Dooku: Jedi Lost (Star Wars)

Do not buy this as a book. It is simply a script and pretty much unreadable. Total waste and repackaged for return in about 2 minutes.

Probably the worst Star Wars book ever written. Worse than Children of the Jedi. Not just the “hey look at me and my different style of book” script format. This book was SUCH wasted potential. People have been dying to know what happened to Dooku, and I really thought we’d get the story with this book. But, it just sucked. Bad. It read like it was written by a child trying to recite a news clipping they read a year ago. The plot was weak. There was zero climax and/or resolution. No character development whatsoever. I learned almost nothing from reading this book. I had to force myself to read it, just hoping it would be worth it at some point. But that moment never came. Gotta wonder who’s holding the reins with the new canon if this is the rookie garbage we’re going to get.

Cavan Scott’s “Star Wars: Dooku: Jedi Lost” tells the backstory of Count Dooku from Jedi Padawan through his decision to leave the Order. As a framing device, the story focuses on Asajj Ventress undertaking a mission to find Dooku’s sister, Jenza, who possesses correspondence that she and Dooku exchanged over the years and that Republic forces seek in order to learn about Dooku and defeat both he and the Separatists. Asajj peruses this correspondence and, through her, the reader learns of how Dooku first met his family on Serenno: his sister Jenza, brother Ramil, and his father Count Gora. During the course of this meeting and afterward, Dooku’s friend Sifo-Dyas struggles with his powers of precognition, sharing visions with Dooku that lead him to question the Jedi Council’s policy of removing itself from much of galactic life.Scott’s writing draws upon a great deal of “Star Wars” lore in his narrative. For example, much of the now-Legends content focused on Dooku’s prowess with a lightsaber and the various techniques, which Scott uses in his portrayal of Dooku training his students (pg. 264). Further, references to the former Sith Empire abound (pgs. 43-45, 99, 228, 410), perhaps as a way to help set up future narratives following the conclusion of the Skywalker Saga. Additionally, at one point Jedi Master Lene Kostana teaches Dooku and Sifo-Dyas a meditation that recalls The Ones from “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” episodes, “Overlords,” “Altar of Mortis,” and “Ghosts of Mortis” (pgs. 256-257). The story itself serves as a companion to Claudia Gray’s novel, “Master & Apprentice,” which previously examined Dooku’s relationship with his Padawans Qui-Gon Jinn and Rael Averross. Linking the Jedi Order’s lapses of the prequel era with the events of the sequel trilogy, Scott portrays Yoda explaining the Lost Jedi to a group of Padawans. Yoda says, “Remember them, we must. Honor them, yes. Learn from our failure” (pg. 77). In this, he echoes (foreshadows?) Yoda’s lesson to Luke from “The Last Jedi,” “The greatest teacher, failure is.”The story began as an audiobook, with this edition featuring both the dialogue and directions for sound effects and creature voices. Reading this book is similar to reading Brian Daley’s radio play for National Public Radio’s dramatization of the original “Star Wars” films or Laurent Bouzereau’s “Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays.” Enjoyable as it is to read, one cannot help but realize the full effect of the story is best achieved by listening to the audio play. Still, Cavan Scott’s story is sure to delight “Star Wars” fans new and old.

Dooku: Jedi Lost is a cool story with character arcs for some of my favorite Star Wars characters. However, that's where the fun stopped for me. Outside of the story of this audiobook, I found it difficult to stay engaged with the story because of the voice acting. The actor that voice Asajj Ventress is good, sounds similar to the original voice from the The Clone Wars series, but much older (even though the majority of this story takes place PRIOR to The Clone Wars) so that was a little annoying. But nowhere near annoying as the voice of Dooku. He sounds NOTHING like the Dooku we know from the prequels or The Clone Wars. It was so distracting that every time Dooku would appear, I would be taken out of the story. Not to mention, it's hard to figure out which character is Dooku when interacting with the other characters.All of this is very surprising for content that is obviously heavily produced. You'd think they'd spend the extra money to hire the original voice actors (from TCW) to making it easier for listeners to know who's speaking. Plus, Dooku is so iconic that it just doesn't feel like Dooku if he doesn't sound like him. It made me care less about the character.And don't even get me started on the voice of Rael Averross. It's awful.With all the negatives out of the way, the story does provide some interesting context to Dooku's leaving the Jedi Order and his adventures prior to ROTS and TCW. Moreover, if you are, or plan on reading Master and Apprentice there are some character tie-ins between the two stories so there is that consecutiveness, which I as a life-long fan appreciates. And to add to this, you can read/listen to these 2 stories in either order and get that satisfaction from the consecutiveness.If I could give this 3.5 stars, I would. It's a cool story with just some shortcomings when it comes to the voice actors chosen to portray the characters.

I was excited to hear that they were telling this story as I believe that Dooku was one of the most under utilized Star Wars characters we have. They seed so much of his story in Episode 2, but he is only on screen in Episode 3 for a few minutes before he makes his final exit. The other reason I was excited was to hear Star Wars enter the realm of audio dramas once again. There are so many other great examples of this from the last several decades.So hearing the story of Dooku's early years at the Jedi Temple was enlightening. We see the iniital relationship between him and Sifo-Dyas. You see Dooku's relationship with Yoda as his padawan. You see Dooku take on his padawans and how he becomes disenthralled with how the Jedi are used in the Republic. It's a great story that adds a lot. And the Star Wars acting, plus sound effects is a great way to absorb the story. I hope they do more!!

A great book. I was a little worried as it is re screenplay version of an audio book. However with all the "narration" scenes. It gave just as much insight into what the characters were thinking.This is the prequel to the Master & Apprentice some of the passages on this book fit in perfectly with the Qui Gon and Dooku, or the parts with Real.I am not a fan of the watered down more politically motivated Jedi of the Disney era of Star Wars. So this made me empathise with Dooku's disillusionment with the Jedi of around him. They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions, this is definitely true in this book. We see Dooku with the best of intentions stepping closer and closer to the dark side.I am a reminded a bit of the Smallville series. As much I as never liked that series, I did like Lex and even though I knew he was going to turn evil, I kept hoping it would not happen. This is similar here I knew Dooku's destiny but I like the character I did hope it would not happen.If I had one complaint about this book it is I did not see the exact moment that Dooku fully turned. We see the meeting with Palpetine but not the final corruption. In fact the penultimate chapter was Dooku's most heroic moment.This is a great book and history of a great character. I was not even a huge Dooku fan at the start of this book, but the story is awsome and really does the character justice.

This a script, not a novel.It features horrible, lazy first person writing (the hallmark of amateurs). It's mostly from the point of view of Asajj Ventress, whose backstory we already know from the Clone Wars TV series and from another novel, 'Dark Disciple'.I haven't been this disappointed since famed novelist JK Rowling released 'The Cursed Child' as a screenplay.Claudia Gray's 'Master and Apprentice' is a brilliant work, with a captivating story. This however, was a highly imaginative and creative tale completely ruined by the absolutely bizarre choice of prose by Cavan Scott.Write a proper novel, and advertise it as such. Do not write a half first person biography, half script, mash it together and inflict it upon the unsuspecting readers. I want my money back, and I'm staying well clear of anything Cavan Scott's pen touches again.

I was very disappointed in this book, not for the story, but for the way it was written, as if it was a play and the speakers were all named at the side of their script.If the book had been written in the usual proper format, I suspect it would only have been about a third in length.It's a shame, as the short storyline was good as far as getting to know the early life of Dooku and what happened in his life to cause him to leave the Jedi, but it could have been expanded to so much more.

A great easy to read script. Note that it is a script of an audiobook and not a novel...That doesn't detract a thrilling story that gives background to Dooku, Sifo-Dyas and Qui-Gon Jinn... great read for fans of the prequels. More Dooku is never a bad thing.I had a great time and read genuinely in one LONG sitting. Particularly fun for fans of the prequels or Clone Wars show but watching the latter is not needed. I haven't at time of writing and followed the story well.

Really enjoyed this script, very well-written and full of great characters and extremely emotional scenes. Brilliant backstory to Count Dooku.