Christopher Lee’s Count Dooku is such an underrated Star Wars character.

"Dooku was one of the most underutilized and underrated Jedi & Sith" is one of the most accurate sentences said in history

It's so ironic that, despite his awareness, Dooku was utterly manipulated by Palpatine, JUST as the Jedi were.

Dooku is a fantastic character in no small part due to his actor, Sir Christopher Lee. The man was a goddamn legend - his biography reads like an action novel. Fun fact - his curved lightsaber was designed because Lee had arthritis, and the curved hilt was less taxing on his hands.

In the ROTS game, before you duel Dooku, after igniting lightsabers, Dooku says "Just because there are two of you, do not assume you have the advantage" I wish that line was kept in

To me, Dooku fighting Yoda was like Neo fighting all the Agent Smiths. One of the best scenes in the movies.

Dooku was definitely underrated. Probably my fav 'Fallen Jedi', even more than Anakin himself. His reasoning for leaving the order was ironically sound.

Yeah the prequels in theaters was an experience I'll never forget as a kid. I remember when ROTS came out my local theater was showing Episodes 1,2, and 3 back to back. And my family took me and seeing all three like that as a kid was unbelievable. Maul vs. Qui-gon and Obi-Wan, Yoda, vs. Dooku, Yoda vs. Sidious, Anakin being assembled into Vader, all are memories from that day I always think about. Truly an amazing experience.

I'm glad after all these years that we are learning more and more about Count Dooku in canon and legends. And especially with Dave Filoni's short Tales Of The Jedi that he did for Disney+

i get goosebumps when i dive into Dooku lore. its beautiful. i love when his eyes very briefly turn yellow when hes punishing Savage in the clone wars. just great.

The most underrated character in the entire Star Wars universe.

I couldn't agree more. Count Dooku is the most underrated Jedi/Sith, I would go as far to say as the overall most underrated character in all of Star Wars.

It would genuinely be great if George could do an extended cut. Not like the special editions. But polishing things that were mostly there but left on the editing room floor.

Doozy is really an interesting character if you dive deep into his story

I think the Prequel Trilogy was weakened because the position of onscreen antagonist was switched from Darth Maul to Count Dooku to General Grievous; this diluted the impact each antagonist had on the audience, reducing the protagonists' impact as a direct result, as a protagonist's strength is always compared to the antagonist's. (Darth Sidious doesn't count, because he hid his identity as the overall antagonist; George Lucas, sadly, lacked the storytelling skills necessary to make the movies work with such an antagonist.) It would be better if Dooku held the position Darth Vader had in the Original Trilogy- maybe introduce him in 'The Phantom Menace' as Maul's master, training his own Sith Apprentice to help him overthrow Darth Sidious.

Great video man. I'm glad Dooku is getting more recognition because he is one of the most powerful Star Wars characters ever. Also, one thing that you should address is that in the commentary extras of Episode 2 George Lucas says that Dooku was looking for an apprentice to overthrow Palpatine and that is why he tried to recruit Obi Wan. This goes to show that Dooku did have plans to become the main Sith lord. That means that in the 10 year gap between episode 1 and 2 Dooku spent enough time with Sidious in order to realize that Sidious was way too controlling and manipulative for Dooku's taste and that maybe the Sith needed someone much more ambitious and less selfish. Dooku's empire would've been better in my opinion. Sidious sealed his fate the moment he decided to bring Anakin to the dark side, which eventually led to his demise. Dooku would've killed Anakin in order to avoid any unnecessary complications.

I'd be interested in you doing a fanfic about Dooku training Anakin. It'd be a pretty interesting concept. It could go so many ways, them reforming the jedi from within, or leaving the jedi and acting independently, or even falling to the dark side together and eventually overthrowing Palps, then Qui-Gon's ghost guides them back to the light or something.

It would have added more depth to the Prequels if more Jedi had been turned by Palpatine and revealed themselves as Sith at Order 66, it would have been cool!

They did such a bang up job of selling us on Dooku's motivations with just three short episodes recently that I can't help but feel they could have done a better job of selling Anakin's fall with three movies than they did.

At 8:12 to answer your question @Star Wars Theory from my own understanding of both characters in my POV i feel Qui-Gon would be the most preferred Over Dooku in training the young slave Boy Anakin in my opinion Theory, the reason being Dooku as you have said was very pragmatic both in thinking and how he viewed the living force and understood the flaws of the current Jedi BUT he was the type of person that Suffered NO Fools and was not only a stern and strict master, but also one that does not accept excuses only that that the one he is training learns from there mistakes and just does better (similar to that of Drill instructor/Military Parent) and while that is ok for some but I feel this is not necessarily the best fit for a Young 9 Year old who was born into slavery as I feel Anakin would be more reserved and less quick to open up to Dooku, and let us not also mention the fact that Dooku would probably loose patience teaching with a rambunctious 9 y/o anakin! No the only one I can only see in my opinion would be Qui-Gon.

I feel this was always clear, just by the scene with the captured Obi wan and count dooku. Dooku is to the sith what qui gon was to the jedi. Both were more centered and closer to the way of the force than sith and jedi

these videos is so good and FULL of information, and i love them. It's sad that these do not get as many views as the others😞just proves that Star Wars has become mainstream

the Dooku part of Tales of the jedi was one of the best SW ever , RIP Christopher Lee

Such an awesome interview!! This is why you’re the GOAT of KZfaq StarWars. Don’t play into the hatred. Keep up the great work!!!

Disagree here on some of the Jedi viewpoints. It was illustrated in the Clone Wars and even in ESB that Yoda ended up realizing it's important to know of the dark side and ones inner dark self but not make decisions out of that. Qui-Gon was a Jedi that wanted to make the right choices without rules but not without morality. For example like him manipulating the chance cubes to save Anakin. Notice how that's as far as he went and he didn't go as far as kill Sebulba or damage Sebulbas pod or manipulated the race in any way. George having Palpatine say those lines about the Jedi to Anakin is like the devil twisting words to bring distrust and division. And that's what Palpatine wanted to do with Anakin against the Jedi. Sorry theory, but it feels like you're viewpoints align more with Palpatine than Qui-Gon or a moral plane where you can bend the rules but not break ones morality to get what you want. Which is what Anakin did to try and save Padme. The genius of George Lucas is that in a way unlike the OT where he knew he wanted the audience to root for our heroes, in the PT he told his story from the more far detached 3rd person POV... Like a documentary and THAT'S the sign of a good filmmaker. Of course there are moments of heroics to cheer for... And obviously Lucas understands the Jedi are the heroes and Palpatine dialogue is meant to sound seductive and "right". But that's all it is. The devil in the real world speaks through lies that sound truthful. And what that means is lies to manipulate and confuse tragic heroes like Anakin. And unfortunately some in fan base don't use that critical thinking and don't realize that you're falling for Lucas brilliant storytelling and siding more with Sidious. And that right there is the mistake some fans make in their interpretation of the PT. Yes the Jedi became complacent and a bit arrogant but not evil, not wrong in their approach to solving problems. The Jedi way portrayed in the PT is right for an individual Jedi that must follow a warrior code of detachment so that their principles and Mission objectives stay grounded in values and detachment. As well as in the interest of their objectives on missions and the Clone Wars. So to not make anything personal. George learned a lot of this from myths and legends based on samurai, Buddhists, and stories of Templar Knights.

Well it makes sense that he dressed like Dracula since he played Dracula in the hammer horror films

Obi-Wan was more like a big brother , anakin would have repected gin more.

i would love a “What if Count Dooku trained Anakin?” video

It's easily seen why Darth Maul and General Grievous on a surface level why they foreshadow Darth Vader, but it's with Count Dooku you see on a deeper level why the fallen Jedi converted Sith Lord foreshadows Darth Vader's character.

Count Dooku, Plo Kloon, and Luke Skywalker are my top three favorite Jedi. Qui-Gon Jinn, Mace Windu, Ashoka Tano (even though she’s no longer a Jedi), and Yoda round out the rest! Count Dooku has a phenomenal backstory, that I hope gets more screen time with a Dave Filoni writing and directing it!

I loved it when he dookud all over the place

Theory my man! You make some damn great videos!!! Plus this extra bit with Nick! Both of em with 2 sabers!!! That sounds so cool !!! Thanks as always for ALL this great stuff !!! It’s so hard to find joy in Star Wars anymore since most of it isn’t Star Wars. Your stuff feels like the Star Wars I’ve grown with!!!

Would you consider making an “Extended Edition” edit of AotC that incorporates the Dooku eps of tales of the Jedi?

EPIC Duel - "You've interfered in our affairs for the last time.." Count Dooku. "...much to learn, you still have." - Yoda.

Not sure if it’s 100% true, but I also heard that the original fight between Jango Fett and Mace Windu was also a lot more epic, with them throwing punches at each other, and everything going on in the arena was even more hectic. We must see all of these deleted scenes someday. Hours and hours of excitement.😁

7:20 that face when you just hit the blunt

Count and Jin are definitely the two that could have train Anakin that would have change everything for sure but Lucas said nah lol but regardless it would have been really cool to see if Jin had survived his encounter with Maul.

Love this Theory! Dooku is a very interesting character so keep them coming.

You using the same background music on your videos over the last several years has provided my life with the stability it needs!

Thanks I do like learning about the background information of any of the characters. 👍🏼 Have a good night.👏🏼👏🏼

Love these videos. Tales of the jedi gave me a love and understanding for count dooku that I never seen before

Super big fan! Another great video

And I was 27 when I saw this movie and it blew my mind. For me it was a better experience than the originals.

I heard Dooku was supposed to get a 2nd saber because he was starting to get overwhelmed by Yoda and then Dooku (much like Anakin did against him in ep 2 as well) would've pulled out a 2nd lightsaber to try to beat Yoda, but that wouldn't have worked either. Dooku vs Yoda was also supposed to last longer as well. But these are just rumors.

I remember seeing the duel lightsaber scene of Dooku's in theater, and I never found anything online about it, even in SW groups

I love how you say he dressed like count Dracula because he was and starred with Peter Cushing as Van Helsing.

I was in my early 30's back then for the prequel trilogy here in Cranbrook. The original trilogy was when I was a kid in Langley, BC at the long gone twin theater down town that closed down to where Memory Express is now, I think as it have been a long time. Great memories back then. I saw Return of the Jedi in Vernon after we relocated to Armstrong. I hated transfers!

Man, I had no idea about Dooku’s backstory! I need to find a book about him. Thank you Star Wars Theory!

Excellent deep-dive into a fascinating character - I must look out for the novel

Dooku Training Anakin would be a nice What If.

Good, twice the pride double the fall

Exactly that is the content i love your channel for ❤

I remember seeing Yoda fight dooku in theaters as well when I was young. It was so cool

For those who don't know CHRISTOPHER LEE was the OG "DRACULA". DONT BELIEVE ME LOOK IT UP

Funny you mention Count Drackula Theory because Sir Christopher Lee was Drackula in 7 Hammer production films.

Nick Gillard is the best! I don’t understand why he’s not used for every Star Wars project. He is literally the master

Nice video STW ❤

Dooku needed much more screen time and time dedicated torwards his backstory. Unfortunately the prequels started the bad habit that the sequels continued of introducing characters and fleshing them out, outside the film. Magazines, books and kid shows shouldn’t be what starwars used to drive the full plot of characters that eventually get a movie that is why OT was so good. They had no extra content to use as a crutch when the movies didn’t do their share story telling. Star Wars ended up being half-baked stories.

Very cool! Thanks

Just so fucking goated man. Needed so much more story time with Christopher

Darth Plagus is the true back story. If your a Star Wars fan you have to read Daryh Plagus with the rise of Palatine and Maul plus Dooku in the background.

That would have been an interesting idea of the lightsaber blade was manifested by the Force user's strength instead of using a crystal.

It would be cool to see you do a proper Force lineage video -- what did Yoda's master give to Dooku, how did that change for Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, and Anakin. Similarly how did what Sidious learned from Plagueis transmit through Maul, Tyrannus, and Vader. Then finally, Vader -- having been the product of the training of both Yoda and Sidious -- interprets Force skill 👊💀🍻🚬

The Tales of The Jedi Dooku design and voice reminds me of Alan Rickman more than Christopher Lee

When Yoda and Dooku put on some Doom music and just let go. Man, those were the days.

Something just occurred to me. Jocasta Nu really seemed to respect Dooku. What if she was the one who was supposed to have deleted Kamino from the archives?

I like how he called Mace out on his BS

I remember seeing an Attack Of The Clones figure that had a red and a green saber

Dooku has the best saber

Is it possible that grogu might make a lightsaber with the dark saber crystal i don’t think it’s destroyed all the way

My fav character.

I completely agree. Dooku is extremely interesting person. Really rich history,background. His thoughts,ideology. He's completely right. Jedi are peacekeepers. That's all. Not soldiers,not politicians. They are extremely far from it. They were manipulated,cheated. Dooku was right to leave Jedi. They became to political,rigid,dogmatic. There wasn't place for him anymore there. I think Anakin would be pretty good with Dooku and Qui-Gon. They were extremely similar people,had very similar views,thoughts,ideologies. They would be far better teacher than almost everyone at the Temple.Especialy Obi-Wan,Mace and others. Obi-wan tried his best. But was also dogmatic,riggid. Their relationship improved greatly when Anakin became Knight though they bickered often :D But playfuly,brotherly. Dooku is extremely interesting person. The Force will be with you too,always :)

I do remember the heads. Had to move them in a Lego game.

I hope they come out with deleted or unused scene from the Mandalorian If they do then ill be extremely happy b ecause my scenes should be in it.

This deleted scene is on the Blu-ray

The Dookster!! 😮

I was about ten when the prequels came out. I liked it but I remember a lot of people not liking it. However, after seeing Disney's sequel trilogy I think we can all agree that maybe the prequels were not that bad lol.

Duku is one of the few things in the prequels that didn't totally suck (except of course for that name). They should have kept the library scene in and taken out the one where Yoda jumps around like Woody Woodpecker.

Obi-Wan did his best, and he did great. There is no debate in that other than Qui Gon there is no other Jedi that could’ve handled anakin, or would’ve tolerated nearly as much.

When I was a kid, I have not watched Episode 2 when Episode 3 came out in the theater. When me and my family went to see it, I'm confused why Christopher Lee is in the film and then killed off at the beginning. When I get to watch watch Episode 2, I'm surprised that he has little screen time in that film.

Wouldn't the "Lost Twenty" have been the "Lost Nineteen" before Dooku was added? 🤔

Dooku is one of my favorite characters, but there one thing I never understood about him. I get the impression that Dooku, while he respects Obi-wan and definitely Qui-gon, he hates Anakin. Why is that?

RIP Christopher

Want to know something interesting about Christopher Lee he Actually played count Dracula which is cool

Hello luv ur vids!

People saying the prequels are worse then the originals are somewhat right, but with all the additional content it is a really great story. Most people I know that don't like the prequels haven't seen stuff like Clone Wars or read any SW novels and I think they would change their mind if they did.

This was a dope video.

I can not believe they are not using this man instead of the bullshit we have been getting.

Great video

What if Dooku trained Anakin?

Deleted scenes are cool to learn about.

Always been the OG….

Your swords please!

As peace keepers isn't it their responsibility to involve themselves in war though?

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I’m assuming both Anakin and Dooku would have had two lightsabers because anakin brought two with him? And then Dooku takes the one from obi wan… or is he implying that there was another Jedi present who was slain and Dooku took that Saber???!

dooku’s situation was similar to ahsoka or anakin, they were the few jedi that had their eyes open and questioning why the fuck are we doing this, this is not what jedi are supposed to do.

"Do you see the grand error of their ways? They execute the Republic's business as if it were the business of the Force, but has a political body ever succeeded in being the arbiter of what is right and just?" - James Luceno, "Darth Plagueis"

Do you think if the Jedi temple didn’t get destroyed and/or raided they would add a 21st and add anakin? 😅😢

theres a fallen 20?