Yoda: Dark Rendezvous

Yoda: Dark Rendezvous is one of the final books in the Clone Wars story arc. It was made as a replacement for Escape from Dagu.

Plot
The Clone Wars had raged across the Galaxy for two and a half years, when the Grand Master of the Jedi Order, Yoda, received a message from his once Padawan, Count Dooku. In the message, Dooku conceded to Yoda that things had gotten far out of hand. What began as a political play to keep the Senate honest, had turned into a bloodbath, and the time for a truce had come. Dooku invited Yoda to come and meet him on the planet Vjun, where they would organize the cease-fire.

After conferring with his fellow Jedi Masters from the Council (principally Mace Windu), Yoda judged that even if the meeting at Vjun were a feint, the chance to end the war far outweighed the perils of a trap.

Yoda decided to send a decoy impersonating himself to a different planet, while he secretly slipped off to Vjun. He contracted a famous actor and Yoda-impersonator, Palleus Chuff, to pull off the bluff. Disguised as Yoda, Chuff left on a very public mission to Ithor. However, Chuff's fighter was ambushed and destroyed by the treacherous Asajj Ventress who was unaware of the switch. The apparent loss of Yoda was a significant but temporary blow to the morale of the Republic.

Jedi Masters Jai Maruk (Human) and Maks Leem (Gran) journeyed towards Vjun, accompanied by their Padawans, the under-achieving Tallisibeth Enwandung-Esterhazy (or "Scout") and Whie. They made their way slowly, travelling under the false indentities of a refugee family, with Yoda disguised as their faithful R2 unit.

During one Spaceport layover, Ventress (accompanied by the bumbling but brave Chuff) managed to catch the quintet, and unleashed a dangerous new type of battle droid. While the other Jedi fought the droids and Ventress, Yoda sought to rescue Palleus. Unfortunately both Jai Maruk and Maks Leem fell to the terrible droids and Ventress' lightsaber. Yoda, however, managed to divert Ventress' attention before she took a chance to kill the young Padawans, and the three Jedi (with Chuff in tow) escaped.

Meanwhile on Vjun, Count Dooku awaited Yoda in the Château Malreaux, the manor of the long since waned aristocratic clan Malreaux. As the group of Jedi landed on Vjun they were forced to separate: Yoda went to meet with Dooku, and the Padawans followed mysterious disruptions in the Force felt by Whie.

Soon the Padawans were captured by the lurking Asajj Ventress. She revealed to Whie that the Château was in fact his house, and the insane house-woman was his mother, Lady Whirry Malreaux. Asajj then held Scout in a tight force grip, and tried to bring Whie to the dark side. Ventress knew of the boy's crush on the pretty, athletic red-haired Scout, and used it to ignite Whie's darker side by telling him to kiss Scout. In the end, Whie Malreaux handled his inner emotions and resisted the dark side.

Meanwhile, Yoda met with Dooku. The two masters engaged in a tense debate about the ways of the Force, and reminiscenced about Dooku's childhood in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. In the end, Yoda encouraged his former apprentice to leave the dark side and Darth Sidious forever. Dooku, hands shaking, was on the verge of answering when an assistant informed him of Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi's arrival in the mansion, dispatched there by the Jedi Council. Convinced that the legendary duo were replacements for him, Dooku was overcome by jealousy and threw his assistant out the window. Yoda was forced to save Whirry from falling to her death, and then parry Dooku's follow-up lightsaber attack. Although Dooku managed to wound him, Yoda, unfazed, did not yield to the dark side. Yoda recovered, and a short lightsaber battle ensued. In a repeat of his escape from Geonosis, Dooku activated a missile targetted to the house before leaping from the window. Yoda was forced to stop the missile to save the lives of everyone in the vicinity, giving Dooku and Ventress the time to escape.

Kenobi and Skywalker rescued the Padawans and Yoda, and returned home to Coruscant.

Meanwhile, on a distant planet that was Dooku's new headquarters, Count Dooku realized that everyone he had ever loved, including Yoda, had forsaken him. He was truly alone.

Dramatis personae

 * Boz Addle
 * Rees Alrix
 * Serifa Altunen
 * Bargu
 * Boofer
 * Chuck Bratz
 * Donni Bratz
 * "Mom" Bratz
 * Zorug Briefly
 * Charpp
 * Caudle
 * Evan Chan
 * Pax Chizzik
 * Palleus Chuff
 * Thame Cerulian
 * Sisseri Deo
 * Hanna Ding
 * Dooku
 * Tallisibeth Enwandung-Esterhazy (Scout)
 * Fidelis
 * Flerp
 * Forzi Ghul
 * Gilp
 * Horororibb
 * Enver Hoxha
 * Gumbrak Hoxz
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Chankar Kim
 * Maks Leem
 * Jang Li-Li
 * Viscount Malreaux
 * Whie Malreaux
 * Jai Maruk
 * Lena Missa
 * Pirt Neer
 * Page
 * Atresh Pikil
 * Politrix
 * Darth Sidious
 * Anakin Skywalker
 * Padmé Amidala
 * Solis
 * Orn Free Taa
 * Rhad Tarn
 * Her Tuix
 * Tycho
 * Asajj Ventress
 * Whirry
 * Mace Windu
 * Ilena Xan (Iron Hand)
 * Yoda
 * Zrim

Creatures

 * Glow fly
 * Gorax
 * Hermit crab
 * Thinking clam
 * Vjun fox
 * Water-skeeter

Droid models

 * R2 astromech droid

Planets

 * Alderaan
 * Arkania
 * Corphelion
 * Coruscant
 * Chancellor Palpatine Spaceport
 * Commercial Nexus
 * Jedi Temple
 * Combat Training Center
 * High Council Chamber
 * Jedi Temple Hangar
 * Room of a Thousand Fountains
 * Star Room
 * Republic Executive Building
 * Senate Building
 * Dantooine
 * Derilix
 * Devoron
 * Druckenwell
 * Geonosis
 * Petranaki Arena
 * Honoghr
 * Ithor
 * Malastare
 * Perilix
 * Ryloth
 * Serenno
 * Sermeria
 * Sevarcos
 * Sullust
 * Thustra
 * Troxar
 * Vjun
 * Chậteau Malreaux
 * Crying Room
 * Vorzyd V
 * Wayland

Organizations

 * Bureau of Patrioic Defense
 * Carbanti United Electronics
 * Jedi Order
 * Kut-Rate Kruise Lines
 * Sith Order
 * Trade Federation

Capital ships

 * Tavya-class armored picket

Frieghters/Transports

 * Seltaya-class fast courier
 * Limit of Vision

Starfighters

 * Ginivex-class starfighter
 * Last Call

Species

 * Arkanian
 * Chagrian
 * Druckenwellian
 * Firrerreo
 * Gran
 * Horansi
 * Human
 * Ithorian
 * Mon Calamari
 * Mrlssi
 * Phindian
 * Quarren
 * Rattataki
 * Tholian
 * Toydarian
 * Troxan
 * Twi'lek
 * Verpine

Weapons

 * Lightsaber
 * Proton torpedo
 * X45 sniper riflette