Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Palpatine was able-bodied to conquer the beetleweed from the shadow throughoutStar Warsthanks in large part to the action of his apprentice , Count Dooku . First introduce inStar Wars : Episode II - Attack of the Clones , played by the late Sir Christopher Lee , Dooku was among the most capable Sith Lords , yet compared to his equal , he ’s been comparatively underserved . However , over the year , his complex history and motivations have been expanded upon and test in various novels , comic books , and most lately , inStar Wars : story of the Jedi . There is still more to learn about him and his significance within the franchise though .
Star war : Episode I - The Phantom Menacefirst stick in the Sith to the canon . They had been in hiding for a millennium since their near experimental extinction in the Jedi - Sith War , surviving in the shadows and concealing their return from the Jedi , mayhap usingdark side powers to obliterate . The Jedi only learned of the Sith ’s beingness when Qui - Gon Jinn encountered Darth Maul on Tatooine , and Dooku was still a Jedi Master at the time . However , Tales of the Jedirevealed he had already fallen to the disconsolate side ; he became Darth Sidious ' official apprentice after Maul ’s plain death . The Sith catch the Jedi all unaware as they had discovered far too of late who was the real Dark Lord pluck the string section behind everything .
The Jedi Believed Dooku Could Have Been The Sith Lord All Along
With Dooku as the Separatist drawing card , he was the perfect tantrum to be the Sith Lord as well . He was the Jedi ’s central enemy , and they believe his dying would stop the war . This deviate any attending from the someone truly responsible , Palpatine . The Jedi had no inclination to believe Palpatine could have been so evil and not simply an ambitious and selfish politician , but they certainly did for Dooku . He was a former Jedi Master , one of the few who left of their own agreement . In fact , Dooku ’s departure nearly caused a schismin the Jedi Order , so entirely they had expectant incentive to consider all the sign .
The Jedi Believed Ventress Was The New Sith Apprentice
The Jedi ’s mindset regarding Dooku extended to fellow dark side characters , Maul and Asaaj Ventress . InDarth Maul : Son of Dathomir , they believed Maul to be Dooku ’s apprentice , and so when Ventress come into play during the Clone Wars , they assume the same about her . In realism , Ventress was simply a dark side assassinator working for Dooku - just as Maul would have been if Palpatine had trained him while his own master , Darth Plagueis , still lived . Ventress give them no reason to conceive she was n’t Dooku ’s true apprentice , and various Jedi denote to her as Sith on several affair . However , despite her allegiance , she was finally disowned on Palpatine ’s orders , which lead her to try revenge on Dooku .
She may be an incredibly popular character , but there ’s niggling chanceVentress could return in canyon . Christie Golden ’s canon novelDark Disciple- based on unmade episodes ofStar war : The Clone Wars- describes her reappearance to the wakeful and desperate sacrifice protecting her buff , Quinlan Voss , from Dooku . By then , the Jedi had get word of Darth Sidious ' macrocosm and thus that Dooku was but the apprentice - Ventress only ever an bravo . However , it was already too late . Palpatine had accrue so much big businessman , helped along by Dooku and Ventress playing their share so convincingly as the Sith ’s public faces and stealing any unwanted attention from him . The corking Sith Lord inStar Warshistory was able to lead on everyone , and pull ahead .
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Count Dooku during Revenge of the Sith and Palpatine executing Order 66
