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So, went to the dentist. Seems I need a crown and a filling that may turn into a root canal. Yea!

Oh well.

And now...for a special announcement. For those of you who know me as an HP fangirl, don't worry, that's not going to change. What is going to happen over the next few months is a (not so) subtle and understandable shift back to my fandom of origin...the reason I even have internet buddies. No, not Dawson's Creek, but that was a good guess. Yes, kids, I will be talking about Star Wars more and more in the coming months until you will be begging me to be talking about something else. Fear not. The Kelly of old will return, but it will probably take a while.

For those of you who knew me when I was all Star Wars, all the time...I can't wait to get into all those old discussions again. (But this time I'm definitely going in unspoiled-I hope)

For those of you who know me in real life, bless your poor little hearts.

And now, in keeping with the special announcement, I'm going to talk about Labyrinth of Evil, the lead in novel for RotS. I will spare my flist and put it behind a cut.

First of all, let me say, that's one hell of a cliffhanger. Not really in the edge of my seat, excitement way, but more of a, "wow I just read 339 pages and I still have to wait 3 months to see how this pans out" way.

But seriously, on the topic of Dooku's view of the Jedi/the Force...the way Luceno writes his reasoning, I'd probably jump ship and join up with Dooku. Cases in point:

The problem was partly semantic, in that the Jedi Order had seen to it that the dark side of the Force had become equated with evil. But was shade more evil than stark sunlight? Recognizing that the dark side was on the ascendant, the Jedi--in service to the Force--should have known enough to embrace it, to ally themselves with it. After all, it was all a matter of balance, and if the preservation of balance required the dark side to be on top, then so be it. (pages 165-6)
The Jedi accepted as a matter of faith that embracing the dark side meant cutting themselves off from the light, when in fact the dark side opened one to the full range of the Force. There was, after all, only the Force. (page 248)

I don't feel that Dooku is trying to justify his evil actions, I think he truly believes that the only way to really experience the full power of the Force is to give yourself over to it. That's something we've always been lead to believe was totally false. (Yoda himself tells us it's not more powerful, just easier and more seductive.) But if you give yourself over to the dark side, don't you miss/lose all the trappings of the good side? Maybe Dooku is working in greys in what seems to be a black-and-white argument. After all, this is a space western. The good guys wear white hats and the bad guys wear black hats.

/geeky postulating