Carving the Republic: The Real Story of Count Dooku was a book for sale in 23 BBY. The work concerned Count Dooku, a Jedi Master who resigned from the Jedi Order and helped found a militant confederacy of planets that wished to secede from the Galactic Republic. Carving the Republic was written by Andevor Javin and, for a time, it was the number one best-selling book, according to the CoCo Town Edition of the HoloNet News.