
This had been their star of destiny for lo, these many years. Reputation for integrity and idealism fully intact. The war in comfort a captivity that would allow him to forswear hisįormer allegiances-when he would conveniently appear to finallyĭiscover the true extent of the Separatists' crimes againstĬivilization-and bind himself to the new government with his I find myself looking forward to an honorableĪ captivity that would allow him to sit out the rest of We not ensured that all the galaxy shares this opinion?" "Quite so, my After all, he is the greatest Jedi alive, is he not? And have

Himself, "an embarrassment to be captured by him." The voice thatĪnswered him was so familiar that sometimes his very thoughts spoke in "It will be," he said slowly, meditatively, as though he spoke only to Dooku looks forward to captivity and serving in the new Empire: Lee figure.īelow are excerpts from the novel. This is not completely insane since according to the novel Dooku is respected by the citizens of the galaxy as a sort of Robert E. After some time of captivity, Dooku would defect to the Republic and join with Sidious/Anakin to create the new Empire.


According to the Revenge of the Sith novelization by Matthew Stover (2005), Count Dooku was deceived by Darth Sidious into thinking that the plan was to kill Obi-Wan, turn Anakin to the Dark Side, and allow himself to be captured by the Republic.
