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In this episode, I will be going over 7 interesting facts you might not know about Count Dooku.
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Number 1: He was part of the Lost 20
The Lost Twenty referred to the group of Jedi Masters, numbering twenty in total, who had
abandoned the Jedi Order throughout its history.
“He was one of the most brilliant Jedi I’ve had the privilege of knowing.”
“I never understood why he quit.”
“Well, one might say, he was always a bit out of step with decisions of the council.”
These were Jedi Master’s who left the order over ideological differences, believing that
the Jedi were wrong.
Count Dooku was the last of these members, leaving the Jedi Order after the death of
his former apprentice Qui-Gon Jinn.
Number 2: His lightsaber emphasized his fighting style
Count Dooku was known for being a very dangerous fighter and extremely talented duelist.
He was a Master of form 2, Makashi, which was known for its elegance and was designed
specifically for lightsaber to lightsaber battle.
This form was all about technique.
Dooku actually designed his lightsaber with a curved hilt, allowing him to perform perfect
lunges, parries and slashes, techniques that were emphasized by Makashi.
Number 3: He really disliked Mace Windu “Master Windu, how pleasant of you to join
us.”
To Count Dooku, Mace Windu was the embodiment of everything he did not like about the Jedi
Order.
Windu held great authority and power on the council, and Dooku blamed him for a series
of political and moral mishaps.
One example of Windu’s pride was when he refused to believe that Darth Maul was a Sith
Lord, because Windu believed that if this were true, the Jedi would have sensed him.
“I do not believe the Sith could have returned without us knowing.”
Number 4: He had at least 5 apprentices (Canon)
Now this number is canon, but in legends it is thought that he had upwards of 7.
Before he turned to the Darkside, Count Dooku had Qui-Gon Jinn as his apprentice.
After turning, he trained General Grievous in the Jedi arts.
“You fool, I’ve been trained in your Jedi arts by Count Dooku.”
He then trained Asajj Ventress during the Clone Wars.
“Your assassin has become very powerful.”
After her, it was Darth Maul’s brother, Savage Oppress who would receive training
from Dooku.
Finally, there was former Jedi Quinlan Vos.
Number 5: He once kidnapped Jabba’s son
As part of an overall goal of gathering as many systems to the side of the Confederacy,
one particular plot was kidnapping Jabba’s son Rotta, to gain the allegiance of the Hutts,
a very powerful family who were central to the galactic crime rings.
Dooku enlisted the help of Rotta’s uncle Ziro to kidnap the infant Hutt and blame the
entire incident of the Jedi, thus putting the Hutts in debt to the Sith.
Unfortunately for Dooku, the plot was eventually foiled by Anakin and Ahsoka.
Number 6: He chose Jango Fett to be the clone template
“I was recruited by a man called Tyranus on one of the moon’s of Bogden.”
“Curious.”
In Canon, the story is pretty boring, Dooku went up to Jango one day and asked him, and
Jango agreed.
In Legends however, Dooku recruited him through a contest to capture or kill Dark Jedi Komari
Vosa, Dooku’s former apprentice in Legends.
The winner would granted 5 million credits in exchange for becoming the template for
the Clone Troopers.
Jango Fett won the contest so Dooku decided to use him.
Number 7: He had two masters
When Dooku was a youngling, he stood out amongst his peers, especially in his abilities with
the Force.
He was then recruited to be an apprentice by Master Yoda.
He would eventually go on to become a Jedi Knight and then Jedi Master.
All of his great abilities and his ambition led him to being recruited by Emperor Palpatine
to lead the separatists against the republic.
It was not until the very end that he realized he was being used as a placeholder apprentice
by Palpatine.
“Dew it!”
And there you have it!
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