History Literature / DarkRendezvous

Another Padawan, BornWinner Whie Malreaux, also comes with his Master. The Count's holed up in his family home, and a Malreaux family droid want him back.

Another Padawan, BornWinner Whie Malreaux, also comes with his Master. The Count's holed up in his family home, and a pair of Malreaux family droids want him back.

* AllThereInThe Manual: Supplementary material divulged that Scout was close friends with [[TheCloneWars Ahsoka]], [[AlphaBitch Hanna]] was actually terrified she'd die on the battlefield and lashed out at Scout in an attempt to cover for it and Whie is actually the young boy that [[spoiler:Anakin is seen killing in the holo recorder during "Revenge Of The Sith"]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Common in prequel-era books. Obi-Wan knows Anakin has someone back on Coruscant and covers for him, though he knows Anakin won't thank him for it later. Dooku's housekeeper Whirry offhandedly foresees Dooku's demise as "death from a high place" and "the easy destruction of a faithful servant", which is mentioned again by Ventress when she tells the Count that Sidious will kill him when he's not useful anymore. Master Maruk, saddled with Scout as a Padawan, thinks that she's incredibly brave and determined but will probably be dead in six months - the book is set exactly six months before RevengeOfTheSith.

* BadassGrandpa: Dooku and Yoda, full stop.
** Dooku not only holds his own against Yoda but brings [[HeroKiller Ventress]] to her knees by ''lifting one finger''. Yoda lays waste to Ventress's droids, uses the Force to seal a hole against the vacuum of space, and drives Dooku to retreat in their final duel.

* HannibalLecture: Yoda and Count Dooku get ''duelling'' Hannibal Lectures that also serve as each other's ShutUpHannibal. And it is ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome]].''

* PsychicDreamsForEveryone: Well, for Whie Malreaux, anyway. They're described as NightmareFuel - while he's dreaming, he's stuck in his future-self's head, and says it's like being buried alive in his own body. Sometimes the panic is strong enough to wake him up.

* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Dooku seriously contemplates turning back to the Light and Yoda makes a serious effort to convince him to do so. [[SarcasmMod Spoiler-]] he doesn't.

* ProphecyTwist: Whie knows he'll be killed by a Jedi, and that he'll be surprised. He thinks this means that he'll go to the Dark Side and someone he knows will kill him. Really he gets killed by Anakin Skywalker in the Jedi Temple.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Vjun seems to specialize in these. The Chateau Malreaux, built on the shore of the River Weeping, which flows into the Bay of Tears? [[SarcasmMode Best vacation spot EVER!]]

* {{Jerkass}}: Darth Sidious, [[BeyondTheImpossible more than usual]]. Jai Maruk, Mace Windu, and Padawan Hanna to a lesser extent.

* {{Jerkass}}: Darth Sidious, more than usual. Jai Maruk, Mace Windu, and Padawan Hanna to a lesser extent.

* Jerkass: Darth Sidious, more than usual. Jai Maruk, Mace Windu, and Padawan Hanna to a lesser extent.

* Jerkass: Darth Sidious, more than usual. Jai Maruk to a lesser extent.

* BadBoss: Darth Sidious embodies this trope, in a spectacular combination of MeanBoss, Jerkass, and ForTheEvulz, as he plays sadistic and cloying mind games with Dooku throughout the novel.

* BadBoss: Darth Sidious in a spectacular combination of Jerkass, MeanBoss, and ForTheEvulz employs a range of sadistic taunts and mindgames against Dooku throughout the novel.

* BadBoss: Darth Sidious in a spectacular combination of [[Jerkass]], MeanBoss, and ForTheEvulz employs a range of sadistic taunts and mindgames against Dooku throughout the novel.

* BadBoss: Darth Sidious in a spectacular combination of Jerkass, MeanBoss, and ForTheEvulz employs a range of sadistic taunts and mindgames against Dooku throughout the novel.

* BadBoss: Darth Sidious in a spectacular combination of [[Jerkass]], [[MeanBoss]], and [[ForTheEvulz]] employs a range of sadistic taunts and mindgames against Dooku throughout the novel.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Common in prequel-era books. Obi-Wan knows Anakin has someone back on Coruscant and covers for him, though he knows Anakin won't thank him for it later. Ventress tells the Count that Sidious will kill him when he's not useful anymore. Master Maruk, saddled with Scout as a Padawan, thinks that she's incredibly brave and determined but will probably be dead in six months - the book is set exactly six months before RevengeOfTheSith.

* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: The premise of the novel. Dooku has set a trap for Yoda under the pretense that he wants to [[HeelFaceTurn return to the Light Side]], or is at least willing to negotiate. Yoda knows its a trap but goes in the hope that he can turn him anyway, since as [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Qui-Gon]] puts it "He thinks he's lying" and really ''does'' sort of regret becoming an evil Sith Lord. Of course, Dooku knows that Yoda will know its a trap and knows that Yoda only comes because he wants to turn him, and in turn Dooku wants to turn Yoda to the ''Dark'' Side and possibly justify himself to his old master, since he secretly sort-of knows that he really does want to turn back to the good guys....SoYeah, that about sums it up.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Thanks to nudging from Palpatine, Anakin and Obi-Wan go to try and help Yoda. Count Dooku learns of this while in the middle of deciding which Master he should ultimately follow, knowing that Sidious will discard him eventually and Yoda will forgive, and when he finds out he and Yoda stop debating and start fighting.