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dreamwars2023-10-02 09:27 pm
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Chat corner 128: Dark Rendezvous
Welcome to the Monday chat corner!
This week’s topic is Yoda: Dark Rendezvous, a Legends novel published by Del Rey in 2004 in which the tiny green Jedi Master becomes a protagonist.
Has anyone read this one? It clearly belongs beside Shatterpoint, but it doesn’t make it into the same rec lists. Then again, majority can be wrong sometimes…
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Okay, one, I adore Tallisibeth Enwandung-Esterhazy beyond all reason and I have not one but two WIPs where she becomes Anakin's Padawan and everything is better. I ♥♥♥ Scout so so so much.
Two, I always tend to think that if Sean Stewart's Yoda were the one we got in the movies, ROTS and probably AotC would not have happened because Y:DR!Yoda would do a much better job with Anakin in general. Like, that's the Yoda I at least wanted. The one who shows up on the screen is... well, I've talked before about how Lucas was writing Aaron Sorkin plots for the PT, and Yoda is IMO an example of that. (Think I've also talked before about the possible issues with Yoda being so long-lived and in a position of power in the Order for like the entire lifespans of a lot of the beings in the galaxy by the time of the PT and how that's a problem, and I think one time someone mentioned an attempt by the PTB to retcon/otherwise address this in the EU.)
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This is one of THE best Star Wars books of all time--up there with Matthew Stover's Revenge of the Sith and Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor (and yes, Shatterpoint!). Despite the title, it's not really about Yoda, although we do get a glimpse of how he views the world and his relationship with Dooku and the Jedi Order through the POV of the other characters, and he is a constant presence throughout. But the main character is Scout, a Jedi Padawan who makes up for her lack of Force strength with sheer grit and determination as she struggles to find her place in the Order, and she is fantastic, full stop.
We also get to see Dooku's tragic backstory, Asajj Ventress stealing every scene she's in, a gothic space planet full of evil carnivorous moss, over the top shenanigans in the best possible way, and loads of dramatic irony/foreshadowing for anyone who knows what's coming next.
Anyway, in case you can't tell, I love this book so much and I highly recommend it!! I think the primary reason that it doesn't make the rec lists is that it's so obscure--everyone I know who has actually read it loves it.