| Count Dooku | |
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Count Dooku |
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Darth Tyranus |
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102 BBY |
| Died: |
19 BBY |
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Male |
| Height: |
1.93 Meters |
| Mass: |
86 Kilograms |
| Hair Color: |
Dark Brown, later White |
| Eye Color: |
brown |
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Count Dooku was the Head of State for the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Dooku was also known as the Sith Lord Darth Tyranus, the second apprentice of Darth Sidious.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Dooku was born into a family of great wealth on the world of Serreno. His parents then gave him up willingly to the Jedi Order.[1] Dooku trained under the Jedi Grand Master Yoda at the Jedi Temple, and then became the Padawan/apprenctice of Thame Cerulian. Under Cerulian's tutelage, he became a skilled light saber duelist and a powerful jedi.[2] During that time, Dooku spoke out against the corruption that plagued the Republic.[3]
After becoming a Jedi Master, he took on his first apprentice, Qui-Gon Jinn.[1]
Galidran[]
- "You killed them. You killed them all. We're all dead."
- ―Jango Fett
Dooku was then led a 20 jedi taskforce, including his new apprentic Komari Vosa sent to Galidran to stop the True Mandalorians, under Jango Fett. The Galidran Governor, under the advice of Death Watch leader, Tor Vizsla, arranged for the Jedi to destroy the True Mandolorians. Dooku was aware of the Mandalorians' reputation as warriors and requested reinforcements from the Jedi Council.[1] The urgency of the situation, however, required him to use only his initial task force.
The Jedi were given the coordinates of Fett's camp and surrounded it; Dooku demanded their surrender. Instead, Fett ordered the Mandalorians to open fire. The encounter decimated both sides. The battle concluded after the deaths of eleven Jedi and the near-complete destruction of Fett's forces. Fett was captured alive after killing several Jedi with his bare hands. Upon orders from the Jedi Council, Dooku turned Fett over to the planet's governor without further investigation. The governor took Fett's armor and sold him into slavery.[4]
While he was at the time unaware of the extent by which the Jedi had been manipulated, Dooku learned shortly thereafter how the Council and the Jedi had been used to further the governor's personal motives. This deeply offended Dooku, and he continued to seek out the full story behind the Galidraan debacle. Dooku took a particular interest in the fate of Jango Fett, who had earned his respect as a warrior.[4]
Dooku's apprentice Komari Vosa was one of the survivors at Galidraan and was said to have killed twenty Mandalorians personally. While Dooku praised her skills with a lightsaber, he was not convinced she was worthy of becoming a Jedi Knight. In particular, he was disturbed by her inappropriate romantic feelings for him and her volatile personality. Some time after the incident on Galidraan, Dooku refused to recommend Vosa for the Jedi Trials and she was released from the Order.[1]
Her release infuriated Vosa, but she managed to attach herself to a Jedi mission to Baltizaar to prove Dooku and the Council wrong. While the Jedi repulsed the ruthless Bando Gora cult there, they took heavy casualties. At the end of the fight Vosa was missing and presumed dead. Dooku submitted a protest to the Jedi Council after Baltizaar, arguing that the Council was wasting Jedi lives for political reasons.[1]
Leaving the order[]
- "Even though I knew that the Senate was corrupt, the Council was fallible, and Jedi training methods far from perfect, I remained with the Jedi Order for twelve years after Galidraan. Why? Because I still believed that I could accomplish some good as a Jedi. I thought I could bring about some positive changes, right certain wrongs, and do better than maintain the status quo. In short, I was an utter fool."
- ―Darth Tyranus
After the battles of Galidraan and Baltizaar, Dooku became increasingly withdrawn from the Jedi Order. He refused to accept any more missions from the Jedi Council[4] and became concerned about prophecies about dark times unfolding across the galaxy in the future. While he discussed his concerns with many of the Order's most prominent Jedi Masters, his friend Sifo-Dyas was his closest confidant.[5]
Dooku's growing disenchantment with the Jedi way was sensed by Senator Palpatine, who had been watching Dooku for some time and had plans that required someone with Dooku's reputation, skills, and financial resources. Palpatine was secretly the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, and even before the Battle of Naboo in 32 BBY he had held several meetings with Dooku to feel out his opinions and cultivate him as an ally.[1]
Dooku made several public condemnations of the Senate after the death of his former Padawan Qui-Gon Jinn in a duel with the Sith Lord Darth Maul.[6] Shortly thereafter, Dooku resigned from the Jedi Order, retired to Serenno, and claimed his family title of Count. He neither gave a reason for his decision to leave the Jedi in his public announcement nor did he provide one when summoned before the Jedi Council to explain his actions.[1]
Dooku's abrupt departure surprised and disturbed the Jedi Order. [7] As a Jedi Master who had voluntarily resigned his commission, Dooku became part of the group later known as the Lost Twenty. [8]
Not long after he had left the order, he contacted his old friend Argyus, who was now a Captain in the Senate Guard. Argyus agreed to work for Dooku in secret.[9]
Birth of Darth Tyranus[]
- "Powerful you have become, Dooku. The dark side I sense in you."
"I've become more powerful than any Jedi. Even you." - ―Yoda and Dooku
Dooku's sense of disillusionment with the Jedi Order and the Republic had already brought him to the attention of the Sith long before his eventual fall to the dark side. 20 years before the battle of Naboo, Dooku accompanied fellow Jedi Jocasta Nu, his friend Sifo-Dyas and his former apprentice Qui-Gon Jinn on a mission to his home world of Serenno to resolve a dispute in the sector. While there, he met the Muun Hego Damask, in reality the Sith Lord Darth Plagueis.[10] Plagueis had taken an interest in Dooku, especially following his brush with the dark side during the kidnapping and death of Senator Blix Annon, and was already considering him as a potential replacement for his own apprentice, Darth Sidious. However, when Plagueis introduced him to Sidious, it was that relationship that would eventually become pivotal to the progression of the Sith's Grand Plan.[10]
As Dooku became more disillusioned with the corruption of the Republic, especially after Galidraan, Darth Sidious became one of his closest confidantes. Not only did he listen to Dooku's grumblings about the Jedi's inaction, he also used him as a source of information on the Jedi's responses to the gathering darkness across the galaxy. Plagueis also continued to show an interest, believing that Dooku could become a key ally in fomenting dissent and gathering an alliance to topple the Republic.[10]
Following the death of Qui-Gon at the hands of Darth Maul, Dooku finally left the Order and spoke to Darth Sidious about his plans to become Count of Serenno and to seek a potential alliance with the Sith, as he believed that they shared his aim to reforge the galaxy. Dooku had given some thought to hunting down Darth Mauls's sith master in revenge for Qui-Gon's death, but concluded that even eliminating both Sith would not halt what he felt was the inevitable advance of the dark side.[5] Darth Sidious did not reveal himself at that point, unsure of Dooku's true allegiances. However with the death of his Master Plagueis at his own hand, and the presumed death of Darth Maul at the hands of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Sidious needed an ally to further his own plans for galactic domination.[10]
However Dooku's fate as a Sith apprentice was sealed before it had begun, as Sidious had already met the young boy Anakin Skywalker, the supposed Chosen One. Realizing that only Skywalker was fit as an apprentice in his new order, Sidious decided to keep Dooku only as a place holder until Skywalker had fully matured, while still using the fallen Jedi's unique talents to further the Sith agenda.
Shortly after their meeting on Coruscant, Dooku was approached directly by Darth Sidious. They had a long discussion, and Dooku found that Sidious's goals were not dissimilar to his own.[5] Despite the recent death of Dooku's apprentice Qui-Gon Jinn at the hands of Darth Maul, Darth Sidious found it surprisingly easy to convince Dooku to ally with the Sith. After seventy years in the Jedi Order, Dooku abandoned his friends and the Jedi way for the dark side of the Force.[5] Under the tutelage of Sidious, Dooku was renamed Darth Tyranus and became a Dark Lord of the Sith. With his family holdings on Serenno, he had access to vast reserves of wealth that he used in the service of his new Master. Tyranus was soon fully enmeshed in Sidious's schemes. Shortly after Dooku left the Order, Sifo-Dyas secretly ordered a clone army from the planet Kamino, claiming the army was for the Jedi and the Republic. Sidious informed Tyranus of this, and told him to eliminate his friend and gain control over the army.[5]
Tyranus obeyed, murdering the Jedi Master and moving his body to storage on Serenno. He then paid for Sifo-Dyas's clone army.[5] After the death of Sifo-Dyas, Dooku successfully erased Kamino and thirty-seven other star systems from the Jedi Archives, despite no longer being a Jedi himself. Additionally, he stole information about secret Jedi hyperspace routes through the Deep Core region in the center of the galaxy.[5]
Moving the pieces into place[]
- "Lord Tyranus, what news of the Mandalorian?"
"Jango Fett will soon become our prime clone. Our plans are proceeding as expected." - ―Darth Sidious and Darth Tyranus
Dooku had officially retired from public life, but he was by no means idle. On a mission to the planet Geonosis, on Sidious's behalf, he impressed Archduke Poggle the Lesser with his knowledge of ancient Geonosian atmospheric sailing vessels. The Archduke then presented Dooku with a Punworcca 116-class interstellar sloop as a gift. Dooku was pleased with the ship, had acquired an exotic solar sail in the Gree Enclave to install on the vessel. The sail propelled the sloop and allowed it to go to hyperspace without the use of a standard hyperdrive. This distinctive solar sailer remained Dooku's personal craft for the rest of his life.[11]
Tyranus also began to learn Sith teachings from Darth Sidious in The Works, a deserted industrial region of Coruscant.[5] However, his training was soon interrupted by his Master with an urgent matter. The Bando Gora cult had reemerged and were dealing in assassination, deadly drugs, corruption, and chaos. Their influence in the galactic underworld was strong enough that Sidious considered them a threat to the plans of the Sith. This "threat" had grown because of their new leader, Komari Vosa, Dooku's former apprentice. Captured by the cult on Baltizaar and tortured to the point of madness, she had escaped and seized control of the entire criminal organization. Dooku had previously rediscovered Vosa, but was allowing her to live as an "experiment." Displeased, Sidious commanded Tyranus to kill his former Apprentice. [12]
Darth Sidious also tasked Tyranus with recruiting a template for the Grand Army of the Republic's clone troopers, one that was capable of slaying Jedi. Resolving to complete both of these missions at once, he placed an extravagant bounty of five million Republic credits on Komari Vosa, and pitted some of the galaxy's most fearsome bounty hunters against each other to kill or capture her. In the end, the Mandalorians Montross and Jango Fett faced each other on Kohlma, a moon of Bogden. Jango Fett triumphed over his long-hated rival Montross, although he needed some assistance from fellow bounty hunter Zam Wesell to escape after being briefly captured by the Bando Gora.[12]
In a brutal fight, Fett subdued Komari Vosa and captured her alive. However, Dooku was also on Kohlma and had observed the fight in secret. He slew his former apprentice with the Force, and then revealed his presence to the surprised Jango Fett. Fett demanded payment, but was intrigued at Dooku's offer of greater wealth if he helped to create and train a clone army.[12]
At a later meeting, Dooku and Jango Fett addressed the history that lay between them. While Dooku had discovered most of the true story behind the manipulation of the Jedi and the Mandalorians at Galidraan, he did not know what had happened to Fett afterwards and wished to find out. Mistrusting Dooku because of his Jedi past, Fett attempted to extort further concessions out of him by infecting him with a biological weapon. The Sith Lord feigned defeat and convinced Fett to tell the rest of his tale. While Fett spoke, Dooku healed himself with the power of the Force. Finding his leverage suddenly neutralized, Fett agreed to be cloned on the condition he would receive the first clone unaltered to have for his own.[4]
Dooku's hand was silently behind many events in the years leading up to the Clone Wars. On the planet Ryloth, he supported the attempted coup of Twi'lek exile Kh'aris Fenn, with the intent that under Fenn's leadership Ryloth would eventually secede from the Republic. As part of his plan to seize power, Kh'aris Fenn had Clan Secura's heir Nat Secura kidnapped. Nat Secura's father was Lon Secura, an influential clan leader and Fenn's enemy. When Jedi Master Tholme was captured trying to rescue the boy heir, Dooku himself intervened to spare the Jedi, as he thought Tholme could be of later use to him. Due to the actions of Tholme, his former apprentice Quinlan Vos, and Twi'lek Jedi Aayla Secura, Kh'aris Fenn did not succeed in usurping control of Ryloth and young Nat Secura was returned to his family. Though the Jedi had prevented Fenn's victory, they remained wholly ignorant of Dooku's role in the matter.[13]
During this time, Dooku also assisted a Trade Federation assault on Kashyyyk that resulted in the extermination of the army that served the Wookiee Trade Guild. The guild had resisted Trade Federation attempts to tax them. Since there were no Wookiee survivors of the battle, no rumor of Dooku's presence on Kashyyyk reached the Republic.[14]
Creating Grievous[]
- "I have the Kaleesh general. He was not conscious to witness his "Jedi" captor. In fact, he is completely unaware of what has transpired. You may begin preparations for your experiment."
- ―Count Dooku
As the years passed, Darth Sidious and Darth Tyranus made preparations for war against the Republic. They planned to use the droid armies of the Trade Federation and other corporations, and they needed generals for those armies. Sidious considered a Kaleesh leader named Grievous a candidate due to his skill in warfare, and ordered his apprentice to enlist Grievous to their cause.[5]
Dooku in turn spoke with San Hill of the InterGalactic Banking Clan about recruiting Grievous.[5] Grievous had previously been the head of the Banking Clan's droid army, but had left to fight in a war on his homeworld. San Hill, Dooku and Poggle the Lesser—who had remained an ally of Dooku's—then hatched a plan to cripple Grievous and rebuild him as a cyborg warrior under their control. They arranged for an ion bomb to be planted on Grievous' shuttle, Martyr. The shuttle was altered so that Grievous would be ejected when the bomb exploded.[15]
Grievous was gravely injured in the explosion of Martyr, and by the time Dooku reached the site of the crash, he was already dying. Only a heart stun preserved his life long enough for him to be transported to Geonosis. While Grievous was being shipped to the Geonosian homeworld, Dooku returned to his own homeworld Serenno to collect the blood of Sifo-Dyas, whose corpse was stored there.[16]
On Geonosis, what was left of Grievous was encased in a metal body, rebuilding him almost completely. The resulting creation retained only most of the brain, the eyes, and a sack of internal organs from the original Kaleesh. Even Grievous' brain was altered and augmented to make the general a more effective tool of war. In addition, Sifo-Dyas' blood was transfused into Grievous .[15] The transfusion helped to save Grievous's life.[15]
Though he loathed cyborgs, Dooku was quite pleased with the finished "product". He personally trained Grievous in lightsaber combat, turning the cyborg into an expert duelist. Dooku now had a commander to lead droid armies in the upcoming galactic war, something the Count had no desire to do himself.[5]
Leader of the Separatists[]
Birth of Separatist Movement[]
As plans laid by the Sith for over a decade began to come to fruition, Dooku reappeared on Raxus Prime in 24 BBY[17], commandeering a Republic communications station in the Tion Hegemony[18] and giving a speech that heavily criticized the Republic for its decadence, hypocrisy, and corruption and the Jedi Order for its complacency. Dooku publicly called for entire systems to secede from the Republic and join the Separatist movement.[19] Separatist sentiment indeed soon spread, and on some planets dissatisfaction turned into armed resistance against the Republic. Propaganda in Dooku's name flooded communications networks, though much of it could not be directly attributed to him.[20] Dooku himself had a mobile base of operations and no fixed address. Rumored sightings of him were headline news across the Republic.[19]
As his fame grew, Dooku became a figure of great controversy. An unknown party posted a large illegal bounty for his death,[21] and several bestsellers were written about his rise to prominence in galactic affairs.[20] As the threat of violence spread, the Republic considered the Military Creation Act to better oppose the Separatists with an official Republic military. Pretending to seek peace, Chancellor Palpatine made a public address offering to meet Dooku on Bothawui, but Dooku did not answer.[22] Even as the Separatist movement grew and coalesced around Dooku as a leader, the Jedi Council did not believe he could be behind the violence that the movement sometimes caused.[19]
During this period, Dooku sought secret allies for his future plans. The Fondor Shipyards were critical to the plots of the Sith Lords, but three schemers plotted to destroy them for their own personal gain. Groodo the Hutt, Senator Rodd of Fondor, and Kuati droid designer Hurlo Holowan formed a pact to crash a ship into the yards, crippling their production. This conspiracy came to the attention of both Dooku and Techno Union leader Wat Tambor. Dooku sent Jango Fett to capture the three plotters alive, while Tambor hired the Trandoshan Cradossk to kill them. Fett outwitted Cradossk and his son Bossk to capture Rodd and Groodo,[23] although he subcontracted Holowan's capture to Zam Wesell.[24] Dooku, having convinced Tambor to cancel the other bounty on the trio, accepted the prisoners from Fett. He offered the three of them the opportunity to work for him, in exchange for their lives. Rodd, Groodo, and Holowan accepted Dooku's proposal.[25] Dooku also recruited scientist Jenna Zan Arbor to the Separatist movement, and attempted to enlist Granta Omega, the son of Qui-Gon Jinn's fallen apprentice Xanatos, to his cause. However, Omega was killed before he could enter the Count's service.[26]
Dooku's next move was to try to arrange the secession of the planet Ansion. Ansion would cause many alliances such the Malarian Alliance and the Keitumite Mutual Military Treaty to join his cause. Due to these pacts, Ansion's secession would prompt many other wavering worlds to consider leaving the Republic. Commerce Guild President Shu Mai and Ansion Senator Mousul orchestrated Dooku's plan through various agents, backing the Separatist-backed Unity of Community government against Ansion's Alwari nomads. The plan failed due to the intervention of Jedi Knights Kenobi and Unduli as well as their Padawans Skywalker and Offee. In response, Dooku shrugged off the loss and informed Shu Mai that Ansion was not necessary in the grand scheme of the Separatist movement.
Shu Mai had also dealt with a small rebellion among the secret supporters of secession in the Commerce Guild. Industrialist Tam Uliss wished to step up the Commerce Guild's plans to bring down the Republic despite Ansion's failure to secede and against Shu Mai's wishes. Shu Mai informed Dooku that she had given Uliss's faction an object lesson by killing Uliss in a staged accident. Dooku was pleased, telling Shu Mai that his own plans were nearing completion. [27]
Plans revealed[]
- "As I explained to you earlier, I am quite convinced that ten thousand more systems will rally to our cause, with your support, gentlemen"
- ―Count Dooku, to the Separatist Council
Fett escaped arrest on Kamino and fled to Geonosis, where a meeting between Dooku, the heads of many major business and economic interests, and selected senators was taking place. Many of these had long been allies of Dooku, such as Commerce Guild head Shu Mai and Archduke Poggle the Lesser. This meeting resulted in the formation of the new Confederacy of Independent Systems to oppose the Republic. Of the major factions present, the Corporate Alliance, Geonosian Industries, the Commerce Guild, the Techno Union, the InterGalactic Banking Clan, and the Trade Federation became signatories to the treaty to form the Confederacy. Kenobi, still pursuing Fett, discovered this meeting and attempted to inform the Jedi Council and the Republic. However, Kenobi was captured by the Geonosians midway through his transmission. He was accused of espionage and thrown into a prison cell.[28]
Deciding to interrogate Kenobi personally, Dooku visited the cell where the Jedi was held. The captive Kenobi immediately accused the Count of treason, but Dooku claimed the Jedi's capture had been a mistake. While questioning the prisoner, Dooku sifted through Kenobi's memories, looking for weak points in his defenses.[29] The Sith Lord then attempted to sway Kenobi to his side, claiming the Republic was incurably corrupt and that Qui-Gon Jinn himself would have joined Dooku if he knew the truth. When Kenobi refused to believe that his former Master would have ever abandoned the Jedi Order and the Republic, Dooku told him that Darth Sidious, a Sith Lord, had control over the Republic Senate. He made one last appeal for Kenobi to defect, saying that together the two of them could destroy the Sith. Kenobi refused the offer. Disappointed, Dooku left the Jedi in his cell and mentioned that it would be difficult to secure his release.[28]
Battle of Geonosis[]
Arena Bloodbath[]
Kenobi's transmission to Coruscant had reached his apprentice Skywalker and Senator Amidala on Tatooine, and the two of them attempted to rescue Kenobi despite orders from the Jedi Council to stay on Tatooine. Both were captured trying to infiltrate the Geonosian stronghold where Kenobi was being held. Dooku offered clemency in return for Amidala's support for the Separatist cause, but she refused. The two would-be rescuers were both sentenced to death in the arena by the Geonosians following a quick trial headed by Lord Poggle.
Kenobi had also been sentenced to death in the same manner, and the three of them met again in the Petranaki arena. They were chained to poles, and an acklay, a reek and a nexu were released to devour them. Dooku, Gunray, Fett, his son and others observed from a high balcony, while Geonosian spectators packed the stands. However, the execution did not go precisely as planned, and the three escaped their chains. Gunray was furious that the three prisoners weren't dying as planned and ordered Fett to shoot them, but Dooku advised patience and countermanded the order.
The three prisoners were still dodging the arena monsters when the executions were interrupted by the sudden arrival of Jedi reinforcements. Skywalker had retransmitted Kenobi's message to the Jedi Council, and they had dispatched a strike team led by Mace Windu, who surprised Dooku on the balcony, but spoke with him briefly instead of ambushing him. Fett and a squad of super battle droids then drove the Jedi Master off the balcony and onto the arena floor.[28]
The Republic attacks[]
Dooku had been anticipating the arrival of the Jedi reinforcements and revealed that the captured Jedi were simply bait for a trap. Ten thousand battle droids awaited Windu's task force, as well as numerous Geonosian warriors. The new Separatist Droid Army of the Confederacy overwhelmed the reinforcements, and many Jedi died while Dooku observed from the balcony.
The Count did not join the battle personally, though Jedi Master Coleman Trebor reached the balcony and attempted to attack him. Fortunately, Fett killed Trebor, but was beheaded himself by Windu when he descended to the arena floor. After the Jedi had taken significant losses and were trapped and surrounded in the arena, Dooku ordered the droids to cease fire. He then called on Windu to surrender, but he refused.
The remaining Jedi prepared to meet their fate, but their rescue was at hand. Dropships descended from the sky, carrying Yoda and many clone troopers. The Jedi Order had taken command of the clone army that Dooku had secretly helped create, just as the Sith had planned. The droids opened fire again, but the reinforcements provided enough cover for the arena survivors to escape onto the dropships.
Similar landings took place outside the arena, where Trade Federation core ships had been parked. A clone invasion swept across Geonosis, and the Separatist forces were forced into full retreat. The leadership of the new Confederacy regrouped in the Geonosian command center, and agreed to abandon Geonosis. Dooku pretended not to know how the Republic had gathered such a powerful army in so short a time, while Poggle the Lesser commanded his warriors to hide in the catacombs under the Stalgasin hive. Poggle also entrusted the plans of the Geonosians' Ultimate Secret Weapon to Dooku to keep and give to his master to keep the Jedi from discovering them.[28]
Confrontation with the Jedi[]
- "As you see, my Jedi powers are far beyond yours. Now, back down."
"I don't think so." - ―Count Dooku and Obi-Wan Kenobi
Dooku himself fled to his secret hangar on a speeder with Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker following him. They arrived as Dooku was preparing his solar sailer for launch and confronted him. Kenobi instructed Skywalker to be cautious in his approach, but Skywalker charged at Dooku. The young Jedi Padawan was unprepared for Dooku's resulting blast of Sith lightning that hit him and telekinetically threw him against the wall of the hangar. Skywalker collapsed to the floor, temporarily incapacitated, leaving Kenobi alone to face Dooku.
Kenobi successfully deflected another blast of lightning from Dooku with his lightsaber, but as the duel went on, it became clear he was outmatched in blade-to-blade combat. Toying with his opponent, Dooku slashed Kenobi in the arm, and then the thigh. Incapacitated, Kenobi dropped his blade and fell to the floor. Dooku raised his lightsaber blade for the killing stroke, but before it fell, Skywalker, recovering from his previous injuries, hurtled across the room and parried the blow.
Kenobi was too injured to rejoin the fight, but he Force-pulled his lightsaber into grasp and tossed it to Skywalker, who then attacked Dooku with both blades swinging. While Dooku was initially driven back, he adjusted his tactics, forcing Skywalker to retreat and destroying one of his two blades. The duel continued, intensifying, until Dooku found an opening in Skywalker's defense and sliced off his forearm. Victorious against both his opponents, Dooku prepared to flee, knowing more Republic forces would arrive.
Before he could escape, however, he was confronted by his old master, Yoda. Dooku attempted to defeat his old Master with a combination of Force lightning and hurling machinery and parts of the hangar roof at him. When that failed, Dooku insisted on settling their contest with a lightsaber duel. Leaping into action, the two engaged in a fierce duel. Yoda, using his mastery of the Force, showed great agility as he leaped about the room, with Dooku becoming increasingly frustrated at his inability to overcome the diminutive master.
Realizing that Yoda was too powerful to be defeated, and forced to act due to incoming Republic reinforcements, Dooku used the Force to topple a massive power column towards the wounded Kenobi and Skywalker in an effort to distract Yoda. As the Jedi Master broke off the duel to save the two Jedi, Dooku made his escape in his Geonosian solar sailer. Seconds later, clone troopers led by Padmé Amidala arrived in the hangar.
Having fled the battle, Dooku set his course for Coruscant, landing undetected on the Republic capital with his solar sailer. In The Works, Tyranus met with his Master and informed him that events were moving forward and the long-planned war had begun. Darth Sidious was pleased with what his apprentice had accomplished and that things are going according to his plan.[28]
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Clone Wars[]
- "I have good news for you, my Lord. The war has begun."
"Excellent. Everything is going as planned." - ―Darth Tyranus and Darth Sidious
Early Moves[]
Duel on Bakura[]
Following his reporting to Lord Sidious in the wake of the Battle of Geonosis and the start of the Clone Wars, Dooku headed to his secret base on Bakura to regroup the scattered CIS forces. However, Jedi Master Tholme anticipated Dooku's journey to Bakura, and lay in wait with fellow jedi master Sora Bulq. The pair hoped to capture Dooku, and confronted Dooku while he was still fatigued from the events on Geonosis.The three combatants engaged in a ferocious lightsaber duel, during which Dooku used Force lightning to take down Bulq. He then tried to bring Tholme over to the dark side, but Tholme refused. Dooku attacked Tholme, viciously stabbing through his shoulder and back before removing the Jedi's left eye. Finally, Dooku brought the roof down upon Tholme, leaving him under a vast pile of rubble. He then left with the unconscious body of Sora Bulq.
Dooku tended to Bulq's wounds and converted him to the dark side of the Force through persuasion, making him one of his Dark Acolytes. Sora Bulq would become a loyal ally to Dooku and a valuable asset for the Confederacy during the war. The Count dispatched Bulq to rescue the injured Tholme from the rubble, so that Bulq would be able to work within the Jedi Temple on Dooku's behalf without raising suspicion.[30]
Artifacts & Warmachines[]
As the Clone Wars continued, Dooku became more and more feared across the galaxy due to his role as the head of the Separatist forces and, as Darth Tyranus, being a Sith Lord. One of the first campaigns in the war involved the re-creation of the Dark Reaper, an ancient Sith weapon. The power source of the Dark Reaper, known as the Force Harvester, was buried on Raxus Prime. While Dooku was supervising this excavation, he placed a live bounty on Jango Fett's son Boba Fett, who had slipped away during the Battle of Geonosis. The bounty hunter and former Jedi Aurra Sing captured Fett and brought him to Dooku on Raxus Prime. Dooku housed the young Fett while he determined how much the boy knew about the Count's Sith identity, and initially indicated that he would take responsibility for his upbringing.[31]
Fett ignored the rules Dooku had set for his stay and investigated the excavation. Irritated at this and by Fett's clumsy threat to reveal his dual identities, Dooku ordered the young bounty hunter to be terminated. However, due to an imminent Jedi attack, he left the task to his new bodyguard, Cydon Prax. As a result, Fett escaped Dooku's enforcers and fled.[32]
Dooku and Cydon Prax found the ancient Force Harvester just as a Republic contingent, led by Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker arrived and attacked the Separatists with a clone army. Dooku and Prax boarded a cruiser loaded with the Force Harvester as the Republic troops overwhelmed the Separatists, but Skywalker spotted Dooku and charged after him. He confronted Dooku in the cargo bay of the cruiser. Unconcerned, Dooku mentioned he was curious what effect the Force Harvester would have on a Jedi. The two briefly dueled before Prax shot Skywalker with a tranquilizer dart.
Dooku imprisoned Skywalker and took him to Alaris Prime, one of Kashyyyk's moons. He had decided to test the Force Harvester there, but his plan was foiled when Skywalker escaped and freed the Wookiees, rallying a resistance force. In the confusion, Dooku fled, taking the Force Harvester with him. He used the Harvester to drain the life-force from inhabitants of Aargonar, Bakura and Mon Calamari before retreating to Thule to prepare the rest of the Dark Reaper for use.
His plan for the Dark Reaper was finally thwarted when the Jedi attacked Thule. Dooku unleashed the Dark Reaper on the Republic's forces, but Skywalker broke through the Separatist lines to reach it, killing Cydon Prax. Having learned from a hologram of the ancient Jedi Ulic Qel-Droma how to resist the effects of the Sith weapon, Skywalker destroyed the Dark Reaper and the Force Harvester that fueled it. With the Dark Reaper gone, Dooku fled the field.[33] This series of victories was a coup for Republic propagandists, who claimed the Confederacy was on the run. Dooku attempted to refute this assertion in a public statement, claiming Raxus Prime and other worlds were only temporary bases and the most important Separatist planets remained secure and well-guarded.[34]
Another weapon the Confederacy acquired was a new type of war machine, the Decimator. These Decimators were stolen from the Republic due to their potential to swing the war against the Separatists. The machines were captured by Dooku's most trusted general, Sev'rance Tann, on the planet Eredenn Prime. Tann was a Chiss Force-user and a skilled tactician who had served Dooku since before the Battle of Geonosis.
Before Dooku acquired the Dark Reaper, Tann assaulted the Wookiee-inhabited moon of Alaris Prime to capture the activation codes for the Decimators. After that success, Dooku ordered her to invade and capture the Republic energy world of Sarapin with her army. While Tann succeeded in capturing the world, she did not hold it for long. The Republic struck back, retaking Sarapin and later defeating and killing Tann at the Battle of Krant.[35] The Decimators were destroyed in the process, removing the advantage the Separatists had gained from their possession.[36]
A New Ally[]
Two months after the Battle of Geonosis, Dooku traveled to The Cauldron gladiatorial arena on Rattatak where he was hoping to find a new servant to carry out his wishes. Upon his arrival, he was greeted by his host and taken to watch the contest. He soon sensed a disturbance in the Force as Asajj Ventress, a Dathomirian warlord, silently assassinated his guide, impressing Dooku himself. Dooku praised her skills, but told her he wasn't looking for a spy. Ventress then jumped down into the arena, slaughtering the other gladiators under Dooku's watchful gaze. When she had finished, Dooku applauded her, telling her she was more powerful than he had sensed. Ventress claimed to be a Sith,[37] but Dooku laughed at her before leaping into the arena and denying her claim. Ventress angrily attacked Dooku, but before she could reach him he incapacitated her with Force lightning.
Dooku brought the unconscious Ventress to a room on Rattatak and waited for her to wake up. When she did, he attacked her as she was exploring her surroundings and they engaged in a vicious lightsaber duel across the room, taunting her as they fought. Ventress was skilled, and proved to be a challenge, even for a Sith Lord. However, Dooku brought her down, disarming her of her two lightsabers and then sundering the weapons. Ventress admitted defeat, but instead of killing his opponent, Tyranus introduced her to his Master, Darth Sidious, who was impressed by her skill with a lightsaber. Sidious then set Tyranus's new servant on a mission to find and kill Commander Skywalker.[38] Ventress was eager to kill a Jedi, and Tyranus gave her a pair of lightsabers that had once belonged to his fallen apprentice, Komari Vosa.[1]
Tyranus was confident that she would quickly dispatch Skywalker; Sidious said that it did not matter either way, as she was only an instrument of their plans.[38] Asajj Ventress would encounter Skywalker many times throughout the Clone Wars, though she never did succeed in killing him. She also served Dooku as a commander, acolyte and assassin.[39]
Rallying the CIS[]
During the first few months of the Clone Wars, Dooku spent much of his time inciting systems to rebel and preparing strategies against the Republic. However, mindful of the ultimate goals of the Sith, he also sabotaged some of their potential victories. The Battle of Kamino was designed by Tyranus and Sidious to prolong the Clone Wars and slow down any advantage that the Separatists initially had. Commander Merai, a Mon Calamari idealist and one of the Confederacy's best tacticians, planned an assault on the planet Kamino to take out the cloning facilities. Jedi General Secura discovered this planned attack, and relayed the information to the Republic. Dooku's agent Tookarti informed the count of these events, but Dooku told him that they did not matter.[40]
The battle went just as the Sith Lords had planned with the battle ending in a Republic victory. While Tyranus regretted the loss of Merai, Sidious was pleased with how their strategy had effectively ruined all hopes of an early end to the conflict. The critical Kamino cloning facilities had been saved, maintaining the balance of power between Confederacy and Republic forces.[41]
Prevented by the Sith's Rule of Two from taking his own Sith apprentice,[1] Tyranus instead built a cadre of Dark Acolytes. Along with Ventress, Sev'rance Tann and Sora Bulq, Dooku enlisted former Jedi Tol Skorr and Kadrian Sey,[42] as well as other Force-users such as Trenox and Saato.[43] He honed their skills but taught them few, if any, of the Sith secrets.[44]
On the galactic scale of the war, Dooku's charisma swayed many to the Confederate cause—whole star systems pledged themselves to the Separatist cause on the former Jedi's words alone. In addition to his Force adepts, Dooku recruited warriors like the Gen'Dai mercenary Durge to augment the Confederacy's already potent arsenal.[45] Even the Jedi Order was not initially united against the Separatists, as a few Jedi even joined Dooku's forces, while others had refused to join their comrades in the war. One Jedi allied with Dooku, Sora Bulq, exploited the Republic's ignorance over his true allegiance and attempted to convince more Jedi to ally with the Separatists at a meeting at his family estate on the moon of Ruul.
This plot to divide the Jedi failed due to the intervention of Mace Windu, who unmasked Bulq as a traitor. Sian Jeisel, one of the wavering Jedi Bulq had invited to Ruul,[46] even agreed to lead clones in the war. She and two other Jedi, Masters Kai Justiss and Tsui Choi, were on a Republic troopship that was captured by Dooku's forces. The Jedi expected to be killed, but Dooku unexpectedly ordered their release, claiming that all Jedi were his brothers and sisters. Bulq questioned him about this approach in private, and Dooku said that the purpose was to sow dissension among the Jedi, and that even mercy had its uses.[47]
Three months after the death of Sev'rance Tann, his favorite general, Dooku had yet to replace her as the leader of his armies. To choose a successor, he pitted Commanders Ventress, Durge, and General Grievous against each other on the Trenchant space station. Grievous was more than a match for his two opponents, even though they worked together against him. Dooku rewarded the cyborg with command of the Confederacy's armies, while Ventress and Durge were left to recuperate in a bacta tank.[48]
Grievous proved a worthy choice as Supreme Commander. He was revealed to the Jedi on Hypori to devastating effect, outmaneuvering five Jedi at once, killing 1 and severely wounding 1. His emergence as the commander of the Confederacy's droid armies changed the course of the war from then on, and he slew many Jedi personally.[49]
Spreading the Conflict[]
As the war progressed, Dooku sent Durge to Muunilinst to aid San Hill in repelling an imminent Republic attack[66] and pushed the Quarren Isolation League to war on Mon Calamari.[50] He also dispatched droids to Ilum in order to strike a devastating blow at the heart of the Jedi Order[51] and advised Shogar Tok, who was fighting Republic forces on Brentaal IV.[52]
Five months after the Battle of Geonosis, Dooku watched the testing of a new superweapon, the Planet Killer, a device capable of destroying a planet, to see whether it would prove more useful to the Sith than the planned Ultimate Weapon. Due to the intervention of Jedi General Windu, the weapon was disabled before it went off, and Dooku had its creator removed.[53]
Dooku also took part in missions to recruit more planets to the side of the Separatists. At a meeting on Null he tried to recruit the leaders of several strategic worlds, including Junction V, into the Confederacy's fold. His old enemy Lorian Nod, somewhat reformed, was now running Junction 5 and pretended to be his ally. Nod had once again betrayed Dooku, though, and was working with Yoda and the Jedi to thwart the Count's plan.
Jedi General Kenobi and Commander Skywalker arrived on Null to investigate and found that Dooku had hired an assassin to kill Samish Kash, another of the leaders there. At the meeting itself, the leaders collectively decided to stay with the Republic. Displeased, Dooku unleashed battle droids on the dignitaries, but they were all saved by Skywalker and Kenobi, who collapsed part of the room the meeting was taking place in with the Force, crushing the droids. Thwarted, Dooku left the scene, but Nod pursued him and attempted to sabotage his speeder. Nod was unsuccessful, and Dooku slew him personally before departing Null.[54]
At some point during the war, Dooku sent Ventress to attack, but not kill, the Jedi Darrus Jeht, as he hoped to make Jeht more susceptible to the dark side of the Force. Ventress dueled Jeht on a jungle planet and he briefly gave in to the dark side and attacked her with force lightening. Dooku was pleased when she reported this to him and he ordered her to attack another target.[55]
Corruption & Choas[]
Jedi Treason[]
Another Jedi, Quinlan Vos, had originally been secretly dispatched by the Jedi Council to infiltrate Dooku's inner circle. This was a risky gamble by the Jedi, as Vos was dangerously close to the dark side, and Dooku knew this, hoping to use it to his advantage. Vos, on his mission to get closer to the Count, dealt with Dooku's agent Tookarti, offering Republic holocomm codes. Tookarti then framed Vos as the one who had betrayed the Republic at Brentaal IV. Only a few of the Jedi knew of Vos's undercover mission, so Jedi General Kolar was sent to hunt the supposed renegade Jedi down. Vos escaped Kolar and continued on his mission.
After gaining access to the Count's headquarters by fighting two of his personal guards, Tol Skorr and Kadrian Sey, Vos was accepted as an acolyte. His skills were tested by Dooku and Sora Bulq and found satisfactory, so Dooku asked Vos to accompany him on a mission to Tibrin, the planet of the Ishi Tibs. There, Dooku and his minions met with the leader of Tibrin, Suribran Tu, a notorious dictator hated by the populace. Suribran Tu offered to defect to Dooku and rule Tibrin for the Confederacy.
Dooku asked Vos and Sey what he should do with the Ishi Tib ruler. Sey argued that they should accept Suribran's offer, while Vos said that since he was willing to betray the Republic he could not be trusted and allowing his oppressive government to remain would only prove that the Confederacy was no better than the Republic. Dooku accepted Vos's argument and beheaded the Ishi Tib ruler. The population of Tibrin then hailed Dooku as a liberator.
Vos soon had another mission: to kill Senator Zurros, a Falleen who had earned Dooku's disfavor. Instead of killing the senator, Vos intimidated him into submission. Zurros promised not to betray Dooku again, and Vos took his topknot and a recording of him begging for forgiveness back to the Dooku.
The Count and his minions were otherwise occupied when Vos arrived. Jedi Master Shylar had been captured trying to infiltrate Dooku's headquarters, and he was interrogating her with the assistance of Sey and Skorr. Dooku accepted Vos's creative interpretation of the orders he had been given about Zurros. He then returned to the torture of Shylar, who died believing Vos had betrayed the Jedi.
The next mission Dooku invited Vos on was to Vos's own homeworld of Kiffu. The Count had been negotiating with Sheyf Tinté Vos, Quinlan's great-aunt, in order to establish a Separatist base on Kiffu's twin planet of Kiffex. Tinté refused to accept Dooku's monetary offer for basing rights, and Dooku ordered her killed. While the Sheyf's guards were slaughtered, Vos rescued his great-aunt and led her to safety, killing Kadrian Sey in the process.
Dooku pursued Vos and caught up with him and Tinté Vos. His cover blown, Vos attempted to defend his great-aunt, but was quickly defeated by the Sith Lord. Dooku urged him to read the woman with his Kiffar psychometry. Vos did so and learned that his great-aunt had poisoned her own brother and sacrificed his parents to the Anzati to seize power. Overcome by rage, Vos cut down his great-aunt and became submerged in the dark side of the Force.[56]
From then on, Vos became Dooku's assassin, murdering enemies like Senator Viento and his former Twi'lek ally Kh'aris Fenn. As a reward Dooku gave Vos the power crystal of Darth Andeddu's lightsaber.[57]
Sith Knowledge[]
As the years passed, Dooku immersed himself fully within the persona of Darth Tyranus. He sought out and collected ancient Sith artifacts, particularly holocrons. In a daring raid on Coruscant, he even breached the Jedi Temple itself. While cortosis battle droids distracted the Jedi Council in the depths of Coruscant,[43] Dooku stole the Sith holocron he had studied as a young man from the Jedi Archives.[36] In addition, he sent his minions Quinlan Vos and Tol Skorr to retrieve the long-lost holocron of Darth Andeddu from the Sith graveyard world of Korriban.[57] Dooku also gave a Sith holocron to fallen Anzat Jedi Nikkos Tyris, one of the founders of the Jensaarai sect.[36]
The Jedi suspected their former comrade was indeed a true Sith, but could not discern the identity of the elusive second Dark Lord. Vos thought Sora Bulq was the one they sought, but this was due to a deliberate deception on Dooku's part. While some of Dooku's acolytes, like Asajj Ventress, were aware of the existence of Darth Sidious, many were not.[58]
Other Plans[]
During the Clone Wars, Dooku posted bounties on Jedi that members of a mining colony attempted to collect. They killed a Jedi named Lunis, but his Padawan Obs Kaj escaped. Dooku shot down the fleeing Padawan and only paid the miners the bounty for the one Jedi they had killed.[59]
While Dooku spent much of his time leading the Separatist Council and running the war, he occasionally completed missions for Lord Sidious personally. On one such mission he slipped under the eye of Jedi Generals Mundi and Secura to complete a vital task on the planet Hitaka. The two Jedi had been diverted on a supposedly important mission by Palpatine. The mission they were given was meaningless, [60]
Dooku continued to assist local Separatist leaders and sending droids to aid Alto Stratus in his struggle on Jabiim.[61] Dooku also found it sometimes necessary to take action to protect Sidious's identity, such as when he arranged the death of Jedi General Kim at Merson.[62]
Balance of Power[]
The War Continues[]
As the war continued, Dooku and Grievous planned to destroy an invading Republic army on Viidaav as well as the Separatist-allied inhabitants of the planet by rendering the surface uninhabitable. Droids planted charges on the planet and prepared them for detonation. However, the Republic forces and the Viidaav colonists discovered the plot and fought through the droids to stop the detonation sequence. The detonation charges did not go off, and the planet was saved.[63] In general, Dooku kept a careful watch on Grievous, sending his servant Commander Vulpus to observe the general when he decided to do cyborg experiments on Jedi Padawans.[64]
Despite taking no direct action in the Separatist invasion of the critical communications hub of Praesitlyn, Dooku and Ventress advised Admiral Pors Tonith. Tonith was tasked with capturing the planet and denying its use to the Republic. Opposing him were Jedi Generals Skywalker and Halcyon. Skywalker in particular was being watched closely by Dooku and Sidious, who wished to test his power and bring him closer to the dark side. Once again manipulating the battles of the Clone Wars to suit the Sith schemes, Dooku delayed reinforcements to the Separatists until the last moment, resulting in a defeat for Pors Tonith's forces and a victory for the Republic.[65]
Meeting on Vjun[]
There were those who thought Dooku might possibly be saved, among them his former Master Yoda. However, Yoda did not act until Dooku sent a peculiar message to the Jedi Temple. He had spared the life of captured Jedi Maruk and sent him to Yoda with a gift. This gift, a small shell, was significant to both of them, as it recalled a conversation they had had when Dooku was a Padawan. After meditating and receiving insight from the spirit of Qui-Gon Jinn, Yoda decided to meet with Dooku on the planet Vjun.
Dooku had stressed the need for secrecy to Yoda, but Yoda informed the Jedi Council and Chancellor Palpatine of the vague outline of his plans. Sidious then confronted Dooku over the meeting, but Dooku maintained he meant only to kill Yoda. To meet with Dooku, Yoda slipped out of the Temple in secret and was replaced by a double. This double's ship was ambushed and destroyed by Ventress. As the galaxy reeled at the apparent death of Yoda, the real Yoda's location was betrayed by the droid Solis, who was traveling with him.
Ventress then tracked Yoda down and attacked the escorts he was traveling with. While she slew two Jedi , she was outsmarted and humiliated by Yoda and her ship was destroyed. Dooku was extremely displeased at the turn of events and was about to order her death. However, Ventress shocked him with a proposal that they both turn on Dooku's Master, Darth Sidious. While Dooku did not accept this proposal, he spared her life and ordered her to his headquarters on Vjun.
Ventress's attack had allowed Sidious to pin down the time that Yoda would arrive on Vjun to meet with his apprentice. As Palpatine, Sidious spoke with General Windu and arranged for Generals Skywalker and Kenobi to be sent to Vjun to assist Yoda if necessary. As they traveled to Vjun, Yoda arrived there and infiltrated the Château Malreaux, Dooku's temporary headquarters.
Jedi Commanders Whie Malreaux and Scout and the droids Fidelis and Solis had accompanied Yoda to Vjun. They were left behind in the caverns below the château while Yoda sought out Dooku alone. Ventress trapped and briefly captured the two commanders, and both droids were destroyed defending them. Whie and Scout escaped Ventress briefly, but they only escaped death by the arrival of Kenobi and Skywalker. Ventress had been wounded fighting the commanders and their droids and fled from Kenobi and Skywalker without a fight. Instead, she then stole their ship and escaped off-world.
Meanwhile, Yoda had gained entrance to Dooku's office through the window. Dooku invited him in, and the pair spoke at some length. After an initial conversation about the Count's childhood and family, the Jedi Master confronted Dooku over his choice to join the dark side, and asked him to explain why the dark side of the Force was superior. After listening, Yoda admitted to having some of the dark side in him, but also claimed there was still some light in Dooku. He challenged Dooku to return to the Order, claiming that he would find more forgiveness from his old Master than his new one.
Dooku seemed to consider this, but the two were interrupted by the chaos of Kenobi and Skywalker ripping through the château's defenses and defenders. Realizing Skywalker was on Vjun and interpreting this as a betrayal, Dooku lashed out in a cold fury at Yoda. In a brief lightsaber battle he slightly wounded the Jedi Master, but found himself unable to defeat him. Instead, he elected to escape before Kenobi and Skywalker joined the fight.[44]
Dealing with the Hutts[]
Dooku then concieved a plan to bring the Hutt clan into the Clone wars on the side of the CIS. To do this, Dooku made a deal with Jabba the Hutt's uncle, Ziro.[66] Dooku's plan had his assassin, Asajj Ventress, help the CIS forces under Gen. Loathsom on Christophsis to distract the Jedi. [67]. Ventress then took her ship, the Trident, to Tattoine. There, along with Ziro's agents, she kidnapped Jabba's son, Rotta. She then took him to an abandoned monastery on the planet Teth with 2 battalions of droids. She then contacted her master. Dooku told her that everything was going according to plan. They were then joinded by Lord Sidious, who told Dooku that the Jedi would not only be at war with him, but with the Hutt Clan as well.[66]
After the Kenobi assured Jabba of the Jedi's help and the Republic rescue on Teth, Dooku then met personally met with Jabba. Dooku told Jabba that the Jedi were the one's who kidnapped his precious heir and were planning to destroy him. Dooku also expressed to Ventress that she had to get evidence to convince Jabba that the Jedi were behind it, not them. Dooku then recieved from Ventress a forge recording of Skywalker and his new apprentice with Jabba's son. Dooku then showed this to Jabba, which convinced. Dooku then told Jabba that his droid army had initiated a rescue. Jabba then asked Dooku what he wanted from. Dooku then asked if Jabba would consider joining with him in his figth against the Republic.[68]
Unfortunately, Ventress failed to retrieve Jabba's son from Skywalker and was forced to retreat from Teth. However, Dooku and Ventress lied to Jabba saying that Jabba's son was killed by Skywalker. Jabba became furious and filled with rage over this. Dooku then offered to take care of Skywalker with his Magnaguards.[66]
Riding his speeder bike into the desert, Dooku soon discovered Skywalker, who was waiting for him. They proceeded to duel, and the Dooku noted that Skywalker's swordplay had greatly improved since Geonosis. Dooku sliced Skywalker's backpack in the midst of the battle. As Skywalker was acting as Tano's decoy, the backpack contained only rocks and not Rotta. Skywalker noted that he'd delayed Dooku long enough for Tano to reach the palace. Dooku, not fooled, then displayed a hologram of Tano fighting MagnaGuards, telling Skywalker that the MagnaGuards would kill Rotta, but Tano would be delivered to Jabba alive to face his vengeance.
Dooku was then knocked down by Skywalker down a sandy embankment, ending the duel in a draw. Sprinting to Dooku's speeder, Skywalker stole it and raced to Jabba's throne room to defend Tano from the Hutt's wrath. Dooku lauged at this. Unfortunately, the young Togruta made it past Dooku's minions and delivered the infant Hutt to his father. While enormously pleased at the return of Rotta, Jabba still demanded the deaths of the Jedi for other slights. However, a call from Senator Amidala delivering evidence of Ziro and Dooku's involvement in the kidnapping deflected Jabba's fury onto his uncle and the Separatists.[68]
Further Designs[]
Despite this setback, Lord Sidious assured Dooku that the was still going in his favor. Dooku then moved onto bringing unaligned worlds into the CIS.[69] While on Serenno, Dooku received word of a Jedi plan to destroy the Separatist shipyards on Gwori. He contacted Sidious to inform him of this, but Sidious told him that he already knew about the plot and that he believed it had little chance of success. Dooku soon after learned that some Jedi had breeched the perimeter security on Gwori and he contacted Overseer Juhm, who commanded the shipyards, to offer him extra security, although Juhm refused and claimed he didn't need it. The Overseer soon contacted Dooku and claimed to have captured Kenobi, Skywalker and Tano. The Sith Lord was very pleased by this news and decided to travel to Gwori, so that he could watch their execution. He flew there in his solar sailer, with Asajj Ventress, but on arrival, he discovered that the Jedi had escaped and destroyed the shipyards. He had Ventress kill Juhm for his failure and contacted Sidious, who told him not to worry, as the shipyards would have eventually been destroyed anyway and that the incident had shown them just how powerful Kenobi and Skywalker were. Dooku vowed that they would change that in the future.[70]
Dooku and Ventress were then invited by Po Nudo to overlook Skytop Station.
Dooku touring Skytop Station with Ventress & Po Nudo
Dooku & Ventress negotiating with King Katunko.
Dooku participated in a CIS attack on the planet Falleen. During the battle, he infiltrated a temple and forced the King of Falleen to cede Falleen to the CIS.[74] He contacted Sidious to report the recent Separatist victories to him. Sidious soon after contacted him again, to get Dooku to begin a plan to kill Senator Organa and Jedi General Kenobi. Dooku had an agent who had infiltrated the Friends of the Republic, a intelligence group that provided information for Organa. On Sidious's orders, Dooku had his agent give them information that the Sith were on the planet Zigoola. Zigoola was the location of a Sith temple which contained dangerous artifacts and Kenobi and Organa were supposed to be lured to the planet, where the power of the temple would destroy them. However, they escaped and Dooku's failure further undermined Sidious's confidence in him. Around this time, Dooku also attended a high profile Separatist convention on Chanosant, to try and gain more CIS support.[75]
The Malevolence[]
Dooku then gave Gen. Grievous command of the new battleship, the Malevolence, which carried a 2 powerful ion cannons that could neutralize any ship, battling Republic warships over planets such Phu and Ryndellia, as well as the Kaliida Nebula. Dooku was aboard the Malevolence, overlooking Grievous
Dooku overlooking Grievous's progress on board the Malevolence.
After Jedi General Plo Koon survived the battle of Abregado,[76] the official description of the Malevolence was launched in the Republic HoloNet news, making more scores to Grievous' actions with it. After a battle in the Ryndellia system, that ended in Victory for CIS, Dooku gave Grievous another opportunity, at attacking a Republic Medical base in the Kaliida Nebula, that at the time, was totally unprotected. Grievous attacked the target, but after a skirmish in the space, the Malevolence ion cannons were totally damaged, and just in time, when Republic reinforcements arrived to protect the base, and destroy the ship.[77]
Dooku gave Grievous a final opportunity to triumph, and told him that a important Republic Senator was arriving at that time to the sector, and if the separatist could capture her, the Republic forces would stop their attack, leaving the way free for the Malevolence to escape. However, a Jedi Rescue mission on the vessel forced Grievous to retreat and leave his command ship. The Malevolence was totally destroyed, and the Senator rescued.[78]
Gurnay's Capture & Rescue[]
When Trade Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray was captured by Republic forces on Rodia, Lord Sidious told Tyranus that Gunray would not last long under Jedi interrogation. Tyranus said that he had already set plan in motion, for he was sending his best agent, Asajj Ventress to either free the Viceroy or, should he talk, silence him. Sidious was concerned about Ventress's past failures, but Tyranus gave him his word that Ventress would complete her mission "to the letter." As Sidious's hologram faded away, Ventress stood before Dooku in private.
"There is no margin for error this time, child. You must prove yourself worthy of being my apprentice."
Ventress went to rescue the Viceroy on the Jedi prison, Tranquility, and signaled Captain Faro Argyus, who was convinced with a huge amount of money by Dooku, to liberate him, while she faced the Jedi securing the prison.
Viceroy Gunray was rescued by another of Dooku's agents, the treacherous Republic Captain Argyus, and Ventress defeated Jedi General Unduli and Commander Tano, finally running away with the traitor captain. When Ventress killed the senatorial captain for boastfully discrediting her, Dooku showed no care for his life.[79]
Testing Grievous[]
In light of Grievous's recent failures, Dooku contacted Grievous
"General, the ongoing stalemate in the war has become unacceptable."
Raid on Vanqor & Kidnapping on Florrum[]
When Dooku moved his fortress to Vanqor after capturing Jedi General Skywalker, he was ambushed by Republic forces, and forced into retreating
Dooku being apprehended by Kenobi and Skywalker before escaping.
Dooku captured by brigand, Hondo Onaka and his pirate gang.
Ohnaka contacted the Republic Supreme Chancellor, asking for a million credits in spice, in exchange for the Count. The Republic sent Skywalker and Kenobi who were still looking for him,[81] but they were captured too by Ohnaka to gain more spice.
Republic Senator Kharrus, Representative Binks and Commander Stone's escort meanwhile were arriving there to pay them. Dooku managed to escape with the Jedi three times, but they were recaptured and taken to the cell again. When the power went out due to representative Binks fight, Dooku was able to escape successfully one more time, killing the guard outside his cell, then force choking Turk Falso
Dooku making his escape, killing one of the pirates.
The Defoliator[]
Later, Dooku authorized the Neimoidian researcher, General Lok Durd, to build his new weapon, the Defoliator, a weapon that could destroy every living organic within a certain area, while leaving droids unharmed. Dooku was then contacted by Durd
Dooku and Gen. Durd observing the Defoliator's 1st test.
Battle of Ryloth[]
When Emir Tambor's forces took and occupied Ryloth, Dooku gave him orders to take extremely precautions against the Republic there. Dooku assured him that the Republic could not retake the planet due to it's stretched forces. Unfortunately, the blockade under Captain Mar Tuuk was destroyed,[84]
After the Republic forces landed[85], Tambor, from his headquarters in Lessu, tried to slow down the advancing republic forces under Jedi General Windu. Dooku was then informed by Tambor's tactical droid, TA-175 that the Emir was not doing a good job protecting the CIS investment on Ryoloth. Tambor told Dooku that TA-175 was exaggerating and that he had not lost yet. Dooku then told that he was no match against Windu. Dooku then ordered Tambor to take what riches he could and to destroy what's left on Ryloth. Dooku explained that the ruins of Ryloth would demonstrate to the galaxy the cost of a Republic victory.
As Tambor was loading his ship with treasures from Ryloth, Dooku contacted him again. Dooku was shocked that he had not evacuated. Dooku made it clear that he wanted Tambor out before the republic arrives. Dooku then ordered TA-175 to bomb the city after Windu's arrival, to which the droid agreed to. As the Republic made their way to Tambor's location, Tambor was left behind by TA-175. TA-175 then contacted Dooku
Dooku ordering TA-175 to bomb Lessu, despite Emir Tambor being left behind.
Battle of Behpour[]
After the Republic's victory on Ryloth, Dooku then oversaw Shakoan scientist/bounty hunter Kul Teska's Gravitic polarization beam after Ryloth's liberation. Dooku sent his agent Asajj Ventress to Alzoc III to destroy the wreckage of Teska's ship to prevent the jedi from finding out about the Gravitic beam weapon. After that Dooku was then contacted by Teska who was able to find the power core to his weapon on Ryloth. Dooku then assured Teska that remaining droid forces would be at his disposal to reaquire the power core. After Teska got the power core back from fellow bounty hunter Cad Bane, Dooku and Ventress rendezvoused with him on Behpour at it's CIS base. When the Republic arrived to stop Teska's weapon from destroying Naboo's sun, Dooku dueled with Jedi Generals Windu and Kenobi. Dooku then retreated with Ventressafter Teska and his weapon was destroyed. Unfortunately, their ship was disabled by Cad Bane and they were left adrift in space.[87]
Mandalorian Power Struggle[]
During the Clone Wars, Dooku and the CIS officially backed the Death Watch, a group of Mandalorian terrorists whose goal was to bring down the government of the pacifist Duchess Satine Kryze and the New Mandalorians. Dooku urged the leader of the Death Watch, Governor Pre Vizsla of Concordia,
Dooku plotting with Vizsla.
However, his plan fell through. Duchess Satine presented her case to the Republic Senate, urging them to hold off a military occupation, despite the attempts of a Death Watch assassin, sent by Dooku and Vizsla, to silence her. Dooku ordered Vizsla and his men to hold off the attack force, claiming he had further plans for them.[89]
After these events, Dooku then disowned Vizsla and his Death Watch. Dooku and Vizsla then fought each other, but Dooku was able to defeat and scar Vizsla before he escaped to Carlaac. Dooku then became a target for the Death Watch.[90]
Continuing the War[]
- "After our attack, chances of peace will disappear."
- ―Dooku
"After our attack, chances of peace will dissapear."
Dooku withdrawing his CIS peace treaty.
Dooku tasking 2 thugs to eliminate Rep. Sen. Amidala.
Sith Treachery[]
Ventress's "Demise"[]
On his homeworld of Serenno, Darth Tyranus was then contacted by his master, Lord Sidious
Darth Tyranus being ordered to eliminate Ventress.
"You have failed for the last time. Now you shall die."
Dealings with the Nightsisters[]
Unknown to Tyranus, Ventress survived Dooku's attempt to eliminate her. Ventress made her way back to her homeworld of Dathomir, where she received help from her clan, the Nightsisters and Mother Talzin. With their help Ventress and two other Nightsisters tried to kill Tyranus
Tyranus fighting blind against Ventress and 2 nighstisters, cloaked.
Mother Talzin offering Dooku a new apprentice.
"We could certainly use the powers of the Nightsisters against the Jedi."
Training the brother of Darth Maul[]
After the Nightsister used their mystical powers on Savage Opress, they deliver him to Dooku on Serreno. There Savage was given his first mission by Dooku: to take out the Temple of Eedit on Devaron. After slaughtering the Republic forces present there almost singlehandedly, including two Jedi, Savage returned to Serenno, where Tyranus promised that they would be more powerful than Lord Sidious and rule the galaxy together
"We shall do great things."
Dooku training Savage in lightsaber combat
Dooku fighting both his apprentices.
Dooku and Ventress being choked by Opress.
Skirmish on Naboo[]
Dooku then had his agent, Gungan mystic Minister Rish Loo,
Dooku plotting with his agent, Rish Loo.
Lords Tyranus and Sidious planning on their prisoner exchange.
Dooku & his Magnaguards subduing Skywalker.
Dooku negotiating with Amidal for the prisoner exchange of Generals Skywalker & Grievous.
Plot to kidnap Chancellor Palpatine[]
Dooku and bounty hunter Moralo Eval then planned to kidnap the Chancellor Palpatine during Naboo's Festival of Light. After Eval was freed by fellow bounty hunters Cad Bane and Rako Hardeen (who was really Jedi General Kenobi in disguise) [97][98], Dooku then held a "freindly" contest for 13 of the galaxy's best bounty hunters. Dooku and Eval then took their weapons away and then sent them into the Box. While watching the bounty hunters performance, Dooku was very interested in Rako Hardeen.
Dooku and Eval overlooking the Box challenge.
Dooku & Bane laying the plan down for the other bounty hunters.
Dooku fighting Skywalker on Naboo after kidnapping.
Dooku making his escape without Palpatine.
Battle of Dathomir[]
Dooku then summoned General Grievous to Serenno
"Wipe the witches out. All of them."
Dooku being tortured by Mother Talzin's Magick.
Dooku ordering Grievous to kill Mother Talzin before she kills him.
At some point thereafter, Dooku consulted Grievous, informing him about Savage Opress' growing powers, which he could sense from afar, and cautioned about the threat he potentially posed to all who crossed his path, including themselves.[102]
Battle of Onderon[]
The Final Moves[]
Meeting on Vjun[]
There were those who thought Dooku might possibly be saved—among them, his former teacher, Master Yoda. However, Yoda did not act until Dooku sent a peculiar message to the Jedi Temple. He had spared the life of captured Jedi Maruk and sent him to Yoda with a gift. This gift, a small shell, was significant to both of them, as it recalled a conversation they had had when Dooku was a Padawan. After meditating and receiving insight from the spirit of Dooku's former apprentice, Jinn, Yoda decided to meet with Dooku on the planet Vjun.
Dooku had stressed the need for secrecy to Yoda, but Yoda informed the Jedi Council and Chancellor Palpatine of the vague outline of his plans. Sidious then confronted Dooku over the meeting, but Dooku maintained he meant only to kill Yoda. To meet with Dooku, Yoda slipped out of the Temple in secret and was replaced by a double. This double's ship was ambushed and destroyed by Ventress. As the galaxy reeled at the apparent death of Yoda, the real Yoda's location was betrayed by the droid Solis, who was traveling with him.
Ventress then tracked Yoda down and attacked the escorts he was traveling with. While she slew two Jedi Masters, she was outsmarted and humiliated by Yoda and her ship was destroyed. Dooku was extremely displeased at the turn of events and was about to order her death. However, Ventress shocked him with a proposal that they both turn on Dooku's Master, Sidious. While Dooku did not accept this proposal, he spared her life and ordered her to his headquarters on Vjun.
Ventress's attack had allowed Sidious to pin down the time that Yoda would arrive on Vjun to meet with his apprentice. As Palpatine, Sidious spoke with Master Windu and arranged for Jedi Generals Skywalker and Kenobi to be sent to Vjun to assist Yoda if necessary. As they traveled to Vjun, Yoda arrived there and infiltrated the Château Malreaux, Dooku's temporary headquarters.
Jedi Padawans Whie Malreaux and Scout and the droids Fidelis and Solis had accompanied Yoda to Vjun. They were left behind in the caverns below the château while Yoda sought out Dooku alone. Ventress trapped and briefly captured the two Padawans, and both droids were destroyed defending them. Whie and Scout escaped Ventress briefly, but they only escaped death by the arrival of Kenobi and Skywalker. Ventress had been wounded fighting the Padawans and their droids and fled from Kenobi and Skywalker without a fight. Instead, she then stole their ship and escaped off-world.
Meanwhile, Yoda had gained entrance to Dooku's office through the window. Dooku invited him in, and the pair spoke at some length. After an initial conversation about the Count's childhood and family, Yoda confronted Dooku over his choice to join the dark side, and asked him to explain why the dark side of the Force was superior. After listening, Yoda admitted to having some of the dark side in him, but also claimed there was still some light in Dooku. He challenged Dooku to return to the Order, claiming that he would find more forgiveness from his old Master than his new one.
Dooku seemed to consider this, but the two were interrupted by the chaos of Kenobi and Skywalker ripping through the château's defenses and defenders. Realizing Skywalker was on Vjun and interpreting this as a betrayal, Dooku lashed out in a cold fury at Yoda. In a brief lightsaber battle he slightly wounded the Jedi Master, but found himself unable to defeat him. Instead, he elected to escape before Kenobi and Skywalker joined the fight.[44]
Battle of Boz Pity[]
- "Even if you kill me, the fighting and death will continue. Of course, you won't kill me. Not today."
- ―Dooku
Ventress continued her hunt for Skywalker, and confronted him once more on the rooftops of Coruscant. While she scared Skywalker in the ensuing duel, Ventress was defeated and thrown off a building.[103] She was seriously injured in the fall, but Dooku arranged for her rescue and brought her to the world of Boz Pity for medical treatment and cybernetic enhancement. While she recovered, Dooku and Grievous adopted the medical facility as a temporary headquarters.
The Republic believed Ventress had died on Coruscant, but Kenobi was not so sure. He successfully tracked her to Boz Pity, and brought Skywalker, numerous clones and most of the Jedi Council with him. His ship, the Intervention, landed near the Separatist facility, and dispatched an army. While the other Jedi fought the CIS droids defending the base, Kenobi infiltrated the med center where Ventress was being treated in a bacta tank. He found Dooku there, and accused him of corrupting her. Dooku denied this, claiming that Ventress had been consumed by anger when he discovered her. Furious at the implication that she was weak, Ventress smashed the bacta tank with the Force and broke free.
Tossing Ventress her lightsabers, Dooku ordered her to kill Kenobi and withdrew. Heading across the battlefield, the Sith Lord was confronted by Jedi General Windu, who had just taken out Grievous. Windu attempted to kill Dooku, but Dooku outmaneuvered his old friend with the aid of two IG-100 MagnaGuard and rescued the damaged general. Entering his shuttle with Grievous, Dooku spotted Ventress running towards them, pursued by Skywalker and Kenobi.
Perceiving she would not make it to the shuttle in time, Dooku ordered Ventress shot and his shuttle left without her. Seriously wounded, Ventress then turned on Kenobi, attempting to kill him for driving Dooku away. Skywalker stabbed her with his lightsaber to save Kenobi. Although all present thought her dead, she survived through a Sith meditation technique.[104]
Defeat at Saleucami[]
- "Your little victory means nothing!"
"It means you have lost, Dooku. You will always lose." - ―Dooku and Tholme
Tholme's ongoing sabotage of the base finally became too much of an irritant for Dark Acolyte Sora Bulq, who was leading the CIS forces. He contacted Dooku, who was disappointed in his failure to catch and kill Tholme. After a discussion with Bulq, Dooku ordered that Vos eliminate the Jedi Master for them. Those orders were relayed to Vos in the enemy camp, and Vos confronted Tholme in the lava-filled caverns below the Separatist base. While Vos did not initially intend to kill his former Master, the pair had an argument that escalated to the point of combat. A boulder fell and split the pair, spilling Tholme into a deep lava pit. Assuming that Tholme was dead, Vos returned to the Republic lines.
Later, Vos was again brought into the Separatist base in secret. He appeared before Bulq and a hologram of Dooku, who had one final test for him. Dooku told him that his lover, Khaleen Hentz, had been a Separatist agent all along, and had seduced Vos on Dooku's orders. He ordered Vos to kill her, but Vos refused, as she was pregnant with his child. Instead, he turned on Dooku's minions.
Tholme had survived his fall into the lava. With Jedi General Secura, who had infiltrated the Separatist base, he assisted Vos in his fight against Dooku's Dark Acolytes. Bulq and Skorr were both killed by Vos, while Secura slew the Morgukai warrior Bok. Meanwhile, Republic forces destroyed the defenses of the Separatist base and began bombarding it. Vos, Secura, and Tholme escaped the disintegrating base, and the bombardment destroyed the Morgukai cloning facilities. Dooku had lost three powerful allies and an entire army in one battle, but the war waged on.[105]
Brink of Disaster[]
Dooku had spent much of the war supervising the Separatist Council, allowing Grievous to command the droid armies. After Boz Pity, he made a temporary home on Kaon. A Confederacy defeat at Cato Neimoidia forced Viceroy Gunray to flee the world, leaving a critical communications device behind. This mechno-chair was Gunray's secret line of communication to Separatist figures like Grievous, Dooku, and Sidious himself. Its capture prompted a crisis for Sidious and Dooku, as Sidious was now in serious danger of being unmasked by the Republic and the Jedi.
Concerned, Dooku traveled to The Works to consult with Sidious in person. Kenobi and Skywalker were tracking down the builders of Gunray's mechno-chair to try and find clues to Sidious's identity. Dooku and Sidious agreed to lure Kenobi and Skywalker to Naos III, where they would be attacked by bounty hunters hired by Dooku. Sidious also tasked Dooku with Kenobi's death.[5]
Dooku's bounty hunters failed in their task, and Kenobi and Skywalker learned about the Sith lair in The Works from the pilot Fa'ale Leh, who had worked for the Sith. This was not in the Sith plan. Shortly after Dooku engaged in a practice sparring session with Grievous,[106] he was urgently contacted by Sidious. The Jedi were investigating The Works, and threatened to discover Sidious's secret headquarters on Coruscant under 500 Republica.
To evade Jedi pursuit, Dooku suggested that Sidious leave Coruscant, but he had other plans. To draw his Jedi pursuers off his scent, Sidious arranged to send Kenobi and Skywalker to Tythe, using Dooku and a Separatist assault as bait. Dooku would then kill Kenobi and lure Skywalker to the dark side. Sidious also ordered Grievous to attack Coruscant with the rest of his forces while the Republic was engaged on Tythe.
On Tythe, Dooku waited in a LiMerge Power plasma facility for Kenobi and Skywalker, who landed and began searching for him. They discovered a hologram of him, but were delayed by swarms of battle droids. Furious, Skywalker gave into his anger and unleashed a Force scream. This massive release of power caused the roof of the building to collapse on the three of them. The first to extract himself the rubble, Dooku was shocked by Skywalker's power and had a brief moment of doubt relating to Sidious's plans. He quickly overcame it, escaped the planet and jumped for Nelvaan to throw the Jedi off his trail.[5] The Jedi then went to Nelvaan but it was another distraction.[106] From there, he jumped almost immediately to Coruscant, where a great battle was already in progress. Grievous had captured Palpatine, and was holding him prisoner aboard the Invisible Hand, his flagship.[5]Notes & References[]
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- ↑ Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
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- ↑ The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
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Dooku Spotted in Gree Enclave—HoloNet News Vol. 531 54
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- ↑ Dooku Bounty Posting Still A Mystery—HoloNet News Vol. 531 46
- ↑ Palpatine to Separatists: Let's Talk—HoloNet News Vol. 531 48
- ↑ Star Wars Adventures 4: Jango Fett vs. the Razor Eaters
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- ↑ Precipice
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- ↑ Boba Fett: The Fight to Survive
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- ↑ "The Siege of Saleucami" - Clone Wars Volume 8: The Last Siege, the Final Truth
- ↑ Rather Darkness Visible
- ↑ Chain of Command
- ↑ "The Battle of Jabiim" - Clone Wars Volume 3: Last Stand on Jabiim
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- ↑ "Heroes on Both Sides" - Clone Wars Adventures: Volume 5
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- ↑ The Clone Wars: Shipyards of Doom
- ↑ The Clone Wars: Prelude
- ↑ The Clone Wars – "Supply Lines"
- ↑ The Clone Wars – "Ambush"
- ↑ The Clone Wars: The Fall of Falleen
- ↑ The Clone Wars: Wild Space
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- ↑ The Clone Wars – "Shadow of Malevolence"
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- ↑ The Clone Wars – "The Gungan General"
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External Link[]
Dooku in the Encyclopedia