Lit Dooku Novel: Should James Luceno Write One?

I'm kinda cynical and apathetic toward the idea at this point. I'm especially soured on Luceno doing it, especially if it's going to be anything near equivalent to the biographical Plagueis.

I just think Luceno has had his hands tied way too much. His writing of Plagueis was long delayed and even cancelled, because Palpatine's background and Plagueis himself were sacred and sorta untouchable.

As a disclaimer, I haven't read Tarkin, and from the comments I've heard I don't want to. Again, I think his hands were a bit tied.

Look, continuity is Luceno's thing, and with Legends continuity gone, I don't think he's really allowed to do his thing anymore, so his value as a writer has diminished. I just don't see the point in giving him the go ahead with one hand and holding him back with the other.

What I'm getting at is...

It's all Filoni's fault, he's jealous, he's holding him back!

 

Pooh, at least have faith in the Story Group. Tarkin is pretty good. It might enlightened you somehow. Imagine Teller (a character from the novel if mentioned in the comments about the novel) as a rebellious Han, not scoundrelly Han, or the face of him as Star-Lord gone Rogue.

 

Wrong...............this is the wrong comment to post. Luceno would make a good Dooku novel, and his other "Legends" work is amazing, this includes the Tarkin which is part of new canon. That was a good novel and if you don't read it then you shouldnt post anyting cause you got nothing to offer. Filoni didn't hold anyone back....You know GL made the stuff and can regulate as he saw fit when he had the property, Filoni was just a lackey, now GL sold it to Disney and they can do what they want. So no one held anyone back and everyone knows what they are getting in too.

 

You are wrong and have brought great shame upon your family.

 

Stover does not do pulp action romps well- see Mindor. Gallandro would not suit him. Give Gallandro to JJM, and let Stover do a metaphysical thinking book with a better character- WARU

 

It's Luceno, he'll reference anything and everything if there's even the slightest reason for it.
And I don't care how much you don't like her, it would have been ridiculous for there not to be a single mention of her in the book considering that the focus is on Tarkin and Vader's relationship.

 

Pulp action romps are exactly what Stover does well. Do you even Caine?

 

I'm wondering this: before Luceno got the Tarkin idea from the story group, he got an idea to make a Palpatine novel between A New Hope and Empire.
Could that the Palpatine novel idea happen in the future?

 

Anything could happen, but even if let us better not have Luceno write it. As he has clearly given up, seeing how Tarkin turned out.

 

I actually thought his Kingdom of the Crystal Skull novelization was good.

 

There's a Yes Minister line now begging to be quoted in response!

 

One thing I wish Lucas had done was tell the actors how Dooku's name is pronounced. He always said, "DOE-koo," but he let everyone mispronounce it as "doo-koo." Lol. Ridiculous.

 

Han Solo, Haun Solo from the OT.

 

That's somewhat different. The original Japanese word Dooku is supposed to be pronounced "DOE-koo." Plus, it sounds better that way. It means "poison."

 

Just saying that it is a part of the Saga. And Poe Dameron will probably be in the same boat.

 

I think Lucas pronounces all characters/aliens and planets differently to everyone else

ge-o-NOSH-e-ans anyone?

 

As a huge Luceno fan I'd love to see him give us insight on Dooku in a novel. Having said that I don't know if i would like his Dooku. Luceno tends to paint his characters pretty black. Maybe someone like Tim Lebbon who wrote the DOTJ novel. He did a fantastic job of creating a great picture of pre-jedi force users. These Jedaii rode a pretty balanced gray line with the force as did Dooku until his eventful complete fall to the dark.

 

It would be interesting to see someone who could paint him as fairly morally ambiguous before his fall.

 

He also should have spelled it Doku.

 

I'd rather Luceno write a Palpatine novel that continues the story from Tarkin

 

Probably the Palpatine novel that Luceno said he planned to pitch to the story group before the Tarkin idea that takes place between A New Hope and Empire could intertwine with this one.

 

That would be very interesting.

 

I, Sheev - soon coming to a bookstore near you.