Exactly, thats the point if Anakin is angered, he becomes a beast, capable of reducing all that refinement, technique, and mastery with the force to a mere joke. Why can't he do this to someone like Mace Windu, who was beaten by Dooku. I will however concede that Yoda would lay teh smakethdown on him.
Windu was beaten by Dooku, at the very least, a few years before TPM. Given that Mace was the youngest Council member in Jedi history, I believe, I'm pretty sure that his raw power and progression exceeds Dooku's.
Furthermore, factor in Windu's Shatterpoint ability (which Anakin does not possess - and cannot contend with) as well as Vaapad's unpredictability and specialty against Dark Side users, it is unlikely that Anakin can beat him as of RotS.
Except for he displays all the same traits he does as he did against Sids and he does against Dooku, he does his yell, his signature Ataru flips and blinding speed. It would actually be incredibly idiotic of Yoda NOT to go all out against Dooku in AOTC, Yoda was protecting Jedi, had just learned Dooku was a Sith Lord, had seen the carnage he unleashed and all the Jedi deaths on Geonosis, had Yoda taken that battle as a "I don't wanna hurt Dooku" He's an idiot, also you can't prove he was in that mindset. If anything their duel on Vjun was Yoda trying to turn Dooku and going lightly.
Quit getting so defensive, Ac. Pretending to be Mr. Barry Badass does nothing for you.
a. Dooku attacked Yoda with the Force four times, I believe. Or five. And how many times did Yoda reciprocate? Once. Every other time, he simply tossed the debris away - instead of throwing it or attacking back.
b. Dooku was Yoda's apprentice of many years. As we have seen, in most cases - connections like that are hard to break. And, as you brought up, Yoda attempted to turn Dooku back from the Dark Side on Vjun.
If he really wanted to kill Dooku, he wouldn't have bothered.
c. If he really wanted to kill Dooku, he would have let Anakin and Obi-Wan be crushed, and would have continued the fight. Just like Mace laments in Shatterpoint tjat he did not kill Dooku when he had the chance (on Geonosis) due to their former friendship, it is highly possible that Yoda felt the same.
As we know from the RotS novelization, Jedi are willing to sacrifice one another for the greater cause.
No ****, he was also trying to turn Dooku, if you wanna add that too, and the Darkness did not bother Yoda, as he weaved in out of it so greatly, hide his force signature from Dooku, even snuck up on Doouk in a world were he "holds the advantage" Yoda has surpassed the DS on entire worlds (DAGABOTH) a little DS does not bother the likes of Yoda.
"A little Dark Side"? Please. Go read Dark Rendezvous again. Vjun was steeped in the Dark Side. And, for the final time, quit getting so defensive. Pretending to be a hardcore, badass debator doesn't have any effect on me. Sooner or later, you're going to get reported.
However, Yoda carries a bit of the Dark Side with him, and it is testament to his power that he is able to perform like that.
And, for your information, there was only a single spot on Dagobah that was a nexus of Dark Side energies. That was the cave. And Yoda used it to hide his presence from Palpatine and the Empire. He didn't overcome it or stop it.
Prove up, I actually can't since I can't find my comic, however I do remember that Mace was pushed back to a pit and Dooku sic'ed his MagnaGuards on him. Since you know Dooku was RETREATING from the city, and Wookie backs me up so unless you post a pic point moot.
Wrong. The Magnaguards pushed Mace into the pit.
Mace: "You think these droids can stop me?"
Dooku: "No, but they can keep you distracted long enough."
Then, they push him into a pit.
Until you prove up on that, Dooku > Mace, I have an actual source albeit its Wiki but a source none the less, you have nothing.
Wikipedia is only a source when its sources are accurate.
You on the other hand have not supplied an actual argument for Mace > Anakin. Other then "His force mastery was better." which amounts to jack shit as Anakin v Dooku proved. And even if Mace = Dooku, that still puts Anakin above him, unless you wanna prove that Mace WIndu who can't beat Dooku period, can all of a sudden take on someone who ass raped him in 8 seconds? The ABC's actually work in this case, had Anakins defeat of Dooku not been so absolute, maybe you'd have a point. But when we have sources telling us that Anakin turned one of the most powerful beings ever into an utter joke, making all things your hyping him for (force mastery, technique, sword mastery) into irrelevant factors that couldn't even slow Anakin down, and you want me to believe that someone who couldn't even beat Dooku can stop that? Please.
Once again. Calm down. You thinking yourself to be Mr. Barry Badass is irrelevent. No one cares; especially me. Keep it up, you'll get reported.