вЂњ is also a time of galactic expansion in the Outer Rim,вЂќ Lucasfilm vice president of franchise content and strategy James Waugh explained in a press release. вЂњWhen the Jedi are good and noble, and we want to reflect that in their characters while still giving them enough depth and dimension so that their individual personalities and idiosyncrasies shine through.вЂќ вЂњThis is a hopeful, optimistic time,вЂќ Lucasfilm publishing director Michael Siglain told. The team of storytellers who will explore this era includes Charles Soule, Claudia Gray, Justina Ireland, Cavan Scott, and Daniel Jose Older. 5, is set a couple of hundred years before The Phantom Menace. The High Republic line of books and comics, which will debut on Jan. Stronger, more in tune with the Force, and more assured than weвЂ™ve ever seen them before, the Jedi of the High Republic era are what Jedi are supposed to be. Only now is Star Wars canon officially designating an era where the Jedi are at the height of their powers. Our best look at the Jedi Order of old is in the Prequel Trilogy, but it quickly becomes clear that those movies are about the fall of the Jedi and not a golden age for the heroes of the light side. In the Original Trilogy, the Jedi had already been driven to the brink of extinction, while the Sequel Trilogy showed how Luke Skywalker had failed to train a new generation of Knights. So, assuming he had no ulterior motives, Vectivus wanted to sacrifice himself to save lives, showed Nelani an exit even when she refused to kill him, and tried to warn her against her imminent demise (which she unfortunately ignores).Star Wars never truly showed the heyday of the Jedi in the movies.

Vectivus mocks Nelani's inability to take a life other than her own for the greater good, but illuminates a tunnel for her to leave through and warns her against interfering in upcoming events. She refuses, but it turns out Vectivus's spirit was connected to Lumiya's life, and had Nelani slain him, Jacen may never have fallen. Later in the same book, Vectivus's spirit attempts to persuade Jedi Nelani Dinn to kill him, stating it would save many lives. Lumiya claims he died peacefully, 'surrounded by friends and family'.

If her words are true, Vectivus was a shrewd but fair businessman who retained his morals even after taking the mantle of Sith Lord. In the legends Legacy of the Force series, Dark Lady Lumiya relates the tale of Darth Vectivus to Jacen Solo in an attempt to convince him that not all Sith are evil. Plus, in the legends-timeline novel Yoda: Dark Rendezvous, Dooku's former mentor almost manages to bring him back to the light.ДЄppears in: Betrayal (first book in Legacy of the Force) Unlike most Sith apprentices, he doesn't turn on Palpatine (in fact, Palpatine betrays him), he legitimately warns Obi-Wan in Episode 2 that Sith control the Republic, and in the Clone Wars animated episode 'Dooku Captured', he attempts to inform Anakin and Obi-Wan of their Weequay allies' upcoming treachery. Prideful and cunning, Dooku certainly isn't without his faults, but he's trying to achieve a good end with questionable means. Honestly, it's hard to blame him-wouldn't learning the Chancellor's true identity make any Jedi question his allegiance?

He eventually turns dark, but even this was an act he deemed necessary to split away from a failing government.

Count DookuДЄppears in: Episode 2: Attack of the Clones, Episode 3: Revenge of the SithД¬ount Dooku, or Darth Tyranus, long served the Order as a Jedi Master and was even trained by Yoda himself. Count Dooku with his curved lightsaber 7.

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