What if Count Dooku and Mace Windu BOTH Turned to the Dark Side? Let's explore the depths of this scenario in the video.
The Jedi Council is not pleased as Dooku and Mace Windu stand before them. Both Jedi recently finished a mission to Raxulon to investigate the death of Jedi Master Katri. While a success, Dooku greatly overstepped his authority and the council is concerned about this behavior.
Ki-Adi Mundi: We understand the quest for justice is long and difficult, but there are limits one must follow when pursuing it.
Dooku: Yes, yes. I am well aware of the protocol that must be followed, as you have informed me many times.
Yoda: And ignored them, you have. Many times.
Dooku: With all due respect, masters. There was little time to report everything. The longer we waited, the more opportunities the killers would have to cover up their evidence.
Yoda: And what of threatening the senator, Master Dooku?
Mace: Master Dooku acted rashly, I understand. But the blame is not only his.
Yoda: On that, we agree. This behavior, we expected from him. Which is why sent you, we did.
Mace: Are you saying I am to blame for this situation?
Tera Sinube: What we are saying is that there are expectations of how Jedi Masters must behave and that we had expected more from both of you.
Yoda: Dismissed you two are, discuss this situation, the council must.
Both Jedi march away in a huff, neither one saying a word to the other as they head to their quarters to cool off. Mace attempts to meditate, reflect, and understand the Council's decision. But despite his best efforts, he finds no wisdom, only frustration.
He's a Jedi Master, and so is Dooku. Why is it his job to control him? Suddenly, a voice echoes through his head.
Palpatine: A frustrating thing, isn't it? When bureaucracy and protocol take precedence.
Mace opens his eyes and a hooded figure stands before him. He leaps to his feet and draws his lightsaber.
Mace: Who are you? State your business!
Palpatine: Chuckles. Peace, my friend. I am simply here to talk.
Mace: I am in no mood to talk with anyone, especially intruders like you.
Palpatine: Oh? You are barbaric for one who prides himself in fighting for civilization.
Mace: Unless you have information of any relevance, then you have no business wasting my time.
Palpatine: Oh, I do, though it may be information you already know. Larik is far from the only corrupt senator out there. Look into the Senate, and you shall find hundreds more just like him. All stealing from their worlds, selling their people, and betraying the Republic they fought for.
Mace: Is that supposed to entice me? You say what every vagabond and street urchin can tell me.
Palpatine: And yet the Jedi Council turns a blind eye to it. The Jedi have failed you, Mace. They failed Dooku as well. They are blind to their hypocrisy and weakness. But there are ways to change this galaxy for the better for those willing to reach out and take it.
Before Mace can respond, the vision begins to fade, and he finds himself alone in his quarters. Little does he know, Dooku has received similar visions.
To their dismay, the council decides that both Jedi require a break from active duty to cool off and hopefully teach them patience. They will work in the library and train the younglings.
Mace uses this opportunity to try and purge these negative emotions by throwing himself into his work. As he spars with the other masters or trains with the padawans, he allows those negative feelings to flow through him.
It seems to help Mace's mood as he begins to feel better and doesn't receive any more visions for the next few weeks. However, Dooku spends his time in the library. When he's not sorting through the archives, Palpatine discreetly begins sending classified documents that show the Senate's corruption.
Dooku verifies the claims Palpatine sends him int he archives and with his contacts. He sees entire worlds being sold to corporations, cities left to ruin or at the mercy of pirates, and political murder on an unprecedented scale.
He brings many of these issues to the Jedi, begging them to investigate, but they either don't believe him or the bureaucracy and protocol prevent them from launching any meaningful investigation.
Dooku grows increasingly frustrated with the Jedi's inability to do anything. He even warns them that this might be a sign of the coming dark side. But rather than act, they decide to once again wait and see.
Mace hears of this and pulls Dooku aside one day.
Mace: Whatever may come, know that despite our differences I am ready to stand with you.
Dooku: As am I, my friend. But alas, we are at the mercy of the Jedi Council.
Unfortunately, the first encounter with the Sith is with neither Mace nor Dooku, but with the latter's apprentice, Qui-Gon who is slain by Darth Maul.
Shortly after, Dooku mysteriously vanishes from the Order. No one, not even Mace, knows what happened to him. No one takes the blow harder than