Hey guys, so in Star Wars,
We all know that Count Dooku was a Jedi Master far before he turned to the dark side; apprentice to Master Yoda (mmm yasss)
He later went on to be the master of Qui-Gon Jinn who trained
Obi-Wan. At some point during his career as a Jedi Master he felt it was necessary to leave the order and join
The Sith Lord Darth Sidious who we all know is Palpatine. Now, the passage that I'm gonna read is from the labyrinth of evil.
It's a legends novel now and it takes place when Obi-Wan basically asked Master Yoda
Just why Dooku left the order and turned to the dark side. It's a pretty long passage
So I'm gonna stop talking and get to the scene for you. Here we go
"I've heard rumors about Dooku's early fascination with the Dark Side.
Was then not an incident in the temple involving a stolen Sith Holocron?" Yoda squeezed his eyes shut and nodded. "True that rumor is.
But understand, Obi-Wan A Jedi, Dooku was for many many years.
Difficult the decision is to leave the order.
Influenced he was by many things. The death of your former master for one even though
Avenged Qui-Gon was." He glanced at Obi-Wan
"Complicated, this is.
Not merely by what we know, but by what we do not.
What we have to assume..." Yoda stopped then gestured to a carved bench. "Sit for a while.
"Enlighten you,
I can." Obi-Wan sat, his heart wanting to race. "A stern Master Dooku was to Qui-Gon and others."
"Powerful, he was skilled."
"Disdainful. More important, convinced that lowering the Shroud of the Dark Side, he was."
"Signs there were all about us long before the temple."
"You came long before Qui-Gon came gross injustice."
"Favoritism corruption more and more called the Jedi were to enforce the peace."
"More and more deaths there were did the council sense that the Sith had returned never absent they were."
Everyone but stronger suddenly closer to the surface
spoke much of the prophecy Dooku did the prophecy of the Chosen One the larger prophecy that
Unfold the dark times would born into their midst. The Chosen One is to return balance to the Force"
"Anakin" Obi-Wan said. Yoda regarded him for a long moment "difficult to say maybe yes
Maybe no more important
The Shroud of the dark side is many discussions bound together Dooku was with Master Sifo-Dyas"
"Close friends they were but worried about Master Dooku, Sifo was
worried about his disenchantment with the Republic about
Self absorption among the Jedi saw in Dooku the effects of Qui-Gon's death, Yoda shook his head mournfully
knew of Dooku's imminent departure
Master Sifo-Dyas did."
"Sensed he may have the birth of this Separatist Movement and yet the council dismissed Dooku as an idealist"
Obi-Wan said Yoda gazed at the floor "Saw with my own eyes what he had become and
refused to believe it I did but how could dooku could have surged out Sidious or was it the other way around?"
"Impossible to know but accept Sidious as a mentor Dooku did good. Sifo-Dyas have foreseen that as well also
Impossible to know believed he might have that Sidious Dooku would hunt down to destroy
Could that have motivated Dooku to leave the order perhaps?"
But by the power of the dark side, even the most steadfast heart can be seduced
So obviously there's a ton to take away from this long passage
I wanted to include just a paragraph or so, but as I kept reading the book
It was just all too important to just chop out and summarize
So Yoda basically felt and understood that Dooku had left the order because he felt the Jedi were becoming too corrupt in politics
Then it was the death of his pupil Qui-Gon Jinn
And then throughout all of that Sidious was manipulating him to turn to the dark side and become his pawn
Essentially leaving the Separatist Army at his helm
It was basically just one event after the other that dipped Dooku further
Into the path of leaving the Jedi and joining the dark side
I wonder if Dooku would have fully turned and Qui-Gon not died while he was close already to turning
I think it was Qui-Gon's murder what pushed him over the edge and
cemented him further into the dark side way of life even more that and of course Palpatine's brilliant manipulation is on his mind
Dooku was one of my favorites as well his mastery with a lightsaber and his cunning sense of humor during battles was something that I
always enjoyed calm confident experienced and
Battlefield veteran Dooku is one anthology film or at least comic series that I'd really like to see so let me know what you guys
thought of Master Sifo-Dyas and Dooku's relationship
Thanks for watching everyone and I will see you all in the next episode of Star Wars
Theory until then my fellow Jedi and Sith friends,
remember the Force will be with you... always.
"Fulfill your destiny"
-Subtitles By James Moughan-