Does Dooku Want to be Killed?

^ Yeah, that sort of follows my theory somethat.

Originally posted by Ghetto Goblin
well PVS, to answer your question, no. he wants to recrute anakin with him and then go and kill sidious himself, at least that is what i'm sticking to, unless someone else has even more convincing facts. i'm out.............

i disagree:
if that is the case, then it is safe to say that dooku genuinely wanted to recruit obiwan, which im willing to accept as a possability.

however, his haste in trying to kill obiwan tells me that a simple "hell no" is enough of a response to make dooku give up on you and seek another prospect.

so, after anakin expressed nothing but contempt for dooku, and wanted nothing more than to cut him down, why did dooku not give up on him as well?

because anakin is the chosen one you might say?
then how does dooku know this?
he left the order before they discovered anakin...so how does he know?

i believe palpatine told him.
can you believe that as well?

now, knowing that palpatine only gives out information when it serves him and only him, why did he inform dooku? i think to make sure dooku does not kill him.

i tend to agree with some other posts i believe he was well knackered after fighting anakin there was a fair few sabre swinging moments before the arm loss part....and who is to say that the withdraw of the lightsabre wasn't a ploy so that he could capture the pair of jedi and present them to palps....of course i belive this would have been fufilled if it wasn't for yoda turning up....just a thought

perhaps that is the case with anakin,
but he was going to kill obiwan. there is no argueing that.

Actually, and pardon me if this was mentioned already, but what about the look
dooku gives when he has torn down that huge column and is getting away? As he's going up the ramp of his ship, he stops to see if Yoda will save the two fallen Jedi. Why? Was he told to make sure that Skywalker lived? It didn't register in mind till recently, but it seems odd to me.

darth, i would bet that farm on it.
anakin is palp's ace in the hole.
whether or not dooku knows he will be killed by anakin,
you can bet your a$$ that he was given strict orders to not
kill anakin.

if that wasnt the case, he could have struck yoda in the back, dropping the
column, and killing 3 birds with 1 stone you might say.

Its too bad we'll never get much info (in the movie, at least) about Dooku. What's his motivation? Before Episode 2 was released, I remember something about him having disputes with the way the Jedi were doing things and that Qui-Gon's death was the final straw. Joining the Sith seems a little extreme though. Maybe there'll be something in his dialogue while fighting Anakin....

its like selling your soul to the devil for all that is material

Maybe, cavola. He might have just said to himself- "screw it, I'm going to take care of #1" Regardless of the consequences.

Dooku's pretty sophisticated. He is very accomplished and has a touch of elegance, and when he is talking to Obi-Wan about his plans, I wonder if he is telling the truth, and really wanting Obi-Wan to join him. And all the while he is helping Palpatine's master plan become reality. It seems like Dooku is playing all fronts, and using idealism as a mask for Palp's plans, and beneath it all Dooku is really power hungry and devoted to the dark side.

I liked Dooku, that's why I'm a little disappointed that he won't have much screen time in Episode 3. The way he talked to his opponents while fighting (like a cerain other Sith lord) was cool. I especially like the interrogation scene: he walks in and tells Obi-Wan honest truth, but its so incredible Obi won't accept it.

Yeah, they'll have to demonstrate how Obi-Wan and Anakin have grown since their last fight if we are to be convinced they beat him, because Dooku just mopped the floor with em.(Although had Anakin followed Obi-Wan's lead it could have turned out differently, but it wasn't in the script)

Doesn't the Emperor even tell Vader he's impatient in ROTJ after Vader tells him about Rebels who just got through the security checkpoint? Or was that the novelization?

It does sound vaguely familiar

The novel throws me off sometimes because of the differences between that and the final script, but I thought it is in the movie. Its the part when the Em peror tells Vader that Luke will seek him out.
I still feel like they could do more with Dooku.

The novel throws me off sometimes because of the differences between that and the final script, but I thought it is in the movie. Its the part when the Em peror tells Vader that Luke will seek him out.
I still feel like they could do more with Dooku.

yeah that was where I remember it too, and yeah I'd like to see Dooku do more before he croaks

I've convinced myself that Dooku was given orders NOT to kill Anakin. How he would interpret that, I don't know. Did Sidious say "I don't care if you maim your replacement, just don't kill him"? We may never know....

i think dooku had no choice but to disarm anakin...hehe...disarm...

Maybe that was one of Dooku's favorite tactics and he taught it to Qui-Gon, who taught Obi-Wan, but Anakin gets it wrong by doing it to his own son.