What about Count Dooku...?

well, thats depend on when he actually takes the name 'vader'...but it does neem we will not see much action from mech darth vader....but im not disappointed, as long as they can make anakin's downfall believable. after all, he will start out as a "good man" as ben put it, and end up being the scourge of the galaxy in just over 2 hours. thats alot of story to cram into that amount of time

Definitely a good point there. I've been wondering if they might be using the name Vader as technicality to throw off suspicion when they answer questions.

who knows...
but that is a debate for another thread i guess.
people tend to strongly disagree on the whole issue of
"when does anakin take the name Darth Vader"

What PVS said.

i found the last enormously long thread on anakin taking the vader name very helpful.....it helped me a lot to clarify the different theories regrding the situation....i now think the best answer is that he takes the name earlier in the film, when he is not in the armour, and then reveals his new name to obi wan during the duel....we'll see....(getting close now yeah?!!)......

The armour and the name are not related.

dooku is pretty cool....he's not on screen much, but then neither is palpatine in the ot....that's ok....at first i thought maybe lucas could've used chris lee better, built up more of a mood/aura around the character, and really got the most out of lee....but is still cool....

what queeq said....(but still waiting to see officially).....

Absolutely. I was surprised Lucas didn't use him more in AOTC, more spread around in the whole story. All we hear is about A Lord Tyrannus.... then halfways suddenly Dooku pops up (here the mood of the movie changes drastically for the better) and all the way in the end we hear Dook=Tyrannus, when we don't really care because the link Tyrannus was to bring OB1 to Jango but he's already dead... Not great storytelling there.

i was disappointed to not see much of lee 🙁
as another poster stated, we should

*erased?? damn this forums getting weird.k ill finish it again*

-we should have seen more screen time of lee, and even seen him in episode1...perhaps meeting up with quigon and informing him that he has broken his ties with the jedi...something

lucas always puts cool characters in limited screen time (boba fett, maul, dooku etc.)....many complained that vader was hardly in anh when it came out....just watch it twice.....

LOL great idea...but then i'll be getting twice the jar jar as well 🙁\
i know he was only in the film for like 1 minute....but he still managed to annoy the crap out of me.

the best song in the world may be only 2 mins 50 secs.....i actually thought that they tried to make jar jar more annoying than ep I deliberately....i found him much more annoying than ep I....

Originally posted by guiro72
lucas always puts cool characters in limited screen time (boba fett, maul, dooku etc.)....many complained that vader was hardly in anh when it came out....just watch it twice.....

But in cases like Maul and Boba, it's no biggie. They made quite an impact with their limited screen time. So did Vader actually. Even with his limited scenes in ANH he rocked the world.
In case of Dooku, he's a fairly crucial element of the story. Fett and Maul are hardly that. They serve their purpose and that purpose was fairly limited.

Putting Dooku in Ep.1 would've been good, if he'd had that idea sooner.

Why not a new scene or sequence in Ep.1 if it comes out in a boxed set?
Put Dooku on Naboo with the Senators and at Qui-Gon's pyre and have him upset at the loss of his Padawan.....

I think it would've been cool to see Dooku in a limited portion of TPM in the temple speakin with one of the other Masters about Anakin being train or with QuiGon....then in AOTC his appearance would've had a greater impact......
then finally we see Dooku in ROTS and he has stayed with his whole arguement about the Jedi falling under the control of the Republic and not being more involved in running the affairs of the govt's of the galaxy....
[more of a Dark Jedi role by beliefs and not a true Sith Lord by domination]

That might've been cool. I guess George thought one misguided character was
enough.....

This is a great idea....i keep thinking along the lines of "what's done is done".....but that's not the lucas way is it?.....if lucas will insist on going back and changing these films, then why the hell can't he put dooku in ep I....i like this idea very much....better than roger rabbit musical number in rotj.....

Originally posted by guiro72
....better than roger rabbit musical number in rotj.....

that is the one scene which i find unforgivable.
i really cant describe in words how i hate that part...so i wont even attempt. 😘

the roger rabbit theme was for his kids....i will over look it.....

But Dooku's character seems to have strong over tones to the whole prequels......
Dooku speaking with a Jedi or Master or even QuiGon; even briefly; would have such a strong effect......
even if he never met Anakin directly; just seeing him......
Then we see him again in AOTC, and it is common knowledge that he left because of his views towards the Jedi order and falling under the powers of the Senate......
Then we see him in ROTS and just before he dies the Jedi see that Dooku's views were correct and that the Senate is now under the powers and control of a Sith Lord.....

Master Yoda-"correct Master Dooku was.....his insight into the path of the Jedi"