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Super Freak
Dark Rendezvous by Sean Stewart is, hand's down, my favorite SW novel. I read all the Clone Wars era novels, and while all were good and some were excellent, DR is the best, in my opinion.
The author really seems to KNOW the STAR WARS universe, and that makes a difference. This is a Yoda novel, taking place 6 months before the events of REVENGE OF THE SITH, and the thing that blew me away was that while reading it, I couldn't 'picture' the Yoda from the Prequels while reading. All I could see in my mind's eye was the Yoda from EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. The auther captured Yoda so well, that I felt like I was watching the old original Yoda (I mean that in a good way).
Count Dooku is fleshed out in the book in a way that makes him so much more of a character than he is in the films. In the movies, he's a glorified cameo. He's only interesting because of the casting; Christopher Lee brings gravitas to a character that has maybe 20 lines of dialogue and not much in the way of development. In the novel, Dooku is explored in a wonderfully rich and detailed way that really makes him a fascinating character. One of the greatest Jedi who leaves the order willingly, NOT to join the Dark Side, but because of personal conviction, and then later chooses the Dark Side because of what he perceives to be the way necessary to make change in the galaxy. Also, he's fully aware that the nature of the Dark Side is to betray and discard your mentors and apprentices, and his rationale for participating in this is really well-thought-out.
And Assajj Ventriss is there as well. Since she is basically an unused film design that was made into a toy that was adapted into a cartoon, she is largely a blank slate onto which any of us can write what we will. The Dooku-Ventriss dynamic explored in the novel is so intriguing, it left me wanting a whole novel of just them.
Sorry to ramble. Please read Dark Rendezvous. It's only available in paperback and only costs $7.
The author really seems to KNOW the STAR WARS universe, and that makes a difference. This is a Yoda novel, taking place 6 months before the events of REVENGE OF THE SITH, and the thing that blew me away was that while reading it, I couldn't 'picture' the Yoda from the Prequels while reading. All I could see in my mind's eye was the Yoda from EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. The auther captured Yoda so well, that I felt like I was watching the old original Yoda (I mean that in a good way).
Count Dooku is fleshed out in the book in a way that makes him so much more of a character than he is in the films. In the movies, he's a glorified cameo. He's only interesting because of the casting; Christopher Lee brings gravitas to a character that has maybe 20 lines of dialogue and not much in the way of development. In the novel, Dooku is explored in a wonderfully rich and detailed way that really makes him a fascinating character. One of the greatest Jedi who leaves the order willingly, NOT to join the Dark Side, but because of personal conviction, and then later chooses the Dark Side because of what he perceives to be the way necessary to make change in the galaxy. Also, he's fully aware that the nature of the Dark Side is to betray and discard your mentors and apprentices, and his rationale for participating in this is really well-thought-out.
And Assajj Ventriss is there as well. Since she is basically an unused film design that was made into a toy that was adapted into a cartoon, she is largely a blank slate onto which any of us can write what we will. The Dooku-Ventriss dynamic explored in the novel is so intriguing, it left me wanting a whole novel of just them.
Sorry to ramble. Please read Dark Rendezvous. It's only available in paperback and only costs $7.
