if you would join us hey everyone hope you're doing well
today today we're gonna cover another excerpt from the labyrinth of evil which
takes place just before Revenge of the Sith this one covers a pretty
interesting topic well I pretty much say that about every one of my videos but I
mean hey I've tried to choose only interesting topic so I guess that's why
but anyways today's is about Count Dooku and his thoughts on the chosen one
so unlike his former apprentice qui-gon jinn Count Dooku was far more skeptical
even one could argue contemptuous of the prophecy of the chosen one or at least
he was with the notion that Anakin Skywalker was the being that would bring
balance to the force the reason that couldn't be anakin in
Dooku's view at all to do with the life circumstances anakin was born into I'm
gonna explain but first I'm going to read another passage from labyrinth of
evil by James Lozano which in the old EU told the story of Anakin and obi-wan
adventures just prior to the beginning of episode 3 at this particular moment
Count Dooku is reflecting on his disappointment with the Jedi and their
reliance on the chosen one prophecy they waited for the chosen one to be born
mistakenly believing that only he or she would be capable of restoring balance
such was the danger of prophecy it was in - such times that Dooku had been born
placed because of such a strong connection to the force among an order
that had grown complacent self-involved arrogant about the power they wield it
in the name of the Republic turning a blind eye to injustice 'as the Republic
had little interest in eradicating because of profitable deals forged among
those who held the reins of command while midi-chlorians determined to some
degree a Jedi's ability to use the force other inherited characteristics also
played a part notwithstanding the temples best efforts to eradicate them
having hailed from nobility and great wealth Dooku yearned for prestige even
as a youngster he had been obsessed with learning all he could about the Sith and
the dark side of the force he had toed the Jedi line become the
temples most agile sword master and instructor and yet the markings of his
eventual transformation had been there from the start without the Jedi ever
realizing it Dooku had been as disruptive to the
order as would be a young boy raised in slavery on
to wean now one of the things that's interesting about Count Dooku is how
George Lucas purposely created the character to be an older colder more
jaded reflection of Anakin Skywalker as both the count and Skywalker were
prodigies of the force exceptional duelists and amongst the best of their
generation perhaps any plus or the fact that that both fell to the dark side
therefore in many ways they are parallels of each other
so when Dooku says he was just as big a disruption to the Jedi Order as Anakin
it could be that somewhere deep in his own head
Dooku might believe that it's him who is the chosen one and jealousy is what
drives his just small of Skywalker you see when he brings up either
inherited characteristics he doesn't mean Anakin's unusually high
midi-chlorian count though he acknowledges their importance as an
indicator of the strength of a force sensitives connection to the universal
energy other traits are necessary to truly stand out or so Dooku believes and
for the count of Sorrento that extra ingredient is the station in life you
are born into blue blood as they say Dooku's aristocratic heritage to him
makes him superior to a slave from Tatooine now Dooku is wrong of course
the force doesn't discriminate on a beings class based on how much money you
have or where you come from Jedi and Sith have come from all corners of life
in the galaxy Anakin being a prime example of that he
was born into slavery and was the actual chosen one but even though force
sensitives appear from all walks of life there are also powerful force legacies
the most famous example of course being the Skywalker's so not blueblood but
jedi blood heritage does play a factor too that's why Darth Plagueis his
parents were carefully selected now I do wonder what would have come of Dooku and
cities his partnership if Anakin had died in the Clone Wars
if Count Dooku became second-in-command of the Empire and not Vader but of
course Dooku was never meant to go that far with Sidious he was merely just a
tool how would he have planned to aserp his master and do you think he would
have ever made for a better or worse Emperor than Sidious
what does Emperor Dooku look like the Dooku Empire if you will there's an
excerpt about that in The Revenge of the Sith novel on Dooku's plans had he
survived his fight with Anakin which I'm going to get into in another video
it's quite interesting I hope you enjoyed this one and I'll see you guys
in the next one until then remember the force will be with you always