Count Dooku

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Count Dooku
Count Dooku (Clone Wars).jpg
Theme:

Star Wars

Variations:

Film Version
The Clone Wars

Accessories:

Red curved-hilt lightsaber
Cape
Hood

Years:

2002, 2009

Parts
[List of appearances]

Count Dooku is a Minifigure from the Star Wars theme. The Minifigure is based on the character of the same name from the Star Wars Universe, who is also known as Darth Tyranus.

Description

To date, Count Dooku has appeared in two different forms - his original version depicting Dooku from Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, released in 2002, and then seven years later, a variant based on his likeness from Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

Count Dooku's original version has a standard gray hairpiece, a yellow headpiece with black printing drawn on for his eyes and mouth, and dark gray printing for his eyebrows, beard and wrinkles. His torso piece is primarily black, but has printing on the front to portray the clothes that Dooku was seen wearing in Episode II. This includes brown printing at the top with a silver chain, and a brown belt at the bottom. The torso also has yellow hands, and the leg piece is purely black. This variant came with two accessories- a brown cape, and a red-bladed lightsaber. The lightsaber hilt is curved, based on Dooku's lightsaber in the Star Wars Universe, and is shiny silver.

Count Dooku's Lightsaber

Dooku's second variant for The Clone Wars shares some similar pieces with the original version. The leg piece remains the same in every way, as does the lightsaber blade and hilt. The torso printing also bears a likeness to the original, although the silver chain is more prominent, and the belt is larger and a different shade of brown. The minifigure once again comes with a cape, however this time it is colored red-brown. Dooku's head piece was redesigned to give a more "cartoon feel" to the figure, which was done to most figures which have Clone Wars variants. This time, the head piece was flesh-colored, as were the hands. The hairpiece was a light gray piece which shows more of the top of the head piece than a standard hair piece. In the 7752 Count Dooku's Solar Sailer, this hair piece is interchangeable with a red-brown colored hood.

In the Video Games

Count Dooku has appeared in two video games to date- LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game and LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga. He is able to double jump, use Force lightning, and use the Force to build things. In the video games he has been in, his appearance is based on his original variation. In both games, he first appears as a boss in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Chapter Six: Count Dooku. After the battle on Geonosis, the player must fight him as Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, then later with Obi-Wan and Yoda. Dooku then re-appears as a boss character in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Chapter Two: Chancellor in Peril. When the player reaches Palpatine, they must defeat Dooku in a lightsbaer duel.

Background

Dooku was once a Jedi Master, and successfully trained Qui-Gon Jinn, his first Padawan, in the ways of the Force. Dooku later left the Order, being the twentieth Jedi Master to do so in two thousand years. Shortly after this time, Palpatine revealed to Dooku that he was Darth Sidious, a Dark Lord of the Sith, and convinced Dooku to join him. Dooku, or Darth Tyranus as he was now secretly known as, began to form an alliance of corporations, which later became known as the Confederacy of Independent Systems, or Separatists. A galaxy-wide war eventually broke out between the CIS and the Republic, with Dooku as the head of the CIS, and his Master the head of the Republic. The first battle began on Geonosis, where Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and Padmé Amidala were captured. A force of 212 Jedi led by Mace Windu, and later an army of Clone Troopers clashed with thousands of Battle Droids in the Geonosian Arena. Dooku attempted to escape the battlefield, but was confronted by Kenobi and Skywalker, and the three dueled with their lightsabers. Dooku defeated both the Jedi Knight and the Apprentice, severing that latter's right arm. As he was about to leave, Grand Master Yoda arrived. The two engaged in both Force and lightsaber duels. Dooku chose to retreat during the lightsaber duel, and made his escape in his Solar Sailer.Dooku has trained Sith such as Asajj Ventress and Savage Opress.

The Clone Wars raged for three years, wherein Dooku occasionally participated in duels with Jedi. In the final year of the war, aboard Separatist General Grievous's flagship the Invisible Hand, Dooku once again fought Kenobi and Skywalker, this time in front of his Master, who was his "prisoner" on the ship. Dooku quickly incapacitated Kenobi, however Skywalker, now a Jedi Knight, was able to defeat him, cutting off both his hands in the process. Under the instruction of Palpatine, Anakin killed Dooku, continuing Skywalker's path to becoming Darth Vader.

Appearances

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Video Game Appearances

Gallery of Variants

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