Spine-wolves

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"I did some research. There are spine-wolves in that forest, Sifo. If I hadn't had been found…"
―Dooku, to Sifo-Dyas when referring to his abandonment by his father — 20?cb=20250116042720 ▶️ (file info)[1]

Spine-wolves were a type of wolf that lived in a forest on the planet Serenno. As an infant, the Serennian Dooku was abandoned in that forest by his father, Gora. Gora contacted the Jedi High Council asking them if they could take his son away, and a Jedi seeker brought Dooku to the Jedi Temple.[1] In 90 BBY,[2] Dooku, who had become a Jedi Initiate, told fellow Initiate Sifo-Dyas of his findings that dangerous spine-wolves lived in that forest. Dooku also speculated that, if Gora had not abandoned him, he could have become much more than a Jedi.[1]

Dooku later recounted the incident to his sister Jenza via holo-letter.[1] Around 23 BBY,[3] Dooku showed his recently-recruited Sith assassin, Asajj Ventress, a holographic data disk detailing his conversation with Sifo-Dyas about the forest and its spine-wolves. After listening to the disk together, he gave her several more holo-letters for Ventress's investigation into Jenza's location.[1]

Behind the scenes

Spine-wolves were first mentioned in a flashback sequence in the audio drama Dooku: Jedi Lost, written by Cavan Scott[1] and published on April 30, 2019.[4] The spelling of spine-wolves was confirmed by the audio drama's script release[5] on October 1 of the same year.[4]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Dooku: Jedi Lost
  2. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates Dooku's first visit to Serenno, which corresponds to the celebration on Serenno, shortly after which Dooku mentions spine-wolves, according to Dooku: Jedi Lost, to 90 BBY.
  3. ↑ Dooku: Jedi Lost establishes that Asajj Ventress has recently been recruited by Dooku. Star Wars: Timelines dates Ventress' recruitment by Dooku to 23 BBY, therefore placing the present day events of Dooku: Jedi Lost to around 23 BBY.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 PenguinRandomHouse-Logo Dooku: Jedi Lost (Star Wars) on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link)
  5. ↑ Dooku: Jedi Lost script
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