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Dooku: Jedi Lost (Star Wars) Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Cavan Scott (Author), Orlagh Cassidy (Narrator), Euan Morton (Narrator),

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Delve into the history of the sinister Count Dooku in this audio original set in a galaxy far, far away....

Darth Tyranus. Count of Serenno. Leader of the Separatists. A red saber, unsheathed in the dark. But who was he before he became the right hand of the Sith? As Dooku courts a new apprentice, the hidden truth of the Sith Lord’s past begins to come to light.

Dooku’s life began as one of privilege - born within the stony walls of his family’s estate, orbited by the Funeral Moon where the bones of his ancestors lie interred. But soon, his Jedi abilities are recognized, and he is taken from his home to be trained in the ways of the Force by the legendary Master Yoda.

As he hones his power, Dooku rises through the ranks, befriending fellow Jedi Sifo-Dyas and taking a Padawan of his own, the promising Qui-Gon Jinn - and tries to forget the life that he once led. But he finds himself drawn by a strange fascination with the Jedi Master Lene Kostana, and the mission she undertakes for the Order: finding and studying ancient relics of the Sith, in preparation for the eventual return of the deadliest enemies the Jedi have ever faced.

Caught between the world of the Jedi, the ancient responsibilities of his lost home, and the alluring power of the relics, Dooku struggles to stay in the light - even as the darkness begins to fall.

Narrated by a full cast:

Orlagh Cassidy as Asajj Ventress

Euan Morton as Dooku

Pete Bradbury as Gretz Droom

Jonathan Davis as Qui-Gon Jinn

Neil Hellegers as Ramil

Sean Kenin as Sifo-Dyas

January LaVoy as Jor Aerith

Saskia Maarleveld as Jenza

Carol Monda as Lene Kostana

Robert Petkoff as Ky Narec

Rebecca Soler as Yula Braylon

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Marc Thompson as Yoda

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Listening Length	6 hours and 21 minutes
Author	Cavan Scott
Narrator	Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, Marc Thompson, Pete Bradbury, Jonathan Davis, Neil Hellegers, Sean Kenin, January LaVoy, Saskia Maarleveld, Carol Monda, Robert Petkoff, Rebecca Soler
Audible.com Release Date	April 30, 2019
Publisher	Random House Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B07Q47JWLZ
Best Sellers Rank	#1,222 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #5 in Science Fiction Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins #23 in Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-In Fiction #60 in Space Opera Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals)

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Alan Witty

Do not buy in book format!

Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2019

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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.

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Nope

Worst SW book to date

Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2019

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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.

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A Neat Character Study of Count Dooku!

Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2019

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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.

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Jedi Lost - Adds so much to the story

Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2019

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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!!

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Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2019

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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.

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K. G. A. Alavi

Good intentions

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 16, 2019

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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.

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Matthew McAdam

This a script, not a novel. Incredible disappointment.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 3, 2020

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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.

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Jeremiah_Ecks

Fantastic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 27, 2020

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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.

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Andrew

Brilliant audio drama

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 10, 2020

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

Oliver C.

Loved it

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 9, 2020

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Really interesting to understand the past of Count Dooku and his relationship with both the Jedi Council and Serenno - learning about Ventress' past and her quest nicely fits in with my viewing of the Clone Wars, too :)

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