Count Dooku
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Count Dooku is a fictional character from the Star Wars
universe
. Dooku is one of the main antagonists of both Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
and the events of the Clone Wars
and is a supporting villain in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
. Count Dooku plays a substantial role in the "Expanded Universe
" of novels, comic books, and video games. In his television and video game appearances, Count Dooku is portrayed by voice actor Corey Burton
. In all of his film appearances, which consists of the prequel films and Star Wars: The Clone Wars
, he is played by Christopher Lee
.
Although he was a respected Jedi Master
, Dooku became disillusioned with the Jedi Council and became one of the "Lost Twenty" Jedi to leave the Order. In between Episodes I and II, Dooku falls to the dark side
of the Force
, at which time he is initiated into the ways of the Sith
by Darth Sidious
, who bestows upon his new pupil the title of Darth Tyranus.
Tyranus leads the Separatists in the Clone Wars
, which in turn lead to the destruction of many worlds throughout the galaxy
. During the Clone Wars he trains General Grievous
, leader of the Droid Armies, and Asajj Ventress
, his personal assassin. In Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Darth Tyranus is betrayed by Sidious, who replaces him with his third apprentice, Darth Vader
.
). He is also the leader of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, a federation of planetary systems rebelling against the Galactic Republic
. Dooku claims to be angered by the bureaucracy
of the Galactic Senate, as well as the apparent unwillingness of the Jedi Council
to aid oppressed galactic systems.
Dooku captures Obi-Wan Kenobi
(Ewan McGregor
) on Geonosis and informs Kenobi that he is attempting to save the Republic from the influence of a Sith Lord named Darth Sidious who he claims betrayed the Viceroy
of the Trade Federation, Nute Gunray
, during the events of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
. Dooku also states that he was saddened by the loss of Kenobi's former master and Dooku's former apprentice, Qui-Gon Jinn
(Liam Neeson
). Kenobi refuses to join Dooku, who promptly sentences him to be executed
.
An army of clone trooper
s and Jedi rescue Kenobi, along with Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen
) and Padme Amidala
(Natalie Portman
). Anakin and Kenobi chase Dooku and engage him in a lightsaber
duel in which Kenobi is incapacitated and Anakin loses his right arm. Yoda
(voiced by Frank Oz
), Dooku's former master, arrives to save them. Yoda fights Dooku to a stalemate, and Dooku distracts him by trying to make a large pillar fall on the two Jedi. Dooku then escapes from Geonosis as Yoda is distracted. Dooku returns to Coruscant
and delivers to Sidious the blueprints for the Geonosian-designed Death Star
and informs his master their plan is working; "The war has begun".
and is the main antagonist of the series. During the series, he leads the Separatists in attacks upon the Republic. He also sends Dark Jedi
Asajj Ventress
(Grey DeLisle
) on a mission to kill Anakin Skywalker — Sidious' ploy to test the young Jedi's worth as an apprentice — and trains General Grievous
in lightsaber combat. In the series' final episode, he orchestrates an attack on the planet Coruscant
in which Grievous kidnaps Palpatine, setting the stage for Revenge of the Sith. Dooku is also one of the main antagonists in the television adaption of the movie Star Wars: The Clone Wars
.
's (Matthew Wood) flagship. Grievous escapes, but they encounter Dooku while freeing Palpatine.
The film's novelization
states Sidious and Dooku intend to turn Anakin to the dark side. Dooku intends to appoint him as head of a new Sith Army. Dooku and Sidious seek to eliminate Obi-Wan Kenobi, who has a steadying influence on Anakin. Sidious promises him the operation will result in the destruction of the Jedi and the Republic, to be replaced by the Galactic Empire
.
In the ensuing duel Kenobi is incapacitated, leaving Anakin and Dooku to fight alone. During their one-on-one duel, Dooku taunts Anakin, calling on him to use his fear, hatred and anger. However, with Palpatine's encouragement, Anakin channels his hatred of Dooku and taps into the dark side to overpower him, severing both Dooku's hands and leaving him helpless. Palpatine then orders Anakin to kill Dooku; after a moment's hesitation, Anakin decapitates Dooku in cold blood.
The novelization depicts this scene from Dooku's point of view, in which he realizes that Sidious had been using him as a means to engineer the Clone Wars, and as a placeholder for the true apprentice, Anakin Skywalker.
(Kevin Michael Richardson
) into the folds of the Confederacy, Count Dooku enlisted Jabba's uncle Ziro to kidnap Jabba's son Rotta. After Ziro's agents deliver the Huttlet to the planet Teth, Dooku contacts Ziro again to arrange for Asajj Ventress
(Nika Futterman
) to take custody of Rotta. Jabba requests Jedi assistance to rescue his son, and Dooku plans for Ventress to frame Anakin (Matt Lanter
) for the crime. The plot fails.
Malevolence. He then sends Ventress to free Gunray. He also tests Grievous by sending Kit Fisto and his padawan to fight Grievous.
In "Dooku Captured", he is imprisoned by pirates, but escapes in the following episode along with Kenobi and Anakin. After that, he orders one of his generals to destroy a colony with a new weapon but fails. In "Liberty on Ryloth", Dooku orders his servant, Wat Tambor, leader of the Techno Union, to retreat after learning of the arrival of Mace Windu
. However, he does not evacuate in time and Dooku orders the droids to destroy his base, though the attempt fails.
During the Clone Wars, Dooku and the Confederacy officially back the Death Watch, a group of Mandalorian
terrorists whose goal is to bring down the government of the pacifist
New Mandalorians. Dooku urges the leader of the Death Watch, Governor Pre Vizsla of Concordia, to give the Galactic Republic a reason to send a military presence to Mandalore, which Dooku believes will inspire the inhabitants of Mandalore to start a revolution, spearheaded by the Death Watch movement.
However, his plan falls through. Duchess Satine Kryze of Mandalore presents her case to the Galactic Senate, urging them to hold off a military force, despite the attempts of a Death Watch assassin, sent by Dooku and Vizsla, to silence her. Dooku orders Vizsla and his men to hold off the attack force, claiming he has further plans for them.
In the following story arc, Dooku is ordered to prove his loyalty to Darth Sidious by killing his own assassin, Ventress, whom Sidious fears has grown too powerful to control. Dooku follows his orders, albeit reluctantly. However, unknown to him Ventress survives and swears revenge on her former master. Enlisting the aid of the Nightsisters, a coven of force-sensitive witches on Dathomir, (of whom she had originally come from), she tries to kill Dooku. Failing this, she instead takes part in a plan to have her replacement apprentice, Savage Opress, as her own secret weapon against him, with the plan leading to Dooku beginning to train Opress in the ways of the Dark Side of the Force in order to be a more effective weapon against Dooku when the time came to spring the trap. However, both Ventress and Opress, who turns on Ventress during the battle, fail to kill Dooku, and are forced into retreat.
series, set during the Clone Wars, Dooku trains multiple Dark Jedi
apprentices, most of whom he uses as minions. His apprentices include Ventress, Tol Skorr and, most notably, renegade Jedi Quinlan Vos, who initially intends to infiltrate the Separatists as a spy for the Jedi Council, but instead nearly falls to the dark side.
's Legacy of the Jedi
, he is first tempted by the dark side of the Force
as a child, when he and fellow Padawan Lorian Nod steal an ancient Sith Holocron from the Jedi Archives, and he informs his friend to stay in the Order; he is intrigued by the Sith's open embrace of power, and realizes that he is just as capable of treachery as they are. Years later, he encounters (and eventually kills) Nod.
's Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
, he attempts to trap his former Master by offering to negotiate an end to the war. In the novel it is revealed that Dooku always resented his parents for "giving him away" to the Jedi Order.
's Labyrinth of Evil
, he engineers General Grievous' transformation into the Separatists' cyborg
commander, and trains him in lightsaber combat. He then schemes with Sidious to invade Coruscant — thus setting the stage for Revenge of the Sith — in what he believes to be a plot to kill Obi-Wan Kenobi and initiate Anakin Skywalker into the Sith.
Star Wars
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universe
Fictional universe
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. Dooku is one of the main antagonists of both Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones is a 2002 American epic space opera film directed by George Lucas and written by Lucas and Jonathan Hales. It is the fifth film to be released in the Star Wars saga and the second in terms of the series' internal chronology...
and the events of the Clone Wars
Clone Wars (Star Wars)
The Clone Wars are a series of fictional intragalactic battles in George Lucas's science fiction saga Star Wars. The conflict is first mentioned in the film Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope , but no details are given , and the wars themselves are not featured until the series' fifth and sixth...
and is a supporting villain in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is a 2005 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. It is the sixth and final film released in the Star Wars saga and the third in terms of the series' internal chronology....
. Count Dooku plays a substantial role in the "Expanded Universe
Star Wars Expanded Universe
The Star Wars Expanded Universe encompasses all of the officially licensed, fictional background of the Star Wars universe, outside of the six feature films produced by George Lucas. The expanded universe includes books, comic books, video games, spin-off films like Star Wars: The Clone Wars,...
" of novels, comic books, and video games. In his television and video game appearances, Count Dooku is portrayed by voice actor Corey Burton
Corey Burton
Corey Burton is an American voice actor, perhaps best known as Count Dooku, Ziro the Hutt and Cad Bane in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Brainiac in the DC animated universe and Spike Witwicky and Shockwave in the Transformers universe...
. In all of his film appearances, which consists of the prequel films and Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a 2008 CGI animated science fiction/action film that takes place within the Star Wars saga, leading into the TV series of the same name. The film is set in the same time period as the 2003 Clone Wars television series...
, he is played by Christopher Lee
Christopher Lee
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.
Although he was a respected Jedi Master
Jedi
The Jedi are characters in the Star Wars universe and the series's main protagonists. The Jedi use a power called the Force and weapons called lightsabers, which emit a controlled energy flow in the shape of a sword, in order to serve and protect the Republic and the galaxy at large from conflict...
, Dooku became disillusioned with the Jedi Council and became one of the "Lost Twenty" Jedi to leave the Order. In between Episodes I and II, Dooku falls to the dark side
Dark side (Star Wars)
The dark side of the Force is a prominent moral, philosophical, and psychic concept in the Star Wars universe. It is introduced in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, and appears in all subsequent Star Wars fiction...
of the Force
Force (Star Wars)
The Force is a binding, metaphysical and ubiquitous power in the fictional universe of the Star Wars galaxy created by George Lucas. Mentioned in the first film in the series, it is integral to all subsequent incarnations of Star Wars, including the expanded universe of comic books, novels, and...
, at which time he is initiated into the ways of the Sith
Sith
-Sith:The Sith is a name applied to certain characters in the Star Wars universe. In the films they are the central antagonists. They are capable of using the dark side of the Force.-The Invention of the Sith:...
by Darth Sidious
Palpatine
Palpatine is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the Star Wars saga, portrayed by Ian McDiarmid in the feature films.Palpatine first appeared as the unnamed Emperor of the Galactic Empire in the 1980 film Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back...
, who bestows upon his new pupil the title of Darth Tyranus.
Tyranus leads the Separatists in the Clone Wars
Clone Wars (Star Wars)
The Clone Wars are a series of fictional intragalactic battles in George Lucas's science fiction saga Star Wars. The conflict is first mentioned in the film Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope , but no details are given , and the wars themselves are not featured until the series' fifth and sixth...
, which in turn lead to the destruction of many worlds throughout the galaxy
Star Wars Galaxy
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. During the Clone Wars he trains General Grievous
General Grievous
General Grievous is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe, an antagonist in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. He was voiced by Matthew Wood...
, leader of the Droid Armies, and Asajj Ventress
Asajj Ventress
Asajj Ventress is a fictional character from the Star Wars Expanded Universe. She is best known for her appearances in the Star Wars: Clone Wars animated series, in which she is played by voice-actress Grey DeLisle and serves as Anakin Skywalker's arch nemesis during the first season...
, his personal assassin. In Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Darth Tyranus is betrayed by Sidious, who replaces him with his third apprentice, Darth Vader
Darth Vader
Darth Vader is a central character in the Star Wars saga, appearing as one of the main antagonists in the original trilogy and as the main protagonist in the prequel trilogy....
.
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Dooku first appears in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones as the Sith apprentice of Darth Sidious (Ian McDiarmidIan McDiarmid
Ian McDiarmid is a Scottish theatre actor and director, who has also made sporadic appearances on film and television.McDiarmid has had a successful career in theatre; he has been cast in many plays, while occasionally directing others and although he has appeared mostly in theatrical productions,...
). He is also the leader of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, a federation of planetary systems rebelling against the Galactic Republic
Galactic Republic (Star Wars)
The Galactic Republic is the name of the interplanetary State used in the fictional Star Wars universe prior to the establishment of the Galactic Empire. The form of this government, created by the Senate, was introduced in the Prequel Trilogy. By the time of the original Star Wars trilogy, it is...
. Dooku claims to be angered by the bureaucracy
Bureaucracy
A bureaucracy is an organization of non-elected officials of a governmental or organization who implement the rules, laws, and functions of their institution, and are occasionally characterized by officialism and red tape.-Weberian bureaucracy:...
of the Galactic Senate, as well as the apparent unwillingness of the Jedi Council
Jedi Council
The Jedi High Council is a fictional institution from the Star Wars film series. The Jedi Council are the strongest members of the Jedi Order, and are elected to lead the Jedi.-History:...
to aid oppressed galactic systems.
Dooku captures Obi-Wan Kenobi
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Obi-Wan Kenobi is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. He is one of several primary characters in the Star Wars series. Along with Darth Vader, R2-D2, and C-3PO, he is one of the few major characters to appear in all six Star Wars films...
(Ewan McGregor
Ewan McGregor
Ewan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish actor. He has had success in mainstream, indie, and art house films. McGregor is perhaps best known for his roles as heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama Trainspotting , young Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy , and poet Christian in the...
) on Geonosis and informs Kenobi that he is attempting to save the Republic from the influence of a Sith Lord named Darth Sidious who he claims betrayed the Viceroy
Viceroy
A viceroy is a royal official who runs a country, colony, or province in the name of and as representative of the monarch. The term derives from the Latin prefix vice-, meaning "in the place of" and the French word roi, meaning king. A viceroy's province or larger territory is called a viceroyalty...
of the Trade Federation, Nute Gunray
Nute Gunray
Nute Gunray is a fictional character and supporting villain from the Star Wars universe, played by Silas Carson in the films. Besides Palpatine , he is the only villain to appear in all three episodes of the prequel trilogy....
, during the events of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace is a 1999 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. It is the fourth film to be released in the Star Wars saga, as the first of a three-part prequel to the original Star Wars trilogy, as well as the first film in the saga in terms...
. Dooku also states that he was saddened by the loss of Kenobi's former master and Dooku's former apprentice, Qui-Gon Jinn
Qui-Gon Jinn
Qui-Gon Jinn is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe, and a main protagonist of the 1999 film Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, portrayed by Liam Neeson. He also appears in the Star Wars Expanded Universe of comic books, video games, and novels...
(Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson
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). Kenobi refuses to join Dooku, who promptly sentences him to be executed
Death Sentence
Death Sentence is a short story by the American science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the November 1943 issue of Astounding Science Fiction and reprinted in the 1972 collection The Early Asimov.-Plot summary:...
.
An army of clone trooper
Clone trooper
The clone troopers of the Army of the Republic are soldiers in the fictional Star Wars universe, cloned from Jango Fett, a Mandalorian bounty hunter. They first appeared in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, and returned in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith where they were played...
s and Jedi rescue Kenobi, along with Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen
Hayden Christensen
Hayden Christensen is a Canadian actor. He appeared in Canadian television programs when he was young, then diversified into American television in the late 1990s. He moved on to minor acting roles before being praised for his role of Sam in Life as a House, for which he was nominated for a Golden...
) and Padme Amidala
Padmé Amidala
Padmé Amidala is a fictional character in the Star Wars science fiction franchise. She first appeared on film in the 1999 feature film, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, as the young queen of the planet Naboo. In subsequent prequel trilogy films, Padmé represents Naboo in the Galactic Senate...
(Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman
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). Anakin and Kenobi chase Dooku and engage him in a lightsaber
Lightsaber
A lightsaber is a fictional weapon in the Star Wars universe, a "laser sword." It consists of a polished metal hilt which projects a blade of light about 1.33 metres long. The lightsaber is the signature weapon of the Jedi order and their Sith counterparts, both of whom can use them for close...
duel in which Kenobi is incapacitated and Anakin loses his right arm. Yoda
Yoda
Yoda is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe, appearing in the second and third original films, as well as all three prequel trilogy films. A renowned Jedi master, Yoda made his first on-screen appearance in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back where he is responsible for...
(voiced by Frank Oz
Frank Oz
Frank Oz is a British-born American film director, actor, voice actor and puppeteer who is known for creating and performing the characters Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear in The Muppet Show, Cookie Monster, Bert and Grover in Sesame Street, and for directing films, including the 1986 Little Shop of...
), Dooku's former master, arrives to save them. Yoda fights Dooku to a stalemate, and Dooku distracts him by trying to make a large pillar fall on the two Jedi. Dooku then escapes from Geonosis as Yoda is distracted. Dooku returns to Coruscant
Coruscant
Coruscant is a planet in the fictional Star Wars universe. It first appeared onscreen in the 1997 Special Edition of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, but was first mentioned in Timothy Zahn's 1991 novel Heir to the Empire...
and delivers to Sidious the blueprints for the Geonosian-designed Death Star
Death Star
The Death Star is a fictional moon-sized space station and superweapon appearing in the Star Wars movies and expanded universe. It is capable of destroying a planet with a single destructive super charged energy beam.-Origin and design:...
and informs his master their plan is working; "The war has begun".
Clone Wars series
In the animated series Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003–2005), Dooku is portrayed by voice actor Corey BurtonCorey Burton
Corey Burton is an American voice actor, perhaps best known as Count Dooku, Ziro the Hutt and Cad Bane in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Brainiac in the DC animated universe and Spike Witwicky and Shockwave in the Transformers universe...
and is the main antagonist of the series. During the series, he leads the Separatists in attacks upon the Republic. He also sends Dark Jedi
Dark Jedi
Dark Jedi is the name given in the Star Wars universe to fictional characters attuned to the Force and adept in its dark side. They exist by that name only in the Expanded Universe, including video games such as Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and the Jedi Knight series; the term is never...
Asajj Ventress
Asajj Ventress
Asajj Ventress is a fictional character from the Star Wars Expanded Universe. She is best known for her appearances in the Star Wars: Clone Wars animated series, in which she is played by voice-actress Grey DeLisle and serves as Anakin Skywalker's arch nemesis during the first season...
(Grey DeLisle
Grey DeLisle
Grey DeLisle is an American voice actress, singer-songwriter, and comedienne. To date, she has released four solo albums and has featured on the tribute album Anchored in Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash and film soundtrack of Loggerheads...
) on a mission to kill Anakin Skywalker — Sidious' ploy to test the young Jedi's worth as an apprentice — and trains General Grievous
General Grievous
General Grievous is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe, an antagonist in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. He was voiced by Matthew Wood...
in lightsaber combat. In the series' final episode, he orchestrates an attack on the planet Coruscant
Coruscant
Coruscant is a planet in the fictional Star Wars universe. It first appeared onscreen in the 1997 Special Edition of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, but was first mentioned in Timothy Zahn's 1991 novel Heir to the Empire...
in which Grievous kidnaps Palpatine, setting the stage for Revenge of the Sith. Dooku is also one of the main antagonists in the television adaption of the movie Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)
-Production:At April 2005's Star Wars Celebration III, Lucas stated that "we are working on a 3-D continuation of the pilot series that was on the Cartoon Network; we probably won't start that project for another year." In July 2005, pre-production had begun on the series, according to Steve...
.
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
In the opening of Revenge of the Sith, Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi are sent to rescue Chancellor Palpatine (ultimately revealed as Sidious' alter ego) from Separatist leader General GrievousGeneral Grievous
General Grievous is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe, an antagonist in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. He was voiced by Matthew Wood...
's (Matthew Wood) flagship. Grievous escapes, but they encounter Dooku while freeing Palpatine.
The film's novelization
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (novel)
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith is a novelization of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith written by Matthew Stover and published on April 2, 2005 by Del Rey Books....
states Sidious and Dooku intend to turn Anakin to the dark side. Dooku intends to appoint him as head of a new Sith Army. Dooku and Sidious seek to eliminate Obi-Wan Kenobi, who has a steadying influence on Anakin. Sidious promises him the operation will result in the destruction of the Jedi and the Republic, to be replaced by the Galactic Empire
Galactic Empire (Star Wars)
The Galactic Empire is one of the main factions in the fictional universe of Star Wars. It is a galaxy-spanning regime established by the series' lead villain, Palpatine, to replace the Galactic Republic in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. The Galactic Empire is introduced in Star Wars...
.
In the ensuing duel Kenobi is incapacitated, leaving Anakin and Dooku to fight alone. During their one-on-one duel, Dooku taunts Anakin, calling on him to use his fear, hatred and anger. However, with Palpatine's encouragement, Anakin channels his hatred of Dooku and taps into the dark side to overpower him, severing both Dooku's hands and leaving him helpless. Palpatine then orders Anakin to kill Dooku; after a moment's hesitation, Anakin decapitates Dooku in cold blood.
The novelization depicts this scene from Dooku's point of view, in which he realizes that Sidious had been using him as a means to engineer the Clone Wars, and as a placeholder for the true apprentice, Anakin Skywalker.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars film
Dooku is featured in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. In the film, in a plot to bring Jabba the HuttJabba the Hutt
Jabba the Hutt is a fictional character in George Lucas's space opera film saga Star Wars. Designed as a large, slug-like alien, his appearance has been described by film critic Roger Ebert as "Dickensian," a cross between a toad and the Cheshire Cat....
(Kevin Michael Richardson
Kevin Michael Richardson
Kevin Michael Richardson is an American actor and voice actor who currently stars as Cleveland Brown, Jr. in The Cleveland Show...
) into the folds of the Confederacy, Count Dooku enlisted Jabba's uncle Ziro to kidnap Jabba's son Rotta. After Ziro's agents deliver the Huttlet to the planet Teth, Dooku contacts Ziro again to arrange for Asajj Ventress
Asajj Ventress
Asajj Ventress is a fictional character from the Star Wars Expanded Universe. She is best known for her appearances in the Star Wars: Clone Wars animated series, in which she is played by voice-actress Grey DeLisle and serves as Anakin Skywalker's arch nemesis during the first season...
(Nika Futterman
Nika Futterman
Nika Futterman is an American actress, singer, voice artist, and comedienne.She did the vocals "Give it to me, baby" in The Offspring hit single "Pretty Fly ."-Animated Series:...
) to take custody of Rotta. Jabba requests Jedi assistance to rescue his son, and Dooku plans for Ventress to frame Anakin (Matt Lanter
Matt Lanter
Matthew Mackendree "Matt" Lanter is an American actor, former reality TV personality and model, perhaps best known for his roles in Commander in Chief, 90210, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Disaster Movie, Sorority Row and Vampires Suck.-Early life and career:Lanter was born in Massillon, Stark...
) for the crime. The plot fails.
Star Wars The Clone Wars series
Corey Burton reprises his role as Dooku in the Clone Wars series. In the first episode of the series, "Ambush", Dooku tries to broker a treaty with Toydaria, and during the Malevolence episodes ("Rising Malevolence", "Shadow of Malevolence" and "Destroy Malevolence"), he commands Grievous in surprise attacks by the Star DestroyerStar Destroyer
Star Destroyers are capital ships in the fictional Star Wars universe. The Imperial Star Destroyer, which first appears in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope , is "the signature vessel of the Imperial fleet"...
Malevolence. He then sends Ventress to free Gunray. He also tests Grievous by sending Kit Fisto and his padawan to fight Grievous.
In "Dooku Captured", he is imprisoned by pirates, but escapes in the following episode along with Kenobi and Anakin. After that, he orders one of his generals to destroy a colony with a new weapon but fails. In "Liberty on Ryloth", Dooku orders his servant, Wat Tambor, leader of the Techno Union, to retreat after learning of the arrival of Mace Windu
Mace Windu
Mace Windu is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe, most famously portrayed by actor Samuel L. Jackson in the prequel films. However, Windu has also been voiced by other actors in assorted video game and animated projects....
. However, he does not evacuate in time and Dooku orders the droids to destroy his base, though the attempt fails.
During the Clone Wars, Dooku and the Confederacy officially back the Death Watch, a group of Mandalorian
Mandalorian
Mandalorians are a fictional group of warriors from several races in the Star Wars universe. They commonly act as mercenaries or bounty hunters. According to Star Wars Expanded Universe material, they are the cultural descendants of an extinct race called the Taung...
terrorists whose goal is to bring down the government of the pacifist
Pacifism
Pacifism is the opposition to war and violence. The term "pacifism" was coined by the French peace campaignerÉmile Arnaud and adopted by other peace activists at the tenth Universal Peace Congress inGlasgow in 1901.- Definition :...
New Mandalorians. Dooku urges the leader of the Death Watch, Governor Pre Vizsla of Concordia, to give the Galactic Republic a reason to send a military presence to Mandalore, which Dooku believes will inspire the inhabitants of Mandalore to start a revolution, spearheaded by the Death Watch movement.
However, his plan falls through. Duchess Satine Kryze of Mandalore presents her case to the Galactic Senate, urging them to hold off a military force, despite the attempts of a Death Watch assassin, sent by Dooku and Vizsla, to silence her. Dooku orders Vizsla and his men to hold off the attack force, claiming he has further plans for them.
In the following story arc, Dooku is ordered to prove his loyalty to Darth Sidious by killing his own assassin, Ventress, whom Sidious fears has grown too powerful to control. Dooku follows his orders, albeit reluctantly. However, unknown to him Ventress survives and swears revenge on her former master. Enlisting the aid of the Nightsisters, a coven of force-sensitive witches on Dathomir, (of whom she had originally come from), she tries to kill Dooku. Failing this, she instead takes part in a plan to have her replacement apprentice, Savage Opress, as her own secret weapon against him, with the plan leading to Dooku beginning to train Opress in the ways of the Dark Side of the Force in order to be a more effective weapon against Dooku when the time came to spring the trap. However, both Ventress and Opress, who turns on Ventress during the battle, fail to kill Dooku, and are forced into retreat.
Comic books
In the Star Wars: RepublicStar Wars: Republic
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series, set during the Clone Wars, Dooku trains multiple Dark Jedi
Dark Jedi
Dark Jedi is the name given in the Star Wars universe to fictional characters attuned to the Force and adept in its dark side. They exist by that name only in the Expanded Universe, including video games such as Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and the Jedi Knight series; the term is never...
apprentices, most of whom he uses as minions. His apprentices include Ventress, Tol Skorr and, most notably, renegade Jedi Quinlan Vos, who initially intends to infiltrate the Separatists as a spy for the Jedi Council, but instead nearly falls to the dark side.
Legacy of the Jedi
In Jude WatsonJude Watson
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's Legacy of the Jedi
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, he is first tempted by the dark side of the Force
Dark side (Star Wars)
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as a child, when he and fellow Padawan Lorian Nod steal an ancient Sith Holocron from the Jedi Archives, and he informs his friend to stay in the Order; he is intrigued by the Sith's open embrace of power, and realizes that he is just as capable of treachery as they are. Years later, he encounters (and eventually kills) Nod.
Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
In Sean StewartSean Stewart
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's Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
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, he attempts to trap his former Master by offering to negotiate an end to the war. In the novel it is revealed that Dooku always resented his parents for "giving him away" to the Jedi Order.
Labyrinth of Evil
In James LucenoJames Luceno
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's Labyrinth of Evil
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, he engineers General Grievous' transformation into the Separatists' cyborg
Cyborg
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commander, and trains him in lightsaber combat. He then schemes with Sidious to invade Coruscant — thus setting the stage for Revenge of the Sith — in what he believes to be a plot to kill Obi-Wan Kenobi and initiate Anakin Skywalker into the Sith.