Versus Collaborative | Luke Skywalker (Dark Empire) vs Count Dooku 

Edit: The video has officially reached 2000+ views, holy crap, thank you so much guys!

Ooh a new Versus youtuber! W

That halo 4 music actually goes well with star wars lol

Thanks for watching everyone. This collaboration was an absolute pleasure to do with Deadponic and I hope the our efforts are met with your enjoyment. If anyone has any input for either myself or Deadponic, please do not hesitate to leave a comment below or reply here. We are always seeking to improve and grow as versus content creators. We are also open to suggestions for future matchups. What makes these videos worth while is the community we share them with. You all make what we do possible and we are grateful for your time and input. On behalf of Deadponic and myself, thank you for being part of this journey. Peace out everyone.

this is pretty much a good match-up. This match-up is about two true martial arts masters facing off each other. I think in this match physical endurance won't matter so much because Luke and Dooku, though like facing each other face to face, they still prefer to mantain their mid-guard pose and prefer going slow mostly making feints to test each other, so the bursts of combinations don't play a big part in the duration of the duel. If this really happens, i'm afraid ol' Dooku can only be bested so easily by Grandmaster Luke, not Dark Empire Luke. Grandmaster Luke is pretty much an organic and more flexible version of his father (depending on who you wish to think off), only he can disarm Dooku with only a few moves. Otherwise, well Dark Empire Luke really should be careful, this old man maybe humbling, but he is truly something. Beating Sidious in Dark Empire may carry some weight since his approach is very similar to Dooku, but much more about aggression, but Luke was amplified by Leia's Force Harmony, but really matching Sidious blow to blow means Luke won't have so much difficult dealing with Dooku's blade bursts. This match won't really last long, in only a few combinations, i have to admit. If Luke can match the younger and much faster Sidious in bladework, tanking the first combinations is an extremely difficult thing, but not impossible, he is going to disarm Dooku once he got his rhythm.

Great video.

I have 2 comments. Some seriously needed constructive criticism and my opinion on the video. 1) For your own good, I have to politely suggest that you stop plagiarizing in the future. Your lines from 4:50 to 5:31 are taken DIRECTLY from Jensaarai One's "Versus Series: Darth Bane Vs Luke Skywalker", with only a few words being altered. Jensaarai One: "While Luke Skywalker as featured in the classic Expanded Universe is the superior version of the character, Grandmaster Luke is also OP as fuck. [...] but it also makes Grandmaster Luke both difficult to research due to the sheer amount of material, and difficult to use because the number of combatants on his level is extremely small. By using Dark Empire Luke, I cut down on the research and get a much more balanced combatant; one who is still highly developed and powerful, but without being OP." - Versus Series: Darth Bane Vs Luke Skywalker". Deadponic 117: "While the version of Luke as featured in classic Expanded lore is by far the superior version of the character, Grandmaster Luke is for all intents and purposes OP as fuck. Not only does this make Grandmaster Luke difficult to research due to the sheer amount of material that it becomes headache inducing, but it also makes him impossible to use in a regular matchup due to the number of fighters on his level being extremely small. By using Dark Empire era Luke, not only is the amount of material not as overwhelming, but you still get a highly developed character that isn't broken and isn't capable of simply stomping anybody he's up against." - Versus Collaborative | Luke Skywalker (Dark Empire) vs Count Dooku See what I mean? Not word for word, but waaaaay too similar imo. I can see how Jenssarai One's style has heavily influenced your own versus series, which is fine. But you need to seriously avoid taking lines directly from his scripts and only changing a few words, because this isn't the first time I've noticed this in your videos. "Luke Skywalker is a vastly better character in Legends Continuity than Disney Canon, but at the same time, he's incredibly overpowered compared to the rest of the franchise. With him having so much material that needs to be considered for research, as well as the number of combatants who can give him a hard fight being very limited, Grandmaster Luke simply isn't an ideal character for a versus series match. Using Dark Empire Luke makes the research much easier by removing the need to analyze his feats from the dozens of post Dark Empire stories, as well as providing a version of the character that is still very powerful, but much more comparable to many other high tiers.". See how I got the exact same point across without having to use a slightly modified version of Jensaarai One's script? I'm not writing this comment to bully you for your mistake. I'm simply giving you polite feedback to avoid plagiarism issues in the future. My favourite RU-vidr is a guy called DanCo, and he's plagiarized online articles in the past many times which has led to many of his videos being removed multiple times. I don't want to see a promising versus series maker with great potential falling into the bad habit of copying parts of other RU-vidrs' scripts. Your Versus Series videos are already extremely similar in style and word choice to Jensaarai One's, so lets make sure that we're simply taking inspiration from him rather than copying many lines from his videos. 2) I do like this video. I disagree with the notion that Dooku is the better force user, as Luke is more powerful, more versatile, and can certainly use the force offensively (he pushed DE Sidious for crying out loud), but we both agree DE Luke wins in he end. I really like seeing versus series videos with DE Luke, as I agree that they're more interesting than ones with Grandmaster Luke.

Excellent work on the video. You both have proven to be highly sophisticated analyzers. However I disagree that Luke would be able to win out over Count Dooku. While Luke's physical advantage is commendable, it must not be forgotten that almost every opponent Dooku faced had similar physical advantages. No opponent Dooku faced was truly able to overwhelm his guard without drawing on the dark side to amp their rage. Mace couldn't overwhelm Dooku, Yoda couldn't, and Anakin only did so through dark side rage and Dooku holding back. As for martial combat, Dooku is a much better duelist as you did not account for Luke's shortcomings against Lumiya and Desaan. His victory over Vader in the grand scheme of things was little more than a fluke, and also rooted in Vader's own handicaps that Dooku does not suffer. As for force abilities, Dooku was able to stalemate Yoda, so unless you are going to argue that Dark Empire Luke is more powerful Grand Master Yoda, Dooku will be more powerful. Luke is good, but Dooku is simply more refined and was truly the greatest swordmaster of his era.

I don't know if anyone has made this or this is a little too much from you guys, but I would like to see a match-up between master Shaak Ti and Grandmaster Luke Skywalker. I look forward to see how much you guys can take when analyzing two of the most broken Jedi in the Star Wars stories. And I also wonder if really Luke can easily take a Jedi who is notches better than his wife, master Mara-Jade Skywalker and his Order's battle master Kyle Katarn.

I sense you guys took a lot of inspiration from Jensaarai's Versus videos, and I mean a LOT, right down to the tone of voice and inflections Jen' tends to use. Like I get it, he's a great RU-vidr, but at least be a little more original.

Would it be inaccurate to say that Luke at this point in his life was comparable in ability to Anakin when he turned to the dark side?

I haven’t watched the video in full yet. I'm in the physical section so far. But a couple things: your reasons for using DE Luke are almost exactly the same as Jensaarai. I agree with them, but be careful of plagiarism. Also, Luke is not 6'2". Far from it. He's 1.72 meters, which makes him just under 5'8".

Luke would easily win. Vader already thought he was stronger tgan old ben, someone equal to anh vader. "Vader shook his head. A great Victory. Once that would have been something to make him proud. Now? Now it was as hollow as smashing These weak X-Wing pilots. A warrior needed to contend with equals. Obi-Wan Was gone, and the other Jedi were all extinct, save one, who was the strongest of them all. His own Son." Taken from Star wars shadows of the empire. Anh vader had already surpassed anakin, who is stronger than dooku. "More important, Vader's bloodlust had been appeased; replaced by self-possession of a sort he had never before experienced. It was as if he had crossed some invisible threshold to a new World. He could feel the power of the dark side Surging through him like an icy torrent. He felt invulnerable in a way that had nothing to Do with his durasteel prostheses, his suit of armor and gadgets, which now seemed little more than an Outfit. And it had taken a Jedi- yet another Jedi- to usher him over that threshold. " Taken from Star wars the rise of darth vader. With this, Luke should easily win.