean Foster, and Geraldine Richelson.
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40 primary booksStar Wars: The Essential Legends Collection is a 40-book series with 40 released primary works first released in 1979 with contributions by Drew Karpyshyn, Matthew Woodring Stover, and Timothy Zahn.
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This novel is absolutely fantastic.
Quite possibly the greatest characterisation of Yoda that I have ever seen, he is wise, he is kind, he is wonderful with children, and he is as mysterious as ever.
His growing disillusion with the current Jedi Order is apparent as he disagrees with various masters on various occasions, and shows noticeable distaste as to the treatment of certain padawans from particular masters such as Mace Windu.
Scout and Whie are a great duo, there is a small romance between them, yet they are quite opposite, whilst similar in many ways too. They have a great rapport, with Scout easily being the most interesting character.
Scout is determined, clever, and always thinks outside the box, whilst being very weak in the force, having to be taught among some of the youngest students which is both humiliating for her, and puts her at an enormous disadvantage as even masters look down on her (like Mace Windu). However, she is thorough, hard-working, and righteous.
Of course, Yoda sees the potential in her, and gives her a new master (her previous one died on Geonosis).
There is great tragedy in this novel, and I'll admit, it got me emotional at various points, the first novel so far to do that for me.
The way it is written is just incredible, with some of the most effective lines I've ever seen in a Star Wars novel.
“No greater gift there is, than a generous heart.”
“Life itself was a lightsaber in his hands; even in the face of treachery and death and hopes gone cold, he burned like a candle in the darkness. Like a star shining in the black eternity of space.”
We learn a lot about when Yoda taught Dooku, and get to see a different side to him. You discover the humility he previously had, how inferior he feels to Sidious, and how he often dreads his own actions, and feels as if he is betraying those he cares about.
There is a flicker of hope for a moment, which is spoiled by Sidious. I truly believe for one second, Dooku considered joining Yoda again, but it is ruined as he feels betrayed when Anakin and Obi-Wan show up - which Yoda had no knowledge of - which was cleverly constructed by Sidious who, as Palpatine, demanded Windu send the two to assist Yoda.
No doubt, did he foresee something like this happening, and know that sending the two would break up this moment.
Overall, it's an extremely gripping narrative, with lots of fight scenes which are written really well and are thoroughly entertaining, never feeling repetitive. There are high stakes and there is plenty of character drama, with grave consequences and lots of tragedy. It is a near perfect novel in my books.
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