Why Sidious Was TERRIFIED of Dooku After Dueling Yoda - Star Wars Explained 

My final note. Sidious had other reasons to fear Dooku. Unlike his other apprentices, Dooku was a finished product and a peer and rival in every sense. Dooku was groomed to become Jedi Grand Master and was only eclipsed by Yoda in knowledge of the Light Side. He was an accomplished diplomat and political leader. Dooku was an immensely popular and effective Head of State. Dooku already had a detailed knowledge of the Dark Side before he ever met Sidious. Combine these traits and you have a mirror image of Palpatine and a true rival.

For someone who had SO many sets of Plot Armor stacked against him, Dooku really is one of the most underrated badasses in all of Star Wars.

Something else to note is that Dooku also got the holocron of Darth Andeddu, if he'd kept it, instead of delivering it to his Master, he would have learned essence transfer. With access to cloning technology and the wealth to fund it, Dooku could have taken his eight decades of experience in the Light and Dark and placed it inside a body in its prime. With his control of the CIS, his Dark Side Acolytes and the ever present trump card of being able to reveal Sidious, Tyranus had the best opportunity to take over the Sith...but he made the mistake of remaining loyal.

Remember one thing in revenge of the sith, dooku thought he was supposed to be arrested not killed. So he really wasn't fighting at 100% when he was fighting Anakin. He was supposed to tempt Anakin to the dark side instead of trying to kill him. I am not saying that Anakin wasn't powerful but just like Vader later on when fighting Luke on the second death star, he wasn't fighting to kill Luke at all. If Vader had wanted to kill Luke Skywalker he could have. Even with Luke's anger

My thoughts: we need a Dooku series, following him from Padawan, through knighthood, all the way to his leaving the order. And don't let Kathleen Kennedy within 12 parsecs of it.

In the clone wars we see the perfect example of a good villain in Count Doku! He is powerful in physical combat, has mastered strong force abilities such as force lighting but he also has immense political power. His intelligence allows him to execute complicated but not convoluted political plots that often succeed despite our hero's best efforts and when things go south he himself shows up and drastically changed the balance of power, turning it into his favour. His charm and elegant fighting style add a very cool superficial layer to all this. But most importantly Doku has a point. He isn't a villain because he is evil, or because he got corrupted. He had good intentions and in pursuit of these he didn't fall to the dark side but choose to embrace it as a necessary evil Note how he never got sith eyes or any of the other features of those who give in to the dark side. Doku has none of those because he remained in control and used the dark side as a means to an end. If not for Sidious he may well have ended up reforming the republic or forming a new and better one. Certainly bloodshed would have been part of this and the Jedi would not have approved but he didn't need them and he was right about the effects of corruption on the republic and just how broken the system was. Unlike Sidious however he intended not to exploit it for his own power but the reform/replace it with what he saw as a better system. Only if a villains motives make sense. And perhaps in a way they are right/have at least a valid point (they can still be evil, Doku clearly is he constantly torchers and murders people and started a war with hundreds of millions of casualties) can they become truly good villains the audience enjoys seeing. That add to the story more then just being a counter weight to the Hero's

Dooku is my favorite sith. From everything to his fighting style, to his reason for going to the dark side, to his strategy. I just like him. He is a more complex character than sidious who is just pure evil (he is a politician after all) and doesn't really have any reason for going to the dark side other than he was just a bad person.

Little did Sidious know, Dooku was also a vampire and a wizard. He stood no chance

It would be an interesting "What If" Dooku fights Yoda to a standstill... then realizes "He will never be in a better position to attack Palpatine" ... the Republic had already fallen (in all practicality) ... the Jedi were blind, and weak. How much more could he -POSSIBLY- have learned from Palpatine ... how much did he really expect Palpatine to teach him? How long before the axe?

While Yoda was grandmaster, grandmasters arent selected for the combat prowess, it's often their wisdom of the force, not their overall power level that is often the selection critea, though wisdom and power are often correlated. Anakin for example would never have become grand Master, whereas Obi-Wan probably had the potential. Dooku though dedicated himself to preparing to fight the Sith, and was one of the preeminent Saber duelists in the order.

I think Dooku in his prime would certainly give Sidious a challenge. The Emperor would probably have to fall back onto his mastery of the force to take the win.

It would be interesting if Dooku had taken Maul for his apprentice and they both tried to overthrow Sidious together.

Imagine if instead of following the order to kill Ventress, Dooku instructed her to forfeit the battle and escape. And to find him a replacement so they can plot their attack on Sidious together. So she escapes to mother Talzin to get her a recruit for Dooku. Follow the same scenario with them discovering Savage and Maul, she can even bring along the two night sister warriors with lightsabers and invisibility and Dooku presented a full on assault against Sidious with these forces.

We really need more dooku prime duels in "tales of the jedi"

Sidious was smart for fearing Dooku. He didn't get to where he was at by being stupid.

How does Dooku fleeing his battle vs Yoda count as a standstill yet Yoda fleeing his battle with Palpatine means Yoda lost?

I think that Dooku was always a superior strategist when it came to balancing the light and dark in himself but if it came down to a fight with Sidious he would embrace more of the dark side to augment his aged prowess knowing that it would be a do or die moment possibly giving him just enough power coupled with his arguably superior light saber skill to maybe catch Sidious off guard ergo winning but not outright being more powerful

I have to agree, Dooku being the better Swordsmen is probable, as it was something, as a Jedi, he perfected. If it came to blows, he would have the upper hand, until Sidious pulled out his force abilities. However, Dooku is shown to have very similar abilities, even using force lightning with one hand, while Sidious always used two, giving Dooku the ability to multitask both lightsaber combat and the force.

If Dooku was able to find and cultivate a worthy apprentice to focus all of his teachings on we could have seen the reverse of the Maul/Oppress vs Sidious situation. In Dooku's position he could have undermined Sidious's entire operation to his and the separatists benefit. I would love to see a what if based on that premise.

There is an argument that Dooku is actually a better strict swordsman than Yoda, and certainly Sidious. Think about it: It would take immense skill, unrivaled skill, to fight someone like Yoda on nearly even terms. Yoda is clearly more powerful in the Force and the duel should not have been even close. Think about what Yoda did to Ventress and Sidious to Maul. For Dooku to basically stalemate Yoda means his sword work as so good that he overcame the gap in Force power. Most impressive. Also take into what Dooku did to Anakin and Obi-Wan on Oba Dia, when those two were at their peak, is also incredible.

I’d love to see what would happen if Anakin had refused to kill Dooku. How would the escape from the ship go? Would Dooku turn the CIS against Palpatine for real, or, worse yet - reveal him to the Jedi?

Dooku was feared by Plagueis as well. He was a peerless diplomat, the premier lightsaber duelist of his day, and a prodigy with the Force. Plagueis knew that Dooku, at his peak, could be a physical AND political threat to the Sith, and Plagueis even contemplated turning Dooku as a true Sith apprentice.

I stg Sidious was scared of seemingly everything *why sidious was terrified after obi wan beat anakin *why sidious feared qui gon *why sidious feared yoda after order 66 *why sidious was terrified of Dooku

Though not canon, "Dark Rendezvous" is instructive. The rematch between Yoda and Dooku where Yoda is only with the greatest difficulty able to hold off Dooku and is even wounded. Dooku at his peak power is as close to Yoda and Sidious as anyone could get along with Mace. One notes Dooku's duel with Mace late in the Clone Wars was also as even a match as there can be.

Sidious was grooming Anakin and getting a sense that he could defeat Dooku. That's why he pretended to get captured by the Seperatists on Grievous ship. Sidious knew Anakin would come to his rescue. This gave Sidious the opportunity to rid himself of Dooku...while gaining a more powerful ally.

I did always find it interesting that Dooku was able to go toe to toe with Yoda, who in turn was able to go toe to toe with Sidious. I would assume that being the emperor and the Sith master would give Sidious the plot armor he needs to win every time, but that didn't stop him from getting floored by Mace. I know that the novelization clarified that Mace was amped up by Sidious' dark side energy, but that wasn't shown in the movie and I don't think it was Lucas' intention when writing the fight. Either way, it showed that Sidious is very beatable. Dooku should be able to win

If Yoda had tapped into the dark side even a little, he would've clapped Dooku and Sidious at the same time by himself. In the book "Dark Rendezvous" Dooku has a vision of what dark side Yoda would look like and he practically soiled his tunic.

I have no clue why he was terrified? Yoda was about to wash his former Padwan. I think the next strike was game time which is why Dooku decided to pull a fast one.

The more I learn about Palpatine the more impressive his metal ability becomes to me...his planning, manipulation, & knowledge makes him almost perfect as a character no matter the fact that he uses his gifts purely for power...it seems, if not for a moment of blind anger & rage blinding him of his surroundings, he may have been the greatest mastermind ever written...to think a mind could be so disciplined to always stay a few steps ahead of it's competition or enemies is amazing...the slightest sign that a person is a problem & he's already contemplating how to destroy them & always trusts his instincts...he almost blurs the line between evil & just great leader... regardless of his true intentions, he did turn the republic into a great, strong empire as he said he would...to be able to plan for betrayal all the betraying all around yourself is taxing & stressful making it nearly impossible to remain sharp

I’ve been saying this for years and I’ll say it again - I think Dooku and Windu are slept on in terms of dueling prowess. I think they are the two strongest duelists in all the galaxy during the prequel era - with Yoda, Palpatine, and Anakin being the next three in no particular order.

He was truly a master at the force in general. Besides his skill set, What made him so powerful is he thinks for himself. He could not be manipulated or used the way Anakin was.

@6:39,.... This has always been one of my favorite pictures of Darth Plagueis. It's so cool.

Dooku got the dark holocrom which had the acknowledged of over 10,000 years of sith magic archemy rituals lightsaber skills ect and didn't do anything with it exar kun possessed the dark holocrom for a couple of days and became too powerful for the sith and jedi of his era.

He didn't nearly beat Yoda. He ran. The separatist knew Doku wasn't the head guy. Remember episode 1. There are two of them.

Fan fact: Dooku was 20 years older than Palpatin. And so on, Sheev and Dooku didn't have the typical Master-padawan relationship since the padawan was wiser and more experienced in this specific situation. Also, Dooku lost with great difficulty to Anakin at the age of 83 and so he was nearly 30-40 years after his prime which is one of the reasons about why i believe that Dooku was by far the best at lightsaber combat being able to overwhelm much more powerful opponents.

Hmm, so the main component missing for Dooku to be a true rival was that he didn't know Sidius's techniques for mitigating aging, so Sidius could just wait him out.

The fact that Dooku held his own against Yoda at all is a feat to be impressed over, especially with the apparent fact Yoda was Palpatine’s equal

okay so let me get this straight from the things you said in this video: so there is................ (1.): Dooku was able to fend off Yoda and that scared Sidious. and........................... (2.): Dooku had a stalemate with Yoda and that struck fear into Sidious. and ofcourse........... (3.): Dooku rivaled the strength of Yoda and that made Sidious question the safety of his position. and i almost forgot. (4.): Dooku was able to stand his ground against Yoda and that caused Sidious to reconsider his own ability as a duelist. still i can't help but wonder........i just can't seem to understand.........this question really bugged me the entire video...: why was Sidious terrified of Dooku? PS: i'm ofcourse poking fun here. not trying to offend. but let's just say, i hope the creator reads this and figures out my message because i'm baffled by this script :s

To me Dooku is the best duelist in the Galaxy and not only that but he's one of the smartest Sith ever because he used his knowledge from the light side in order to channel the dark side in a way that didn't consume him. In my opinion this can result in someone more powerful than somebody that just gets consumed by the rage of the dark side. Dooku knew how to navigate the dark side because of his experience in the force as a whole. He combined that knowledge with his unparalleled lightsaber skills. I think in lightsaber combat he was better than Sidious himself.. He also had a very precise strategic mind, so whatever he wanted to achieve, he did. I wish he and Ventress had better luck so that they could establish their own Sith group of their own. The difference with other sith apprentices is that Dooku was at the level of a Dark Lord of the Sith because of how much he studied the force as a Jedi, therefore Palpatine and Him were destined to clash eventually because of the fact that they were 2 dark lords instead of just 1. That's a mistake Palpatine didn't make with Vader, whom he tortured and repressed as much he could in order to keep him docile to him.

He didn't just meet Yoda on even terms, remember he had to dispatch two powerful top Jedis in Anakin and Obi-Wan (quite easily, it could be he was on top form that day) before taking on Yoda.

I know that it’s Legends, but I still love the fact that Darth Plagueis believed that Dooku could best Palpatine in Lightsaber combat.

I just realized in this video that if Yoda had really wanted to kill Dooku, he'd have won in pretty short order. At 2:27 you see Yoda jumping past Dooku with his sword passing very close by Dooku's head and Dooku only reacting and turning after Yoda is already bouncing off of the surface there. If at that moment Yoda had rotated his sword hand about 90°, Dooku's head would have been clean taken off.

Darth Tyranus is one of my favourite Sith Lords, and it makes sense that he could be on par with Master Yoda as a swordsman.

I think that Dooku was a good guy and if he remained at the side of the Jedis or maybe even changing to a Gray Jedi he would most likely reform the Republic from within

Darth Plagueis mentioned when Palpatine was younger and Count Dooku was a Jedi that Dooku was someone who was a threat to both of them, suggesting when Dooku was in his prime he was superior to a young Palpatine. Palpatine was also fearful that when Dooku was initially exploring the dark side he was actually trying to lure him out and kill him, suggesting he wasn't sure that he could beat Dooku if they were to duel at that point. Sideous was stated to consider him and Dooku, so it makes sense that he would be very fearful of Dooku potentially being able to overthrow him. Yoda never lost to Sideous though. Sideous was fearful of Yoda and tried to flee against Yoda. Yoda also overwhelmed him in his lightsaber duel and had Palpatine on the defensive the entire fight. Even in when Sideous clashed with Yoda in the force, Yoda's tutaminis clearly was starting to overwhelm Sideous. Yoda simply was just standing closer to the edge than Sideous so he fell a greater distance where he couldn't re-engage Sideous, but he was still relatively uninjured. He simply took too long to defeat Sideous so he had to retreat, as Sideous had reinforcements coming.

I feel like you forgot to mention that Dooku threw the fight on Sideous’ orders. Dooku did not actually lose that duel.

Dooku Vs Sidious would be a very interesting match up. But, as history always shows, The Apprentice kills the Master. Then takes his place.

I’d love to see a prequel mini series showing Dooku’s rise, and fall, as a Jedi. To even begin to imagine Sidious uneasy with Dooku really tells you something.

I kind of like seeing the older looking Dooku actor jumping around and wielding a blade with such energy. Regardless of his actor's age, it was just nice to see the older guys showing the young bucks to respect their elders.

I know in Legends Dooku had a high midichlorian count not as high as The Skywalkers, Yoda, Sidious, Or The Mereks but it was higher then most others including Maces And Mauls based on the midichlorian count bookings or booklets yeah.

tales of jedi defintly helped alot in improving the reputation of the count as a cool and tragic character.

Would he have be successful in other era's like the old republic, or the early years of the sith empire? I don't think he would have the power to make his cunning useful.

The Dooku and Qui-gonn combo is indeed the biggest threat to him which is why had one killed and tried to control the other for as long as he could before also having him killed

A what if scenario… Dooku actually not dead, Appears with Yoda to fight Sideous. Id love to see that

wait a moment... does that mean it's technically wrong to call Maul a Darth? since he was never officially a sith apprentice due to being cut in half at the same time Darth Plagueis died, it means he was just an assasin like Ventress at the end is my life a lie?

The title makes it sound like after PALPATINE dueled Yoda he became afraid of Dooku.

Dooku and qui gon have always been some of my favorites

Dooku also easily defeated a very capable Jedi Knight and his very strong Padawan, right before dueling Yoda (you can make the argument that Dooku was warmed up after his trouncing of Obi Wan and Anakin).

I would like to see a story set in the Stupendous Wave Thumbnail universe, where everyone simultaneously HATES, LOVES, and is TERRIFIED of everyone else.

I’m not feeling this. Dooku did not hold his own against Yoda - it was a short duel by the standards set in other movies. Dooku had to use a diversion tactic and barely escaped with his life. Dooku was never a real Sith apprentice. He was a placeholder for Anakin; a truth he realized far too late, and only after Anakin wrecked him. I agree that Dooku had knowledge about the Dark Side entering into the relationship. I’d love to see how that relationship developed, because Dooku knew who Sidious was even before he formally left the Jedi Order, even before Maul died. (And it’s pretty obvious that Maul also was more a weapon than a true Sith; Palpatine kept most of his secrets.) Anyway, Palpatine wouldn’t have feared Dooku because, despite the role he assumed, the Count was never actually interested in ruling anything. Just another way he was never a true Sith - he did not covet power. He would have been a perfectly happy servant to power if power was free of corruption. He wanted to actually do what he believed Jedi were meant to do, what they failed to do in following the will of the corrupt Republic: serve the living force, and those in the galaxy with great needs. Dooku had been tricked by Palpatine into believing that their desires aligned, when Palpatine and the Sith got to where he was by literally BEING the corruption! So Palpatine would’ve known all along that his secret was safe. Because it literally was safe, he took it to his death, even as he stood before the Jedi trained by his Padawan and the bloody CHOSEN ONE, he kept the secret. By that point, the Separatists had clearly lost the war (despite their insane gambit at Coruscant, which had only worked because Palpatine had orchestrated it to eliminate Dooku), and he’d made no attempt to betray Palpatine or even prepare a contingency. He was committed to the cause he’d believed he was fighting, up until the moment he realized he’d been tricked. And I agree with you that he probably would’ve been a tougher battle for Sidius than any Jedi this side of Yoda, probably even tougher than Mace Windu, but I feel that Palpatine knew (or at least THOUGHT he knew) he could even take Yoda. He believed that the Sith were more powerful than the Jedi, and by the accounts of the Jedi themselves, their power WAS diminished. And if he knew he could take Yoda, then he would’ve known he could take Dooku, especially if he withheld all (or even only most) of the most critical Sith secrets. I mean, ultimately Dooku was less a rival to Palpatine and more a test for Anakin, that Anakin needed to pass in order to become Vader.

I’m impressed you managed to make a 9 minute video repeating the same thing but slightly changing things up. Reminds me of the meme of people trying to stretch for word counts.

THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS

A great video essay. I’d imagine Sidious wouldn’t fear Dooku.

If dooku can deal with sidious speed he can defeat him

Once Plagueis abandoned the rule of two to Palpatine for his studies in the outer rim, Palpatine then became angry with his master and saw this as weakness. At this time Plagueis did not care if Maul was officially Darth Maul.

Ima need you to stop saying sidious won the duel between yoda because yoda defeated him and disarmed him. Sidious only stalemated him in the force clash

4:37 Bro said HUUUUU 🤣

I have read almost every Legends and Cannon book, seen all the movies, and series. About Sidious, due to his upbringing, training, & lack of 1 on 1 interactions he never really knew how he would compare with others. So, Intelligently I believe he was weary of EVERYONE. Thinking what if, could they be more powerful, are they plotting, did they find me out. Ultimately this ensured nobody did surpass him.

"You have become my RIVAL"

Idk about “nearly defeated Yoda” Dooku is the one that fled

That was a lot of information about: Dooku, Ventress, Sideius and Plagus that I didn't know about.

I love Dooku. Christopher Lee is an absolute legend in every way, may he rest in piece. But my vote goes to the Emperor. He is a Master in every lightsaber form and his connection to the Dark Side is phenomenal. I’m sure if it came down to it, it would be a victory for the Emperor. A challenging one but a victory nonetheless.

@4:35 "Sidious could only speak through Dooku." We see Sidious speaking to the Trade Federation in The Phantom Menace and with the Separatist leaders in The Revenge of the Sith.

In terms of Power Darth sidious and Dooku really have similar abilities like Force lighting,force choke and excellent lightsaber skills⚔⚔.

I would certainly be afraid of a man who could not only beat me in a lightsaber duel, electrocute me, but also pull all my teeth out - which Dooku learned in his short career as a dentist when he assassinated and then assumed the identify of Willbur Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Interesting note Palpatine ran when yoda confronted him while dooku stood his ground and engaged him

I feel like a potential theory as to how/why Dooku lost to Anakin is not just that Anakin was Growing in power and Dooku was just aging, but I feel like it might have been the Force abandoning him, as Maul had sensed on Naboo as he dueled with Qui Gon and Obi Wan. The reason I think this is because if Dooku had won Sidious's plan would have failed. How? well Dooku not being defeated would have left Anakin Farther From joining the Dark Side, potentially just enough to allow Windu to kill Sidious. Thats just if it was a stale mate, but in reality Dooku Should would have killed Anakin if not for this potential abandonment by the force. This would mean a few things, A. Sidious's plan would be delayed by at least a few years so that he could find a new apprentice. B. Sidious would have probably been killed/ousted before being ready to execute order 66 bc the Jedi were already weary of him and some, like yoda, were catching on to who sidious might be through force visions, C. Not having a apprentice would have stalled order 66 a few more years, Potentially having both the sepratists and the republic crumble before palpatines plans came into fruition. Lastly, this delay would have given Dooku enough time to overthrow Palps. This all connects to the Force abandonment because if any of the scenarios happened then the balance to the force would not be brought, so the force abandoned Dooku, allowing itself to be balanced. PS: Srry for the long as$ comment

Always wondered how palpatine convinced dooku to be his underling. Why did dooku agree to serve an aging sith politician?

You think when Sidious had these thoughts he followed them up with the second thought; “Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen” ?

Yoda outclassed Dooku in every way during their duel, where's this "stand still" nonsense coming from?

it would be cool if they made an alternate timeline where dooku takes over.

I have A question for anyone: If Galen Marek had fully embrace the dark side and became the new sith apprentice of Sidious(...) Do you think luke would have stood some chance or would he attempt to bring Galen back to the light ?

Alas, the Darth Plagueis novel has been relegated to "legends", no?

To me the real question is why didn't Dooku sense Palpatine's fear and plot against him in the first place. That would have made a massively cool storyline all by itself. However, if that path had been followed then no Darth Vader.

Dooku could take the emperor if he were at clone wars level.

Dooku is an amazing character for many reasons, but his skill in combat- and it IS skill, make no mistakes on what I mean-isn't one of them. For all his allegiance to the Dark Side, his past as a Jedi shows: he fights with his lightsaber as his primary weapon, using the Force sparingly when the Sith should do the opposite. The most powerful Sith like Sidious and Vader show how a Dark Sider should fight, using the Force to overwhelm their opponents with the Lightsaber as a backup weapon meant for the kill. Granted Maul and Sidious don't always fight like this, but that's because Maul was meant to be a weapon, not a successor, and was never trained in the more advanced Force techniques as a result, and while Palpatine viewed the Lightsaber more as a middle finger to the Jedi then an actual weapon, he did seem to enjoy a good duel, and would use his Saber when he felt like he could dick around (like with Savage and Maul) or when he needed to fake a loss (like he did with Mace. I agree Mace was the better swordsman, if Palpatine was trying to win, there would have been a lot less Lightsaber clashing, and A LOT more Pulverizing Force attacks like he used to beat Maul)

ORDER 66

Now I want to imagine a universe where Dooku actually assassinated Palpatine alongside Ventress and therefore won the war for real, separating from the republic. Hell, I believe that would be basically a cold war at that point, since, separated from the republic, the systems that were on the former Separatist movement would be basically in peace, and if Dooku was with them, the Jedi would basically have no possible justification to go after him, since that would be breaking their pacifist code. If that happened, the Sith would probably become a colossal threat to the galaxy again, since now their dominant representative would be an actual leader known and liked by his people, instead of a phantom menace that few people know about or a mysterious emperror whose face is largely unknown. That could lead to a quite interesting paralel universe honestly.

It's very interesting that even though the Jedi couldn't have won the Clone Wars on their own, others certainly could. Padme showed great promise as a political leader, and was brought down by Anakin's corruption. Dooku could have gotten literally everything that he wanted and rebuilt the Republic the way he wanted to if he acted sooner and didn't make the mistake of trusting Palpatine. Even the clones could have saved the republic if everyone took Five's warning more seriously. It seems everyone had a path to victory EXCEPT the Jedi, who were just doomed to fail.

So, when EXACTLY did Dooku "almost" beat Yoda and meet him on "even ground"..??? It was quite obvious that Yoda was simply toying with Dooku, and then when he was about to get serious, Dooku noticed and thus put Kenobi and Skywalker in danger because he knew Yoda wouldn't let them die.

Palpatine DID NOT win the duel against Yoda how can you get that wrong? He simply bought himself enough time for the clones to come. Yoda actually forced Sidious to give up the lightsaber duel and rely on the force to try to defeat and even then Yoda overpowered Palpatine in the force, containing his force lightning and pushing him to the edge of the platform, Yoda didn’t have the chance to continue the duel due to his small size which made him fall further after the impact of his force push.

I'm reading a crossover fic with Worm /Parahumans by Wildbow, where the butterfly effects of the crossover lead directly to Dooku remaining with the Jedi Order, and literally dedicating himself to hunting down the mysterious Sith--all because they told him how Qui-Gon died. Yoda being completely OP in that one fighting video game is hilarious considering his actual prowess with a lightsaber.

If lightsaber forms had martial arts belts *Kit fisto, Dooku, Obi Wan, Yoda, Plo Koon, Darth Maul and Mace Windu enter palpatines office to arrest him* Sideous: I take it general grivous has been destroyed? Mace: In the name of the galactic senate of the republic you are under arrest. Sideous: Are you threatening me master jedi? Obi Wan: we will let the senate negotiate your fate. Sideous: I AM the senate! Dooku: Dont be so sure my lord. *Sideous stands up* Sideous: Its treason then. *Ignites lightsaber* Plo Koon: You cant take all of us. Darth Maul: were masters of our respective forms. Dooku: Im the grandmaster at makashi. 😈 Obi wan: Im the grandmaster at form 3 😁 Plo koon: Im the form 5 master 😉 Yoda: mastered all 7 forms i did, grandmaster of form 4 i am. Kit fisto: hey yo form 1 😎 Darth maul: am i a joke to you?! I mastered form 6! Mace: Mother fu-ker i mastered form 7 and created a new varient! Sideous: 👁👄👁 Sideous would be *TOOOOOAST!* 🤣🤣🤣

Darth Plagueis stated that Dooku could beat Sidious in a lightsaber duel an that Dooku was also more powerful than Sidious at that time

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and audio is only “won” because he resorted throwing giant god damn senate pods… we all know Yoda was waning him down in the lightsaber portion of the duel

Hey but you already made this video. How Dooku terrified Sidious after fighting Yoda

we need disney to make a movie on ALL of star wars lore and i hope stupendous wave can narrate it

Yo, Yoda wasn't 100% serious, imho. But it's still impressive. Also, like others wrote, u already did this topic, dude. Also also, Sidious didn't win against Yoda, they stalemated

The main thing I dislike about the novelization is that they ret-conned Dooku into an irredeemable monster that basically wanted to enslave all non-humans. There was no indication of this in the movies or the clone wars show and it strips all the depth from his character. His story was a compelling tragedy; an idealist who did terrible things in pursuit of a noble goal, only to die a villain who brought nothing but harm in the end. The novelization just makes him objectively evil with no nuance at all.