Count Dooku

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Count Dooku is a male film character who features in Star Wars.

Biography

Count Dooku was a male Force-sensitive human from the planet Serenno who was born a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. It was known that at some point he came to be taken in by the Jedi who trained him to be one of the Jedi Knights where he served as a padawan apprentice under Yoda. After completing his training, he took on his own student with this being Qui-Gon Jinn who went on to become a noted Jedi Master whilst Dooku went to serve on the Jedi Council. At some point, he was noted to had become disillusioned with the Jedi and came to leave their order where he fell under the sway of the Sith Lord Darth Sidious. He came to take Dooku on as his secret apprentice with the Count Serenno taking the name of Darth Tyrannus after the loss of Palpatine's former disciple Darth Maul. In this time, he was set forward to institute his master's secret plans which was rallying many worlds that had become dissatisfied with the ruling government of the Galactic Republic. Under his patronage, these systems came together on the planet Geonosis where they planned to secede from the Republic. Thus, the Confederacy of Independent Systems was formed with Count Dooku becoming a senior figure and orchestrating the elimination of threats such as Senator Padmé Amidala of Naboo. Meanwhile, he also secretly had his fellow Jedi Syfo Dius killed and under his name had the creation of a clone army for the Republic being made by the people of Kamino.

Later on, he came to be secretly responsible for hiring the bounty hunter Jango Fett. The Mandalorian was first chosen to be a template for the clone army on Kamino but was also hired for the task of assassinating Senator Amidala. The initial attempt involving a bombing of her craft as it landed on Coruscant failed and she came under the protection of the Jedi Order.

After formally declaring their movement the Confederacy of Independent Systems, Dooku captured Obi-Wan Kenobi and tried to recruit Obi-Wan to become his apprentice and overthrow Darth Sidious. When Obi-Wan refused, and Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala were captured, Dooku ordered them to be executed.

The execution was prevented when the Jedi leading the Clone Grand Army of the Republic attacked. Dooku escaped and was pursued to his ship by Obi Wan and Anakin. In the battle, Dooku severed Anakin's arm, and dueled with Yoda before escaping and delivering plans for the Death Star created by Separatist scientists to Darth Sidious.

Over the next several years, Dooku led the Separatists against the Republic during the Clone Wars. One of his actions was to recruit a general fighting a civil war on his own planet through force. Dooku had his ship blown up, and had him rebuilt as a cyborg called General Grievous, and blaming the attack on the Jedi.

Dooku then led an attack on Coruscant, sending Grievous to capture Chancellor Palpatine (who was secretly Darth Sidious) as part of a scheme to turn Anakin Skywalker to the Dark Side of the Force. On his command ship, Palpatine told Dooku to kill Obi-Wan and fake the fight with Anakin, and Palpatine himself would in the end assist Dooku, and they'd both turn the young Jedi. In the fight, Dooku knocked Obi Wan unconscious, and followed through with the plan, only to realise that Palpatine was using him when he ordered Anakin to kill him.

At the climax of the Clone Wars, the Separatists came to stage an attack on Coruscant itself with Dooku participating on the onslaught whilst being based on his flagship. During the battle, CIS forces managed to capture Chancellor Palpatine who was taken captive on Dooku's vessel. However, Jedi Knights Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker staged as a rescue attempt where the former was knocked out of the fight. This led to Dooku battling Skywalker where the younger Jedi bested the Count of Serenno whose hands had been cut off. At first, Anakin looked to take Dooku captive but at the insistence of Chancellor Palpatine he was decapitated by Skywalker. Thus, Darth Tyrannus was betrayed by his master who had his sights set on making Skywalker his new apprentice. His body was left behind on the ship that later crashed on the surface of Coruscant where it was destroyed in the process.

Overview

Personality and attributes

Upon becoming Sidous's apprentice, he came to secretly operate under the name of Darth Tyrannus.

Though originally a Jedi, he came to be drawn to the Dark Side of the Force leading to his eventual corruption as he became a Sith Lord. As a Sith, he sought further power and looked to further his master's plans.

Powers and abilities

As a Force-sensitive, Count Dooku had the ability to tap into the energy field that was the Force and achieve a variety of feats.

By tapping into the Dark Side, Tyrannus was able to fire Force Lightning from his finger types at his enemies.

He wielded a red lightsabre with a curved hilt that he wielded as a swordsman.

Originally, Dooku had been a Jedi and came to join the ranks of the Jedi Order. He had attained a level of seniority within its ranks before becoming dissatisfied with the life and abandoning it. Count Dooku then came to secretly join the ranks of the Sith Lords after his fall to the Dark Side.

Notes

• Count Dooku was created by George Lucas and was portrayed by actor Christopher Lee where he featured in the setting of the Star Wars universe.

Alternate Versions

In other media

Television

Films

Video games

• In Star Wars: Battlefront II, Count Dooku appeared as a playable character in the 2017 video game's multiplayer mode where he was voiced by actor Corey Burton.

Appearances

• Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones:
• Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith:
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars:

External Links

• Star Wars Databank Entry
• Wikipedia Entry