Yoda : Dark Rendezvous Yoda : Dark Rendezvous is one of the final novels in the Clone Wars story arc . It was written as a replacement for " Escape from Dagu " . The novel includes a ten - page preview of " Labyrinth of Evil " , along with other novels such as " Shatterpoint " . The book is part of the Clone Wars multimedia project . Publisher ' s summary . As the Clone Wars rage , Jedi Master Yoda must once again face one of his greatest adversaries — Count Dooku … . " The savage Clone Wars have forced the Republic to the edge of collapse . During the height of battle , one Jedi Knight escapes the carnage to deliver a message to Yoda on Coruscant . It appears Dooku wants peace and demands a rendezvous . Chances are slim that the treacherous Count is sincere , but with a million lives at stake , Yoda has no choice . " " The meeting will take place on Vjun , a planet steeped in evil . The challenge could not be more difficult . Can Yoda win back his once promising pupil from the dark side , or will Count Dooku unleash his sinister forces against his former mentor ? Either way , Yoda is sure of one thing : This battle will be one of the fiercest he ' ll ever face . " Plot summary . 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 former Padawan , Count Dooku . In the message , Dooku conceded to Yoda that the conflict had gotten far out of hand . He claimed that what he had begun as a political play to rid the Republic of corruption had turned into a bloodbath and that he was willing to come to a truce . 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 , Yoda decided that even if the meeting at Vjun were a feint , the chance to end the war far outweighed the perils of a trap . In order to cover for this secret meeting , the Jedi contracted a famous actor and Yoda - impersonator , Palleus Chuff to act as a decoy while the real Yoda departed for Vjun . Disguised as Yoda , Chuff left on a very public mission to Ithor . However , upon Chuff ' s arrival at Ithor , his ship was ambushed and destroyed by Asajj Ventress who was seeking to assassinate the Jedi Master . Yoda ' s perceived death was a significant blow to the Republic ' s morale . Meanwhile , Yoda traveled under disguise accompanied by Jedi Masters Jai Maruk and Maks Leem and their Padawans , Scout and Whie . 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 . Both Jai Maruk and Maks Leem fell to the terrible droids and Ventress ' s lightsaber . Yoda , however , managed to divert Ventress ' s 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 Whirry 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 was unfazed , and 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 an orbital missile targeted 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 . Behind the scenes . In chapter 4 , page 88 of the American edition , when Jai Maruk explains why he thinks Tallisibeth Enwandung - Esterhazy ( Scout ) should be sent to the Agricultural Corps , he says , " A Jedi Knight has a different kind of mission , and in the work we do , I think she would be dead in six months . " This foreshadows the Jedi purge in , which takes place exactly six months after the events in this novel . Ironically , though , Scout actually survived the events of Order 66 and went to the planet Mandalore with the ancient Jedi Kina Ha under the care of Mandalorian Kal Skirata in " " . A potential continuity issue arises at the end of the book where Kenobi explains to Skywalker that the first time he met Asajj Ventress , he stole her spaceship from the planet Queyta . This occurs in the " " comic " . " However , Obi - Wan is clearly seen returning from Queyta to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant piloting a Jedi starfighter . One possible explanation is that the starfighter belonged to Ventress ' s former master Ky Narec . Other internal references suggest some uncertainty about chronology . The official timeline places " Yoda : Dark Rendezvous " two and a half years after the battle at Geonosis in and half a year before " Revenge of the Sith " ; however , the character Scout is supposed to have turned thirteen three months prior to the events in " Attack of the Clones " and is repeatedly referred to as being fourteen . Whie Malreaux appears in " Revenge of the Sith " , practicing against Bene under the supervision of Cin Drallig . His dreams in " Yoda : Dark Rendezvous " of being killed by a Jedi and surprised by it despite the forewarning refer specifically to this scene . Throughout most of the novel , Yoda ' s eyes are referred to as green , yet according to " The New Essential Guide to Characters " , they are brown . Cover gallery . This is a gallery of the different cover variations of " Yoda : Dark Rendezvous " .