Dooku: Jedi Lost (Star Wars)

I feel that this was a fine production, but there are things that hamper it. The first is that some voices for big ticket characters are off, especially Dooku. I almost quit it solely because of Dooku's voice. Otherwise, the story is good. I do feel that this doesn't mesh well with Dooku's timing of leaving the Jedi Order. Perhaps I would need it explained to me better, but the story should have done it. I feel that these can be nit picks, but I am also willing to accept a lot in my fiction. Overall, it is fine, and I would not discourage a person from listening. Most people would enjoy it.

It was a good story, but I think the acting and sound effects could have been better. In my opinion, Euan Morton sounded more like Palpatine than Dooku. Corey Burton, who did the voice of Dooku in the Clone Wars series, would have been a better choice.

SPOILER WARNING: Some of my favourite star wars novels have been all about the sith and learning about the motivations for their fall too as well as the sort of actions they took behind the scenes to help create the eventual empire (my favourite books are the Bane series and the Plagueis novel). In Dooku Jedi Lost (audiobook version) we see how Dooku goes from being essentially a dedicated padawan learner at the feet of Master Yoda to eventually a successful Jedi Master of his own. We also see how Dooku learns about his family and his own personal past as well as how his loyalties towards the Jedi and his sister are eventually forced into conflict with one another. Eventually Dooku realizes that he wants to put his family and home-world ahead of the republic and the Jedi Order after it is clear to him that the Jedi and the Republic are unwilling to offer meaningful assistance to his home-world during a time of significant crisis (granted it was self inflicted but I understand why Dooku wanted to step in to try and put a stop to things). Overall I would say it's a good story. However this sort of story is too extreme in terms of how much of a time different / development difference their is between what would be the Clone Wars Dooku (I think) who is an absolute monster who doesn't even have the guts to murder his own sister himself (spoiler warning) and the Dooku that has just left the Jedi to rule his home world. At the end of the audiobook we know why Dooku left the Jedi and the Republic however we know NOTHING about why Dooku turned to the dark side and joined the Sith. That structural choice by the story writer left me disappointed. Overall it's just not as good of an experience as the Darth Bane trilogy or the Darth Plagueis novel.