History YMMV / DarkRendezvous

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Nearly every time Yoda is characterized in the EU, he's mostly serious albeit not without his NotSoAboveItAll moments. Here? Not so much. He's much more in line with his portrayal in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.
* CultClassic: It hasn't seen as much recognition as other ''Legends'' books, but many hail it as an overlooked gem for its excellent writing, particularly on the often secretive Yoda.
* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: The events leading up Evan Chan's [[NoMoreForMe forswearing]] the consumption of [=SomnaSkol Red=].
** At one point, Ventress, pursuing a pair of Jedi Padawans, opens a door and leaps through...only to find, instead, Obi-Wan and Anakin waiting on the other side.
-->'''Ventress:''' Now I've got you!
-->'''Obi-Wan:''' True as you tell it. But what are you going to do with us?
** Cue OhCrap moment, followed by Obi-Wan reminiscing over how both he and Anakin have stolen one of her ships.
-->'''Anakin:''' Why do you bring it up?
-->'''Obi-Wan:''' ''[watching their ship ascend into the sky with Ventress at the controls]'' Oh, no reason.
** The moment when Yoda shows off his DeadpanSnarker side, with one of his best lines ''ever:'' when explaining to Scout how he knows exactly how she feels.
-->'''Yoda:''' Secret, shall I tell you? ''[gets right next to her ear, {{Beat}}]'' '''[[SuddenlyShouting GRAND MASTER OF THE JEDI ORDER AM I!]]''' Won this job in a raffle, I did, think you? "[[AskAStupidQuestion How did you know, how did you know, Master Yoda?]]" [[ItsWhatIDo Master Yoda knows these things. His job it is]].
** The normally humorless Jai Maruk discussing the very serious meeting that could change the entire war. At the mention of "trying", Maruk says Yoda's famous "Do, or do not. There is no 'try'" line... But forgets Yoda is ''in the same room''. Cue Maruk's OhCrap face, but Yoda found it ActuallyPrettyFunny (also, apparently Maruk used to be very well known for his Yoda impression when he was a young apprentice).
** Scout's last-resort tactic for winning a sparring match? [[spoiler: [[RefugeInAudacity Grabbing her opponent's training lightsaber blade and yanking it and her opponent down, then putting her in a choke.]]]]
** Maks Leem's observation that even those who would follow Yoda to the gates of Hell would rather not share his meals, because of their disgusting quality.
-->'''Food Service Droid:''' ''[while taking away Yoda's half finished meal]'' This bowl contains a substance my sensors cannot identify as food.
** How Scout became Jai Maruk's Padawan, [[spoiler: because he lost a wager to Yoda that if she wins the tournament he must take her as an Padawan,]] and Yoda's logic behind the decision.
-->'''Yoda:''' Why then you would have lost, Jai Maruk. And need to learn about winning from one who knows how.
** Whie and Scout (who is in the infirmary) finding out about the mission to Vjun
-->'''Yoda:''' As their Padawans, you will go with them.
-->'''Scout:''' ''[shocked]'' Already?
-->'''Whie:''' ''[no less shocked]'' They made ''you'' a Padawan!?
** A used starship vendor attempts to out-haggle a 900-year-old Jedi Master. The poor guy had no idea what he was getting into. Then he lists all of the second-hand starship's "wonderful qualities," with the note of the one thing it doesn't do: Fly.
* HarsherInHindsight: Possibly deliberately. Whie knows a Jedi will kill him. When he and Anakin ambush each other then realize they're on the same side, Whie hugs him saying, "I'm so glad you're not here to kill me!" A bemused Anakin agrees. In [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith six months]], guess what happens.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
** Jai Maruk's WhatYouAreInTheDark moment: [[spoiler: he's going to be murdered no matter what, and he knows that. But rather than accepting despair, he stays in the Light, and dies as a Jedi]].
-->Nobody would ever know how close Jai had come to giving in to the dark side. Nobody but Maks Leem would ever know he had resisted [[spoiler: at the end. In a few minutes they would both be dead, and to the universe, his choice would make no difference at all. To Jai Maruk, it meant everything. For the next few minutes, Jai fought more beautifully than he ever had in his life, and when Asajj cut him down, he was smiling]].
** Yoda towards Dooku, which very nearly caused Dooku to have a HeelFaceTurn.
--->'''Yoda:''' When you fall, apprentice, catch you I will.
** After [[spoiler: Maks and Jai]] are killed, Whie is understandably distraught, and lashes out at Yoda, accusing him of being uncaring. Yoda, however, tells him that he's wrong-Yoda has lived for centuries, yes, but that means that he's lived more, loved more, and lost more than Whie could ever understand. He then gives Whie and Scout a speech that perfectly sums up being TheAntiNihilist: Maybe there is a greater plan, maybe there isn't, but that's not the point. Being a Jedi is about choosing to live, choosing to love, even in the face of tragedy and despair.
---> Whie cried for what seemed like a long time. Scout ate. Fidelis served. Master Yoda told stories of [[spoiler: Maks Leem and Jai Maruk]]: tales of their most exciting adventures, of course, but also comical anecdotes from the days when they were only children in the Temple. They drank together, many toasts.\\
Scout cried. Whie ate. Fidelis served.\\
Yoda told stories, and ate, and cried, and laughed: and the Padawans saw that life itself was a lightsaber in his hands; even in the face of treachery and death and hopes gone cold, he burned like a candle in the darkness. Like a star shining in the black eternity of space.
** A little earlier, Fidelis offered to help Scout and Whie load the incredibly heavy caskets of water, since he's much stronger. Yoda whacks him on the leg with the gimer stick. "Not thinking are you, toaster-thing. If not working they are, think they will." He then compares himself and Fidelis to ancient oaks who have seen many winters, whereas for the teens, this is their first winter, their first significant loss. Let them work, and sweat, and cry...and then, when they finally do fall asleep, they might just be tired enough to sleep without dreams.
* NightmareFuel: The description of the glimpse Dooku gets of what would happen if Yoda ever fell to the Dark Side. It's such a terrifying prospect, [[OhCrap Dooku is horrified he even tried to turn Yoda to the Dark Side]] and realizes if it happened, Sidious would have been a fly in comparison to what an evil version of Yoda would be.
* TearJerker:
** [[spoiler: Jai and Maks dying, just as Jai begins to open up to Scout]].
** Dooku ''nearly'' making a HeelFaceTurn...[[DoomedByCanon and then Anakin and Obi-Wan showing up]] and bringing back his envy. Doubly powerful once you realize that this wasn't a ContrivedCoincidence, but rather a BatmanGambit by Sidious. Darn it, Anakin. Just ''once,'' couldn't you have been a few minutes late?
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Nearly every time Yoda is characterized in the EU, he's very serious. Here? Not so much. He's much more in line with his portrayal in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Possibly deliberately. Whie knows a Jedi will kill him. When he and Anakin ambush each other then realize they're on the same side, Whie hugs him saying, "I'm so glad you're not here to kill me!" A bemused Anakin agrees. In [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith six months]], guess what happens.

* TearJerker: [[spoiler: Jai and Maks dying, just as Jai begins to open up to Scout]].

-->'''Food Service Droid:''' [While taking away Yoda's half finished meal] This bowl contains a substance my sensors cannot identify as food.

-->'''Ventress''': Now I've got you!
-->'''Obi-Wan''': True as you tell it. But what are you going to do with us?

-->'''Anakin''': Why do you bring it up?
-->'''Obi-Wan, watching their ship ascend into the sky with Ventress at the controls''': Oh, no reason.

-->'''Yoda''': Secret, shall I tell you? ''[gets right next to her ear, {{Beat}}]'' '''[[SuddenlyShouting GRAND MASTER OF THE JEDI ORDER AM I!]]''' Won this job in a raffle, I did, think you? "[[AskAStupidQuestion How did you know, how did you know, Master Yoda?]]" [[ItsWhatIDo Master Yoda knows these things. His job it is]].
** The normally humorless Jai Maruk discussing the very serious meeting that could change the entire war. At the mention of "Trying" Jai Maruk says Yoda's famous "Do or Do Not. There is no try" but does so while impersonating Yoda's voice in the same room Yoda is sitting cue his OhCrap. Yoda found it ActuallyPrettyFunny and Jai Maruk apparently used to be very well known for his Yoda impression when he was a young apprentice.

-->'''Food Service Droid''': [While taking away Yoda's half finished meal] This bowl contains a substance my sensors cannot identify as food.

-->'''Yoda''': Why then you would have lost, Jai Maruk. And need to learn about winning from one who knows how.

-->'''Yoda''': As their Padawans, you will go with them.
-->'''Scout''': ''[shocked]'' Already?
-->'''Whie''': ''[no less shocked]'' They made ''you'' a Padawan!?

** Jai Maruk's WhatYouAreInTheDark moment: [[spoiler: He's going to be murdered no matter what, and he knows that. But rather than accepting despair, he stays in the Light, and dies as a Jedi]].

** Whie and Scout finding out about the mission to Vjun

-->'''Scout''':(in an infirmary bed) Already? (Shocked)
-->'''Whie''': They made you a Padawan!? (No less Shocked)

-->'''Yoda''': Secret, shall I tell you? (gets right next to her ear)
-->''[{{Beat}}]''
-->'''[[SuddenlyShouting GRAND MASTER OF THE JEDI ORDER AM I!]]''' Won this job in a raffle, I did, think you? "[[AskAStupidQuestion How did you know, how did you know, Master Yoda?]]" [[ItsWhatIDo Master Yoda knows these things. His job it is]].

-->'''Yoda:''' Secret, shall I tell you? Grand Master of Jedi Order am I! Won this job in a raffle, I did, think you? How did you know, how did you know, Master Yoda? Master Yoda knows these things. His job it is.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: The events leading up Evan Chan's [[NoMoreForMe forswearing]] the consumption of [=SomnaSkol Red=].
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming:

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Possibly deliberately. Whie knows a Jedi will kill him. When he and Anakin ambush each other then realize they're on the same side, Whie hugs him saying, "I'm so glad you're not here to kill me!" A bemused Anakin agrees. In [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith six months]], guess what happens.
* NightmareFuel: The description of the glimpse Dooku gets of what would happen if Yoda ever fell to the Dark Side. It's such a terrifying prospect, [[OhCrap Dooku is horrified he even tried to turn Yoda to the Dark Side]] and realizes if it happened, Sidious would have been a fly in comparison to what an evil version of Yoda would be.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Yoda towards Dooku, which very nearly caused Dooku to have a HeelFaceTurn.
-->'''Yoda:''' When you fall, apprentice, catch you I will.
** After [[spoiler: Maks and Jai]] are killed, Whie is understandably distraught, and lashes out at Yoda, accusing him of being uncaring. Yoda, however, tells him that he's wrong-Yoda has lived for centuries, yes, but that means that he's lived more, loved more, and lost more than Whie could ever understand. He then gives Whie and Scout a speech that perfectly sums up being the AntiNihilist: Maybe there is a greater plan, maybe there isn't, but that's not the point. Being a Jedi is about choosing to live, choosing to love, even in the face of tragedy and despair.
-->"Whie cried for what seemed like a long time. Scout ate. Fidelis served. Master Yoda told stories of [[spoiler: Maks Leem and Jai Maruk]]: tales of their most exciting adventures, of course, but also comical anecdotes from the days when they were only children in the Temple. They drank together, many toasts.\\

Yoda told stories, and ate, and cried, and laughed: and the Padawans saw that life itself was a lightsaber in his hands; even in the face of treachery and death and hopes gone cold, he burned like a candle in the darkness. Like a star shining in the black eternity of space."

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Nearly every time Yoda is characterized in the EU, he's very serious. Here? Not so much. He's much more in line with his portrayal in TheEmpireStrikesBack.

--> '''Yoda:''' "When you fall, apprentice, catch you I will."
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Possibly deliberately. Whie knows a Jedi will kill him. When he and Anakin ambush each other then realize they're on the same side, Whie hugs him saying, "I'm so glad you're not here to kill me!" A bemused Anakin agrees. In [[RevengeOfTheSith six months]], guess what happens.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Nearly every time Yoda is characterized in the EU, he's very serious. Here? Not so much.